Ria Maaka

*"I built up a world of magic, because my red life was so tragic"* --Ria Maaka

Normal

Vampire Form

Rin (By Reine Murasame)

Ren Maaka (Alternate Identity)

Rii-chan (By Haruto Itsuka)

Boy (By Nia Sakamaki)

Nushi-sama (By Mukuro Furukawa)

Yellow Clock Eye (Left, While using Vampire powers)

### Family

James Marker né Edwards (Paternal grandfather)Elda Marker (Paternal grandmother)

Daniel Armash né Braunlich (Maternal grandfather)

Cecilia Armash (Maternal grandmother)

Henry Marker (Father)

Calera Marker née Armash (Mother)

Ren Maaka (Twin brother)

Karin Maaka (Younger sister)

Anju Maaka (Youngest Sister)

Edward Edwards (Paternal great-great-great-uncle)

Elga Marker (Paternal second cousin once removed)

Frederick Marker (Paternal second cousin)

Aricia Armash (Ancestor)

Vincent Armash (Ancestor; original self)

Rei Maaka (Nephew; by Ren)

Rin Maaka (Daughter; by Ren)

Kanon Usui (Niece; by Karin)

## Media

### Novel Debut

Volume 1

**Ria Maaka** is the main deuteragonist of *Chibi Vampire*, the main Protagonist of *Chibi Vampire ll* and *Chibi Vampire III*, and the second eldest of the Maaka children who shares a disgust for humans like her twin brother. Her age in unknown but she ends up looking like a 16-17 year old, which she isn't and is actually much older than Karin. She has two younger sisters, Karin Maaka and Anju Maaka, as well as a twin brother, Ren Maaka, who later becomes her husband. She has a brother complex and is always hoping to suck Ren's blood because he is a massive sinner, something which she can't quite wrap her head around.

She prefers male victims, using them for her own games, and refuses to suck on female victims, seeing them as disgusting. She states that killing was only used to keep her under control during the day to prevent Brigitte Braunlich from escaping. When she found out that Ren impregnated Brigitte, she was so hurt that she ran away to her bedroom. She couldn't hold it in anymore and sucked his blood, though decided that Ren wouldn't be Ren without sinfulness. Ever since then, she became absolutely obsessed with Ren's blood and relied on him in order to survive. If he didn't let her suck his blood than she could have sexual intercourse with him. Even if he didn't mind, he just let her suck his blood because it made her happy.

It is revealed in *Chibi Vampire II* that she possesses a strange power that allows her to seal the powers of a Vampire in her body with a kiss.

## Description

Ria is the oldest daughter of the Maaka (Marker) family. She appears as a young girl, but is in her 20's (in human years), and resembles her maternal aunt Celica. She is sadistic, very mature, yet slightly childish, and is not afraid to stand up to anyone, including her twin brother. Ria prefers to wear black clothing because of her extremely pale skin, and often wears part of her hair in a ponytail to the side. She also covers most of her skin because she is wary about getting sun burned.

  Even if she hadn't fully awakened as a vampire yet, Ria developed her skills at a very young age. Years before the start of the series, she was able to handle her bats to the point where her parents consider her a prodigy. Ria can use her bats to watch over Karin during the day, because she sometimes cannot go outside. Whenever Karin bites someone and injects her blood into the victim, Ria uses a bat to erase the person's memory. Unlike other vampires, she seems to have a higher tolerance to sunlight. Prior to becoming an adult, Ria could come outside on a sunny day whenever she was carrying a parasol. If it was cloudy, or if she goes outside in the evening, her parasol was not needed. Years after her niece's birth, she could still come outside in daylight as long has she had her parasol with her.

## Summary

Mana has reported that Ria Maaka is the most dangerous Vampire ever known, having killed over 10,000 people personally.

### **Chibi Vampire II**

At the start of the season and her new high school year as a 2nd-year student, she accidentally stumbles into a new world unknown to her or to the public for that matter of fact. Knowing the real reason behind the spacequakes and the fight between the AVT and the Vampires; forcefully or voluntarily, Ria was brought into the secret organization known as Ratatoskr that her childhood friend commands, which was also a surprise to her. With the only explanation from him being that only she can save the Vampires, Ria reluctantly joins due to her naive wish to help and save people in need. Going about with her (seemlingly) normal life and rescuing Vampires is one thing, but with each new encounter and new Vampires to save, there is always some type of new hardship on Ria's mental health, since she has to deal with Vampires that were originally human, which she shows to despise.

## Appearance

Ria is described as "a girl with astonishing beauty". She gets her looks from her mother's side of the family and she has inherited an ample bosom from her mother as well, much to the chagrin of the flat-chested Elda, who despises her daughter-in-law. Ria's chest is also the subject of some jealousy.

  Ria is shown to be extremely beautiful and cute, and is extremely popular with the boys at her school. She has long white hair with some tied as a high ponytail to the side, red eyes and pale skin. During the times where she uses her Vampire powers, her left eye changes to a golden, inorganic clock face. The positions of the clock hands represent her remaining "time". She wears a black form of the normal school uniform with black arm covers covering up both her arms. She also has black stockings and black dress shoes.

  When she's in her vampire form, her eyes change to a glistening blue color and her hair is loose with what appears to be a black veil or ribbon on the back of her head.

## Personality

Ria is a person whose character is difficult to read. She possesses a dislike of humanity that borders on mistrust, which is something that she shares with most of the other Vampires in her debut. She is a skilled actress, capable of putting on the facade of an innocent, curious young girl when she needs to. This skill of hers is shown when she registered as a student at Raizen High School and spoke in a polite manner. However, under that mask lies a mad woman, prone to fits of insane laughter and possessing no regard for human life, viewing them as a food source. This likely stems from her childhood, where multiple human children were about to kill her.

Unknown to most, Ria is severely mentally ill. She suffers from Depression, Bipolarity, Insomnia, Anxiety, Paranoia, and (paranoia induced) Delusions. She tries her best to hide this from all except Ren, the one she trusts most.

On the outside, she is shown as being sweet, feminine, and a polite individual who always has an intimidating smirk on her face matched with a calm tone, but also a sense of brutality can be felt in her spoken words. This, however, masks her dark and sanguinary side—ruthless, cold and calculating. She has little, if any, problem with using others for her own goals. She will resort to cruel and usually violent methods, most of the time coming out of nowhere, that generally end in bloody deaths, effectively making her a Yandere. But because she goes insane for no reason she is best described as a Yangire.

