Ryūko Matoi

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“	To hell with your opinion. I’ll take my own path no matter what anyone else says.	„
	~ Ryūko

“	I’m not the usual Ryūko Matoi right now. I’m a Ryūko Matoi who is fixated on seeing what she wants almost within reach.	„
	~ Ryūko

“	There comes a time when a girl outgrows her sailor uniform.	„
	~ Senketsu

“	I finally get it now. I need to get naked. Putting on a Kamui means becoming one with you! It means you becoming one with me! That's what it means to master wearing you! Isn't that right, Senketsu?!	„
	~ Ryūko after accepting Senketsu

“	"Ingenuity", my ass. It's just fear. You want the power of clothing, but you're afraid of losing your mind. That outfit symbolizes your unwillingness to go all the way. It's completely and utterly shameful.	„
	~ Ryūko to Satsuki

“	Humans have a will to live!	„
	~ Ryūko

Background

Ryūko Matoi (Matoi Ryūko) is the daughter of Isshin Matoi and the main protagonist of Kill la Kill. She transferred to Honnōji Academy searching for the twin of her red Scissor Blade and the person who used it to murder her father.

It is later revealed that Ryūko is the daughter of Sōichirō and Ragyō Kiryūin and the younger sister of Satsuki. It was also revealed that Ryūko had supposedly died after she was born after Ragyō had attempted to fuse her body with Life Fibers, which was declared a failed experiment by Ragyō herself; however, Ragyō's experiment would later be revealed to be a success. Ryūko was later saved by her father, with her father faking her death and raising her under the alias of Isshin Matoi until his death at the hands of Nui Harime. Six months after Isshin's death, Ryūko transferred to Honnōji Academy.

Statistics

Key: Base (Early Series) | Pre-Synchronization | Full Synchronization (Episodes 3-8) | Full Synchronization (Episodes 9-12) | Berserk | Senketsu Restored | Junketsu | Final Synchronization | Kisaragi | Graduation

Tier: 9-B | Low 8-C | 7-C | At least 7-C | At least 7-C | At least 7-C | At least 7-C | At least 7-C | 5-B, far higher with Absorption | At least 7-C, 5-B with the Rending Scissors

Name: Ryūko Matoi, Senketsu (Kamui)

Origin: Kill la Kill

Sex: Female

Age: 17

Classification: Human-Life Fiber Hybrid, (Former) Student of Honnōji Academy

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Wall level (Casually defeated students wearing One Star Goku Uniforms, who can survive crashing through stone walls. Wrestled with two alligators.) | Small Building level+ (Hit Omiko hard enough to cause a massive crack in a wall) | Town level (Caused an explosion in her clash with Satsuki that resulted in this level) | At least Town level (Initially was easily defeated against Sanageyama using a Three Star Goku Uniform, but later defeats the likes of Gamagori, Inumuta, and Nonon, all of whom which use Three Star Goku Uniforms) | At least Town level (Kept up with a more serious Satsuki) | At least Town level (Stated by Senketsu to be growing stronger. With just using a single piece of Senketsu, she was able to casually overpower others using pieces of Senketsu and Satsuki with Junketsu. Stalemated Satsuki. Overpowered Nui, when the latter could casually defeat the former before) | At least Town level (Used Junketsu like Satsuki while she uses Senketsu) | At least Town level (After growing full synchronization with Senketsu, Ryūko was able to casually defeat Nui, when the latter could casually defeat the former before) | Planet level (Superior to the S.S. Naked Sun, which can pierce through the Original Life Fiber. The Original Life Fiber is capable of surviving planets being blown up in the epicenter), far higher with Absorption (Grows far stronger after absorbing all Life Fibers, however this does have a drawback in destroying Senketsu) | At least Town level (Can harm Life Fiber copies of the Elite Four using Goku Uniforms), Planet level with the Rending Scissors (Destroyed the S.S. Naked Sun)

Durability: Wall level (Can survive attacks from two alligators) | Small Building level+ (Should be superior to Omiko, who survived the initial crack) | Town level (Took a hit from Satsuki) | At least Town level (Stronger than before) | At least Town level (Comparable to her previous key) | At least Town level (Far stronger than before) | At least Town level (Comparable to Satsuki) | At least Town level (Far stronger than before) | Planet level (Far superior to the S.S. Naked Sun) | At least Town level (Comparable to the Elite Four)

Striking Strength: Wall Class | Small Building Class+ | Town Class | At least Town Class | At least Town Class | At least Town Class | At least Town Class | At least Town Class | Planet Class, far higher with Absorption | At least Town Class

