Hiketsu Tsundoku

Hiketsu Tsundoku, nicknamed Kits, is a student of Hope's Peak Academy, and a participant of the Video Game Killing Game featured in the Danganronpa RP Hub. His title is the Ultimate Magician [ lit. Super High School Level Magician. ]
==Appearance==
Hiketsu, or Kits, is an average heighted young man. He has purple hair and lavender eyes, he also has creamy pale skin. He wears a black beret and a black coat over his shoulders. He wears a black button-up and a grey and white vest, along with black skin-tight pants and black leather shoes. He also wears black fingerless gloves.
As a Future Foundation member, he only wore a black and purple Future Foundation uniform, but kept his beret.
As a Remnant of Despair, he wore a top hat with a golden crown imprint. He wore an asymmetrical black vest with a black and purple checkerboard design. He wears a purple button-up and a gold necklace around his collar. He wears a choker on his neck as well as several smaller golden buckled belts around his arms with purple fingerless gloves.
During his recovered state, he kept his top hat and wears a grey hoodie.
==Personality==
Kits may be a bit snarky when meeting him for the first time, but as you get to know him better, he can actually be a nice guy. He has a kind heart and can be very innocent despite being 18 years old. He also loves having an audience and multiple admirers which can make him very happy and encouraged. Kits cares deeply about others and loves spending time with other people. If there is an opportunity to protect his friends, he would absolutely take it.
It is also rare to not see Kits smile. He is genuine and does not want others to worry, because it hurts him when people around him are not smiling. It is revealed during his fifth free time event that he smiles so often because he cannot afford to cry in order to not get separated from his childhood friend who is watching over him from heaven.
==Talents and abilities==
===Ultimate Magician ===
Kits is the Ultimate Magician, meaning he can do almost any possible magic tricks with no explanation. He learnt how to do this from his adoptive father. Kits loved magic ever since he was very young.
===Cooking and Baking===
Kits learned how to cook and bake from his mother. He is average at cooking and very good at baking. During Kits' third free time event, he said that his mother taught him how to bake and cook.
===Theft and Housekeeping===
During Kits' first free time event, he revealed he also used to steal as a child and used to do house chores.
===Vetting===
Kits learned how to look after animals and take proper care of them, most especially rabbits.
==Background==
===Prior to the Tragedy===
Hiketsu Hinkon was born on April 12. His father died long before he was born so his only family growing up was his mother.
Hiketsu loved his mother dearly, even though his mother treated him like trash and always gave him orders like cleaning the house or washing her clothes.
Hiketsu and his mother were poor and lived in a small house. Hiketsu grew up often stealing food from market stalls for his mother while he ate leftovers.
One day while he was 7, Hiketsu heard there was a magic show happening the next weekend. Hiketsu was curious so he asked his mother if they could go there.
His mother refused, and that was when Hiketsu realized that his mother was nothing but a toxic and cruel monster, and that he had been good to her for nothing.
The night of the show, Hiketsu snuck out from his bedroom window and escaped outside.
He went to the show and was fascinated by all the tricks and performances the magicians were doing.
But at one point during the show, a policeman saw Hiketsu by himself, and asked where his parents are.
Hiketsu panicked, and knew that he would get in trouble for being out at night by himself.
The policeman then brought Hiketsu to his mother's house. But then the policeman found out that Hiketsu's mother was not taking proper care of her son.
Hiketsu's mother lost custody over her son, and the policeman brought Hiketsu to an orphanage, promising that one day he will be adopted by parents who will truly love him.
Hiketsu was made fun of by the other kids and they called him dirty or a rat.
However, there was one girl in his orphanage who liked him, her name was Himari Aiko. The two became best friends.
The two often go out to the backyard every windy day, eating sandwiches. They both also loved magic, and their caretaker would hire a magician, Katsugu Tsundoku, to teach the two.
Hiketsu was a quick learner and a natural, while Himari had some difficulty. Despite this, they both had passion for performing magic tricks.
But then, two years later at age 9, Himari was diagnosed with kidney cancer, and a few months after, during a rainy day, she passed away.
Hiketsu was devastated, as the only person in the whole world who ever cared about him died.