Ria speaks softly and smiles often in order to imitate etiquette as a lady. She despises her real self as she dislikes ordinary and common things and considers her real identity to be one of "*a loser*". She usually uses polite language whenever she talks to others, but her short-temperedness surfaces when something fails to go as well as she expects it to.

As the Queen of Liars, Ria claimed that she can even fool her own emotions, but this doesn't seem to be entirely the case. She appears to lack empathy and claims that she feels no guilt for the nefarious acts she committed in the underworld. Ria has a habit of deceiving her own emotions and so even in defeat always keeps a constant poise.

  Ria is also very sadistic and cold, causing trauma for everybody, friend or foe alike, however she seems to direct such insults to females to damage their ego. Due to her extreme sadistic streak, Anju refers to her as "Sadie", a play on the word "Sadist". She also likes to torment people and hates people who lie to her and ruin her fun. In the anime, she is a confident singer.

  There is a twisted justice behind her methods, however, as the people that she brutally murdered were would-be rapists and animal abusers.

  Her brutal personality mostly results from the abuse inflicted by female humans when she was a child, which caused severe trauma for her and she wasn't allowed to go to a public school because of the trauma that she felt.

  In hindsight, Ria possesses some degree of innocence that her psychotic behavior has not entirely ruined; she has a soft spot for small animals and other creatures. She once slaughtered four humans not because she was hungry nor because she thought it would be fun, but because they were trying to kill a kitten. She also appeared to have some desire for a normal life.

  However, despite the fact she doesn't kill without a reason and her redeeming qualities, Ria doesn't seem to think of herself as a great person and even appears to hate being called one. When Haruto stated that he would not give up on her despite her being a murderer, she responded by using her City of Devouring Time on the students of Raizen High School. Also, when <Phantom> called her a kind person, Ria's initial response was to try to shoot him.

  She also seems to enjoy singing. This is shown in episode 18, where, when she was 14, she was secretly singing a song called "your not innocent" in the music room of Ren's school, but was caught by Ren and Makoto. She was also shown playing the guitar while singing that song, which hints that she also knows how to play the guitar.

  Ria is somewhat childish, shown in her hobby of collecting dolls, but her favorite doll is Riz (called Riz-kun by Ria), which contains the soul of a serial killer known as "Jack the Ripper". This coincides with a special power of hers which allows her to put the souls of the dead into dolls and communicate with them. Riz is kept inside the doll because he is a dangerous spirit and Ria seals him up in there and often threatens to wipe his soul off the face of the planet. He can get out if he is separated from her for too long or if she is extremely weak, however due to the bond between them he will never leave her. Considering that she also owns a Ren doll, she must like him very much.

  Ria appears to have a particular liking for cats, as shown by her brutally murdering a group of men who were shooting at one with pellet guns. In an Omake, it is shown that she can be quite embarrassed about this. When Ren caught her, she ended up going so far as to have one of her clones pretend to be the real her and "dispose" of her so that she could get out of the situation without ruining her reputation.

  Ria seems to have a strong sense of justice. While lamenting about the inequality in the world, she always possessed a strong desire to help those in need. This trait is considered both pure and naive. It is this empathizing nature and desire that makes her regarded as the best person to handle the Vampires.

  Ria often contemplates the behaviors and attitudes of human beings. She regards humans, in general, to be "difficult creatures," but she is fascinated with their struggles and lofty goals. She is intrigued by how seemingly insatiable they are, for they are willing to "drag others down to get what they want, even in death."

  Her ability to summon shadow clones of herself from other timelines adds, even more, complexity to her character. The clones are essentially herself, which means they have the same personality, but they also have free will to an extent, even if they share memories, goals, fears, and obsessions. It is also hinted that the experiences each clone possesses affect the main one since Ria was shown talking to her clones and was happy because she had received a pat on the head from Ren. Some of her clones also slightly reflect what her former personality was.

However, she tends to hide her feelings when she is under great pressure by putting on her public persona. She also cares greatly for her family members, and would not hesitate to do something if anything were to happen to one of them, including things that could hurt others. When pushed to her limit, Ria will do anything even if it's a risk.

  When she was a child, before her personality changed, she was a sweet and gentle little girl who's fears made her emotionless. She also didn't seem to be a bad person or naughty. Whenever she got mad she would stomp on one of her dolls (with a voodoo effect on the person the doll is based off of), so she may have a minor (compared to her older self) sadistic streak. She valued her family above all else.

  Young Ria is described as a shy yet kind little child and was far more passive than the other vampires. She was unable to articulate full sentences and express herself well. She also had a personality very similar to Anju Maaka, her younger sister. She stated before that she hated her original self and loves her strong self, deeming it to be her in actuality.

  As a verbal tic, Ria often has a habit of saying Ara Ara (あら、あら) when particularly amused by something.

## History

### **Background**

She was born with bipolar disorder, which means that she has multiple mood swings. For example, she can go from being extremely happy to extremely mad. She was innocent as a child but humans ruined that innocence of hers, causing Ren and her to hate humans. This also caused severe depression for her and normally goes onto her mental state frequently. She will only feed on men because she shows a hatefulness towards other females, possibly because of her tragic childhood.

She couldn't go to a public school when she was in middle school due to the trauma that she faced with females. Girls were always jealous of her because of her good looks as a child and the fact that she had all of the boys squirming around her, much to the annoyance of all the other girls. One day, they took it too far and attacked her, telling her things like "your worthless" or "Just die." This took a toll on her and she finally did something that she would regret for the rest of her life. She bit them but in doing so she also killed them. She never wanted to hurt anyone up until that point. She soon realized that she enjoyed causing pain and humiliation upon others and enjoyed being in control of someones life. But she also realized that she enjoyed the pain that they caused her because it reminded her that she was still alive, no matter how messed up her mind was. Then <Phantom> appeared and offered her a deal. He gave her a Sephira Crystal and told her that this crystal will let her wish become a reality. when asked if she could change back anything, what would it be, she answered that she will change back the time to when abuse, pain and humiliation never existed, even if she knew it was impossible. She was comforted soon after by Haruto Itsuka and became emotionally dependent on him as a result, however her mind was forever corrupted and she became sadistic and cold. She also gained severe depression from the incident and tries her best to hide it.

