Satō Matsuzaka

**Satō Matsuzaka** (松坂 さとう, *Matsuzaka Satō*) also spelled **Satou Matsuzaka**, is a recurring character of the series.

She is a first-year student attending Makisuhara High School who finally learns what true love means for the first time after meeting a young girl called Shio Kōbe.

Publicly, she tells people and writes in documents that she resides with her aunt, and keeps the fact that she lives with Shio a secret and does everything to protect their Happy Sugar Life.

## Description

### Appearance

Satou is a beautiful fair-skinned girl with thigh-length light bubblegum pink hair. On each side of her head are small buns, the left one being decorated with a white lace around it and a red plaid patterned ribbon. She has big, dark crimson eyes.

Her wardrobe changes, but usually, she wears a brown vest with two golden buttons, a navy blue jacket-like blazer and a green skirt with black knee-high socks and brown shoes - her school uniform.

She often carries around her blue bag with fake sweets. Inside is a taser, a knife and other tools that she might use to protect herself or when committing murder.

### Personality

Outwardly, Satou appears to be a kind girl who enjoys spending time with her friend Shōko Hida. Apparently, Satou is somewhat of an idol for her co-workers and admired by the people around her, always being friendly and knowing what to do in any situation. Shouko reveals the fact that Satou has had many stalkers before. She is also popular at her school and seems to be well-educated and practical and usually uplifted her coworkers at work whenever they didn't look like her.

However, her personality is all a façade and in reality, Satou is a manipulator who is willing to lie, cheat and even going as far as killing if that means that she'll get what she wants, which is being able to stay with Shio. Satou snaps when she sees someone as a threat to Shio or her sugar happiness with her, such as the apartment owner and Asahi Kōbe, which she refrained from bashing his head in with a crowbar due to him saying her and Shio's vows when asleep. Although she does understand that killing would reduce her chance of being with Shio, she does it anyway to protect her sugar love. She usually plans things ahead and uses social manipulation to get her way rather than violence, like what she did to Sumire Miyazaki after she had kissed her.

Satou did seem to show some remorse when she first murdered Shouko. She seemed to object to killing her friend, but didn't see any other way to get rid of her. Satou usually uses her aunt as an excuse for her behavior whenever she has self-doubt or feels guilty. This is the only way she can accept the kind of a person she became.

Many of her behavioral symptoms are tied to the Yandere trope for her and Shio to live in and spend their days together forever, away from the "corrupted and filthy" outside world.

## Etymology

* The name **Satō** means "sugar" (さとう) in Hiragana.
* Satou's surname **Matsuzaka** means "pine tree, fir tree" (松) (**matsu**) and "slope, hill" (坂) (**saka**/**zaka**).

## Trivia

* Shio describes Satou's heart as an "empty, but not broken" jar when they initially met.
* Satou makes all of Shio's clothes with the exception of her blue long-sleeved school uniform.
* Satou loves sweets and hates bitter things, most likely because her aunt often left her with a jar of candy. She categorizes what she experiences based on sweetness and bitterness.
* Satou is responsible for four homicides throughout the entire series.
* According to Shouko, Satou wears non-appealing underwear.
* Satou used to sleep around with boys in an attempt to find love.
* Satou used to be into candy decorations, some of which still dangling from her schoolbag or decorating her phone case.
* Satou is an excellent cook and a skilled waitress.
* When asked about her hobbies, Satou answers with movies, shopping, having tea and chatting with her friends in cafes. She also used to regularly visit a spa with Shouko before meeting Shio and saving her money.
* Satou believes that TV personalities are amazing and that she could never do what they do.