Miss Mastermind

Mizuki cropped headshot art by Frosty

Chiyu Komatsu [close friend] (alive)

Yujiro Ohmae [close friend] (deceased)

Mademoiselle [warhorse] (alive)

'Etsurou' (seeing eye corgi) (alive)

*"Anyways, I'm the Mastermind. The Junko Enoshima if you will. Except you're never going to find me wearing a skirt so short that my ass cheeks are hanging out. I wear pants, like a normal fucking person."*

- Miss Mastermind introducing herself to the cast.

**Miss Mastermind** is the mastermind and host of the Cirque Du Simulation Killing Game. The killing game is not tied to a real Danganronpa game, however, it is featured on Quotev (@nezumicastle) and therefore, hosted online. Her title is the Ultimate Samurai. Her real name is **Mizuki Hojo (北条美月).**

## History

### Early History

Mizuki grew up in a small, unnamed village in rural Japan that had little connection to the rest of society. Here, traditional values such as local lords and samurai were still widely practiced. However, the village is more based off of traditional towns, rather than adhering strictly to how life was during that time.

Mizuki was born from a female samurai who wanted a successor to protect her lord's land. Mizuki was raised in a harsh manner to train her to be a warrior, but she received lots of love from local townspeople.

### Primary Events

When Mizuki was fifteen, she moved to the big city to attend Hope's Peak Academy, where she lived on campus. While it was initially difficult for her to get used to this lifestyle, she eventually adjusted well. At some point during this time, she made friends with Etsurou Takenaka, Chiyu Komatsu, Yujiro Ohmae, and a couple of other people. Around this time she also began to go prematurely blind, and her sight continued to worsen over the years.

Once The Tragedy hit, Mizuki joined Future Foundation. There, she worked as an officer primarily tasked with the retrieval of despairs. While her intention was always to bring them back to Future Foundation safely where they could receive treatment, during Chapter One, she mentions to Koiwa Imyo that she killed three people, all remnants of despair. One had been about to kill his daughter and two others at a separate time had been about to kill her. Mizuki climbed the ranks of Future Foundation relatively quickly, eventually having high access and several subordinates underneath her.

Sometime during the Tragedy, Yujiro Ohmae fell into despair. Mizuki was unable to locate him. She later found out that he had been trapped in the Sister Location killing game and killed. She still blames herself for her inability to locate him and stop the game.

## Talent

As a modern day samurai, Mizuki is incredibly skilled in martial arts, especially with the use of the katana. Additionally, she is skilled with the wakizashi, archery, horsemanship, wilderness navigation, and survival tactics. She also seems to rather enjoy calligraphy.

## Before the Killing Game

Shortly before the game, Mizuki rescued the remnant Haru Akatsuki. He was placed into the NEO World Program and cured of his despair. Afterwards, he was sent with two of Mizuki's subordinates, Michiko Honda and Fuyuki Tazuna, by train to Mizuki's hometown for safety. Hojo Manor itself had taken on a number of refugees, due to it's countryside location being relatively safe and removed from The Despair. Mizuki mentions at several points during the game that at the time of the game's start, there were around thirty five people living in Hojo Manor.

Little did Mizuki know, Souji Rokuda had been plotting a killing game to feature the remnants that had killed his family, one of which was Haru Akatsuki. Now that Haru was essentially safe and untouchable, Souji was unable to feature all of the remnants he wished to. Angry at Mizuki for unwittingly ruining his plans, he decided that she would become the mastermind for his killing game.

Souji managed to purchase a great deal of bombs with the inheritance his parents had left him. Once he had followed Haru to Hojo Manor, he snuck in as a fake refugee, planting bombs all over the manor. He then approached Mizuki, providing her with proof of this, and told her that if she did not organize his killing game and become the mastermind/host, he would blow up the refugees. She complied.

