Kiryu Sabato

* TM
* TA3

**Sabato** Kiryu (桐生 **佐馬斗**) is the villainous protagonist of Taimanin Murasaki and joins in later games as a supporting character.

Known as the **Demonic Specialist Doctor**, he was a normal human that partially turned himself into a demon, after getting killed by Murasaki. He joined the Taimanin later as medical and research staff.

## Personality

Early on in the series, Sabato is **sadistic** and **narcissistic**, enjoys inflicting humiliation and prefers to work with little ethical restriction or care when it came to research and craft. Highly intelligent, he grew **easily bored** by the work Nomad gave him and felt underutilized. Sabato was always about the "craft" and held no honest alliance to any group, which made him into a **dishonest** and a **backstabber** if it let to a benefit for him. Sabato loses composure, when he feels insulted or his skills are overlooked.

He displays the typical **overacting evil** **mad scientist** **vibes**, with loud laughing, insults and avoids direct confrontation, unless he has a plan.

However, Sabato also tries to present himself as an honorable scientist, which almost nobody believes. When talking to coworkers or peers, he tries to act more **refined** and shows honest respect for skills. Regardless, he can't remember the names of most co-workers, even when trying, including his number one and two of the past Gielant and Morizawa. Forgetting them after seconds, he rather uses insulting or nice nicknames for most people.

Sabato might have gained some form of mental complex in his youth, his older sister that was much more skilled in some fields of science tended to be very dominating and demeaning towards his skills. As such, his narcissistic overacting might be just a front, to cover self-esteem issues and his desire to be respected by peers, a way to gain the respect he didn't gain from his sister.

After Taimanin Murasaki, his extreme evil behavior and sadism have **calmed down**, even in "What If" events it is mentioned that the fusion with Murasaki, might have reduced some of his more evil impulses. Sabato still acts and plays the "evil scientist" but that is more hot air and his rudeness tends to be ignored by others. Shifted to **extreme masochism**, as long as it is from Murasaki, he worships the ground she stands on and is content with things. He has become even more of a **pervert** and constantly tries to gain items or pictures of Murasaki but respects her authority. As he spends almost 9 years with the Taimanin, he has become loyal to them Taimanin and is respected for his skills and medical knowledge.

### Relationships

 Black | He fears Black's power, knowing he will be taken down by him for working behind his back. While Black sees him as a useful person but is somewhat aware of how untrustworthy he is.
 Tatsurou | Not remembering his name Kiryuu still feels some level of effection for "pig boy", giving him a really good trade for Murasaki's pendant/charm that makes a happy end in TY2 possible. Tatsurou will not strongly react to insults to him, Yukikaze and  Rinko, as he is extremly thankful for "mostly" healing both women from the worst effects of Under Eden.

## Appearance

He is a younger middle-aged man with, dark gray to black hair and gray eyes. He wears glasses and lab coat.

Has a scar on his neck as a result of his first encounter with Murasaki.

## History

### Background

Growing up with his sister Kiryu Mikoto, gave him a bit of a complex but just like her became a scientist.

In his youth, he was a member of a government-affilated medical institution, but became fascinated by the medical technology of the demon world. Since then he has become the top leading scientist in regard to Body Modification. Originally he was a human working for Nomad, trained by his mentor Fürst in the art of Hell technology. Most of note, he was Chief-Scientist in the Chaos Arena, in the year **2072**, serving Black and Oboro into creating slaves with Body Modifications. He was the one performing the slave body modification on Asagi and Sakura in TA. He interacted with Asagi, acting like he was on her side to kill Oboro as seen in a dream of Taimanin Asagi The Nightmare. However, in the end, betrayed Asagi and would forget the names of the two ninja quickly afterwards, even if he considered the work on them a masterpiece.

However, after Asagi's escape, Sabato was decapitated by Murasaki, while the Chaos Arena was raided by Taimanin in the aftermath of the Chaos Arena. He was able to escape death and the Taimanin by giving some of his body over to demons, using lesser demonic cells he was able to heal and reconnect his head. The demon cells he used however, ate away at his humanity and threaten to turn him into a mindless beast. Sabato concluded, he needed the help of the Taimanin that "killed him" to save his mind, as Murasaki's Ninja Art could not only heal herself perfect but also cancel demonic influence.

### Visual Novels

Sabato was assigned a New Chaos Arena, around year **2075**, to perform Body Modification, with his demonic assistant Gielant, which name he would forget all the time but he also grew more and more frustrated by the work, stating he felt like a "small town dentist" performing the same job over and over again. Sabato started to secretly trade the DNA of Edwin Black and Oboro to, Nomads competitor, Dragon Gate. Even gaining some of their trust and technology in exchange. It is strongly suggested that both Saya and Oboro (Clone), had been the end result of that partnership. Suffering now from seizure like fits, in which his demonic side took over, he leaked information without any approval. The location of the new Chaos Arena and that he was involved, to lure Murasaki into a trap.

