Kei Sagami

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“	Hey, I just realized that we haven't introduced ourselves to each other yet! Maken ... hey, I like that name. And I am Kei Sagami. I'm sixteen, a student at Jusei Girls' School. I have no sisters. My mother passed away soon after she gave birth to me... That's why my father always tried to be by my side to support me. So I would never have to feel alone. I really admire my father for that. And I want to become a scientist like him some day so that I could help with his studies on the World of Image. Well, I guess that's kind of irrelevant, I didn't mean to bore you... I guess it just shows my insecurities... I just start feeling nervous if I don't keep talking and explaining myself... Hey, what is that... thing flying over here?	„
	~ Kei Sagami to Maken in the World of Image

Background

Kei Sagami is one of the main characters of Maken X alongside the titular Maken. Kei is a teenage girl who wears a red top and skirt with matching red shoes and black stockings. Her hair flows to the right, and is colored dark blue in artwork for Maken X and in-game for both versions or black in Maken Shao's artwork. Kei is a kind, positive and caring girl. She is very friendly, being the only character in the game to genuinely wish to know more about the Maken and befriend it, even as early as the start of the game. She's a loving and compassionate character; she will tearfully cry for the Maken should it sacrifice itself for her and will fulfill her promise in the True Good ending despite her father's wishes.

She is also determined, as she is not afraid to wield the Maken in order to save her father, even if this would mean putting her life in danger. She seems to share this trait from her mother, who was also a Fukenshi. She's also very devoted; if the Maken chooses to save Kei without sacrificing itself, Kei will express her disappointment in the Maken for saving her over her father.

She's very humane, having a general good faith in humanity and feeling sympathy for other characters in the game, particularly the sacrifices the Fukenshi must make. This is reflected in her conversations with the Maken regarding humanity. For this reason, she will question the Maken should it share an opposing view of humanity or lacks empathy. She is also not afraid to scold the Maken should it do anything she deems objectionable, such as attacking the Fukenshi.

She is very studious, as despite her age she is quite adept at Image theory and engineering, even aspiring to become a researcher like her father.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Kei Sagami’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Kei Sagami is the daughter of Hiromitsu Sagami and an unnamed Fukenshi mother. She gets involved in the Maken Project because while she was visiting the research laboratory developing the Maken, Hakke Andrey attacked. In the attack, Andrey kills Lee Fei Chao, who was supposed to receive and wield the Maken. Kei wields the Maken to rescue her father, however by doing so, her Image is absorbed by the Maken. After fending off Hakke Andrey, Kei's body is left at the institute while the Maken travels to rescue her father. Her consciousness however, appears in the Maken's psyche and they share the same sight. Thus, she serves as the Maken's only partner throughout the story. Throughout the story, Kei will ask the Maken about its opinions on humanity while expressing her own views on mankind and the characters they meet. She will also comment, either supporting or criticizing the Maken's decisions during stages. As time passes however, her health gradually deteriorates, from coughing to being unable to stand up. During cutscenes in the story, it is revealed back in the research institute that her Image is slowly being merged with the Maken's, causing her own life to whittle away in a spiritual level. Eventually Kei will lose consciousness entirely, and from then on the Maken's future decisions as well as past decisions will determine her fate. She is saved in the Saving Kei, Sacrificial and Good endings of the game. Otherwise, her Image is completely absorbed by the Maken and she dies as a result. If certain conditions are met however, she will promise to take the Maken around the world before losing consciousness. In the Saving Sagami ending, her body is now the Maken's, as both their images are completely merged. In the Saving Kei ending, her Image is separated from the Maken at the Kanazawa Research Institute, however she will express her disappointment in the Maken for not saving her father. In the Sacrificial route, her body is stolen by the Sangyokai and trapped within a crystal in the Forbidden City. Kou Yamashiro, wielding the Maken, initiates the Reverse Brain Jacking and revives her. With the power of Maken, she defeats Mr. Meteor, however will tearfully thank the Maken and promises never to forget its sacrifice as it crumbles away. In the Good ending, she is revived by her father once the Maken returns to the research institute celebrating her return with Kou. In the True Good ending epilogue, Kei meets a sealed Maken in secrecy and releases it in order to fulfill her promise to travel around the world with it.

