Korisu Kakitsubata

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## Debut

### Novel

Danganronpa Kirigiri

**Korisu Kakitsubata** is a supporting character featured in Danganronpa Kirigiri. She is a detective with the DSC number of 488, specializing in animal welfare, and participates in the Takeda Haunted Mansion Case Duel Noir.

## History

### Prior Life

Eight years prior to the the Duel Noir Challenge, Korisu was with family at mountain railway when it suddenly caught on fire. Korisu ran ahead and was able to escape, but before her family could make it out, Suntetsu Shirasu, shut the emergency exits on them in order to prevent the rising smoke from getting more passengers and causing more deaths. Still, as a result of his actions, twenty-eight people perished in the fire and police weren't able to identify or find him. Korisu was heavily traumatized by the event and often heard the voices of that that perished calling out to her.

The Victims Catharsis Committee would later scout out Korisu, who would take upon a Duel Noir against Suntetsu. Her plan to kill Suntetsu was as follows:

First, she would drug him to sleep. Then she would prop him on the armored warriors in order to keep him in place. Then, she would put the wire through the holes of her katana. The ends of the wire would to two places. One, to the backyard's water wheel, or rather the wheel's icicle (which was thick and wouldn't break so easily) and the other over the backyard's fence and tied to a weight. Once that was done, she would open the double doors a bit, and jam the handles with her jack. From there she put the katana through the door handles, which pulled back the rubber bands, stretching them back with the guard of the blade.

What would be in place now was something resembling a bow, with the katana acting as its arrow. Then she would go out to the weight from earlier, tossing off a cliff that lead into the stream below. The bow wouldn't fire immediately thanks to the wire also being wrapped around the thick icicle from earlier. But, once it did, there was no reason to keep the jack in anymore since the force would make sure to keep the doors open. Eventually, the wire would be released from the icicle and the force would cause it to send the katana right into the chest of the Suntetsu. The wire itself would be pulled by the weight still going downstream, and drop into the water, likely to never be found.

### Takeda Haunted Mansion Case

On Janaury 10th, Korisu set her plan into motion. She invited Suntetsu to the mansion alongside three other detectives: Sachi Mizuiyama, Hajiki Yaki and Salvador Fukuro Yadorigi, each with different tip offs that would lure them there under the name of Saiun Takeda, who died ten years ago. Sachi in particular would be her potential scapegoat to pin the crime on, if they didn't believe Suntetsu killed himself. As a cover, her story was that she was drawn to the mansion after hearing there was illegal wildlife trade there. At 1PM, she arrived on the scene with the other four. They introduced themselves to each other, though hid their professions as detectives at first. They waited until 3PM, which got them suspicious by then, since their proxy never showed up. It was at this point, they all started to investigate the mansion, and by 9PM the others, sans a missing Suntetsu, were thinking about leaving. Korisu revealed herself as a detective at that moment, and the others followed suit.

With Suntetsu missing, the others believed he was the one who called them here and began to look for him. In reality, Korisu had already lured Suntetsu to the dojo and had drugged him to sleep. From there, she propped his body up with the use of the empty armor that was placed in the dojo. With that done, Korisu then needed to ensure her set-up for the backyard, but a problem arose with Salvador being in the hallways looking at art. Because of this, Korisu couldn't put on her stilettos to go outside with. Instead, she had to resort to using the sandals from the armor left in the dojo. With those on her feet, she went outside and got everything in order and went back to the mansion, unaware that she left prints behind on the shoes.

By 10PM, Salvador noticed that the door to the dojo wouldn't budge and called the others. Hajiki tried to use his strength to get it open but it wouldn't budge. Near 11PM, was when Yui Samidare and Kyoko Kirigiri arrived on scene. However, it was too late, and by that point, Korisu's trap sprung and the group could hear Suntetsu muffled voice as he died. Kyoko ordered Hajiki to give the doors one big tug, and they were able to get it open partway, enough for Salvador to cut the rubbers bands and turn on the lights. There, Suntetsu laid dead.

The authorities were called and begin asking for the basics of what happened. Throughout, Korisu explained her displeasure with the interrogation and needing to stay behind out of concern for her skin, which annoy the police since they would like her to take it seriously. Once the officers begin by questioning Sachi in another room, its then that Korisu reveals alongside Salvador and Hajiki, that she was also a detective (with the main consensus concerning all four was due to the police clashing with detectives at times). She introduces herself by showing off her DSC card as well and her 'reason' for getting 'lured' there, though like Hajiki acted as if she didn't want to get involved with a murder case and reacted poorly when Hajiki told her to solve it. She was the second person to be interrogated after Sachi, and acted annoyed by being called to it, though once she compared it to being called into the principal's office, found it exciting and went inside. After she was done, she called Haijiki (though nicknamed him 'wannabe gangster') to the room and gave her alibi, which was just walking about talking on the phone with her friend, no real time given.