To prepare for this, Mizuki stole sixteen NEO World Program pods from Future Foundation that an unnamed ex-employee had programmed to cut off the oxygen to the pods if someone dies in the program. The only exception was Souji's pod; if he died in the game he would wake up in the real world. She transfers to an abandoned lab at an undisclosed location around half an hour away by car from Future Foundation headquarters. In the transport, one of the pods was slightly damaged. She assigned this pod to Koiwa Imyo, because she would care the least if his pod failed halfway through the game, killing him. However, this did not happen, and she was able to use the pod's broken state during chapter five to get him out of dying in the real world. After she had prepared the pods, she went around the despair, kidnapping the remnants one by one.

Most of the details of the killing game were left up to Mizuki, although she did have to run them by Souji. For example, she chose the circus setting and wrote all of the motives. This is why several of the less harsh motives seem more designed to help the participants rather than hinder them.

One of Mizuki's most important additions, though, was the introduction of the Yujiro Ohmae AI. Because of Haru's inability to participate in the game, it was left with fifteen participants, and Souji told Mizuki that she had to find a sixteenth participant. Mizuki decided that she did not want to put a real person in danger, so she stole the Yujiro Ohmae AI designed by Tessio Petrocchi. Additionally, she hoped that Yujiro's soothing, big-brotherly nature would help the students.

Right before the game's beginning, Mizuki slipped a small recording device into Kiichirou Kuromiya's real life pocket. This was because she had identified him as one of the most likely survivors and hoped he would use this recorder to secure a confession out of Souji once the simulation was over. While it is not confirmed, it is likely that Mizuki put recording devices into a couple of other people's pockets, perhaps Carmen Knitbone and Chitose. However, Kiichirou was the only person with a recording device who survived, and not much is known about the state of the dead bodies in the simulation pods, leaving this unconfirmed.

## Appearance

Mizuki stands at 5'0" and has fair skin. Her eyes and hair are the same light pink color. Her hair lays in a choppy pixie cut, with uneven bangs and one side being longer than the other. She did it herself with safety scissors before the game started. She has dark under eye circles. In the real world, her eyes appear milkier and unfocused, due to her near-blindness.

There are a few scars on discreet places along her body, most notably a large katana slash across her stomach. She does not have much in the way of curvature, but she does have a few muscles. However, these are mostly hidden by her baggy clothing, giving her an overall twiggish appearance.

During the killing game, she wears a black surgical mask, black eyepatch, white hoodie, black button down, black jeans, and combat boots. She wore the mask and eyepatch to conceal part of her face in the attempt to dehumanize herself to her cast, and considered this the most comfortable option.

Additionally, Mizuki carries a metal baseball bat that she frequently drags behind her and a Nintendo Switch. It is later revealed that the baseball bat is just a sheath for her katana and that the Nintendo Switch is her sole control panel for the game. She disguised her katana as a baseball bat so she could still have a weapon but avoid seriously harming the cast.

In Mizuki's Love Hotel, she is described having long hair and wearing a Future Foundation jacket, which was likely her default outfit pregame. In the picture with Etsurou, Chiyu, and Yujiro, she is wearing a pink suit of samurai armor, which was her preferred outfit in high school.

During the Chapter Five trial, she removes her eyepatch and face mask. She shows up to her execution in a yellow sundress with yellow flats, which is a nod to the first RPG she was in, not affiliated with this universe, where she wore this outfit to her death.

## Personality

Before the killing game, Mizuki has been implied to be a bubbly, cheerful person. While she had an overly formal way of speaking, refusing to usually even contract words, this only survived to further her optimistic warrior persona. She would frequently talk about protecting people and assure them that she would try to look after them. She lets a bit of this shine through during her conversation with Yuku during chapter six, and they ask her if that's her real personality. She seems unsure at this point.

However, after having lived in the big city and as a member of Future Foundation for several years, Mizuki's speaking style has relaxed considerably. When her Love Hotel takes place, which is implied to be shortly before the killing game's start, she speaks in a loving, semi-formal way to Kiichirou, who she believes to be Etsurou. She now contracts her words naturally, although there are still strong remains of her friendly samurai nature.

