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An Overview of the Clash

Last Updated: September 7th, 2025

Notes under the cut.

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Summary

The Clash was a school-wide conflict that occurred during the previous school year at Darkwick Academy that left many of the students with trauma and fear surrounding a second Clash occurring[1].

The Clash involved all of the students and lead to the eventual dissolution of three of Darkwick's dorms: Clementia, Dionysia, and Ultio. Furthermore, the Clash changed the way in which students viewed ghouls altogether. Ed described the Clash as 'the genesis of the struggle that occurred over treatment of ghouls' [2] and Tohma notes that the Clash was not the sole reason the ghouls cannot get along, but that it was a big reason[3].

The catalyst of the actual Clash itself was the murder of an Ultio student, an incident referred to as the One-Eyed Sleeping Beauty Murder[4], though conflicts were on the rise before the murder happened. Because of this, many ghouls believe in the existence of a traitor or spy who worked to sow conflict within them[5].

The Clash resulted in student casualties, whether accidental or as a result of the conflict, as well as campus wide destruction on a large scale[6]. Following the Clash, there was an investigation to its events, recorded in a file titled 'The Clash: An Overview of Civil Affairs Instigated by Darkwick Students'. This file contains discussion of the events, disciplinary actions against general and special admissions students, and more. Ritsu is noted to have checked it out alongside an unknown second person[7].

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Notable Events

Traitor

Multiple students reference the existence of a Traitor among them. According to Taiga, the traitor is a fellow ghoul who is working to sow chaos within them[5*]. According to Tohma, the events that instigated the Clash were too precise and clean to have been coincidental, and he believes it was an outside source causing it[5**]. He and Alan worked together to look for the traitor unbeknownst to Jin until Episode 13[5***].

One Eyed Sleeping Beauty Murder

The murder of an Ultio student, allegedly by a ghoul's hand. This sparked the conversation around ghouls and ghoul treatment in Darkwick, and lead to the creation of factions that culminated in the Clash. The suspects for the murder are Alan Mido, Towa Otonashi, Edward Hart, Rui Mizuki, and Jiro Kirisaki[4].

Jiro Kirisaki's Coma

Ghoul student Jiro Kirisaki was woken up from a comatose state (caused by Eternal Slumber Syndrome[8]) just before the start of the Clash by fellow ghoul student Yuri Isami[9]. Jiro was considered a big part of the Clash, and was noted to have sent both ghouls and general students to the infirmary often[10]. Following this, and following the end of the Clash, Yuri became Jiro's full time physician as the only one capable of treating him without issue from Jiro's stigma[11].

Tohma's Transfer to Frostheim

Tohma Ishibashi, former Vice-Captain of Vagastrom, transferred to Frostheim during the Clash[12], therefore swearing loyalty to Frostheim and the other Sympathisers. However, unbeknownst to Jin, Tohma continued a positive working relationship with Alan Mido, Vagastrom's captain in order to find the traitor. The truth was later revealed in Episode 13[12*].

Yuri Isami's Transfer to Mortkranken

Around the time that Tohma transferred to Frostheim, Yuri Isami, a close friend of Jin, transferred to Mortkranken with Tohma's help[13] as a result of a 'betrayal'. Frostheim students claim that Yuri disgraced himself and blamed Jin for it. Yuri, on the other hand, claims it was Jin who betrayed him[14]. Though the nature of this betrayal is not clear, it has lead to deep-seated hatred between Frostheim and Mortkranken students, and they will go out of their way to avoid one another. Furthermore, Frostheim has funded Darkwick General, Mortkranken's perceived rival.

Zenji Kotodama's Death

Zenji Kotodama, a ghoul student in Hotarubi, was killed in a freak accident during the clash. Though the exact nature of this accident is unknown, the implication is that it was during the Clash, making him one of the two known casualties, and the only known ghoul casualty[15].

Professor Benkei's Demotion

As a result of Clementia and Ultio's conflict during the Clash, Professor Benkei was demoted from his position and turned into the Campus Store's clerk[16]. Clementia and Ultio were also dissolved following the demotion, and students were reassigned to other dorms. It is unclear exactly why the dorms were shut down, however.

Dionysia's Desertion

At some point around the Clash, three of Dionysia's ghoul students escaped from Darkwick. This lead to disciplinary action against their (presumed) advisor, Professor Nicolas[17], as well as the dissolution of the dorm, leading to the general students to be reassigned. Furthermore, their former captain[18], Elias Pratt, now works as a janitor for the school, though it is unknown if he is employed in the direct sense[19], also as a result of disciplinary action. The Institute continued their search for the missing ghouls, eventually finding them in the Prologue[20*], where they were put on trial[20**], and as of last mention, are awaiting sentencing[20**]. This incident is referred to as a desertion, and is grounds for disciplinary action.

Interpersonal Conflicts

During the clash, some ghouls or dorms were in contention with each other more than others. A very notable example is that of Jin and Alan, whose conflict was so tense that they claimed they could have killed each other[12*]. Similarly, Taiga Hoshibami and Shion Genkai are noted to be in conflict with each other[21*], with Shion destroying the Sinostra casino[21**]. Most other relationships seem to have become tense as a result of it all. Haru notes that he was surprised to see dorms on other sides of the Clash working together in the Waves of Love mission[9].

Jabberwock's General Students

While it's not exactly clear whether or not Jabberwock's lack of general students is due to the Clash or not, it can be inferred that it was a likely reason as Kaito mentions it is a recent change[28*]. In Episode 3, Haru tells Ren that the anomalies are their friends as the reason there are no general students, implying that they had hurt somebody before[32]. This goes along with a voice line from Haru where he worried that one of the anomalies had eaten the Honour Student[32*]. There is a chance it is connected to Zenji Kotodama's death, though this is not confirmed.

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Aftermath

Because of the various conflicts between students, as well as due to the large-scale destruction, many interpersonal relationships became strained, and tensions between the houses rose. Furthermore, Darkwick cancelled many of the events that they would have otherwise held, including the Darkwick Gala held at the end of the year and the Laurel Crown competition[22]. While Ritsu claims in Episode 4, Chapter 6 that the Gala is the only one to remain stricken from this year, it is later said by Cornelius that the Hotarubi Star Festival was also almost cancelled[23].

Furthermore, ghoul students and their position in the academy have changed, with fears over a second Clash rising. The number of ghouls in each house is of great concern to everyone[24]. Finally, there are agents within the Institute that wish to destroy the ghouls entirely, even going so far as to make a list of those who they believe need to be eliminated[25]. Disciplinary action was taken against multiple students, and though most of the action was taken against general students, Special Admissions Students had particular focus. Of these, Taiga Hoshibami[7] and the Dionysia Ghouls[18] had the most notable files.

As for property damage, it is up to the dorms to cover the costs of the destruction, like that of Jabberwock[6*]. Clementia's damage has likely remained due to its lack of residents until the MC arrived, while Dionysia also remains in tatters. Ultio has been shut down and is now inaccessible to students[26].

Another result of the Clash and the dissolution of the three dorms is that the services previously provided by the dorms, such as exorcism and Clockwork Anomaly Creation, are no longer available. Exorcisms are still able to be done by the ex-students of Clementia but it is not as accessible as it was before[27]. However. clockwork anomalies have become a lost art[16].

