Ikebukuro Settlement Head

The Ikebukuro Settlement Head is an unnamed major character in the 2018 video game Dead or School. One of the second-generation underground Ikebukuro residents, who lived after the infamous Calamity War eight decades ago, she is the daughter of Noriko Takami and the mother of Hisako. She serves as the the governing head of the settlement, who is reputably known for her feared reputation as a strict disciplinarian.
==Appearance==
Like Hisako, the Settlement Head has long red hair, with a part of it tied up in a scrunchie, as well as having brown eyes.
The Settlement Head is dressed in the shabby attire that is typical of underground dwellers.
Six months later, the Settlement Head, who is now a teacher, is seen in one of the photographs from the Ending credits wearing the typical teacher outfit, which consists of a black long-sleeved shirt, a white top, a black skirt, brown leggings, and presumably black shoes.
==Personality==
She is fairly rigorous and demands that all the laws be obeyed to safeguard the safety of the settlement and all of the people because she was reared in a harsh environment. She is therefore both despised and feared by many of the region's third-generation youths, including Nami. This is still the case six months later, despite the fact that she now serves as a teacher at Hanamaru High School.
Under that strong façade is a broken soul, sick and exhausted of the circumstances she has endured for years. Even though she seldom lets anybody see this sensitive side of her, her daughter Hisako regularly hears her crying in their rooms at night.
==Background==
When Nami's group is spared from a near encounter with Mutants in the upper basement levels of the neighbourhood station, the Ikebukuro Settlement Head first emerges. What Nami believed to be a "unused hidden elevator" was really a forbidden elevator that was being watched in accordance with the Settlement Head's instructions.
Her daughter Hisako also begins to show an interest in the outside world after that occurrence. The Settlement Head is not happy about it and reminds the former of the rigorous subterranean rule: that one should not seek to leave the underground or talk about doing so.
As a result of Noriko Takami's intervention, her granddaughter is finally given the go-ahead to explore the uncharted territory and locate or create a school in the upper world.
The Settlement Head questions Noriko about why she allowed Hisako to pursue such a reckless goal as they watch her depart for Shinjuku aboard the train that served as their family's residence. Noriko responds that, no matter how much they both loved her, it would be wrong to imprison Hisako in the dank, dark depths of the underground. Her radiant eyes stood for the promise of humanity.
Noriko expresses her guilt for having stolen the Settlement Head's optimism years before when she should have known better, hinting that they may have previously experienced a similar situation but without the former's approval.
Hisako received a present from Nami and Yui after they were rescued on the surface of Shinjuku: a boxed lunch made by her mother. The Settlement Head first disapproved of her daughter's behaviour, but she gradually grew to accept it and wanted Hisako to be successful.
Six months after the war of the Cyborgs is over, the Settlement Head and the rest of the Ikebukuro citizens rise to the surface, where she eventually ends up in Hanamaru High School, as one of the school's teachers, and with her own daughter now a student and the Student Council President of the same school. There is a picture of her in the school hallway punishing Nami and Yui by making them hold a bucket of water in the album during the ending credits. She is shown there giving them a hard time as usual, similar to her time in the underground.
==Trivia==
*Renge Todo, who also provided the voices for Hisako, Noriko, and Yurika, gets a voice credit for The Settlement Head in the game, however her role can only be heard in the promotional film and not the actual game.
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