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+ | Chair of Honnōji Academy<br> |
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+ | Head of the Kiryuin Conglomerate |
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+ | |skills = Regeneration<br> |
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+ | Life Fiber manipulation<br> |
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+ | Skill at brainwashing<br> |
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+ | Superhuman strength<br> |
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+ | Skill in combat<br> |
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+ | Intellect<br> |
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+ | Superhuman reflexes<br> |
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+ | Absorption |
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+ | Conducting the Life Fabers. |
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+ | Defeat Ryūko <small>(both failed)</small>. |
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+ | |crimes = {{Scroll box|Mass murder<br> |
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+ | Rape<br> |
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+ | Psychological abuse<br> |
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+ | Child abuse<br> |
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+ | Pedophilia<br> |
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+ | Incest<br> |
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+ | Corruption<br> |
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+ | Conspiracy<br> |
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+ | Kidnapping<br> |
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+ | Attempted omnicide<br> |
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+ | Terrorism<br> |
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+ | Brainwashing<br> |
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+ | Child endangerment<br> |
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+ | Attempted filicide<br> |
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+ | Torture<br> |
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+ | Animal cruelty<br> |
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+ | Sexual harassment<br> |
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+ | Mariticide by proxy}} |
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+ | |type of villain = Perverted Businesswoman}} |
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+ | {{Quote|Humans are such fragile things, aren't they? And when they're naked like this, it makes them so uncomfortable. They're overcome with the urge to cover themselves with the miracle of clothing. That is instinct, [[Satsuki Kiryūin|my dear]]. But if a species should defy it's instinct... it will eventually meet with extinction.|Ragyo talking to Satsuki while "purifying" her.}} |
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+ | {{Quote|La vie est drôle... Life is indeed amusing.|Ragyo Kiryuin.}} |
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+ | '''Ragyō Kiryūin''' is the main antagonist of the 2013-2014 original anime series ''Kill La Kill'', and its subsequent manga adaptation of the same name. She is the CEO of the [[REVOCS Corporation]], a facade textile company whose true goal was to assist the [[COVERS]] in the circulation of Life Fibers worldwide along with [[Nui Harime]] and [[Rei Hōōmaru]]. She is also the chair of Honnoji Academy, as well the evil, abusive and perverted mother as well the arch-nemesis of [[w:c:hero:Ryūko Matoi|Ryūko Matoi]] and [[Satsuki Kiryūin]]. |
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+ | She was voiced by Romi Park in Japanese (who also voiced [[Pricious]] and [[Eras]] in ''Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger'' and [[Dark Enchantress Cookie]] in ''Cookie Run: Kingdom'') and Laura Post in English (who also voiced [[Queen Azshara]]). |
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==Appearance== |
==Appearance== |
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+ | Ragyō's most prominent feature was her resplendent multicolored hair shown under while the rest is a silver white color. She also had seven scars on her back that greatly resemble the stars emblazoned in Goku Uniforms. The origin of these scars is unknown, but they are likely a result of her fusion with [[Life Fibers]]. Since the number of stars on Goku Uniforms indicates the percentage of Life Fibers in them, this might imply that Ragyo's body is now composed of 70% Life Fibers. |
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+ | Ragyō had red eyes and extremely pale skin and hair, nearly the same color as her white clothing. It is unknown if these features are caused by Life Fibers or if she simply has albinism. |
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+ | Normally, she wore white clothing, consisting of a long dress with absolute cleavage, high heels, and a large feathered boa. She was also adorned with a metallic corset and choker. |