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Factions

Dissidents (Reformists)

Vagastrom[28*]

Hotarubi[28**]

Mortkranken[9]

Known in Japanese as 'Reformists'[31], the Dissidents of the Clash were implied to be anti-anomaly[28**], or, at the very least, did not agree with Darkwick's treatment of them and handling of them[2]. While their exact stance is still unknown, many of the known Dissidents tend to be distrustful of Darkwick and the Institute or find fault with them in multiple aspects. This includes Alan (who warns MC to be careful on campus), Subaru (who is against Darkwick's treatment of some anomalies, and distrustful of their intentions), and Yuri (who greatly dislikes Darkwick General, and distrusts them as well).

Sympathisers (Conformists)

Frostheim (Leader)[9]

Jabberwock or Dionysia[29]

Known in Japanese as 'Conformists'[31], the Sympathisers of the Clash were implied to be pro-anomaly, or at the very least, agreed with Darkwick's treatment and handing of them[2]. While their exact stance is unknown, the known members are heavily influenced by and supported by the Institute. They tend to trust both the school and the Institution at large, though they do not always adhere to Institute rules. This includes Jin (who is related to the Institute, but does not support their leadership, nor follows proper rules) and Haru (who is willing to lie about anomalous captures in order to protect them in their natural habitat).

Neutral

Obscuary[9]

Not much is known about this faction other than the fact that they stayed out of the conflict. They are on neutral terms with the other factions, and there is seemingly no issue with fraternising with them now that the Clash is over[9].

Unknown

Jabberwock or Dionysia[29]

Sinostra[29]

Ultio[30]

Clementia[30]

These dorms are not explicitly stated in game yet. There are heavy implications for all of them (see notes), but they are not confirmed. The only known information about them is that Clementia and Ultio were on opposite sides of the Clash, and therefore not neutral[16].

Notes:

[1] Episode 1, Chapter 11 as well as Episode 2, Chapter 9 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [2] Episode 10, Chapter 20 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [3] Episode 13, Chapter 28 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [4] Episode 6, Chapter 13 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [5] First mentioned by Tohma and Alan in Episode 2, Chapter 20***. Mentioned to the Honour Student by Taiga in Episode 4, Chapter 32*. Mentioned again in Episode 13, Chapter 16 by Jin, and again in Chapter 28 by Tohma**. Finally, Ed mentions the Possible existence of a traitor in Episode 10, Chapter 20. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [6] Prologue, Chapter 10. Also, Episode 1, Chapter 2. Finally, Episode 3, Chapter 1*. ...and more, but these are the notable ones. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [7] Episode 4, Chapter 28 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [8] Episode 16, Chapter 11 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [9] Episode 17, Chapter 20 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [10] Episode 7, Chapter 4

━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [11] Episode 14, Chapter 13 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [12] Episode 13, Chapter 16* as well as Episode 2, Chapter 26. While it's not explicitly mentioned that Tohma's transfer was 'during the Clash', he transferred around the time of it, and Jin's statement that it declares loyalty seems to coincide with this. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [13] Episode 1, Chapter 1 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [14] Episode 14, Chapter 21 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [15] Episode 5, Chapter 31 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [16] Episode 18, Chapter 15 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [17] Nicolas is connected to Dionysia in multiple chapters across all the episodes. Not only was he the one who was called in the Prologue regarding their escape, he is also distrusted by Cornelius (Chapter 10 of the Prologue), and Hyde suggested that he could use the Dionysia kids in Episode 3. Moby also blames the Dionysia breakout on Nicolas in Episode 7, and says that he has prior history. Mortkranken is also Nicolas' only dorm, which is odd considering every other professor has been advisor to two dorms. Therefore, Nicolas likely was Dionysia's advisor before the Clash. This is also supported by the fact that the road to Mortkranken also leads to Dionysia. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [18] Episode 20, Chapter 6 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [19] Episode 17, Chapter 1 has Benkei cut himself off when replying to the Honour Student's comment that Elias was working. Furthermore, as a student, it is unknown if he would be employed or not, or if it's his fourth year internship, or something else entirely. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [20] Prologue, Chapter 10* | Episode 10, Chapter 6**

━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [21] Episode 16, Chapter 32* | Episode 4, Chapter 13** ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [22] Episode 4, Chapter 6 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [23] Episode 18, Chapter 2. He specifically mentions that it was cancelled, and then they decided to go through with it again later on, meaning it should have been stricken from the record as well. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [24] Prologue, Chapter 27 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [25] Episode 20, Chapter 20 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [26] Episode 20, Chapter 2 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [27] Episode 2, Chapter 25 as well as Episode 9, Chapter 23 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [28] Prologue, Chapter 28* | Episode 5, Chapter 15** ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [29] While it is obvious that Haru was a Sympathiser from both Episode 17, Chapter 20 and Episode 3, Chapter 17, we don't quite know if he was in Jabberwock at the time or if he was still aligned with Dionysia. Because of this, we cannot confirm for sure which one is a Sympathiser at the time, or if both of them are. Furthermore, while Haru himself is on bad terms with Vagastrom, Elias is seemingly on better terms with them, and as Dionysia's ex-captain, it seems to imply Dionysia was allied closer to the Dissidents, or at least Neutral in the Clash. This is contrasted again by Shion's fighting with Taiga and the destruction of Sinostra's casino, which implicates they're Sympathisers, given that Jin and Taiga have a contentious relationship at absolute best, which could imply Sinostra were Dissidents in the clash. This would also lend itself to Romeo and Leo's relationship being fairly open without issue, while Tohma and Alan's must remain secret.

So basically, we just don't know, but it seems most likely that Dionysia and Sinostra were dissidents, with Shion being a wildcard, and that Jabberwock were Sympathisers. But. Shrugs. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [30] As per Note 16, they were on opposite sides of the Clash, meaning they weren't neutral, but we don't know what side they were on exactly. The chances are, however, that Clementia were Dissidents while Ultio were Sympathisers due to their general purpose (with Ultio being a prison system that is upheld by the Institute). This is not confirmed, however, and we do not know what side they were actually on, just that they weren't on the same side.

━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [31] The term for Sympathisers in Japanese is 体制派 which roughly means a group in favour of the current system, while the term for Dissidents is 革新派, which roughly translates to reformists. This implies that the factions are in reference to both anomalies as a whole as well as the current regulations and systems surrounding them. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [32] Episode 3, Chapter 12* **The voiceline is:

“Phew, that’s a relief… I was worried one of ours ate you… Glad to see you back.”

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Tokyo Debunker Lore Timeline

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1974

July: Hanae Numata kills herself and her son Hanao

2020

Unknown: Yu Kunishige vanishes

2021

Unknown: Keiko Takamine gets divorced; Father of Yu Kunishige kills himself ◦ ❖ ◦ July 10th: Suspicious person's report filed against the Unknown Caller

2022

Unknown: Lyca locked up by Darkwick ◦ ❖ ◦ March-ish: Jin's mother dies[1] ◦ ❖ ◦ September: Subaru tasked with investigating Lyca; Obscuary Established September 2nd: Third year students' entrance ceremony

2023

Early August: 4th Years return to Campus[2] End of August: Darkwick Gala occurs; Frostheim wins Laurel Crown One Week Later: Darkwick Graduation ◦ ❖ ◦ September: Second year students' entrance ceremony[3]; Haku transfers to Frostheim[4]

2023 - 2024

Unknown: Immortal inpatient cursed[5]

2024[6]

