#but she's kirigiri yui in this

[roseluwakcoffee]

Sometimes I think I write Kyoko too much like a cold, hard detective for being a literal teenager/young adult, but then I remember at the age of 13 years old she canonically doused herself in vodka and threatened to light herself on fire if the killer didn’t reveal themselves

[aparticularbandit]

Something I lightly headcanon but don't know if I will use:

In the same way that Ryoko remembered Yasuke despite having forgotten everything else, Kyoko remembered Yui.

Kyoko realized Yui was dead when her motive video was of a man she guessed must be her grandfather and not of Yui.

(She remembered Yui's death later.)

[77ngiez-archive]

i want kyouko to randomly bring up kyouka one day like "oh yeah my plant clone-" and then shuichis like "WAIT SORRY REWIND UM. YOUR PLANT CLONE?????" and then she realizes she forgot to tell him abt the events of kirigirisou

[sugarsprink]

drwc au post 2! these are the remaining designs that are from scattered sources! i do have two more designs that belong in the universe, but one of them is not based off a canon character and the other is just. straight up and oc. so not posting them for now. but anyways

insert bernie sanders image. i am once again asking if anyone has any questions or wants me to dump. i have info.

want to know who's who? heres a list:

Koko [Komaru Naegi]

Crow [Shuichi Saihara]

Snow [K1-B0]

Fog [Fuhito Kirigiri]

Rowan [Yui Samidare]

Ash [Jin Kirigiri]

Dove [Kyoko Kirigiri's mother]

[ratlesshonret]

Yui is maybe the best danganronpa protag. that’s it. send post.

[yui-samidare-reborn]

Poolside Samidare

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[funishment-time]

i'm curious: who's your favorite Danganronpa background character?

(you can define Background Character however you'd like. keep in mind, though, i'm generally not thinking any of the students from the games, or even the DR3-only mains like Chisa. DR Kirigiri's Yui Samidare is borderline, but considering she's technically a Protagonist of the biggest DR spinoff, maybe not. i also don't mean "underrated," i mean obscure or otherwise rather minor, even if they are important on a wider scale. anyway, you do you on this one.)

[ultimateplaylistmaker]

Re: last ask, I also feel like when you have the level of trust Shuichi had in Kaede at the time, its easy to not pay attention to what she was doing and just trusting her to do what needed to be done. I was talking to someone on discord about this earlier but I truly feel like some people give Shuichi a lot of flack for not seeing Everything in a very complex and emotionally difficult situations (like ch5 as well) as an apprentice detective who, like you said, before DR had worked on ONE murder case before. He's just trying his best

Like Kyoko's backstory is incredibly more intense, my girl was solving locked room murders with her life on the line since she was like 11, like she was straight up in what is basically a saw trap called the Duel Noir with Yui who is THIRTEEN and mentioned to be older then Kyoko NINE FUCKING TIMES, Kyoko is the exception to detective skill level, not the rule!

Meanwhile Shuichi is an infinitely more normal apprentice who finds missing pets and takes on infidelity cases and accidentally solved a single homicide case when he found some paperwork which means HE DIDNT EVEN SEE THE CRIME SCENE

He's a good detective! a prodigy even! He's not a Kirigiri though! He''s had a very normal apprenticeship and like two years of hopes peak at MOST before the ultimate hunt drove him into hiding! His skillset is VASTLY different, he's good at picking out the small details other people skip over when he has time to think them over and stew on them. To be able to do that at lightning speed at first sight of a dead body is a skill he has to DEVELOP over the game, and only by the end can he even somewhat do that, because he's NOT HOMICIDE, he's good at methodically finding things that are missing which is very different from solving murder within like three hours.

[princessmeepa]

I am going to pick the voice actors for my gods, RS’ dream cast for her LO live action is just for points and not even there to play the roles and she only picks her celebrity crush Mads to be Christian blue I know. So I am going to pick the voice actors who can fit my characters perfectly and here they are. So let’s start with the goddesses. Ok let’s gooo!

