Nene Saikyo

"Don't try to play make-believe with an adult, brat."

- Nene Saikyo

Nene Saikyo is a teacher of the Hagun Academy and is the current third ranking Mage-Knight in the KOK A-League. She is also one of the only three Desperados of Japan, along with Torajirou Nangou and Ikki Kurogane.

Appearance
Nene has the appearance and stature of a preschooler, being very small, for her age. She has long dark back length hair, which consists of bangs that cover her forehead. She is usually seen wearing cherry blossom kimono, and an eye catching red haori, that is too long for her, she also wears clogs, that are heard when she is walking.

Personality
Befitting of her stature, Nene has a child-like personality. She is also sharp-tongued, having no problem making fun of and insulting other people including her own students, although this maybe because she is a little absent-minded not knowing that some may take insult to her words. She is also very flirtatious with her students, as seen when she flirts with Ikki. However when angered she emits an enormous amount of killing intent that causes most people to tremble before her. Few people can withstand her bloodlust such as Ouma Kurogane.

Nene can sometimes be quite dishonest with how she really feels about certain topics, something her friend, Kurono Shinguuji enjoys teasing her about. One of these topic's being in regards to how she thinks of her master, Torajirou Nangou.

History
It has been revealed that Nene had trained under the same master as Tohka Todo, the rival of Ryoma Kurogane, Torajirou Nangou, the god of war. Nene, who was from the Bukyoku Academy, eventually faced off against her rival, Kurono Shinguuji from the Hagun Academy, in the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival which ended with Nene's being disqualified for using Hadou Tensei, a technique that could have put a hole in the middle of Japan.

After graduating from high school, Nene starts to join sports tournaments like "King of Knights" (KOK) a hand-to-hand contest between Blazers, and at one point even joined the Olympic.

Debut Battle and Vow
Saikyo is seen narrating the match between Stella and Momotani, explaining Momotani's actions on giving up. She is then seen at the reception counter, telling Ikki the rules of the participation match. She then comments on Ikki and Kirihara's match.

Raikiri vs Lorelei
Nene and Kurono appear during Shizuku and Tohka's match using the Trackless Step on Stella before testing Ikki on his knowledge on the Trackless Step and confirming with Ikki that Shizuku won't be able to break the trackless step.

Siege, Reunion and Trap
Nene was then seen at a spectators booth, along with Kurono, and other distinguished guests, and had watched as Ikki was able to defeat Tohka with a single swing of his sword.

Akatsuki Strikes
During the beginning of Akatsuki Academy's invasion, Nene was out of town but Kurono and her had quickly came back when they heard of what was happening at Hagun.

Upon arriving, Nene and Kurono split up, with Nene chasing after Stella and the Hagure sisters. She was able to catch up and save the sisters and Stella by stopping most of the Akatsuki members by using her gravity noble art. Before she had to fight against Ouma, Reisen Hiraga was able to convince her to allow them to retreat.

After Akatsuki had attacked them, Nene is asked by Stella to train her. She agrees but decides not to tell her anything but instead just keep attacking her and let Stella herself figure things out, to which Stella agrees.

A Pair of Dragons' Rivalry
After Stella's training, Nene appears as a commentator in the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival. She is the commentator during Stella's match against Ouma Kurogane. During the match, Nene thinks back to her training of Stella, and when Stella gained access to her Dragon Spirit. She then watches as Stella beats up Ouma and win the match.

Dark Clouded Semi-Final
Nene later also commentates during Ikki's match against Amane Shinomiya, which Ikki wins. Later Nene meets Bakuga Tsukikage, and she questions if Bakuga's abilities are the reason he has joined up with Rebellion, to which Bakuga doesn't give a direct response.

The Festival is Over
Nene along with Kurono and Bakuga, meet Ikki and Stella after the finals of the Seven Stars Sword Art Festival. They explain to Ikki and Stella about Desperados and Bakuga shows them a terrible future, which he has seen with his abilities.

Kardia Urban Warfare
Nene later appears during the Battle of Kardia, between Cradleland, controlled by All-Goal, and Vermillion, on behalf of the League of Mage-Knight Nations. She saves Stella from Naseem Al-Salem by using Hadou Tensei. After brief banter, Nene freezes Naseem with her gravity manipulation and kicks him through a building. Nene then tells Stella the true ability of Naseem, which is to absorb moisture, just as Naseem rises up from the rubble. Before they can continue their battle, Lunaeyes demands that everyone stop fighting and declares that there will be a tournament held between Cradleland and Vermillion, to decide the fate of the two countries.

Responsibilities as a Royalty
After the announcement, Nene confronts All-Goal, who is there along with Lunaeyes. Nene agrees to the tournament, saying that she will persuade the Vice-Leader of the League, Norman Creed, into agreeing to its terms.

As only League members already in the country are allowed to enter, Nene is chosen as one of the representatives of Vermillion, along with Stella, Ikki, Ascarid, and Yui. Nene also tells to Stella, that she needs to greatly improve her strength for the upcoming tournament, as currently, she can't engage Desperados in combat. Stella and the other Vermillion representatives, apart from Nene, decide to head to Edelberg, a mountain in Estonia, where Edelweiss lives, in order so Stella can learn from her. Nene herself heads back to Kardia, as she too needs to hone her skills for the upcoming tournament.

Vermillion's Sword
When Stella and the others return back to Vermillion, Nene tests Stella's strength with her aura. Nene is pleasantly surprised that Stella has indeed grown, being able to repel Nene's aura.

Abilities
Desperado: Nene is a Desperado, a person who has broken the chains of fate. As a Desperado, she has far greater magic power than regular Blazers. She was even able to face a fellow Desperado Naseem Al-Salem and is able to exert a demonic aura.

Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Having competed in the KOK, it presumed that Nene is very skilled in unarmed combat. She has been shown being able to combat other Blazers without her Device.

Immense Strength: In oppose to her stature, Nene is extremely powerful, capable of being a top player in the KOK where super powerful blazer’s brawl with each other. She can damage extremely powerful Blazers, like Naseem.

Trackless Step (抜き足 Nukiashi): This technique combines the users breath control and footwork at the same time to decrease the distance from the user and the target in an instant, This technique actually does not accelerate the user's movements, but by making one's movement difficult to perceive as dangerous and seeping into the opponent's rhythm, the opponent becomes unable to react until too late. Saikyo has been seen being able to come close to someone within an instant with this technique.

Gravity Manipulation: Nene's powers as a Blazer. Nene is a natural interference type which allows her to control gravity. She can use this ability in a variety of ways, such as completely freezing her opponents still and floating.

Device
Beniiro Ageha: Nene's device consists of a pair of iron fans.
 * Hadou Tensei : An ability that allows Nene to pull debris from outer space and strike in the next second, with cosmic speed. It has a destructive force that can destroy a country and was banned from usage after her match against Kurono Shinguuji.
 * Jibakujin (地縛陣 lit. "Earthbind Formation"): One of Nene's Noble Art where she increases the gravity of everything within twenty meters of her surrounding by ten times.
 * Black Sword ・ Yatagarasu: By charging her magic into her Device, Nene can create a pure, enormous gravitational energy blade that can be sent as projectiles towards her opponents.
 * Kokushichou (lit. "Black Death Butterfly"): Nene launches a butterfly shaped wave of gravity from one of her iron fans.

Trivia

 * Nene and Kurono came from the same year.