Julia Kirigiri



Julia Kirigiri is a character that appears in Mask of Deceit and Haunting Memories. She is a detective working with Interpol who goes under the nickname of 'D' in all of her investigations.

=Appearance=

Julia is a relatively tall woman with a pale complexion. She wears black-rimmed glasses over her purple eyes. She wears her lavender hair down and with a braid on the side, tied with a black ribbon. Her outfit consists of a dark purple collared jacket over a white blouse and brown tie, along with a short skirt and heeled knee-high boots. She wears black gloves to conceal scars on her hands that she received from the serial killer that murdered her parents when she was fourteen.

When she was a teenager, Julia wore her hair tied up into curled ponytails by dark pink bows. She wore a headband and jacket of the same colour, her shirt being a lighter pink. She wore a pearl necklace around her neck. Her skirt was pink and matched her pink slip on shoes.

=Personality=

Julia is a very distant woman who hides her emotions, having a collected expression near constantly. She is very serious about her work and tends to stay away from other people. Julia is a woman of few words and will only speak to people that she has to. She despises criminals with a passion, although she has a particular hatred for killers and her attitude turns dark when talking about the subject. She bears a grudge against killers because her parents were the victims of a serial killer. This is why she is so adamant about her mission to catch Genocide Jack.

Julia wasn't always so serious, however. As a child and before her parent's deaths, she was a very bright and cheerful girl. Her charismatic personality allowed her to make a lot of friends. She always had a positive outlook on life and saw no point in being gloomy. She was very fond of her friends and family. It was only after the deaths of her parents and childhood crush Chaz Anahita that her personality changed.

=History=

Before the Story
Julia lived with her parents, her father being the headmaster of a private school while her mother was a nurse at a hospital. She lived a regular existence with her childhood friends, twins Chaz and Bridget Anahita, for the first fourteen years of her life. However, she returned home from a sleepover one day to find her parents dead in her home, having been stabbed to death by a scythe. They had been killed by the Nightfall Killer, a famous serial killer at that time. Julia, now an orphan, was sent to live with her aunt Vincenza Kirigiri, her father's younger sister. Not long after this, though, the ZR-8 Incident occurred. In this incident, Chaz was murdered by the assassins known as the Shinokage. Julia had a large crush on Chaz and was deeply saddened by his death. She ultimately decided to become a detective and aimed to track down all known serial killers, among other criminals, to take revenge for the people she had lost.

Mask of Deceit
The second case, Turnabout Lockdown, featured Julia appearing at the scene of the crime. She appeared in front of Niamh Wood and Roberto Shield, ordering them to stay out of her way while she was investigating, although she never established what she was investigating at the time. Her later dialogue seems to suggest that she was investigating Genocide Jack. She quickly left the scene, leaving Wood and Roberto in confusion. Julia later appeared again in front of Wood, once again requesting the prosecutor that she stay out of the way of the detective's investigation. Wood lost her temper and yelled at Julia, to which Julia responded by threatening Wood with arrest while calling for backup. Wood hastily apologized and Julia departed from the scene. Julia returned to the prison the next day after the trial, this time to question Mondo Owada about Genocide Jack. Owada refused to say anything, so Julia ignored Lily and Chrysalis and left the scene.

Julia was the detective investigating the murder in The Defensive Turnabout. She arrived at the crime scene claiming to be investigating the case in order to 'pass the time'. Julia gave a brief explanation about her real mission, her goal to locate Genocide Jack, before leaving the scene. She appeared in court the next day to testify about the case, although her testimony was quick to the point, much like Julia herself. When Tenniswood asks about the alleged motive for the defendant, Julia speaks of the mysterious case known as the CT-2 Incident before stepping down from the witness stand to allow Bernadette Rivera to testify. She disappeared from the case after this, most likely to continue her work on Genocide Jack.

=Relationships=

Kotoko Minami
Julia cares a lot about Kotoko, even going so far as to adopt the girl when she became an orphan. The two can relate quite a bit, as they both had their parents murdered by a serial killer under the same name. Kotoko often asks to assist Julia in her cases, although the requests are always declined until Kotoko grows older. This could also show Julia's care for Kotoko, keeping the girl away from cases that could potentially be dangerous.

Sebastian Walker
During Julia's investigations, Sebastian is more often than not the researcher of the team. With his skills with computers and ability to hack into many kinds of databases, Sebastian has a lot of information that Julia finds useful and can use to solve a case. The two get along rather well, and Julia often comments on how she prefers the calmer Sebastian over the energetic Felix, to which the latter replies with offence. Felix often jokes about a romantic relationship between the two which ends up with them in embarrassed denial.

Felix Griffin
Felix is Julia's self-proclaimed assistant. He has a wide range of knowledge on criminals (especially serial killers) that he believes Julia will find helpful in her investigations. While they do investigate together often, they do not always get along. Felix's light-hearted and rather childish personality irritates Julia most days, and her rather short temper leads her to deliver some kind of insult to him, even if he doesn't fully understand it. Felix seems to look up to Julia, although the teacher-student feeling isn't returned.

=Quotes=

- "Why should I tell you my name? You can just call me D."

- "Q, we have unauthorized personnel interfering with Operation 11037ET-3. Send backup immediately." (contacting Interpol to arrest Niamh Wood)

- "I'm sure Shield can work this without you. In fact, his job will probably be easier without you to pester him." (to Niamh Wood)

- "The race against time to catch the Super High School Level Murderer." (explaining her mission)'​

​- "Rash judgments are the very poisons of this legal system."

=Trivia=

- Julia is based off of the Danganronpa character Kyoko Kirigiri in appearance, surname and occupation.

- Julia has Black Psyche-Locks about the deaths of her parents and the serial killer known as the Nightfall Killer.