Totomaru Isshiki

Totomaru Isshiki (, Isshiki Totomaru), frequently shortened to Toto (トト, Toto), is a police detective of the Metropolitan Police Department. He is currently helping Ron Kamonohashi investigate cases by pretending to be the one who solves them.
==Physical description==
Totomaru is a slender, young man with short brown hair and either gray:File:Chapter 3.png:File:May 2022.png:File:V2 Inside cover, back.png:File:V3 Inside cover, back.png:File:V4 Inside cover, back.png or brown:File:Chapter 38.png:File:Chapter 58.png:File:Chapter 109.png:File:RKDD Anime release.png eyes.
While Toto may not be particularly athletic, he is full of energy.
To work, he usually wears a gray suit with an assortment of ties; the one he wears the most is striped in shades of blue. He sometimes wears a beige coat over his work clothes, and seldom a black jacket.
Like Ron, who often wears clothes featuring Japanese sweets, Toto sometimes dons clothes depicting food or bearing the name of dishes, though the food on Toto's attire (e.g. sushi and osuimono) is more savory rather than sweet.
==Personality and traits==
Toto is pure-hearted, empathetic, and straightforward. He does not hesitate to help others in need, paying no heed to what problems it may cause; he just wants to do what he thinks is right. For that reason, his body often acts before his mind.
Though many (initially) believe he is unsuited for detective work and he is mostly delegated to paperwork, Toto is very dedicated to his occupation, wanting nothing more than to ensure the safety of the citizens. He greatly values life and often prays for the victims of his cases as he is a rather devout person. Totomaru works hard and much, pulling all-nighters if he has too. This makes him, ultimately, an integral part of his division.
Furthermore, Totomaru says what he thinks without hesitation and voices his thoughts out loud without realizing it. According to Ron Kamonohashi, this is an indicator that he was a spoiled child and brought up in a refined environment. Toto also moves his mouth when he talks to himself.
When something amazes him, Toto usually exclaims "Wowza!"Toto simply says "Amazing" in the Crunchyroll/Netflix subs. (すごっ, Sugo, lit. "amazing").
==Biography==
===Early life===
Because his parents were always busy, Totomaru was raised by his grandmother.
He eventually became a detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. In his early career, Toto got tricked and let a culprit escape three times and was once reported for questioning people in a residential area at 3 a.m.
==Skills and abilities==
* Deductive skills: Because Toto has rather poor deductive skills, he was only assigned odd-jobs and cases of low importance before he started working with Ron. 
* Observation skills: Toto is attentive and observant. He has no problems detecting clues and inconsistencies, even if he mostly struggles piecing them together. 
==Quotes==
* (To Ron Kamonohashi) "I want you to believe in Ron Kamonohashi, too. Why would someone who loves solving cases more than anything and has offered up his life to detective work shut himself away for five years?! You stifled yourself because you care about other people's lives, right? That's the kind of person you are!!"
* "I'm sorry... Something unforgivable has happened... As you say, the investigation has to continue until we catch the culprit... Thinking back now, we were conceited enough to think that the case had been solved just because we solved the mystery... The two lives that were lost can never come back... I'm so sorry!"
* "As long as we can catch the one who hurt Haruno-san... It doesn't matter if you're a 'partner' or not."
==Etymology==
* The name "Totomaru" means "metropolis, capital" (都, to) and "round, circle, pills, purity, complete" (丸, maru). The second kanji is also used as a suffix for ship names.
* Totomaru's surname "Isshiki" means "one color, article" (一色).
==Trivia==
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* Totomaru's grandmother taught him the sutras.
* He had a pet hamster as a child. The only memory he has from his early childhood is looking at his hamster's back.
* He is a big fan of Nyo-Nyon.
* For his birthday, Toto received a T-shirt of Chicory's favorite detective TV drama Seibu Keisatsu, wormwood-scented fortunetelling incense from Spitz, a cake from Mofu on which she accidentally stepped, a custom-made tweezer-shaped pillow from Kawasemi, a bag of anpan for stakeouts that will last for ten days but will expire tomorrow from Amamiya, and the 100m-long muffler Ron told him about when they first met. Toto loved all the gifts.Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective manga; Volume 7, Bonus: Everyone's Birthday Gifts
** However, Ron states later that he tried to sell the 100m-long scarf at a rummage sale. When he was unsuccessful, he decided to throw it away. Before the garbage collectors could come for the scarf, Amamiya saved it and took it home as she wanted to have it. It is unknown whether Toto ended up rejecting the scarf, Ron changed his mind at the last minute and gifted him something else, it was a joke gift to begin with, or the bonus manga simply is not canon.
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* Because he used to only get cases of low importance, his document box at work was labelled the "trash can."
* Toto rarely takes days off work.
* He is not good with machines.MangaPlus mistakenly translated he "specialize[s] in machines."
* Toto likes work, shrines and temples, mandarin oranges, and dislikes written apologies (始末書) and grandmother's lectures.
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* In the anime, Toto has grayish brown eyes.
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