Mizuki has a strong desire to protect and coddle those that she loves, which can frequently drive her to anger when she is unable to do so. The prime example of this is in regards to Yujiro Ohmae. She blames herself for being unable to locate and save him from the Sister Location killing game. This causes her to lash out at him during the killing game, going so far to privately approach him during the first day of the killing game, telling him that he is the worst despair of them all. While she did not say it, this is because he had made Chiyu, who she also treasures, upset at his disappearance and death. However, Mizuki clearly still cares deeply for Yujiro. Throughout the game, she leaves little presents on his doorstep, although she does not label any of them as from her. These presents are a ham and cheese sandwich, a fresh surgical mask, and some onigiri and miso soup, which are his favorite foods. Another example of her desire to protect and care for people is when she tells Kiichirou that Koiwa is still alive during chapter six because she hates to see him sad and not getting along with his fellow survivors.

During the killing game, Mizuki strongly desires to make herself seem unlikable so her players will not be upset when it comes time for her execution. To try and accomplish this, she mimics bad behavior she has witnessed in her years as a Future Foundation member, including swearing and insulting others frequently. At least part of this persona is implied to have been based off of Etsurou. Throughout the game, Mizuki has a strong sense of apathy, believing that she is going to die shortly. She ramps this up as much as she can, causing her to normally speak in a slow drawl throughout most of the game, giving off the impression that she does not care what is happening.

Mizuki has a strong moral compass, and tends to lash out in anger at people who act in direct opposition to this, which is why she frequently clashed with Koiwa. Her primary moral is the preservation and protection of life, and there is no quicker way to anger her then showing a disrespect for the lives of others. Because of her status as a warrior, Mizuki seems to believe that she is solely responsible for the safety of those around her, becoming depressed when she is unable to protect people. Additionally, Mizuki strongly believes in feminism, likely stemming from her status as a physically petite female warrior and the backlash she's received from it. Any remark that she sees as discriminatory towards women, LGBT+, or POC people she responds to harshly, occasionally with minor acts of violence. This has sometimes lead to her misinterpreting a harmless comment and her behaving inappropriately.

Mizuki's intelligence is up to debate. As a child, her education as a warrior was prioritized beyond a normal education, leaving her far inferior to her peers in regards to subjects such as mathematics, science, world history, and literature. Having been raised in a small village, Mizuki is also relatively clueless about matters regarding normal society. For example, she did not see a television set in person until she was started Hope's Peak. While living in the city for years has remedied most of this cluelessness, she still has a clear distaste for most things considered '21st century,' although she has learned how to use them. On the flip side, she appears to be relatively sneaky and willing to take risks, which is shown at several points throughout the killing game when she goes against Souji's wishes, but in small enough doses where she believes he will not become angered to the point of setting off bombs. For example, she places the beta cast list with Haru instead of Yujiro, in chapter two, and an interview with Love in chapter three. The primary example of this, though, is her orchestration of the chapter five murder.

## Relationships

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### Souji Rokuda

Mizuki and Souji, simply put, do not get along. Mizuki resents him for putting the lives of the refugees in danger and pressuring her to run the killing game. She believe her planned execution at the end of the game is deserved, though, and does not harbor any ill will towards him for that specifically. Souji resents Mizuki because she is a Future Foundation officer who not only saved Haru, but was unable to save his family before they were killed by remnants, and then wishes to rehabilitate the very remnants who did that instead of punish them. Mizuki frequently gets on Souji's nerves throughout the game, altering his plans and slipping in information for the cast at just the level that he does not want to punish her for. While Souji had a control that was able to deliver a painful shock to Mizuki throughout the entire game, he chose never to use it. Mizuki may resent Souji, but she is filled with a sense of sorrow that she could not help this child and does not want him to die. Her offer at the end of the game, where she says she'll kill Souji and take all of the blame if the survivors want her too, is implied to be a fake offer to see how the survivors actually feel. She does feel a bit of satisfaction, though, when Love tazes Souji.

