Katana

This is yet another exotic character from the Suicide Squad we suspected will be dumbed down. After all, she is in the comics the possessor of the Soultaker, a special type of Katana which stores the souls of those it kills. In the comics, the sword also allows its user to communicate with these souls and even make them serve for the user.

So who would have suspected that these abilities will actually appear in the film? We only expected for Katana to be just a skilled swordswoman – but she is so much more.

The Suicide Squad trailer cannot be more explicit, from this point of view. The sword emanates what seem to be spectral skulls – without a doubt, these are the souls it has taken. Furthermore, Katana also seems to communicate with the spirits residing in her blade. One shot from the trailer shows her eyes becoming almost entirely white, to turn afterwards entirely black.

Now this is a very interesting ability – though we don’t know what use it may have in the overall plot of Suicide Squad. We can bet that some fungus-like soldiers will meet their end – but will they also be subjugated?

We’ll just wait and see. Thus far, though, our expectations cannot get any higher.

We can also add that Katana is not actually a villain, though she is a member of the squad. Instead, she is a volunteer (yes, an actual volunteer), acting as Rick Flag’s personal bodyguard.