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PLOT
Saya
Kisaragi is the daughter of the priest at the local shrine, whose
duty it is to slay the Elder
Bairns,
creatures who drink the blood of humans. It is what her mother did
before she died, and now Saya is the only one who can slay them. By
day she seems to live a normal life of a high school girl, though
Saya does seem to be rather clumsy, and completely oblivious to many
remarks that are made around her, especially concerning boys that
seem to like her. Since neither she nor her father are capable cooks,
she eats breakfast every morning at Guimauve, the cafe next to the
shrine.
The
owner, Fumito
Nanahara gives
her a sweet called Guimauve, named after the cafe, as well as
preparing her lunch. When she fights, her abilities are human or
slightly above normal human abilities, until her eyes glow red. She
then seems to become more serious, and much stronger and faster. Her
father, Tadayoshi
Kisaragi,
provides her with a sword with which she fights. As the series
progresses, Elder Bairn attacks become more frequent, even occurring
during the day and at the school which Saya attends. As more and more
people die or go missing, Saya begins to have strange visions and
flashbacks, along with headaches that occur when she tries to
remember certain things.
A
small cute dog appears, who states (Yes, he talks. It is hinted that
he is Kimihiro
Watanuki)
that he is trying to grant her wish. Saya made a promise to protect
everyone, but cannot remember to whom she
promised. She realizes she cannot remember her mother's name or
appearance. This, and some other things, he tries to get her to
realize, but she is still unable to remember anything. Tired of
waiting for Saya to remember, Kanako
Tsutsutori(along
with Nene
Motoe, Nono
Motoe,
and Shinichirou
Tokizane)
try to force Saya to remember by having her drink the blood of an
Elder Bairn. Tsutsutori, however, overdoes it, and Saya becomes
inebriated. They tell Saya that they are all "cast members"
who were hired to play many roles, in which she is the "lead
star".
Several
characters who were previously thought to be dead are shown to be
alive, namely Tokizane, Nono, and Nene. They are confronted by Yuuka
Amino and Itsuki
Tomofusa,
who question why they tried to ruin the project.Fumito
Nanahara joins
them, and it is revealed that he is the one who arranged for Saya to
be brought there. He has been controlling the Elder Bairns by using
Saya's blood, and has a Cerberus bairn kill Tokizane, Nono, and Nene
for trying to make Saya remember. Saya remembers drinking the blood
of the Elder Bairns that she defeated. Every time, Fumito would make
Saya forget again. Kanako runs to Tadayoshi, who embraces her before
killing her and drinking her blood. Tadayoshi is half human, half
Elder Bairn. Saya begins to remember her past self, and of the terms
to the wager which she and Fumito had agreed; By erasing Saya's
memories and planting fake ones, would she change? Or would she
revert to her old, murderous self?
Saya
cannot kill humans, and agreed to protect them, but it is not
revealed with whom she made this contract, or who made the
stipulation that she couldn't harm humans. Saya said she wouldn't
change, but Fumito said he would arrange it so she could attack
humans if she won the wager. He does not say what he gets if he won
the wager. Saya defeats Tadayoshi, crying as he dies and calling him
"Father". As Saya chases after Fumito, he leaves a strange
bunny Elder Bairn, which Saya slices in half. It multiplies and
slaughters the town full of people, many whom are screaming that it
was not part of the contract. While still running after Fumito, Saya
kills the original, and the rest of the strange bunny bairns die.
Fumito
begins to fly away in a helicopter, and Saya jumps high enough to
finally kill him, but he shoots her in the head, apparently blowing
half her head off. As she falls into the ocean below, Fumito
comments, very calmly, that the ingredient in Guimauve was the blood
of the Elder
Bairns,
and he had been told that it tasted like human organs. He wonders if
she ever will be able to kill humans, as she could have the real
thing then.
As
the helicopter flies away, Saya remains floating in the lake. She is
still alive, and rests on shore waiting for her wounds to heal. After
what seems to be a day or two, Saya rips off part of her school
uniform skirt and bandages her still bleeding left eye. The dog
remarks that, before Saya was captured, she made a wish: "I want
to stay myself". He says he has fulfilled this wish of hers, but
it is time for her to reach for the next wish.
As
the credits begin rolling, her sword breaks in half. She throws it
away, and starts running away from the area, presumably to search for
Fumito.
MOVIE
Blood-C: The Last Dark
Six
months after the incident at Ukishima Province, Saya arrives in Tokyo
by train. Aboard this train, an Elder Bairns, later revealed to
be the father of Mana
Hiiragi, attacks.
After viciously attacking him, the creature flees after taking Mana
Hiiragi hostage. Saya pursues him through the streets of the
city before killing him by plunging a katana through his head,
shattering her own blade in the process. As members of Fumito's
secret police arrive, Saya flees with the members of SIRRUT,
ultimately ending in their headquarters.
There,
she meets Kuroto
Mogari,
benefactor to the organization. He expressed the desire for
revenge against Fumito and wished for Saya's help with carrying out
this plan. Leaving SIRRUT headquarters with Mana following in
pursuit, Saya ends up at a shop where she is greeted by Watanuki.
He revealed that he was able to communicate with her in Ukishima
through the dog to help guide the return of her memories.
Leaving the shop with a new katana to replace the one she had
shattered in her previous fight, Saya speaks again with Kuroto, who
reveals that he and Fumito are cousins. The Mogari and Narahara
families were responsible for maintaining the pact between the Elder
Bairns and humans, but Fumito broke that pact and killed both of
their families for his own personal ambitions.
Through
the information acquired by Hiro
Tsukiyama,
Saya attends a ceremony at Tsuji Private School, where Fumito was
scheduled to give a speech in hopes of assassinating the latter.
It was revealed to be a trap, as the Fumito attending the event was
an illusion designed to lure Saya to the event. An Elder Bairns
attacks, and despite being defeated, it had served its purpose to
injure and collect her blood.
After
the event, Mana resumed her previous skill at computer hacking,
revealing Tower's headquarters in a landfill. Infiltrating the
facility, Saya battled through Fumito's guards to reach the basement
of the compound. There, she encounters Fumito himself before
succumbing a drug that she had unknowingly ingested from the coffee
at SIRRUT. Kuroto arrives and reveals that he and Fumito had
been working together this whole time, using SIRRUT to lure Saya to
Tower headquarters. Fumito reveals that Saya's blood is able to
break the pact between the Elder Bairns and humans, causing them to
run rampant. After stating that everything he had done was for
his personal obssession with her, Kuroto angrily stabs him with
a katana. In response, Fumito shatters a vial of Saya's blood
in Kuroto's eye, causing him to transform into a pod-like Elder
Bairns. As she recovers from the effects of the paralysis drug,
Fumito merges with the pod, transforming into a collosal Elder
Bairns.
Saya
battles with the giant, killing it to come face to face with Fumito.
There, he takes her katana and stabs it into his own chest, revealing
that he had long ago tried to turn himself into an Elder Bairns, but
failed to do so successfully. As a result, his death meant
that she would still be unable to kill humans from an unknown curse
placed on her prior to the series. As his body fades away, Saya
laments that she was now alone and flees from the scene, leaving her
sword behind. Afterwards, it is revealed that she never
returned to SIRRUT, with the ending scene a glimpse of her walking
through the streets of Tokyo by herself.
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