Another two years later at age 11, Katsugu offered Hiketsu to perform with him onstage in front of an audience. Hiketsu was hesitant, as he had never performed onstage before, but finally accepted.
Hiketsu performed amazingly, and everyone loved it that they cheered for him and threw roses. Hiketsu felt so happy that many people loved his performance.
It pleased him, so Hiketsu started performing with Katsugu every month, everyone loved his performances.
Then came the time that Katsugu and his wife Tejina wanted to adopt him. Hiketsu was so happy, and said yes.
By then, Hiketsu was living with his new adoptive parents in their home. His adoptive parents gave him endless amounts of love unlike Hiketsu's biological mother.
Two years later, at age 13, Hope's Peak scouted him, giving him the title of the "Ultimate Magician".
At age 16, his father gave him a female pet rabbit, and Hiketsu named her Snowball.
===Video Game Killing Game===
Kits woke up in the void of the killing game simulation, and met with many unfamiliar faces, the other participants of the killing game. He also encounters the Li'l Ultimates: Okemia, Eden, Tanda, Finn, and Pete, along with an unexpected guest, Dante.
He along with everyone else started living inside the Mental Hospital, the Horror genre section of the Killing Game. Eventually, the first motive was introduced: Monsters.
Overtime, he made some acquaintances, which include Ren, Brooklyn, and Jinsei. He also became friends with Benedict, Ryu, and Asa.
But then the first murder took place, the death of Elias Schafer. Kali was revealed to be the killer, and Mira was revealed to be the accomplice.
After Kali was executed, Kits hung out with Benedict again, only to receive a warning from Mira about trusting others and getting backstabbed.
The second motive then took place. Kits along with everyone else was sedated and brought into the Temple, the Adventure genre section of the Killing Game.
The Temple was laid with traps all over, but Kits was lucky enough to have not encountered any.
Then the second murder took place, a shocker: Finn, one of the Li'l Ultimates was killed. Keina Kimura was revealed as the culprit, and was therefore executed.
===His fate===
The Li'l Ultimates introduced the new motive. That motive was flashback lights, which gives the receiver false memories of a deceased loved one being alive.
In Kits' case, the memory he received was his old childhood friend, Himari, who looked much more grown, leading Kits to believe that Himari is somehow alive. Because of this motive, Kits decided to commit a murder for the sake of seeing Himari again.
Along with the motive, the participants were brought into Mythica, the RPG genre section of the Killing Game.
During one of Kits' and Benedict's hang outs, Benedict told him about the performance that he, Asa, and Sia will be holding in the auditorium. He brought Kits to the auditorium to show him the preparations and behind the scenes. This turned out to be a grave mistake for Benedict.
Taking advantage of all of this information, Kits decided to commit a murder during the performance, and had to choose between Benedict, Sia, or Asa as his victim. He ultimately chose Sia, feeling heartbroken if he were to ever harm Benedict or Asa.
He then studied the layout of the auditorium and its exterior, and discovered that the ice rink is directly below the auditorium stage. Knowing this, he then approached the Li'l Ultimates for information on the ice rink.
Eden told him that there is extreme freezing water beneath the ice rink, giving Kits an idea. He went to the ice rink with a scraper tool, and thinned the ice just enough so that only a great amount of force would shatter it.
Afterward, he built a trapdoor on the stage in place of where Sia will be standing on, which was marked with duct tape by Benedict beforehand. He made sure the passage leads straight to the ice rink.
He also made it so that the trapdoor will only open when a lever is turned. He attached this lever backstage, knowing that placing it backstage can give him a solid alibi. He then covers the lever with boxes and an orange and green bag, which almost looks like a carrot.
The night after he finished his preparations, it was time for the performance. He was called there along with most other participants by Eden. Kits stayed with the audience, watching their performance with glee. But he knew what had to be done next.
He then released Snowball, who wandered towards backstage. There, she saw the lever covered by the carrot-looking bag, and accidentally turned the lever, all according to Kits' plan.
He watched as Sia fell from the stage into the trapdoor and onto the ice rink. However, Kits never realized he had killed another person by accident: Ryu. Ryu was there at the ice rink by coincidence, and he froze to death.