Unknown: One Eyed Sleeping Beauty Murder occurs[7]; Clash occurs; Zenji killed by rogue anomaly[8]; Darkwick Gala Discontinued; Dionysia escapes; Unknown day marked 8 on Towa's cave; Unknown day marked 0 on Towa's cave; December(?) or February(?) marked unknown number on Towa's cave; Unknown day marked 3 on Towa's cave; Unknown day marked 1 on Towa's cave ◦ ❖ ◦ March-ish: Mister Long Legs impersonation starts; Haru transfers to Jabberwock[9]; Tohma transfers to Frostheim[10]; Yuri transfers to Mortkranken[10] ◦ ❖ ◦ April-ish: Taiga becomes Sinostra captain[11]; Casino opens ◦ ❖ ◦ May: Romeo started hunting Kaito[12] May 4th: Marked an unknown number on Towa's cave ◦ ❖ ◦ June: Inmate 1241 jailed ◦ ❖ ◦ July 15th: Marked an unknown number on Towa's cave July 20th: Takeru dies July 27th: New video uploaded by Takeru ◦ ❖ ◦ End of School Year: Haku transfers to Hotarubi[13] ◦ ❖ ◦ July - August: Complaints about the anomalous dealer in casino begin August: Unknown day marked with unknown number on Towa's cave; Dionysia, Clementia, and Ultio defunct[14] Early August: 4th Years return to Campus[15] August 8th: Marked 0 on Towa's cave August 9th: Marked 10 on Towa's cave August 15th: Marked 8 on Towa's cave August 20th: Jun dies End of August: Darkwick graduation ceremony ◦ ❖ ◦ September: Naoki goes on a low-ranking mission and is cursed. September 3rd: Final concert of MC's fave band, MC cursed[16] September 4th: MC brought to Darkwick[17], Entrance ceremony; Dante starts as Frostheim advisor; Ghoul-Only Captain/Vice-Captain Rule Established; Sinostra put on probation September 5th: First day of class; Frostheim assignment begins; Ren's first day at the diner; Kaito bets this date against the Oblivion Dealer September 6th: MC's first health check; first official investigation day September 7th: MC attempts to run away again; investigation ends September 8th: Celebratory Ball[18] September 12th: YaBoyGhostGuy dies September 18th: Jin applies for boat permit; Sho and Luca almost fight September 19th: Vagastrom Investigation start; Alan and MC investigate the mountain, Leo and Sho investigate the apartment[19] September 20th: Vagastrom investigation day two; Leo and Alan question people; Tohma and Alan talk in private; Vagastrom R&R permits revoked for a month September 21st: MC and Alan question people; Leo livestreams at apartment; Takeru Tulpa destroyed September 22nd: Leo appointed vice-captain; Vagastrom punishment waived September 24th: Haru puts a tracker on Ren September 25th: Marked 5 on Towa's cave September 28th: Boat let out distress signal, crew all died

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October: Inmate 1258 (Vagastrom prologue guy) jailed; Natalie Hunt murdered October 1st: Haru clears Ren's schedule; Calamari acquired and given to Jabberwock[20]; Haru and Towa visit investigation site; Jabberwock boat breaks October 2nd: MC asks Jin for a boat; Haru gets tetanus October 3rd: Odaiba Seaside Park boat pickup; Towa and MC go underwater; Marked as 3 on Towa's cave; Haru passes out October 4th: Haru wakes up; Ren and Haru go underwater; Calamari's mother freed; 34 year old apprentice monk at Gen'enji Temple dies October 5th: Jabberwock case report submitted; Sinostra assignment received; Peekaboo kidnapped October 6th: Sinostra assignment begins; Ren's first day back at the diner; MC and Ritsu discuss laurel crown and get it reinstated October 7th: First time visiting Sinostra; Peekaboo rescued; Kaito gambles with Oblivion Dealer; Kaito kidnapped October 8th: Romeo admits to kidnapping; 20 year old apprentice monk at Gen'enji Temple dies October 9th: Jiro hands over a prototype; Taiga eats the Like Dove; Mortkranken attends a workshop; Anomalous Dealer final showdown occurs October 10th: Sinostra case report finished Mid-October: Day 1: Hotarubi assignment received; Visit to Hotarubi Day 2: First investigation day; We visit Gen'enji Temple Day 3: Investigation continues; MC overhears Alan and Dante; Haku cleanses a ghost; Abbot of Gen'enji Temple dies Day 4: Investigation continues; We all meet Lyca; Cause of deaths discovered and destroyed Day 5: We meet Zenji; Doll registered as a special artefact; case report finished ◦ ❖ ◦ Three Days Ago: Lyca admitted into Darkwick Medical Center Day 1: Lyca sorted into Obscuary; Obscuary assignment received Day 2: Lyca's first day at school; Girl and Barometz meet; Lyca and MC work at Rui's bar; MC visits Towa at the tree Day 3: Investigation at Ome School; Taiga robs the bar; MC learns she will become the Kyklos Day 4: Barometz eats MC; Lyca transforms[21] Day 5: MC healed; Obscuary case report finished ◦ ❖ ◦ October 25th: JobxJob exclusive fanclub stream[22]; Naoki kills himself October 27th: Mortkranken assignment starts[23]; Body found outside of Frostheim; Jiro goes to Obscuary in search of herbal medication October 28th: Visit to Darkwick General; Towa and MC visit tree again October 29th: Return to Darkwick General; Immortal anomaly issue October 30th: Emergency repairs for Darkwick and Darkwick General; Mortkranken case report finished; Mandatory assembly about Gala; Romeo and Sho are given special missions by Hyde

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Early November[24]: Day 1: Sinostra auction mission assigned; Investigation begins; Romeo and MC earn money; Taiga and Ritsu investigate; Taiga and MC eavesdrop on Romeo Day 2: Ritsu and Taiga find Institute Agent; Truth about auction revealed; Mask acquired and eaten Day 3: Case report finished; Taiga visits Hyde ◦ ❖ ◦ Day 1: Graveyard mission assigned; Samhain prep in full swing; First investigation day; MC, Jiro, and Zenji find the ghost child Day 2: Graveyard investigation continues; Arachne anomaly destroyed Day 3: Case Report Finished; Romeo talks to somebody on the phone ◦ ❖ ◦ One Day Ago: Mai and the others arrive at the Takamine mansion Day 1: Samhain's over; Mission assigned; Rui contacts the mansion; Moby buys Christmas concert tickets; Romeo tells Haru 'they' are awaiting sentencing Day 2: Obscuary rides the Bullet Train; First day on the job; Rui and Lyca prepare food while MC and Ed sweep near the front gate Day 3: MC has night duty (laundry task); Ed tries to vampire us; Rui and Lyca continue kitchen duty; MC and Ed clean the library Day 4: Meal night duty; Everyone goes to the basement; truth about Keiko revealed; Rui's curse kills Keiko Day 5: Case report finished; Ed and Towa talk at the tree ◦ ❖ ◦ November 25th: Inmate 1022 burns to death in solitary A Few Days Later: Inmate 1148 dies from a great fall in solitary

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December: Director and Vice Director of National Museum visit France; Man sets himself on fire[25] Early December: Inmate in solitary begins to go crazy December 9th: Prison mission assigned; Subaru offers to babysit Bonnie December 10th: The mission begins; Sho meets the Vagastrom prologue guy again; Alan meets Iwata again December 11th: Alan visits solitary; Subaru struggles with Bonnie; Vagastrom discovers it's a ghost December 12th: Ghost gets caught and killed December 13th: Alan is taken away for murder; we return to Darkwick; Subaru gets an R&R permit December 14th: Case report finished; Alan reveals he murdered Dante to the others Mid December: Day 1: Heater in the Jabberwock dorm breaks; Father Farm investigation permit gotten Day 2: First day of investigation; Towa breaks off his costume horn; Haru and Ren make wishes Day 3: Father Farm closes due to weather; Ritsu sees someone in Jabberwock Day 4: MC sees Towa speaking to the Cat; the god restores Ren and Haru to normal Day 5: Return to Darkwick; Haru visits Taiga ◦ ❖ ◦ Day 1 [26]: Frostheim mission assigned; Tohma catches Leo in the staffroom Day 2: First day of the masquerade; MC encounters the mirror anomaly; Tohma, Alan, Leo, and Jin confrontation occurrs Day 3: Gaspard found dead; Kaito encounters the mirror anomaly; MC and Tohma returned to Darkwick Day 4: Marius found dead; Hugo found dead; Dullahan neutralised Day 5: Case report finished; Jin and Alan talk