### **In The Manga**

Though Ria has fully awakened as a vampire, she can still go outside in the sunlight with the aid of a parasol. Ria uses her bat familiar spirits to watch over Karin during the day when she cannot. After Karin has met Kenta Usui, Ria believes that he would be a useful ally, and uses a bat to guide him to the park, where he finds Karin injecting her blood into a high school girl named Miharu. Kenta finds out that Karin is a vampire, and, after Ria falls out of a tree, Karin discovers that Ria was behind the whole thing. Over time, as Karin and Kenta's relationship blooms, Ria is confused as to why Karin would fall in love with a human. In volume 6, when Ria and the rest of the family explain that Kenta agreed that he would no longer see Karin (after collapsing from a major nosebleed), Karin bursts into tears and, while sobbing, begs Ria to let her see Kenta. Ria, at first, did not want to let Karin go, because she didn't understand why Karin would choose a human over her own family and she didn't want her to end up like her. She eventually lets Karin go, but is still upset. In volume 8, it is revealed that Ria feels Valentine's Day is "stupid", as she wonders why people would be so hung up on Valentine's Day, which is something that she shares with her youngest sister, Anju. She soon starts to enjoy valentines day (to an extent) in season 2.

  She had a child with Ren and even got married to him in the manga. She named her daughter Rin, because that name meant happiness, and it was originally gonna be the name that Calera would name her.

## Relationships

### **Family**

#### **Karin Maaka**

Karin is Ria's younger sister. Although she is clumsy and never seems to be able to do anything right, Ria still loves Karin dearly.

#### **Ren Maaka**

Ren is Ria's twin brother and their relationship for much of the *manga* and *anime* is strained. Ria often looks to her brother for help despite seemingly hating him. Her requests often come off as creepy, such as asking him to show her his penis, causing him to become annoyed and often resulting in him throwing her out of his room. Reminiscences such as video of them as very young children show they were devoted to one another. As young teens, their developing independence along with Ria's sadism have driven them somewhat apart. Nevertheless, they do both care for each other.

  As a result of being so close when growing up, she is one of the only people who can persuade him to do things. In episode 9 of the anime, Ria is remembering how close she and Ren were growing up. Ren saved Ria from a dog barking at her when he got scared. Ren tearfully reminds Ria not to ever get separated from him, and Ria cries (Ria says it was the first time she ever cried). Ria loves her twin brother dearly, and wouldn't hesitate to defend him if someone were to bring harm to him. Also, in the manga, during her childhood, when Ria has fully awakened and is upset because her mother congratulated her, she asked Ren to stay by her side. She is also the one who calms him down most of the time if he is frustrated or angry. If any danger befalls him then she will do anything to protect him and happily murder anyone for him.

  Ria retains a sense of "little sister" under Ren in her own twisted fashion. Her deep love and care for her brother have been shown many times. A lot of Ria's peers actually find it strange how close they are. Despite his usually blunt and harsh attitude, however, Ren's feelings for Ria run deep and have been shown numerous times to go beyond the boundary of sibling love, to the point of being romantic.

#### **Anju Maaka**

Anju is Ria's youngest sister. Their relationship is not really explained much in the manga and anime, but it is clear that Ria loves her sister as much as her brother. Every year on Anju's birthday, Ria would give Anju a doll which she made with a serial killers soul. She was the one that gave Anju Boogie and the one who put the soul of the serial killer called "the striped shirt slasher".

#### **Calera Marker**

Calera is Ria's mother. She does care about Ria even if she struggles sometimes to understand her. Calera often has Ria in charge of Karin, since she spends most of the day outside. Also maybe because Ria looks just like her sister Celica Armash. Whenever Calera cries from being hit by her husband, Ria calms her down with chilled blood.

#### **Henry Marker**

Henry is Ria's father. While Henry often showers most of his affection on Karin, he still loves his eldest child. When he overheard that Karin and Kenta were going on a date (volume 8), Ria reassures him that is just an outing. In a later chapter, it is revealed that he let Ria accompany him fishing when she was a child and asked her how she is doing.

#### **Elda Marker**

Elda is Ria's paternal grandmother. She doesn't seem to like her but she doesn't hate her either. She was always doted on by her as a child and was always given dolls as well. Despite her not really hating her, she still agrees with Calera's plan of killing Elda. Ria does care for her, however, as she gave the stuffed bear that hosted Elda's husband soul to her, when she could have just pulled his soul and thrown it away until they needed him again.

#### **Riz**

Riz is one of Ria's many dolls but the main one that she carries around with her at all times. He is the soul of a serial killer called "Jack the Ripper" and she sealed him up because when he was alive he killed 13 people with a kitchen knife. He tells her in the manga that they are now friends forever implying that he would never leave her no matter what. He is defensive of her and often gives Ren a lecture for causing Ria any trouble.

### **Friends**

#### **Aru Akise**

Aru had one-sided romantic feelings for Ria, whom did not care for him at all. He possesses an extreme obsession with Ria, who regards their crush as disturbing.

Aru finds Ria attractive. He can often be seen blushing when she addresses him and misinterprets her disgusted remarks about his “stench” to be concern. He hopes to one day assume an affectionate relationship with her, but is content with her constantly insulting him for now, seeing her genuine dislike of him as mere “lovers' quarrels”.

Aru is usually seen stalking Ria and following her everywhere. Ria generally harbors animosity toward him in return, but this side to their relationship eventually evens out into simple apathy. Ria usually does not put in any effort with Aru and will simply tell him to go away if she doesn't want him nearby. Aru and Ria even managed to have several conversations that could be classified as normal.

She seems to have a secret sense that tells her when Aru is having a perverted fantasy about her. It is eventually revealed that Aru's attraction to her is psychotic, he, very openly, stated that he was turned on by the thought of being her doormat.

#### **Haruto Itsuka**

Haruto was a person from Ria's past and is one of the main causes for her descent into insanity. Based on Ria's memories of him, they both shared a strong bond and loves each other greatly (Ria stated he was her first love). After witnessing Ria kill someone mercilessly, Haruto was left horrified and conflicted, unable to think of what to do until he realized in the end that any Vampire could've become like Ria if they had been left alone. He thus resolves to save her, despite being terrified of her and knowing that she intends to kill him.