The trap snapped, Murasaki broke into his research room, killing assistant Gielant and his demonic meat puppet. Able to overpower Murasaki with his new body which could use tentacles and blades, Sabato was defeated thanks to the arrival of Sakura, which had followed in Murasaki's shadow in secret. However, both Edwin Black and Ingrid arrived and knocked out both Taimanin before they could escape. Ingrid instantly doubted Sabato's honesty and suspected he leaked the information, without disclosing it with Nomad. Black also suspected Sabato and threatened him, but also did not wish to act without evidence. As a result, Ingrid, started a long investigation, while Taimanin Murasaki played out.

Sabato now on the clock with his demonic cells, Ingrid or the Taimanin as a danger, began his plan to save his own life. Putting an Explosive Ring on Igawa Sakura, he blackmailed Yatsu Murasaki into having sex with him. Leaving Sakura's training to Orc mercenaries and his High Orc weapon against Ingrid, Gial. Taking Murasaki virginity, he planned to corrupt her mind and implanted a tumor into her heart/brain, in which he could transfer his own mind and body into. However, unless Murasaki trusted Sabato, lost her very strong will and was corrupted enough, her Taima Particles would reject Sabato and make a fusion of the mind impossible, because of that training was needed. Refusing his urge to go to far and understand Murasaki's needs on the last night, Sabato is able to erode Murasaki's will, but Ingrid investigation is ongoing. Her investigation leads to the death, of one of Sabato's assistants and after finding his hidden orc training room, she kills Gial and takes the orcs head for research, finding his resistant to her magic flames suspicious. Kiryu holds back to perform any direct aggression against her, as this would only result in her being justified to attack. However, his time runs short with Gials head being looked into, which contained Edwin Black cells and now half of his science staff taken away for questioning. Capturing Ingrid, would only lead to failure, so he pushes further to fuse with Murasaki.

Sending Murasaki, that last day for further training, to an old trainer woman to give her proper etiquette. He has intercourse with her the correct way, breaking Murasaki will without destroying her trust.

When Murasaki awakes on the final day, she is on the stage of the Chaos Arena. Sakura still having all of her Explosive Rings, he states that he betrayed her a little in this case, but it was needed. Before anything further happens, Ingrid arrives, confirming she had the minds of the lab staff probed until they started to talk. Confirming, she knew that Sabato had, connections with Dragon Gate and sold DNA data of Edwin Black to them, as well as used the DNA to create Gial.

Confronted by Ingrid, which is ready to strike. He detonated all the rings on Sakura, he explained to Murasaki that he would save Sakura's live if Murasaki willingly fused with him to defeat Ingrid and flee. Able to convince Murasaki to work together and trust him with a hug, as Ingrid recovers from the confusion of the detonation and now attacks him directly. Both him and Murasaki fuse, while Sabato's old body falls to the ground dead. He now exists within Murasaki and is able to counter Ingrid with a newly formed iron axe from Murasaki's blood and now tentacles. The resulting confusion and panic of the watchers, allows them to flee the scene, with Ingrid pushed back enough, unable to follow.

Depending on the canonical nature of some of the "What If" events. Sabato either causes some minor trouble for the Taimanin while, hiding in Murasaki or is just extracted from Murasaki, and imprisoned by the Taimanin. Forced under harsh guidelines, to support them. His personal fascination of Murasaki only grew into possessive, submissive love for her. While slightly annoyed by the Taimanin more moral regulations, he would teach Murasaki about hell technology and enjoy his time more and more.

While not appearing in Taimanin Asagi 2, in year 2076, both Saya and Clone Oboro of Dragon Gate both die, which ends the partnership with Kiryu completely.

Sabato is seen after that in Taimanin Yukikaze 2, year **2079**, in which it is stated that he had discovered and removed the Eve-chip on Yukikaze and Rinko, after their rescue from Under Eden one year ago. He also gave both certain "tools", to release the stress created by their own slave body modification. When Akiyama Tatsuro is given a good luck charm by Murasaki, for a long undercover mission in Seishu Academy. Sabato forces a trade and gives Tatsuro a small bottle containing a bug-like copy of himself, which is required for the true end of that game. When Tatsuro and Kousaka Shizuru are attacked by a mysterious rubber woman, and Shizuru suffers from an aphrodisiac poison, Tatsuro releases the Kiryu-bug. Able to cure Shizuru, by implanting itself it converses that the poison was only a cover for another EVE chip hidden and with that could avoid Shizuru's corruption, cutting the infiltration mission shorter. Sabato at this point is known among the Taimanin and somewhat respected, even if he still is considered kinda disgusting.

