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Ayato Sakamaki (逆巻 アヤト Sakamaki Ayato) is the third son (biologically the fifth) of the Sakamaki household. Ayato along with Laito and Kanato, the triplets, are the sons of Cordelia and Karlheinz, the Vampire King.
Appearance
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Ayato is a slender young man with unruly, reddish-colored hair spiked at the ends, narrow green eyes, and a fair complexion. He also wears a black stud on his right ear.
In Haunted Dark Bridal, he usually wears a white shirt that has brown bordering the top and bottom of the shirt with a black jacket and brown scarf. He wears it with blue jeans with a belt attached to both sides of his pants that hang down and go around his pants.
In MORE BLOOD, he wears a black jacket with a red hoodie underneath. Under the hoodie is a white shirt with a black V collar. He wears it with black pants. He also wears a chain necklace.
His school uniform consists of the typical black school blazer with an unbuttoned white dress shirt and an undone red tie around his neck and the right collar of the shirt. He dons black pants, the right leg rolled up to his knees, and a pair of red and black sneakers.
Personality
Ayato is a narcissistic prankster who has an obsession of being the best due to his upbringing by his mother. Known as the troublemaker of the household, Ayato is an attention seeker and loves mischief. He looks down on others and loves to bully and tease people, bragging about himself and sometimes commanding everyone to call him "Ayato-sama". He refers to himself most of the time as “Ore-sama” (Yours Truly in the English Dub) and he refers to the heroine as "Chichinashi" (Breastless or Pancake in the English Dub).
Ayato is very energetic and loves sports; basketball being his favorite. Ayato has stated that anything is fine as long as there’s a goal to reach for and that sports is his strong point. He also has a passion for torture devices; such as the Iron Maiden that can be found in his room, which he uses as a bed (the spikes are removed). It is also noted that he eats a lot (only if it is his favorite food takoyaki and gets very angry if someone eats his food), although Ayato stated that vampires need to drink blood to savor the taste.
However, he can be quite the rebel, using vulgar language and tends to be arrogant as he always calls himself the strongest and the best. Ayato would he tends to speak ill of his mother (even after her death), his father, and his brothers by telling them off and calling them names (almost always giving others nicknames). For example, he refers to Kanato as "hysteric" and Reiji as "Shichisan Megane". He hates being told what to do and is easily impatient. When he wants something, he will spare no time to get it. Whenever things go his way, he acts unsurprised.
Ayato tends to hide his true feelings with insulting words, usually because he has a hard time expressing his feelings and he tends to get quickly jealous of anything. He is sadistic and possessive towards the heroine, and in some cases, can be perverted. However, he claims that he doesn’t care for someone like the “heroine” and that he enjoys torturing her just for fun of it.
History
Ayato is the oldest triplet, with Laito being the youngest and Kanato being the middle.Even though the first to be born is Laito,the order of the triplets is determined by an old Japanese tradition where the last one to be born is considered the oldest .The Diabolik Lovers’ world seems to follow that and everyone accepts Ayato as the third son in the Sakamaki family and the eldest triplet. Ayato was the one to get the most attention of his mother especially as a child, and to be the closest one to her (as shown in his more detailed childhood in More, Blood in his route).
Cordelia did pushed him too strictly to become the best in order for her to gain the leadership and regain her role as the most important woman in Karlheinz’s life, who was simply using her and her children. Since Karlheinz has more than one wife using Cordelia, manipulating her to become his and then taking another wife as a part of his cruel games and plots. Cordelia developed a bitter relationship with Beatrix, Karlheinz’s second wife. This results in both mothers using their sons to fight over the vampire throne. Shu was mistreated and passive-aggressively abused to become the best by his mother. On the other hand, Ayato was show more direct aggression by his mother, even though when he would do something impressive she would genuinely praise him. She would talk to him with begging voice to become the best, even if she would also be ready to punish him severely for his mistakes.
