Riyo

**Riyo** (リヨウ, *Riyou*) is a character in the Gachiakuta series. She’s a former hitman and currently a member of the Akuta faction of the Janitors.

## Appearance

Riyo is a young, sixteen year-old girl. She has red hair and green eyes. She wears a crop top and short shorts topped by baggy socks and janitor jacket. She has high heeled boots and carries two bags, one on her back and one on her waist where The Ripper is stored. Her red hair is messily tied up in a sidewards loop.

### Gallery

Close up of Riyous faceRiyou full designRiyou's casual clothingHair down
## Personality

Riyo lives with a 'care free' mindset, even when facing a seemingly unbeatable opponent remaining free spirited and calm. Riyou can be considered some what childish and unprofessional. Riyo gets excited at the prospect of a challenge, stating a 'strong opponent gets her fired up'. Riyou is known to have bad manners, whether its sneaking away to meet Rudo or even her personal fighting style with the ripper. Riyo shows a particular interest in hair, playing around with Rudos and asking if its dyed or giving Aberrant Beasts a haircut, acting as a hairdresser.

## Synopsis

### History

In her past, Riyo was trained and worked as a hitman. Sometime ago, she swore that life behind her, promising to never soak her scissors with blood again, and joined Enjin as a Cleaner. She kept a gun from her job, which she hid in her jacket.

### Plot

#### **Abyss Wanderer Arc**

Riyo sneaks away in order to meet Rudo, showing a curiosity in both him and his hair. Riyo leaves the car pleased after spending a thorough amount of time playing with Rudos hair and leaves him. Later, Riyo returns to find Rudo and takes him on as an 'apprentice' and brings him to observe the janitors cleaning.

#### **Workplace Observation Arc**

Riyo and Rudo among other supporter janitors head to the contamination zone where they have a report to clean up. Riyo introduces Rudo to some before being alerted of incoming beasts. A huge herd emerges and while Rudo is panicking, She remains calm, telling Rudo they are ideal for new janitors to fight, and explains to be a janitor one needs an ease mind. Immediately after, a huge beast emerges breaking the gates protecting them, and the sight of it excites Riyou to no end, who pulls out a pair of scicssors and prepares to battle.

Riyo throws her scissors above and activates her jinki, turning them into larger scissors which she grabs with her feet. With one swing of her feet and spin, she takes out a group surrounding her. The other janitors too get to work, throwing the smaller ones her way for her to defeat. After clearing the majority of them out, Riyou prepares to fight the big one. After seemingly finishing it, Riyou aids Rudo and the janitors and defeating the final beast. She however reveals no matter how much she cuts the beast, it wont die . Riyou, living by her ease mind, remains unaffected by this facts and decides to keep cutting it until it dies. She gives the beast a 'haircut' a reveals its core and she begins to cut into it. The closer Riyou gets to the core the louder the shrieks become until eventually, Riyou cuts the core firing straight out from its mouth. Everyone is shocked when Riyou reveals the core to be a jinki

Later, back at the Janitors Headquarters, Riyou attends Rudo's Abyss Welcoming party. Zanka appears awakended by the noise, and Riyou tells him off the Jinki powered Aberrant Beast. Not knowing what to do about it, however, she left the details to the higher ups of the Janitors. She then continues to eat the rest of the food.

#### **Vandals Trap Arc**

Upon getting a backup request from the supporters, Riyou is apart of the team put together to rescue Rudo, Zanka and Griss. Using The Ripper, Riyou removes the top of an entire building to locate the basement the team was trapped in. Upon Jabber Wongar escaping out the hole, Riyou confirms she 'found him'. Riyou joins the main group making their way towards Jabber, and upon seeing Rudo is relieved he looks better than she thought he would, despite him hardly breathing. Once Kutohni appeared, Riyou is surprised by the manhole on the wall, and later confused once it disappears. Once the group is safely on the surface, Riyou is seen chatting with a defeated Zanka.