2025

Mid-February[27]: Four Days Ago: A Global History of Infectious Diseases opens; National Museum Director kills himself Two Days Ago: CEO's wife kills herself Day 1: Case file recieved; Jiro and MC attend class Day 2: Investigation begins; First visit to the museum; Jiro has a seizure Day 3: Investigation continues; Yuri asks Hyde to make a duplicate mask; Frostheim students confront Yuri Day 4: Yuri fails to treat Jiro; MC sees a woman kill herself; Anomaly revealed as Oui, C'est Bon Day 5: Yuri treats Jiro; Yuri reveals Aizono Hospital's misdiagnosis and coverup Day 6: Case report finished; Hyde calls Romeo ◦ ❖ ◦ March[28]: Day 1: Rui and MC visit library; Hotarubi issued investigation order; We visit Hotarubi Day 4: Interview at Yumeyashiki; Zenji has writer's block; We are hired Day 5: Orientation at the amusement park Day 6: Job begins; MC hears wind Day 7: Yumeyashiki slogan contest; MC encounters caller; Subaru reveals research Day 8: Third day on the job; Subaru is recognised in public; Moby delivers documents Day 9: Subaru and MC encounter Hanae and Hanao Day 10: Hanao dragged away by the ghosts; Case report finished; Subaru stares at scissors at Tree of Severance ◦ ❖ ◦ May: Waves of Love begins filming for the first time May 28th[29]: MC has counselling appointment; MC given Warding Card; Mission assigned; Visit to Dionysia; Mission begins; Lyca fights with the Jabberwock fox May 29th (Artificial World): Romeo is cursed by the Hundun; MC almost dies; Hotel collapses due to rain May 29th (Real World): Haru calls Taiga[30]; Sinostra leaves the Simulated World[31]; Haru finds Lyca at Jabberwock May 30th (Artificial World): Fortune teller killed by Hundun; Taiga takes a call from Haru; Hundun shot by Taiga ◦ ❖ ◦ A Few Days Prior[32]: New interhouse mission assigned; MC asks Benkei to buy a swimsuit After That: Benkei gives MC a nenju bracelet June 17th: Filming for Waves of Love begins; MC meets the Bachelors on the mission (First Impressions); Jiro has an episode; Anomaly appears June 18th: Investigation continues; Second Impression's paintball battle; MC's bracelet explodes; Jin investigates June 19th[32]: Zenji's birthday; Jiro has an episode; Final Impressions (Barbecue + Dinner); Anomaly destroyed; Filming wraps June 20th: Case report finished

Footnotes:

[1] Episode 1, Chapter 30: Masterpiece Newscaster mentions that Jin's mother died two and a half years prior. This is two and a half Calendar years prior, meaning it is roughly in March. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [2] Interestingly, this is a JP note. In Episode 6, Chapter 5, the English has Moby mention that the Gala is at the end of August, when the fourth years return. The Japanese script has Moby saying that the fourth years return when it becomes August to prepare for graduation, and that at the end of that month, the Gala takes place. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [3] Given the fact that the other known entrance ceremonies both take place in September, it is an educated guess that this is the case for the second years as well. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [4] Episode 15, Chapter 25 has Haku mention that he was in Frostheim for a year before transferring to Hotarubi. In Chapter 2, Rui says Haku transferred suddenly after becoming a 2nd year (in the JP text), meaning that it was most likely September when Haku transferred to Frostheim. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [5] Episode 7, Chapter 26 says the immortal inpatient was cursed during a mission 'last year', though whether that is last school year or last calendar year is unclear. If it was last school year, there is still a chance he was cursed in 2023 (if it happened early on in the year). The implication is that he was cursed prior to March 2024, due to Nicolas saying Yuri wouldn't recognise him nor would Jiro. March-April, 2024 is roughly when multiple events related to the Clash occurred, including transfers, so it is likely that it happened before this point, as it would prevent him and Yuri from meeting. As for Jiro, we don't actually know when he was woken from his coma, so… shrugs. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [6] This one is kinda a doozy. Multiple moving parts place the prologue in 2024. To begin, in Episode 15, Chapter 27, there is a Suspicious Person Report filed on July 10th, 2021. In a subsequent chapter, Chapter 29, Haku discusses the disappearance of Yu Kunishige, who vanished five years ago. Following this disappearance, her father kills himself a year later, and becomes the Unknown Caller anomaly. He is a newer anomaly (also mentioned in Ch27) compared to the other ghosts. Assuming the Unknown Caller is already an anomaly (given that he knows Hanao Numata and was not asking about Yu, as reports said he would do when he was alive), this means Yu vanished no later than 2020. And, if Yu vanished in 2020, and her father killed himself in 2021, that would place Episode 15 in 2025, given that Chapter 5 has Zenji mention it is almost blossom season (Blossom season occurred in Late March) and MC explicitly say it is March. This matches up with Episode 14 taking place in February, and Episode 13 taking place in December.

Furthermore, in Episode 16, Chapter 11, Ritsu mentions it has been 266 days since Sinostra was placed on Probation, which would place that chapter in May. It can't be 2024 at the time of that statement because it was a leap year, and it would mean his count is off by one. It can't be earlier either, because of the aforementioned Yu Kunishige issue. That issue is also why it can't be set in the future; if it is 2026, for example, Yu disappeared in 2021, and her father would be looking for her when the report is filed. Similarly, if it was 2027, there would be no report to file, as Yu would not have disappeared at the time of its filing. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [7] Considering how many Clash related events take place in March or April (which is halfway through the school year), it is unfathomable that it wouldn't take place in 2024. Could it hypothetically take place in 2023? I guess so. But there's no reason for there to be a minimum 3 month gap between major events. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [8] MC speculates in Episode 5, Chapter 31 that Zenji's death happened during the Clash. Haku also states that he died during the 'thick of [all the problems last year]', so it was Likely around the Clash era. Zenji also didn't know the gala was cancelled, as that happened after he died. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [9] In Episode 3, Chapter 11, Haru mentions it took him six months to learn Jabberwock's ropes, and later on in Episode 16, Chapter 8 that Haru transferred suddenly, so it was likely in the middle of last school year. However, horrifically, while the English says it took 6 months for him to learn the ropes, the word he uses in Japanese is 半月; half a month. Further investigation into Kansai-ben shows no special other meaning, so... Um. Yeah. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [10] Episode 2, Chapter 26 Leo mentions that Tohma was in Vagastrom until the middle of last school year, which would put it Vaguely In March. This more or less aligns with the Clash. In Episode 1, Chapter 1, Yumiko and another Frostheim student gossip briefly, and mention that people believe Tohma had something to do with Yuri's transfer. I placed them roughly around the same time therefore, but it is totally possible Yuri's transfer happened Earlier or Later.