Note: some of the characters have the same voice actresses and who voiced their characters from the same anime, because I want to fit some of the voices, who can fit my characters.

Alecto: Avalon Penrose, who voiced Megaera from Hades.

Aglaea: Reba Buhr, who voiced Aphrodite from Record of Ragnarok.

Amphitrite: Michelle Rojas, who voiced Wendy from Show by Rock.

Aphrodite: Dorothy Elias-Fahn, who voiced Komi Shuuko from Komi can’t communicate.

Athena: Erika Harlacher, who voiced Kyoko Kirigiri from Danganronpa (the game).

Ariadne: Michelle Ruff, who voiced Katherine McBride from Catherine.

Artemis: Carli Mosier, who voiced Saeko Tanaka from Haikyū!!

Atropos: Mara Junot, who voiced Lisa from Genshin Impact.

Calliope: Natalie Hoover, who voiced Tsukino from Show by Rock.

Calypso: Brianna Knickerbocker, who voices Swim from One Punch Man

Chloris: Brianna Knickerbocker, who voiced Rin from Catherine: Full Body

Cleo: Lauren Landa, who voiced Sailor Neptune / Michiru Kaioh from Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars.

Clotho: Kayli Mills, who voiced Runa Yomozuki from Kakegurui.

Daphne: Ashly Burch, who voiced Sasha Braus from Attack on Titan.

Demeter: Heather Masters, who voiced Circus Baby from FNAF.

Echo: Stephanie Sheh, who voiced Sailor Moon / Usagi Tsukino from Sailor Moon or Luci Christian who voiced Duck/Princess Tutu from Princess Tutu.

Eos: Krystal LePort, who voiced Brooke from HuniePop 2.

Eris: Michelle Ruff, who voiced Kirari Momobami from Kakegurui.

Eurydice: Erica Mendez, who voiced Retsuko from Aggretsuko.

Gaia: Same thing with Demeter, but with a cute and girly Greek accent.

Hebe: Anairis Quinones, who voiced Goll from Record of Ragnarok.

Hecate: Alexis Tipton, who voiced Chuchu from Show by Rock.

Hedone: Laura Bailey, who voiced Catherine from Catherine.

Hera: Erin Fitzgerald, who voiced Eudial from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal.

Hestia: Jamie Marchi, who voiced Panty from Panty and Stocking.

Iris: Brittney Karbowski, who voiced Ryou Fujibayashi from Clannad.

Lachesis: Erica Lindbeck, who voiced Sayaka Igarashi in Kakegurui.

Leto: Casey Mongillo, who voiced Nene Onemine from Komi Can't Communicate.

Leuce: Dorothy Fahn, who voiced Sumika Warakubami / Kawaru Natari from Kakegurui

Libya: Kira Buckland, who voiced Princess Aurora Sya Lis Goodereste in Sleepy Princess from the Demon Castle.

Maia: Cherami Leigh, who voiced Kaede Otori from Komi Can't Communicate.

Marakria: Monica Rial, who voiced Moa in Show from Rock (if that’s possible)

Medea: Brianna Knickerbocker, who voiced Rumia Uru from Kakegurui.

Megaera: Emi Lo, who voiced Suma in Demon Slayer.

Melinoe: Kira Buckland, who voiced Mary Saotome from Kakegurui Twin and Kakegurui.

Metis: Laura Post, who voiced Brunhilde in Record of Ragnarok.

The other 6 Muses: Bryn Apprill.

Nyx: Hellena Taylor, who voiced Bayonetta from the Bayonetta games, but with sexy a Greek accent.

Pasithea: Bridget Hoffman, who voiced Nia Teppelin from Gurren Lagann.

Peitho: Kayli Mills, who voiced Emilia in Re:ZERO.

Persephone: Maggie Flecknoe, who voiced Yui Komori in Diabolik Lovers.

Perse: Brianna Knickerbocker, who voice Rem in Re:ZERO

Psyche: Erika Harlacher, who voiced Yumeko Jabami from Kakegurui

Rhea: Elizabeth Maxwell, who voiced Rosaria from Genshin Impact.

