Mitsuru Kusumoto

Mitsuru Kusumoto (, Kusumoto Mitsuru) is a character featured in Lost Judgment. He is the only son of Reiko Kusumoto.
==Profile==
Mitsuru has mid-length unkempt hair and wears hospital garb.
==Background==
Mitsuru was in Yu Kitakata's homeroom while he was a student at Kurokawa Academy. He was frequently bullied by his classmate Shinya Kawai, who had assistance from most of the other students in his homeroom, including Yui Suzuki and Yasushi Akaike. They despised him for his physical weakness, which they perceived as a "vice" that ought to be punished. Kitakata only issued a light warning when he was told of the bullying, but set up a camera to record what his homeroom was doing after school on September 17, 2008. The camera caught Mitsuru's classmates physically assaulting him and threatening to strip him, then leaving with disgust when he urinated himself. Kitakata unfortunately arrived too late as Mitsuru jumped off the school building moments before. 
Mitsuru entered a coma at the age of 17 as a result of his suicide attempt, and he was visited in his hospital daily by his mother and occasionally by his classmate Yoko Sawa. Kitakata started a secret murder conspiracy to kill any bullies he could out of guilt, with one of his victims being Mitsuru's own bully, Kawai. Mitsuru was eventually moved to Touto University Hospital by his mother in an attempt to spur his recovery.
==Involvement==
=== Lost Judgment: 2021-2022 ===
Mitsuru wakes up after 13 years in December 2021, which causes his mother to reconsider turning herself in for killing Kawai. She chooses to betray Kitakata and hide any evidence of Kawai as to prevent her son from being labelled the child of a murderer. During rehabilitation, he is eventually able to take steps.
In January 2022, Reiko sees the full extent of her colleteral damage and chooses to atone for her sin. She calls Mitsuru and tells him over the phone that she may not return for a while, to which he replies he knew something was troubling her and he will wait as long as he will need to.
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Lost Judgment Characters
Category:Kurokawa Academy