Lifting Strength: Unknown | Class 1 (Far stronger than Takaharu Fukuroda, who's boxing gloves weigh around this much) | At least Class 1 | Class 15 (Can lift and throw back a large missile) | At least Class 15 | At least Class 15 | At least Class 15 | At least Class 15 | Class G (Should be comparable to her final key, who can lift her Rending Scissor Blades, which is the size of the academy and larger than the S.S. Naked Sun) | At least Class G | Class G

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Can run up walls. Comparable to Mako) | At least Superhuman (Far faster than before) | At least Supersonic (Can outrun Tsumugu's gun) | Relativistic | Relativistic | At least Relativistic | At least Relativistic | At least Relativistic | Massively FTL (Comparable to the Original Life Fiber, which were stated to travel across the universe) | At least Relativistic

Combat Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Comparable to Mako) | At least Massively Hypersonic (Far superior to Mako) | At least Massively Hypersonic (Far superior than before) | Relativistic | At least Relativistic | At least Relativistic | At least Relativistic | Massively FTL (Comparable to Ragyo, who uses the power of the Original Life Fiber) | At least Relativistic

Reaction Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Comparable to Mako, who can catch money bullets at point blank range) | At least Massively Hypersonic (Far superior to Mako) | At least Massively Hypersonic (Far superior than before) | Relativistic (Comparable to Sanageyama, who's stated to have the ability to make people think he's moving faster than light according to Inumuta) | At least Relativistic | At least Relativistic | At least Relativistic | Massively FTL (Comparable to Ragyo, who uses the power of the Original Life Fiber) | At least Relativistic

Stamina: Superhuman (Took a beating from Mako for hours while she was using her Two-Star Goku Uniform. and Ryūko wasn't transformed. Defeated hoards of Goku Uniform fighters in less than a school day. Fought three of the Elite Four in one sitting, traveled around Japan to recover Senketsu and fought several people using his power, including Satsuki, in a day. Fought an army of COVERs on her own with no signs of fatigue. Survived being able to be stabbed, skinned, harmed through organs, and more while recovering)

Range: Standard Melee Range to Extended Melee Range to Hundreds of Meters with her Scissor Blade, higher with Fiber Lost, far higher with Size Manipulation. Planetary Absorption as Kisaragi. Hundreds of Meters with the Rending Scissor Blade

Intelligence: Gifted (Despite normally being brash, Ryuko is a capable fighter even before realizing she had any power. She was able to defeat the Elite Four due to her nature of being able to adapt and evolve as she fights. Ryuko also seems to be a skilled bike rider)

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Powers and Abilities

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Usage (Ryūko is skilled in using her Scissor Blade, even without the use of Senketsu), Fusionism (Fused with Senketsu after first being worn, developing a strong bond), Transformation (Transforms with her Kamui with blood), Accelerated Development (Passive. Physical stats, Skill, and Abilities. Senketsu was noting that Ryūko was getting stronger, and was capable of keeping up with others in combat without the use of a Kamui, despite losing prior with one), Sheer Will (Even after getting knocked to her base form and being defeated from blood loss, she was able to block a hit from Satsuki. Her willpower alone was able to overcome Ragyo's mind control from pulling her brain. Skinned herself alive, even if it were to kill her. Stated by Satsuki that her spirit overwhelmed Nui), Size Manipulation (Her Scissor Blade can change to become smaller), Surface Scaling (Ran up a large pillar from a 90 degree angle), Vehicular Mastery (Able to fight against people using Goku Uniforms and wearing COVERs while riding her bike), Hair Manipulation (Ryūko's red strand on hair cut the Life Fibers wrapping around her brain), Intangibility (Ryūko can shove her hand through her head and used it to remove the Life Fibers wrapping her brain), Regeneration & Immortality (High-Mid & Type 6; Ryūko's regeneration should be similar to Ragyo's regeneration. Ragyo states she can regenerate so long as she has a single strand of Life Fiber connected to her. Comparable to Senketsu, who can reform himself after being cut to many tiny pieces. Regenerated from having his chest impaled and having her heart pulled out. Can regenerate after skinning herself alive due to removing Junketsu, who was sewed in her body. Ryūko is still alive during each of these moments of pain), Reactive Power Level (It was stated by Ragyo that Life Fibers become active and more stronger when in a near-death experience by their host. This was later supported by Ryūko), Limited Negation to a Resistance of Regeneration Negation (Mid-High; Ryūko's Scissor Blades can cut through Life Fibers and bypass Nui's regeneration, who can previously regenerate from them), Self-Sustenance (Type 1; Can breathe in space). Resistance to Corruption (Ryūko is able to wear Senketsu, who is made up of 100% Life Fiber and can absorb more. A human using 50% Life Fiber corrupted him into a wild monster), Heat (Jumped around inside a pool of lava), Pain (Ryūko can wear Senketsu at an incomplete form, despite being stated that it would severely harm her. During her fight with Satsuki, she cut off her arm and was fine from the after effect. Shoved her hand within her skull and pulled out the Life Fibers that Ragyo implanted within her brain. Survived Ragyo impaling her chest while having her heart being pulled out. Ignored the pain of having Life Fibers stuck inside of her body and pulled. Removed Junketsu from her body, despite being sewed in her body and causing Ryūko to skin herself, losing a pool of blood), Biological Manipulation & Durability Negation (Ryūko was able to survive being implanted with Life Fibers as a newborn, which were stated to shut down your nervous systems), Mind Manipulation (Ryūko can resist the effects of Ragyo controlling her mind from wrapping Life Fibers around her brain as she was controlling everyone within the school), Memory Manipulation (COVERs are made up of pure Life Fibers, which humans cannot take unlike Ryūko. The COVERs were stated to be able to remove information from people's minds), Regeneration Negation (High-Mid; Ryūko can survive hits from the Scissor Blades and still regenerate, despite the blades being made to bypass Life Fibers), Power Nullification & Fear Manipulation (Unaffected by Ragyo's Absolute Domination, which removes anyone's power when hit by the light and makes them cower in fear), Fire Manipulation (Unaffected by being on fire from the atmosphere while falling down to Earth)

