Mako Mankanshoku

Background

Mako lives with her family in the slums of Honnō City. She spends her days as a no-star student at Honnōji Academy. She befriended the transfer student, Ryūko Matoi, when she first arrived in the classroom. After Ryūko tried to assault the head of the student council, Satsuki Kiryūin, and fled the scene, Mako was captured because she was seen socializing with her. The Disciplinary group took Mako as a hostage but she was saved by Ryūko before she was deep-fried in a tub of scorching oil.

After the battle between Ryūko and the Boxing Club Captain, Takaharu Fukuroda, Mako met up with Ryūko when her family took her in. The next day, she invited Ryūko to stay with her and her family as they walked to school. She was unfazed despite being relentlessly bombarded with a barrage of tennis balls to the face. Mako was apprehended by the tennis club captain, Omiko Hakodate, for missing practice the day before, despite the fact that she was being held hostage at the time. Ryūko saved her as she was being tied up to a post and pelted on all sides by tennis balls. Mako made arguments against Uzu Sanageyama when he tried to fault Ryūko, which resulted in a tennis match between Ryūko and Omiko. Once the match was won, Mako fled with Ryūko under the cover of improvised steam.

When Ryūko was fighting a losing battle against Satsuki, Mako intervened between them and made a speech about how Ryūko should have no reason to be ashamed of showing her body, as well as commented that she and her family was talking about Ryūko’s body the night before. The speech motivated Ryūko to embrace wearing Senketsu and was finally able to maximize her potential.

During the event known as the “No-Late day”, Mako argued back to Gamagōri when he was questioning Ryūko's choice of current attire, and the argument later ended with how he should be wearing pajamas; instead of sleeping in the nude unless he wishes to get sick. As Mako and Ryūko attempted to get to class, they met up with the supposedly injured Maiko Ōgure and allowed her to join them out of kindness; however, she later betrayed them and stole Senketsu as it was being delivered by Mako's dog, Guts. After Ryūko beat up Maiko and reclaimed Senketsu, they both learned that they were tricked once again by Maiko's “fake school” trap. They were only able to make it into the school in time by crashing into the classroom after commandeering a cable cart.

She was made President of the Fight Club after Ryūko was intimidated by all the paperwork involved. Mako proved quite capable and competent in handling the day-to-day runnings of the Club and with Ryūko's many victories she was able to wrestle a 2-star ranking and with it, better living conditions for her family, quite easily. She was willing to fight Ryūko to keep that ranking and very nearly defeated her, although Ryūko did refuse to fight back against her friend. She stopped after seeing how all the luxury and standing had affected herself and her family. Mako disbanded the Fight Club and demoted herself back to No-Star so that they could all go back to enjoying their old life.

General Information

Name: Mako Mankanshoku

Origin: Kill La Kill

First Appearance: Kill La Kill

Latest Appearance: Kill La Kill: IF

Company: Studio TRIGGER

Creator: Kazuki Nakashima

Actor: Aya Suzaki (Japanese), Christine Marie Cabanos (English)

Gender: Female

Sex: Female

Sexuality: Homosexual (Mako, in the series has never shown romantic interest for the opposite sex. Right before the final battle of the anime, Mako tells Ryūko Matoi that she wants to go on a date with her and even goes as far as kissing Ryūko Matoi on the lips during one of her gag sequences. In a spin-off title named "Kill La Kill: IF", Mako states that her heart belonged to Ryuko.

Pronouns: She/Her

Age: 17

Birthday: Unknown

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Honnō City

Story Role: Side Character (Mako plays a very important side role, as she is the best friend of Ryūko Matoi and she gives her support and inspirational speeches whenever Ryuko is down or doubting herself a lot. Whenever there is conflict and Ryuko needs help, Mako comes to her rescue when she can, even if she doesn't has her 2 Star Goku Uniform)

Classification: Fight Club President, (Former) Student of Honnōji Academy

Species: Human

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

Occupation: Fight Club President, (Former) Student of Honnōji Academy, Tennis Club member (former), Nudist Beach Operative

