Yuri Rinko

Yuri Rinko is a major character who appears in Quiet After the Hurricane, Secrets Beneath Secrets, Web of Mistrust, Golden Future of Law, and The Returning Past. Yuri is the youngest of five children (two being half siblings), all of whom have the ability to personally detect lies, though none outside their family have this ability. Yuri is also the heir to the Rinko family with both of her older siblings having been murdered when she was fourteen.

## Appearance

Yuri has long, black hair with a slight wave to it. Her hair is tipped with white. Yuri's left eye is red due to an injury she received when she was twelve, though her left eye is still blue. Yuri wears a black jacket over a sea green shirt. She has silver boots and dark blue jeans on. Yuri has a sea foam green bow in her hair and headphones of said green and black around her neck.

## Personality

Yuri is a peppy, energetic character. She is more often than not bouncing off the walls with excitement. Yuri enjoys joking around and will crack a snarky remark here and there during a trial or investigation. She is one of the comic relief characters when things are dark during a case. Yuri is also very protective of the bow she wears in her hair and claims to be shipped with it from time to time.

But underneath all of this, Yuri hides a serious, solemn side. This side is displayed when Yuri's sister (the third oldest), Venus, is murdered. Yuri prefers to hide her problems about Venus and Cassidy (another one of her sisters) and be happy, though. She also keeps her other issues, such as the fact that she hasn't seen her father in thirteen years, inside. Yuri doesn't let on that she feels bad over such things.

## History

### Before the Story

Yuri spent most of her childhood with her mother and two older sisters, Venus and Cassidy. Yuri hasn't seen her father since when she was younger due to him being a powerful business man. She'd often ask her sisters when their father would be home and the three would wait for him together, though he never came. Yuri eventually stopped hoping that her dad would return home. Yuri lived most of her life in poverty due to the fact that their father didn't send much money to them from abroad. Yuri took a job at Morix Law Offices so that she could help out her mother, who could barely afford the apartment that the four lived in.

Around age twelve, Yuri was involved with the GC-9 incident, in which she was an attempted murder victim. This case gave her the scar over her right eye and made it turn red. Yuri often covers up this eye with her hair so people don't ask questions about it.

### Quiet After the Hurricane

Yuri was in *Turnabout Ignition* first. She gave the defense team evidence involving her Venus' death before leaving to watch the trial in the gallery. When the culprit, Buff Guiy, confessed to the murder, he swore revenge on Yuri's family. Yuri didn't let it get to her, though, not knowing of what this would do to her life in the next few hours.

After returning to the agency at the start of *Turnabout Breakdown,* Yuri requested Lily Shield to channel Venus for her. A gunshot rang out, and Yuri found a body on the sidewalk outside the agency. Yuri was arrested for killing the victim, who just happened to be the previous culprit, by Jo Jade. Niamh Tenniswood and Lucas Red defended her in court, and with assistance from Chrysalis, proved the culprit to be Ulysses Kyller. Kyller confessed to being the UCA before making his escape. His confession stirred unpleasant memories of the UC-1 incident from the year prior. Yuri celebrated Lily's birthday at the end of the case.

A flashback to UC-1, *The Disastrous Turnabout* once again features Yuri. She was watching the trial of Kale Kailen with Cassidy, Venus, and a disguised Chrysalis. Yuri was one of the people the real culprit shot at upon discovering Estelle Burns' true identity as the Oracle of the Law. Chrysalis, who had been acting as Estelle the entire case, burst into tears. Yuri was one of the people who helped comfort her after the trial had come to a close.

Yuri made a cameo in *Turnabout on the Waves* to tell Chrysalis of Cotoli Morix being arrested, which is explained in *The Festive Turnabout.* Yuri went with Tenniswood and Cotoli to the crime scene, where she realized that the victim was her older sister, Cassidy. Despite the shock of this, Yuri helped Tenniswood defend Cotoli in court. Yuri assisted Tenniswood in concluding who the culprit was and how they committed the crime during the second investigation day. She was standing in court when the verdict was declared not guilty. Yuri celebrated afterwards by happily reuniting with Cassidy, who was being channeled once again.

