Mitsuru Fuwa

Mitsuru is Naoya Saeki's roommate and best friend. He is a senior colleague of Nagi Saeki and Tetsu Akatsuki.

Appearance
Mitsuru has brown hair and amber eyes.

In the main story, Mitsuru wears a standard black TOKKOH Uniform with gold embellishments/buttons. He also wears a black inverness coat on his right shoulder. The band on his peaked cap is a forest green, as well as part of his collar.

In his Special Story, he wears a white button-up shirt with black suspenders, a black sleeve garter on his left arm, and black pants.

Personality
Mitsuru is a character that often teases Nagi, often calling him out for his brother complex while being friendly with Naoya, even jokingly asking for Nagi's permission to be around Naoya. He is also rather playful, often sneaking out at night with Naoya to head to the red-light district and visiting brothels or heading to cafes and making the ladies laugh with his jokes.

Despite his attitude, he does care for both Nagi and Tetsu, even more so when Naoya is murdered. He slightly acts as a brotherly figure, often showing concern and telling Nagi and Tetsu to stop it with their 'stupid detective game' before they get involved in something dangerous and/ or get themselves killed. Although he says this, he still helps them out when they're in trouble and scolds them afterwards.

Mitsuru is intelligent, even being complemented by Naoya regarding this trait, but often denies it when people point it out. Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that Mitsuru is anxious about the fact that he will die someday, possibly in a time of conflict, at least wanting someone to remember his name. Thus, telling Saizo his name within his (Saizo's) special story, claiming he must be pretty selfish that he wants at least one person to remember him.

Special Story
Mitsuru was the second son born into a falling noble family. He did not feel as if family was important, despite the widespread notion that family is the thing you must protect first and foremost, although he cannot discern if this is because of the environment he was born into or because he was simply born this way. He was deemed an 'irregular' child by his family, and was given more freedom that his elder brother did not have. Mitsuru served as a foil to his older brother, who pitied him because he was not a 'good boy'. However, Mitsuru called it even because he thought of his brother as a parents' doll because he obeyed everything they said, even as they tried to exploit him for their own monetary gain. His parents even attempted to 'regularize' him, but all he wanted was for them to leave him alone. He notes that they even wanted 'useless trash' like him. His parents used their status to 'decorate' their 'irregular' son, and sent him to a university without him knowing what was happening in order to use him as they had his brother.

In the prestigious university, he has a reputation as the delinquent of a falling noble family. Mitsuru did not act out or do bad things, but he did not study either, nor did he respect the professors. He did not isolate himself completely from his peers, but he did not make any efforts to socialize.

He often went to cafes so he could make the ladies laugh with his jokes, saying that he liked pretty girls and didn't have to have serious conversations with them. He felt bored with it, and his life in general, and was sick of being in discussion circles and sharing ideas. His reputation was convenient for him to hide behind. During his second year of university, in the spring, a new student came to live in the dorms - Naoya Saeki, the eldest son of the famous and noble Saeki family. Mitsuru notes that Saeki's grades were outstanding, and that people said he must become a bureaucrat. Some even that he had a personal driver to take him to university during his first year, which created a buzz among the students.

Naoya introduces himself to Mitsuru, bowing in a perfect manner, which made him stand out even more from the other students. Mitsuru greets him back, and helps him carry his things into their shared room. After doing this, Mitsuru asks, "So, why did a son of Mr. Saeki come here?" because he is curious about how Naoya would react to his words. Naoya is unbothered by this, and asks Mitsuru if he is curious about him. Mitsuru then says that he is asking, and that Naoya does not have to reply if he does not want to. Naoya replies, "Okay, then I say it's just a change of heart." Mitsuru sees through Naoya's answer, calling it a wall that he had created.

Mitsuru's initial perception of Naoya as a rich goody-two-shoes was soon changed after he saw that Naoya did not hide under his father's influence and joined the events in the student dorms. But, not knowing why, Mitsuru feels as if Naoya is hiding his emotions with a mask.

One day, Mitsuru asks Naoya, "Is your life that boring?". Naoya, who was reading a book, is surprised as to why Mitsuru would ask him that suddenly. When Mitsuru once again says that he was just wondering, he replies with, "Not really. I still have lots of things to learn.  I don't have to feel my life is boring." Mitsuru then calls him a liar, saying that he does not think that way. Mitsuru tries to get him to visit a cafe with him, saying that Naoya will be popular among the girls.