He fetched Snowball while everyone else was too focused on the trapdoor trying to figure out how to get Sia back. After Dante fell in and hearing splashes, he and the other participants hurried to the ice rink to discover not only Sia's body, but Ryu's body too.
After investigating, the trial had begun, and everyone was led to the conclusion that Kits was the murderer. This conclusion was supported by how he said something suspicious during the trial, how he and Benedict are close so he could have known about the show beforehand, and the fact that he has Snowball who could have turned the lever in his behalf.
Benedict tried to defend Kits at first, but Kits had admitted to his actions, not wanting Benedict to be further hurt. He confessed his motive, and expresses himself as a fool for believing in a lie he "fed himself", tearfully saying that Himari would never forgive him and the "rain clouds will never go away".
Before his execution started, he gave Snowball to Asa, his final words to the rest of the participants being "Even if I die, I'll watch over you. Like the sun in the day, and the moon in the night...", which is a reference to his fifth free time event.
Hiketsu was executed in January 1st, he died from the punishment "Disappearing Act of the Ultimate Magician".
===Survival and Death Maze===
Due to his death taking place within a simulation, Kits was brought back to life along with all the others who had died in the Killing Game.
He met with the survivors in the waiting room, having just beaten a remnant of despair with his magic trick, Snowball with him. He helps the others escape the death maze, fighting the other remnants with his kitchen knife.
After escaping, Dante suggested to everyone they go to the Future Foundation, and Kits agreed to head there with everyone else.
Kits became a member of the Future Foundation, while also reuniting with his adoptive parents and living with them in their house.
===Train Station Killing Game===
Kits was working in the Future Foundation when Ryu received the coordinates of the final setting of the Train Station Killing Game which was led by Akio. Kits assisted the Future Foundation in evacuating the participants and piloting the helicopter.
===Post-KG Events===
Kits continued working for the Future Foundation, secretly discontent with his life but still tries his best to help others.
One day, Kits reencountered Ren Kojima, one of his fellow participants and the Mastermind of the Video Game Killing Game. The two at first seem to have a normal conversation but Kits grew uneasy at the fact they murdered their parents.
Ren then invited him to the Geraldy Circus, which is the place where Ren and their brother, Len, performed. Kits happily accepted the invite, completely oblivious for what awaited him. Kits watched the Geraldy Circus cast, dead and controlled by a machine, even Len is deceased. Kits ran home, horrified.
After a few days, Kits arrived home from work only to encounter Ren yet again in his room. Ren again invited him to the Geraldy Circus, but Kits lied and said he was busy, only to then attempt to escape from Ren by jumping out of his window.
Kits ended up injured and unable to move so much, so he had no choice but to let Ren help him. Ren took him to the Geraldy Circus to once again witness the horror.
Ren then invited Kits to join them in dinner, to which Kits is unable to reject because of his injury. Ren drugged Kits' drink and Kits started receiving hallucinations of Himari, urging him to continue performing magic, like he used to. Ren also encouraged him to leave the Future Foundation to continue performing.
Because of this, Kits decided he wanted to perform again to "make others, himself, and Himari happy". And so Ren successfully converted Kits into becoming a Remnant of Despair.
For a long time, he had completely vanished from the Future Foundation, going around the country performing his magic shows to spread despair. At some point he even met Mizuki Ai Naimi, who now goes by Shion.
After more than a month since he became a Remnant, Kits remet Jinsei in an abandoned theatre. Jinsei immediately knew something was wrong with Kits, suspecting him as a remnant despite how nice Kits was appearing to him.
Kits revealed to Jinsei that he was indeed a remnant, and that his goal was to commit mass genocide. The two fought and argued, but when Kits demanded Jinsei to leave, he refused and reminded him of the past, and the times they had during the simulation.
Jinsei comforted him and convinced him to do whatever he wants, instead of joining either the Future Foundation or the Remnants of Despair. Kits was recovered from his remnant state.
As of now, he and Jinsei are roommates in a mortuary and the two are good friends.
==Free Time Events ==
===1st event===
Kits have told that he and his mother were poor when he was growing up, and that his father had died long before Kits was born. He said that his mother loved barking orders at him like making him do the housework and told him to steal for her.
