Keisaku Satō (佐藤啓作 Satō Keisaku) is Yūji Sakai's classmate and is Eita Tanaka's friend and class-skipping companion. He eventually becomes Margery Daw's companion in her stay in Misaki City.
Appearance[]
Satō is a young man with light-brown hair that goes down to his neck. He is slender and handsome.[2] He has a fair complexion and dark blue violet pupils. He is 15 years of age and is 167cm tall.[1]
Personality[]
Satō has a very different personality in the anime than he does in the novels. In the light novels, he had quickly become friends with Yūji and Ike. Satō is cheerful and sociable, often livening up his friends and setting the mood of the classroom. He likes festivals.[2] Satō is good at reading the room and gets easily elated. He tries to do things the best way possible, which means he often broods. He has a complex from being raised in an affluent family, which led to him acting rough during junior high school.[1]
In the anime, Satō is more standoffish. He is said to have become calmer since his junior high school days after he began to hang out with Tanaka.[3] He gradually becomes more sociable with Yūji and the others.
Background[]
Satō is the son of one of Misaki City's oldest and wealthiest families,[4] but due to an ongoing feud with his relatives, he had been living by himself in a small mansion, though he received care from housekeepers. His behavior was out of control during middle school.[4]
Plot[]
When Margery Daw came to Misaki City, she randomly chose Keisaku and Eita to be her guides to the city. When he and Eita found Crystal Altar, a magical map to the city that Friagne had been using until his demise, the two often acted as support. Being a member of a wealthy family and independent of his parents, his house becomes a place for Margery to stay. He and Eita like Margery but he hides his feelings, although when betrayed by Margery, he displayed emotions even more powerful than Eita's. Keisaku has notably chose Yūji Sakai out as a rival, especially after he had learned that Yūji was being trained by Flame Haze, Shana and Wilhelmina Carmel. Though, after several events, he accepted the fact that he doesn't need to be like Yūji. Instead, he decided to study harder by changing school so that he could someday work at the Outlaw to support Margery other than in combat.
He later confesses his love to Margery Daw causing her to wake up. Then they proceed to consummate their relationship.[5]
Other Appearances[]
Anime Appearances[]
Shakugan no Shana-tan[]
Dengeki Bunko 2007 Movie Festival Special[]
Keisaku makes a cameo in this special, seated with Ike, Ogata, Eita and Margery in the theater.[6]
Relationships[]
Margery Daw[]
Keisaku kissing Margery
Satō was charmed by Margery's beauty and strength and became her follower. He gets irritated when he is not as useful to her as he would like in battles against Crimson Denizens.[1] Satō gradually develops feelings for Margery during her stay in Misaki City. After Margery was put into comatose by Yūji, Satō went to see her because both Tanaka and Marchosias believed that he was the only one who could wake her. He kisses her and confesses his love for her, succeeding in waking her, and they consummate their relationship.
Quotes[]
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Trivia[]
- Like other human characters in the series, Keisaku's name is a homage to Japanese politicians; he is named after Eisaku Satō, the former Prime Minister of Japan.
- He is one of the characters who went through major alterations from novel to anime. While some of his rough history is still present early on, he is quite a bit more sociable and is friends with Yūji and Hayato Ike from very early on.
- He wants to be a Flame Haze like Margery and Shana although this isn't possible since the creation of Xanadu ended the war between the Flame Haze and Crimson Denizens, thus cancelling the meaning of being a Flame Haze (to hunt down Denizens).
- In the light novels, it is shown that he is romantically involved with Margery Daw, kissing her in order to wake her up after hearing the truth about the Silver, and giving her another reason to live. Episode 11 of Shakugan no Shana Final depicts this, going further by implying that Margery and Keisaku consummated their relationship.
- Keisaku's voice actor, Kenji Nojima, is the brother of Hirofumi Nojima, voice actor of Hayato Ike and Takemikazuchi. Kenji's father, Akio Nojima, is also the voice actor of Samuel Demantius.
Gallery[]
 Keisaku in season 1  Keisaku realizing that the presence he felt was heading for Misaki City  Keisaku with Ike, Ogata, Eita and Margery (Dengeki Bunko 2007 Movie Festival Special) |
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