Yuri didn't show up in *The Undercover Turnabout* until about halfway through. She was chased by Alexandra Murdayre, the final member of the UCA. Murdayre attempted to have her killed so that she wouldn't become an issue if she was involved in the Oracle of the Law project. Yuri escaped and arrived at the detention center to see Lucas. He used this in court the next day.

Yuri commented on Tenniswood's attraction to Vito Cruz in the epilogue.

### Secrets Beneath Secrets

Yuri made a brief appearance in *Turnabout Wilds* when Sora Lin and H.T. Annasc were introduced. She was absent throughout the investigation and first trial day, only to return when a threat note arrived at the agency. Yuri was present when Cotoli explained that there had been threats sent to the agency since the day Chrysalis returned from her trial.

Yuri was Tenniswood's assistant in *The Falsified Turnabout*. She helped out in the investigation and in court this time around. Yuri was one of the people Erin Anderson led to the hidden OOTL evidence room that lie in the local prison. Yuri's eye scar ended up opening the gateway to the room, as the qualifier was a three inch blade scar, which Yuri has. Yuri and Tenniswood spoke with Erin regarding the crime as well as a few of the unresolved kinks in cases from the previous book in the series. This is where Yuri realized that she was suffering from amnesia due to the GC-9 incident. Yuri and Tenniswood went to court the next day, ready to continue defending their client, only for the trial to be stopped by the witness being stabbed to death in a defendant lobby. They handed the baton regarding the case to Lucas and Averl Jones, who got a not guilty verdict for both Kira Galle and Sora Lin after showing the culprit was Lassie Sinn.

Yuri was at the agency when Chrysalis and Lily decided to take the case of Aoi Taikan during *Turnabout Betrayal*. She later appeared when H.T. attempted to prove that the trio of siblings owning the agency were the traitors working with the UCA. Yuri was recording his confession after Lily refuted this and her phone's video ended up proving H.T., or Bal Gam, guilty of working with Tora Yin to orchestrate the murders of Shiram Lion and Lassie Sinn.

### Web of Mistrust

Yuri's trial back from the first book of the series was used as the assault motive of *The Misled Turnabout*. The file was found near the unconscious Polly Bloom.

Yuri helped Lily and Chrysalis defend Tenniswood in *Turnabout Mansion.* This is where she first encountered her step siblings, the Umber twins, since the GC-9 incident. The twins don't remember meeting Yuri all those years ago. Yuri quickly got along with Estella Cignus, the first day witness. Yuri was standing in court with Lily and Chrysalis when her partner was declared not guilty.

Yuri was invited to see Chrysalis in a play at the start of *The Theatrical Turnabout.* Yuri, Tenniswood, and Chrysalis spoke regarding the play before Chrysalis ran off to prepare, only to run into a corpse. Chrysalis was arrested for the crime, and Yuri took the case along with Cotoli and Tenniswood. Yuri assisted in the investigation and was noted by Chrysalis to have a blue eye in common with the Umber twins. Yuri was the main co-council in court the next day and gave small information tidbits here and there. On the second day of investigation, Yuri screamed upon opening a suitcase and finding the witness from the trial, Shane Carmen, inside. Yuri was with Tenniswood, Polly, and Anton when Cotoli and the other witness from the trial, Satoki Amaya, were found with a small statue. They visited Cotoli and Chrysalis later that day. Yuri witnessed Chrysalis revealing her midnight discord side in court the next session to show that the culprit was Jack, or Jackie, Blyse.

Yuri was arrested in *Turnabout Reignition* for shooting her mother in the shoulder. Tenniswood and Lily took her case at Venus' request and discovered that she had been shot as well. Yuri was visited by her mother, Tatiana, before the trial the next day. When her mother was called to the stand later on, Yuri strongly disagreed with such, though Prosecutor Deirdre Moody didn't listen to her. Yuri's innocence was proven later on when Heather Williams was shown to be the brown haired witness mentioned by Estella during her testimony, giving Yuri the not guilty verdict.