===2nd event===
Kits expressed that his love for magic was the reason why he became the person he is today. One day when he was a child, he asked his mother if he could go to a magic show, but his mother refused and locked him in his room. Kits snuck out of his room that night to go watch the magic show alone. At that time, a policeman found him alone and found out his mother was mistreating him, so the policeman took Kits to an orphanage, where many of the kids made fun of him because of his lack of proper hygiene, calling him dirty or a rat.
=== 3rd event===
Kits tells that Snowball, his pet rabbit, is the only thing left of his adoptive father ever since he was put into the killing game. He also said that his adopted parents had treated him with love unlike how his biological mother treated him when he was younger. He also mentioned that his adoptive father is the one who taught him many magic tricks, which eventually led to him into becoming the Ultimate Magician.
=== 4th event===
Kits asks you if you ever have someone you're interested in. You answer honestly, and ask him the same question. Kits admits that he once had a female crush, who was also his best friend during childhood. He tells her name is Himari, and she loved magic just like him. He also said that his adoptive father also took Himari as a student of his in learning magic tricks. When asked what is the status of their relationship as of today, Kits insists that they are fine.
===5th event ===
Kits asks you about the girl you talked about last time, Himari. Kits and Himari loved having picnics in the backyard of their orphanage, which has a tree on a hill surrounded by cornflowers, during windy days. One day, an orphan, whose parents both just died, was taken into the orphanage. When Kits heard this news, he suddenly started turning paranoid, and was afraid he would lose Himari and his father one day. Himari had always comforted him by saying, "If I die, I will look after you, like the sun in the day and the moon in the night." Kits would ask her, "What if it rains, and I can't see the sun or moon?" and Himari would respond with, "I'll turn into a star in the sky and wait for your tears to dry." Kits admits that the reason why he smiles so much was because he did not want any "rain clouds" forming and he could not afford to cry. Kits then said that Himari is not watching over him and that she is not in the sky, because she is "sleeping under the tree on that hill". You comfort Kits and tell him to let it out so that the rain clouds can go away, and he cries, hugging you tightly. He feels much better afterwards, and leaves to rest in his room.
==Relationships==
===Family===
====Biological Father====
Kits' biological father had impregnated Kits' mother while she was still in her teens. He died long before Kits was born.
====Ikari Hinkon====
Kits' biological mother, Ikari Hinkon, fell pregnant with Kits while she was still a teenager, thus she was a single mother. She was Kits' only blood relative who Kits had spent time with. She often forced Kits to do house chores and steal for food and money. Eventually she lost custody over Kits.
====Caretaker====
Kits' caretaker took care of Kits ever since his mother lost custody over him and started living in the orphanage.
==== Katsugu Tsundoku====
Kits' adoptive father, Katsugu Tsundoku, is also Kits' magician teacher. Before the two became father and son, Kits had always looked up to him not only as an amazing magician, but also a father figure. The two met when Kits' caretaker hired Katsugu to teach Kits magic since Kits was always so fascinated by magic and tricks.
====Tejina Tsundoku====
Kits' adopted mother is Tejina Tsundoku, who is Katsugu's wife. The two have a loving mother and son bond, and Kits had loved her more than his biological mother.
=== Friends===
====Benedict Baudelaire====
Benedict is one of Kits' closest friends, and Kits gave him the nicknames "Ben" or "Benny". Kits cared about Benedict deeply and wished to listen to his music at some point. He also helps Benedict and supports him whenever Benedict felt like breaking down.
It is confirmed by Soul that Kits is somewhat possessive of Benedict.
Kits has also considered Benedict his best friend after Himari.
==== Ryu Hideki====
Ryu is one of Kits' friends. Kits saw Ryu as an interesting individual, and Ryu sometimes reminded Kits of himself.
It is revealed in Chapter 3 that Kits had killed Ryu by accident.
The two's current relationship seems to be healthy and close friends.
==== Ren Kojima====
Ren is one of Kits' friends. Kits and Ren shared many things in common and get along very well.
During Post-KG events, Kits tried to avoid Ren due to Ren bringing him to the Geraldy Circus once and was traumatized by the sight.
