Regret

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## Character Information

* Redo
* Reality

## Media

### Voice Actor

Arisa Kouri

A mysterious Virtuadoll that appeared suddenly in the world. Although her origins and any information on her are unknown, her secretive nature helped her reception and her mysterious singing voice became wildly popular on video streaming sites. Using her new popularity as fuel, she created the ideal world without regrets, "Redo", and trapped those who were suffering in the real world into the virtual world she created.

## History

Sayoko was born the eldest daughter of Koichiro Hitomi, an engineer; and Rio Hitomi, a vocalist.

Interpersonal relations had been a struggle for Sayoko from youth. Other children would ostracize her for reasons she could not understand. At times, she would upset them. At other times, they would spurn her entirely.

She could only surmise that her very existence was what offended others. Before long, she realized just how poor her social skills were.

Even so, Sayoko would not let it discourage her. Consequently, she also made no attempt to reflect upon herself. What could she do? It was simply the way she'd been born.

Sayoko had a rough theory on why she had turned out this way. It was likely a trait she inherited from her father. As far as she could tell, the problem was of no fault of her own.

Her father was a man of few words. Even Sayoko herself wondered how he had managed to fit himself into the fabric of society. She had a hunch that her family would never speak at all, were it not for her lively, talkative mother.

In middle school, Sayoko fell into the habit of cutting classes. Her mother tried to be strict about her attendance, but doing so only exacerbated her truancy.

When she was 14, her mother left for good. Perhaps it was her fault for refusing to attend school. Or perhaps her mother had been upset at her father's disinterest over the situation.

Whatever the reason, she had no clue what it was. Only a single thought crossed her mind:

"At least I don't have to worry about going to school anymore."

With her mother gone, Sayoko began to hole herself up within her room. But even then, her father made no real attempt to actively connect with her.

Without any reason to go back to school, nor any incentive to set her life back on track, Sayoko's life as a shut-in not only began, but remained for a long time to come.

Armed with a credit card she had been provided for living expenses and food, Sayoko bought whatever she desired online.

Though it had never come up in conversation, she assumed that her father was the one who paid for her purchases.

At some point, Sayoko realized she and her father had never once in her life interacted face-to-face. Her father was the kind of person whose passion lay in his work. As such, he was seldom home. Even if he was, her mother would be there as well.

But with her gone, there was not very much to talk about between the two. So little, in fact, that she felt almost relieved that her father made no effort to try.

The internet would serve to satisfy Sayoko's boredom.

Moments would come when she felt the urge to return to attending school, or otherwise find a way to move on with her life.

However, these anxieties faded whenever she saw others online who shared in her circumstances.

She was the girl who had been bullied at school. The shut-in whose mother had left her.

At heart, she almost wished she could stay that way forever. Change was not something she wanted. She had become addicted to the idle life of comfort that validated her victim complex.

The virtuadoll, *μ*, became her life's main reprieve from tedium. Her music, composed by people of all walks, resonated deeply with her. She wasn't unhappy with any part of her life in particular, but the songs seemed to put words to her qualms with the world.

Then it hit her. Music was the medium through which they all expressed their qualms with the world. Sayoko nodded along to them in understanding as she spent her days in depravity.

Sayoko was aware of the Astral Syndrome Incident caused by the virtuadoll, *μ*. Now that the fad had died, however, only the true supporters remained. As far as she was concerned, that could only be a good thing.

In reality, though, the number of virtuadoll songs posted online dropped in the aftermath of the incident.

To assuage her boredom, Sayoko began to pose as a virtuadoll and post her own singing.

She had actually gotten lessons before, thanks to her vocalist mother. That was enough to give her the inner confidence needed to put herself out there.

Pretending to be a virtuadoll gave Sayoko her first shocking taste of satisfaction.

Though their numbers were few, people would gather to listen to her sing. To praise and applaud her.

It was a joy she thought a social outcast like herself would never live to experience.

Though she only intended it as a passing whim, in time she was singing every day and night, her audience growing more each time. Her heart trembled with joy the day she read one fateful comment: "You're even better than *μ*."

She was better at singing than *μ* herself. If that were true, then maybe she wasn't as much of a failure to society as she thought.

One day, she received an email from a man who called himself Bluffman. He was offering his services to Regret as a producer.

Initially, she was suspicious. But then, Bluffman began giving her songs by Doll-P's, free of charge. Every time she sang one, her viewer count skyrocketed.

Soon thereafter, Regret had taken the entire world by storm as the "Virtuadoll of Unknown Origin."

Sayoko was elated. People around the world were talking about her. She had gone from having no place in society to being in its center.

As the virtuadoll, *μ*, fell from public grace, it began to sink in that she had taken *μ*'s throne. *μ*, whom she had once enjoyed so much, now seemed insignificant.

It only made sense. After all, Sayoko was "even better than *μ*."

By the time Bluffman revealed his plans for Redo, Sayoko was able to accept them without missing a beat. She would become the goddess of a new world.

It was a perfect script--a story of redemption for a once-hopeless life. She knew, of course, that her complacency was half to blame for it. Even still, she embraced the thought of a new start. There was simply no reason to refuse.

Her parents flashed through her mind upon her decision to abandon reality. But her father, whose face took her quite some time to recall, was easily brushed off as somebody who was never all that important.

"You can become a goddess to surpass even *μ*." The words settled into her heart as Sayoko nodded back.

"Honestly? I was thinking just the same."