General Information

Name: Kei Sagami

Origin: Maken X

Sex: Female

Age: 16 (Notes to Maken that she is a sixteen year old student at Jusei Girls' School)

Classification: Student

Species: Human

Occupation: None

Status: Deceased in the Saving Sagami ending (In the Saving Sagami ending, Kei's Image gets completely absorbed into Maken, resulting in the Kei Sagami everyone knows being gone and Maken having full control over her body), Alive in the Saving Kei, Sacrifice, Good, and True Good Ending (In all of these endings she is saved, with her image removed from Maken, allowing her to live)

Alignment: Chaotic Good (Kei regardless of route choices has a set goal of wanting to save her father, regardless of what the goals of the Fukenshi who want to stop Mr. Meteor, this extends to the point that if Maken chooses to save Kei and let her father die she will scorn him by saying he has no true emotions, along with her willing to put her own life to save her fathers)

Codex Statistics

Key: Early Game | Late Game

Tier: 9-B | Unknown-A

Cardinality: Finite | Unknown

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Wall level (Empowered by Maken. Can fight and defeat Andrey who can take hits from rocket launchers) | Unknown: Cosmic level (Fought against and defeated Mr. Meteor who fused with Ryu Kashin to become the new Pan-Gu, who is noted in lore to have created the universe and is noted in Mr. Meteor's Maken Shao profile to be the creator of the world. Pan-Gu's realm is shown to contain many stars in the sky along with it being noted that the Image World is his domain, which is a different dimension from reality where only one's spirits exist)

Durability: Wall level | Unknown: Cosmic level (Can take hit from Pan Gu's blast)

Striking Strength: Wall Class | Unknown: Cosmic Class (Can reflect back Pan Gu's blast)

Lifting Strength: Unknown | Unknown

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Can move so fast she creates afterimages) | Superhuman

Attack Speed: Superhuman (Can tag Andrey who can move so fast he creates afterimages) | Superhuman

Reaction Speed: Superhuman (Can reflect back projectiles fired at her, such as rocket launchers) | Superhuman

Stamina: Unknown

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Maken (Can reach this far and tag all of these enemies with Maken), Multi-Universal with Metaphysics Manipulation (Soul Manipulation; One's soul exists in the world of images, a different dimension from reality, where only spirits exist, thus affecting one's soul is reaching into the world of images)

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius Intelligence (Understands the complex process of giving an artificial lifeform like Maken a soul and is aware of the Image world, noted by her dad that she has studied this topic a lot with her replying back that she's a scientist. Skilled enough to properly defend against attacks and stagger her opponents to hit them with an opening)

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Powers and Techniques

Genius Intelligence, Weapon Mastery (Has her image linked with Maken allowing her to use the sword deftly in combat), Accelerated Development (Battle;Physical Stats and Skill. Through battling she can learn new techniques and skills along with getting status bonuses that increase her max health, strength, and speed), Afterimage Creation (Can create afterimages with her attacks), Non-Standard Interaction (Metaphysical Interaction; Can interact with Image Items to gain image points with image being the soul), Shockwave Generation (With Machina Quark, creates a shockwave from quake vibrations to attack enemies).

