Amakusa Sayo (天草 小夜), birth name Mutoh Sayo (武藤 小夜), is the younger sister of Amakusa Shōgo and maternal niece of Nishida Hyōei. She preached under the name Magdalia, but suffered from an illness (later determined to be tuberculosis by Kenshin). She realised what her brother was doing was wrong, but was shot trying to save Doctor Elsten before she could stop him. She seemed to be falling in love with Sagara Sanosuke, and entrusted her will to him, so that he could give it to her brother and soon afterwards she died in his arms. In the will she spoke of her father's teaching that a man's value is not determined by his wealth or his class, but by his piety and kindness. She then spoke of her dream to liberate the oppressed Christians of Shimabara, but that she was unable to live this dream, due to her death and so wanted her brother to fulfill her desire.
Appearance[]
Amakusa Sayo is a young, beautiful woman of average height and weight, with fair skin, long, wavy, medium brown hair in a loose fashion and wide green eyes.
Her main outfit was a white dress with long sleeves, with pink outlined red fabric at its ends with a red undergarment beneath the white dress. She also wore a pink and red cloak, with a lime green cape, red shoes and a medallion around her neck, which consisted a silver metal piece, with a symbol of her Christian Belief, engraved on it, attached to a necklace of purple pearls. Sayo also wore long, circle shaped green jewel earrings on her ears complementing her green eyes.
Personality[]
A deeply religious Christian who cares and teaches children about the Christian faith, thus her dislike for violence even if it's for self-defense.
Sayo has a very kind personality and teaches her followers to always trust and believe in God and to be kind to others, even their enemies. Though she initially believes outsiders (i.e. non-Christians) to be wrongdoers wishing to inflict harm on Christians, she later drops this idea, after learning of Sano's concern for her and her people.
Relationships[]
- Amakusa Shōgo: She realized what her brother was doing was wrong,
- Sagara Sanosuke: At the beginning, Sayo dislike Sano for his use of violence on the police officers on their tail. After their encounter at Shimabara, the gap between them widened after hearing Sano lost her medallion and was thinking to shoot Sano in fearing him to be a threat and her people. She changed her mind after Sano left to find her medallion and leaving a thank-you letter for tending his wounds and somehow reconciles her opinion of the man he disliked earlier. Before dying in his arms, Sayo feels trustful towards Sano by entrusting her will to deliver to his brother
Abilities[]
Saya possesses no fighting abilities due to her religious faith, but possesses a small gun for self-defense.
History[]
Shimabara Arc[]
She preached under the name Magdalia, but is suffering from the same illness as her mother (later determined to be tuberculosis by Kenshin). Though Shougo was unsuccessful to find a cure for the desease, Sanosuke raced with all his strength in hope to get her to a doctor; however, she is shot while trying to protect Sir Elsten and dies in Sanosuke's arms.
In her will, she spoke of her father's teaching that a man's value is not determined by his wealth or his class, but by his piety and kindness. She then spoke of her dream to liberate the oppressed Christians of Shimabara, but knowing she wouldn't live long to live this dream, she entrusts her brother to fulfill her desire.
Etymology[]
- Amakusa means "Heaven's Grass" (天草).
- Sayo means "small" (小) (sa) and "night, evening" (夜) (yo).
Birth Name[]
- Mutoh means "military, martial" (武) (mu) and "wisteria" (藤) (toh), which literally means "warrior wisteria" altogether.
- Sayo means "small" (小) (sa) and "night, evening" (夜) (yo).
Trivia[]
- Her alias Magdalia is her Christian name, coming from Jesus' female disciple, Mary Magdalene.
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