"I don't know if someone is after me, so I have to stay on my toes." - Sonya when asked about why she's so alert, Episode 01
Sonya (ソーニャ Sōnya) is the deuteragonist of Kill Me Baby. She is an assassin who acts pretty cold most of the time. She can usually be found with her classmate Yasuna, her self-proclaimed "best friend" who Sonya tends to find annoying, often beating her up when she crosses the line.
Appearance[]
Sonya is a high school girl with long bangs and long blonde hair, which she stylizes into twintails that reach to end of her hips. She keeps her twintails in place with some black ribbons.
She has blueish-violet eyes and wears the default school uniform. She wears blackish-grey ankle socks and tassel loafers. She sometimes wears a short-sleeved white button dress shirt without the blazer.
Biography[]
Sonya is a trained assassin, attending school as a regular girl. Due to her line of work, she is on constant alert, and often reacts with violence if taken by surprise. Despite her tough composure, she shown to be scared of insects and animals, and hardly believes in the supernatural.
Sonya is frequently seen with Yasuna, though not by choice. Yasuna claims to be Sonya's "best friend," though Sonya doesn't return the sentiment and acts cold towards her. Sonya tends to attack Yasuna when the latter either tries to take her by surprise, or attempts to play a joke on her.
Sonya also has a knack of being able to turn normally inoffensive things into weapons, such as her twintails. This trait of hers is shown more frequently in the manga.
In the anime, Yasuna is shown to have a very deep voice in the Japanese version, contrasting heavily with her feminine appearance and name. The English dub gives her a more feminine tone, though it's still somewhat deep.
Trivia[]
- Her character songs are Wanted! OBAKA dead or alive and Yakisoba PAN, which were sung by her voice actress, Mutsumi Tamura.
- She is the only character to not have a last name, aside from the Unused Character who doesn't have a name at all.
- A common theory within the fandom is that she's from Russia, thanks to her behavior and a line in the opening theme. However, this hasn't been confirmed by any means.