Copycat

**Copycat** (コピーキャット) is a minor antagonist featured in Danganronpa Kirigiri, and alluded to in *Danganronpa: Togami.* She is an assassin that was hired to hunt down and kill Rei Mikagami.

## History

### Prior Life

Copycat grew up in a small unknown European country and would grow up to become an assassin. As her alias suggests, she excels in copycat murders. She would research the pattern of serial killers operating in the country of the hit and murder the victim in a similar fashion, thus allowing herself and her client to escape suspicion with law enforcement believing the serial killer to be responsible, not her. As a result of such methods, she does not kill without forming a solid plan first.

### First Battle Of The New Duel Noir Challenge

Copycat accepted a contract to hunt down and kill Rei Mikagami. On January 10th, she arrived at Meyura Station and was spotted by Yui Samidare, Kyoko Kirigiri and Licorne. The trio casually started to follow her, when she suddenly went into an employee only staircase. Yui followed her in, only for Copycat to grab her, hold her from behind and press something sharp against her throat.

Licorne entered soon after, but it didn't take a long for him to strike up a conversation with her, since he knew her native tongue. Both chatter away about their taste in manga, much to Yui (who was still being held captive's) chagrin. However, before the conversation could go further, Kyoko (who had taken another entrance staircase and made her way up from below) has snuck up on Copycat and handcuffed her to her own rolling suitcase. Kyoko then grabbed the suitcase and threw it down the stairwell, thus taking Copycat along with it. The assassin fell all the way down to the landing below and slammed into the wall. This left her incredibly hurt and unable to move from the ground. The trio used this opportunity to search her belongings where they found newspaper clippings about serial killers, publications of cold cases, and horde of manga and doujinshi, thus explaining how said suitcase was heavy enough to drag her down the stairwell. It's also shown the the weapon she used to hold Yui hostage was a fountain pen.

Knowing Copycat's methods, Licorne deduces she was merely scouting for Rei Mikagami and wasn't planning to kill once she found him, which relieves Yui. When Licorne asks if he should finish off Coypcat, Yui objects and reminds him that wasn't what they came here for. He stares at her but doesn't object. Kyoko's investigation says that while Copycat didn't know Rei's identity, she did know he was to appear at Meyura Station as four. With only five minutes until then, Kyoko took back her handcuffs and and trio continued onward, leaving the defeated Copycat on the stairwell.

Later on, after it was revealed that Licorne was Rei Mikagami himself, he suspects that one or all of the assassins that came after him was hired by Gekka Ryūzōji and that since they were still alive, they would report back to Gekka on their findings. This implies that, despite her injuries, Copycat would still have the strength to be able to able to leave Meyura Station even as authorities would surround the building after Night Flyer caused a fire which would draw them there.

### World Domination Proclamation

During the event, Blue Ink noted that assassins from the world over would have been gunning to kill Byakuya Togami and muses to herself upon witnessing some assassins get caught up in a crowd of villagers that seemed to have caught the Despair Disease, and be unable to really fend off their attackers. Having such hitmen be stopped prior to getting to their target may have been a reference to Copycat and her peers being defeated before they could reach Rei, which would be possible given how such novels reference each other.

However, gives the K2K System's unreality effects, it makes it unknown if what happened really was what was transcribed.

## Appearance

Copycat has pale white skin, blue eyes and blonde hair. Apparently her eyes are drooped slightly going off the silhouette. She appears to be short and lean, and wears light makeup that would hide any supposed freckles. She wears thick glasses and a red poncho with a hood with two pointed tips that resemble cat ears. Despite wearing a hood, strands of hair were visible from the back, and seemed to be done in braids according to the silhouette. She also was carrying a rolling suitcase with her. According to Yui Samidare , she looks rather bright and much more graceful to the killer than she imagined. In the illustration, she is shown in the form of a black silhouette and with white eyes.

## Personality

From Yui's observations, Copycat's mannerisms paint her as seemingly a shy, introverted woman, that has an air about her that makes it doubtful if she could really kill someone. However, Copycat proves her prowess by being remarkably perceptive of her surroundings and clever enough to pull off a trap, such as her awareness of the allied detectives following her and luring Yui into following her to capture her. Her methods of killing paint her as patient, studious and pragmatic, someone who only takes a step when needed. She is also a huge fan of manga and doujinshi, to the point that Licorne's willingness to talk to her about the subject was able to calm her down and get into a friendly conversation with him, but also get her to take off-guard long enough to be incapacitated. Her choice of make-up implies she does care about her appearance a fair bit, but Yui notes that her appearance overall makes her stand out like a 'sore thumb' despite being an assassin.

### Night Flyer & Tsurugi Hitomoshi

Just like Copycat, those two were hired to kill Rei Mikagami. However, its noted by Licorne that the three aren't working together, and it would be best to consider all three as acting like rivals to each other, wanting to kill Rei themselves without interference.

**Enemies:**

### Yui Samidare, Licorne & Kyoko Kirigiri

Wanting to recruit Rei Mikagami into helping against the Twelve Zodiac Duel Noir Challenge, this meant the trio would be naturally opposed against the assassins looking to kill him. When the trio first sees Copycat, Yui is surprised by her appearance and seems unsure if someone of her appearance could ever really kill someone, and even held captive notes that Copycat resembles more of an introverted type. However, when held hostage, she does recognize Copycat as a significant threat. Licorne was able to talk to her in her own language and managed to have an affable talk with her about their favorite manga. However, this friendliness appears to merely be formal, as Licorne contemplated killing her and reasoning it would save lives since she was an assassin that killed numerous people. Kyoko recognized Copycat as a serious threat and had the quick wits to formulate a plan to defeat her in order to save her partner's life.

## Trivia

* Her country of origin might be the Kingdom of Novoselic due to her eye/hair color and love for Japanese culture or Sweden, given that Yui says she resembles a stereotypical Swedish poster child. However, as Yui knows what Sweden and swedish are, she would have recognized the language if Copycat was speaking it, making the former option seem more likely.
* To Yui, she is unsure if Copycat's cat ears came from her alias or because she was a fan of cosplay.