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− | She also has seven scars on her back that greatly resemble the stars emblazoned in Goku Uniforms. The origin of these scars is unknown, but they are likely a result of her fusion with [[Life Fibers]]. Since the number of stars on Goku Uniforms indicates the percentage of Life Fibers in them, this might indicate that Ragyo's body is now composed of 70% Life Fibers. |
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==Personality== |
==Personality== |
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+ | After Ragyō gave up her humanity to the Life Fibers, she became a power-hungry and cold-hearted shell of her human self. As such, she was very narcissistic, traitorous, sadistic, unsympathetic, ruthless, and destructive, callously toying with and manipulating other human beings for the sake of her deranged beliefs. When in battle, Ragyō was especially aggressive, uncaring, and merciless, especially towards her enemies, and even more with her own daughters when they turned against her. |
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− | Ragyō is a character bathed in luxury, and it shows in her overall presentation and attitude. She is vain and proud, and boasts her power and status abundantly. According to Rei Hōōmaru, her character and morals are at the very least questionable. |
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+ | She enjoyed domination and control, lusting for power over the world in order to give it to the Life Fibers. She also had an unnervingly domineering and perverse side, as she showed off her unhealthy obsession with power by molesting both her daughters frequently. She also had great intelligence, adding on to her sophisticated personality and diva-esque exterior, as she knew her fair share of science and technology. She was also treacherous, deceptive, and manipulative, able to deceive the people of the world into buying highly transformative Life Fiber-infused clothing. |
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− | Ragyō, like Satsuki, is strangely willing to indulge the whims of her inferiors, and is quite personable with those loyal to her, and is similarly ruthless towards her enemies. However, she is individualistically cruel and sadistic, brutalizing and maniacally taunting Satsuki and tearing Ryūko's heart out simply to make a point. She enjoys domination and control, lusting for power over the world in order to give it to the Life Fibers. |
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+ | Despite being a mother, she had no concern for her family as she physically, mentally, and sexually abused both of her daughters, and lured Ryūko to Honnōji Academy in order to trap her after recognizing Ryūko's identity as her daughter who she thought to be dead from a failed experiment. She once loved her husband, Sōichirō Kiryūin but later had no qualms of murdering him by sending Nui Harime with the half scissor blade. Lastly, her devotion for Life Fibers reached to the extent where she perceived them as all-powerful deities in her madness. She tortured her eldest daughter, Satsuki (physically and sexually) by spanking her. After recognizing Ryuko's identity by ripping her Life Fiber heart, she also used her youngest daughter as a plaything when she brainwashed her into Junketsu after showing her cruel actions towards her daughter by speaking ill of Soichiro towards Ryuko as well calling Ryuko as "Daughter of Mine". |
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− | Her cruelty has shown to be even more sinister, as she has been shown fondling (and even sexually assaulting) Satsuki and Ryūko, as well as herself in episode 23. All of this may be done because she merely enjoys dominating someone or something. |
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+ | ==Biography== |
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− | She was shown to have an unbreakable will (a trait she apparently passed on to Satsuki and Ryūko) and a strong devotion to the Life Fibers, having actively given her human soul to them. She treats Life Fibers as something divine and sacred, flying into a murderous rage when Satsuki steps onto the surface of the Primordial Life Fiber, something she views as a desecration. Conversely, she had absolutely no regard for human life, including her own, going as far as using her infant daughters as test subjects for potentially fatal experiments, and eventually committing suicide rather than accepting defeat after Ryūko kills all the earthly Life Fibers. |
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+ | Raygo first discovered the Original Life Fiber and decided to use it to dominate humanity. She later married a scientist, Soichiro, to have access to his skills. Ragyo placed her firstborn daughter and then second newborn daughter into an experiment where their DNA will be infused with Life Fibers. However, both were conceived failures, with the latter child being disposed of soon after. |
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+ | Soichiro vowed to secretly escape with his second daughter, and had changed his name to Isshin Matoi. He raised his daughter, Ryuko, and founded Nudist Beach to combat the Life Fibers. During this time, he created the Kamui Senketsu. At the same time, Ragyō raised Satsuki to be her successor, during which she repeatedly molested her daughter. Using the Life Fibers, she created [[Nui Harime]] to be the Grand Couturier of the [[REVOCS Corporation]]. She then began selling Life Fiber-infused clothing around the world. |