In Taimanin Asagi 3, year **2082**, he learned to revert the body modifications on Sakura and Asagi, still works for the Taimanin. Though, he is still considered to be rude, he has learned even the names of most of the people he is involved with. Sabato noticed, medical doctor Muroi Mitsuhiko is not who he says he is and confronts him alone, knowing that his aura is that of Fürst. Telling him that out of respect for his mentor, he would allow him to escape before telling the Taimanin. However, Kiryu is attacked by Fürst, which holds no sentimentality and turns the whole room into a meat trap which dissolves his body.

Able to heal himself, by turning himself into a small flying-bug, he informed Murasaki as soon as he could, about the plot of Nomad and the trap for Asagi. Which allowed Murasaki to rescue Asagi before she could be taken by Fürst, using a "meatball" to control her. Forced to heal and incubate after this point, he avoids being killed later on. When Koukawa Asuka is able to rescue, Sakura and Murasaki before they transform into demons in the Asuka route, it is Kiryu that makes sure that the transformation is halted and fully reverted. Showing serious concern, even afterward watching both, that every demonic cell is destroyed. He also helps Murasaki to restore the mind of Sawaki Kosuke, which had been turned into that meatball by Fürst and researches now into a way to revert his body as well. At this point, Murasaki though frustrated by Sabato's constant love talk does trust him fully.

### Timeline ZERO

He is not seen but was off-screen doing the Body Modification of Igawa Asagi (ZERO), in the year **2074**. A version of him is mentioned in Taimanin Asagi ZERO by Byg, as a Nomad scientist. As Igawa Sakura (ZERO) still requires a cure for the demonic seed, it is hinted in the ending that Igawa Asagi (ZERO) is gonna search for him.

### Timeline TABA

Shares the entire normal canon history outside of TA3. TABA plays from 2082 up until around 2086.

His sister Kiryu Mikoto is introduced, which later joins the Fuuma Organization. Sabato remains with the Taimanin, as TA3 has not played out but pecially his large photographic collection of Murasaki becomes more known. At some point Sabato convinces Yatsu Kuro, that Murasaki is in danger and works together with Fuuma Kotaro just to get images of Murasaki in a wedding dress. Images destroyed by Kuro afterwards without mercy but in exchange Sabato provides some intel to Kotaro about the location of Task Force G.

Sabato is seen later on in an event in which Yuri Hisui, requested help to gain more power. In the end Hisui loses control and her life is at risk, with only Kotaro capturing her and Mikoto healing her can be resolved.

### Timeline RPGX

An alterned form of the games before it ocure and he still works the same way for the Taimanin in 2082 and onward.

His sister is again mentioned but he has not played any big part yet. He has been mentioned in regards to Linoa Serin, and both have worked on some projects. He is also mentioned by Fuuma Kotaro, to be hard to deal with.

He and Serin reverted the programing on Mechajiro and turned her into a guard.

### Timeline Action

An alterned form of the games before it ocure and he still works the same way for the Taimanin in 2082 and onward.

The combined attack of Murasaki and Sabato can be seen. Implying he is at the time fused with her or some of his demonic cells grant her that ability. He is also mentioned by Fuuma Kotaro.

## Additional Material

* The OVA route for him is very different following no clear in-game ending but for him at least it is a bad end. Able to capture Murasaki and showing her of to Edwin Black. He gets into a verbal conflict with Ingrid, the right-hand woman of black, about his probable betrayal. Tricking Ingrid into coming to a church, he rushes her down with multiple revived demons that hold a grudge against The Dark Knight. Able to trick Ingrid with the face of a human child to take her of guard. Capturing Ingrid early but not Sakura (as she doesn't appear in the OVA), he spends most of his time trying to break her and Murasaki’s will but also to lure in Black and kill him. Presenting the finished training of both women and also making a sales pitch to other demons for "Nabelius", a three-headed dog demon that he wants to mass produce. Kiryuu wants to put up a show and let him breed with both Ingrid and Murasaki but gets interrupted by Black (disguised as a child). After boasting that Cerberus has Black's DNA and is able to kill his former Boss, Cerberus will stagger looking fearful at Black then suddenly jerk around in pain. After that he split into two, at which point Yatsu Kurou jumps out of him seemingly having cut the monster from within after getting eaten. Having a short conversation implying that both worked together, Kiryuu is in shock summoning demons to kill Black but takes them out with no issue. Murasaki and her brother are now fighting the demons as well. In a final inch effort he tries rushing Black which also ends in failure being slammed into the ground. Black request that Ingrid kills him possibly as for revenge and compensation for the pain she has gone through which she doesn't hesitate to do.
* Kiryu does not appear in the OVA of TA3.

