Yūzen Minase

**Yūzen Minase** (水無瀬 有全 *Minase Yūzen*) is a character featured in *Danganronpa Kirigiri*.The descendant of an alleged wealthy noble family, he is a freelancer from a humble upbringing striving to make himself a name. Aside from doing part-time job and receiving an allowance, he also earns money by selling things online. Though, in reality, these online auctions are merely scams he uses to swindle people out of their money. He accepted the Norman's Hotel Duel Noir invitation in order to acquire artifacts for him to sell.

## History

Prior to the Norman's Hotel Duel Noir, Yūzen claims that he was a descendant of nobles with history of land ownership, but in the modern era they now reside over a pitiful apartment complex in the city. He usually lives off his parents money and a part-time job, however he also found a way to make money by re-selling items online. However, in reality, he was actually scamming others by hosting items that he didn't have or getting people to buy items that would never come. When he got the invitation for the secret auction at Norman's Hotel, he was skeptical but decided to go anyway for a change of pace and even borrowed 200,000 yen from a loan company to work with at the auction.

Arriving at the hotel, he was initially trapped there alongside most of the group until the arrival of the three remaining people needed: Suisei Nanamura, Kyoko Kirigiri and Yui Samidare. When they arrive he tries to stop them from closing the door, which would lock all of them inside, but it was in vain. Of the group, he introduces himself first and spends the time prior to the first auction making fun of Mifune and Toyano'ō, and rather doubtful of the competency of the detectives who informed him of the crime that would take place (with him being quite annoyed with Suisei's antics). When meeting Norman, he was quite surprised by the auctioneer being a painting, and was angered when his money had to be incinerated. Though, he recovered quickly and was joyous when, in return, he got one hundred million yen in return. Yūzen was quite scared when told that they would now be in a life and death situation, and even cried in fear after the death of Taehime.

During the first auction, he opted to not bid after witnessing Suisei's display, which proved to be a wise decision as Suisei bid all of his money in order to acquire the Detective's Right. He was quite skeptical of them cooperating with each other and tried to snag a room closer to the detective before being stopped by Akio. After the rooms were decided via cards, Yūzen entered his. During this time, he ended up having a conversation with Meruko for a few minutes, who was let out of her room by Suisei.

The next day, after Akio's death, he defended Meruko from Shinsen who thought that she was the culprit due to her being left alone in the hallway. He also grew even more convinced that the only way to survive was to rely on himself and get the Detective's Right. When Seiunsai proposed an idea to boycott the auction, Yūzen (like the others) didn't believe Seiunsai was being truthful and opted to bid the second option, with it being thirty million yen. After that, he began bragging about his victory and how he wouldn't bother protecting anyone, though might make an exception for women if they would 'please' them, much to Yui's ire as both Meruko and Sae leaped to gain his favor. He even shoved aside Seiunsai after the latter was bitter over his Yūzen winning. However, that night, Yūzen didn't bother to help anyone, leaving the remaining participants stuck in their rooms. After Seiunsai's death, he went into the deceased room and stole the remaining money that Toyano'ō had for himself to use in the third auction.

The next day, he admitted to going into the room under the claims of using the master key at least once. However, this earned him accusations of being the culprit himself, causing him to storm off. During the third auction, he tried to bid 51 million yen in order to counter Kyoko who had goaded him just before he went in to bid. However, this was a ploy to get him only to focus on Kyoko, who bid 50 million yen, only to have Yui's 52 million yen bid come out on top to win the Detective's Right. Unlike Yūzen, Yui did care about protecting the remaining people and immediately let him out of his room after the curfew to stay inside was over, alongside the others. Thus, preventing any murders from happening that day.

On the fourth day, he was approached by Kyoko. She asked about his past, and after some prying uncovered Yūzen's scamming business. From there, Kyoko propositioned him to join Kyoko and Yui's side in order to gain victory and overcome the Duel Noir, but on the condition he surrenders all the money he has. He was initially skeptical of the offer, but after being given the remaining time of the day to consider, he joins their side in the fourth auction. When its revealed that Suisei and Shinsen would be working with Sae (the culprit of the Duel Noir) side, he briefly considers joining them, but dismisses it as a joke thanks to a glare by Yui. He also felt somewhat disappointed after Yui offered Yūzen to Suisei to get him on their side, only for Suisei to turn down Yūzen because he wasn't his type (though he was widely against be used to bargain like that). Through all their combined funds, and Sae being unable to bet due to that conflicting with her role as the culprit, they are able to get Meruko the Detective's Right, though both Yūzen and Yui react in dismay since they believed that Sae had planned for them to waste all it, then go about the next day to kill Meruko with no detective to stop her.

On the final day, Kyoko managed to win the final auction by using the hidden one million she had taken from Taehime's corpse before anyone could notice, thus foiling Sae's plans. After Sae laid out her motives, Yūzen told them they would report her to the police, only to reel back upon seeing her pull out a gun. That night, he happily played cards with Meruko.

Unfortunately, a few hours before the Duel Noir would officially be over, Yūzen was murdered by Suisei Nanamura who had killed Sae and stole her gun from her, before using it to shoot Yūzen in the face. Yui and Kyoko run out into the lobby where they come across his body, which was next to Suisei, who was playing dead in an attempt to lure the girls in further. Later, his lifeless body is shot again by Suisei to waste one of his bullets before he would try to kill Yui and Kyoko.

## Appearance

Yūzen is a young man with blue eyes and blond hair that is painstakingly combed backward, with only a single lock hanging on the front. He wears a black suit with a white dress shirt and a red bow tie. According to Yui, the outfit doesn't quite suit him and makes him come across as a clown.

## Personality

Yūzen is extremely proud of his noble blood and come across as haughty and arrogant. While initially polite and forward compared to the others, he has a tendency to be rude (such as insulting Meruko by calling her Pumpkin-Head) and quick to anger, especially when faced with things he doesn't understand or those that annoy him. When learning he was in a situation that could cost him his life, he quickly starts panicking and makes it clear he's only in to save his own hide, believing that the only way to survive is to win the auction.

This self-preservation mindset goes to even maliciously selfish territory when he wins the Detective's Right in the second auction and taunts the others over his victory and that, despite being safe from getting killed by the culprit that night, he wouldn't bother in saving them. He's also very greedy, reacting in horror as his money is burned by Norman and becoming ecstatic when one hundred million yen was given out. He is capable to a degree of cleverness, such as taking Seiunsai's money after his death to use for himself, but throughout the game comes across as somewhat bumbling, childish and rather slow on the uptake.

He has no regrets over his scams of others and even defends his decision to do so as him being forced to because his parents were 'honest idiots' (something that makes even Kyoko wonder as to how two people can make someone like Yūzen). Regardless, he is willing to work with others if there is an good chance of success, and is genuinely willing to be friendly once things aren't on the line for him, such as him playing cards with Meruko happily after their side won the last auction. Yui notes that even she had grown somewhat attached to him by the end of things. His main desire is to restore his family's wealth.

## Trivia

* "Yūzen (有全) means "to have everything", referring to his aspiration to become as known and wealthy as his ancestors.
* His last name, "Minase" (水無瀬), means "waterless current" - matching how, according to him, his family used to be nobility and owned many lands but now only owns a rundown condo.