Saya Takagi

Saya Takagi is one of the main characters in Highschool of the Dead. Saya is a genius as her high level of intellect is her major contribution to the group, though it often causes her to be stubborn and very arrogant. She usually stays out of combat, preferring to think of strategies to help the others fight. However, this changes when the group prepares to leave the police station, she liked Takashi since they were kids. Saya is a teenage girl of under-average height with long pink hair which she mostly keeps in two pony tails on either side of her head. Her hair also has two thin, long bangs at the sides, two thin strands of hair over the left side of her forehead, and a spiky larger portion of hair covering the right side of her forehead. Saya has fierce orange eyes and furrowed eyebrows. She wore contacts at the beginning of the series, but because her contacts dried out she has worn glasses ever since. She also as a visible pointed tooth that appears at times in the right side of her mouth. Saya's physique is slender, however according to Morita she has bikini model sized breasts. Unlike the other female students in the group, Saya's attire has varied more from the school uniform and she has not worn it since leaving Rika Minami's apartment. While staying in the apartment she wears a light blue tank top with the hem ending above her navel and low-rise black sports shorts. After crossing the river, Saya changes into outfit similar to the school uniform, consisting of a white jacket with the zipper positioned below her breasts and underneath a black tank top, and a green miniskirt. She later wears a brown t-shirt over a black long-sleeved shirt, with the yellow letters "HQ" printed on it and the hem ending above her belly button. She also exchanges her skirt for dark green shorts with black suspenders. Saya tends to be a very mean and somewhat impolite person. Being a genius, Saya always considers herself right and because of this can be considered 'stuck-up'. Despite being this way, Saya has been shown to be a very caring person and looks out for the rest of the group, mostly Takashi Komuro due to her crush on him. Saya also considers herself to be a mother figure or an older sister figure to Alice and will scold anyone who tries to ruin her innocence. Saya's view of Kohta Hirano also changes throughout the series. She goes from thinking of him as a useless gun otaku to a respectful comrade. Also, Saya's view of Takashi has changed. Originally she thought of him as "stupid" and criticized him of cutting class, but the two work well together and he follows her orders without complaining. However, this closeness comes with a caveat as Takashi Komuro noted that the two are becoming dangerously codependent on another, and if one were to die, the other would break down almost immediately.