## Powers/Abilities

**Main Weapon**: Tentacles or needles

* **Tentacle user**: Is able to grow tentacles from his body that can perform multiple tasks from lewd to crushing
* **Medical Expert**: Is able to perform basic and advanced medical tasks
* **Demon Science Expert**: Can basically create life and demons remodel bodies and a lot more with time
* **Regeneration**: Is able to heal from a lot of wounds
* **Body Clone**: Can create a fly with his head, that can grow to a man's size and help Taimanin in the field.
* **Fusion**: Is able to fuse with Murasaki being able to use tentacles or help her with strategies. He is only able to do this with Murasaki however because of her healing ability other people as he stated would burn up quick.

## Media

* Taimanin Murasaki
* Hell Knight Ingrid
* Taimanin Asagi Battle Arena
* Taimanin Asagi The Nightmare
* Taimanin Yukikaze 2
* Taimanin Asagi 3
* Taimanin Asagi ZERO
* Taimanin RPGX
* Action Taimanin

## Trivia

* Murasaki calls Kiryu the "man that does not remember names". In fact, he cannot remember the name of Asagi and Murasaki, which he considered a masterpiece at the start of Taimanin Murasaki. He also can't remember the name of his assistant Gielant, he worked with for years and at times also forgets the name of Edwin Black, though he actively avoids thinking about Black.
* Dies in the OVA, but is still alive in the games. Past Taimanin Murasaki his character also shifts strongly. The OVA version overall is much more evil.
* When Murasaki arrived, he had around 10 days before his demonic cells would take him over.
* Kiryu talks often in insults, he does this so much that even allies have started to overlook this more as a quirk of his character.
* Has a deep masochistic crush on Murasaki past TM and being hacked to pieces by her is viewed as displays of love.
* In the OVA, he is called an officer of Dragon Gate, which implies that at least in the OVA, he had changed sides. This does not happen in the games, where he only sold data of Nomad in secret to Dragon Gate.
* When transformed into a mindless tentacle creature in one of the bad endings, he is unable to remember his name and just proclaims "I remember, it is Gielant", in an endless loop while he rampages.
* The idea that Sabato could have a sibling, is implied by most interaction with male characters. Gielant is the youngest sibling, which Sabato understands quick and relate to. He also interacts and is friendly to both Yatsu Kuro and Akiyama Tatsurou.
* Is responsible for the Slave modifications on Asagi and Sakura.
* Same as Akiyama Tatsurou, he is one of the few male protagonists.
* In the OVA, he is located at a large "church-like building" and at one point clothes himself as a priest, which Ingrid calls disgusting. This might not be fully random, or just connected to his current headquarters in that very different story. Most of his science staff in Taimanin Murasaki, are insanely devoted, even willing to die for Kiryu's protection. Which almost comes across like a religious cult at points.
* As his body has not been fully taken over by demonic cells, he still considered himself human.
* Given how he acts with his sister, Kiryu Mikoto, it can be presumed his attitude towards women may have been a direct result of his screwed up childhood. As he now acts sadistic towards all women, just like his sister would act to him, and becomes submissive towards women he cares for, like Yatsu Murasaki.

## Quotes

"*Murasaki!! Cut me!! Do it to this body of mine in a single stroke with exuberant love!*"
— Kiryuu, proclaiming his twisted masochistic love for Murasaki in TA3[src]

"*Even if we get engaged, in this laboratory, I am king of the lab. (...) Properly speaking, naked with a collar would be a suitable outfit, but I love you too much, so I'm exempting you from your rank as a slave. I hope you're truly grateful*"
— Kiryuu being still crazy but harmless in TA3 and talking to Murasaki[src]

"*Were you really cured? What a foolish question, Igawa Asagi! I was the one who remodeled you. It was the strongest, lewdest sexual remodeling performed under the leadership of the genius Kiryuu Sabato. It's not that I cannot cure it. No, it can't be cured by anyone but me! Kuahahahaahahaha!!*"
— After being asked by Asagi and Sakura, if their body modifications are cured.[src]

**Tatsuro**: "*Thank you very much. But, what is this?*"
**Kiryu**: "*In exchange, I'll take the amulet of Murasaki's that you're holding.*"
**Tatsuro**: "*Eh?! B, but, Murasaki-sensei gave this to-*"
**Kiryu**: "*What are you saying? The amulet that Murasaki had since the time of her first battle... Don't you understand that I, who is bound to Murasaki by eternal love, am the one who deserves to have that?*"
— Kiryu ignoring Tatsuro's questions about the strange bottle he switched for Murasaki's amulet[src]

## Gallery

With IngridSneak attack on transformed KiryuSakura, revealed as the attackerConcept Art SabatoYatsu Murasaki (Healing) and **Kiryu Sabato**. (Bad Ending)Fighting MurasakiUsing the demonic cellsFighting MurasakiWith Yatsu MurasakiLosing his head in the past