Suzuhiko Ōtsuki (DRT)

This article is about the character Suzuhiko Ōtsuki from *Danganronpa: Togami*. For other incarnations please see Suzuhiko Ōtsuki

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## Personal Status

### Affiliation

* Hope's Peak Academy (formerly)
* Clan of Assassins

## Debut

### Novel

Danganronpa: Togami

**Suzuhiko Ōtsuki** (大槻 涼彦) is a reoccurring character in the Danganronpa: Togami trilogy, acting as one of the main antagonists. Suzuhiko is the **Former Super High School Level Hitman** and served as the Togami Corporation's hitman in case of emergency, even after he graduated from Hope's Peak Academy. However, when the World Domination Proclamation commenced, Suzuhiko would cut ties with the organization to pursue a contract to kill Byakuya Togami, thus being one of many Hunters to participate in the event.

## History

### Mysterious Origins

Main Article: Minoru Ōe
The man who would come to be known as Suzuhiko Ōtsuki in the future, by Blue Ink was actually a man known as **Minoru Ōe.** Much of Minoru's real life is unknown, as most of the information that had come from Blue Ink had been falsified by the K2K System. It is unknown if he really had anything to do with the Togami Corporation, Blue Ink, or Orvin Elevator.

### Original Incarnation

Main Article: Suzuhiko Ōtsuki (KFS)
Suzuhiko's first incarnation from a meta level would come from the novel *Flicker Style*, the first book in the Kagami Family Saga.

In *Danganronpa: Togami*, the K2K System would use this character to change the identity of Minoru Ōe, in the eyes of Blue Ink.

### Danganronpa: Togami - Volume 2 - Prior Life

Main Article: Suzuhiko Togami
In a fabricated flashback of the Legacy Crown Championship, created by the K2K System, another incarnation of Suzuhiko appears. In this backstory, he appears as a Togami in the race for the heirship. It is unknown how much of this flashback is true or false, if any.

### World Domination Proclamation

Main Article: Moleman
As a result of the World Domination Proclamation effectively making Byakuya Togami the world's enemy, Suzuhiko would eventually take up a contract to go against his former employer. He gleefully reveals such a thing when Byakuya tries to call him to put a hit on the imposter who was impersonating him. During this time, he also revealed he beat members of a Clan of Assassins with a rice cooker and was currently taking the call in private since he was on a 'date' while he was undercover. His "main personality" as he puts it, would go dormant and allow him to trick everyone around him and only come out when needed. He stays as moleman for a majority of *Volume 1* as a false protagonist.

### Volume 1

Having been Moleman - his other personality - as a means of hiding himself until he get's closer to Byakuya, Suzuhiko would appear on Dretsky's Island gleefully revealing he had been in Prague this whole time. Thinking he was elsewhere was just a deception of his *Ambush Technique*. When had awoken, in his groggy state, he had slashed up the entire surroundings as much as he could, killing 2/3 the  Mystr'y Research Society and Hasegawa Research Institute leaders, The Chief and Subordinate Kanai. When he settled, all that were left was Blue Ink (who had woken up after passing out shortly following Suzuhiko waking up), The Club President and his 'date' Satomi Aoba. Suzuhiko mocks the President since he and the Society thought that Suzuhiko was talentless. When asked about Satomi, Suzuhiko remarks that she was likely lying about her 'broken heart', gives the President relief that he didn't forget about her. However, Suzuhiko kills him and declares Satomi is going to die as well. Just before he can kill her, Blue Ink intervenes and they both talk. He has her use Borges to determine his abilities and explain to 'the reader' how he operates. Suzuhiko also is the one to declare how both he and Ink were siblings, as well Ink herself being Byakuya's older sister.

When Byakuya finally reveals himself, Suzuhiko goes to advance, but is interrupted by Despair High School headquarters cuasing a rumbling in the ground before revealing itself. Following Blue Ink's capture and Byakuya going inside the school to save her, Suzuhiko disappears.

### Volume 3

#### Reuniting With Family

Suzuhiko would return to intercept a battle between the WHO/UN against the Kasamori Drug Manufacturers, diving in with a bus full of gunpowder that he rams onto the scene. It explodes, but he gets out just in time to mow down enemies on both sides until the only ones left on the battlefield are Blue Ink and Kazuya Togami, who turned out to still be alive. He wants to reconcile with both, offering to Kazuya that in exchange for Ink he would help find Byakuya. However, both of his younger siblings express dislike towards such ideas (though with Ink its to both of her brothers) with Kazuya prepared to fight up until an incendiary bomb gets lobbed towards the area, setting it on fire. During this chaos, Ink is able to get away from the scene thanks to Hiroyuki Ketōin coming onto the scene and taking her in his car.

