Ikebukuro Settlement Head

"*Hisako, you're well aware of the settlement's laws, aren't you?*"—**Ikebukuro Settlement Head**, *Dead Or School*

**Ikebukuro Settlement Head** (村長, *soncho*, ***Ikebukuro Settlement Head***?) is an otherwise unnamed character of the Dead Or School video game, a second-generation resident of underground Ikebukuro and also responsible for governing said area's evacuation settlement.

## Personality & Character

Having been raised in an unforgiving environment, she is quite strict and insists that all the rules be followed to ensure the safety of the settlement and all of the residents within. As a result, she is both feared and ridiculed by many of the area's third-generation youths, especially Nami.

Underneath that stern facade lies a broken soul who is sick and tired of the circumstances that she had to put up with for years. She never exposes her vulnerable side to anyone, but her daughter Hisako always sees her crying in their quarters at night.

## Appearance

The Settlement Head also sports the typical ragged clothes common with underground residents.

## History

The Ikebukuro Settlement Head first appears when Nami's group was saved from a close encounter with Mutants in the upper basement levels of the local station. What Nami thought was an *"unused secret elevator"* was actually a prohibited elevator that was under observation as per the Settlement Head's orders.

Following that incident, her daughter Hisako also starts to become curious about the surface world. The Settlement Head is none too pleased about it and reminds the former about the strict rule of the underground: That one should not talk about nor attempt to go to the surface.

Granny Noriko intervenes and eventually gives her granddaughter permission to venture out into the unknown and find or make a school in the upper world.

As they watch Hisako set off for Shinjuku aboard the train that served as their family's living quarters, the Settlement Head asks Noriko why she let Hisako chase such a reckless goal, to which the elder answers that no matter how much they both treasured her, it would be crime to confine Hisako in the dark, dank depths of the underground. Her shining eyes were the symbol of humanity's hope.

Noriko also airs her regret for not knowing better and stealing away that same hopeful spirit from the Settlement Head years ago, implying that a similar scenario may have happened before between them but without the former's blessings.

When Nami and Yui were rescued in the surface of Shinjuku, they brought with them a gift for Hisako: boxed lunch made by her mother. Although the Settlement Head did not approve of her daughter's actions at first, she slowly came to accept it and wanted Hisako to succeed.

### Ending

Following the conclusion of the war against the Cyborgs, the Settlement Head ascends to the surface with all the other Ikebukuro residents, ending up at her daughter's newly-established school where she becomes a teacher. In the album, there is a photo of her in the school corridor giving Nami and Yui a hard time as usual.

## Relationships

Hisako - Daughter.

Noriko - Mother.

## Gallery

The Ikebukuro Settlement Head.Granny Noriko and the Settlement Head as seen in the PV.
## Notes & Trivia

* The Settlement Head has a voice credit in the game *(Renge Todo, who also voiced Hisako, Noriko and Yurika)*, but her part can only be heard in the promotional video, not the game itself.