Kyu Sagurada

**Kyu Sagurada** (探来田 究, *Sagurada Kyū*) is the protagonist of Super Smartphone. After acquiring a superphone, he uses it to solve mysteries to eventually uncover the truth about his brother's disappearance.

## Appearance

Kyu is a teenage boy with purple hair and purple eyes. His hair is short and styled forward with bangs of hair curving the side of his head to his cheeks, and one bang down the middle reaching his eyes. The top of his head has two stands of hair combed down. His face has a beauty spot under each eye.

## Personality

Kyu is a very intelligent person, as a result a lot of the time he feels quite bored and unmotivated as there is nothing challenging for him. As a result, he makes self imposed challenges to push himself. He used to be a lot more lively as a child, but ever since Shu Sagurada went missing he'd become more unmotivated. Kyu is simulated by finding out new information and difficult tasks to do. which had led him to use Kimi to solve crimes. Due to his brother's disappearance, Kyu is sensitive to the topic of missing children which leads him to become very serious.

## History

Kyu was a child was fascinated with science and learning, this was due to his parents being college professors. By the age of 8, Kyu, Shu and Yuika Nomaru were very close and often played together, with Kyu being very close to his brother as he was respected. After Shu wondered off to go to a public toilet during a game of hide and seek, he never returned with Kyu being the last one with him. They searched for him but he was never found. After this event Kyu rejected his passion for science and learning as he thought it could reveal the truth to everything, but in actuality it couldn't help him find one child - his brother.

## Plot

Kyu is first seen in school looking proud of his test scores, despite them all barely being passes. Yuika then scolds him for not taking the test seriously, explaining how he was just playing a game and trying to get as close to 60 marks as possible. Kyu says how he does it to make the tests more interesting with more added tension and puzzle solving. However, trying to do this is very tiring so he is sleepy. They both overhear classmates talking about a child going missing, reminding them both of Shu.

At home, Kyu ponders about the missing child before hearing the buzzing of a phone. He goes into his bag to find what he believes to be a toy smartphone. The phone greets Kyu with his name on screen and he assumes someone left it as a present for him. The phone begins to talk to him and he assumes it's Yuika's doing. The phone explains how it's a super smartphone, able to search anything in the world, and Kyu decides to test it. He first asks for proof of America making contact with aliens, but once he gets the answers he says he can't check the validity. He then searches for his own journal entry from a few days ago and is shocked to see them brought up. He verifies them but suspects someone could have broken into his room. He then asks for it to find his dropped money, but the phone says it can't do that. He then searches for all the dropped money in the area and sees a map of it which convinces him that the phone is legit. He checks all the areas on the map and finds the money before declaring how the phone is amazing. He then takes time talking with the phone to find out how it works and all it's features.

## Abilities

Kyu was considered to be a child prodigy when it came to his intellect. However. nowadays he squanders his talent and never pushes his mind to the full extent. After acquiring his Superphone, Kyu began to show his true genius. He is very logical and impartial.

* **Superphone:** Kyu is the owner of a superphone, a sentient artificial intelligence that resides in a phone which can search up anything in the world. His particular superphone he named "Kimi" and it speaks in a deep male voice.

## Trivia

* Kyu's birthstone is a Black Coral.
	+ Therefore his gem phrase is "冷静な機知", meaning cool-headed smarts.
* Kyu's favourite food is Oden, because it can go with everything and he want's to find the best food that goes with it.

## Navigation

1. ↑ Super Smartphone Twitter comic for Chapter 3
2. ↑ Super Smartphone Twitter comic for Chapter 4