Hanako Sato

"Do you understand that I don't want to do this? I was pushed into this by Elise.”

* Hanako Sato, on a recording, talking to [REDACTED]

Hanako Sato is the youngest of the Sato siblings and an assassin.

Age: 19

DoB: 6/21/04

Height: 5’6

Early life:

Hanako grew up with neglectful parents and was raised mainly by her older brother, Ren, and her older sister, Megumi. Her older siblings loved her a lot and were more caring than her parents.

Hanako was always really artistic,  as she could draw, act, sculpt, and paint, and she was very talented at it. Her older brother was also an artist but Hanako was better than he was, so he was very proud of her.

Her death:

Hanako was killed during a play by having stage lights dropped on her. The reason for the stage lights being dropped on her is unknown, however,  someone was jealous of her for getting the leading role.

Hanakos Resurrection:

Hanako was resurrected 4 months after her death, by her brother, who was now Death. Her resurrection was done so she could be the thing she dreamed of always being: an artist, a famous one.

Elise’s intervention:

Elise had learned that Hanako was resurrected and had seen potential in her being an assassin. However, Elise knew that Hanako had a dream. Hibiki, Hanako's friend, originally was going to be recruited however, Hanako feared that she’d be executed or killed, so she offered to take Hibiki's place, despite not knowing the horrible conditions and how harsh the training would be.

Hanako was taught to wield various weapons, like guns, katanas, swords, crossbows, bows and arrows, bombs, and much more. She was also taught how to make her escape, and how to get rid of witnesses.

Training:

Hanako describes her training as harsh, often being tortured, beaten up by the instructors, denied basic human needs, vomiting every night, being executed at any moment, being used in human experiments (hence why she is half fish), watching the other assassins in training get executed for being weak or not cooperating. Hanako even states that sometimes the other assassins in training were disposed of in front of her own eyes.

Hanako remembers two deaths.

One of the deaths involved a malnourished 16-year-old, and his body was burned and served to the assassins in training.

The second death

Personality:

Hanako is very cold towards other people and can get angry quickly. Due to her angering easily, she struggles with aggression.

Despite the mask she wears, she is friendly towards her siblings, respecting them and willing to do them favors, except for sexual ones. While she is an assassin, she has shown a great dislike for killing others for the sake of bettering the world but has gotten used to it, in fear of disappointing Elise, who could execute/kill her on the spot. She also wishes to carry on for Hibiki, knowing that Hibiki believed in her. When getting close to others, she is very hard to get close to, due to her cold, stoic nature that she developed as an assassin.

She has also called other people's beliefs “stupid” due to sounding unethical

Hibiki is her friend from the afterlife, and they grew very close, however, when Hibiki was going to be scouted, Hanako took Hibiki's place. When she returned, her older brother revealed that Hibiki was recruited to be an assassin and was executed by Elise for being weak.