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[11] In Episode 4, Chapter 10 Ritsu says Taiga became Captain approximately half a year ago. Given that it is October, six months earlier would be April, though as always it could be March that he transfers, given the sheer amount of Clash-specific issues that happen around this time. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [12] Episode 9, Chapter 5 has Kaito reveal that Romeo has been hunting him for half a year at the time of saying that. Once again, given that it is November, and given that the Casino opens roughly around April, and given that Kaito also mentions he didn't see Romeo prior to this, it would make sense that this starts around May. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [13] Once again, Episode 15, Chapter 25 has Haku say he was in Frostheim for a full year before transferring again. Since he is in Hotarubi and seemingly well adapted to it by the beginning of the story, he likely transferred sometime in July or August. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [14] Multiple mentions to when Dionysia became defunct occur, namely Episode 5, Chapter 2 (where it is mentioned they closed last school year) and Episode 16, Chapter 5 (where it is reiterated that Dionysia became defunct at the end of last school year). In the English script, Elias mentions in Ep16 Chapter 7 that Dionysia has been Abandoned for six months, however the JP says that it went defunct Over six months ago, meaning it is still reiterating that Dionysia has been out of commission for quite some time. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [15] Another assumption that this is a yearly event that always reoccurs at the same time every year. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [16] In the Prologue, Chapter 1 it is 7:13pm when MC is on the train coming back (based on timestamps from her group chat). However, in Chapter 3 (and reiterated again in Chapter 4), it is suddenly daytime after MC is cursed. When it is daytime, it is known to be September 4th, and morning based on how much happens during the Prologue in one day, meaning it is likely MC was cursed on September 3rd, and Kisaragi Station OR Kyklos caused time discrepancies.

Another more unhinged reason is that the prophecy says the Whisper of the New Moon would lead the Champion to the isle. In 2024 in Tokyo, the new moon for September occurred September 3rd, roughly around 11pm. Does this moon chart line up with anything else? No, basically just this. However it's a neat coincidence regardless. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [17] In Episode 4, Chapter 21, Kaito says he bet September 5th of that year to the Oblivion Dealer. Later in Chapter 29, he says it was the day after the entrance ceremony, meaning that the entrance ceremony took place September 4th. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [18] Not only does the dates line up with the days that pass throughout the chapters, MC also has the option to bet September 8th of that year in Episode 4, Chapter 24, which is mentioned as the Celebratory Ball in Frostheim. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [19] Once again, Episode 4, Chapter 24 allows MC to wager September 19th, noting it was the Vagastrom undercover investigation where they first used the Fox Robe. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [20] Once again, Episode 4 Chapter 24. MC wagers October 1st, noting it is when she meets Jabberwock.

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[21] In Episode 6, Chapter 34 Edward says it's the full moon that night, which is important for the purpose of reiterating the moon thing is likely a coincidence, given that the full moon for October when this chapter occurs is October 17th, which is genuinely impossible for Obscuary to reach, given that this is the fourth day for Obscuary's investigation, and there's a minimum 3 days timeskip between the end of Hotarubi, which is already a week, and Sinostra ends October 10th. Womp womp. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [22] Interestingly enough, in Episode 5, Chapter 9 Moby mentions needing money by the 25th of the month to pay for a ticket to an exclusive stream, which lead me to believe this is when it takes place. However, the Japanese script says he needs it by the 25th of next month. So shrugs. It's not super important, just strange. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [23] Episode 7, Chapter 7 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [24] Beyond other dates firmly placing the Episode 8 in November, Ritsu mentions in Episode 16, Chapter 23 that the auction took place in November (in the Japanese script, at least). ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [25] Episode 14, Chapter 27 says that the gap between the Director contracting Oui, C'est Bon and his trip to France was 2 months, meaning it is roughly December when they go. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [26] Episode 13, Chapter 1 has a student mention how it is almost time for the Christmas Ball, meaning it's not yet Christmas, and therefore still December. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [27] In Episode 14, Chapter 7, Kaito says he was hoping to get slightly late Valentines Day sweets from MC, meaning it is somewhere around mid-February. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [28] Episode 15, Chapter 5 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [29] Episode 16, Chapter 11, Ritsu says it has been 266 days since Sinostra was placed on probation, meaning it is May 28th as of that statement. Furthermore, in Chapter 27 (after a day from Ritsu's perspective), he states it has been exactly 8 months and 25 days since Ritsu entered Sinostra, meaning it is May 29th as of that statement. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [30] This is roughly where I'd place the phone call given the time discrepancy between the simulated world and the outside world.

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[31] Given that they spent no more than 72 hours in the simulated world, they were gone no more than 7.2 hours in the real world. If they left at vaguely 7pm as was mentioned in Chapter 14, that means it is definitely May 29th or 28th. I assumed it'd be the 29th to give ample time for everything to happen, but it could have been the 28th too. Either way. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [32] The exact time of this event is Unknown. It's no more than like, 5 days before, since it's before 'this weekend', but the JP doesn't say like. Waohhhhh one whole day has passed! And also Benkei has to order the swimsuit and have the wrong one arrive with enough time for it to be Too Close To The Leaving Time. So.... Shrugs. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [33] Episode 17, Chapter 29

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Honorifics List - I and You

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Staff

Main Character

Self: 私 [Watashi] You: あなた [Anata]

Chancellor Cornelius

Self: 僕 [Boku] You: あなた [Anata]

Professor Hyde

Self: 僕 [Boku] You: 君 [Kimi]

Professor Moby

Self: 私 [Watashi] You: 君 [Kimi]

Professor Nicolas

Self: わたし [Watashi] You: きみ [Kimi]

Benkei

Self: 俺 [Ore] You: お前 [Omae]

Elias[1]

Self: 私 [Watashi]・僕 [Boku]・俺 [Ore] You: 君 [Kimi]・貴方 [Anata]

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Frostheim

Jin Kamurai

Self: 俺 [Ore] You: お前 [Omae]

Tohma Ishibashi[2]

Self: 私 [Watashi]・俺 [Ore] You: 貴方 [Anata]・お前 [Omae]

Lucas Errant

Self: 俺 [Ore] You: 君 [Kimi]

Kaito Fuji

Self: おれ[Ore] You: おまえ [Omae]・きみ [Kimi][8]

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Vagastrom

Alan Mido[3]

Self: 俺 [Ore] You: お前 [Omae]・テメー [Temee]

Leo Kurosagi

Self: オレ [Ore] You: キミ [Kimi]

Shohei Haizono

Self: 俺 [Ore] You: あんた [Anta] ・お前 [Omae] (Bonnie)

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Jabberwock

Haru Sagara

Self: わし [Washi] You: おめぇ [Omee]

Towa Otonashi[4]

Self: オレ [Ore] You: オマエ [Omae]

Ren Shiranami

Self: 俺 [Ore] You: あんた [Anta]

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Sinostra

Taiga Hoshibami[5]

Self: 俺 [Ore]・オイラ [Oira]・俺様 [Ore-sama] You: お前 [Omae]・テメェ [Temee]

Romeo S Lucci

Self: 俺 [Ore] You: あんた [Anta]

Ritsu Shinjo

Self: 私 [Watashi] You: 貴方 [Anata]

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Hotarubi

Subaru Kagami[6]

Self: ぼく [Boku] You: きみ [Kimi]・キミ [Kimi]

Haku Kusanagi

Self: おれ [Ore] You: おまえさん [Omae-san]

Zenji Kotodama

Self: ボク [Boku] You: キミ [Kimi]

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Obscuary

Edward Hart

Self: 俺 [Ore] You: 君 [Kimi]