Cordelia have acknowledged Ayato is far superior to any of the other children of Karlheinz, and even though sometimes to severely pushing him and punishing him, she wanted from him to really uncover his potential, to make him prove himself, which she knew would also make her accomplished as a mother and a lover to the one she lived for - Karlheinz. So, naturally she expected from Ayato to do his best and study really hard, like any other mother having ambitions for her son.
Ayato acting spoiled and yelling back at his mother, earns him a slap (like most any other mother would do to a spoiled child) . But still she speaks to him with begging voice to be the best after words (Diabolik Lovers original game his route). And he does understand her.
In another situation Cordelia being bitter by Karlheinz’s affairs and neglecting, combined with Ayato failing her and not doing his best, makes her to push him in a fountain and order him to stay there not letting him out as a punishment. Naturally he is a pure born vampire and therefor there is no threat for his life, but is a severe punishment to teach him, also for her aggression to make her feel more in control of her own life which Karlheinz keeps manipulating and ruining. In the same scene Cordelia makes out with Richter .(In the anime that scene is suggestively replaced by a lake ) .
No matter of the hardships in his childhood, Ayato was the one to get the most attention, purpose and importance by Cordelia among his brothers. Ayato was also the one to love her the most and to desire her the strongest. In More,Blood his childhood flashbacks is shown how he dreams to make a castle for her where she will be only his and finally will acknowledge him. On the other hand the one that is neglected the most as a child Laito feels quite jealous of his brother and often torments him telling him he will never obtain her because she loves only Karlheinz.
Eventually when Ayato grows up, he gets overwhelmed by his feelings and the denied affection from his mother and decides to force the ultimate proof of love of the vampires over her through the murder. In Diabolik Lovers (game and anime) he chases after her aroused by her blood, piercing her body and mortally wounding her then devouring her blood in order to seal her only for himself through the death. In More,blood( fandisc) Ayato cries when he kills her and feels an even greater pain when with her final words she keeps seeking Karlheinz instead of seeing him. Therefor in order to keep her only his,Ayato cannot permit her to live.
Relationships
Siblings
Ayato offering to help Kanato with Laito.
Ayato seemed to be close to Kanato and Laito when they were younger. The three were shown to get along together, as shown in a flashback in which a bat that Kanato just caught escaped. All three attempted to catch the bat together. Ayato's relationship with his brothers changes slowly due to their endless competition over the attention of their mother, which she was mostly refusing them equally. Still, Ayato sees himself as an older brother to Kanato and Laito and feels them far closer than his half brothers. Even though he would insult his triplet brothers easily, he can also show care for them sometimes. He is not too close with the rest of his siblings.
In the DIABOLIK LOVERS Do-S Kyuuketsu VERSUS Ⅱ Vol.1 Ayato VS Laito cd It is revealed that Ayato had an idea about what was happening to Laito (The triples would often sleep together in the same bed and Ayato would notice Laito disappear), and feels guilty for not helping him. He also admired Laito for being so strong, but always felt angry when Laito wasn't honest with him especially about what was his mother doing to him.
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Cordelia
Cordelia slaps Ayato
Ayato has a very complicated relationship with his mother. As a child he proves to love her to the point to be able to endure her mistreatment, hoping to get her affection and acknowledgement. As an adult he usually speaks ill for her but this is only in order not to get overwhelmed by his feelings again, the same feelings that made him force his will and love on her through the act of murder. Ayato’s desire of possession over the “heroine” is completely based on his wish to have Cordelia, or in this case a safe replacement of her that cannot escape nor reject him.
The scent of his mother, the same blood especially after the heroine loses her virginity (Diabolik Lovers game his route) .It makes Ayato seek from the heroine what he actually have ever wanted from his mother. Naturally the heroine can never replace her and that is why he never bonds with the heroine nor has a real affection to her and simply uses her as a tool to gain the power he needs to get his dead mother’s acknowledgment, plus the scent of his beloved mother.