In *Turnabout Masquerade*, Yuri investigated alongside Tenniswood to prove Lily innocent. Yuri discovered shortly after the investigation began that the victim's body was falsified, meaning that she managed to escape after faking her death. When Tenniswood tried to show this in court, a fire started in the courthouse. A block of the ceiling fell on Yuri's injured shoulder, leaving her crying for help. Carson Rinko appeared and took her to the hospital. Yuri took over the investigation while Tenniswood recovered from a head wound. She found more evidence to show that the victim was alive. In court, Tenniswood showed that the victim was none other than Razi Lesa, the witness. Razi was shown to be Chrysalis in disguise, who collapsed shortly afterwards. Court was adjourned so that she could recover. During the third investigation segment, Yuri and Tenniswood spoke with Chrysalis and discovered that Midnight Discord was involved in the case. They showed through the testimony of Abilene that the culprit was Carson's Midnight. Midnight confessed to their crimes before a not guilty verdict was declared. Abilene, Anthony, Carson, and Yuri all had a teary reunion now that they could be back together.

It is shown in the epilogue that Yuri started helping Abilene out after the final case in hopes of becoming a detective.

### Future Assassin's Blade

Yuri first appeared in the first case, where she asked for Cotoli's help on the matter of defending Venus, who had been arrested for murder. Yuri, Cassidy, Chrysalis, and Cotoli all looked into the crime and pulled off another day for investigation during the first trial section. They looked into the drug used to knock the witness, Faith Dohim, unconscious. When the group found the drug, they were attacked by Aaron Lile, who knocked them unconscious with a trashcan. The group deduced that he was the culprit and figured it wise to prove so in court. Just before the verdict, Venus was attacked by Aaron, which Yuri watched. Venus was soon rescued by Chrysalis, who panicked at seeing her friend in trouble. The verdict was declared not guilty and the case was closed.

Yuri watched the trial of her sister in *The Performer's Turnabout*, though she didn't do much to help the case overall, though she did make a cameo going to visit Michealson Loan Offices, where the culprit, Randy Michealson, was introduced.

Yuri started case three at the agency, hanging out with the rest of the protagonists when their meeting was interrupted by Rachel Walker, who wanted the lawyers to defend Kira Galle from the charge of murder. The gang took it on and divided. The defense went to the crime scene, where they talked with the detective on the case, Phoenix Kasai. They also spoke with the witness, Alphonse Walker, who says what he saw of the crime in court. Yuri helps out the defense here and through the entire first day until Harry Galle approached them and asked for investigation help. Chrysalis decided to go with him. Yuri helped out with Venus, Cotoli, Ghastly, Sara Lin, and Cassidy until May Lin, Sara's mother, said that there was an abduction at the crime scene. They discover that Harry and Chrysalis were captured by the culprit, Omar Cornis, and use this to show that the serial killer is the one and only culprit. He frees Harry and Chrysalis just before a not guilty verdict is declared for Kira's first trial.

Yuri was visiting S.P.A.R.X. Factory with the rest of the main characters in *Turnabout Factory*, though she, Chrysalis, and Sara stumbled upon a crime scene, in which all of the previous culprits were finishing up their murder of Natasha Young. The killers lashed out at the three girls, leaving Sara unconscious, Chrysalis energy deprived, and Yuri with a cut over her eye from a sword slash. Yuri was found by Cotoli and Ghastly (who had seen Chrysalis collapse near the crime scene from lack of strength), where the duo was found by Phoenix, Anthony, and Abilene. Ghastly was arrested for all four crimes. Later, Venus and Cotoli visited Yuri in the hospital where they discovered she had amnesia. Back in the present, Yuri regained her memory of what she had forgotten before Pieter Fury, Chrysalis, Cotoli, and Sora's brother, arrived and got a job at the agency.

Yuri was gushing over her regained memories in the epilogue.

### Golden Future of Law

Yuri was one of Tenniswood's co-councils in *Turnabout Paradox*. Yuri helped with the investigation and trial, not doing much other than add small comical remarks here and there. Yuri was also the only one who didn't end up getting a hamster to the face that was on the side of the defense when Nevada made her debut during the second trial day.