Selene: Shannon Chan, who voiced Misa Amane from Death Note.

Semele: Brenna Larsen, who voiced Navia from Genshin Impact.

Thetis: Kate Higgins, who voiced Sailor Mercury/ Ami Mizuno from Sailor Moon.

Tisiphone: Sarah Williams, who voiced Midari Ikishima from Kakegurui

Urania: Anairis Quinones, who voiced Hinatsuru in Demon Slayer.

And for the Mortal women:

Andromeda: Bryn Apprill, who voiced Krista Lenz / Historia Reiss from Attack on Titan.

Cassandra: Erica Lindbeck, who voiced Daki from Demon Slayer.

Helen of Troy: Cristina Vee, who voiced Sailor Mars / Rei Hino.

Phaedra: Juliet Simmons, who voiced Inaho Yamato from Kakegurui

Penelope: Abby Trott, who voiced Inui from Aggretsuko.

What do you guys think?

[danggirlronpa]

What are your thoughts on Yui Samidare? She's one of my favorites!!

Disclaimer: I feel really bad trying to give a thorough answer to this, because I struggled so much initially with reading the English DR Kirigiri translation I ended up reading in depth summaries instead. I probably should give it another try now that it's been a few years and I've gotten used to the light novel style of writing. Maybe I'll read aloud an audiobook version or do a book club or something when we hit a follower milestone! We're coming up on 500 soon.

That said: I LOVE Yui. I love having an "everyman" who in fact has a complex backstory and is extremely talented in her own rite. I love her drive for justice and the impossible choices she's forced to make in pursuit of it. I love tragedies so much - I find them very cathartic - and, of every character in DR, I would argue that Yui has the most poetic, most self-fulfilling tragedy of them all.

DR is a game series with Big Personalities. The in-game protagonists, while they have meaningful characters, are often overshadowed by their companions. Hajime, though beloved, is never going to have quite the presence of Gundham Tanaka, Dark Overlord of Evil. But the written protags are all certifiably nuts. They're The characters of their stories. Kanon is attempting to destroy the entire Future Foundation using skills she gained training to hit a baseball at 100 MPH for a boy who canonically rejected her 3000 times. That's NUTS. That's QUITE A PERSON.

And all of the written protags are like that!! They're all grade-A, certifiably The Weird Guy In The Room. Look at Ryoko! Look at TAKUMI. There's so much going on for all of them. And Yui really inhabits that space too, but from a heroic standpoint. Yui is a character who believes in and pursues justice and a better world, and who does her best to take care of the middle schoolers who have come under her care out of genuine affection for them. AND she can do a six foot vertical leap, which she uses to sneak into Kyoko's house and kick her dead grandfather. What a girl. I love Danganronpa's female protagonists.

[shockersalvage]

Danganronpa Kirigiri - List of Detective Library members & their monster reps

In Danganronpa Kirigiri, the Triple Zero detectives of the Detective Library were based upon/referenced four types of monsters in fiction: ghost, werewolf, vampire and doppleganger. I always thought that was a pretty cool choice for Kitayama to go down and go to thinking what other types of monsters the other detectives would represent.

Which is basically what below is - a list of every named Detective Library member and monster would best fit them, in book order. As well as who represents the four monsters I mentioned above.

Main Duo:

Kyoko Kirigiri - Angel of Death (Now for Kyoko's monster I wanted something that best represents Kyoko's relation with Death and, ultimately her benevolent nature behind her stonefaced mask. So I chose her as the metaphorical Angel of Death - someone who brings about the end of those who have Fallen by uncovering the truth behind their misdeeds. Yet, in doing so, is also saving lives of those that were in danger because of the Fallen's actions. She also attends a religious school so it ties back well with those origins.

