Shota Tsurumaki

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## Shota Tsurumaki

* Normal
* Catharsis

## Character Information

* Redo
* Reality

### Relatives

Unnamed Father
Unnamed Ex-Fiancée

## Media

### Voice Actor

Kent Ito

A third year senior high school student from Tatefushi Academy. A stubborn and straight-laced discipline committee member who values the rules above all else. Although he has a strong sense of responsibility and a just personality, he can be unreliable and blindly follow others, avoiding making the final decision himself such as by proposing a majority vote.

## Appearance

Shota is a tall, well-built young man with well-kept hair and a tidy school uniform.

During his Catharsis Effect, holly flowers bloom from his chest, while black chains with a gold lock wrap around his abdomen and arms. Additionally, a black blindfold completely covers his eyes and obscures his vision.

## Personality

Shota is a stickler for the rules, and considers even the most minor violations a grave threat to the Academy's order of conduct. He is often found verbally harassing his peers — especially Kiriko — over their offenses. Despite his strict adherence to guidelines and regulations, he is plagued with indecision. Even when the Protagonist asks him simple questions over WIRE, he has immense difficulty answering them.

Despite his assertive and stern behavior, he is also incredibly empathetic — especially towards characters such as Kranke. As classmates, Shota noticed her frequent absences, and would show concern for her well-being.

## History

*"Also... the Hidden? Couldn't that be something even you don't want to know?"***The following content contains spoilers.** Please proceed at your own risk.
Shota was a rising star in the police force. His life was going amazing, he was engaged to be married, his job was going well, but he now believes he had one fatal flaw. He was incredibly impulsive and wild in his younger days. And because of that, it all changed one day.

A suspect had a child hostage. Shota was the only officer on the scene at the time, and he didn't have time to waste. He made the decision to shoot at the suspect's feet, just to scare him. The bullet ricocheted into the suspect's skull, killing him instantly. The trauma made Shota withdraw from everyone in his life, including his fiancée, who was a lawyer. Their relationship was already tough because of their conflicting jobs, but staying with him would have been career suicide, and she left him.

Eventually, he ended up fired and he no longer trusted in his own sense of justice, believing that it had gone awry, and that now he must obey every single rule laid out for him because in his mind, his judgement cannot be trusted.

He ended up in Redo, and became the head of the disciplinary committee. As a massive stickler for the rules, he excelled in this position. He eventually joined the second-generation Go-Home Club after awakening to his Catharsis Effect in Pandora's garden.

In his character episodes, he eventually reveals his trauma to the protagonist and finally realizes that some impulsiveness can be a good thing, and there was no guarantee that things wouldn't have turned out worse if he hadn't taken that shot.

## Profile

"Cellular devices are strictly prohibited during school hours."

The strict, rule-abiding chairman of the disciplinary committee. Though selfless, dutiful, and impartial, he is incapable of making decisions on his own, and will defer to others whenever possible--often in the form of a majority vote.

*"Also... the Hidden? Couldn't that be something even you don't want to know?"***The following content contains spoilers.** Please proceed at your own risk.
"Maybe every choice I've ever made was a mistake..."

An ex-cop who misfired on a suspect, forfeiting all he had worked for with a single bullet. He came to blame his actions on his sense of justice going astray, losing all confidence in his ability to tell right from wrong.

## Catharsis Effect

Shota's flower is the holly. According to Takuya Yamanaka, the holly in Japanese flower language stands for "watchfulness" (用心深さ), "welcome" (歓迎), and "I'll protect you" (あなたを護る).

## Gallery

Shota's sprite sheet.Shota's WIRE icon.Official Twitter icon featuring Shota.Promotional material for *The Caligula Effect 2,* featuring Shota mid-Catharsis Effect.Promotional material featuring information about Shota.Official cafe collaboration for *The Caligula Effect 2,* featuring a drink inspired by Shota "Shota's Indecisive Hot Black Coffee".Official concept artwork for Shota's attack animations.Official concept artwork for Shota's attack animations.Official artwork by Historia counting down 6 days until the release of *The Caligula Effect 2.*
## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/pug\_maniac/status/1474032052768935938