Shuuichi Saihara

Shuuichi Saihara, also known as Ultimate Detective, is one of the main protagonists from the Danganronpa series.
== Charactah Account ==
Shuuichi Saihara is a student in Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles and a participant in the Killing School Semester, and he has the title of the Ultimate Detective (Super High School Level Detective). Though he himself claims he doesn't deserve it, as he is only a "detective-in-training".
Shuuichi runs a detective agency with his uncle, where he mostly deals with minor cases. In a conversation with Kaede, Shuichi claimed that the hardest case he ever had was for a missing pet assignment, which was an alligator. He stated it was much harder, than any infidelity case he ever worked on.
By Case 1, Shuuichi tells Kaede how he once caught a murderer who was seeking revenge for his family, and how he regrets it.
== Appearance ==
=== Manga ===
* New Danganronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing Comic Anthology
=== Video Games ===
* Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp
* Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
== Trivia ==
* It's implied that Shuuichi can have romantic feelings for a person regardless of gender.
** Shuuichi is fine with accompanying both female and male characters during the non-canon Love Suite Events, with him only appearing uncomfortable with untrustworthy individuals. Even when he's afraid of Korekiyo, he "[...] won't deny I'm curious.". Despite the fact that he doesn't trust Kokichi, he wishes Kokichi would stay after he suddenly starts to leave (and after Kokichi pushed him against a bed), but he quickly smothers the thought. He also agrees to a romantic relationship with K1-B0 during his Love Suite Event.
** During his Fourth Free Time Event with Kaito, Shuuichi thinks to himself "Kaito is always so honest and approachable. He's willing to help you with anything... Only someone like Kaito could help me. Only someone like him could tell me what I need to hear". He then gets a bit flustered at his own thoughts, and thinks "[...] I shouldn't be talking about another boy like that... ".
* Interestingly, Shuuichi's clothes somewhat resemble that of Kiyotaka Ishimaru's early design.
* Shuuichi's appearance has similarities with the character from Persona 4, Naoto Shirogane. Furthermore, both characters are precocious ‎detectives.
* According to Shuuichi's audition tape, there's never been an execution for an Ultimate Detective which means that an Ultimate Detective has either been a victim or a survivor in the previous killing games before V3 but has never been a culprit.
* In the English localization, Shuuichi is the only protagonist in the Danganronpa franchise who does not use the line "No, that's wrong!" for Counters during class trials (he instead uses the more direct "That's wrong!").
* The official English website mistook Shuuichi's uncle as his grandfather. They later fixed this error.
* Oddly, in the NIS America localization and Steam version of the game, Shuuichi's pixel head icon during the Chapter 1 post-trial verdict is hatless, while it does show his hat in the original Japanese PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita versions.
* Shuuichi's English voice actor, Grant George, also voices Leon Kuwata in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.
* On Shuuichi's birthday in 2017, Kazutaka Kodaka tweeted an "in-character" birthday message to celebrate it.
* In a poll hosted by MyNavi, fans voted Shuuichi the most popular Danganronpa V3 student out of sixteen students in Danganronpa V3.
* Japanese gaming magazine Dengeki from April 27th, 2017 to May 22nd, 2017 held two popularity polls, one that was voted electronically and the other via postcards. Shuuichi was voted the 2nd most popular student in the electronic poll, and 12th through postcards.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Shuichi Saihara at Danganronpa Wiki
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