Same as before, Weapon Usage (Skilled in using both the Scissor Blades and the Tailor's Dagger), Summoning (Can summon the Rending Scissor Blades), Size Manipulation (Can further increase the size of her Rending Scissor Blades)

Power Bestowal (Gives anyone that wears him his power for blood), Information Analysis (Senketsu can learn about someone's entire biology when being worn), Telepathy (Able to talk to others within their mind via contact), Body Control (Senketsu can remove parts of his body and using them to cover parts or as a leash), Enhanced Senses (Able to "feel" that Sanageyama is different from before, noting he's more powerful), Immortality (Type 6; Senketsu was able to survive being cut into small pieces by Nui and lived from being just an eye), Regeneration (High-Mid. Reformed after being cut to many little pieces), Astral Projection (Spoke to Ryūko and had an astral form after dying), Memory Manipulation, Mind Manipulation & Dimensional Storage (Senketsu can enter someone's wound to navigate and alter their minds from within their body), Minor Water Manipulation (Senketsi can cry, despite being made up of pure Life Fiber). Resistance to Regeneration Negation (High-Mid; Senketsu can survive hits from the Scissor Blades and still regenerate, despite the blades being made to bypass Life Fibers)

Same as in base, Statistics Amplification (Senketsu increases Ryūko's strength, speed, fighting skill, and durability), Absorption (Ryūko can absorb Life Fibers and the Life Fibers from others after defeating them), Cloth Manipulation (With her Life Fiber Synchronize with Senketsu, Ryūko's Kamui changes), Smoke Manipulation (Her uniform produces steam out of her body), Size Manipulation (Can increase the size of her scissor blade with her finishing move, Fiber Lost), Vibration Manipulation & Sheer Will (Created a shockwave against Satsuki from her willpower alone)

Same as before, Healing (Despite initially having bruises all over her body, Ryūko was able to heal herself fully once fully synchronizing with Senketsu), Air Manipulation (Caused an air explosion that sent everyone flying in her fight with Satsuki), Smoke Manipulation (The smoke Senketsu releases can be used to push Ryūko forward, increasing her speed), Bulletproof (Shrugged off several of Tsumugu's needle bullets, which were able to piece Life Fibers, despite being stated to be immune to them), Reactive Adaptation & Power Manifestation (Ryūko was able to create new forms and abilities during her battles against the Elite Four), Weapon Creation (With Senketsu Senjin, which covers Ryūko's body with spikes, being able to be used as claws, chainsaws, and enlarged spikes. The spikes from her skirt can also be used as grappling hooks or become a spinning blade), Size Manipulation (Senketsu can increase the size of himself to attack others), Flight (With Senketsu Shippū, Ryūko's bottom half of her suit becomes a jet, allowing her to fly), Sound Manipulation, Vibration Manipulation, Forcefield Creation, Power Absorption, & Attack Reflection (With Senketsu Mubyōshi Ryūko was able to turn Nonon's sound waves into her own pure tone by altering the frequencies of the waves, blocking out all sound. She was then able to send Nonon's attack right back at her), Rage Power, Transformation, and Berserk Mode (Ryūko transforms into a berserk mode if extremely angry), Body Control (Ryūko was able to transform her arm into a sword against Satsuki), Enhanced Senses (Ryūko was able to detect Aikuro from a sniper's distance away), Heat Manipulation & Blood Manipulation (Ryūko's blood was hot enough enough to melt a large area of stone, surrounding herself in a pool of blood as if it were lava. Her blood was also able to burn Mako upon contact), Memory Manipulation, Mind Manipulation & Dimensional Storage (Senketsu can enter someone's wound to navigate and alter their minds from within their body, to which he can take anyone wearing him), Power Mimicry (Should be comparable to Satsuki, who can use Senketsu's abilities after using him. The same should apply when Ryūko used Junketsu), Energy Projection (Can fire energy beams from scaling to Satsuki). Resistance to Paralysis Inducement (Can move after being pierced with Tsumugu's needles, which can completely paralyse a person from just one needle), Sound Manipulation & Vibration Manipulation (Survived being hit by loud sound waves created by Nonon, which vibrates her body to inflict damage), Heat Manipulation (Can withstand her own blood boiling, which was able to melt through large stone)