### Yujiro Ohmae

Before the game began, Mizuki was close friends with Yujiro. When The Tragedy hit, though, Yujiro fell into despair, and was later trapped in the Sister Location killing game and executed as a blackened. Since Despair Annihilation was not conceptualized until several months after Sister Location's end and Yujiro's admin was initially unaware of the rpgs taking place in a shared universe, Yujiro in Sister Location was unaware of Mizuki. This was explained in Despair Annihilation that his memories of his friends had been erased along with his time as a remnant to make him more likely to commit murder. Mizuki was devastated by his death. Part of her began to resent Yujiro for making herself and their shared friends, notably Chiyu, upset. She still treasures him greatly, though, and clearly favors the artificial intelligence of him in the killing game. Despite her badmouthing Yujiro to his face in the first chapter, calling him the worst despair there ever was, she anonymously leaves him food and fresh masks in front of his caravan. She knows he has a weak immune system and is worried about his eating habits, believing he's to skinny for his own good. While a killing game may be cruel, she wants him to be comfortable. This is again demonstrated when after Yujiro kills Chitose, Mizuki offers him a painless poison so he can avoid facing an execution a second time. Yujiro accepts the poison, which he takes in his caravan. Mizuki holds him while he dies, and once he's dead she tucks him into bed and kisses his forehead.

### Kiichirou Kuromiya

Mizuki and Kiichirou's relationship had a few rough points, but it was overall positive. Kiichirou was the person who put the most effort into understanding Mizuki, frequently checking in with her and asking her questions about items he uncovered. During chapter two, Mizuki saved Kiichirou's life, reviving him after Monroe Yabusame strangled him. Most of the participants claimed that this was because Mizuki favored him, but Mizuki insisted she would have done the same for any of the players if given the chance, which was the truth. Kiichirou was the only person to be voluntarily brought back into Mizuki's private quarters at the back of the bigtop. Here, he was healed enough by her to bring his life out of danger and was given painkillers. He also witnessed Mizuki's photograph of her, Yujiro, Etsurou, and Chiyu. In chapter three, Kiichirou received a bag of arcade tokens, which had been anonymously delivered by Mizuki in hopes he would use them to purchase her love hotel key, because he was the only person she was willing to have learn more about her and also attempt to get a good ending. Kiichirou did Mizuki's love hotel, where he was able to discover her name, talent, the existence of the refugee camp, the identities of the other people in the photograph, and that there was something wrong with the NEO World Program. At the chapter five trial, Mizuki and Kiichirou briefly clashed, with Kiichirou blaming Mizuki for Koiwa's death. Mizuki panicked when she thought that Kiichirou had given up all hope in his fellow survivors, so she angrily told him to pull himself together, even if only for one more day. He stormed out of the trial room. During chapter six, Mizuki approaches Kiichirou's caravan. After it becomes clear that he is not emotionally stable, Mizuki secretly admits to him that Koiwa is still alive, and she had to orchestrate the fifth trial to avoid anymore killing. Kiichirou forgives Mizuki and they hug for a long moment and he tells her he doesn't want her to die. Mizuki thanks him for and tells him everything she can about how he can defeat the ringmaster and what sort of world he can expect to find on the outside. As the game is ending, Kiichirou reflects on how Mizuki wasn't that bad, and half-seriously considers sending her a Christmas card for going out of her way to save Koiwa.