Ranking: Fight Club President, Two-Star

Affiliations: Honnōji Academy, Nudist Beach

Enemies: Ragyō Kiryūin, Nui Harime, Rei Hōōmaru

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Alive

Alignment: Chaotic Good (Mako is a hyperactive, carefree and loving girl who seems to cling to anyone she befriends, emphasized by how she becomes inseparable from Ryūko very quickly. She is also quite lazy, as shown in how she goes to sleep as soon as class begins, humorously clashing with her hyperactivity. Mako is quite fearless and has scarcely shown to be intimidated in potentially threatening situations. She also has respect for the authority figures of the school but will voice her opinion about topics such as how Ira Gamagōri should wear pajamas in bed instead of sleeping nude. If Mako is properly motivated, she is capable of working hard and productively. During her time as president of the Fight Club, she showed a high level of competence and professionalism, as well as the ability to do complex papers and work. Having been poor for her whole life, Mako and her family tend to obsess about wealth. This trait was, at one point, even pushed so far that it caused her to turn against Ryūko temporarily, the latter trying to stop her greed. Like the rest of her family, Mako has an obsessive love for food. Although she is a very kind and caring person, she doesn't seem to mind her Father's crimes, namely him accidentally killing his patients due to blood loss)

Protection Level: Global Protector (While the Life Fibers were taking over the entire planet, Mako helped fight them off along side the other students who were able to fight in the long battle. Later down the line, Mako gave all her energy in order to help Ryūko Matoi boost her power to defeat Ragyō Kiryūin)

Codex Statistics

Key: Base | One Star Goku Uniform | Two Star Goku Uniform | Revamped Two Star Goku Uniform

Tier: 9-B | At least 9-B | 7-C with Two Star Goku Uniform | At least 7-C with Upgraded Two Star Goku Uniform

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Wall Level (Should scale to a base Ryūko Matoi, who was able to casually defeated students wearing One Star Goku Uniforms, who can survive crashing through stone walls. Wrestled with two alligators) | At least Wall Level (While wearing a One Star Goku Uniform, the user's physical traits are greatly heightened) | Town level, much higher with missiles and bat (Mako was able to fight a Full Synchronization Ryūko Matoi for many hours without getting tired. She was able to give Ryuko many bruises and cuts while in the fight and was able to overpower her multiple times in the fight. With her weapons, Mako was able to create huge shockwaves while fighting Ryūko Matoi when their weapons clashed together. With her missiles, Mako was able to create a large explosion that briefly overpowered Ryuko for a time. Should scale to Ryūko Matoi, who was able to cause an explosion in her clash with Satsuki that resulted in this level) | At least Town level (After getting her Two-Star Goku Uniform revamped, Mako should be comparable to the Three Stars, who were able to take on Ryūko Matoi for an extended amount of time. Is comparable to Senketsu Restored Ryuko, who was easily able to defeat Nui in combat. Mako was also able to causally defeat a Nui clone in combat, which should be comparable to the original version)

Durability: Wall Level (Mako was able to take many hits from the Tennis Club president without dying. Mako was also able to take a hit from a bomb that sent her flying across the city. Should be comparable to Ryūko Matoi) | | At least Wall Level (While wearing a One Star Goku Uniform, the user's physical traits are greatly heightened) | Town Level (Should be comparable to Full Synchronization Ryūko Matoi, who was able to take hits from the Three-Star Goku Uniforms without getting too damaged) Town Level (Scales to a Senketsu Restored Ryūko Matoi, who was able to fight Nui when she previously couldn't before as well as the Three-Stars)

Striking Strength: Wall Class | Wall Class | Town Class | Town Class

Lifting Strength: Unknown | Unknown | Class 1 (Should be stronger than Takaharu Fukuroda, who's boxing gloves weigh around this much) | Class 1

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Both Mako and Ryūko Matoi were almost late for their first day of school, Mako was able to catch up to a speeding bus and jump on top of it casually even though it already passed her even though it had already passed her) | At least Superhuman (While wearing a One Star Goku Uniform, the user's physical traits are greatly heightened) | Superhuman | Superhuman

Attack Speed: Massively Hypersonic (While in search for money, Mako encountered a man who was able to fire out money from a submachine gun. Mako was able to casually catch all of the money from the gun, point blank. She obtained enough to buy a massive amount of items and food at a big festival) | At least Massively Hypersonic (While wearing a One Star Goku Uniform, the user's physical traits are greatly heightened) | Massively Hypersonic | At most Relativistic (Mako is comparable to Uzu Sanageyama, who stated that his attacks were faster to the speed of light. Even though his statement was quickly shut down by the Analysis Specialist, Hōka Inumuta, stating that humans can't go faster than light, it was stated after that his attacks are almost at the speed of light due to the method in which he was fighting)

