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The 78th Precinct
Characters associated with the police.
Kyoko Kirigiri
The main character and latest of the great Kirigiri detectives. Kyoko is internationally recognized within the business as the one of the best detectives in the world. After her father abandoned her as a child, her grandfather adopted and raised her as his heir.
- Aloof Leader, Affable Subordinate: While she'll be the first one to tell you Makoto isn't her subordinate, her work dynamic with Makoto comes off as this.
- Awful Truth: Kyoko is beholdened to the Deep Ones.
- Conditioned to Accept Horror: Kyoko's long history with detective work means she sees no problem with things like exploring a creepy cave underneath a church of potential murderers alone.
- She touched her first corpse when she was seven years old.
- Cowboy Cop: Kyoko has definitely ignored protocol and possibly broken a few laws of her own in past investigations.
- Despair Event Horizon: Kyoko finally breaks after realizing she was manipulated into pursuing a relationship with Makoto and her feelings for him might not be real.
- Determinator: Kyoko's tenacity is both one of her greatest strengths and Fatal Flaw. She loathes giving up on a case, which keeps on the Hope's Peak case far longer than she should.
- Died in Your Arms Tonight: With Makoto.
- Every Scar Has a Story: The burns on her hands. Kyoko believes she got them during a case and sees them as a symbol of the sacrifices Kirigiris must make. It's actually proof of Eldritch meddling in her childhood.
- Family Business: Detective work runs in the Kirigiri family.
- Foreshadowing: Several characters talk about how Kyoko is overprotective and very aggressive when it comes to defending Makoto. She was tasked by the Deep Ones to be his protector.
- “I can’t quite explain why, but I’ve had a compulsion to protect him [Makoto] ever since I met him.” Kyoko to Sayaka.
- Happiness in Slavery: Implied to be her fate. Though she isn't so much happy as much as she is insane.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Kyoko is very territorial over Makoto and does not like anyone intruding.
- Great Detective: She and her grandfather are considered the last of their kind.
- Gut Feeling: The Kirigiri line is known for their great investigative instincts allowing them to solve very difficult cases. One of the benefits of having a contract with an Elder God.
- The Hero Dies
- More than Mind Control: How much of her protectiveness toward Makoto is real, and how much of it is due to implanted impulses?
- Minored In Ass Kicking: Kyoko mentions she is trained to fight, but because of injuries and the otherwordly nature of her enemies, she doesn't get to show it.
- Not So Stoic: As the story is from her perspective, it's clear Kyoko isn't the Emotionless Girl other characters see her as.
- The Paranoiac: Kyoko becomes more and more paranoid as the story progresses. Eventually, she even loses trust in Makoto.
- Parental Abandonment: Her father walked out when she was five after her mother died.
- Pet the Dog: A good way to judge her sanity level is to check the strength of her relationship with Makoto.
- Sanity Slippage: Paranoia and the incomprehensible nature of the Hope's Peak case drives Kyoko down this path.
- Socially Awkward Hero: Being with Makoto has made her better than she was, but she still shows signs of being socially stunted like not understanding why everyone is so upset when the police dog dies.
- Targeted to Hurt the Hero: Nagito pretends Kyoko is his target to trigger Makoto's protective instincts and keep him around. In reality, he's after Makoto.
- Unwitting Pawn: Kyoko's obsession with Hope's Peak meant her boyfriend, the church's target, stayed nearby and within their reach.
- Violently Protective Girlfriend: Kyoko is extremely protective toward Makoto.
- Was It All a Lie?: Kyoko asks this about her and Makoto's relationship. She's told Makoto's feelings for her are real, but is never told whether her feelings for Makoto are.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Kyoko gets several of these over the story, especially as her sanity wanes.
- Makoto calls her out on exploring a Creepy Cave alone without letting anyone know she was there.
- He calls her out again later when her recklessness and obsession get them trapped at Hope's Peak during a violent rainstorm while again, no one knows they're there.
- Byakuya calls Kyoko out on her more-than-usual reckless and aggressive behaviour toward the case. At one point, he accuses her of secretly being an accomplice to Hope's Peak.
Makoto Naegi
Kyoko's detective partner. They have been in a relationship for several years when the story starts.
- Aloof Leader, Affable Subordinate: Makoto sees his work relationship with Kyoko as this, much to her dismay.
- And Then John Was a Zombie: Makoto morphs into a Deep One.
- Animals Hate Him: Averted then played straight. In the early chapters, the precinct's police dog adores Makoto and ignores Kyoko in favour of him. The replacement puppy brought in near the end after their entanglement with Hope's Peak is terrified of him.
- Born Unlucky: Makoto is renowned for his constant bad luck.
- Chick Magnet: Kyoko and Mukuro are instantly attracted to him and Kyoko implies he has a lot of other admirers.
- Deuteragonist: Makoto is very active and goes behind Kyoko's back several times to forge alliances and make deals. He also goes through his own share of Eldritch events, but doesn't share details.
- Only Sane Man: To Kyoko as her sanity wanes.
