Sumio Kodai

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|-|The Silver Case= 
|-|Flower, Sun and Rain (Sumio Mondo)= 
|-|The 25th Ward= 
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==Summary==
Seemingly just a talented, young member of the Heinous Crimes Unit, Sumio Kodai is actually an undercover member of the Mikumo Boys, a trio of people who survived horrible experiences in the town of Mikumo 77, which had its waters corrupted by a corporation known as the Yukimura Group. Those waters led Mikumo's inhabitants to insanity, and a young Sumio, alongside his friends, was attacked, maimed and deafened by an angry mob who sought revenge against Yukimura's young daughter, whom he had unsuccessfully tried to protect. The Mikumo Boys succeed in gaining revenge against the Yukimura Group by forcing President Yukimura to kill himself and his board members with an explosion. As the only survivor of the Mikumo Boys, Sumio destroys the now abandoned Mikumo 77 with a bomb to remove any traces of his old trauma, and is then arrested and imprisoned.
In Flower, Sun and Rain, the protagonist is Sumio Mondo, a man who calls himself a "Searcher" who finds lost objects with the help of his trusty briefcase computer Catherine, which is able to "unlock" anything with the right code. Tasked with finding and defusing a bomb set in the airport of the beautiful island of Lospass, Sumio eventually learns of a conspiracy that spans way beyond what he could ever expect, and to solve it he ultimately has come to terms with his true identity: He is Sumio Kodai, who after escaping jail through unknown means, seemingly sought to escape his sins and past as well by attempting to seal them away with the persona of Sumio Mondo, which he is forced to discard.
In The 25th Ward, Sumio Kodai returns to Tokyo upon the request of Shinko Kuroyanagi, who asks him to hunt down Kosuke Kurumizawa, a being who lives outside of reality and the comprehension of normal people, but that Sumio is somehow attuned to.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , with handgun, with Preparation | | , with handgun
Key: Sumio Kodai | Sumio Mondo | Sumio Kodai (The 25th Ward)
Name: Sumio Kodai, Sumio Mondo for the persona he assumed for the events Flower, Sun and Rain
Origin: The Silver Case
Gender: Male
Age: 26 | 28 | 31
Classification: Human
Powers and Abilities: <tabber>
|-|The Silver Case=
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Weapon Mastery and Martial Arts (Sumio is part of the Heinous Crimes Unit, an elite police force meant to deal with the most dangerous criminals in Tokyo), Unconventional Mind Manipulation (Could easily read through Sakura Natsume's intentions while leaving her completely oblivious to his own without really even tryingThe Silver Case, Case #4.5 "Face", 1999, Chapter 1, with Sakura being a promising investigator herself that would then go on to be recruited in the HCU. Can hide his deafness with near perfectionThe Silver Case, 1999, Report *3), Enhanced Senses (Realized with his sense of smell that a man had been in Ayame's room, then determined he was still in itThe Silver Case, 1999, Case 1), minor Breaking the Fourth Wall (Told Akira to use the CONTROL commandThe Silver Case, 1999, Case 3), Preparation and Explosion Manipulation (Carefully planned the entirety of his terrorist attack to kill the past alongside the rest of the Mikumo Boys, eventually blowing up the remains of Mikumo city), Limited Extrasensory Perception and Precognition (There are many examples of normal people in Suda51's games being capable of instinctually sensing or perceiving things they could otherwise not know, with some examples being shown by entire groups or populations of people. Sumio Mondo sensed the presence of legendary wrestler Mr. Pirate from outside his room), Resistance to Unconventional Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Madness Manipulation, Morality Manipulation, Fear Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement and Death Manipulation (Was exposed to an avatar of Ayame, a being perfectly identical to Kamui, without any evident side effects, outside of his pre-existing mental instability)
|-|Flower, Sun & Rain=