Yui Samidare - Powers (A type of angel in Christian theology and apart of the Middle Order of angels. Her whole thing is being a detective to protect others from evil and Powers are types of angels that hold the power to dispel or defeat evil. Also calls back to Yui being from a religious school. If I had to choose something else, I'd make Yui a guardian angel to match Kyoko being an angel of death. But, for reasons below, decided to forego it to complete another set )

DRK1:

Kou Inuzuka - Hellhound (Kou surname 'Inuzaka' contains the word for dog in Japanese, and Kou himself is an arsonist. Of the reps, I think this is one of the most fitting I've come up with)

Eigo Amino - Robot (Eigo is said to have zero presence or stands out, and he's a detective that poses as a businessman AKA a cog in a machine of office life. So I figured a robot was the best thing to compare him to)

Shiita Enbi - Zombie (Based upon the whole deal with him being dead all along, and also Tadashi's deal with having no legs, so kind of shambling about, reminds me of those types of zombies in horror games or shows)

Johnny Arp - Werewolf (From DRK Vol 6 - referred to heavily with wolfish traits or personality)

Gekka Ryuzoji - Vampire (From his design & titles; he's heavily based upon Count Dracula from the titular novel)

Rei Mikagami - Ghost (Comes from his epithet of 'Ghost in the Mirror' and his own ghostly ability to seemingly disappear from the scene with ease. Honorary mention goes to 'unicorn' given that's what his alias, Licorne, means in French).

DRK2:

Taehime Uozumi - Mermaid (Made her mermaid given her surname, Uozumi, is literally 'sleeping with the fishes'...and, okay, the pun with her fake profession was too tempting to pass up)

Suisei Nanamura - Father Time (Suisei is obsessed with time and managing it, so making him Father Time seemed pretty natural

Mikado Shinsen - Doppleganger (From his epithet, the Variationist, and skills as a master of disguise. Honorary mention goes to him being referred to as a Shinigami/Reaper by Chage and the connection he does have with the dead)

DRK 3

Hajiki Yaki - Devil (His DSC card is 666 which is considered a devilish number in Abrahamic religon, and his own thing is being a detective that goes against gambling - a type of deal with the devil?)

Salvador Yadorigi Fukuro - Gorgon (Okay, now, admittedly, this one is one of my weakest, but was inspired to call him a gorgon due to his own whole thing with his special eyes, and how he stunned Keisuke from DRK4 with the look of them. Stunning? Turning people to stone? A stretch? Kind of, but I still think it also kind of works so...)

Sachi Mizuiyama - Elf (Okay, beyond her getting an elf because she's short, was also inspried to give it to her based upon elves appearing young when they're actually older - something that's been pointed out about Sachi - and how elves/fairy-ish folk tend to have skewed moralities. Something that skewed me towards Sachi and her whole deal)

Korisu Kakitsubata - Succubus (Also one of my weakest, yet this one just feels so fitting. She dresses provocatively and acts seemingly benevolent, but that's hiding a malicious front to get away with claiming a soul. Plus, another case of her being related to fire and Succubi being from Hell - it just kind makes itself work out)

Suntetsu Shirasu - Underworld Gatekeeper (Chose this after a lot of internal debating, but decided this might be the most fitting? Like Gozu & Mezu or Cerberus, Suntetsu's actions decided who remains in the living and who has to remain in the afterlife. If there was a more fitting word for this type of monster, I'll gladly hear it out)

DRK4:

Tsukiyo Nada & Nazuna Toakitsu - Dominion & Virtue (Types of Angels in Christian theology and apart of the Middle Order set of angels with the Powers. Tsukiyo is Dominion given they govern celestial bodies & Tsukiyo's name refers to the night sky itself - ok that and her domineering personality. Naz is Virtue since one of its job is to bolster faith, and Naz is the most supportive of the duo in terms of helping out Yui to Salvador to Tsukiyo as well. Plus, they round out Yui being Power and also coming from a religious school)

DRK5:

Tatsutora Oboro - Bakaneko (Ok, the weakest one out of the lot, but also didn't really want to spend too much time on a minor guy like Oboro. As such, with part of his name, 'Tora', meaning tiger the idea that came to mind was a simple monster cat!)