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− | In her final moments, despite having failed, she believes that the Life Fibers will eventually return to Earth, and despite Ryūko's counterpoint that humans will remain human (and therefore remain capable of defeating them), Ragyō remains undeterred and even smirks before pulling out and crushing her own heart, dissipating into nothingness. |
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+ | Ragyō located Isshin Matoi and sent Nui to kill him and steal his latest invention, the Scissor Blade, which Nui succeeded to retrieve one side of the Scissor Blade, with Ryuko gaining possession of the other half. Seeking vengeance for her father's death, Ryuko enrolled at Honnouji Academy, of which Satsuki was the student council president. During this time, Ragyō gifted Satsuki with Junketsu, a Kamui. |
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− | ==Role in ''Kill La Kill''== |
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− | She is the CEO of [[Revocs Corporation]]s, and is also the head of Honnouji Academy's board of directions. Having little empathy for human life, she is extremely devoted to the Life Fibers, a parasitic extraterrestrial organism, and tries to use them to take over the world. She is the mother of [[w:c:hero:Satsuki Kiryuin|Satsuki Kiryuin]], who ruled the school with an iron fist, and, in a shocking twist, she was revealed to be the mother of Ryuko Matoi, the protagonist of the series. When they were both children, Ragyo experimented on them, and put Life Fibers in each of them. She thought one died, and she disposed of it. That child that was assumed to be dead turned out to be Ryuko herself. Ragyo later attempted to brainwash her into thinking that she loved her, and caused her to temporarily fall. |
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+ | She later attended the Great Culture and Sport Festival, but this turned out to be part of a ploy to sacrifice those attending to the Life Fibers. Ryuko and Nudist Beach arrived to free those held captive. Ragyō was then betrayed by Satsuki and the Student Council, who later sided with Nudist Beach. Satsuki revealed that she had been secretly working against Ragyō from a young age after her father had revealed Ragyō's true intentions to her. However, Ragyō brainwashed the student body to turn on Satsuki, who managed to overcome them. Satsuki then managed to confront her mother personally. However, despite wearing a Kamui, Satsuki was no match for her mother, who brutally beat her and stripped her of Junketsu. Taking Junketsu for herself, Ragyō then ambushed Ryuko and tore out her heart to be Life Fiber completed, revealing that Ryuko was Ragyō's daughter and that she thought she died from her previous failure of Life Fiber. Nudist Beach rescued Ryuko and brought her to safety while Ragyō unleashed the Life Fibers onto civilization. |
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− | The last episode saw Ryuko fighting with her mother in space. Ryuko offers Ragyo a truce, but Ragyo spitefully tears out her own heart and crushes it. Before she disappeared completely, she tells her daughter that the Life Fibers will return to destroy everything that she held dear. |
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+ | Ragyō captured Satsuki and kept her caged for a month, molesting her constantly. During this time, she had Nui construct Shinra Koketsu, the ultimate Kamui. She lured Ryuko to Honnouji Academy and captured her, brainwashing her and grafting Junketsu onto her body. After Satsuki escaped and joined Nudist Beach, Ragyō sent Ryuko and Nui to kill them; however at that point, Ryuko's brainwashing gets severed, and she was separated from Junketsu. Nudist Beach then prepared for the final battle against Ragyō. |
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+ | Ragyō unleashed the Primordial Life Fiber and engaged her daughters in battle. Eventually, Nudist Beach apparently succeeded in destroying the Primordial Life Fiber with the second form of the S.S. Naked Sun. However, Ragyo continued the battle wearing Shinra Koketsu, with the Primordial Life Fiber having survived the destruction. Upon being injured, Ragyō absorbed Nui and flew out into space, planning to activate the Revocs Communication Satellite and send the signal to cover the planet in Life Fibers. Ryuko pursued her into space and battled her mother, and ultimately managed to destroy the Life Fibers, returning Ragyō to human form. |
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− | ==Former Powers and Abilities== |
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− | *'''Kamui [[Junketsu]]''' |
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− | **'''Life Fiber Override''' - After donning Junketsu, Ragyō is able to activate Life Fiber Override, transforming the Kamui into a variation of Satsuki's Life Fiber Override form and increasing Ragyō's strength exponentially. Unlike her daughter Satsuki, Ragyō is able to draw out the Kamui's full power, due to being a Life Fiber hybrid. With the full power of Junketsu, Ragyō was able to easily move behind Ryūko, stab her through her chest with her bare hand and pull out her heart (despite Ryūko using True Life Fiber Synchronize at the time). |
