Hifumi Yamada

## Character Backstory

**Warning:** The following contains spoilers for Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.

During the Killing School Life, Hifumi became infatuated with the AI that was created by Chihiro Fujisaki, named Alter Ego. When Alter Ego disappeared, he was willing to do anything to get it back. Celeste took this as an opportunity to manipulate him into killing Kiyotaka Ishimaru- who also wanted Alter Ego for his own reasons- and framing Yasuhiro Hagakure for it. It was after Celeste betrayed Hifumi and brought him to the brink of death that Hifumi was willing to tell the rest of the class who was really responsible, referring to her by her real last name: "Yasuhiro". This became an important clue that helped the class discover that Celeste was guilty.

## Character Card Abilities

### Primary Active: **Ship**

* Target 2 players:
	+ Information abilities on one give results for both.
	+ Trial abilities/items hitting one hit both.
	+ Protections/suppressions/talks hitting one hit both.
* May not target the same targets twice in a row.

### Secondary Passive: **Plot Twist, White Knight**

* If a Shipped player is murdered, they "live" only for the trial, while the second Shipped player "dies" only for the trial.
* Upon death, Hifumi may use Last Will without the item.
* Hifumi may use white items twice before discarding/destroying them.
* During the day/trial, Hifumi can steal any white items he witnesses being used.

## Character Card Notes

### Primary Notes:

* Ship shares only incoming effects, not passive/outgoing effects.
* Ship does not share lethal effects nor effects that could become lethal (such as planting a Bomb).
* Information actions on Shipped players, such as Tracking Device, give a result of "they went to 8 and 11", since it functions like you using Tracking Device on both players.
* You are not informed who specifically went to 8 and 11 in this example.
* Shipped players are not informed they are shipped.
* Shipped players are only shipped for the current night/next day.

### Secondary Notes:

* Ship does not cause a protection trial.
* Shipped players that are "murdered" are not announced, while it *is* announced that the trial is for the murder of the shipped player who appears dead.
* Hifumi cannot reuse his Truth Bullet twice during the same trial, but if a Truth Bullet hits a ship target it checks the alibis of both shipped players.
* Hifumi can loot/steal uninteractable white constant effect items after they are deployed (such as Briefcase and Panties).
* Hifumi stealing an item being used during the day prevents it from triggering.
* Hifumi may only steal a maximum of 1 white item per day/trial total.

## Strategy

Ship allows Hifumi to choose two characters to share incoming effects. This means that anyone who targets one of them with an investigation ability/item can receive information for both of them, which is good for those on the side of hope. However, if either Shipped character is targeted with a suppression ability/item, both of them can suffer the effects, which makes it slightly easier for the blackened to draw suspicion onto other characters. Plot Twist only triggers if either Shipped character would be murdered and provides the opportunity for the would-be victim to share any information he/she has at the cost of disallowing the other Shipped character from participating in the trial. This tradeoff may be beneficial or a detriment depending on the circumstances of the killing. White Knight can be used to prevent other players from using white cards during the day in a way that Hifumi doesn't want. For example, if one attempted to use Bag of Chips on somebody other than Hifumi, he could use White Knight to take that card for himself and prevent the effects of the card.

With the power to have most abilities/items target two people at once *and* the power to disable/steal white cards when they're used, Hifumi has considerable control over the games he's in. Ship can be used by a blackened Hifumi- if he can manage to do so while performing a lethal action- to confuse classmates during a trial or have twice the suppression power before the trial. If Hifumi is on the side of hope, he should be careful not to accidentally create a situation in which nobody knows who the killer could be by the Plot Twist ability. Hifumi can only prevent 1 white item from being used per day/trial with White Knight, so it's best to be selective about how he uses it.