- Parental Abandonment: Makoto's father disappeared when he was young.
- Poor Communication Kills: Makoto keeps some big secrets from Kyoko which blow up in his face. Justified as Makoto was aware of her Sanity Slippage and didn't know if he could trust her.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Nagito intends to use Makoto's despair as motivation/bait for his father to break down the Gate.
Byakuya Togami
The chief of police.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Byakuya takes Makoto seriously when he expresses concerns about Kyoko's mental health and removes them from the case.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Byakuya comes to suspect Kyoko is secretly working for Hope's Peak. In a way, he's right.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Byakuya is prickly at best, but he is seen waiting in the hosipital for news after his officers are injured.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Byakuya is never informed about the true nature of Hope's Peak not just because it's a Cassandra Truth, but Kyoko doesn't want to encourage him to look further into it.
- Skewed Priorities: Byakuya's ultimate goal is make sure his precinct has the highest funding in the country.
Hope's Peak Church
Nagito Komaeda
The pastor of Hope's Peak. He is the one who reported the body, kick-starting the story.
- Eldritch Abomination: All we know about Nagito's true form is that its winged, has claws, and is very big.
- Establishing Character Moment: In his introduction, Nagito waxes on how some people are naturally superior to others and makes fun of Makoto for being an assistant to the superior Kyoko.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Nagito genuinely cares about his family. It's his motive for opening the Gate.
- Hero of Another Story: For the Elders Ones. Nagito is leading the charge to free the Elders from their prison while dutifully watching over their descendants.
- Obviously Evil: Nagito is smug and abrasive with a tendency to show up at scary or awkward moments.
- Papa Wolf: Uncle actually, but Nagito killed Ohori Naegi when he attempted to kill Makoto.
- The Bad Guy Wins: The story ends just as Nagito completes his plan to open the Gate.
- Would Hurt a Child: Nagito is responsible for burning a young Kyoko's hands.
Angie Yonaga
A wandering priestess who is visiting Hope's Peak. She worships a being called Atua, who seems to be part of the Hope's Peak pantheon.
She has been traveling with Korekiyo.
- Anti-Villain: Angie's thoughts on Hope's Peak's plans are unknown, although she clearly isn't trying to stop them. However, as the priestess of Atua, she wants to convert people to following a god who will spare them from The End of the World as We Know It.
- Back from the Dead: Angie claims to have been revived by Atua.
- Birds of a Feather: Despite their wildly different personalities, Angie sees Mukuro this way due to their similar position at Hope's Peak. Later, she wants to extends this to Kyoko.
- First-Name Basis: Angie introduces herself as such and refers to Kyoko and Makoto by their first names.
- The Fundamentalist: Angie is constantly raining praise upon Atua.
- Genki Girl: Angie is always in a cheerful mood and doesn't let things like Kyoko's unfriendliness dissuade her.
- Happiness in Slavery: Angie is technically a slave of Atua and the Elders, but she has no problem with it.
Izuru Kamukura
A resident of Hope's Peak.
He previously went by the name Hajime Hinata.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: As Hajime, he was a cop and disappeared after checking out a place called Hope's Peak, a situation similar to Makoto and Kyoko's.
- Eldritch Abomination: It seems to be much less otherworldly than Nagito's form, though in Eldritch years he is little more than a newborn.
- Forgotten Fallen Friend: People at Hajime's old precinct need prompting to remember him. Chiaki is the only exception to this.
- I Just Want to Be Special: How Hope's Peak lured him in.
- Only Sane Man: Izuru is the only person at Hope's Peak who has a normal reaction to a body in the backyard.
- Photo Identification Denial: Izuru denies knowing Chiaki after being shown a picture of her and after being shown a picture of them together. He's not lying. He genuinely doesn't remember her.
Korekiyo Shinguji/Atua
A wanderer accompanying Angie Yonaga who is fascinated with humanity.
He is the human guise of Atua.
- Affably Evil: Korekiyo is off, but he's polite and doesn't attempt to toy with Kyoko and Makoto the way Nagito and Junko do. He even tries to comfort Makoto in his weird, cryptic way.
- Benevolent Abomination: Korekiyo is a fan of humanity and is the only reason any remnant of it remains.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Korekiyo likes people and typically stays out of the conflict between Kyoko/Makoto and Hope's Peak. He still slaughtered Angie's tribe when they killed her.
- Foreshadowing: Korekiyo is a fan of humanity just like Atua. On a couple of occasions, Angie makes a comment about Atua while in his presence and he responds to it immediately afterwards.
- Humans Are Interesting: Much like canon, Korekiyo enjoys studying humanity.
- Mysterious Past: Byakuya's background check turns up nothing on him.
- Nightmare Fetishist: Korekiyo isn't bothered by the murder in his favourite garden and is far more interested in what Kyoko and Makoto would do to solve it. He also claims humanity in general is fascinated by death, and Kyoko and Makoto especially so as detectives.
- Papa Wolf: For Angie.
- Walking Spoiler: It's hard to talk about him without mentioning he's Atua.
