Nayuta

"I've got this... sorta-friend, sorta-little-sister livin' with me. She's smart enough to go to college. I'm saving up for her tuition. See, my life was always crappy before. I want her to have a normal life."

- Denji talking about Nayuta

"The Control Devil could only form relationships through the power of fear. So she always longed for something like a family. That's the kind of world she wanted to create. So you create that world for her, okay? Give her lots of hugs."

- Pochita telling Denji the Control Devil's dream

Nayuta (ナユタ) is the reincarnation of the Control Devil (の) following Makima's death.

To prevent her from becoming similar to her previous incarnation, she was taken by Kishibe to be raised by Denji as Denji's younger sister.

Appearance
Nayuta takes the appearance of a young girl with dark brown hair in the colored manga, shoulder-cut hair and with a single large bang that hangs in front of her face, as well as a mole under her left eye. Similar to Makima and Yoru, her eyes are yellow with multiple red colored rings within them.

In the Academy Saga, she is taller and visibly more mature, but still appears to be young. Her hair has grown longer and is tied up into a braid flung over her shoulder in a style similar to that of Makima's. In addition, she retains the long bang from her childhood which covers her left eye.

Personality
"Denji: Nayuta! What did you do?!

''Nayuta: Turned her into a dog.

''Denji: Why?!

''Nayuta: Cuz she put spit on my property!"

- Chapter 120

Denji describes her as a huge-problem child with an extreme personality. As a humanoid devil she has a natural inclination to humans. She seems to like dogs, just like her previous incarnation, as seen by her getting along with Makima's dogs. However, unlike Makima, Nayuta does not seem to be controlling the dogs using her ability.

Nayuta is protective of Denji, wanting him to break off his relationship with Asa Mitaka as every woman he met tried to kill him. She seems to be very demanding, holds peace signs, and wants ice cream every day. Denji describes her as very smart.

Personality-wise, she bears little resemblance to Makima. Despite referring to Denji as her property, she does seem to care very much for him. She acts very similar to Denji, as she has picked up many of his mannerisms from being raised by him. Nayuta has taken on Denji's informal way of speaking, and even laughs like Denji. She is also well-spoken at times. When first introduced, she was taciturn and very blunt when she spoke, but upon spending time living with Denji, she has become outgoing and talkative. She is shown to be very impish and mischievous, turning Yoru into a "dog" with her mind controlling powers and alters her and Asa's memories. Like Makima, she is able to percieve people using scent, getting a bad scent from Yoru. However, she does not seem to bear malicious intent, having only wanted to protect Denji in case he had made a bad decision. She has a personality befitting a human of her appeared age, and can act childish and argumentative with Denji. As he implied from Nayuta being smart enough to go to college, she also acts very precocious as well.

Abilities
As the Control Devil, Nayuta has the same powers as Makima, as shown when she is able to use the chain link ability. She also has all the standard devil abilities.


 * Memory Alteration: Nayuta can erase someone's memories and plant false ones into their head. That ability can be used on both humans, fiends and devils.

Etymology

 * The name Nayuta is written in katakana (ナユタ), which has no special meaning.

Trivia

 * Nayuta is named and designed after the protagonist of a one-shot written by Fujimoto, Yogen no Nayuta.
 * In the one-shot Nayuta has a brother who takes care of her by the name of Kenji which is obviously similar to the name Denji.
 * Nayuta ranked 18th in the Second Popularity Poll, with 4,530 votes.
 * Nayuta has the leashes of the dogs tied around her belt, similar to where Makima used her chains.
 * Both Nayuta and Denji own plants, and while Denji's plant is flourished, Nayuta's seems to be growing poorly at best, and dying or unwell at worst.
 * Another parallel between Nayuta and Denji is their development. Both were content with basic food like sliced bread, only to become more demanding as time went on.