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− | *'''Shinra-Kōketsu''' |
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− | **'''Life Fibers Domination''' - The ultimate Life Fiber uniform, designed specifically for Ragyo's use by Nui Harime. Its full power can only be activated by absorbing a second person to use as a host (in this case, Rei Hououmaru). In terms of power, the Koketsu is the most powerful Life-Fiber based clothing, far surpassing the power of other Kamui and Goku Uniform. Even when absorbed by an empowered Senketsu, its power was so massive that it caused the Kamui to start deteriorating from the stress of it. |
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− | **'''Absolute Domination''' - Shinra-Koketsu's main ability, it allows Ragyō to dominate other Life Fiber based clothing such as Goku Uniforms and Kamuis, neutralizing their powers and transformations and leaving their users physically paralyzed. However both Ryūko and Senketsu are individually immune to this power due to their status as human/Life Fiber hybrids. This ability also acts as a trigger for the creation of the Celestial Cocoon Seed Planet by working as an activation signal to all the dormant Life Fibers present in the REVOCS clothing. When active, this ability makes Ragyō immune to being harmed by Life Fiber-based weapons such as the combined Scissor Blades. However this ability appears to require a sacrifice, preferably a human one, to be used to its full potential - Ragyō was able to immobilize everyone except Ryuko and Senketsu with Rei absorbed, but was unable to affect any of the Goku Uniform users after absorbing Nui. |
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− | **'''Enhanced Physical Prowess''' - Using Shinra-Koketsu, Ragyō's various powers are even stronger than before. Her endurance is nigh-endless, even without Absolute Domination active; she was unfazed by having a hole drilled through her chest by Senketsu and then being cut into pieces by both her daughters wielding the Scissor Blades, an act that should be fatal for Life Fiber-based lifeforms. Her massive physical strength is also increased enough to shatter both of Satsuki's Bakuzan blades with just the grip of her hands. |
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− | **'''Shapeshifting''' - Like other Kamuis and high-level Goku Uniforms, Shinra-Koketsu can alter its form for combat and support. It has a set of fragmented pieces on its back that resemble butterfly wings with the same eye pattern present on other Kamui, that Ragyō can alter into drill-like malleable blades. She could also alter the sleeves of Koketsu into the same kind of blades. After absorbing Nui, Ragyo was able to alter the bottom part of her outfit into a set of detachable booster rockets in order to travel to the REVOCS satellite. |
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− | ***'''Second Form''' - By casting away the last remnants of her humanity, Ragyō draws even more power from Shinra-Koketsu, undergoing a transformation. In this form, the chest part of the outfit becomes more form-fitting like a corset, the hood of the dress disappears, and Ragyō's hair is styled as a pair of horns, giving her a much more demonic appearance. In this form her power is even greater than before, enough to overwhelm Ryūko and Senketsu in their Senketsu Kisaragi form. |
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+ | With the threat to enslave humanity over, Ryuko asked Ragyo to return to Earth. However, Ragyō rejected reconciliation and crushed her heart, committing suicide. Before vanishing into space, Ragyō warned Ryuko that the Life Fibers would return to Earth. |
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+ | ===Legacy=== |
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+ | Rei, a surviving member, returns ready to get revenge on Ryuko only for her to get easily defeated when the latter crushes her robot with her giant life-fiber scissors. She tries to kill Satsuki in anger, but was moved by her words, causing her to reform her ways. |
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+ | **'''High Intelligence''': Ragyō is highly intelligent when she discovered and created the Life Fibers. She is also knows of "Isshin Matoi's" true identity to be her old husband, Sōichirō Kiryūin. Once Ragyō ripped out Ryūko's heart to be a succeeded Life Fiber, she revealed of Ryūko's true identity to be her youngest daughter who Ragyō thought she died from the failure of the infusing the Life Fiber on her. |
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− | young_kiryuin_ragyo.jpg|Younger Ragyo Kiryuin. |
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− | 730877-kill_la_kill___17___large_16.jpg|Ragyo and [[Nui Harime]] |
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− | 730892-kill_la_kill___17___large_31.jpg|Ragyo is betrayed and stabbed by Satsuki |
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+ | ==Quotes== |