#### **The Lady Of Penta Arc**

After the team returns to the Janitors HQ, Riyou breaks into Rudos room and offers to give him a tour. Rudo mentions the HQ is way nicer than where he lived in Heaven, and she asks what life was like up there, and after discovering he has never eaten sweets, she takes him to a huge bowl of sweets, which Rudo eagerly eats. Riyou walks off with Enjin after getting Rudo hooked on sweets and gaining lots of weight, claiming she had no idea he would end up like that. Enjin, Riyou and Zanka later take Rudo out back to train his Jinki. Riyou and Enjin are still in hysterics after Rudos diet. Riyou watches as Rudo turns several items into Jinkis, before passing out. While the group discusses what could have caused Griss' Amulet to break, Riyou proposes a kinder outlook, that the Jinki no longer have regrets about their use because Rudo used them to their maximum potential. While on the topic of Rudos gloves, Riyou inquires on what a 'series' is, and further asks if Rudo has named his jinki.

Riyou, hearing Rudo's groans at 4am above her, climbs into his room to question him on his wounds. When Rudo expresses the wounds were given by his parents, Rudo comforts him by saying parents give all sorts of things, good and bad. Riyou later returns being put on the team sent to Canvas Town. She cheers alongside the rest of the team before departing.

#### **Reaching to Heaven Arc**

After returning from Penta, Riyo along with the Janitors visit Alice to get treated, they them they depart to drive back to the headquarters they get caught up in a trash storm due to heaven moving, after the falling trash secedes they get a call from Semiu who informs them to enter the headquarters through the backdoor to avoid the marauders who were tipped off that Rudo was a skyperson and worked with the Janitors, before they arrive though Semiu is able to drive them off, Later Riyo and the other Janitors head to Done Dulse to unwind after their mission but it’s cut short when Zodel, the leader of the vandals confronts Rudo, the janitors attempt to attack but they get caught up in Kutohni’s Jinki and are teleported elsewhere and are separated by a trash stream, this was due to Zodel’s who’s plan was to capture and turn the Janitors into offerings, the vandal that was send to fight Riyo was Noerde

Riyo spots a cockroach on the ground which scares her to Noerde’s surprise questioning how a Janitor that lives in the pits could be scared of a cockroach expressing disappointment, Riyo questions if they’re underground which Noerde confirms, Noerde then explains Zodel’s orders which is to defeat at least one person by yourself and says she’ll turn Riyo into an offering referring to her as a kitten to Riyo annoyance, Riyo attacks first but Noerde is able to dodge her attacks only to loses a part of her hair noting that Riyo’s jinki can switch from a strike to a slash attacks, Riyo reassures her saying that she doubts Ripper can draw blood but also says she won’t be able to guarantee that her hair won’t get cut off in the process.

Riyo charges directing her attack to cut Noerde’s hair but get temporarily paralyzed realizing it’s due to Noerde’s jinki’s effect of generating static electricity to her hair, Riyo creates wind to blow away Noerde’s hair to no avail, Riyo then hides behind some of ruins which irritates Noerde, Riyo attacks once again trying to cut Noerde’s hair but she dodges and lands consecutive strikes overpowering her, she explains that she’s able to move and reform her hair as if her nerves extend through it, she describes that her ability isn’t all powerful as it only lasts two minutes to Riyo’s relief but is shortlived when Noerde attacks saying that a true warrior knows to offset weaknesses, Riyo gets confused her attack patterns and asks what she did before joining the vandals to which Noerde replies that she lived the the warrior tribe sileila, Riyo apologizes for never hearing of it, Noerde explains that it’s normal as it was destroyed a long time ago and asks Riyo the same question saying her movements aren’t suited for a big weapon, Riyo in response puts away her Jinki and prepares to fight hand to hands, Noerde asks who she is to which she replies that’s she’s Riyo.

