Saniko Bunburger

Saniko returns home after a late work day.

Saniko is a bunny businesswoman who is a secondary character of Furry Fight Chronicles thanks to being the older sister of Muko Bunburger. Due to her mother's absence and her father's depression, Saniko acts as the main caretaker of Muko, which gives her a lot of stress as she struggles to maintain the family by herself.

## Background

Saniko is the first born child of Bill Bunburger and his wife. Years after her birth, Saniko became the older sister of her sister, Muko Bunburger.

At some point in her life, Saniko was forced to work at a company after her father lost his job and fell into a depression. This became a source of stress for her as Saniko had to work overtime to sustain herself, her sister, and her father. To add further stress to her situation, Saniko had to put up with Muko pursuing random passions and falling into stupor when she failed, forcing Saniko to take care of her. At one point, Saniko was forced to help Muko lose weight after losing an eating competition and binge eating in her room for weeks.

After getting tired of taking care of Muko, Saniko forced her to get a stable job at Cafe Carrrots.

## Personality

Saniko is the complete opposite of Muko in personality and actions. While Muko is reckless and optimistic, Saniko is more careful and pessimistic. She's a hard worker at her company, prone to working overtime, whereas Muko gets and loses jobs very quickly. While Muko is energetic, Saniko is constantly stressed because of her work.

As the eldest child, Saniko wants to take care of her family by working hard to sustain it, have Muko become a responsible adult, and help her father to recover from his depression. The toll of taking care of her family takes its toll on her as she breaks down in tears when Muko quits her job at Cafe Carrots to become a Combagal and then makes light of the injuries she got from Kalita.

Saniko loves her sister Muko, having helped her get a job at Cafe Carrots, helped her lose weight after her failed career at competitive eating, and showing concern for her physical and emotional well-being. However, Saniko can be smothering and condescending, which Muko takes very personally. Ultimately, she loves her sister enough to let Muko follow her own path. Despite her decision, she still worries about Muko when she reads a Spotter article defaming her, showing that she still looks after her sister even after she moved out of the house. She also saw the Cookie Crumble Match and drank excessively out of worry for Muko, since Nyarai was a dangerous opponent and Sephario proved too much for Muko to handle.

After Muko's departure, Saniko has reached a sort of inner peace. While sad at Muko leaving, the two of them made peace and Saniko is content knowing Muko now has a career that she wants to pursue and a support system to take care of her. Its thanks to her relief that her sister is in good hands that Saniko was able to relax, even engaging in a drinking competition where she easily bested Kalita.

## Appearance

Saniko is a white bunny like Muko. She has white hair that goes down her neck and ends in black colored tips. Her eyes are slanted downward, reflecting her stressed personality.

Saniko wears a dark colored business blouse and skirt. She wears black thighs and shoes on her legs. Her blouse has a little golden medal that states the company where she works.

## Abilities

### Company Skills

Saniko works at a company to maintain herself and Muko. While being one of many employees, she appears to be skilled enough using a computer, going to excursions, and working overtime to be a valuable asset to the company.

### Drinking

As a result of her company's parties, Saniko is used to drinking alcohol. During her tenure at the company, Saniko developed an impressive tolerance towards alcohol. This is seen when she and Kalita engage in a drinking competition. Despite Kalita being a good drinker since childhood, Saniko easily kept up with her and didn't get drunk despite drinking the same amount of alcohol as the vixen, even looking bored as she won the competition.

## History

### Act 1

#### Part 1

##### Learning Muko's New Dream

Saniko first appears when Muko is playing video games at home. Upon learning about Muko's dream to become a Combagal, Saniko dismisses it as a phase, mentioning how she was interested in urban guerilla gardening before. She then adds that furry fighting is fake because the outcome is predetermined. Muko voices her opinion in that furry fighting is real based on the match she saw.

Saniko tells Muko not to become a Combagal since she's working at Cafe Carrots and it took Saniko some time to get a work for her there. Much to Saniko's shock, she learns that Muko quit her job the day she went to meet her manager, voicing her happiness at no longer having to work as a maid again.