Ria had stated that she began falling for him before they even started to date, and described him as an angel.

One of the last memories that Ria remembered from Haruto was when a former version of Ria meets up with Haruto on July 7th for a surprise date. They spend the day together and were a couple until the real Ria came to kill her clone from one month prior (the same Ria that Haruto confronted on Raizen High School's rooftop). Once he read Ria's wish she left to hang on a bamboo tree as part of a tradition, Haruto climbed high up and tied it onto the tallest tree. He then remarks how that is one wish that needs to come true; and that he'd never forget her.

When he died, she fell into the bottom of despair. The last words that he said to her were, "*Please, smile for me because I don't want to see you cry, my darling angel.*" This is why she is never seen frowning but always has a fake smile on her face. It is stated that Haruto shaped Ria into the person that she is prior to the start of the series.

#### **Ichika Aoba**

He is Ria's best friend. They often talk sometimes in the series. It was revealed that they both met when they were both 12, but they didn't go to the same middle school. However, he became interested in Ria after seeing her nurse an injured crane when it got lost and stuck in the pool at her school.

Mutual attraction formed between the two and several parts in the anime hinted that he actually has feelings for her, even going so far as to act as her "assistant."

Ria respects Ichika, despite being oblivious towards his romantic feelings directed towards her. Ichika considers Ria to be a good friend whom he is willing to confide in, sometimes going out of his way to ensure that she is not upset. He often acts like a worrying mother towards her, showing excessive concern whenever he thinks she is in trouble.

### **Ratatoskr**

#### **Hideyoshi Yatogami**

Ria shares an especially close bond with Hideyoshi that the former believes is at the level of mere friendship. She was the one who gave Hideyoshi his name, based on the day of their first meeting, April 10th. Ria cares very deeply for Hideyoshi, unlike most people, as shown on many occasions, always going out of her way to make him happy and teach him the ways of the world.

Later on, as Ria was about to be killed by Ellen right before Hideyoshi's very eyes, he fell into deep despair and unleashed his Inverse form, going on a rampage that almost cost Ria her life. However, even when faced with Hideyoshi's berserk state, Ria still refused to give up on saving him, ultimately bringing Hideyoshi back to his senses with a kiss; further emphasizing the deep feelings of trust and affection that Hideyoshi feels for Ria, though the latter views him as a great friend, though ends up stating that *"He's too innocent for me [Ria] and not enough sinfulness, but that what I [Ria] like(s) about him."*

When Hideyoshi expressed his dislike of seeing her kiss other Vampires after she sealed Yoshino, she tried to keep it through having him avoid seeing her do so to seal other Vampires, even though he always ended up walking into the scene each time. Once Hideyoshi learned that Ria had been doing so because it was the only way she could seal Vampires, they both apologized to each other; Hideyoshi for prohibiting the method and Ria for keeping it a secret. Hideyoshi forgave her, but in exchange for her apology of violating their promise without him knowing, he asked her to kiss him equivalent to the number of times she had kept it a secret to make up for that.

#### **Origami Yasuhiro**

Ria considers Origami to be a friend and is the only one capable of reading his intentions and actions despite the doll-like expression he usually has. While normally stunned by his aggressive actions of seductions, Ria takes them all in strides and tries to be good friends with him. Ria has shown a great concern over his vendetta against the Vampires. She even tried to have him to be friends with Hideyoshi and Yoshino, but it eventually turns out to be unsuccessful. When Origami entered his murderous rage thinking that Kazuto was the one who killed his parents five years ago, he attacked Kazuto during his date with Ria.

After Ria sealed Kazuto's powers, she told Origami what she knows about that day, and if he still wanted to kill the Vampire known as <Efreet>, then he can kill her so that he can end the Vampire <Efreet> without killing Kazuto. The action was enough to calm Origami down and he passed out shortly afterwards due to over straining himself by using the <White Licorice>. The Origami of the old timeline has been stated that his feelings of obsession towards Ria were of reliance and not actual love. As of the end of volume 11, the current Origami now states that his current feelings are of love as he tells Ria himself.

#### **Yoshino**

Generally, Ria treats Yoshino like a younger brother. After discovering the reason why Yoshino relies so much on his puppet as his idealized role model, Ria promises to become Yoshino's new hero.

#### **Yamai Brothers**

Ria considers the Yamai brothers as close friends. When asked to choose one of the twins as being worthy of becoming the real Yamai, Ria rejected both options and presented a third choice so that both Kaguya and Yuzuru could live together.

#### **Mikoto Yamazaki**

At first, Mikoto hated Ria, but only because of her gender, as he hates women in general due to an event that happened to him in the past. Upon learning of how he treated people, Ria openly admitted to hating him, though this was mostly because he was formerly a human. Despite this, Ria still cares for him and is willing to help Mikoto overcome his hate for women, even going as far as cross-dressing in order to just be able to speak to him. Ria also did the dangerous act of stopping his berserk state, and also protected him from several grave assaults. In the end, Mikoto overcame his trauma and his feelings toward Ria changed. Later on, Mikoto declared Ria as his girlfriend, calls her "darling", and shows his affection toward Ria without hesitation, much to Ria's chagrin. However, Mikoto still gets awfully embarrassed whenever Ria flirts back with him, much to Ria's enjoyment.

#### **Natsuki**

Ria had a rough beginning with Natsuki. While their date was originally going smoothly, Natsuki turned hostile when he believed she had discovered his true form, so hostile that he tried to ruin her reputation, erase her and all of her friends in a twisted game, much to Ria's amusement. Later, after she saves him from Ellen and tries to convince him that his true form is already cute without him having to hide it, he gradually opens up to her. He has shown some guilt over what he put her through, however, when she remembers being nearly killed by being shot, frozen, eaten, incinerated, blown away or attacked by a huge mob, she considers his actions to be on the level of a mere childish prank. Ria now treats Natsuki as one of her friends and, in a somewhat tsundere manner, he was willing to help her despite his weakened condition when a satellite was dropped on the city.