### Koiwa Imyo

Mizuki and Koiwa strongly dislike each other. Even before the game starts, Mizuki does not respect Koiwa and how he never really fell into despair, just snapped and decided to kill people. This was what prompted her to give Koiwa the broken pod, because she did not really care if he lived or died. Her disrespect grew for him when he orchestrated the chapter one murder and later helped along Cupid's death. Koiwa primarily dislikes Mizuki because she is the host, and thus responsible for his and Kiichiou's entrapment. When he eggs her on, she almost exclusively responds by insulting him. During the second chapter, Koiwa wanted for the unconscious Kiichirou to remain solely in his protection, and Mizuki would not allow him to so much as come along. Koiwa said he was Kiichirou's protector, to which Mizuki retorted he'd clearly done a bad job of it. He had to be restrained from killing Monroe by her during the second trial. Their relationship only got worse as time went on. During the third chapter trial, Koiwa lights Mizuki's private quarters on fire in an attempt to either destroy her control panel or at least burn down the bigtop to slow down the trials. Mizuki, unaware of these intentions, thought Koiwa was trying to kill everyone, and angrily declared that he was abusive. If Yoyo had not stepped in to take Mizuki's katana blow, she would have cut down his shirt. She had no intention to harm him, just scare him. That was their last major interaction, but they would frequently bicker when forced to interact with each other, such as during the fifth motive when Koiwa asked if pleasure would be felt by the rest of the cast, and Mizuki retorted that no one should notice something the size of a mosquito bite. Of course, though, she orchestrated his in-game murder during the fifth chapter. This was because his pod was the only one she could manually control the airflow of instead of just outright turning it off, so she was able to fool the systems into only reducing his air by 60% when he was killed. While she did not vocalize this, she realized at some point in the later chapters that she did not outright wish for Koiwa's death and that it had been wrong of her to judge his and Kiichirou's relationship like she had, and it wasn't her business to get in between them.

### Yoyo Zhao

Mizuki is fond of Yoyo and they remind her of herself when she was younger. They conversed a few times throughout the killing game, as Yoyo usually accompanied Kiichirou when he went to talk to Mizuki. In the thrid trial, Yoyo steps forward to take Mizuki's katana blow, which ends up breaking their mask and not harming them. Surprised and guilty, she throws everyone out of the trial. During the fifth trial, Yoyo said their first swear word ever towards Mizuki. In the sixth chapter, Mizuki approached them, apologizing for what she had done to Koiwa. While Yoyo did not forgive her, they appreciated her willingness to apologize sincerely and did not wish death upon her. Since Yoyo was the most emotionally stable survivor at that time, Mizuki informed them of her plans to leave most of her money to the survivors and told them who was safe to take to in Future Foundation. Of course, though, since Mizuki survived, most of this information was rendered moot.

### Yuku Ruretto

Mizuki and Yuku did not speak until chapter five, where Mizuki approached Yuku with the proposition to kill Koiwa, promising them that she would get them out of their execution. She feared that if they did not, no one would commit a murder, and Souji, at that point unidentified as anything other than 'The Ringmaster,' would kill the refugees, including Yuku's best friend Haru. She supplied Yuku with a painless poison to do this with. They, reluctantly, agreed. When they had a breakdown over it during the fifth chapter trial, Mizuki felt immense guilt and regret for her actions. In chapter six, she approached Yuku privately and apologized to them, half-successfully managing to cheer them up, although Yuku's later stability can be attributed almost entirely to the second group therapy meeting. Pregame, Mizuki managed to steal Haru from underneath Yuku's nose, as the two had been despairs together. There is implied to have been a rather awkward chase scene where Mizuki ran away from a remnant Yuku with Haru slung over one shoulder.

### Kogeki Minichua

Mizuki never spoke to Kogeki personally, but they did have some small amount of interaction. After Shunji is beheaded in the third chapter, Kogeki panics and tries to flirt with her, to which Mizuki informs him that she does not like dudes. Kogeki seems relieved. During the fifth chapter, Mizuki sprays chemicals such as adrenaline, in the air around Kogeki, leading to his not originally intended stabbing of a dying Koiwa. While she did not have the chance to apologize for this during chapter six, she intended to, and feels bad for using him.

### Shunji Iwao

Shunji was beheaded by Mizuki during the third trial after Shunji tried to kill Souji, as killing someone during a trial was against the rules. This was the only time she drew her katana during the killing game. Ironically, she accidentally smeared his blood over her own head in her photograph of herself, Yujiro, Etsurou, and Chiyu.