Same as before, Bloodlust, Natural Weaponry (Her Scissor Blade is attached to her arm)

Same as before on a greater scale, Enhanced Regeneration (Her regeneration works at a much faster pace), Limited Mind Manipulation (After absorbing Shinra Koketsu's Absolute Domination, Ryūko was able to control all Life Fibers within the planet). Enhanced Resistance to Pain (Ryūko can endure many stabs without showing any signs of pain)

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Standard Equipment

Senketsu (Episodes 1-24), Scissor Blade (Episodes 1-21), Rending Scissors & Tailor's Dagger (Episodes 22-25)

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Notable Techniques

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  Scissor Blade

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  Decapitation Mode

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  Rending Scissors

The Scissor Blades (Katatachi Basami), also known as the Rending Scissors (ちりバサミ Tachikiri Basami) when combined, are a giant pair of scissors developed by Isshin Matoi specifically for severing Life Fibers. Divided into two weapons around the time of Dr. Matoi's death; one half going to his daughter Ryūko; and the other to his killer, Nui Harime. The scissor blades are made from hardened Life Fibers so this makes the Scissor Blades the only weapons (beside Satsuki Kiryūin's Bakuzan) that are capable of cutting through the Goku Uniforms and Kamui's (except for Ragyō Kiryūin's Shinra-Kōketsu, which is also made of hardened Life Fibers).

• Red Scissor Blade: Ryūko owns the red half of the Scissor Blade. The crescent-shaped hilt can extend into a longer two handed sword, known as Decapitation Mode. Ryūko's signature finishing move is Fiber Lost ( Sen'i Sōshitsu, a long-range forward thrust that completely destroys a Goku Uniform, allowing her to absorb it’s Life Fibers.

The red Scissor Blade also displays the ability to change its size, going from a weapon that is nearly as tall as Ryūko to a trinket barely any larger than a normal set of scissors. Ryūko usually keeps the blade in its smaller form when not in a combat situation, but also owns a metal guitar case to carry her weapon around.

• Purple Scissor Blade: The second half of the Scissor Blade spends most of the series in Nui's possession. Unlike Ryūko's half, it has a circular handle and a slightly more angular tip, making it slightly shorter than its counterpart. It can reconfigure into a stronger form that adds a curved scythe blade to both ends. It was eventually recovered by Ryūko in episode 22 during the fight against Nui, officially completing the former's weapon set.

This half of the Scissor Blade appears capable of changing color. It is shown to be red during Isshin's murder, purple when in Nui's possession, and red once again when Ryūko retrieves it.

• Rending Scissors: When the Scissor Blades are used together, they are able to sever Life Fibers as well as prevent their regeneration, as shown by Nui's loss of her eye and arms (done by Isshin/Sōichirō and Ryūko respectively). Even though the Rending Scissors need to be used together to activate this effect, they do not need to be combined together to use this effect, meaning that it can have the same effect even when it is divided into two halves.

In episode 23, both the Scissor Blades go into "Decapitation Mode", implying that they have all the abilities of the separate blades (including a dual scythe form and the ability to shrink to the size of normal scissors).