In the epilogue, Yuri was with Lily, Cotoli, and Chrysalis. They had a brief conversation about the case in their small segment.

### The Returning Past

Yuri took on the case of Leon Wakuta along with Tenniswood in *The Well Deserved Turnabout.* Yuri made multiple comments on the victim, Mr. Dense (his first name is unknown) when they visited Leon in the detention center, most of them from Chrysalis. Yuri stands in court with Tenniswood and says on multiple occasions that she dislikes the Wakuta family (she has remarks on all of them except Leon). Yuri helps Tenniswood win the case in the end.

In the epilogue, Yuri and Lily comment on the QS-5 Incident.

### Mask of Deceit

In case one, Yuri was co-counsel to Tenniswood. The two were defending Jeff Wasntme from the charge of murder. During the investigation, many obstacles appeared to the duo, including running into Genocide Jack/Nevada, hearing rumors about the defendant working for an infamous thief, and learning that said thief had stolen from the crime scene. At the conclusion of the case, Yuri helps Tenniswood prove Robert Carey is the guilty one as opposed to the defendant.

## Relationships

### Venus Rinko

Yuri looks up to her older sister in every imaginable way. Yuri's serious side was most obvious whenever the case of Venus' death was being solved back in Quiet After the Hurricane. Yuri and Venus were together a lot throughout their childhood and spent a lot of time with one another as well as their younger and older sister respectively, Cassidy.

### Cassidy Rinko

Yuri also looks up to Cassidy quite considerably. During their difficult childhood, Cassidy, Yuri, and Venus all leaned on one another for a reason to look to the future. Cassidy would often wait with Yuri for their father to come home from his business trips, and Yuri waited like she had with Cassidy even after the former's murder at the hands of Collin Ispy.

### Niamh Tenniswood

Yuri enjoys spending her time with Tennniswood when she can. Yuri investigates with Tenniswood and adds comic relief to the dark concept of the series. Tenniswood treats Yuri with a fair amount of respect in return, even referring to Yuri by her first name, something she rarely ever does (and only with the people she's closest with). Yuri and Tenniswood are even said in the canon series to be investigative partners.

### Chrysalis Starr

Unbeknownst to Yuri, she and Chrysalis spent a lot of time together in the few months prior to the GC-9 incident when Yuri got her scar as well as amnesia. Even after forgetting Chrysalis entirely, Yuri still became quick friends with her once again when they started working at Morix Law Offices together. The two enjoy shipping their coworkers and fellow characters in the stories they appear in together and treat each other well.

### Thomas Lust

While he hasn't yet appeared in the series, Yuri has a nice relationship with Thomas. The two are among the youngest formal workers at Morix, so they get along well. Yuri finds Thomas' clumsy habits cute and often embarrasses him with small romantic phrases, so it is highly implied that she may have romantic feelings for him, though neither ever mention it in the canon plot line.

## Quotes

-"Chrysalis told me a little bit about him. She said he was a really DENSE teacher!" *(joking to Leon Wakuta and Niamh Tenniswood)*

-"Find my sister's killer. That's what I want most in the world."

-"What was that?! I couldn't hear you over the sound of your guilt!"

-"And I think I know why you had to kill Venus! Because of this!" *(proving Buff Guiy's guilt of murder)*

## Trivia

-Unlike the other two characters with eye scars (Ghastly Bespoke and the Wood Quintet), Yuri can still see out of her damaged eye perfectly fine. It's possible she was born with a naturally red eye due to her father having red irises.

-Yuri shares having one eye, always the left one, being blue with all of her siblings, whether they be regular or half siblings.

-Yuri loves music and listens to it frequently (which is why Bal Gam didn't get suspicious when she was on her phone in *Turnabout Betrayal* and supposedly listening to music). She probably has a liking for the music Sora Lin posts on the internet.

-While Yuri doesn't know it, she is actually the heir of the Chief of Detectives, so when he is sent to prison, she has a large sum of it due to her being named as the one she wanted to succeed him. This sparked her to start studying law to make him happy.