Rui Mizuki[7]

Self: 俺ちゃん [Ore-chan] You: 君 [Kimi]

Lyca Colt

Self: おれ [Ore] You: おまえ [Omae]

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Mortkranken

Yuri Isami

Self: 僕 [Boku] You: 貴様 [Kisama]

Jiro Kirisaki

Self: 俺 [Ore] You: あなた [Anata]

Footnotes:

[1] Episode 16 Chapter 6 has Watashi and Boku, while Chapter 9 has Ore. I do not know why he uses three pronouns. Thumbs up. I've asked before and the answers I've gotten are 'Sometimes they change in different contexts' and 'Sometimes they're a system'. Generally, in my opinion, neither of these quite match either Elias nor Taiga, all things considered, but I would have to go deep dive the context. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [2] Episode 1, Chapter 50 has Tohma use Omae with Jin, though he usually uses Anata with people. Episode 2, Chapter 20 also has Tohma using Ore for himself (and Omae for Alan). ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [3] Mostly uses Omae, but switches to Temee on occasion when aggressive. He switches fairly frequently, but a notable example is Episode 2, Chapter 17, where he uses Temee for Leo and Sho. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [4] Towa uses Omae with Ed in Episode 10, Chapter 30, but whether or not he uses it for everyone is unknown to me at the moment. I also had 俺 written down, but since I couldn't find the place he used it, I haven't included it yet, and will edit it when I find it. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [5] Episode 4, Chapter 4 has Taiga using Oira. All other pronouns can be found most easily in his affinity chats! No I don't know why he uses so many. It's haunting me. I have my theories, but I do not feel they are supported by enough evidence to mention them, even in my footnotes.

Also, much like Towa, I had おいら written down, but since I couldn't find it, I removed it and will add it back if/when I find it being used. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [6] Subaru mostly uses the first version of Kimi, but in an affinity chat with Zenji, he uses the katakana form! ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [7] Rui almost always uses someone's name rather than using Kimi. I scoured. So many things. Just to look for where he uses 'you', and found Kimi in a couple of campus chats. So... he uses it, just seemingly very sparingly, and as of what I could find at the moment, only with the Honour Student.

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[8] In the Prologue, Chapter 13 (and probably elsewhere), Kaito uses きみ. He otherwise uses omae! He also mostly uses おれ (also seen in Ch 13) over the kanji form, so I listed that and pulled the other until I can find it. Thank you to the anon who pointed these out!

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Shion Genkai [幻海 シオン]

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First Mention: Episode 4, Chapter 13 First Appearance: N/A

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A mysterious figure who destroyed the Sinostra casino. He has yet to appear in the main story as of Episode 17, but is the center of a running plotline with Haru Sagara, Elias Pratt, and Taiga Hoshibami.

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Year: Unknown House: Unknown, likely Dionysia[1] House Position: Unknown School Status: Awaiting sentencing[2]

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Other Names: Gen [ゲン] (Taiga)

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Known Information: Very little is actually known about Shion. His introduction in Episode 4 tells us that he did damage to the Sinostra casino and that Haru is responsible for paying it off as per the contract Ritsu has on file, something that Taiga is clearly unhappy to see[3], while his next mention tells us that Shion broke Haru's robotic arm, requiring Mio to fix it[4]. A phone call with Haru reveals that Taiga and Shion had a contentious relationship and fought quite a bit[5], though these are the only times Shion is explicitly mentioned by name as of Episode 17. However, through these scenes, we can also connect Shion to other key events, such as the Dionysia escape.

The first of these other events is when Romeo and Haru discuss Jabberwock and Haru's status as caretaker of the safari park. He states that 'they' are already done being interrogated by Darkwick, and that they're awaiting sentencing now, which surprises Haru as he did not know that at the time. Romeo then goes on to warn him that 'they'll rot in that place' if something isn't done soon, to which Haru says Elias'll have it all handled[6].

The next mention comes from later on in the story, when Haru talks with Taiga following the events of Episode 12. Haru first tells Taiga that he doesn't have a bone to pick with him (other than Peekaboo), and that Elias is looking into something, though the Institute is keeping it under wraps. He further states that if they (Haru and those working with him) don't make a move soon, the road is looking rocky for both him and 'them' (whoever he is trying to help). The ones mentioned are, likely, Shion and Mio[7]. Taiga asks Haru for a coin, flips it, and says that heads means 'they' make it out, and tails means everyone bites the dust. He then ignores Haru's calls for six months, culminating in the phone call that occurs in Episode 16.

Through all of this, we can infer that Shion was part of the Dionysia escape, was caught and brought back to Darkwick, and is awaiting sentencing for the escape.

Finally, Shion's name has an oceanic theme, and he is connected to both the Institute and Haru, meaning that he is one of the few candidates to be the second mermaid mentioned in the story[8]. However, he has not been explicitly stated to be the mermaid. Please see the footnote for more information.

There is also a chance that he might be a ghoul[9], though this is also not explicitly stated.

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Relationships:

Jabberwock

Haru Sagara: Shion and Haru have an odd relationship, though we can assume it is a positive one. While not much is actually stated about the two of them, Haru is the one responsible for Shion's debt to Sinostra, and Haru is the main one fighting to help Shion and the others. Further, Haru prefaces a conversation with Taiga that Haru doesn't have any bones to pick with him, which aligns with Taiga and Shion's less than stellar relationship. If Shion was part of Dionysia, this would make them dorm-mates at the very least, and familiar with each other in some way. All current mentions of Shion involve Haru in some form or another, and the survival of Shion is apparently tied to the survival of Haru as well.

Sinostra

Taiga Hoshibami: Taiga and Shion did not get along. According to Haru, the two of them would fight (presumably often given Haru's plea), and according to the compensation request, Shion was responsible for doing damage to Sinostra's casino. Whether or not this has to do with the 'entertainment rivalry' Elias discusses in Episode 16, Chapter 7 (where he mentions that the circus run by Dionysia was, at some point, as popular as the Sinostra casino in terms of student entertainment) is fully unknown. ◦ ❖ ◦ Romeo S. Lucci: Very little is known about Romeo's connection to Shion, though he seemed to be up to date on what was going on in regards to the trial, and warned Haru about what might happen to him and the others, meaning he is at the very least aware of Shion and has some sort of interest in the outcome (though whether that is out of concern for Shion or some other reason is fully unknown).

Others

Elias Pratt: Haru trusts Elias to be able to help Shion and the others, and Elias was a frequent visitor (if not a full part) of Dionysia[10], meaning that the two of them likely knew each other and had a positive relationship at the very least. Otherwise, not much is known.

Footnotes:

[1] This is mostly connecting a string of dots that have been running through the Shion Genkai thread, though it is not confirmed. The evidence for it is that Dionysia is known to have escaped (as stated in the Prologue and reiterated multiple times) and then recaptured, and they are being monitored by Darkwick in some capacity, as evidenced by Hyde asking if Nicolas could use them yet in Episode 3, Chapter 21.

