Michiyo

* Anime
* Manga

**Michiyo** (みちよ, *Michiyo*) is a guest at the Benizome Hot Springs.

## Physical description

Michiyo has dark blonde hair, brown eyes, and freckles.

## Biography

### Benizome Hot Springs Murder

Michiyo stays at the Benizome Hot Springs for a few days. In the evening, she spends her time in the lounge when Ron Kamonohashi asks her if she wants to play *The Game of Life* with him, Totomaru Isshiki, and Sachiko's husband. She agrees, and they play until 2 a.m.

The next morning, an employee finds Sachiko's corpse floating in the women's bath. Everyone runs to the women's bath. Amamiya confirms Sachiko's death and estimates that she died sometime between midnight and 2 a.m.

Ron, Amamiya, and Toto start investigating, and Michiyo states that there were not that many red leaves in the water yesterday. Because of that, she thinks Sachiko died because of the Benizome legend's curse. Totomaru then asks the employee if she noticed something between midnight and 2 a.m. She tells him that only Spitz Feier worked at that time. Spitz says that only Amamiya went to her room before Sachiko. The husband adds that he remembers this too. However, Ron declares that Amamiya is most definitely not the culprit and that he will prove it—or, rather, he announces Toto's declaration to prove Amamiya's innocence. Ron also reveals "Toto's" deduction: Amamiya cannot be the culprit because the murder was modelled after the Benizome legend of which she has no knowledge because she did not receive the pamphlet detailing it.

Michiyo then testifies that she saw mysterious white mist rising from the river when she was watching the river from her room after dinner. Ron takes a look at the river and finds the lost ping-pong ball in a dam that was created by the heavy rain the day before yesterday with leaves, branches, and a rain gutter. He and Toto also find a bathmat at the crime scene. Shortly afterward, the local police arrives.

Later, Ron and Toto gather everyone at the women's bath because they have deduced that Sachiko was murdered: Her husband switched the curtains of the men's and women's bath to get access to the women's bath. He used two rain gutters to replace the bath's hot water with the river's ice-cold water and covered the entrance to the hot spring with a bathmat to let her fall into the freezing water. He knew of her weak heart and that the heat shock which she would experience because of the temperature difference would kill her.

Knowing that he has been cornered, the husband confesses to the murder and tells Michiyo that he failed. They have been having an affair, and the husband killed Sachiko to be with Michiyo. However, after learning that he murdered his wife, Michiyo does not want to have anything to do with him anymore; she cannot believe that he went as far as to kill Sachiko and is disgusted by his actions. Shaking, the husband begs her to stay and grabs her arm, and Michiyo tries to shake him off. Amamiya then arrests the husband.

## References

1. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 3, page 15
2. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 3, pages 23-31
3. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 4, pages 3-8
4. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 4, page 11
5. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 4, pages 14-20