In episode 24, Ryūko finally reforms the original Rending Scissors after transforming Senketsu into Senketsu Kisaragi. The Scissor Blades were bolted together by a screw that appeared from thin air. In this form, they retain their ability to extend their blades, forming a pincer-like weapon called "Dual Decapitation Mode." However, due to Shinra-Koketsu "Absolute Submission", the weapon cannot damage it because it prevented any Life Fibers, including any weapon made of it, from damaging it. When Ragyō hit Ryūko with her final blow, the Rending Scissors are seen drifting towards space.

In episode 25, the Rending Scissor returned to Earth during Ryūko's near defeat. As it caught up to Ryūko during her fall, she grabbed on to it and used it to slow her descent and then proceeded to run up a wall. During her battle against the Honnōji Academy Final Defense Apparatus, she detached the Scissor Blades and then increased both scissors to a monstrous size, the left scissor referred to as Farewell Address Mode, right scissor as the Student Response Mode, or both scissors as Scissor Blades Alumni Mode, where, along with the remains of the S.S. Naked Sun, it destroyed the Honnōji Academy Final Defense Apparatus.

As the destroyed Honnō City sank into Tokyo Bay, both Scissors can be seen sinking along with it.

Senketsu (Fresh blood) is a Kamui created by Isshin Matoi, who is later revealed to be Sōichirō Kiryūin, and is the deuteragonist of Kill la Kill. Appearing as a sentient sailor uniform, he was found by his creator's daughter, Ryūko Matoi, becoming her primary ally in her battle against Satsuki Kiryūin and, later, Ragyō Kiryūin and COVERS.

• Absorption ability: In addition to the standard abilities of Life Fiber clothing, Senketsu has the ability to absorb the Life Fibers of defeated Goku Uniforms and Kamui, increasing his power. In addition, Senketsu possesses more than one Banshi, which may be a consequence of his absorption ability. This absorbing power was the downfall of Ragyō, since Senketsu absorbed her Absolute Submission power to use for himself.

• Thrusters: On both backside of the crest and the back and Senketsu's activated form has ventilation grill-like exhausts which is visible while Ryūko is fully synchronized. Initially acting as exhaust ports to release heat to warn her that she reached her limit, its true functions revealed as soon as Ryūko fully synchronizes with Senketsu, at which these acted as thrusters for increasing her speed soften her landing, or boosting herself.

• Grappling Hook: As shown in the fight against Gamagōri, spikes on the skirt of Senketsu's activated form can be deployed to anchor herself to the ground.

• Beserker Mode: When Ryūko's anger at Nui made her blood boiling hot, Senketsu became a bloodthirsty monster. It also caused his armor form to change into a chaotic, blood leaking version of itself, mutating its wearer into a green-skinned, jagged toothed creature.

• Senketsu Senjin (Senketsu Blade Flash): In this form, Senketsu protrudes blades from all over its body. Senjin also has retractable claws. These claws can also be used during Senketsu's normal-mode and was once upgraded to a blade made of Ryūko's blood.

• Senketsu Shippū (Senketsu Gale): Senketsu's flying form. The bottom part of the uniform becomes a jet propulsion, and the crest (Senketsu's "eyes") becomes wings.

• Senketsu Mubyōshi (Senketsu Sound Negation): This was used during the fight against Nonon Jakuzure to negate her sound wave attack and use it against her.

• Senjin Shippū (Senketsu Blade Gale): It combines the blades of Senketsu Senjin and the jet propulsion of Senketsu Shippu to create a hybrid form with boosted offensive capabilities.

• Senketsu Kisaragi (Senketsu Fashion Week) Senketsu's ultimate form. It combines the powers of Junketsu and the Goku Uniforms to create the strongest form with boosted stats.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Ryūko will use her Scissor Blade to primarily cut through her opponent. With Senketsu, she'll always transform with him, using her Scissor Blade alongside her various forms. Ryūko attempts to adapt to her opponent, finding out a counter to them as she fights. During Berserk, Ryūko has no sense in her and will attempt to only fight and kill brutally with no strategy. With Junketsu, she loses the abilities she has with Senketsu, so she primarily sword fights and can likely use energy beams like Satsuki. With Kisaragi, Ryūko attempts to go for the kill, but in the case she's too weak, she'll let herself get beaten down. This allows her to regenerate and grow back stronger from each near-death experience.

Weaknesses: Ryūko can be very hotheaded and brash at the start, though she learns to stop this overtime. Senketsu will be weakened and drain too much blood if Ryūko is embarrassed wearing him, however she later overcame this weakness. If Senketsu's Banshi threads are cut, he will be broken down, however he can always regenerate from this. If Ryūko gets too angry, she'll turn into her berserk form that will eventually kill her if she doesn't calm down. Senketsu will be lost if Ryūko absorbs too much Life Fibers in her Kisaragi form.

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