#### **Nia Sakamaki**

Ria's relationship with Nia started off relatively well since Nia was grateful to Ria for helping him escape from DEM. However, their relationship momentarily soured when Ria accidentally made him feel like she was mocking his favorite manga character. Nonetheless, Ria was still determined to save Nia. Throughout their interactions, Ria noticed that Nia had a hard time opening up to people since he had a power that would allow him to violate the privacy of anyone who would approach him. In turn, Ria assured Nia that she wouldn't get angry at him if he used his powers to peek into her life, but would probably think that he will abuse her like everyone else did. After reading the group's doujin, Nia learned from <Rasiel> the numerous times that Ria had saved other Vampires. He realized that her gentle and kindhearted nature was genuine (unlike most of her personality) and could save those who possessed Vampire powers. This realization proved instrumental in developing their bond, allowing Ria to save him by sealing him after Westcott stole the Qlipha Crystal from him.

#### **Mukuro Furukawa**

During their first conversation, Ria was surprised by Mukuro's lack of emotions, but also felt closer to him because he acts like her when she was younger. He revealed that he used his Angel, Michael, to seal away his emotions. Upon finding this out, Ria tried to convince Mukuro to come down to earth so she could seal his powers. However, Mukuro flat out rejected her, telling her that he is happy with being all alone in outer space now and that her beliefs are hypocritical because coming down to earth would make it easier for DEM to capture him. He then ended their conversation and threatened her that if she appeared in front of him again he would use <Michael> to stop the earth's rotation. Ria then goes into a minor psychotic mental state, saying *"Does it look like I care? You can stop the earth's rotation all that you want, it won't make me stop. Do you think that I do all of this because I care? It's actually kinda fun seeing other people's despair, loneliness, hatefulness, and abuse. When it come's so me, however. No one would be willing to help me even for enjoyment or fun. They would much rather see me suffer. So I will do what they do to me."*

Mukuro rejects her and dismissing her beliefs as a form of hypocrisy had a profound impact on Ria. She began to question if sealing the Vampires powers may be a mistake, as this makes them weaker and therefore easier for DEM to capture. In the end, Mukuro's words cause Ria to suffer a minor psychological depression, which wasn't cured until she met with her counterpart in the fantasy world.

After having his heart unlocked, Mukuro becomes deeply attached to Ria after seeing her efforts in saving him, and that they were both once lonely children that felt empty and were starving for love. Due to becoming attached to Ria, he refused to share her with the others, even locking the memories of all of Ria's friends in the process. However, after Ria was able to figure out his past, she empathized with Mukuro's situation due to her own feelings of abandonment during her own childhood. Afterward, Mukuro refers to Ria as his family, and she is the only one whom he allows cutting his hair.

#### **Reine Murasame**

Ria treats Reine like a normal person, although she often tries to correct him when he gets her name wrong. However, she treats her spirit form, Phantom, like a god because Ria feels as if Phantom saved her from the tragic fate that she had been made to endure.

#### **Kazuto Itsuka**

Having a (seemingly) normal childhood friend relationship, Ria treats him as if he were her own younger brother. Ria deeply cares about Kazuto (like an older sister). Despite usually being put off by Kazuto's bossy attitude while in "Commander Mode", and his often questionable advice to her during matters concerning the Vampires, Ria still loves Kazuto very much.

#### **Mana Takamiya**

They both seemed to have known each other when they were children, but have amnesia about such a meeting. Because Mana believes that Ria represents her older brother, he starts called Ria "Big Sister", much to Ria's embarrassment.

However, there has been lack of major interactions since they've reunited with each other. Nevertheless, it has been seen that she cares very much for him, despite the fact that they both share amnesia towards their childhood memories of each other. It can be seen that the two of them care very deeply for one another and can be by each other's side whenever one of them needs each other. This can be seen on Mana's side for the most part, as he has been helping and protecting Ria when she went to DEM Industries to save Hideyoshi. He also takes the risk to distract Ellen in order to buy enough time for the Vampires to save Ria in her berserk state.

#### **Other**

Ria hates almost anyone that is not her family. She will kill almost anyone that is not her family. If they in anyway pose any threat to her or her siblings or parents she will kill them. She only has a soft spot for children and small creatures, whom she protects.

#### **Classmates**

Friends, acquaintances, and/or classmates, depending on which one she talks to. They admire Ria, and she is partially idolized as the perfect woman, both by males and females alike. They sought her affection, although she neglected them in fear of hurting them. After Hideyoshi and Origami began competing over Ria, however, many of her female classmates became very jealous of her.

## Powers

Living up to her reputation as the worst vampire, Ria is a brutal fighter with a unique set of powers that make her a difficult opponent for many. Her large number of clones ensures that it is nearly impossible to match her in a battle of numbers.

**Angel:** Zafkiel (刻々帝 (ザフキエル), *Kokkoku Tei*, lit., "*Emperor of Time*")

**Weapon:** Clock, Flintlock Pistol, Musket

While using <Zafkiel>, Ria's left eye takes on a distinctive golden-clock pattern. Her flintlock pistol and musket both possess special bullets that can cause different effects on the subject's time depending on the number of the bullet.

* **First Bullet Aleph [一の弾（アレフ）]:** Accelerates time on a target object or subject.
* **Second Bullet Bet [二の弾（ベート）]:**Slows down the time on a target object or subject.
* **Third Bullet Gimmel [三の弾 (ギメル) ]:** Causes a target object or subject to age.
* **Fourth Bullet Dalet [四の弾（ダレット）]:**Rewinds time on a target object or subject. However, it has no effect on those who are already deceased.
* **Fifth Bullet Hei [五の弾 (ヘイ) ]:**Allows Ria to see a glimpse of the future.
* **Sixth Bullet: Vav [六の弾 (ヴァヴ) ]:** Sends the consciousness of its target into the body of a past version of themselves. However, unlike the Twelfth Bullet, the user is only able to travel back to a few days at maximum regardless of how much time is used. Ria later uses the bullet to escape from Aricia and return back to the day before Ratatoskr and DEM's final battle.
* **Seventh Bullet Zayin [七の弾（ザイン）]:** Temporarily freezes time on a target object or subject.
* **Eight Bullet Het [八の弾（へット）]:**Creates a clone of a target object or subject.
* **Ninth Bullet: Tet [九の弾（テット）]:** Allows Ria to share her senses with someone in a different time or dimension.
* **Tenth Bullet Yud [十の弾（ユッド）]:** Peeks into the past of a target object or subject.
* **Eleventh Bullet Yud Aleph**[**十一の弾(ユッド・アレフ）]:**Allows Ria to directly devour a Vampire's power.
* **Twelfth Bullet Yud Bet [十二の弾（ユッド・ベート）]:**Sends its target subject or object through time.