The two fight equally for a while and Noerde acknowledges that she had underestimated Riyo saying she wasn’t a kitten at all but still not within the boundaries of a cat, Riyo asks if no one could hear them no matter how much they scream and Noerde confirms saying she can’t run away reassuring that all of her friends will have turned into offering anyway by the end of this, to Noerde’s surprise Riyo pulls out a gun and shoots her right shoulder causing her to collapse to the ground, Noerde questions why she has a weapon like that but Riyo ignores it explaining that Enjin banned killing people she was trying to avoid it but Noerde was too strong so she thought that she had might as well since no one would hear them anyway, she then explains that she got the gun from her previous job, Noerde is shocked to figure out that Rito used to be a hitman, Riyo replies saying that she’s lucky that she had become a Janitor as otherwise she would have been killed before asking the location of the other Janitors, Noerde remarks that she had thought the Janitors were “Clean” and is surprised to realize there are people like Riyo among them.

Riyo leaves the area coming across Jabber who she’s able to defeat easily with her gun and recovers Zanka who had been wounded after Jabber defeated him, Riyo eventually reunites with the other Janitors at the core of the aberrant beast, Rudo attempts to destroy the beats core but is unexpectedly stopped by Bundus, Riyo along with Enjin try to destroy the core themselves but are stopped by Bundus’s jinki who uses specific abilities to counter the janitor’s jinki’s, eventually Rudo is able to destroy Bundus’s arms but Zodel informs the rest of the vandals that it’s time to leave, before they get a chance to attack the beasts core again, Noerde catches up with Riyo and the other janitors enraged.

## Abilities

Riyou is a Giver meaning she can activate a Jinki. Riyou's jinki is a pair of scissors called 'The Ripper'

* **The Ripper:** Riyou's jinki is a pair of scissors, but instead of using them with her hands, she uses her feet to kick them about.
* **Acrobatics:** In twine with her large jinki, Riyo displays great skills of acrobatics and flexibility that she uses to swing around her large jinki.
* **Sharpshooting:** Due to her past as a hitman, Riyo has developed keen shooting senses, being able to shoot Noerde Hew Amozo in a place missing all vital organs.

## Relationships

* **Rudo:** Riyou shows a special curiosity in Rudo due to his hair and abilities. She took him under her wing as a temporary'apprentice' and taught him how to have an ease mind. She is also shown to be sympathetic to the hardships he's endured and is also protective of him.
* **Zanka Nijik:** Riyou is among some of the few janitors Zanka doesn't seem to mind talking to, often to talking to her before any other janitors.
* **Enjin:** Enjin and Riyou are very similar, both sharing the same 'ease mind' mentality. When they are together, the pair become incredibly childish, often having the same reactions to things.
* **Supporter Janitors:** Griss Lubion and Follo both have great faith and trust in Riyou and in turn Riyou relies on them to support her cleaning.

## Gallery

Riyou being very inspiringRiyou prepares to cut hairRiyou preparing to use her JinkiRiyou swinging at the beasts in her own 'style'Riyou mid-actionRiyou defeating a herd of beasts.Riyou saves Rudo and FolloRiyou reveals the beast will not die from her jinkiRiyou giving a hair cutRiyou defeating the beast

## Trivia

* **Likes:** Spicy food, Hair
* **Dislikes:** Sweet food, cockroaches, ???
* Riyo's name is potentially derived from the word Riyoushi (理容師), meaning Barber.
* Riyo's thick soles add 10cm to her height.
* In contrast to Rudo, she dislikes sweets but loves spicy foods.

## References

1. ↑ Manga Chapter 64
2. ↑ Manga Chapter 6
3. ↑ Manga Chapter 7
4. ↑ Manga Chapter 8
5. ↑ Manga Chapter 9
6. ↑ Manga Chapter 10
7. ↑ Manga Chapter 11
8. ↑ Manga Chapter 20
9. ↑ Manga Chapter 21
10. ↑ Manga Chapter 23
11. ↑ Manga Chapter 24
12. ↑ Manga Chapter 25