DRK 6:

Motosuke Suzuyari - Yeti (He's in the icy mountains, described as being kind of wild looking. It writes itself)

Ayako Saiko - Witch (@drmedicsgamesurgery holds credit for the intiial placeholder as being a 'Mad Scientist'. However, mad scientists aren't technically monsters, I decided to swap it with the mad scientist of monster: a witch)

DRK 7:

Shiroko Yukimura - Yuki-onna (I got this based upon her part of her name 'Shiro' meaning white and the fact she appeared in a snowy setting)

Senshi Kadomi - Giant (Big guy with a knack for violence to get what he wants? Yeah, Senshi was pretty much hardlocked into being a giant from early on)

Kanji Yuhain - The 1st Horseman/Conquest/Pestilence/White Rider (I went with the 1st Horseman of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, after being inspired from Yuhain riding to Sirius on top of a white horse which symbolizes conquest or pestilence in the modern age. Both fit Yuhain as a guy who seeks to conquer the detective world as the King of Detectives and given his corrupt nature, he can very much be considered a pestilence.)

[aparticularbandit]

i think if i ever end up writing (more of) the everybody lives, nobody dies danganronpa au (the one where mukuro never finds out that she and ryoko are sisters but ryoko still knows which leads to some. different decisions and outcomes), i think i realized writing the mukuro/kirumi fic that uh. kirumi is actually the correct plot-relevant shipping option there.

because the general premise is that mukuro, not knowing they are sisters, definitely confesses to ryoko pre-fenrir, and ryoko, definitely knowing they are sisters, says no. as a result, ryoko is not on the trip when mukuro joins fenrir and a lot of things that happen do not happen. mukuro uses her time in fenrir to try and get over ryoko and then goes to hope's peak and hey, look who's here (and also has a boyfriend!) and just. realizes she is absolutely not over ryoko and so enlists the help of new classmate to help her get ryoko to fall in love with her. only to then fall in love with new classmate who is supposed to be helping her get ryoko.

(meanwhile izuru kamukura still exists in the background and will still probably get dealt with but differently because ryoko is still ryoko and not junko. this is not the main focus of the fic. kind of like how the sos brigade is still in the background of the dr haruhi crossover trying to keep haruhi and junko from figuring stuff out and we can see references to that happening but it's not the focus of the series yet.)

and like. a mukuro who has previously encountered kirumi and has rival feelings towards her but also who kirumi has told to hire her and knows that the ultimate maid can fulfill any reasonable request absolutely hiring kirumi to help her get ryoko to fall in love with her (and kirumi actually accepting the request - i would want to word this very exactly because kirumi probably can't make ryoko fall in love with her but she can help mukuro be more appealing to ryoko, probably (or at least can maybe think she can)) is a certain brand of shenanigans that i. think would actually be hilarious.

especially with so much of the class being aware of mukuro's crush and keep giving tips and kirumi just no, these are bad, these are stupid, no, my advice is better and also kirumi basically taking on a request that she has to realize over time is not something she can fulfill (to the point of ryoko having to just hey, this is what is going on, can you help and then maybe taking on a request to get mukuro to get over ryoko, which maybe is really what's going on in the background here - she maybe feigns taking on mukuro's request because she's already taken on ryoko's, but that's less character arc for kirumi, so maybe she doesn't have that request initially) and then the class taking sides over who mukuro actually really likes and mukuro being oblivious to her own growing feelings for kirumi like.

i don't know that i will ever write this but man it would be fun.

[lyricalwandering]

"Blood in the Cut" - Naegiri Week 2022 Day 4: Locked In/Out

(extremely late addition)

Rating: Mature (for adult themes/adult situations and violence/injury)

Summary: Makoto and Kyoko travel to Towa City as they continue their quest to find Kyoko's former partner, Yui Samidare. Their search brings them to where the families of the original Killing Game's victims were held for over a year; clues hidden behind every locked door in the desolate, abandoned halls of Towa Hotel.