Ayato’s pride and fears won’t ever permit Cordelia to live again because that would mean to lose her once more . He speaks ill of his mother in order to try convince himself and not be controlled by his feelings towards her but this doesn’t really help him.
Even in his huge disappointment of the flat chest of the heroine we can see him compare her to the perfect forms and big breasts of his mother which he subconsciously seeks.
We can say that Ayato was the closest one among the triplets to Cordelia and loved her the most,which later he tried to desperately turn into hate and anger for failing to obtain or please her.
Karlheinz
Ayato has always despised Karlheinz and usually calls him “rotten old fool” even in his face. He does fear him as a superior predator over him ,but knowing what he have done to his mother and realizing how he is the actual cause of all their misery Ayato hates Karlheinz more than anything. Especially in Dark Fate (fandisc) where Carla Tsukinami reveals in front Ayato and the resurrected Cordelia that Karlheinz have been using her since before she was born, Ayato rushes to kill his father. Ayato despises and kills Karlheinz in most of the AU versions of the story (Diabolik lovers - game, and Dark Fate-fandisc) .
All that Ayato knows from his father is neglecting and the cruelty towards Cordelia that reflected towards him and his brothers.At the end both in More,Blood and Dark Fate Ayato realizes that Cordelia is not to blame but Karlheinz is and can’t forgive him.
Richter
Karlheinz’s younger brother, Richter, is Ayato’s, along with all the other Sakamaki brother’s uncle. Ayato doesn’t seem to have any positive feelings toward Richter. Richter is called an “old man” by Ayato. It is later on revealed that when Ayato killed Cordelia, Richter came across Cordelia’s body, who was asked by her to take her heart before she dies truly and implant it into a new vessel,because her body was too damaged to heal fast enough. This heart ,which is the main reason for the entire Diabolik Lover’s story ,was transplanted into the “heroine’s” body when she was a dying baby, which explains why both have the same blood taste,and why the heroine is of any value for the vampires. Richter has been waiting for the “sacrificial bride” to re-awaken (In truth, he was waiting for Cordelia to take over the heroine’s mind, body and soul and resurrect ). Ayato never really viewed Richter as a threat until the truth about his mother was revealed. In the original game Richter tries to take for himself the heroine and Cordelia in her when Ayato kills him .In the anime adaptation they have a sword fight over the already awakened Cordelia in the heroine’s body.
Yui Komori
At first Ayato's treatment towards Yui was more of "food and prey" and he's fond of teasing her, frequently calling her nicknames. He grew fond of her as time passed (this is shown throughout his route in the first game) and vows to protect her when Karlheinz attempts to take her. Yui always looks out for Ayato's wellbeing even though he has repeatedly harmed and threatened her claiming that she is not afraid of him. As a result, Ayato grew to have feelings for Yui, growing attached to her and even stating that he loves her. He has married her in almost all of the Diabolik Lovers games.
Ruki Mukami
He plays the antogonistic role in Ruki's MORE BLOOD route. Ayato was furious when Yui "left" him for the Mukami's. He tried to take her back when she was finally allowed to attend school, but Ruki intervened and told him to not lay a hand on Yui. In the Ecstacy story, Ayato manages to find the Mukami's whereabouts. He flies in one night and punches Ruki after he took Yui out of the dungeon for a brief moment. When Ayato was about to fly off with Yui, Ruki stopped him and told Ayato that he will let him take Yui back, but he wants to know if he's reclaiming her because he loves her. Hearing this, Ayato scoffs and responds saying that Yui's blood is the best prompting Ruki to order him to leave without her. He knocks Ruki out again and sets his mansion on fire before escaping with Yui. However, in the Brute and Manservant Endings, Ruki kills Ayato due to his jealousy towards the Sakamaki's (Brute) or in order to reclaim Yui for himself (Manservant). In the second season of the anime, Ruki allowed Ayato to reclaim Yui when he realized that he and his brothers were incapable of becoming "Adam". Though in the final episode of the anime's second season, they discuss an unlikely alliance to protect Yui from the Tsukinami's.
