Suntetsu Shirasu

**Suntetsu Shirasu** is a supporting character featured in Danganronpa Kirigiri. He is a detective with the DSC number of 126, specializing in religious crimes centered around oriental cults, and participates in the Takeda Haunted Mansion Case Duel Noir.

## History

### Prior Life

Of the fifteen years the Detective Library has been active, during this period Suntetsu registered himself as a detective that specializes in religious crime.

Eight years prior to the the Duel Noir Challenge, Suntetsu was at a mountain railway when it suddenly caught on fire. Suntetsu shut the emergency exits, which would stop the smoke from getting to most people, but would doom those that were trapped behind such exits. When Korisu Kakitsubata, noticed that he shut the doors on her family, she begged for him to open them, but he refused claiming he had to do it to survive. As a result of his actions, twenty-eight people out of around two hundred perished in the fire and police weren't able to identify or find him.

### Takeda Haunted Mansion Case

On Janaury 10th, Suntetsu was invited to the mansion alongside four other detectives: Sachi Mizuiyama, Hajiki Yaki, Salvador Fukuro Yadorigi, and the aforementioned Korisu Kakitsubata, having gotten an invitation by someone under the name of Saiun Takeda. If it was like the others, the invitation for him would have been that the mansion was probably a place related to activity revolving around cult activities, which would have peaked his interest. At 1PM, he arrived on the scene with the other four. They introduced themselves to each other, though hid their professions as detectives at first. As they waited, Suntetsu sat about on his phone near Sachi, in the mansion's living room, and claimed he was doing stocks. Once he was done, Salvador would spot him several times walking about, but he couldn't recall the exact time. Prior to 3PM, Korisu would confront him, lure him into the dojo and drug him to sleep and set-him up for her murder trick.

This trick involved having him propped up on empty armor sets, where Korisu would make a makeshift bow by the use of rubber bands, wire and a katana that was aimed right at Suntetsu's back. When she left, she had set the dojo's door to be hard to open. By the time it was near 11PM, the other detectives had long-since become aware of Suntetsu's absence and begun to suspect he was the one who set the invitation. They noticed the dojo doors unable to be opened and trying their best to get in. When Kyoko Kirigiri and Yui Samidare arrived, by then the trap had sprung and the katana was plunged into his back. Suntetsu let out a scream, but quickly succumbed to his wound. The others had gotten in, only to find his body and no killer in sight.

Later on, it was revealed that it was Korisu who killed him for vengeance for the death of her family and to appease the 'voices' that were crying out to her in her head.

## Appearance

Suntetsu is described an old man that wore monk clothes.

## Personality

Not much is known about Suntetsu, though from what details are known, from his attire and specialization, he seems passionate about religious crime to take up an occupation that tries to solve the wrongs about it. However, his action of sealing off the exits back at the mountain railway imply he has a, 'needs of the majority' mindset in dangerous situations and willing choose options that will ensure the majority's safety at the cost of a few people. From what Sachi says, its implied he has an interest in stocks as well.

## Trivia

* He is the only known detective in the Kirigiri novels to be specialized in religious crime.