| “ | La vie est drôle... Life is indeed amusing. | „ |
| ~ Ragyō Kiryūin |
| “ | Anyone who dares oppose me... no, the Life Fiber - will suffer the same fate! | „ |
| ~ Ragyō Kiryūin |
| “ | Dear Ryuko, if the Life Fibers are such a threat to humanity, then why do you use Senketsu, who is made entirely out of Life Fibers? | „ |
| ~ Ragyō to Ryuko |
| “ | 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 absorbing Nui |
Background
Ragyō Kiryūin is the true main antagonist of Kill la Kill. She's the mother of Ryuko Matoi and Satsuki Kiryuin. Ragyo is well known for her cruelty and heartlessness throughout the series. Willing to kill, torture and abuse anyone including her children to achieve her goals, or simply because she feels like it. She works together with the Life Fibers in their ambition to end all life on Earth.
Powers and Stats
Key: Base | Shinra Koketsu | Primordial Life Fiber Shinra Koketsu | Shinra Koketsu Second Form
Tier: 6-A | At least 6-A, higher | 5-C | At least 5-C, higher
Dimensionality: 3-D
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Type 3), Regeneration (High-Mid; she was capable of regenerating from being cut to pieces by Satsuki and Ryuko), Martial Arts (She's as skilled as Satsuki), Weapon Mastery (She's skilled with a sword even more than Satsuki), Enhanced Senses, Flight, Cloth Manipulation and Weapon Creation (She's capable of creating weapons out of life fiber), Pain Tolerance (She was able to withstand her head being cut off without showing any signs of pain), Danmaku, Supernatural Willpower and Shockwave Creation (She is capable of creating massive shockwaves from her willpower alone), Absorption, Reactive Power Level, Mind Manipulation (She can control the minds of others and herself), Memory Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation and Morality Manipulation (Via Mental Refitting, she can control people's emotions or rewrite everything about a person), Thread Manipulation (She can control and manipulate Life Fiber), Self-Sustenance (Type 1, She was able to survive the vacuum of space both with and without her Kamui), Energy Projection, Light Manipulation and Aura (She can emit light from her presence), Body Puppetry, Durability Negation, Astral Projection (She is able to create a projection of herself as a means of communication over long distances), Power Nullification (She's capable of negating the powers and transformations of Life Fibers), Shapeshifting, Resistance to Ice Manipulation, Radiation Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation and Morality Manipulation (She is capable of fighting in the void of space with no ill effects, she was completely unaffected by wearing Shinra-Koketsu constantly as well as having 70% of her body replaced with Life Fibers, when even normal life fibers have mind and memory manipulation, she's able to wear a Kamui, which is 100% Life Fibers, without any ill effects, when a normal person wearing clothing made of only 50% Life Fibers gets overwhelmed to the point of becoming a berserk monster)
Attack Potency: Continent level (She's far superior to the likes of Nui Harime who took full control of the Original Life Fibers, she was capable of overpowering Post-Harmonization Satsuki and with one strike broke Bakuzan, she was able to casually overpower both Post Junketsu Ryuko and Post Senketsu Satsuki simultaneously) | At least Continent level, likely higher (She's superior to her base and was able to easily overpower Post Junketsu Ryuko) | Moon level (She was capable of overpowering Senketsu Kisaragi Ryuko who was able to blow a hole in the Cocoon Sphere) | At least Moon level, higher (She was able to casually overpower Senketsu Kisaragi Ryuko even after Ryuko had grown powerful enough to contend with her previous form)
Speed: At least Sub-Relativistic, likely higher (She was able to blitz Post Harmonization Satsuki, she was capable of casually reacting to both Post Junketsu Ryuko's and Post Senketsu Satsuki's attacks simultaneously; early series Ryuko was already 1% of the speed of light) | At least Sub-Relativistic, likely higher (She was able to casually block all of Ryuko's attacks and impaled her multiple times) | At least Sub-Relativistic, likely higher (She was able to blitz Senketsu Kisaragi Ryuko) | At least Sub-Relativistic, likely higher (She's faster than her previous form)
Lifting Strength: Class M (Satsuki was unable to escape her casual grip, she who scales to this feat) | Class M | Class T (She's physically stronger than Ryuko who is able to lift city-sized scissors) | Class T
Durability: Continent level (She's able to take attacks from Post-Harmonization Satsuki) | At least Continent level, higher (She's superior to her base and was able to take attacks from Post Junketsu Ryuko) | Moon level (She was capable of taking attacks from Senketsu Kisaragi Ryuko) | At least Moon level, higher (She was able to take attacks from Senketsu Kisaragi Ryuko even after Ryuko had grown powerful enough to contend with her previous form)
Stamina: High
Range: Standard melee range, Extended melee range with swords, Hundreds of meters with Threads, Several kilometers with ranged attacks, Planetary with Absolute Domination (Only works on Life Fibers, however)
Standard Equipment: Life Fiber Swords, Shinra-Kōketsu
Intelligence: She spent decades researching and experimenting with extraterrestrial beings and created sentient life
Weaknesses: Banshi threads of Shinra Koketsu and her regeneration can be negated if she is cut from both sides simultaneously.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Life Fiber Manipulation: Ragyo can freely manipulate Life Fibers, using them for a wide variety of abilities from creating weapons such as swords to making fully functional artificial limbs to taking control of the minds of her opponents.
- Mental Refitting: By directly affecting a target with her Life Fibers, Ragyo can instantly rewrite and destroy every facet of one's personality, replacing their thoughts, emotions, and memories with artificial ones of her choosing. This allows her to make people unquestionably obey any command of hers, including fighting on her behalf or killing themselves. This ability is thorough enough that she was able to instantly rewrite Ryuko's entire lifetime of memories, making her believe that instead of her mother trying to kill her and having her father murdered, she had lived a full and happy life and had a loving mother, as well as instantly making her fall in love with her father's killer. The ability can affect a large number of people simultaneously as well, having instantly taken control of the tens of thousands of Honnōji Academy students that were mobilized against her. Ragyo's higher forms have this power but to a much greater extent.
Shinra-Kōketsu: Life Fibers Domination: Ragyo's ultimate form which is designed for her by Nui. To draw out its full power, a second host is required, often at the sacrifice of their life.
- Absolute Domination - Shinra-Koketsu mentally controls other Life Fibers and negates their abilities. Ragyo uses this ability to call forth the Life Fibers and initiate them to undergo the Cocoon Sphere Genesis.
- Shapeshifting: Ragyo can slightly alter her form like Senketsu and Junketsu.
- Second Form - By removing the last small bit of humanity and morality Ragyo had, she achieved a much more powerful transformation. Ragyo is granted drastically increased abilities and can easily overwhelm Ryuko.
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