In Ayato's MORE BLOOD route, Ayato considered Ruki a threat and got irritated every time he saw him with Yui. He also got annoyed when Ruki kept trying to persuade Yui to come to him instead. Ayato was also aware that Ruki had sucked Yui's blood behind his back which was used to taunt and provoke him. In his Ecstacy chapter, Ruki provoked him which caused Ayato to stab him in a fit of rage. In his Brute Ending, Ayato kills Ruki after catching him biting Yui to satisfy her masochistic desires (having had been told by Laito).
Abilities
By drinking Yui's blood, Ayato's abilities grow stronger. In general, as a vampire he has an inhuman strength as well as increased speed, increased vision and hearing, and smell. Being a vampire, he also has fast healing and healing saliva.
Teleportation
He appears to be capable of teleporting from nowhere in an instant.
Flying
During a full moon, he can fly.
Swordsmanship
He has swordsmanship talent, as seen when he fights with Richter.
Other
He can control and summon familiars.
Since he is a pure born vampire, he can only die if his head is cut off, however if his body is too damaged to heal fast enough it might also be life-threatening even if not directly.
Trivia
- He is left-handed.
- His foot size is 26.5cm.
- He has claimed to know how to tie a tie, but ties the one on his school uniform in a different and unusual fashion.
- His favorite takoyaki is the one which outside has to be crisp while the inside is really soft.
- According to Character Interview, the first place he checks when looking at a girl are the breasts.
- He isn't very good with studies in general.
- He enjoys playing basketball.
- He is afraid of bees.
- In MORE BLOOD, he is rivals with Ruki who likes to taunt and provoke him when it comes to Yui.
- In DARK FATE, Ayato forgives Cordelia for all the abuse she did on him, after knowing the truth behind her cruelty and her past.
- His Japanese voice actor, Hikaru Midorikawa, has his own collection of key chains of Ayato.
- Ayato has a rabbit plush that was given to him by Karlheinz. He used to sleep with his rabbit when he was a kid.
- Once Ayato hid from Cordelia in a closet so she couldn't find and tell him to study. He still uses a wardrobe as a place to hide.
- When Yui first met Ayato, she commented that he is a handsome and attractive young man.
- Ayato hates raw cuttlefish and calls them disgusting.
- Although very energetic, he is also a narcissist and a sadist
- He’s so good at dancing he actually impressed Kou and Ruki!
- He doesn’t remember when/why he started liking Takoyaki
- He has admitted he likes Takoyaki which have a piece of octopus inside BUT hates actual Octopuses
- He knows how to rap! (in his official song)
- "Arcadia" he raps some parts
- Ayato once went all the way to the North Pole to search for Santa Claus
- If he has to use another nickname besides ‘Chichinashi’ it would be ‘Chibimushi’ which means small bug.. since he thought that was cute
- He would hide in a closet as a child in order to not be found by Cordelia.. to this day he still uses that Closet as a hiding spot
- He once wore a dress and highheels since he had to dress up as Cinderella for a Halloween Party!
- In a Official Rejet Poll he placed 4th place as “Rejet Character you shouldn’t introduce to your parents”
- He once used Takoyaki sauce as a massage cream
- He has admitted to liking Rock Music
- He actually held Teddy once!
- In CHAOS LINEAGE, he is a member of the Orange Family.
References
- Also known as Yours Truly
| Heroine | Yui Komori |
| Sakamaki Brothers | Ayato Sakamaki • Kanato Sakamaki • Laito Sakamaki • Shu Sakamaki • Reiji Sakamaki • Subaru Sakamaki • Kino |
| Mukami Brothers | Ruki Mukami • Kou Mukami • Yuma Mukami • Azusa Mukami |
| Tsukinami Brothers | Carla Tsukinami • Shin Tsukinami |
| Others | Karlheinz • Beatrix • Cordelia • Christa • Richter • Seiji Komori |