Harajuku

"*It can't be... why are there multiple distress signals from the Harajuku area...?*"—Yurika, *Dead Or School*

**Harajuku** (原宿, ***Harajuku***?) is the second area in the Dead Or School video game.

## History

"*It was once a city which centered on fashion and youth culture was especially prevalent.*
*Harajuku Hills, formerly a large shopping mall that catered to such demographics, is now a residential zone for surviving human refugees.*"—**Station Map Description**

After successfully opening the subway tunnel shutter in Shinjuku, Hisako's group makes their way to Akihabara, but detected multiple distress signals from Harajuku en route. Wanting to help, Hisako decides to stop there to search for the refugees that sent them. She learns from one of the residents that there's a very strong mutant that destroyed the barricade of the Harajuku Hills shopping mall and is out to kill the children that were being led to a shelter. Said mutant was reported to possess a body that is unaffected by conventional weapons and seems able to actively seek out targets almost as if it was capable of advanced thought and logic, a trait that is absent in typical mutants.

Obtaining keycards from other residents (who unfortunately expire one by one), Hisako manages to gain access to the shelter, where the only survivor within is a young boy. The Steel Berserker Mutant appears, cornering them inside. Hisako leads the boy to the elevator and fends off the mutant, who only takes minimal damage from her attacks. Luckily, Daiba emerges from the same elevator in the nick of time with bazooka in hand to finish the job. Part of the outer skin of the Steel Berseker Mutant is blown away by the rocket, revealing a mechanical interior. The creature opens its mouth and lets out a bright flash of light, disappearing from the shelter soon afterward.

Save for the young boy and a handful of Loners, the residents of Harajuku were almost completely wiped out. The Steel Berserker Mutant remains at large and would eventually attack evacuation settlements in other stations.

Knowing that there's an existing stockpile of weapons from the Doomsday War in Ichigaya, Daiba asks the group to go there next, because they might need it not only for dealing with the Steel Berserker Mutant, but also the large number of mutants that invaded Akihabara.

## Refugees

 Resident B |  | A Harajuku resident who went into hiding after a failed diversion.
 Resident C |  | A Harajuku resident with the third elevator cardkey.
 Young Boy |  | The only child who was found the shelter.

## Souvenirs

 Flashy One-Piece Dress |  | A dress which was considered high fashion years ago.
 Organic Machine Part |  | An electronic part with a small piece of organic tissue.
 Crepe |  | A foreign pastry that became famous in Japan years ago.

## Gallery

Harajuku Description from the Railway Map.Hisako in Harajuku Station.Cut-in of the first Harajuku dweller that Hisako runs into.CG of a mortally wounded Harajuku patrol force member.
## Notes & Trivia

* Harajuku is the only area that does not have any notable refugees, optional or otherwise. Even the young boy has no entry in the Student Handbook.
* In Hard difficulty, there is a minor chance for a Level 45-48 Rare Mutant to appear somewhere in Harajuku. Though the stat difference is huge *(the player will probably be around Level 8-10 upon first arriving here)*, the fact that it will not attack means that there is a chance to defeat it to get the experience points and item drops.