Victims Catharsis Committee

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## Victims Catharsis Committee

### Novel

*Danganronpa Kirigiri* Volume 1

**The Victims Catharsis Committee** (**犯罪被害者救済委員会** *Hanzai higaisha kyūsai iinkai*) is a non-profit organization that serves as the main antagonist during the events of Danganronpa Kirigiri. They are a secret criminal organization that influences those who have had their lives ruined by crime into taking up a Duel Noir in order to gain 'catharsis' against their wrongdoers. The Victims Catharsis Committee was founded by their Chairman, Mikado Shinsen.

## Description

After his fallout with Fuhito Kirigiri, and the erasure of his identity in the Detective Library, Mikado would go on to establish the Victims Catharsis Committee as an organization that meant to bring about fair play to their 'Victims' via their Duel Noir killing game. This involves the 'Victim' of the Duel Noir staking their life trying to kill their Target and avoid their assigned Detective for 168 hours. Success will grant them the money used in the Duel Noir, as well as being able to star a new identity somewhere else. Failure will mean they have to pay the Committee back, and if they don't have the money, they will be executed and have the payment come from life insurance plans in the Victims name.

To help with his endeavor, Mikado recruited Gekka Ryūzōji and Johnny Arp into his organization as fellow Executives. Gekka, who joined because he sensed Mikado was a man of honesty and the organization can bring 'catharsis' to people, helped in the planning of various Duel Noirs and tricks used in them. Johnny, who joined for excitement, was to act as an assassin, killing anyone that broke the rules of the Duel Noir.

Beyond those two, his influence gathered him numerous of wealthy backers that help fund such events in exchange for being allowed to purchase and view them in a Closed Circuit. The Committee also has workers in various parts of organizations (such as the police or the creation of a legitimate non-profit organization as a dummy lead) allowing them to go about their business unopposed or able to scout potential people to take up Duel Noirs, with one such talent scout being Tōkichirō Endō.

Ultimately, the Victims Catharsis Committee has been crafted so that, even if all three Executives were no longer in charge, they would still be able to manufacture the Duel Noirs in their superiors absence. To even prove such is the case, Mikado was willing to kill himself just to show that the Final Duel Noir will commence nonetheless.

While the Committee's actions seem to suggest they are merely hosting the Duel Noirs in order to gain wealth from their Sponsors who would purchase them, ultimately its a notion that has been disproved by the Executives as just being a means to an end. The Committee's main goal, something only Mikado would have known for real, is that it was meant to find and build up the **Apex Detective**. This Apex Detective would be the one help deliver *catharsis* to the world in the wake of an eventual **Tragedy**. Ultimately, he finds that potential in Kyoko Kirigiri and endeavored to nurture her potential to be the world's savior through his Committee, with the Final Duel Noir by the climax of this plan.

In the end, following the aftermath of the Final Duel Noir, Kyoko joined a group of several survivors of the prior Duel Noirs (Salvador Fukuro Yadorigi, Nazuna Tōakitsu and Tsukiyo Nada) that was centered around the apprehension of the Committee's remnants and any corrupt detectives out there. Their endeavor was widely successful that by the time Kyoko Kirigiri had enrolled into Hope's Peak Academy as the Ultimate Detective, many of the 'fallen' had been imprisoned, effectively dismantling the organization for good.

## Members

### Heads

**Gekka Ryūzōji**

**Mikado Shinsen**
 **Johnny Arp** | 000

### Scouts

**Tōkichirō Endō**
 **Duel Noir Scouts** | 1st-11th\* | Unknown

## Name

There is no official localization for the Victims Catharsis Committee, however there are a multitude of possible translations of the name, **犯罪被害者救済委員会** (*Hanzai higaisha kyūsai iinkai*). "Hanzai higaisha 犯罪被害者" Can translate to literally Crime Victim, or Victim of a Crime. "Kyūsai 救済" can mean a variety of different meanings, such as Salvation, Catharsis, Aid, Deliverance or Redemption, as "Kyūsai" also has a certain spiritual connotation to in regards to religions such as Buddhism and Christianity. "Iinkai 委員会" can mean Committee, or Board. It would all be correct to translate the name to the "Salvation for the Victims of Crime Board", "Crime Victims Redemption Committee", or something even as simple as the "Victims Catharsis Committee".

The name may also be a direct parody of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations "Victims Support Committee" (**犯罪被害者支援委員会** *Hanzai higaisha shien iinkai*). The play on words between "Kyūsai" and "Shien" both able to mean to "Aid", allows for the direct comparison between the real life organization, and the VCC of Danganronpa.

## See Also

* The Clan of Assassins. An organization that has been contracted by the Committee.
* The Detective Library. An organization of detectives.