Resistance to Soul Manipulation ( In Maken X, the "Image", also known as the soul, exists in an unknown dimension, this makes characters resistant to conventional soul manipulation), Time Manipulation (Within the Image World there is almost infinite time, having Kei perceive time differently), Mind Manipulation & Possession (Can override Maken's control of her mind), Illusion Creation (Standard Illusions; Broke out of an illusion), Petrification (Maken can resist the effects of the petrifying illness which gradually petrifies all internal organs, turning them into stone)

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Regeneration (Mid-Godly; Kei Sagami regenerated from her hand being burned and from a stab through the chest which was later confirmed to be Maken's doing. Regenerated from her body being cut apart due to Maken. Can fully regenerate their image back along with their body), Biological Manipulation (Image users can remove portions of their body and use their image to reconstruct new ones), Information Analysis (Maken is an artificial lifeform that can scan targets along with lock on to targets and scan their health), Attack Reflection (Can reflect back projectiles fired at him), Fusionism (When linking images together, Maken will merge his image with the hosts), Dimensional Travel (Can access the Image World through a humans image being transferred to his artificial brain), Soul Manipulation ( Can absorb ones image which is the soul. Maken is noted as a weapon created to destroy the human soul, along with being capable of destroying entities in the Image World), Aura & Statistics Amplification (Can create an aura field around the user, greatly increasing their statistics), Possession & Mind Manipulation (Maken has the ability to shift his image into someone else's body, being capable of controlling them via "brain jacking", and gaining all of their abilities and weaknesses. This works even on robots), Memory Manipulation (Through brain jacking, Maken can extract the persons memories), Mimicry (Skill Mimicry & Power Mimicry; When performing a brain jacking, he can absorb the memories of the person and insert it into his current host, gaining their knowledge and abilities), Shapeshifting (Depending on the persons image he absorbs he changes as a sword).

Resistance to Soul Manipulation ( In Maken X, the "Image", also known as the soul, exists in an unknown dimension, this makes characters resistant to conventional soul manipulation), Time Manipulation (Within the Image World there is almost infinite time, having Maken perceive time differently), Petrification (Maken can resist the effects of the petrifying illness which gradually petrifies all internal organs, turning them into stone)

Healing (With the life up item, restores health. With the life max item, as the name says, fully restores health), Statistics Amplification (With Power Item, can double her offensive strength for a short time)

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Equipment

• Maken: The Maken, also known as Deus Ex Machina, is the titular silent protagonist of Maken X. The Maken is an artificial demon that is capable of transforming into a sword with the help of Kei Sagami's genes. It is a sentient weapon that can attack the Image, or soul, of a target. It uses its Brain Jacking ability to overwrite the Image of other people and possess them. However, this leaves its victims without a soul. The Brain Jack ability also allows the Maken access to the memories of its host.

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• Life Capsule: The life capsule recovers health, with higher level ones completely restoring all health.

• Power Up: Increases attack power for a fixed amount of time.

• Image Items: Grants Kei/Maken more image.

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Notable Techniques

• Brainjack: Maken's special ability is that it can occupy the human brain and command the body. It is not that the brain is physically replaced, but rather that the Image is replaced, so the memory of the host human is maintained. For this reason, Maken uses the knowledge and abilities that was developed.

• Lock On: Maken is able to analyze and lock on to an opponent, reading their health during combat.

• Leaping Attack: Kei jumps while advancing towards the locked on opponent to lead over them and land facing their back.

• Backstep: Kei utilizes this in combat to avoid her enemies attacks.

• Deflect: Maken has the special ability to deflect projectiles, including the likes of energy blast and bazooka bullets.

• Machina Quark: Creates a shockwave from quake vibrations to attack enemies.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Kei will fight with Maken using various sword attacks and attempting to absorb the enemies image.

Weaknesses: Maken is slowly eating away as Kei's image, thus overtime she will be merged fully into Maken, essentially dying.

Trivia

• If Kei's entry in the Info section is viewed after the Maken completely absorbs her Image, it will be changed to "The Image of 'Kei' disappeared".

Gallery

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  Kei concept art

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  Kei's card from the Info section of Maken X

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  Kei speaking to the Maken in the Image world

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  Promotional artwork

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  Promotional artwork

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  Promotional artwork

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  Promotional artwork

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  Maken Shao guidebook cover

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  Maken X Original Soundtracks cover

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