- Years after the tragedy that left her permanently scarred, Kyoko Kirigiri begins to question if the partner she thought had died for her may really be alive. Needing answers and closure, Kyoko begins an impossible quest to find Yui Samidare. The second installment of a Danganronpa: Kirigiri AU.

Notes: Originally written for Naegiri Week 2022, Day 4 - Locked In/Out. Brief Disclaimer: Recently, English fan translations of all seven Danganronpa: Kirigiri books have been completed by a dedicated fan of the series. At the time of writing this work of mine, only the first few books had English fan translations available online. While I made every effort I could to reference the original series' events and characters as accurately as possible with the information I had, however, this AU may not be perfect or have all the canon facts straight as of right now. I'm hoping to iron out this monstrous idea I have more thoroughly as I (finally) read through the DR:K series to its full extent. :) With that said, hope anyone reading this enjoys!

[sugarsprink]

things i am learning reading the dr kirigiri novel summaries (vol 2)

kyoko kirigiri, who is a child, has a credit card

she also gets a santa hat dropped on her head and does not notice its existence for hours

apparently her grandfather (on her mother's side, not fuhito) is also associated with detectives (and also sucks ass!!!)

upon said grandfather saying detective work should prioritize work over familial deaths, kyoko asks yui if she finds this strange. she keeps pressing yui multiple times until she says she doesnt find it weird at all, but also saying thats shes probably just trying to convince herself of this otherwise she'd feel empty inside (what the FUCK)

one of the characters is gay?? canonically?? he straight up says this apparently

yui prepares to cover kyoko to save her from getting shot with pretty much zero questions asked

i can only imagine how agonizing to my soul reading the complete story would be

[yui-samidare-reborn]

Mirror Mirror  (10,000 post special)

(Interior, Castle)

As Yui stood there in stunned silence, Ryūzōji pulled out the two envelopes from his inner coat pocket. He has white hair but piercing red eyes, dressed in a green business suit, sitting in his wheelchair.

One was black. The other was white.

“As soon as you take one of these envelopes into your hand, turn around and leave the room,” Ryūzōji ordered, pointing at the closed set of doors through which we had entered. “At that moment, the new world you have chosen for yourself will manifest beyond those doors.”

White or black.

Which would be the path towards actually saving people?

Yui didn’t know.

Which choice should she make?

she had no clue.

The only thing that rang clear to her 

Was the sound of her voice.

*Yui closes her eyes and with bated breath, she picked the white envelope….forever altering destiny as she knew it*

(Two month later…)

Samidare walks into the mall, it’s busy, bustling with life. She has a task to preform. Her cold green eyes stare at the dentists office. She walks inside, but the door makes no noise. She shuffled to the back where a red haired girl is busy getting her teeth cleaned. Upon making an I.D, the dentist leaves his office and in slips Samidare. The girl is Ryoko Otonashi, future Ultimate Despair. Yui turns on the spare tank, switching the gases over her mouth. Those red eyes bolt open, yet Yui’s strong hand grabs the mask, shoving it into her. After a few moments of flailing wildly, she succumbs to the poison gas. Samidare shuts it off and walks away as if nothing had happened, saving billions of lives. She takes a pack of cigarettes out of her packets and begins to smoke one.

(Three years later)

There is no longer a woman named Yui Samidare, only Yukio Akabane.  Construction begins on a city to rival Towa, as she travels to Hope’s Peak academy to fully uproot despair. Yukio easily gains access to the building, Once there, she snoops around for the one and only person who can stop her plans. Arriving in the research laboratory, Yukio waits until all the surgeons leave for the evening before slipping in. the patient, Hajme Hinata is undergoing Talent Development. Yukio stick him with a needle, she depresses the contents into his veins before his heart rate shoots up and comes crashing down. Hinata flatlines, thus ending Izuru Kamakura before he could be born. What was once joy in her eyes was unending pain as she was forced to murder her way through her bosses enemies.

