List of Criminals

This is a list of all the criminals that appear in only a few chapters.

Atsushi Tagame
The first criminal apprehended by Sakon Futatsuki. He murdered Haruka Shinomiya, a popular performer, without a clear motive. The murder weapon was a folding pocketknife. He attempted to frame a civilian by leaving a doctored receipt for a pocketBOOK at the crime scene with the same time a civilian purchased an actual pocketknife from the same store. He was foiled by Aioi's unnaturally good eyesight identifying his fingers. His case was in chapter one.

Unnamed Lolita Serial Murderer
This perpetrator is never named. He abducted women on their way home using his taxi, and offered them drugged candy. He would then tie them up, dress them in lolita fashion, and then kill them. The method of killing is unknown. Aioi found him by falling into his trap, and having Sakon follow her tracks to rescue her. He claims he is motivated by wanting to play with dolls when he was younger, but being barred from it by his mother. When Aioi found him, she was wearing a lolita fashion. When he saw this, he was upset and demanded she change into the lolita fashion he selected. She later discovered he had another girl captive who he wanted her to match with, who she saved by unlocking a door with his 4 digit PIN number. He was introduced in chapter 2 and caught in chapter 3.

Nobuto Oohira
Nobuto Oohira was the son of Kenzo Oohira, the owner of the Oohira Manor. He was an unusual boy, with a hyperfixation on hands. His father was disturbed by this, and began writing about it. At some point, people began disappearing. His father found Nobuto atop a pile of their corpses one day, holding his mothers cut off hand. He had murdered and stolen the right hands of the thirteen missing people using a hacksaw. Kenzo knew Nobuto couldn't be allowed to kill any longer, but he didn't have the heart to kill him, so he buried the bodies on the manor grounds and locked him in the basement for years. These original 13 murders were the subject of a popular crime drama. Eventually, he broke out and murdered his father for keeping him locked up all that time, and then came after Ukon, Sakon, Aioi, and Hikaru Kagamino. Just as he was about to attack Aioi, however, she managed to pacify him by holding his hand, supposedly meaning the reason for his crimes is out of a twisted desire to hold someones hand. As soon as Aioi pacifies him, however, he shoots Nobuto through the head. He is later revealed to have survived, and uses his last few minutes to save Aioi from Hikaru as thanks for holding his hand.

Teruhiko
Teruhiko last name unknown is a former member of the band Key True. When his band broke up, his parents cut him off, and his wife left him he became convinced there was no such thing as love. He decided he could only be happy if he got a lot of money, so he found a gun and held up a bank. Aioi and Sakon worked together to catch him. Aioi and Sakon snuck in after the hold up began, and Aioi was chosen as a hostage to be shot if the police didn't comply with his demands. She tried to convince him to fall in love with her, but he was put off and confused. Aioi shot Sakon with a fake gun to prove her loyalty, and his former bandmates, wife, and mother gathered outside the bank to distract him so Sakon could use the element of surprise to knock him out. She located these people using the reflection of his eyes showing a sticker for his band, and noting the leader had the same unique teeth as visible through his mask. Aioi now visits him in prison, even once bringing him ramen from his favourite shop. He was featured in chapters 9, 10, and 11.

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