Since escaping Darkwick is obviously a big no-no, it's not unreasonable to assume they would be investigated and tried by Darkwick for their violation of regulations. This is paired with the fact that Shion has connections to Haru Sagara specifically, who was former Dionysia, as well as Elias. While it is possible that Shion was affiliated with Jabberwock, it does not explain why Shion would be in trouble and require help, as it would if he was about to be locked up for violating ordinances, nor does it explain his connection to Elias, who is only affiliated through Haru. This goes along with footnote 9 and 10. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [2] Mentioned in Episode 10 Chapter 6 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [3] Episode 4, Chapter 13 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [4] Episode 12, Chapter 32 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [5] Episode 16, Chapter 32. This one has a bit of a longer note, because the full phone call in English is never said, and the phone call in Japanese isn't fully transcribed. According to a Japanese fan of the game, they determined the full transcript of Haru's words with Taiga are as follows:

シオンとおめぇがやり合ってた頃と今は状況がちゃうんじゃ。あいつらのこと助けやなおめぇはそろそろ死ぬんやぞ！ほんまに諦めてええんか？

Things [have changed] since you and Shion were [going at each other]. [Don't you know] you won't [make it out if you don't help] them? [Are you] really [okay with] giving up?

(Words [inside brackets] are translated by me from the provided transcript. Words outside of the brackets are from the official English script of the chapter. Similarly, bolded JP is from the official JP script.

This is a very rough translation, so please feel free to correct it. Regardless, the word to focus on for this note is 'やり合ってた' (to fight with). ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [6] Episode 10, Chapter 6. You can infer this is referencing Shion (and likely Mio) due to both the phone call (Haru asks Taiga for help, basically claiming life or death) and another conversation in Episode 12 mentioned in the next footnote. These both refer to the same 'they' given the context (both are with Taiga, both mention specific people, both are from Haru, both refer to the same plot-line). ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [7] Episode 12, Chapter 32. The fact that Mio is missing in action and the fact that this statement follows Taiga mentioning both Shion and Mio implies that they are both currently on trial. This conversation goes along with the one in Episode 10, where Haru is trying to go against Darkwick / the Institute to help, meaning that it is likely the same people that are in danger of being locked up somewhere. Given that Mio and Shion are the only names with a connection to this entire event, it is very very unlikely that they are not the topic of this conversation. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [8] The two important mentions regarding the second mermaid are both in Episode 7. The first occurs in Chapter 39, where the existence of the second mermaid is even brought up. In this chapter, Nicolas reveals that the second mermaid is currently in the Institute's custody, and that he didn't have anything to do with the Immortal Anomaly issue.

The other important note about the mermaid comes in Chapter 41, directly after Hyde tells Haru that it was mermaid flesh that did this. Haru is immediately upset over this information, and says 'You don't mean...' before being told that it's not 'him' (whoever Haru is thinking about) and that he's fine. Haru seems relieved, but not fully. This implies that whoever Haru was thinking about is somebody who he could not personally verify was okay or not at that time, as he would have known his status already.

With this in mind, the merman must be someone the Institute is actively monitoring and someone Haru cares about but does not see daily. This leaves very few candidates, including Shion, Mio, and Elias. Shion has an ocean themed name, but Elias also has hints to the ocean / mermaids in general, meaning it is still truly unknown who the mysterious second mermaid is. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [9] This one is very involved. First of all, taking into account the fact that he escaped at all means he is very capable, as MC demonstrates in Episode 1 that it is extremely hard to run away, even outside of Darkwick itself. Furthermore, general students are regular humans, and while they are perfectly capable of putting up a fight, even more volatile ones like those in Vagastrom and Sinostra do not go against Darkwick itself, and fall in line around ghoul students specifically. If there was to be an escape of a general student, Darkwick could theoretically send the ghouls to retrieve them, or send one of the countless agents who are specialised in this, and do so with, presumably, very little worry.

However, Nicolas explicitly states in the Prologue, Chapter 10 that some amount of collateral damage is unavoidable in finding them, meaning that it will be dangerous to do so. Even if we assume they're in a dangerous location, it is still odd that it would be such an event to retrieve them.

There is also the moment in Episode 3, Chapter 21 where Hyde asks Nicolas if he can use Dionysia yet and have them take over Jabberwock's current mission, to which Nicolas says no, and adds that he could try to get Yuri and Jiro to take it over, but it would be difficult. The mission is never explicitly stated to be high-ranking or low-ranking, though the fact that neither professor is willing to just hand it off to a general student under their care (Hyde, for example, could give it to the Sinostra students if necessary, or Nicolas could give it to any other Mortkranken student) means that it is likely one they want ghouls to cover. Therefore, Dionysia is either a sole exception to this, or they have at least one ghoul student capable of taking over the mission.

Finally, though this is more of a meta-textual thing, the only students Shion has a genuine connection to are all ghouls. General students tend to avoid ghoul students, and while this is not always the case (as seen with Taiga's caretaker, among others) it is not a stretch to assume that a general student would not want to actively fight with a ghoul student as Shion is noted to have done with Taiga. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [10] Elias and Haru met when Haru was a Dionysia student, and in Episode 16, Chapter 8 Elias reveals he was a fan of Haru during his time in Dionysia. This means that Elias visited Dionysia frequently at the very least, though a final line at the end of Chapter 9 has Elias say 'Maybe we should've stayed here after all...' [やはりあの時、俺たち。。。ここに残るべき[...]*', implying some personal level of connection to Dionysia beyond just being a fan of it. It's unclear if the 'we' mentioned is Haru and Elias or Dionysia in general, but regardless, Elias views himself as someone who Left Dionysia in some form.

While Elias is unlikely to be Dionysia's advisor, it is possible he was part of Dionysia, whether as a former student or staff or something else. This follows a strange line from Benkei in Episode 17, Chapter 1 where MC states that she doesn't want to interrupt Elias while he's working, and Benkei is confused to hear that, and implies that Elias isn't employed in the capacity we assume he is. He is cut off by himself before he can reveal much else to us though, so please take this with a grain of salt.

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*Rest of the sentence cut off to emphasise the main point of it.

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Mio Susuhara [煤原 未桜]

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Last Updated: June 26th, 2025

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First Mention: Episode 10, Chapter 6 (Implied) ◦ ❖ ◦ Episode 12, Chapter 32 (Mentioned) First Appearance: N/A

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An expert handyman at Darkwick Academy, Mio has been missing in action since the beginning of the story. Though he hasn't officially been shown in the story as of Episode 18, he has a running plotline with Haru Sagara throughout the current story.

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Year: Unknown, likely 2nd[1] House: Dionysia[5] House Position: Unknown Academic Standing: On trial / Unavailable

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Other Names: Mio [ミオ] (Taiga)

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Known Information: Much like Shion, there is very little known about Mio thus far. Each of his mentions involve handy work of some kind, whether that's fixing things like projectors[1] or Haru's robotic arm[2]. His earliest known mention comes in Chapter 10, when Haru and Romeo discuss a trial. While the subjects of who they are discussing (known only as 'they') is unknown, it can be inferred that they are discussing Mio in some capacity[3]. Similarly, any further mention of that trial or its results, including in Episode 12 and 16, are in reference to Mio.

Outside of that plot-line, Haru also mentions that Darkwick used to have an expert for repairs, but they are unable to call him anymore, and it's complicated[4]. He also adds that the Carpenter Cats are trying to fill the gap, but they're overwhelmed, especially following the Immortal Anomaly incident. This goes along with a mention from Kaito later on where he says the staff have been unable to fix the projector, likely because Mio isn't around at the moment[1]. This implies that the staff of Darkwick relies on Mio to do the handywork in some capacity. Similarly, Mio is in charge of Haru's robotic arm, as Haru mentions needing Mio to fix it multiple times, and Taiga also mentions it as well[2].

In Episode 18, it is revealed that Mio was one of the clockworkers who created Clockwork Anomalies for Dionysia. These vary in use, but the one that Mio is stated to have created is able to follow any commands it is given, has a built-in security system, and can change shape at will, amongst other things[5].