#### Part 2

##### Argument With Muko

A few days after Muko quit Cafe Carrots, Saniko returns from an excursion. When Muko greets her, Saniko reacts with horror upon seeing the injuries she got from her fight with Kalita. As Muko explains more about her dream to be a furry fighter, Saniko voices her belief that Muko has a phase, reminding Muko of how she became fat for taking and failing at competitive eating, forcing Saniko to help Muko lose the excess weight.

As Muko, passive-aggressively points out how Cookie believes in her, Saniko snaps and throws a flower vase at the wall, surprising Muko. She angrily states that she wants the best for her sister by having her become a responsible adult. She breaks down in tears as the stress of working overtime and Muko's lack of maturity catch up with her. When Muko coldly states that Saniko is not their mom, Saniko calms herself down and goes to sleep, clearly hurt by Muko's comment.

##### Masato Match Fallback

During the Masato Match, Saniko worked at her company, worrying about Muko's match. As she predicted, Muko lost her debut fight badly and entered into a depression. Unlike the previous depression cases she faced, Saniko couldn't get Muko to snap out of it. She saw the tape of the Masato Match, watching how Nyarai brutalized Muko and then went on to hospitalize Adelgund by giving her a concussion and a broken jaw. Realizing that Muko's manager Cookie was to blame, Saniko did research on the squirrel, finding out about her role in Freydar's retirement and where Cookie lives.

##### Helping Muko

After finding out where Cookie lives, Saniko went to Monyan and asked Zebreastian where to find Cookie. Once she found Cookie, Saniko snapped her out of her despair by pointing out Muko's condition, asking her to solve the damage she caused. Cookie initially refuses to talk with Muko out of guilt, but then agrees when Saniko threatens to call the cops on her for having Muko fight Kalita and Nyarai despite her lack of skill.

After Muko snaps out of her depression and voices her desire to try furry fighting again, Saniko expresses her disapproval. She reminds Muko of Cookie's failures to her, Freydar, and Adelgund. However, Muko points out that she wants Cookie to be her manager because she learned from those failures and wants to atone. Saniko voices her stress at watching her sister take a dangerous path, causing Muko to call her out for being smothering.

Realizing that she held back her sister, Saniko agrees to let Muko return to furry fighting. However, Muko must move out of the house to learn independence, much to Muko's shock. Seeing no other way, Muko takes all of her belongings and moves in with Cookie until she can afford her own apartment.

#### Part 3

##### Worrying About Her Family

Shortly after Muko leaves the house, Saniko sees a Spotter article that denounces Muko as a sex offender. This worries Saniko, who worries why the Spotter is trying so hard to ruin Muko's image. She then hears her father calling to him. Saniko notices that Bill is smoking another cigarette despite not finishing the first one. Bill roughly grabs Saniko's hand and warns her to be careful of speaking in front of electric sockets, voicing his belief in Kalendesians spying on them through the sockets and how they plan to take the country. Bill's words cause Saniko to frown in concern for her father's mental health. A while later, Saniko finds out that Muko returned to furry fighting with Kalita as her partner, making her react with worry.

#### Part 4

##### Reconciliation And Goodbye

Saniko watched Team Starkiller's performance at the Cookie Crumble Match. She started drinking a lot out of concern due to Muko's extremely violent fight with Nyarai. Though Muko ultimately avenges her defeat against Nyarai, Saniko's worries are still present when she realizes that Muko is going to fight against Sephario. Her fears are ultimately proven true when Sephario defeats Muko and then Kalita, resulting in Team Starkiller losing and having to move out of Botaun.

During Muko's last days in Botaun,Saniko made peace with Muko as the two of them went to visit Betsy's grave now that Muko moved on from their mother's death. They later attended Toco Niku to a goodbye party for Team Starkiller. Though Saniko was worried about Muko remaining a Combagal, she nonetheless kept supporting him. Later on, Saniko and Kalita have a drinking competition where Saniko easily wins as she's used to drinking a lot of alcohol at her company's parties.

The following day, Saniko tearfully said goodbye to Muko . Though sad that Muko was going to leave, she was still happy that her little sister found her own path in life.

## Trivia

* Saniko is the first relative of one of the main characters to appear, with her relationship as Muko's older sister being revealed in the third chapter.