+ | {{Scroll box|{{Quote|Now, which of you will adorn my body today?|Ragyō addressing her many dresses.}} |
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+ | {{Quote|Ryūko Matoi... don't you see? Your body is one with the Life Fibers, like mine. I thought you were dead, but now I know; You are my daughter!|Ragyō reveals herself to be Ryūko's mother after tearing out the latter's heart.}} |
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+ | {{Quote|Poor [[Nui Harime|Nui]]. The Life Fibers in your body were just too powerful. They kept you from having the chance to experience wearing a Kamui of your own. But now you can wear something better: the ultimate dress that is the Primordial Life Fiber!|Ragyō, as she absorbs the fusion of [[Nui Harime]] and the Original Life Fiber.}} |
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+ | {{Quote|Dearest Nui... I will take it from here.|Ragyō as she is wearing Shinra-Koketsu, preparing to blast into space with the added power of Nui and the Original Life Fiber.}} |
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+ | {{Quote|Life fibers are still spreading across the universe.|Ragyō's last words before her defeat.}}}} |
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+ | *Even though it has been stated that only Ryūko can hear Senketsu but at the end of Episode 23, Ragyō heard Senketsu state some words. |
+ | *The seven scars on Ragyō's back serve as a homage to Kenshiro's seven star scars from the anime/manga ''Fist of the North Star'' |
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− | *Ragyo is similar to [[Lusamine]] from ''Pokémon Sun and Moon''. Both are obsessed with beauty, become fully devoted to creatures from other worlds, and they are abusive towards their daughters. The only obvious difference is Lusamine never sexually abused her children. |
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+ | *Ragyō Kiryūin is generally considered by many people to be one of the worst mothers in all of fiction, due to her physical, mental and sexual abuse as well as raping methods towards both [[Satsuki Kiryūin|Satsuki]] (her eldest daughter) and [[w:c:hero:Ryuko Matoi|Ryuko]] (her youngest daughter). |
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+ | ==External links== |
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+ | *{{Wiki|Ragyō Kiryūin|Ragyō Kiryūin|pure-evil-villains|Pure Evil}} |
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+ | *{{Wiki|Ragyō Kiryūin|Ragyō Kiryūin|kill-la-kill|''Kill la Kill''}} |
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“ | Behold the fate of all who defy me - no, who defy the Life Fibers! | „ |
~ Ragyō gloating after defeating Satsuki Kiryūin and taking Junketsu for herself. |
“ | Humans are such fragile things, aren't they? And when they're naked like this, it makes them so uncomfortable. They're overcome with the urge to cover themselves with the miracle of clothing. That is instinct, my dear. But if a species should defy it's instinct... it will eventually meet with extinction. | „ |
~ Ragyo talking to Satsuki while "purifying" her. |
“ | La vie est drôle... Life is indeed amusing. | „ |
~ Ragyo Kiryuin. |
Ragyō Kiryūin is the main antagonist of the 2013-2014 original anime series Kill La Kill, and its subsequent manga adaptation of the same name. She is the CEO of the REVOCS Corporation, a facade textile company whose true goal was to assist the COVERS in the circulation of Life Fibers worldwide along with Nui Harime and Rei Hōōmaru. She is also the chair of Honnoji Academy, as well the evil, abusive and perverted mother as well the arch-nemesis of Ryūko Matoi and Satsuki Kiryūin.
She was voiced by Romi Park in Japanese (who also voiced Pricious and Eras in Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger and Dark Enchantress Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom) and Laura Post in English (who also voiced Queen Azshara).
Appearance
Ragyō's most prominent feature was her resplendent multicolored hair shown under while the rest is a silver white color. She also had seven scars on her back that greatly resemble the stars emblazoned in Goku Uniforms. The origin of these scars is unknown, but they are likely a result of her fusion with Life Fibers. Since the number of stars on Goku Uniforms indicates the percentage of Life Fibers in them, this might imply that Ragyo's body is now composed of 70% Life Fibers.
Ragyō had red eyes and extremely pale skin and hair, nearly the same color as her white clothing. It is unknown if these features are caused by Life Fibers or if she simply has albinism.
Normally, she wore white clothing, consisting of a long dress with absolute cleavage, high heels, and a large feathered boa. She was also adorned with a metallic corset and choker.
Personality
After Ragyō gave up her humanity to the Life Fibers, she became a power-hungry and cold-hearted shell of her human self. As such, she was very narcissistic, traitorous, sadistic, unsympathetic, ruthless, and destructive, callously toying with and manipulating other human beings for the sake of her deranged beliefs. When in battle, Ragyō was especially aggressive, uncaring, and merciless, especially towards her enemies, and even more with her own daughters when they turned against her.
