HIROMI

HIGURUMA

日車寛見

GIVEN NAME

"nitrate" (硝 shō) + "child" (子 ko) | JAPANESE

HAIR COLOR

brown

AGE

HEIGHT

x'x" (xxx cm)

SURNAME

"house, family" (家 ie) + "tp enter" (入 iri) | JAPANESE

EYE COLOR

brown

BIRTHDAY

Date (ZODIAC)

CURSE

xxx

Personality

Hiromi is a very relaxed, hyperintelligent, and modest man who always appears very detached and aloof from his environment. He can come off as apathetic due to the weary expression that's always on his face but Hiromi is actually very passionate about justice. Hiromi is constantly working on his craft and his associates think he's a masochist for taking on tough cases where most people would consider his defendants sure to be found guilty. Even though 99.9% of criminal trials in Japan end in a guilty verdict, Hiromi always chooses to try and protect the wrongfully accused by proving their innocence anyway. He's not trying to save the weak and powerless, Hiromi simply can't leave things alone if he doesn't feel they're right. Lady Justice wears a blindfold to represent impartial justice and everyday people close their eyes to shield themselves from reality, but Hiromi is the type of man willing to keep his eyes open even if no one else will. As a lawyer, Hiromi often has to deal with situations where he's blamed when his clients don't receive a lawful verdict. He tries not to let it bother him because Hiromi understands that his clients only take out their anger on him because they've been backed into a corner. Despite his best efforts, the look clients give him when they're found unjustly guilty horrifies Hiromi as it would anyone else. This is something that Hiromi's peers worry about weighs on his mental state. When the justice system unfairly found his most recent client guilty despite the overwhelming evidence in their favor, Hiromi snapped. Coupled with awakening his cursed technique, Hiromi's rage lead him to demand a retrial on the spot and he ended up murdering the prosecutor and the judge. This marked a major shift in Hiromi's frame of mind. Hiromi has since become generally discontent and disconnected with the laws of society. He has openly admitted he cares very little for anything at all anymore and resorted to challenging himself to try things he previously wouldn't. This led to strange behavior like Hiromi laying in a bathtub filled with water while fully clothed in his suit and tie. Despite the seriousness of the change his change in his mental state, Hiromi joked with Yuji as if he was just someone having a mid-life crisis. He even made a momentary quip about wanting to play the money-grubbing lawyer he never was before. Upon initially becoming a player in the Culling Game, Hiromi's interest was in the possibilities in the rules of the game. At this point, he was dissatisfied with the law and felt they were completely powerless. However, the Culling Game could accurately punish rule breakers without prolonged prosecutions. He genuinely felt like a world like that would be more proper and wanted to see how the game would play out regardless of numerous people losing their lives. Hiromi's interest in the Culling Game initially led him to deny Yuji when the boy asked him to put his points toward helping put a stop to the game. When Yuji forced the issue, Hiromi stated that among the new things he tried, killing people who annoyed him felt better than he expected. He responded to Yuji with deadly force and tried to eliminate him. This was until Hiromi heard him confess to a crime he wasn't guilty of. Hiromi tried to ignore this by reminding himself that he was tired of empathizing with the weakness of ugly people day after day. Every time Hiromi tried to help someone he ended up thinking of them as ugly. He called Yuji ugly just like everyone else because regardless of what he aspires to be, only emptiness lies ahead. Hiromi compared it to shining a light into endless darkness. However, Hiromi used to value the ugliness of human beings because that very depravity is something that no other species has. Hiromi knew Yuji was innocent of what happened during the Shibuya Incident and couldn't understand why Yuji would confess. Reminded of why he got into law in the first place, Hiromi chose to stop ignoring what Yuji did and ceased hostility towards him. This helped Hiromi return to normal, his previous more stable state of mind. He agreed to talk with Yuji civically and used his points to help all the weak people still out in the world. Hiromi carries guilt with him after what he did to the prosecutor and judge during Keita's trial. It was difficult to turn back after doing so and he's expressed that killing someone of his own volition felt awful. He chose not to accompany Yuji any further because he feels he needs to take responsibility for the crime he committed. He needed to ponder his course of action and get space from Yuji because he reminded him of how far he fell from his roots.

Backstory

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Defense attorney.

Abilities

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Headcanons

***first date ▸ Speaking from personal experience, I can tell that criminal lawyers drink a lot. Also, given how Higuruma takes on cases that are most likely pro bono, I’d say he isn’t exactly a guy with a bank. He’s a stressed fella, and would probably prefer a date where he doesn’t have to put too much thought in planning. At least on the first one. I see many people saying he’s like a Nanami 2.0, and I can’t say I totally agree with that. They have many things in common, yet are still very different and unique. He’d love to have a date where you two experience something and then discuss it over some alcohol, using the first part as an ice-breaker. So Kabuki theater? Oiran processions? Sumo fighting? Something of that sort. These things seem to be on the surface options, yet you get surprised when you’re asked to one. And they never fail to leave an impression that’s good enough to ignite a conversation further on. I believe he’d be hesitant to do his best at planning the first date since the idea that he has to be prepared if all goes to shit was branded into his DNA with his attorney practice years. He doesn’t want to get too invested at first, and opts for something mildly creative to test the waters. Yet he does want to leave a good impression himself, so expect the sake conversation to be fascinating.