(Present day)

The massive Kuma Kasino is open with hundreds of guests filtering out per hour. Skyscrapers stretch as far as they eye can see. Yukio consolidated her power, and now has a thriving “legitimate” buisness. Bear costumed girls as far as the eye can see and a large office for the once famed detective herself. Who were you to ruin all of this?

(Outside Kuma Kasino)

An odd teleporter beeps as your muse is transported in. How will you react to this universe?

@mystery-orphans-club . @floral-samurai @human-monokuma 

This is the 10,000 post event! A what if scenario based on the Kirigiri novels, have fun!

[whiskeylucciano]

I definitely should be working rn but im having dangan tma au thoughts so. i'm making that tumblr's problem

hajime is the mc, a regular guy with no life plans or friends who gets a job at the institute of hope (hpa but its focused on the research instead of the school) to have something to put on his CV. gets archivist-ed

he's a part of the junior department. its basically an internship program. the other members are -

murasame soshun : fellow regular guy ! no supernatural encounters yet but has an irrational fear of ghosts. the (unofficial) manager. helps hajime around to begin with and they get along well. probably the most mentally well in the group though he definitely overworks himself hard + puts other people's needs ahead of his own. depending on how i decide to have the story go, he gets lonely'd

fujisaki chihiro : tech support. bit of a recluse. in a constant battle to get anything in the archives recorded on something that isn't paper, so she ends up helping hajime in sorting the archives fairly often. not totally sure if i want her to end up as an avatar? if i did though it would probably be eye, flesh or spiral

gekkougahara miaya : ok she's here i haven't planned very far beyond that. i'm thinking she does a lot of the online research on statements? her and chihiro often work together on both of their jobs though. she probably stays human. i think nwp trio needs at least one human lol

matsuda yasuke : end avatar w/angsty backstory. love making my favs suffer. more of a forensic pathologist than a neurologist in this au, but just as self-taught. technically a part of the junior department but doesn't leave his office/lab area unless forced to.. which is mostly when the proper ioh workers need him for shit. soshun, chihiro and miaya visit him because they actually somewhat get along with him. hajime, however-

there's also their actual boss, kirigiri jin, and chisa/kyosuke/kouichi/etc work in the main part of the facility. juuzou exists but probably works elsewhere (probably as a cop or sth). jin is an eye avatar (+ probably kouichi too), kyosuke is a lonely avatar, im not certain about the rest yet. desolation juuzou seems fitting i think?

i have some characters who i want to have join the archival team later in the story but i also haven't planned most of that story yet so. lol. sato joins after an end encounter (twilight syndrome murder case-adjacent, kuzuryuus are end-aligned). i'm not sure if shinobu gets employed there but. she's a journalist ! she has connections ! just don't worry about her family i'm sure there's nothing weird happening there (togami corp is buried-aligned, but shinobu is eye-aligned if anything). nagito isn't an archival assistant but he's a vast avatar, and the first avatar that hajime knowingly interacts with. he collects leitners and provides info to hajime but he's also kind of a prick. he still self-depreciates he just also kinda worships the fears and considers all human life worthless. and he doesn't THINK he's being that rude but wow this hajime guy sure is sure of himself better remind him of his (unimportant) place in the universe. also he's very much rooting for the guys carrying out the fear rituals so thats fun.

+ you can't forget the former archivist, who had to be kirigiri kyouko. who else would it be. born to the kirigiris who run their own eye-aligned info-gathering organisation (their detective agency), and mostly raised by fuhito to be the heir of it. befriends samidare yui in a way basically the same as in dr kirigiri (but with more . supernatural crimes), and over time comes to question her family's dealings with the fears. comes to the institute of hope to figure out what happened to jin, but leaves mysteriously w/yui and nobody has heard from them since.

and thats it for the main cast ! there's other characters i have plans for (i have an imposter statement planned, and i want sayaka to start a stranger ritual... junko is also important i'm just not 100% sure how im going to handle her part in the story and how much of what i have planned i want to put in a summary post. and so on)

maybe i'll actually write some of this as a fic later. Who knows