With their sister missing, Kazuya decides to reconcile with Suzuhiko over a game of UNO (that Kazuya won). Their plan was to use a transmitter than Kazuya had implanted into Ink's new arm to get her to figure out the location of Byakuya (who had escaped during the battle, alongside the other captured Hope's Peak students). From there, both of them and their UN forces would then go to their location and capture both. However, this plan goes to ruin as Blue Ink appeared back in Prague to Suzuhiko, asking him to be her companion. Delighted, he takes her into a house they were using, kills the guards stationed there and leads her towards a bedroom. Begininng to want Ink herself, he gets close as possible to her, presses his lips on her eyepatch (which she was wearing after losing Borges), and promptly crushes her new hand that held the transmitter and revealed Kazuya's plan.

Assuring Ink that he'll help her, he calls off the hit on Byakuya, right before an explosion could be heard below. Turns out, he had planted a C4 bomb downstairs, one of which he was chewing on throughout the conversation. However, Kazuya and his guards don't get hit by the explosion and storm into the room, demanding Blue Ink. Suzuhiko tries to calm him down, saying he'll help get Byakuya, but Blue Ink was going to elope with him. Kazuya, angered and freaking out over realizing the scene he's witnessing, takes out his lightsaber and prepares to fight (something that gets Suzuhiko to call out that the sword he wields isn't a talent). With a smoke bomb, Suzuhiko takes Ink and leaves, cutting down guards as he drives off in the Skoda car she got from 'K'.

As they drive, Suzuhiko and Ink reflect on what Suzuhiko's end goal is. Suzuhiko states he just wants to look after his family, but notes with Kazuya he can't be too sure if he loves him. He also belives that Despair High's attempt at world domination is unrealistic and childish, before expressing his belief that life has value just from existing. It's during this ride where he expresses the belief in being unable to become anything but a hitman, but notes Ink has more choices since she gave up her talent. He ponders if the two of them can start over, right before the car gets attacked by scissors being flung at it.

They come to a stop and meet Genocide Jack, who wants to protect Byakuya, but lacks knowledge on where he is. Recognizing that she is another killing-type Ultimate, both began to fight. However, given his age, Suzuhiko is being overwhelmed by Genocide Jack. Just before she could defeat him, he's saved by Kazuya, though he tries to play it off as him just playing around. Together, both fight against Genocide Jack and eventually manage to back her into a corner.

#### Suzuhiko's Fate

However, its then that a gunshot rings out and Suzuhiko gets fatally wounded in the chest, causing both of his siblings to be in shock. Following Kazuya killing his murderer, his younger brother begsfor Suzuhiko to stay with them. However, as his life was fading, he refuses to speak (which Blue Ink takes as him not wanting to showcase his weakness even as he dies).

#### K2K System

It's then the unreality of Suzuhiko clears to reveal that he isn't Suzuhiko Ōtsuki: his true name is **Minoru Ōe.** When Minoru finally dies, as payback for what he did to Blue Ink, she refuses to cry or grieve for him.

## Skills & Abilities

### Former Super High School Level Hitman

As a former Hope's Peak Student, Suzuhiko was infamous for being a highly skilled assassin, able to know who his targets were just by a high level of intuition and killing them before he even gets the contract to do so. How he does this is by using his *Ambush Technique*, which involves using his alter to get close to his mark as much as possible before making the switch to kill (decieving all, even 'the reader'). His weapon of choice are knives, something that he is very keen on sticking to, refusing to kill anyone else with any other weapon. His signature is to use his knives to slice his victims in half.

Even after graduating, he was skilled enough to take on trained UN soldiers and other assassins with a deal of ease, having only really struggled when he faced against Genocide Jack, though claimed he was just acting the part of a jobber.

## Appearance

Like a good deal of the *Togami* cast, Suzuhiko lacks artwork and there is little to describe what he looks like. What is known is that he is a man in his late twenties.