She enjoyed domination and control, lusting for power over the world in order to give it to the Life Fibers. She also had an unnervingly domineering and perverse side, as she showed off her unhealthy obsession with power by molesting both her daughters frequently. She also had great intelligence, adding on to her sophisticated personality and diva-esque exterior, as she knew her fair share of science and technology. She was also treacherous, deceptive, and manipulative, able to deceive the people of the world into buying highly transformative Life Fiber-infused clothing.
Despite being a mother, she had no concern for her family as she physically, mentally, and sexually abused both of her daughters, and lured Ryūko to Honnōji Academy in order to trap her after recognizing Ryūko's identity as her daughter who she thought to be dead from a failed experiment. She once loved her husband, Sōichirō Kiryūin but later had no qualms of murdering him by sending Nui Harime with the half scissor blade. Lastly, her devotion for Life Fibers reached to the extent where she perceived them as all-powerful deities in her madness. She tortured her eldest daughter, Satsuki (physically and sexually) by spanking her. After recognizing Ryuko's identity by ripping her Life Fiber heart, she also used her youngest daughter as a plaything when she brainwashed her into Junketsu after showing her cruel actions towards her daughter by speaking ill of Soichiro towards Ryuko as well calling Ryuko as "Daughter of Mine".
Biography
Raygo first discovered the Original Life Fiber and decided to use it to dominate humanity. She later married a scientist, Soichiro, to have access to his skills. Ragyo placed her firstborn daughter and then second newborn daughter into an experiment where their DNA will be infused with Life Fibers. However, both were conceived failures, with the latter child being disposed of soon after.
Soichiro vowed to secretly escape with his second daughter, and had changed his name to Isshin Matoi. He raised his daughter, Ryuko, and founded Nudist Beach to combat the Life Fibers. During this time, he created the Kamui Senketsu. At the same time, Ragyō raised Satsuki to be her successor, during which she repeatedly molested her daughter. Using the Life Fibers, she created Nui Harime to be the Grand Couturier of the REVOCS Corporation. She then began selling Life Fiber-infused clothing around the world.
Ragyō located Isshin Matoi and sent Nui to kill him and steal his latest invention, the Scissor Blade, which Nui succeeded to retrieve one side of the Scissor Blade, with Ryuko gaining possession of the other half. Seeking vengeance for her father's death, Ryuko enrolled at Honnouji Academy, of which Satsuki was the student council president. During this time, Ragyō gifted Satsuki with Junketsu, a Kamui.
She later attended the Great Culture and Sport Festival, but this turned out to be part of a ploy to sacrifice those attending to the Life Fibers. Ryuko and Nudist Beach arrived to free those held captive. Ragyō was then betrayed by Satsuki and the Student Council, who later sided with Nudist Beach. Satsuki revealed that she had been secretly working against Ragyō from a young age after her father had revealed Ragyō's true intentions to her. However, Ragyō brainwashed the student body to turn on Satsuki, who managed to overcome them. Satsuki then managed to confront her mother personally. However, despite wearing a Kamui, Satsuki was no match for her mother, who brutally beat her and stripped her of Junketsu. Taking Junketsu for herself, Ragyō then ambushed Ryuko and tore out her heart to be Life Fiber completed, revealing that Ryuko was Ragyō's daughter and that she thought she died from her previous failure of Life Fiber. Nudist Beach rescued Ryuko and brought her to safety while Ragyō unleashed the Life Fibers onto civilization.
Ragyō captured Satsuki and kept her caged for a month, molesting her constantly. During this time, she had Nui construct Shinra Koketsu, the ultimate Kamui. She lured Ryuko to Honnouji Academy and captured her, brainwashing her and grafting Junketsu onto her body. After Satsuki escaped and joined Nudist Beach, Ragyō sent Ryuko and Nui to kill them; however at that point, Ryuko's brainwashing gets severed, and she was separated from Junketsu. Nudist Beach then prepared for the final battle against Ragyō.
Ragyō unleashed the Primordial Life Fiber and engaged her daughters in battle. Eventually, Nudist Beach apparently succeeded in destroying the Primordial Life Fiber with the second form of the S.S. Naked Sun. However, Ragyo continued the battle wearing Shinra Koketsu, with the Primordial Life Fiber having survived the destruction. Upon being injured, Ragyō absorbed Nui and flew out into space, planning to activate the Revocs Communication Satellite and send the signal to cover the planet in Life Fibers. Ryuko pursued her into space and battled her mother, and ultimately managed to destroy the Life Fibers, returning Ragyō to human form.