Ren was the one who led Kits into becoming a Remnant of Despair.
====Brooklyn Bennett====
Brooklyn is one of Kits' friends. The two also get along well, despite the fact that Brooklyn is a lawyer and finding out Kits used to be a thief.
==== Jinsei Housaiko ====
Kits has referred Jinsei as his friend, despite the fact Jinsei wanted to fufill the role of a villain. Kits always had fun scaring Jinsei and often tolerates his insults, threats, and villainy.
Jinsei was the one who brought Kits out of his remnant state and allowed him to stay in the mortuary with him.
====Sia Biru====
Sia is one of Kits' friends, she helped comfort Kits during his fifth free time event when he confessed he had lost a loved one before.
It is revealed in Chapter 3 that Kits had killed Sia, forced between a choice of her, Asa, and Benedict.
====Himari Furukawa====
Himari Furukawa was simply a friend of Kits. Kits sometimes thinks of Himari as his childhood friend while also being fully aware this is a completely different person.
==== Akari Haku====
Kits and Akari Haku met once prior to the Tragedy. Akari's first impression on him was a "crazy optimist". The two did not meet again until Kits' brief appearance in the Train Station Killing Game when Kits helped the participants escape the train. The two talked once in Akari's room in the Future Foundation and the two share their problems, and Kits also ended up comforting him.
The two talked again during the time Kits was a remnant and had prevented Akari from killing Ren.
===Love interests ===
====Asa Yamato ====
Asa is one of Kits' closest friends. Kits really liked Asa and was able to develop a music taste thanks to her.
Sometime after Video Game Killing Game, the two got into a relationship when Asa confessed.
====Himari Aiko====
Himari Aiko is Kits' best friend and crush who gets along with Kits very well. Kits talked about her during his fourth free time event, saying that the two share many things in common, especially their love for magic. Kits nicknamed her "Mari" or "Mary".
Kits talked more about her during his fifth free time event. Himari liked Kits unlike most of the other children in the oprhanage. The two often played around a tree on a hill in the backyard of the orphanage Kits used to live in. During the same free time event, he said that he often vented to Himari and she would comfort him by saying she will look after him like the sun in the day and the moon in the night. But Kits tearfully remarks that she is not watching over him because she's "sleeping under the tree on that hill", which hints that she is dead.
During Chapter 3's verdict, Kits revealed that Himari died from kidney cancer when they were nine, and that Kits described her as the only person who had ever cared about him since everyone else treated him like trash.
===Other===
====Snowball====
Snowball is Kits' pet rabbit. Kits received her from his adopted father when Kits was sixteen, and he raised Snowball by himself, loving her as if she was his own child.
==Character Lines ==
*"I am known as the youngest magician to ever perform onstage! Feast your eyes on the amazing, the brilliant, the magnificent Hiketsu Tsundoku, the Ultimate Magician! Although if my name is too troubling to say, you may just call me Kits." - His introduction
*"Did I do some sort of teleporting magic in my sleep?" -Upon waking up in the void
*"This is most curious. I wonder how someone would perform such an amazing magic trick to bring us all here."
*"You speak such delusions to a magician!" -Upon being told that magic is not real
*"Aww, Mr. Jinsei! You made Benny here all uncomfortable! I guess this is just what villains do after all!"
*"It's not easy to bottle up your emotions, and probably not worth it."
*"Oh-ho, I can't punch you, because you don't deserve it." -Poking Benedict when he asked to get punched
*"You're one strong soul to bottle up your emotions like that for God knows how long, but you don't have to take it so harshly anymore."
*"I have no interest in ending a life."
*"I don't have any way to interfere with your plans."
*"If you do decide to hurt those I care about, I'll cast a silencing curse on you." -Threatening Mira
*"Disgusting adults, you say some interesting things, you kids, haha."
*"Well, I choose not to argue with children, so for now, let's agree to disagree."
*"Violent, curious individual, aha..." -Talking about Sia
*"Although if you feel like punching something, punch your pillow instead. That's what I do when I'm angry, aha..."
*"A family who doesn't care about your feelings is definitely wrong."