### Chitose

They only spoke once and briefly during chapter two, where Chitose asked Mizuki to let her accompany her to the bigtop so she could treat Kiichirou and was willing to have her memories of being in the bigtop erased if that's what it took. Mizuki had planned to treat Kiichirou by soft-hacking her own program to lessen his injuries, so she said no, but she appreciated Chitose's offer and asked her to look after Kiichirou after the trial was over.

### Rina Shinomisa

Mizuki never spoke to Rina personally, but after Rina's fail attempt at self sacrifice as a chapter four victim, she treated her wounds and looked after her during the chapter four investigation. It has been wondered why Mizuki saved Rina if she had to be executed anyways. This is because Rina was in no immediate danger of actually bleeding out.

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### Etsurou Takenaka

While Etsurou may never actually appear in Despair Annihilation, he is referenced several times by Mizuki as her dear friend. During her love hotel, the other person, who ended up being Kiichirou Kuromiya, plays as Etsurou, who cradles her while she dies and assures her that he will take care of the rest of her friends and stop the evil version of the NEO World Program that kills people who die in it. Him being the ideal friend and source of comfort in her love hotel shows that they are close and Mizuki deeply values their relationship. She considers him a trusted older brother figure. As the ultimate spy, Mizuki acknowledges him as an equal warrior and trusts him to protect their shared friends. Post game, they reconnect and continue to be close friends.

### Chiyu Komatsu

While Chiyu may never appear in Despair Annihilation, he is referenced several times by Mizuki as her dear friend. Due to Chiyu being younger than her, she is especially protective of him, and tries to take on an almost older sisterly role to him, despite her being rather childish herself for the duration of their friendship. Post game, they continue to be friends and Chiyu becomes even more attached to Mizuki, often refusing to leave her side.

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### Love

Before Guessing Game occurred, Love and Mizuki worked together briefly, Mizuki looking after the informant and protecting them against remnants. It is implied this relationship did not last long, though, likely due to their differing world views. During chapter three of Despair Annihilation, the cast finds an interview with Love, and the interviewer is later revealed to be Mizuki. In this interview, Love taunts Mizuki a bit for unlocking them, but admits they know she could easily beat them in a fight. They seem to dislike her at this point, although it is likely most of this stemmed from their distaste for imprisonment, especially from someone they used to consider an ally. Love says that they know that Mizuki is just as bad as they are, which is likely in reference to Love's extreme dislike of Future Foundation and almost all of its employees.

## Mizuki's Fate

After Mizuki made sure that Souji was put into juvenile detention and that the survivors were treated fairly, she quit Future Foundation. While she loved to help people, she had enough violence to last her a life time. She was filled with a nervous excitement about what to do with the rest of her life.

She spent the next few months under house arrest, in the company of Etsurou and Chiyu. Afterwards, she pursued her lifelong dream of opening a flower shop. It is assumed she went fully blind sometime in her mid-twenties. At some point, she got a seeing eye corgi, also named Etsurou, to help her around. Really, though, it's a useless old dog and she just wants to have something to cuddle that reminds her of her friend when he is not around.

She stays in touch with the survivors, although it is limited almost entirely to the occasional call or skype call with Kiichirou to check in on everyone.