Ria's main power is associated with controlling shadows. *Shadow* is her primary element while *Time* is her secondary, in terms of use. Combined with the power of the 8th bullet, she can create a clone that has all her experiences, memories, abilities, etc. These clones can take the form of long white hands with red outlining when they are in Ria's shadows. However, as these are her past selves, they sometimes may contain feelings which the current Ria no longer possesses and as such, Ria will not hesitate to kill these clones if they choose to disobey her.

  These clones are less powerful than Ria herself as she has mentioned in the last chapter of Volume 3 and in the epilogue of Volume 4. She can bring out all of her clones at once from the shadows which she keeps them in. She can also use these shadows to store her clones all at once and all the time they've collected, if she needs to do so. She can also control her clones partially through small fields of shadows, most often to hold someone in place and prevent them from moving.

Her Angel is very powerful. Each time she uses its abilities, it consumes a bit of her time (life force). In order to replenish her life force, Ria possesses the ability to absorb the time of anyone who steps into the boundary of her shadow. In order to target a large crowd, she can summon a red barrier that serves a similar function, which she calls the **City of Devouring Time** (時喰みの城, *Toki Hami no Shiro*?).

Only the **original** Ria is capable of using her Vampire powers but her clones can still use her guns, summon and dismiss Spacequakes at will, and even summon the <City of Devouring Time>.

**Demon King**: Lucifuge (狂々帝, *Kurukuru Tei*, lit. *Lunatic Emperor*)

**Weapon:**Astronomical Clock, Saber, Gun

**Astral Dress:**Unknown

Her clock, gun, and saber possess special bullets that can cause different effects on the subject depending on the bullet.

* **Aries Bullet [Taleh]:** Effects Unknown.
* **Taurus Bullet [Shor]:**Effects Unknown.
* **Gemini Bullet [Teomim]:** Effects Unknown.
* **Cancer Bullet [Sartan]:**Warps spacetime in order to protect the user or assault the enemy.
* **Leo Bullet [Arie]:** 'Eats' space, consuming in the same way **[Yud Aleph]**eats time.
* **Virgo Bullet [Betulah]:** Create a crack in space and allow a person to travel between places.
* **Libra Bullet [Moznaim]:** Rules over space and can reverse cause and effect within that space.
* **Scorpio Bullet [Akrab]:**Puts the user's symbol on the target and turn the target into a rook under their control.
* **Sagittarius Bullet [Kashat]:**Effects Unknown
* **Capricorn Bullet [G'di]:**Effects Unknown
* **Aquarius Bullet [D'li]:**Heals the target completely.
* **Pisces Bullet [Dagim]:**Effects Unknown

#### **Heart Constriction: Zip**

Ria extends her magical energy from her body and concentrates it on her opponent's vital organs (usually the heart). She then clenches her hand into a fist as if she is physically crushing an object, causing her opponent's heart to burst.

#### **Playback Payback**

First, Ria performs a powerful uppercut that sends her opponent soaring into the air. At the apex of flight, she materializes a mass of energy above them and thrusts her fist downward, the energy shooting down at the airborne enemy and sending her hurtling to the ground.

#### **Imitation Kamehameha**

Ria cups her hands at her side and condenses her demonic energy at a single point between the space of her hands, then releases it as a beam of blue energy.

#### **Physical Abilities**

Ria has high degrees of physical strength, able to overpower even strong vampires with her strength alone. She's fast, agile and durable; which makes her able to effortlessly avoid attacks and survive blows from even the most powerful vampires.

#### **Regeneration**

Ria is able to instantly heal from any wound, whether it be bullets caused by vampire hunters or deep cuts caused by a steel knife. However silver can weaken her regeneration significantly.

#### **Resilience**

As she is prone to self harm, she's able to endure a lot of pain.

### **Vampire Powers**

#### **Mind Manipulation**

She has the ability to manipulate people's mind, shown when she erased a woman's mind when Karin bit her. This ability is shown throughout the anime and manga a lot and is her secondary most used power, the first being her shadow clones.

#### **Bats**

Ria is able to summon and control her familiar spirits, bats. This is shown when she sent a hoard of bats to spy on Elda and when she sent bats to take care of Karin at school when Ria was sick in the manga. She also can communicate with them and commands them to do what she pleases, often having something to do with Ren. She can see through the eyes of her bats, preferably Richard, her most favorite bat.

#### **Psychic Healing**

Ria is able to heal humans and vampires with her mind. She can, not only erase pain from someone, but also get rid of any trace that they ever experienced it. This shown when she healed the bullet marks that were left on Ren's skin, making them disappear.

#### **Pyrokinesis**

Pyrokinesis is Ria's ability to purport her psychic ability allowing her to create and control fire with her mind.

### **Other Powers**

Ria has the mysterious and unique ability to seal the powers of the Vampires into her body, which was first discovered by Ratatoskr. This power was bestowed onto her by the First Vampire, Aricia Armash. Aricia gave Ria the ability to absorb more power in order to gradually bestow her own abilities onto her, with each other Vampire acting as intermediary vessels to facilitate the transfer.

In order to use her ability to seal a Vampire’s power, the Vampire in question must meet certain conditions or requirements. Those conditions or requirements are that the Vampire in question must show affection, trust, closeness, and intimacy towards Ria. Once these conditions of love are high enough between Ria and the Vampire, she can seal their power by kissing them on the lips. By the time of volume 19, Ria has sealed the powers of all ten Spirits, giving her full access to each of their Angels.

Due to the sheer amount of Vampire energy sealed inside of her body, Ria has been shown to possess a level of protection or outright immunity towards the abilities of other Vampires. An example of this is being completely unaffected by Mikoto's Solo.

If the Vampires emotions become unstable enough, their powers will begin to return to them and leave Ria. This flaw means that she will have to seal them again should their powers fully return to them, but usually this only results in the Vampires temporarily regaining portions of their original power. However, as shown in the cases of Kazuto, and much later on Hideyoshi, it is possible for the Vampires to take back their full powers without the need to become emotionally unstable. Kazuto seems to be capable of choosing exactly how much of his powers he takes back from her at any given time and so far most of the Vampires have managed to figure out how to form partial Astral Dresses, with varying results.