## Personality

Similar to Genocide Jack, Suzuhiko is a twisted, violent and insane killer for hire, having no qualms in taking up any contract to murder his marks gleefully. Contrasting Genocide Jack, who only kills 'cute boys', Suzuhiko has no such restraints and will try to cut apart anyone and anything, whether it be for pay or because he just felt like it. Towards anyone he has a playful, condescending and arrogant demeanor, being relatively unserious no matter the situation. He has been described as being self-centered, having no real loyalty towards anyone, which can lead to situations where he has no issues in turning on allies or former clients on a whim. Overall, he's a wild card whose true allegiance will always be towards his own desires. Befitting his talent, Suzuhiko is absolutely ruthless when it comes to killing and doesn't tend to show mercy, with people surviving his assaults either by accident or him being distracted. Suzuhiko is also prone to rambling about his exploits.

During his Championship days, Suzuhiko kept up the same demeanor, but noticeably was quite reclusive, preferring to stay in his room and read. Compared to his other siblings, he had no desire to become the next Togami Corporation heir, but still displayed an affable streak in giving his thoughts and testimony for the killings during said Championship. When it comes to family, while he will kill them if forced to or if he's hired to do so, he detests killing and hurting family for one's own gain. He firmly believes in the idea of the older brother looking after and protecting his siblings, with his two younger siblings (mostly Blue Ink) being mainly the most he tends to care about. However, he seems utterly delusional to just how bad his actions towards them can be and doesn't seem to consider that his actions either aren't reciprocated and are unwanted. Suzuhiko genuinely thinks his relationship with Blue Ink was both normal and with 'love', even when others think the exact opposite. Like his other siblings, Suzuhiko holds incestuous attraction to his siblings, this case being Blue Ink, who he had been abusing since she was young.

Suzuhiko believes that it's okay to be ignorant and to take things at value. Ironically, despite being a hitman, he believes that as long as someone exists they have value just by being alive. The car ride with Blue Ink also reveals that he feels rather trapped by his talent and feels he's only capable of killing people and nothing else. When faced with another killer of similar standing, he's shown an eagerness to take her on and shows amazement that a liberal arts girl could be an infamous serial killer.

### Blue Ink

Suzuhiko is Blue Ink's older brother, yet is someone that she has had a complicated and negative relationship since she was a little kid, though Suzuhiko would think otherwise. Suzuhiko was forced to take her along on his first job, the Kuchinashi Village Fire incident, and had to witness her brother massacre an entire village, save for the child that she would rescue - Kazuya. In addition to that, Suzuhiko had been sexually abusing her and pressuring her into incestuous relations, which would only end briefly when during a 'petty incident' Suzuhiko had to be kicked out of the house (which was implied they got caught during the act). During the Championship, said relations would spring back up again, as Yoru would insult both during a conversation with Kazuya on the eighth day after hearing both going at it.

It's heavily implied because of this abuse and destructive tendencies that Blue Ink had resolved to never let anything truly affect her again, thus closing herself off emotionally. She largely wanted nothing to do with Suzuhiko after he disappeared following the Championship's end. When Byakuya tried to contact Suzuhiko for his services during the Proclamation, Blue Ink started to cry from hearing his name and upon meeting him again on Dretsky's Island, she held both fear and anxiety, on-top of crying right in front of him. Their second reunion at the train convoy had Blue Ink state to both her brothers how they were both cutoff from the Togami family, and desired to not be with either. Throughout the event, Blue Ink's thoughts towards Suzuhiko highlight her brother's self-centured nature, arrogance and uncaring attitude towards life. Even when she joins forces with Suzuhiko to help save Byakuya, she rejects his desires (instead opting to bargain) and during the car ride, flat out says he shouldn't try so hard in his attempts to court her. After Suzuhiko is fatally wounded, she resolves herself to not cry for her deceased brother as her own form of revenge against him.

On Suzuhiko's end, he has a playful, if mocking at times, attitude towards her and is open about his desire for her since he genuinely seems to believe what they have is 'love' and by the end, desired to elope with her. Despite his violent and deranged personality, Blue Ink is really the only person that he goes out of his way to try to protect and not intentionally harm (with the only two exceptions being as a result of a lack of a control from his personality switching or to destroy a tracker). This side seems to come from his own belief on keeping his family safe. However, similar to Kazuya, he also considers Blue Ink to be like Cinderella - a princess to win. Ultimately, while he was supportive of his sister putting her talent behind her (therefore being free to take up whatever path she wanted) and was more willing to take in some of her opinions then most, he never quite registered her own desires (mainly she never wanted to be something to be fought over).

