Doumu Okitegawa

Doumu Okitegawa (, Okitegawa Dōmu) is a character featured in Lost Judgment. He is a second-year student at Seiryo High School and president of its Robotics Club.
==Profile==
===Appearance===
Okitegawa has a medium build and a prim-and-proper appearance, with straight chin-length hair parted down the middle. After putting in hours of extra work, he has a more exhausted appearance, with bags under his eyes, scraggly hair, and a small stubble.
===Attire===
Okitegawa wears the standard male Seiryo High uniform.
===Personality===
Okitegawa is somewhat stubborn and feels himself to be superior to his peers, rarely listening to their opinions and shutting down their ideas. He has perfectionistic tendencies and strives to be as efficient as possible, only choosing "the optimal solution" to a problem and subsisting on energy drinks and packaged foods. After some guidance, he gradually begins to loosen up and engage in proper discussions, taking account of the needs and opinions of others.
==Background==
Okitegawa was a member of the robotics club in the high school he was originally in, consistently scoring top scores in robot competitions. He entered a robot competition and his team reached the finals, however, he was forced to back out due to his father divorcing his mother. This led to him needing to change schools. 
As his father Zenichiro is the CEO of the IT enterprise CyberComplex, Inc. and has a tremendous amount of wealth, Okitegawa took funding from him, but lied about its source because his parents' selfishness led to him dropping out of the competition, and he wanted to be independent from them.
He transferred to Seiryo High in the second trimester from Tokyo, and joined the Seiryo Robotics Club in hopes of winning the RE Robo Rally. When the president retired, Okitegawa was appointed the new president and was given the key to the club's locked cabinet, being told "Ideas are the seeds of value." Okitegawa massively improved the club by alleviating the lack of funding with his father's money and increasing efficiency with his management skills. He ordered custom parts in bulk from a factory that closed down.
==Involvement==
===Lost Judgment: 2021===
Okitegawa is informed by Yuzo Okuda of the Mystery Research Club's Takayuki Yagami becoming the club's outside counsellor, and he suspects it is related to several recent thefts committed by a robot. Figuring his investigation would only benefit them, he keeps his silence. At first, he asks Yagami to not get in their way, but after the guest operator Mizuaki is unable to arrive, Okitegawa tasks Yagami with being their operator. After advancing to the main tournament, Okitegawa states his goal is to make the Seiryo Robotics Club win the entire tournament.
Okitegawa tells everyone to focus on weapons development, but the members are displeased that he was the only one to talk in their "discussion." Yagami gets the other members to talk, causing Okitegawa to see the value in others' opinions. Akuta later makes some accusatory remarks to the club for potentially making the blueprints to the thieving robot, which Okitegawa denies. He thanks Yagami when he gets her to leave and the others unite in Okitegawa's cause to win the tournament after Akuta dismisses robots as toys.
After winning the first round of the tournament, Okitegawa analyzes the strategies of the reigning champions, Touto college. Due to them using different robot configurations and strategies each match, their strategy against Seiryo High is unknown, but Okitegawa narrows it down to two strategies: total offense and total defense. He suggests developing two machines at once as it is theoretically possible if everyone optimizes their workflow. He brings everyone Staminan while they work long hours, but Yagami treats them to ramen instead. Okitegawa continues staying long after school to ensure development goes smoothly, which makes him look worn out in the process.
Okitegawa tackles each members' extra workloads by himself, and when a parts delivery is delayed, he remains determined to stick to his plan, working through several nights if he needs to. He reprimands Tetsuro Kurumazaki for working on a different design, which causes Kurumazaki to lash out. Yagami informs the other Kurumazaki intends to quit, and Okitegawa tries to task Shion Takamori with Kurumazaki's work, but Itokura leaves after having had enough of his approach, and the others follow suit. Akuta then tells him she is putting the club on temporary hiatus and asks him to resign after enough information surfaces to arouse suspicion on him for the thieving robot.
Yagami and Okitegawa have a chat, where he tells him how he has funding and asks how he should proceed. Yagami states he should personally apologize to the other members. Okitegawa begins with Kurumazaki, and asks for more information on his robot. Kurumazaki states he was designing a transforming robot to accommodate plans against both of Touto College's potential plans, which Okitegawa notes uses a loophole in the tournament ruleset as it does not forbit transforming robots. Okitegawa pleads for Kurumazaki to return, which he accepts.
Okitegawa apologizes to Takamori and Itokura on his own and tells them the truth about his history, and they accept his apology and return to the club. With Yagami, they all go to Akuta to have her reconsider disbanding the club, telling her his background in the process. He grovels when she declines, and she is then pressured to accept allowing the Robotics Club to continue. Later, Okitegawa gives Yagami the key to the club's locked cabinet as a token of his trust, telling him of his suspicions that Yagami joined to investigate them.
Okitegawa learns that Kurumazaki is responsible for the thieving robot design as a result of his dictatorial management. He agrees not to turn Kuruzumazaki in and has the robot dismantled to avoid suspicion. Taking Kuzumazaki's advice to heart, they design a robot chassis with a removable armor system that can choose between defense or attack and using that robot to win the tournament. He watches the scrimmage and learns their opponents will use the total offense strategy. After they win their match, Okitegawa thanks his teammates in his victory speech.
Okitegawa assists Yagami in his search for Itokura, determined to help a fellow clubmate. They reassemble Kurumazaki thief-bot and build a stun function for the robots to incapacitate any potential threats. He leads the members to Hyakkei alley, and they are able to disarm Matsuhisa Koga and stun many Neo Keihin Gang members. After Itokura is brought back, Okitegawa says that if she resigns to atone for being the Professor, the club will be weaker and lonely without her. Other students convincing her to stay makes her reconsider.
==See also==
*Robotics Club
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Lost Judgment Characters
Category:Seiryo High School