Ria can also “borrow” the power of a Vampire she has sealed, which explains the nature of her regenerative abilities. The borrowing works primarily as if a Vampire were to manifest an Angel. Vampires cannot nonetheless call forth and wield an Angel as easily. While she has tapped into the powers of many other Angels, <Sandalphon>, <Haniel>, and <Michael> have been the only Angels that she has physically manifested. Whenever tapping into the energy of the Angels, the color of her eyes change from red to gold.

Throughout the story, Ria has steadily progressed in her ability to utilize the powers that she has sealed. During early December, Ria lost control due to a disruption in the path of Vampire mana circulating throughout her body. The overload of mana and her fever caused her to enter an intoxicated state with lower inhibitions than her usual self. During this state, she was able to perform superhuman feats during her physical examination, despite feeling exhausted. Outsiders observed her behavior to be like a Vampire that could not control her powers. Nevertheless, the state also resulted in an increased control over all of her sealed Vampire powers. This state allowed her to use the powers of various Angels at once, seemingly without repercussions before her powers completely overheated.

During this time, she was able to create her own original attack, “Roaring Flash Blast Wave!”, a technique named by herself back in her middle school years. The blast released from her hands was enough to completely destroy the Bandersnatch units sent to attack her. This technique is comparable to the energy beams released from Hideyoshi’s <Sandalphon> and Origami’s <Metatron>.

During the battle to save Nia, her body remembered the feeling of controlling the Vampire powers flowing inside of her. This memory caused her to be able to manifest numerous Angels willfully at the same time.

So far, Ria has used the following Angels (Other then her own):

**Angel:** Sandalphon (鏖殺公 (サンダルフォン), *Ousatsukou*, lit., ("Throne of Annihilation")

**Weapon:** Broadsword

**Original owner:** Hideyoshi Yatogami

Ria first summoned <Sandalphon> when she was cursing her uselessness after Ellen defeated Hideyoshi. <Sandalphon> is a big broadsword with both close and long-range capabilities if used well by the wielder. In Ria's case, she cannot bring herself to use the sword at its maximum potential due to the pain it caused to her body. Unlike Hideyoshi, who can utilize the sword as many times as he pleases, Ria can barely swing it a few times before her body breaks down.

* **Final Sword:** **Halvanhelev [最後の剣（ハルヴァンヘレヴ）]**, *Saigo no Ken*, lit., "Sword of the End"): Ria uses the real form of <Sandalphon> against Westcott during the war between Ratatoskr and DEM.

**Angel:** Camael (灼爛殲鬼 (カマエル) *Shakuran Sen'oni*, lit., ("Bright Burning Annihilating Demon")

**Weapon:** Halberd

**Original owner:** Kazuto Itsuka

Ria has not wielded this Angel, but she has used its healing ability in an attempt to power her own.

In Kazuto's hands, the Angel takes the form of a halberd which slashes with tremendous force. One of its "sub-skills" is healing, which can be used by both Ria and Kazuto. In Ria's case, it is an automatic "tool" that activates whenever Ria receives a fatal wound. This ability is also useful for Ria because it heals her drained body from the usage of <Sandalphon>. However, the pain and fatigue from using other powers are still felt. There is also a limit to how much the flames can heal if Ria's body had already been injured.

**Angel:** Zadkiel (氷結傀儡 (ザドキエル), *Hyouketsu Kugutsu*, lit., ("Freezing Puppet")

**Weapon:** Puppet

**Original owner:** Yoshino

Ria utilizes the power of <Zadkiel> by causing ice to manifest.

Ria first activated the powers of this Angel by creating a wall of ice to protect Mikoto from an attack made by Hideyoshi in his Inverse state. During the battle against the monsters coming from Nia's <Beelzebub>, Ria consciously uses <Zadkiel> to freeze the monsters' legs to the ground. During the time when her powers went out of control, she was able to cause snowfall willingly and create beautiful candles and flowers made out of ice.

**Angel:** Haniel (贋造魔女 (ハニエル), *Ganzou Majo*, lit., ("Witch of Forgery")

**Weapon:** Broom

**Original owner:** Natsuki

Ria uses <Haniel>'s powers to transform both herself and her surroundings. When she traveled back to the past, she accidentally turned into her younger self to fool her neighbor. During the period when her powers went out of control, Ria shows a great flexibility when using <Haniel>'s powers. When the sealed Vampires cornered her, she summoned the mirror to transform everyone around her (including herself) into Ren to make a way for her escape. Later, during her dates, she used the power to dress herself up in a swimsuit and dress.

* **Transformation mode: Kaleidoscope [千変万化鏡（カリドスクーぺ）]**, *Senpenbanka-kyō*, lit., "Ever-changing Mirror") During the conflict against Mukuro, Ria was able to manifest the broom and use the <Kaleidoscope> ability to create a copy of <Michael> at will, Mukuro's angel. With said duplicate, she battled against him and copied <Michael>'s unlock ability to open the seal on Mukuro's heart. Mukuro later sealed <Haniel>'s ability to transform into <Michael>. However, Ria is still able use <Haniel> for other purposes like creating the illusion of an uninjured body when she later was accidentally struck by Mukuro's attack.

**Angel:** Raphael (颶風騎士 （ラファエル), *Gufuu Kishi*, lit., ("Hurricane Knight")

**Weapon:**

* **Combined: Bow and Arrow**
	+ **Kaguya: Lance**
	+ **Yuzuru: Pendulum**

**Original owner:** Yamai

<Raphael> grants Ria the power to control the wind. This wind is very powerful and has been used to blast away the enemies that were either standing in her way or ambushing her. When she lost control of her powers, Ria was able to use <Raphael> to manipulate the air currents, so that she could glide through the sky. During the fight to save Nia, she consciously uses <Raphael> to blow away the monsters that were blocking her way. After successfully unlocking Mukuro's heart, Ria used <Raphael> in conjunction with <Zadkiel> to soften the impact of atmospheric reentry for both her and Mukuro.

When fighting against Westcott and <Nibelcol>, Ria heavily uses <Raphael> to control the winds and fly to avoid the countless clones attacking her.

