Saya Irino

Saya Irino is a character in Black★Rock Shooter 2012 anime. Her other self is Black Gold Saw. Saya is a black-haired woman with brown eyes and a beauty mark on the lower left of her face. Official art depicts her with casual clothing, wearing a pink and brown jacket and an armband with a bear design in her left arm. She wears blue leggings. Her height is 167cm. When she was younger, she had longer hair more akin to Black Gold Saw. She wore a sailor school uniform that resembles the school uniform seen in the OVA, with a red tie instead of a blue one. She initially appears as a calm and gentle person, and the go-to person to talk about problems. She is fond of coffee. However, this is a facade. Saya is manipulative, as she orchestrates Yomi's breakdown and calls it a success. She is spiteful, demonstrated by her offering coffee with sugar at Yomi's request only for her to shamelessly ignore it. She is also mocking shown by the way she makes fun of Yomi's meek personality in private. She is attentive to the whereabouts of the other world, as Mato and Yomi's names are circled in her student list. She senses when Black★Rock Shooter beheads Arata´s hooded figure. Eventually it is revealed that she first merged with her other self to protect the other world and Strength.