Sayako Hata

Sayako's anime depiction.

**Sayako Hata** (畑さやこ) was Asuka Ootorii's classmate. During the *New York Arc* she was brainwashed by the Babel Brigade into becoming the magical girl of mass destruction, *"**Sehkmet**"* (*セクメト*).

She died in Chapter 61 after being seperated from the Ring of Ouroboros, which was holding her magic power in check. However, she is resurrected by Asuka's hidden revival magic during the epilogue.

## Personality

Sayako is a shy girl who likes books and reading. She is friendly to Nozomi Makino and Asuka Otori and is often the voice of reason in their friend group. Despite her shyness, Sayako is always finding ways to become stronger. Sayako enjoys swimming and writing plays.

### Sehkmet

As Sehkmet, Sayako is an emotionless killing machine. Also, perhaps due to her consuming the Disas Beast, she acts almost animal-like while in battle.

## Abilities & Powers

Sayako was hinted early on to have to potential to become a Magical Girl. This is seen in how she partially saw through Asuka's magical perception blocking, though not to the point of deducing her identity. According to the Babel Brigade, while Sayako's magic is only at the level of a regular human, her ability to store magic is second to none, which is why she was chosen to become Sehkmet.

### Sehkmet

After being brainwashed by the Babel Brigade and consuming the Disas Beast, Sayako's body was completely rebuilt from the inside and she became a magical girl weapon of mass destruction known as Sehkmet. Brigadier claims her to be the strongest magical girl in the world, being able to defeat Leyla Basticon and overpower four of the "Magical Five" with ease.

Despite Sayako not being athletic and having zero battle experience, Sehkmet is an excellent fighter. Her main weapons are a cycle and a magic staff that doubles as a halbert. She has shown to be strong, agile, and acrobatic, being able to overpower Rapture, War Nurse, and Shauntalon with relative ease. What is perhaps the most terrifying about Sehkmet, though, is her ability to learn, getting stronger through battle.

Due to her possessing the power of the Disas Beast, Sehkmet has shown abilities strikingly similar to it. She can superheat her body to thermonuclear levels, making it impossible to approach her and causing projectiles to melt away before they reach her. Even if she is wounded, with the Disas Beast's healing factor, she can regrow entire limbs instantly. Similarly, she can also recreate her weapons should they be destroyed. She is also capable of flight and can shoot a magical beam from her mouth powerful enough to wipe out an entire squadron of U.S. tanks. Sehkmet's magic power was strong enough to overpower War Nurse's despite the latter's usage of doping, and it's still growing according to Sachuu.

According to Sachuu's analysis, Sehkmet's only weakness was the Ring of Ouroboros on her left hand, which was used to control her magic. It was believed that Sayako would regain control over her body if she were separated from it. However, while true, it also caused her body to disintegrate to ash as a result of losing control of the Disas Beast's power. In addition, despite Sehkmet's healing factor, she can still get fatigued from extensive battle.

## Chronology

### Epilogue

The fake body that Brigadier had prepared so people wouldn't notice her absence is later found and she is reported dead. While people assumed the false corpse to be the real Sayako, in reality, her ashes were collected by Asuka after she disintegrated. However, even years later, Asuka found herself unable to part with her friend's remains and instead kept her in a jar in her apartment.

One night, Asuka received a pre-recorded message from Francine, explaining how she survived her seeming demise during the Distonian War: it turns out Asuka's true ability is to revive the dead. At the same time, the jar containing Sayako's ashes lights up and breaks before reconstructing her body, bringing her back to life, much to Asuka's joy.

While Sayako's resurrection does end the series on a positive note, it also raises several questions: Does she still have her powers as Sehkmet? Does she still have her memories? How will Nozomi Makino and her mother react to her being alive?

### Failed Attempts

* Asuka Ootorii
* Kurumi Mugen
* Tamara Volkova
* Lau Peipei
* The entire human race

## Trivia

* Sayako was voiced by Chinami Hashimoto in Japanese, Bryn Apprill in the English dub and Anna Ewelina in the German dub.
* Sayako is a fan of Revolutionary Girl Utena.