**Angel:** Gabriel (破軍歌姫 （ガブリエル）, *Hagun Utahime*, lit., "Army-Breaking Songstress")

**Weapon:** Organ

**Original owner:** Mikoto Yamazaki

During the time when she lost control of her powers, Ria was able to use <Gabriel> to brainwash a crowd of people into serving as a distraction for her. As she was using multiple Angels at once, she uses Mikoto's <Requiem> as a pain reliever song for both herself and Nia

* **March [行進曲（マーチ)]:**Later on, <March> becomes her regular enhancement technique used to increase her physical abilities beyond that which is capable for a normal vampire.

* **Requiem [鎮魂歌（レクイエム）]**:A pain killer song that allows Ria to ignore the pain caused from wielding the angels.

**Angel:** Metatron (絶滅天使 （メタトロン）, *Zetsumetsu Tenshi*, lit., "Angel of Extinction")

**Weapon:** Crown

**Original owner:** Origami Yasuhiro

Ria only used this Angel once and it was just to dodge an incoming attack from Ellen. It is the same transporting skill Origami uses when he is about to get hit, dodging by transforming into light and teleporting somewhere else. However, the ability has a limited range.

During the war between Ratatoskr and DEM, Ria is seen using <Metatron> on different occasions.

* **Mal'akh - Heavenly Wings [天翼 （マルアク）]**: Ria uses <Mal'akh> in conjunction with <Raphael> and <Zadkiel> during battle with Westcott and <Nibelcol>.

**Angel:** Michael (封解主 (ミカエル), *Fūkaishū*, lit., "Seal-Removing Lord")

**Weapon:** Key

**Original owner**: Mukuro Furukawa

Even before sealing Mukuro, Ria had access to <Michael> by copying the Angel's power through <Haniel>. Although she momentarily lost this ability when Mukuro sealed it away with his own <Michael>, Ria regained the ability to use the Angel shortly after sealing Mukuro. She later utilizes the Angel in an attempt to unlock her past memories of Aricia.

* **Rātaibu - Unlock [開（ラータイブ) ]**: Allows Ria to unlock objects and concepts previously sealed with <Michael>. Ria first used this technique with a copy of <Michael> produced by <Haniel> in order to open the seal placed on Mukuro's heart.
* **Tefetē- Small Key [小鍵 (テフェテー)]**: Shrinks <Michael> down to a miniature version small enough to be held at the palm of her hand. Ria uses this form of <Michael> in order to more easily point the angel at her own head when attempting to unlock her past memories.
* **Segva - Lock [閉（セグヴァ) ]**: Seals away the target pointed at by the key. Ria first used it in order to lock Westcott's ability to use <Beelzebub> after he was defeated.

## Trivia

* There is a possibility that Ria's white hair is due to a syndrome called Marie Antoinette Syndrome which one's hair rapidly turns white due to extreme amount of stress, shocking news, fits of rage and extreme fear and anxiety.
* Ria seems to have a good sense of how people act, albeit if her subject is studied enough.
* Ria seems to attract the souls of serial killers, whom she puts in her dolls.
* Ria is mainly characterized by her interest in sinners, and how she wants to punish them.
* At one point, she was called a sadist-masochist by Ren.
* She owns dolls of all of her family members, such as Ren, Karin, Anju, Calera, Henry, and even Elda. The dolls all have a voodoo effect on the person that she made.
* Her theme song is called "Stolen Innocence".
* Her bullet names are derived from Gematria, a system that uses letters from the Hebrew Alphabet to represent numbers. For example, *Aleph*, the first bullet (from 1 o'clock) represents the first letter. The bullets are numbered from 1 to 12 in this system.
	+ However, the bullets of Ria's Demon King Lucifuge are named after the 12 zodiac signs. For example, *Taleh*, the bullet represents the Aries Constellation.
* Ria awoke as an adult vampire a year earlier than her siblings, likely due to her talents.
* Ria's favorite candy is the well-known lollipop Chupa Chups.
* She loves bath bombs and finds it difficult to resist them.
* Ria is weak towards the horror genre.

## Quotes

### **Season 1**

* (To Ren Maaka) *"If you're not a worthless god, I'd like to see you try and make me happy...if you can't manage that, at least make everyone as unhappy as me. If you can't, it's fine I guess...but I'll despise you forever."*

* (To Ren Maaka) *"I don't dislike idiots but..."*

* (To Ren Maaka) *"Show me your dick."*

* (To Herself) *"It's fine if the sun wants to start shining brighter now that it's almost spring, but I wish it would take into consideration people like me who are weak against the sun."*

* (To the delinquents)*"You were ready to kill another creature, yet you're scared to be killed. Don't you think that's weird? When you point a gun at another life... This is what happens."*

* (To herself) *"Well, I don't have much of a choice. I guess I'll end this here since I got Ren-kun to pat my head today.----right, all of me?"*

* (To Ren Maaka) *"----For you, even falling into hell is not enough."*

### **Season 2**

* (To Hideyoshi Yatogami) *"There is nothing you can do to me, that they haven't already done."*
* (To Hideyoshi Yatogami) *“If they reject you! Then more than all of them combined! I will accept you!”*
* (To Yamai Brothers) *"——I'm sorry but, I've only been given three choices to choose from for a long time.………….I can't allow, to have it only be two choices."*
* (To Mikoto Yamazaki) *“Yo……….Mikoto, you okay?....I----promised.”*
* (To Reine Murasame) *“That was amazing, Reine-san. It’s like you're a mother.”*
* (To Phantom) *"If I could rewind time... I think I thought about this like a few thousand times now..."*
* (To Phantom) *“Think about it. Who the hell… am I? What the hell is this power?”*
* (To the sealed Vampires) *“Until now, I have been making everyone fall for me to seal their Reiryoku.-----in that case, now it’s everyone’s turn to make me fall for you.”*
* (To Nia Sakamaki) *“If you want to take a look, then just do it! If you wanted to investigate about me, then do as you like! But still! I won’t hate you!”*
* (To Mukuro Furukawa) *“Get ready, you spoiled child. You should know that my ego has no end.”*
* (To Mukuro Furukawa) *"Does it look like I care? You can stop the earth's rotation all that you want, it won't make me stop. Do you think that I do all of this because I care? It's actually kinda fun seeing other people's despair, loneliness, hatefulness, and abuse. When it come's so me, however. No one would be willing to help me even for enjoyment or fun. They would much rather see me suffer. So I will do what they do to me."*