After Kyoko and Yui's investigation of the crime scene wrapped up, Kyoko called everyone to the scene of the crime and explained how the crime went down. She concluded that it must be Sachi since the gap in the door was small enough for only someone as small as Sachi to fit through. Sachi was arrested and with that everyone else departed. Thinking she was in the clear, Korisu (crowbar in hand) thought to finish the job by sneaking back into the yard and destroying the water wheel. Unfortunately, for her, the truth was that it was a trap created by Kyoko meant to catch her in the act. Korisu tried to play dumb and say she just lost an earring. Kyoko doesn't buy and begins laying out her plans to destroy the evidence, which causes Korisu to drop the act and in favor of showing her more intelligent side. She and Kyoko go back and forth debating on if she could do it, but ultimately Kyoko pieced everything together from the case.

### Korisu's Fate

Left in shock, Korisu could only hang her head low in defeat. She asks who was Kyoko, since she only expected to be up against Yui. Kyoko says that it doesn't matter since it was over for her. This, causes her to approach Kyoko with a crowbar in hand, but before she could swing, Yui jumped between them and cited that the Culprit wasn't allowed to harm the detective. To this, Korisu laughs and points out that since she lost, the rules don't matter. However, she decides not to go through with it, since taking her anger out on them wouldn't do any good. Korisu explains her motive, which gets Yui to wonder if she actually did get Catharsis from killing Suntetsu. Korisu responds that she doesn't know, and admits it really doesn't feel like she killed him.

However, she says she can only believe that it got her catharsis and it would also bring catharsis to those who perished in the fire, thus she wouldn't hear their voices anymore. When asked if she had the money to pay for the 151 million yen used for the Duel Noir, she responded that she didn't and pointed out she wouldn't taken up a Duel Noir if she had any money at all. Kyoko advised her to go with the cops present, otherwise the Committee will want to take their debt by killing her. This freaks Korisu out enough to beg Kyoko for safety, but at this point Kyoko already considers dead since she crossed the line with murder. As she was being arrested, Yui looks at her one last time, She notes she looked utterly terrified with her hands covering ears and eyes wide in panic, almost like a child.

While in police custody, Salvador visited her in order to gain information on the Duel Noir, as well as to see if there was a chance if Korisu knew who Taehime Uozumi was. Unfortunately for him it was not the case. It was during this interrogation on Korisu, did Salvador know that a Committee representative had visited her to inform that there a special clause for this challenge. The Victims of the Twelve Duel Noir Challenge would have their debts paid off by Gekka if they lose, meaning they get to live. However, Korisu would still have to pay for her crimes.

## Appearance

Korisu is a Japanese woman that was described has having light-brown hair which, if the illustration is to be believed, was short with a long strand that was off to the side of her face. She was said to be wearing a sparkling, garish, sweater that revealed a good amount of cleavage and also wearing a mini-skirt. Her face was said to be 'caked' in make-up and she also wore stilettos.

## Personality

When Kyoko and Yui first met her, Korisu acted like a stereotypical vapid and air headed woman, acting only concerned with her appearance and being somewhat rude to the others, rather than bother solving a murder case. However, their confrontation with her outside revealed that, despite her flashy looks, Korisu was far more intelligent then she appeared and lucid enough to debate with Kyoko, up until it was clear she wasn't going to be able to get out of this. While she contemplated getting revenge for being found out, she forgoes this since she doesn't want to be a sore loser, showcasing her to be a woman that takes failure in stride.

It's implied that the fire from her past left Korisu mentally scarred to the point she was willing to resort to murder if it meant appeasing the 'voices' of those who perished in the flames. As such, even when killing Suntetsu only resulted in her feeling confusion, she chooses to believed it would help her. However, she becomes very panicked when told the Committee would be gunning for her, showing her fear of being murdered herself, and her mannerisms when arrested give credence that she was still hearing voices in her head. Her classification implies that she does care for animals and their own safety. Her choice of attire leads credence that she loves flashy clothing and, given that it was decorated with them, its implied she holds a liking towards stickers.

## Trivia

* Korisu is the first Victim in the *Danganronpa Kirigiri* novels to survive her Duel Noir case, with prior Victims of Tadashi Asakura and Sae Yozuru being murdered after failing and prior to the case's completion, respectively.
* She was the first Victim to not be aware of the Committee's penalty of those who fail the Duel Noir.
* Yui was unsure if Korisu's DSC card would be able to get scanned given how much stickers were on it.
* Korisu is very similar in character to Junko Enoshima, from their flashy sense of clothes and both being smarter than what their shallow act would lead other to believe.