However, it has been shown that Blue Ink still has some sort of familial connection with him. When she was reunited with him during the Proclamation, Blue Ink noted there was more than sense of nostalgia she felt in addition to fear and anxiety. Suzuhiko was the one Blue Ink decided to try and form an alliance with, and was at least able to have some sort of civil conversation with him concerning their enemies and Suzuhiko's feelings towards their family. As Suzuhiko was dying, Blue Ink was left in disbelief and a deal of grief that her brother was about to die. It's also beem implied that there is a possibility that the relations Blue Ink got into with Suzuhiko weren't entirely unconsensual, with Kazuya noting there was some silent confirmation back during the Championship on her part. However, given the circumstances, its also possbile she could be indicating that as a means of not facing against Suzuhiko's unpredictable and violent ways. It's unknown whether or not Blue Ink is the legitimate sister of Minoru Ōe.

### Kazuya Togami

Kazuya utterly despises Suzuhiko, with the hitman being someone he openly talked back against even as a meek 13 year old. This animosity is partially due to Suzuhiko's slaughter of Kazuya's entire village, and Suzuhiko's own relations with Blue Ink. When he finally gains enough confidence in himself, during his confession and 'loving' of Blue Ink, Kazuya reveals he's going to try to kill Suzuhiko in order to 'save' Blue Ink and Ink could be together with him instead. A desire that persists even during the World Domination Proclamation when they meet again. Both times when Kazuya is faced with the reality that Suzuhiko and Ink's relationship might not be entirely one-sided, Kazuya freaks out since both are blood-related and Kazuya wants Ink to himself.

In turn Suzuhiko, keeps a playful demeanor towards Kazuya, joking around and not quite taking him seriously as a threat due to his skills as a hitman. Nevertheless, while he doesn't like killing family members, Suzuhiko is more than willing to fight against Kazuya and even try to kill him, such as their meeting in a Prague house where tries to blow up Kazuya with a C4 explosive. In truth, Suzuhiko notes he's usually on the fence on Kazuya, not really sure if he could love him. Despite such a tense filled relationship, both are willing to put their differences aside if it means saving their sister, such as when Kazuya urges Suzuhiko to carry out Ink from the castle fire. This also extends to fighting together, Kazuya has also shown gratitude for Suzuhiko saving from Jirō (while also calling Suzuhiko 'big bro' for the first time), and even saved Suzuhiko from being defeated by Genocide Jack. When Suzuhiko was fatally wounded, Kazuya started crying and begging for Suzuhiko to stay with them, and brutally killed the one who did it. Thus, it can be said that, while Kazuya does hate Suzuhiko for his actions, a part of him did genuinely love his older brother.

### Byakuya Togami

Despite being the current heir to the Togami Corporation, thus making Byakuya his employer, Suzuhiko had no problems in betraying said employer to take on a hit against Byakuya, who tried to hire him to kill the Imposter. He shows no respect to the affluent progeny and in turn, Byakuya gives no respect as well. Even when confronted, Byakuya shows no fear against Suzuhiko and even walked towards him, prepared to confront the hitman prior to Despair High School's interference.

**Others**

### Satomi Aoba

While Moleman may have liked Satomi and considered her a true friend, Suzuhiko was the opposite and had no care for the idol. He only vaguely remmebered her from Moleman's fleeting memories and would have killed her if not for being distracted by Blue Ink.

### Genocide Jack

As a fellow killing-type Ultimate, he was excited to sees Jack and gleefully was amazed by her weapon of choice and that such a liberal arts girl could be such a serial killer. He gladly did battle with her, but upon nearly being defeated, had no qualms in getting help from Kazuya to push her back and nearly kill her.

### Tsurugi Hitomoshi

Suzuhiko knew Tsurugi and his career as a fellow hitman. Suzuhiko also mocked his choice of having his weapons be his fingers for how gimmicky it was.

## Trivia

* Suzuhiko is among the many members of the *Togami* and *Danganronpa* casts to be incestuous given his abuse of his own sister.
* Among the Kagami Family Saga crossover cast, Suzuhiko is the last to be killed.
* Of the three point of view main characters, Suzuhiko is the only one to die.
* Suzuhiko has multiple similarities to Toko Fukawa, essentially being the inverse of her. Toko is a girl is a cynical writer whose alternate personality is that of a serial killer: Genocide Jack. Suzuhiko is a hitman whose alternate personality is that of a cynical aspiring writer: Moleman.