Reaction Speed: Massively Hypersonic (While in search for money, Mako encountered a man who was able to fire out money from a submachine gun. Mako was able to casually catch all of the money from the gun, point blank. She obtained enough to buy a massive amount of items and food at a big festival) | At least Massively Hypersonic (While wearing a One Star Goku Uniform, the user's physical traits are greatly heightened) | Massively Hypersonic | At most Relativistic ((Mako is comparable to Uzu Sanageyama, who stated that his attacks were faster to the speed of light. Even though his statement was quickly shut down by the Analysis Specialist, Hōka Inumuta, stating that humans can't go faster than light, it was stated after that his attacks are almost at the speed of light due to the method in which he was fighting. Later became faster than Nui Harime, who was able to dodge the blows from Uzu Sanageyama rather casually)

Stamina: Superhuman (Mako was able to fight Ryūko Matoi from morning all the way up until the evening without getting tired) | Superhuman | Superhuman | Superhuman

Range: Standard Melee Range with brass knuckles, Extended Melee Range bat, Tens of Meters with Missiles and with throwing other weapons (Mako is able to punch her opponents with her brass knuckles to deal massive damage to them. She also has a wooden bat with golden nails in them to deal extra damage. With the bat, she is able to fire missiles out of them that travel a pretty far distance towards her opponents. Mako can also throw a wide array of weapons at her opponents on order to overwhelm them in combat)

Intelligence:

Above Average Human (Even though Mako seems like she isn't as smart as her classmates, she has shown to be very knowledgeable when it comes to paperwork and data entry. When Mako became class president, she was able to do multiple large stacks of paperwork all by herself even though she had no prior experience in doing so)

Above Average Human (Mako seems to be really good at making friends after first meeting with Ryūko Matoi. Even though Ryuko pushed Mako away at first, she eventually became Ryuko's best friend and went on a date with her at the end of the series)

Gifted (Mako has been shown to be able to match the other cast when it comes to combat. She was able to fight Ryūko Matoi in a long battle until Mako ultimately gave up due to remorse. Later on in the series, when Mako's Goku-Uniform was upgraded, she was able to fight alongside the Three Star Uniforms without struggling. Mako was also able to defeat multiple Nui Harime clones in combat, a feat that an earlier Ryūko Matoi was unable to do previously)

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Cartoon Physics (Low: Mako is able to do a vast amounts of wacky actions in the show, be it extending her arms to inhuman lengths, to flying, or even dying for a brief moment in time and then coming back to life in the next shot), Surface Scaling (Should be able to do the same feat as Ryūko Matoi, who was able to run up a wall), Transformation (Mako is able to transform into her Two-Star Uniform), Regeneration and Healing (High-Low: While being punished for missing tennis practice, Mako was hit by a large amount of tennis balls. She was hit with so many that her face was completely concealed with bruises and knots. However, moments later, he was seen to be all healed and was moving perfectly fine. Later down the line, while fighting against the Life Fibers, Mako was injured all over her body, breaking her bones. However, she seems to recover very quickly and then gets back up to fight the life fibers again), Social Influencing (While Mako and Ryuko were running late to school, one of the Three-Stars, Ira Gamagōri, caught the two and wanted to discipline her for not only running late, but for being out of uniform. However, Mako was able to convince him to to expel Ryuko, despite the fact that the rules in the school are very strict), Hammerspace and Weapon Creation (While eating lunch with Ryuko, Mako pulled out her lunch from her clothing, even though it would realistically never fit inside of them. She does this again when she fights Ryuko in the school yard as she was able to pull out a vast amount of weapons that seems like it is infinitely resupplying itself), Bulletproof (Standard Pierce Resistance: While wearing the Two-Star Goku Uniform, Mako should scale to Ryūko Matoi, who was shot by hundreds of bullets without taking any damage to her body. Life Fibers as also regarded to be much harder than steel is as well), Explosion Manipulation (With the missile that is stored in her bat, Mako is able to make a giant explosion that is capable of blasting her target away or pulverizing the area) Curtain Fire (Mako is able to create a multitude of weapons that she is able to throw at her opponent all at once, making it very difficult to block or dodge her attacks), Sheer Will (Even when Mako's body was seriously injured, she was still able to use her love for Ryuko to move around before he body was healed), Statistics Amplification and Reactive Power Level (While wearing her Goku Uniform, Mako gets a massive increase in her raw strength, defense, and speed, being able to keep up and overpower Ryūko Matoi for a little while before giving up the fight all together. It was also stated by Hōka Inumuta that her power will continue to increase while she wears the uniform due to her great potential and compatibility with life fibers), Elasticity (Mako was able to stretch her arms in order to punch a Combat Enhanced COVER back from far away), Regeneration Negation (High-Mid: Was able to defeat multiple Nui clones, which are identical copies of her. Nui is like Ryūko Matoi, who is made up of Life Fibers and will continue to regenerate unless cut by the Rendering Scissors), Chain Manipulation (Mako is able to create chains with her Two-Star Uniform in order to restrain or toss around her target. She was able to do this in her fight against Ryūko Matoi), Nullification and Durability Negation (Mako was able to punch through an entire tower of Life Fibers, which were indestructible to most of the cast. She was also able to stop a large portion of it from absorbing some of the cast as well. After her attack, we can see the the Life Fibers began to liquefy after Mako's attack).