## Quotes

* *"So first of all, fuck everyone here," the Mastermind deadpans, looking out at the crowd of people. "I think it's important that you know that you're stupid remnants and I hate you all."* - Mizuki's first words to the cast
* *"I'll come back for Souji's cat tomorrow and he can come live with me until the motive's over, unless Souji dies. Then he's my cat now."* - During the first chapter motive
* *"There aren't supposed to be more than sixteen people here, though. I'm not like hiding anyone in the bigtop, so don't go planning a rescue mission for Mister Scribbly Outty, ultimate human scribble, or anything like that."* - When Kiichirou asks her about the scribbled out person on the bigtop's mural
* *"A mastermind is someone who organized a killing game, then arranges for all of the participants to come to that killing game. And by organizing I mean doing stuff like designing motives and executions and choosing where it's going to happen."* - When explaining to Kiichirou the definition of a mastermind
* *"I don't have to put him down to kick your ass. If you want to take him from me, **try."***- In chapter two, when Koiwa tried to take Kiichiou's unconscious body from her
* *"Oh, and there isn't anything in particular in here that would tell you anything about me unless you want to know my pants size, so don't bother fucking around in here. Just come out when you're ready."* - Warning Kiichirou that he isn't going to find anything of note in her quarters
* *"You don't have to thank me, Yuku. I'm the asshole who trapped you in a killing game. Nah, Haru was the last person I ever healed normally. He has a nice, smooth rehabilitation without any worries or concerns."* - After Yuku thanks her for saving Haru
* *"And cause that's how the game ends, with the mastermind's death. Don't you remember Junko's game? I wrote my own execution, and it's not exactly like hers, but it'll still be kinda gorey, so don't feel like you need to watch it if you make it that long and you don't want to."* - Responding to Yuku asking why she has to die
* *"But you're probably safe, considering you don't have much to grab onto, so people shouldn't feel anything more than an uncomfortably placed mosquito bite."* - In response to Koiwa asking if that sort of pleasure would be transmitted to other people during the fifth chapter motive
* *"No, I do not wish to be remembered," Mizuki denies, responding immediately. "Whatever impression people might have me is good enough."* - In response to Yoyo asking how she wants to be remembered
* *"For please remember, your battle is not over yet! The villain of this story has forced a horrible burden on you, and all hope is looking dim, but there are plenty of people a knight such as yourself has left to protect! Kiichirou and Yoyo, they are both very small and very sad, and Kogeki is very tall, and very stupid, but he's still trying his absolute best."* - Attempting to encourage Yuku in chapter six
* *"At least 'the villain' sounds cool than 'the pauper' or 'the washed up samurai who's existed solely on ramen noodles and red bull for the last two weeks.'"* - Responding to Yuku teasing her about her last monologue
* *"You're not letting me die," she corrects gently, brushing a lock of hair from his face. "There is nothing you, or anyone, could do to stop it. You're just a kid, Kiichirou. I know I've been throwing grown up responsibilities on you this whole game, and none of you are by any means innocent little kids anymore, but you're still children."* - Bonding with Kiiichirou in chapter six
* *"Fourteen-year-olds should be worrying about their high school entrance exams, not that their mass murder plans didn't go to their liking. You're a real fucked up kid."* - Confronting Souji about his actions at the end of the game
* *"No thanks, I think  my place is in Japan with my family. You go be happy with yours."* - Her last words in the rpg, in response to Kogeki asking her if she wants to move to America with them

## Trivia

* Mizuki does not actually have a confirmed age. The admin, Evergreen, always imagined her to be somewhere between 19 and 23, though.
* Two of Mizuki's subordinates at Future Foundation were Michiko Honda and Fuyuki Tazuna. These characters, belonging to Eva and Evergreen respectively, were originally from another RPG and intended as an easter egg.
* Mizuki is a practicing Buddhist and believes in reincarnation.
* She killed Shunji Iwao during the third trial, making him her fourth kill.
* During Mizuki's love hotel, she tells Kiichirou Kuromiya, who she believes to be her friend Etsurou, to take himself and all of their friends to Hojo Manor, because things had gone south. It is widely hypothesized that this was Mizuki's plan in general if anything were to happen to her. Mizuki goes through the killing game unaware if her friends are at Hojo Manor or not, and it has not been confirmed either way.
* In the fourth chapter, a roll up futon that someone has recently slept in is featured by the animal cages. This is heavily implied to be a spare bed for Mizuki during the early chapters of the killing game. She wanted to sleep next to the animals so she wouldn't feel so lonely.
* During the killing game, Mizuki programmed herself to have full sight. Once she awoke from her pod, though, she found that her sight had continued to deteriorate, leaving her around 80% blind by the time she woke up.
* The name Hojo is a nod to the Hōjō clan, which existed during Japan's Kamakura shogunate.