Smiling, Naoya asks him, "Do you think I can enjoy things that you don't enjoy?". Mitsuru then denies that fact, saying that he is a regular at the cafe. Naoya says that he knows, and also knows of Mitsuru's reputation. After Mitsuru says that there is nothing more fun than talking with pretty girls, Naoya says that Mitsuru does not enjoy it from the bottom of his heart. When Mitsuru asks why he thinks so, Naoya points out that Mitsuru said so when he said, "Is the life that boring?". He then says that just as Mitsuru can understand him, he can understand Mitsuru, and that they are alike. Mitsuru questions this, saying, "A bright pupil and a black sheep are alike?". Naoya then says it is not a matter of grades, and that he knows Mitsuru has not shown his true ability in regards to his intelligence. He asks why Mitsuru acts as if he is ignorant despite the fact that he reads novels, newspapers, and textbooks. Mitsuru says that Naoya is overestimating him, and to not expect much of him since he has nothing in his head, or else Naoya will embarrass himself. Naoya says that he can tell Mitsuru is intelligent because of his reactions and the conversation they are having. Mitsuru then says that Naoya thinks that way because he wants it that way. Naoya then reveals that he saw Mitsuru at the cafe 'Lupin' lost in reading novels and newspapers, and asks if that was his fantasy. At this point, Mitsuru calls Naoya a 'damn liar' in his mind.

Mitsuru feels as if he is playing the fool, because Naoya is leading him around by the nose. After seeing Mitsuru's real personality, Naoya laughs, saying that he likes Mitsuru's true self better. Mitsuru then says that he thought Naoya was a serious and kind person, but in reality, he is a bit mean. Naoya then states that he never said he is kind, but rather, people evaluate him as a kind person, and he simply accepts what they say because it is convenient for him. He says that Mitsuru is alike in the regard that the reputations which people have forced onto them are convenient for them.

At this point, Mitsuru admits that they are alike. Naoya smiles, and asks him what is the shared point between them. Mitsuru answers, "The viciousness that trying to make me say it. And we both don't care about ourselves, I guess." Naoya smiles again, saying nothing.

Mitsuru thinks Naoya and him are best friends, but not in the general sense of the word. It is more that they understand the 'essence' of each other, and Mitsuru believes that he is the one who can understand the essence of Naoya. He then says that his position as best friend will not change, even if he loves his little brother or if he has a girlfriend. Questioning his place in Naoya's loved ones, he says that he did not want a position like that, and that it was better suited for his family or girlfriend. He did not want to have that kind of relationship with Naoya.

He had a bad feeling about Naoya, saying once again that he did not care about himself and was in a rush to die. Mitsuru thought having more important people in Naoya's life would remove any of his 'stupid' ideas, and calls himself stupid for believing this. He questions his feeling of betrayal, asking if he is selfish.

His Special Story ends with him asking why Naoya left him behind.

The Prison Boys
Before the story took place, Mitsuru had received the envelope (with the suicide note inside) from Naoya who had requested that Mitsuru gives the note to Nagi and Tetsu if he ever goes missing. Mitsuru often felt as though Naoya was in a rush to die but had never verbally expressed those thoughts. Despite those instructions, Mitsuru didn't give the envelope to Nagi and Tetsu upon discovering Naoya's death, thus, Nagi and Tetsu pinning Mitsuru as one of the prime suspects for Naoya's murderer as he even told the two to stop snooping around before they got themselves in a dangerous situation.

Even more so, he attempted to cover the fact that Naoya had written the suicide note, claiming that he had written it himself but is contradicted by Tetsu saying that both he and Nagi can recognise Naoya's handwriting.

At one point, the player can choose whether they want to accuse Mitsuru as Naoya's murderer or not. If they do, Mitsuru is sentenced to death and is executed. If they acquit him, he becomes an ally although still objects to Nagi and Tetsu trying to find out about Naoya's death

Character Gallery Card 2
"'I liked a character that is persistently teasing around someone who is grumpy, so there are similar characters who appear in the story. In the original story, there were two characters: 'The best friend of his late brother' and 'A guard/beefer who became a TOKKOH officer to make money for a living and believes in militarism a little bit.' Mitsuru is the combination of the two. Actually, there was a ridiculous setting that is 'Mitsuru appears with girl's clothes to pretend to be Naoya's girlfriend.' I guess Mitsuru would willingly wear girl's clothes though... but the other characters wouldn't be too happy with it. In this age, only rich people or really clever could get into university though. Naoya and Mitsuru graduated. Tetsu and Nagi didn't go to university. They entered 12-Story Prison right after they graduated from a police school. Mitsuru's weapon is a saber. In this age, military and police usually had sabers, not Japanese swords (katana). You can't think of the Taisho period without thinking of an inverness coat! I want them to wear inverness coats! But the season setting is summer! I couldn't give it up, so you can see my obsessiveness in the designs of the characters.'"

Trivia

 * He wasn't aware that Naoya had a girlfriend.


 * He was the one that first mentioned Hades grass to Naoya, although Mitsuru had called it 'Heaven's drug' during the time.
 * His partner for work is Nagi.
 * Although Mitsuru isn't Naoya's murderer, he kills Tetsu and Nagi in several of the endings.
 * In one ending, Mitsuru comments under his breath that they (Nagi and Tetsu) know too much. At night, Tetsu dreams of his father about to kill him and upon his awakening, he is met with Nagi's bloody arm stretching out towards him, telling Tetsu to run away weakly although it's too late and Tetsu is confronted with Mitsuru raising his saber over him.


 * Mitsuru's surname is written as 不破, with "不" meaning a negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy and "破" meaning to rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate. His given name is written as "充", which means to charge.