Resistance to Heat Manipulation and Temperature Manipulation (Mako was able to survive being right on top of a giant pot of molten lava without being instantly burned to death. She was also able to hug Ryūko Matoi when she was in her berserker form, who was hot enough to instantly liquefy the rock around her), Nullification, Fear Manipulation, and Paralysis Inducement (When Ragyō Kiryūin activated her Absolute Domination ability, which takes away the power in your Goku Uniform and makes you so scared that you are unable to move, Mako was one of the only students there who were able to overcome Absolute Domination and move while it was still active), Corruption and Empathic Manipulation (In the series, if you so much as wear clothing more than 30% Life Fibers, you will become corrupted by its power and become fully insane. Mako was able to wear Senketsu, who is made up of 100% Life Fibers and she did not become insane)

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Equipment

Two-Star Goku Uniform

As the President of the Fight Club, Mako was given a Two-Star Goku Uniform. This Uniform allows her to fight other students and greatly increases her fighting capabilities. Inside of her Uniform holds a vas variety of weapons that she can use to hurl at her opponents all at once or she can use the uniform to replace broken weapons or create weapons as well.

Golden Bat

As a close combat weapon, she uses a golden bat wrapped with bandages with nails stabbed into it. Mako was able to use this bat in order to match Ryūko Matoi in strength during their fight. It was also able to beat down Nui clones reliably.

Golden Spike-Ball and Chain

Mako can use a chain to bind her opponent and slam the opponent around. She used this against Ryuko during their fight to trap her and toss her around on the ground. She can also use the ball and chain to deal more damage to the opponent.

Mako Missiles

Inside of her golden bat, Mako has a missile that she can deploy at her target in order to cause a massive explosion. She used this attack against Ryuko to catch her off guard and to finish her off for good before snapping back to her senses

Brass Knuckles

Mako has a pair of brass knuckles that she uses to pumble her opponents repeatably. These punches has a massive amount of force behind them, as when she punched the ground one time, it was able to create a blast so big that it was able to destroy a large part of the school yard, and it was even able to blow away the 3 Stars, who are the strongest students at the school.

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Notable Techniques

Transformation

After getting her Two-Star Goku Uniform, Mako is able to transform in order to get much stronger. She also gains access to a multitude of weapons as well

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Other

Standard Tactics: While Mako has her Goku Uniform on, she will start off the fight by rushing down her opponents and try to overwhelm them by throwing a variety of weapons at them. She will also try to retrain the target with her chains or repeatedly slam them on the ground with it over and over again. Mako uses her bat to overpower her opponent and send missiles at them. If all else fails, Mako will use her Brass Knuckles in order to land many hefty blows on the target, doing massive damage to them. If Mako does not have her uniform, however, she will start to panic and run away. She often waits for Ryūko Matoi to come and save her

Weaknesses: Her Mako is defeated, her Goku Uniform will be completely destroyed and she will be left powerless. If she doesn't have her uniform, she has no combat strength and will be left defenseless

Trivia

• Mako's surname Mankanshoku means "full, fullness, enough, satisfy" (満) (man), "ship, warship" (艦) (kan) and "decorate, ornament, adorn, embellish" (飾) (shoku), which literally means "full ship decoration" altogether.

Mako was originally going to have black or blonde hair along with pigtails or a ponytail.

• According to Creative Director Shigeto Koyama, he initially was going to give Mako's Two-Star Uniform a design that he described as a "giant Hulk-like Mako" which would have been dubbed, "The Invincible Mako". The design was going to be based on the World War Hulk comic book mini-series. While this concept was scrapped, the WWH sticker on the side of Mako's boogie board in the second closing was inserted as a nod to the design.[10]

• Mako's Two-Star uniform is based on common visual tropes regarding Japanese high school delinquent stereotypes.

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