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*Territory Lord

*The Endless Witch

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*Sayo

*The man from 19 years ago

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* {{legend}} (as Shannon and Kanon)

* ''[[Memoirs of the ΛΔ]]'' (implicitly)

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* [[Wikipedia:Rie Kugimiya|Rie Kugimiya]] (as Shannon)

* [[Wikipedia:Daisuke Ono|Daisuke Ono]] (as the man from 19 years ago)

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* [[Beatrice]] (alternate personality)

* [[Shannon]] (alternate personality, imaginary friend)

* [[Beatrice Ushiromiya]] (mother, half-sister)

* [[Kinzo Ushiromiya]] (father, grandfather, predecessor)

{{nihongo|'''Sayo Yasuda'''|安田紗代|Yasuda Sayo}} is the true form of [[Beatrice]] and the writer of the [[message bottles]]. Sayo's true name is [[Lion Ushiromiya]], and was given the name "Sayo Yasuda" after [[the cliff incident]]. After [[Kinzo Ushiromiya|Kinzo]]'s death, Sayo succeeded the headship and became the true head of the Ushiromiya family.

 

{{umineko}} hinges on the mysteries surrounding Sayo. Despite playing such a large role in the story, Sayo never makes a direct appearance in the original visual novels.

 

[[Kinzo Ushiromiya]], after the death of his lover, [[Beatrice Castiglioni]], became infatuated with his daughter, [[Beatrice Ushiromiya]]. Beatrice Ushiromiya strongly resembled her mother and Kinzo, in a state of madness, believed her to be the reincarnation of his dead lover. He forced himself on her and impregnated her. Beatrice Ushiromiya gave birth to Sayo Yasuda. In order to hide Kinzo's sin from the world, Kinzo and [[Genji Ronoue]] offered the child to [[Natsuhi Ushiromiya]], who had been having trouble conceiving a child of her own. Natsuhi, distressed and angry at the offer, pushed the servant carrying the child, resulting in both the servant and the infant Sayo falling off of a cliff. The servant died upon impact with the rocky bottom, however Sayo miraculously survived. Sayo was found by Genji, who contacted [[Terumasa Nanjo]] to ensure Sayo's survival. Unfortunately, Sayo sustained heavy injury to the abdominal and genital regions, resulting in severe mutilation. Following this, Sayo was taken into the [[Fukuin House]] and was given the name [[Shannon]]. Fearing that Kinzo would eventually assault Sayo as he did Beatrice Ushiromiya, Genji decided to avoid telling Kinzo the truth of the accident, leading Kinzo to believe that Sayo had died in the fall.

 

After learning the truth of Kinzo's actions and the cliff incident, Sayo begins to break down. Hatred for the Ushiromiya family slowly consumes Sayo, culminating in the decision to massacre the family and commit suicide by destroying Rokkenjima. Sayo crafts a multitude of possible scenarios on how to go about murdering the family with each scenario culminating in using the warheads hidden under Rokkenjima to destroy the island.

 

Originally, Sayo's appearance was left unknown to the reader as Sayo does not appear in any of the original visual novels. It could only be assumed that Sayo likely looked like the [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Timeline (Miracle fragment)|miracle fragment]] counterpart [[Lion Ushiromiya]].

 

Sayo's appearance was revealed in the manga adaptation of {{requiem}}. Sayo is shown to have long hair covering Sayo's eyes and back. Similar to [[Kinzo Ushiromiya]], Sayo was born with a polydactyl toe. However, Sayo underwent surgery to remove the toe, resulting in a small but visible foot scar. When dressed as [[Shannon]], Sayo uses padding to give the illusion of large breasts as Sayo never developed any during puberty.

 

[[File:Ep7_ex10.jpg|thumb|Sayo's personalities in handy chart form]]

Sayo has an extremely fractured mind as a result of a traumatic childhood and is often characterized by feelings of vast loneliness, want for understanding, and horrible body image. Sayo initially appears as a rather well-behaved child who creates imaginary friends to feel less lonely. With age, Sayo builds up more self-confidence as new servants arrive at the [[Fukuin House]] and Sayo's love for pranks and magic tricks grows. After meeting Battler, however, Sayo's personality starts breeding bitterness, anger, and sadness. Sayo eventually becomes consumed in loneliness and creates a variety of elaborate backstories for a multitude of imaginary friends. The first of Sayo's imaginary characters is [[Shannon]], the "perfect maid" who could be everything Sayo wanted to be at the Fukuin House. As Sayo became increasingly interested in magic, Sayo's desires shifted to wanting to become a witch rather than a maid, thus, Sayo created [[Clair Vaux Bernardus]]. Later on, Sayo gave Clair Vaux Bernardus the image of the legendary witch [[Beatrice]], based off of the portrait in the [[Ushiromiya Main Building]]. Part of Shannon's personality was split and given to Beatrice, leaving Shannon as a shy but persistent maid while Beatrice became a powerful, perfect witch. After Sayo's love towards Battler caused too much pain, Sayo divided all feelings of love among Beatrice, Shannon, and a new personality, [[Kanon]]. Thus, Sayo's personalities were split into three relationships:

Sayo appears as somewhat vindictive throughout ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'', particularly towards [[Natsuhi Ushiromiya]]. This is likely because Sayo knows Natsuhi was the one who pushed Sayo off of a cliff. As a result, Sayo creates scenarios crafted specifically to hurt Natsuhi in {{end}}.

 

{{see also|Shannon|Kanon|Beatrice|Clair Vaux Bernardus}}

Throughout {{umineko}}, Sayo is primarily portrayed through a variety of roles taken on over the course of the games. Sayo only truly appears in the manga-only extra {{confession}}.

{{main|True timeline}}

Shortly before the [[Rokkenjima massacre|massacre]], Sayo wrote several message bottles under the name [[Maria Ushiromiya]]. Each one contained a confession of Sayo's sins and was set off to sea on October 3rd, 1986. Sayo also sent money to the families of those who would die on the island (specifically the families of [[Terumasa Nanjo|Doctor Nanjo]] and [[Chiyo Kumasawa|Chiyo Kumasawa]]).

Some time afterwards, Sayo's message bottles wash up on the shores of [[w:Nii-jima|Niijima]], kickstarting a rabid interest in the tragedy of the island.

 

Sayo's first and only direct appearance in ''Umineko no Naku Koro ni'' is in the manga-only side arc {{confession}}. ''Confession'' focuses on Sayo's adolescence at the [[Fukuin House]] and ensuing puberty. Sayo's gender identity issues and struggles with love are highlighted as Sayo's mind becomes increasingly fractured. After Sayo solves [[the witch's epitaph]] and discovers [[Kinzo's gold]], [[Terumasa Nanjo]], [[Genji Ronoue]], and [[Chiyo Kumasawa]] explain the truth of Sayo's birth. After learning this information, Sayo becomes consumed with hatred for the Ushiromiya family. Shortly after, Sayo plans an elaborate murder mystery scenario as a guise under which to massacre the family. After the massacre, Sayo plans on using the warheads hidden under [[Rokkenjima]] to commit suicide and destroy the island.

 

*The name "Yasu" is a reference to Yasuhiko "Yasu" Mano from the the 1983 game ''[[Wikipedia:The Portopia Serial Murder Case|The Portopia Serial Murder Case]]''.

*As a result of [[the cliff incident]], Sayo is unable to have sex. This was confirmed by [[Ryukishi07]] who stated "How scary must it be, to be told that your partner 'wants children,' when you have a body that cannot make love."

 

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