All previous physical abilities, Immortality (Type 8. Sumio has 16 "stock bodies", with a different one being active in every playable chapter of Flower, Sun and Rain. These stock bodies shared their memories of their exploits without even realizing the existence of the other bodies, with the exception of Sundance Shot, who seems to be be independentFlower, Sun & Rain, 2001, Request 18), Hacking, Technology Manipulation (Can use Catherine to unlock gatesFlower, Sun & Rain, 2001, Request 0 or hack into computers), Purification (Managed to exorcise a ghost that two mediums could do nothing aboutFlower, Sun & Rain, 2001, Request 1), Likely Weapon Mastery, Martial Arts, and Genius Intelligence (It is unknown how much of Sumio Kodai's skill Mondo retains, but he is at least able to lip-read just as well as before), Memory Manipulation (Used Catherine to bring back a wrestler's fighting spirit through memories of an old fightFlower, Sun & Rain, 2001, Request 3), Fourth Wall Awareness (Breaks the fourth wall on numerous occasions), Magic, Spatial Manipulation, Time Manipulation, Reality Warping (Catherine contains a Silver Eye which is said to be magical in nature and lets it warp space-time2001 Famitsu Interview), Density Manipulation (Despite being roughly 50 kg heavy, Catherine feels light in Sumio's hands)
|-|The 25th Ward=
All of Sumio Kodai's abilities, Enhanced Extrasensory Perception (Able to sense Kurumizawa's presence)</tabber>
Attack Potency: Wall level (Should be at least comparable to his Sumio Mondo persona, as it is the same body. As an HCU agent, he should be more than superior to grunts who can survive hits of this level), Small City level+ with Preparation (The Mikumo Boys caused an explosion of this size), Street level with handgun | Wall level (Kicked a bag towards a plane) | Wall level (As strong as before), Street level with handgun
Speed: Athletic Human with Subsonic Reactions (As a member of the HCU, he should be comparable to Tetsugoro Kusabi), Supersonic attack speed with handgun | Athletic Human (Stated to be quite quick on his feet) with Subsonic Reactions | Athletic Human with Subsonic Reactions, Supersonic attack speed with handgun
Lifting Strength: Athletic Human | Athletic Human (Slightly lifted a man off the ground with one handFlower, Sun & Rain, 2001, Request 6) | Athletic Human
Striking Strength: Wall level | Wall level | Wall level
Durability: Wall level | Wall level, City Block level for Catherine (Survived an explosion large enough to destroy a mall without a scratch) | Wall level
Stamina: Peak Human (Was part of a stakeout that lasted eight and a half days, though with short breaks)
Range: Standard Melee Range; Hundreds of Meters with handgun | Standard Melee Range | Standard Melee Range; Hundreds of Meters with handgun
Standard Equipment:
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|-|The Silver Case=
A SIG SAVER P229 pistol (Modeled after a Sig Sauer p229)
|-|Flower, Sun and Rain=
Catherine
|-|The 25th Ward=
A SIG SAVER P229 pistol
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Intelligence: Genius (Despite being deaf, Sumio managed to become part of the Heinous Crimes Unit, hiding his disability though lip-reading and technology so well that none of his colleagues, all of them expert detectives, realized its existence. Based on a hunch, went to investigate a specific location and ends up getting it right, despite being told that the odds of this hunch being correct were less than 2%. Correctly guessed that Ayame was seeing Kamui with basically no evidence thanks to a hunch. He can lip-read even people who're partially facing away from him. Could easily read through Sakura Natsume's intentions while leaving her completely oblivious to his own without really even trying, with Sakura being a promising investigator herself that would then go on to be recruited in the HCU. He also correctly guessed, all from his prison cell, that the killer Sakura was after was a Shelter Kid, and was killing women that he thought might also be, and also guessed Sakura was a Shelter Kid too, this all implying he figured out the whole Shelter Kid conspiracy by himself with limited information, which is something that the rest of the HCU, some of the most brilliant detective minds in Tokyo, couldn't, at least not until Case 5, where they got more informationThe Silver Case, Case #4.5 "Face", 1999, Epilogue. Escaped prison through unknown means. In his Sumio Mondo persona, he was able to solve dozens of complex puzzles and uncover a conspiracy hidden by ELBOW, the "Summit of the Advanced Nations" of his world, comprised of top-secret organizations across the world, and understood that Tokio was a writer just by seeing the pen indents on his handsFlower, Sun & Rain, 2001, Request 17. Even before the events of FSR he had a spotless track record as a searcher)
Weaknesses: Sumio is deaf, although he compensates for it extremely well. Possibly delusional after the first game, moreso by the third. Catherine requires a number code to work, with the number being something related to the target.
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