Mukuro Ikusaba
A resident of Hope's Peak.
- I Just Want to Be Special: A conversation with Makoto shows Mukuro desperately wants to be like her sister.
- Innocently Insensitive: On account of her having few chances to interact with anyone outside Hope's Peak, Mukuro doesn't have great social skills. During their first meeting, she asks about Makoto's father and doesn't take the hint to stop.
- No Social Skills: She was raised by a cult.
- Love Martyr: It's unlikely Mukuro wanted to be brought to Hope's Peak at the beginning. By the time Kyoko and Makoto find her, she's defending the church for kidnapping her.
Junko Enoshima
A resident of Hope's Peak. She is Murkuro's sister.
- Blatant Lies: Junko tells Kyoko she killed pried Mukuro from her father's "cold, dead hands", then takes it back as a joke. Yeah, right.
- Eldritch Abomination: She's revealed to be a Deep One.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: For as much as she's able to, Junko does seem to love Mukuro.
- The Gadfly: Junko loves getting a rise out of Makoto.
Other
Gundham Tanaka
A hermit living in the forest behind Hope's Peak. He has an intense hatred of Hope's Peak and claims to be a sorcerer. He is accompanied by four hamsters called the Dark Devas of Destruction.
- Ambiguously Human: Nagito refers to Gundham as a human, but Gundham denies this and displays abilities normal humans definitely do not have. When asked directly what he is, he only says he is 'a knight.'
- Cassandra Truth: Most of Gundham's dialogue actually makes sense. However, the otherworldliness of his claims plus his natural inclination for dramatics and exaggeration stop Kyoko from believing him.
- Dark Is Not Evil: A lot of Gundham's boasting includes calling himself a demon/evil/etc., but he's the only real opposition to Hope's Peak.
- Large Ham: Gundham is very into dramatics. He even tries to embellish a story Kyoko is telling him while she's telling him it.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: He has a battle to the death with Nagito. While he loses, he injures Nagito.
- Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: The Devas aren't seen doing anything that regular animals cannot, but they act far more intelligent than real hamsters.
- Poor Communication Kills: Gundham tries but he doesn't seem to grasp that Kyoko doesn't know about things like the Gate and the Elder Ones.
Fuhito Kirigiri
Kyoko's grandfather. He took her in and raised her after her father left.
- Evil All Along: Fuhito works for Nagito.
- Evil Counterpart: To Kyoko of all people. While Kyoko fights and struggles against the Deep Ones until the end, Fuhito gladly goes along with their plans.
- Family Honor: Kyoko mentions that Fuhito and his father are obsessed with their family line.
- Foreshadowing: Fuhito is incredibly dismissive toward Kyoko's concerns about the Hope's Peak case. Of course he is, he's working for them.
- Great Detective: Mostly retired, but still this.
- Karma Houdini: Fuhito is presumably rewarded for his service and taken to Atua's sanctuary to live out the rest of his life.
- Shipper with an Agenda: Makoto is the only boy he's ever approved of for Kyoko. Keeping her in Makoto's life is crucial to Hope's Peak's plans.
Chiaki Nanami
The identity of the body found at Hope's Peak.
- All for Nothing: Chiaki dies before she can reach Hajime. Even if she did get to him, it's unlikely he would have gone with her.
- Gamer Chick: Her apartment has a bunch of video games.
- Mercy Kill: In some ways, Chiaki's death was this. More specifically, Izuru's decision not to revive her comes across this way.
Shuichi Saihara
A fellow detective and childhood friend of Kyoko.
- I Warned You: Shuichi tries to talk Kyoko into dropping the case and says this when she returns sometimes later.
- Nothing Is Scarier: Shuichi refuses to explain what happened to him on Angie's island.
- Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: Shuichi refuses to help with the Hope's Peak case on account of what happened last time he got invovled with them.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Shuichi appears a couple of times and his primary role is to warn Kyoko's she in over her head. Offscreen, however, he warns Jin Kirigiri his daughter is in trouble, prompting him to arrive in person. Without Jin, Kyoko wouldn't have learnt several Awful Truths or escaped the asylum.
Sayaka Maizono
An actress with the local theatre and Makoto's childhood friend.
- Childhood Friend: To Makoto.
- Excellent Judge of Character: She immediately realizes Junko is trouble. More impressively, a flashback shows she also realized something was strange about Kyoko's immediate attraction to Makoto.
- Shipper on Deck: For Makoto and Kyoko.
Yasuhiro Hagakure
A local homeless man. He is well known to the police for his antics and various scams over the years. Makoto is the only person on somewhat good terms with him.
- The End Is Nigh: Yasuhiro is most often seen spouting conspiracy theories and at once point, is implied to have been holding one of these signs. Surprisingly, he's not connected to Hope's Peak.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: The only person who can put up with him is Makoto.
- Hidden Depths: Kyoko notes that despite his apparent idiocy and his tendency to scam and anger people, no one has ever been able to arrest or catch him. He's also a genuine spirit channeler.