*"It's ironic, isn't it? If you think about it, wealth and poverty are... sort of two sides on the same coin, despite being polar opposites. Both demand tragedy and struggles from us."
*"Fate demands something much more crueler than 'normal'... It really is a frustration, isn't it?"
*"One of my magic tricks is carrying someone even if they may be tall or heavy! Pretty impressive, huh?"
*"To keep you warm, just like how my father did to me." -Letting Snowball sleep beside Benedict to comfort him
* "I need these rain clouds to go away."
*"What if it rains, and I can't see the sun or moon?"
* "Benny, do you ever wonder why I smile so much? Because... I can't afford to cry."
*"... Even so... I know she's not watching over me. I know she's not in the sky. You know why? It's because she's sleeping under the tree on that hill." -During Kits' fifth free time event
*"Did you forget, Madam Brooklyn? I am a magician. I thought that was obvious."
*"... So this is... how every blackened must have felt... or rather... how every magician gets discovered for their trick..." -Being discovered for the murders of Sia and Ryu
*"As I would rather call it... False Hope."
*"I guess that's the flaw of a magician... You just believe in about anything, don't you?"
*"AHAHA! I WAS SUCH A FOOL! I was... such a... fool..."
*"Aha, like this, I can't clear the rain clouds."
* "Even if I die, I'll watch over you. Like the sun in the day, and the moon in the night..." -His final words before his execution
==Trivia==
*Snowball's name is a reference to the rabbit character in the 2016 movie Secret Life of Pets.
*Kits claims that his hat is a completely silent space where Snowball sleeps undisturbed.
*Kits often watches TV, specifically for other Ultimates. So he knows many Ultimates.
*Kits likes many genres of music.
**His favorite is electronic music.
**He also likes the band where the Ultimate Drummer, Ken James Suzuki, is in.
*Kits' favorite food is the club sandwich.
*Kits' favorite drink is Sprite.
*Kits' natural hair color is blond.
**Kits had dyed it to purple when he was eleven.
**Kits dyed his hair because his blond hair reminded him of his mother, who also had blond hair.
*Kits tends to tell almost anyone about his troubling past, even if they barely know each other.
**Despite Kits' troubling past, he seems to have almost no resentment towards his mother, or the children in the orphanage.
*Kits did not know what tax is until one interaction he had with Brooklyn and Jinsei.
*Kits has a habit of calling others with Mister or Madam.
**An exception is those who do not go by either he/him or she/her pronouns.
**Another exception is his adoptive father. Before being adopted by him, Kits referred to him as "Tsu-kun".
**Another exception is Benedict, who he refers to as "Ben" or "Benny".
**Another exception is Himari (either Aiko or Furukawa), who he uses "Miss" or "Little Miss".
*Kits likes scaring others by appearing very suddenly behind someone and talking casually.
*Kits has ombrophobia, which is the fear of rain.
*Kits loves to read fictional books.
**He is a fan of Barry Trotter, a series written by Draco Daichi, the Ultimate Novelist.
**He is a fan of Eshiyuu Reborn, a series written by Erin Jinnouchi, the Ultimate Author.
*Kits' favorite flower is the cornflower.
*Kits' theme song is A Million Dreams from The Greatest Showman.
*Kits used to take many pictures of him, Himari, and Katsugu when he was younger.
**Kits kept that camera in his old top hat he used to wear when Himari was still alive.
*The conversation between Kits and Himari is a reference to Super Mario Galaxy, as part of Rosalina's story she reads to the Lumas. Specifically, chapters 4 (The Dream) and 7 (The Telescope).
*Kits and Yumeko Fuka, the Ultimate Astronomer, have met when he was ten. They were in the same orphanage.
**Kits have only talked to Yumeko once, and it was after one of those times she was bullied by the other kids.
*Jinsei's nickname for Kits, Fooldini, is a reference to Harry Houdini.
*Swirlybump once drew Kits as a Remnant of Despair, inspired by the song Razzle Dazzle by Richard Gere.
**This is what inspired Soulless to make Kits into a Remnant of Despair.
*Kits' nineteenth birthday (April 12 2022) was celebrated with Ren.
**In a noncanon roleplay, it included Pandora, Jinsei, and Mizuki.
==Gallery==