With the threat to enslave humanity over, Ryuko asked Ragyo to return to Earth. However, Ragyō rejected reconciliation and crushed her heart, committing suicide. Before vanishing into space, Ragyō warned Ryuko that the Life Fibers would return to Earth.
Legacy
Rei, a surviving member, returns ready to get revenge on Ryuko only for her to get easily defeated when the latter crushes her robot with her giant life-fiber scissors. She tries to kill Satsuki in anger, but was moved by her words, causing her to reform her ways.
Powers and Abilities
- Life Fabers Manipulations:
- Superhuman Physical Prowess: Ragyō's physiology has been enhanced with Life Fibers. Because of this, she has superhuman strength, speed, reflexes and durability, enough to physically overpower two Kamui-wearing opponents, Ryūko and Satsuki with relative ease, even though both had substantially developed their Kamui and Life Fiber-based powers. She was also able to break Satsuki's blade, Bakuzan, a blade developed to sever Life Fibers with her bare fist.
- Regeneration: Due to the power of Life Fibers dwelling inside of her body, Ragyō can regenerate any wound inflicted on her almost instantly, even being decapitated at the hands of her daughter Satsuki. The exception to this is if she is cut by either the Bakuzan or the Scissor Blades from two different directions.
- Mental Refitting (精神仮縫い Seishin Karinui), also known as Mind Stitching: By sewing Life Fibers known as Marionette Threads into the brains of her victims, Ragyō can bend anyone to do her bidding. An exception to this power is Ryūko's. She has been able to break free of Ragyō's control, possibly because of the Life Fibers implanted into her body.
- High Intelligence: Ragyō is highly intelligent when she discovered and created the Life Fibers. She is also knows of "Isshin Matoi's" true identity to be her old husband, Sōichirō Kiryūin. Once Ragyō ripped out Ryūko's heart to be a succeeded Life Fiber, she revealed of Ryūko's true identity to be her youngest daughter who Ragyō thought she died from the failure of the infusing the Life Fiber on her.
- Life Fiber Restoration: Ragyō was also capable of recreating Nui's arms by sewing new Life Fibers into them. Although she noted they were not as good as her original ones.
- Flight: Much like her daughters, Ragyō is capable of flying at high speeds, although she does not require the use of a Kamui to do so.
- Life Fiber Swords: During the battle against her daughters, Ragyō wielded a pair of giant, sewing needle-like swords, which according to her were made from ultra-hardened Life Fibers produced by the Original Life Fiber, that can sever Life Fibers and which served as the basis for the development of the Bakuzan and Scissor Blades. She also demonstrated the ability to alter their form, shaping them into a pair of spiked, tree branch-like blades.
Quotes
“ | Now, which of you will adorn my body today? | „ |
~ Ragyō addressing her many dresses. |
“ | Ryūko Matoi... don't you see? Your body is one with the Life Fibers, like mine. I thought you were dead, but now I know; You are my daughter! | „ |
~ Ragyō reveals herself to be Ryūko's mother after tearing out the latter's heart. |
“ | Poor Nui. The Life Fibers in your body were just too powerful. They kept you from having the chance to experience wearing a Kamui of your own. But now you can wear something better: the ultimate dress that is the Primordial Life Fiber! | „ |
~ Ragyō, as she absorbs the fusion of Nui Harime and the Original Life Fiber. |
“ | Dearest Nui... I will take it from here. | „ |
~ Ragyō as she is wearing Shinra-Koketsu, preparing to blast into space with the added power of Nui and the Original Life Fiber. |
“ | Life fibers are still spreading across the universe. | „ |
~ Ragyō's last words before her defeat. |
Trivia
- Even though it has been stated that only Ryūko can hear Senketsu but at the end of Episode 23, Ragyō heard Senketsu state some words.
- The seven scars on Ragyō's back serve as a homage to Kenshiro's seven star scars from the anime/manga Fist of the North Star
- Ragyō Kiryūin is generally considered by many people to be one of the worst mothers in all of fiction, due to her physical, mental and sexual abuse as well as raping methods towards both Satsuki (her eldest daughter) and Ryuko (her youngest daughter).
External links
- Ragyō Kiryūin on the Pure Evil Wiki
- Ragyō Kiryūin on the Kill la Kill Wiki
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