Similarly, while this is exclusive to the Japanese script of the game, Kaito's mention of Mio confirms his last name as Susuhara[1].

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Relationships:

Jabberwock

Haru Sagara: Haru relies on Mio to tune up and fix his robotic arm, and worries about his well-being outside of that. His connection to Mio outside of that is unknown though, as is Mio's connection to Dionysia and Jabberwock as a whole. Regardless, Haru seems to hold Mio in high regards, not only for his capability as a handyman but also as the mechanic for his arm.

General

Much like Haru, the staff and students of Darkwick generally seem to have relied on Mio for various handy-work around the school, as seen when Kaito mentions that the staff haven't fixed something because of Mio's status. Further, since the Campus Cats are supposedly picking up Mio's slack in repairs, it can be inferred that he was relied on for general campus needs, and not just the needs of one dorm or teacher.

Footnotes:

[1] In Episode 13, Chapter 1, Kaito is discussing a broken projector with Lucas and mentions that it hasn't been fixed likely because Mio isn't around. However, when Kaito talks, he says 煤原くん (Susuhara-kun). Through this, Mio's last name is revealed (as Kaito uses last names for people in the Japanese script) and Kaito's relative position to him.

Generally, Kaito uses -san or -senpai for the 3rd year students, showcased with his usage of 'Kamurai-senpai' and 'Ishibashi-senpai' and Romeo-san. He also uses -sensei for the teachers, and is generally good at following the conventional honorific format. With this in mind, his usage of -kun implies that Mio is either a 1st year (Kaito calls Ren 'Shiranami-kun') or a 2nd year. Since Mio is missing as of the start of this school year, though, and since the 2nd and 3rd years know who he is, he cannot be a 1st year, meaning he is most likely a second year student at Darkwick. However, this is not confirmed explicitly, and it may be possible that Kaito uses more familiar honorifics for other reasons. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [2] Episode 12, Chapters 21 and 32. Also, Episode 17, Chapter 25. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [3] First mentioned in Episode 10, Chapter 6, but goes along with Episode 12, Chapter 32.

The fact that Mio is missing in action and the fact that this statement follows Taiga mentioning both Shion and Mio implies that they are both currently on trial. This conversation goes along with the one in Episode 10, where Haru is trying to go against Darkwick / the Institute to help, meaning that it is likely the same people that are in danger of being locked up somewhere. Given that Mio and Shion are the only names with a connection to this entire event, it is very very unlikely that they are not the topic of this conversation. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [4] Episode 12, Chapter 4. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ [5] Episode 18, Chapter 15. The clockwork devices are a Dionysia-specific thing, and Haru says that this particular one is Mio's, meaning he is part of Dionysia.

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Tokyo Debunker Encyclopedia

Last Updated: December 27th, 2025 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━

This blog is dedicated to keeping track of various bits of Tokyo Debunker lore information. Posts will only include canon information as stated in voice lines, affinity chats, campus talks, story, etc. This blog is not spoiler free.

While posts will be made as often as possible, and old posts will be updated with information as it happens, please be advised that this blog is run by one person who is trying his best. Requests for Posts are open, so if you would like a specific type of information collected (i.e. Darkwick Rules, Case-related Anomalies, locations in Jabberwock, etc) please send those to the inbox, and I will post it as soon as I am able to.

In order to prevent flooding the main tags, posts will be tagged with #(thing) information. For example, a biography of Jin Kamurai will be posted as '#jin kamurai information'. The main tag, #tkdbe will also be added alongside #tokyo debunker encyclopedia.

NOTE: Posts about the honour student / MC will be tagged with #main character information AND #tokutaisei information. Posts about all of the ghouls collectively will be tagged with #main cast information

While most posts will be original, other informational posts will be reblogged. These include other masterposts to voice lines, translations of interviews, etc.

Asks, admin posts, and other non-informational posts will be tagged with #eset explains for ease of blocking.

Planned Posts: - Dorm information - Dionysia - Dorm information - Clementia - Dorm information - Ultio

List of current posts under the cut.

Lore Timeline - OUTDATED

An Overview of the Clash - OUTDATED

Character Biographies

Side Characters: Shion Genkai - OUTDATED Mio Susuhara - OUTDATED

Anomaly Information

Towa's Tree on the Hill - OUTDATED Anomaly ID List

Main Character Lists

Classmates Birthdays Dominant Hand Blood Type

Affinity Chats

Towa Otonashi

Honorifics List

MC / Honour Student

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Honorifics List - MC

Self: 私 [Watashi] You: あなた [Anata] - Jin: Jin | さん [Kamurai-san] Tohma: Tohma | 磴さん [Ishibashi-san] Kaito:  Kaito | 魁斗くん [Kaito-kun] Lucas: Luca | ルカくん [Luca-kun] - Alan: Alan | 御堂さん [Mido-san] Leo: Leo | 玲音くん [Leo-kun] Sho: Sho | 翔くん [Sho-kun] - Haru: Haru | 艸楽さん [Sagara-san] Towa: Towa | 叶空くん [Towa-kun] Ren: Ren | 連くん [Ren-kun] - Taiga: Taiga | 星喰さん [Hoshibami-san] Romeo: Romeo | ロミオさん [Romeo-san] Ritsu: Ritsu | 針条くん [Shinjo-kun] -  Subaru: Subaru | 加賀見さん [Kagami-san] Haku: Haku | 伯玖さん [Haku-san] Zenji: Zenji | 殊玉さん [Kotodama-san] - Edward: Ed | エドさん [Ed-san] Rui: Rui | 累さん [Rui-san] Lyca: Lyca | ライカくん [Lyca-kun] - Yuri: Yuri | 衣佐美さん [Isami-san] Jiro: Jiro | 次郎くん [Jiro-kun]

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Anomaly Information - Tree on the Hill

ID Number: N/A Class: Unknown Type / Category: Anomalous Plant Status: Dying / Unknown Initial Appearance: Episode 2, Chapter 43 Latest Appearance: Episode 10, Chapter 30 ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━

The tree on the hill is an anomalous plant seen by Towa and the MC, and is notably not seen by Edward[1], who knows that Towa can see something he cannot. It's implied that neither Kaito nor Haru, who both know of the hill's existence, can see the tree either given Towa's reaction to MC, but it is not explicitly confirmed yet. However, Towa considers MC special for being able to see it[2]. It is also implied that the stars visible are anomalous in some way, as the MC states that it is a starless night[3], and is further surprised to see stars when they begin to stargaze[2].

In the English translation, Towa refers to the tree with she/her pronouns, and notes having conversations with the tree. He also mentions that it cries, which is likely the rattling sound heard in it's initial appearance, given that Towa begins to cry whenever he hears it. His level 22 affinity line also mentions the tree crying, and further mentions that the tree has been waiting for a really long time.

Other conversations Towa has include ones about the condition of the tree and the fruits on it. According to Towa, the tree hasn't been feeling well lately, and will die if something does not change. He refers to the ten[4] glowing fruits as its children, and says that they are getting smaller. MC agrees that each fruit looks 'tired and dry', and looks like they could fall at any moment, and refers to the tree trunk as withered. The tree itself emits light, and MC notes it is wilting / dying, which Towa attributes to there not being enough love. He gives it hugs in order to combat this[2].

Partway through Chapter 7, Towa brought us to the hill to show that the yellow fruit has gotten bigger and brighter, noting that it is the only one to do so (specified in the Japanese text using だけ), and expressing a wish to see the others grow as well[5]. However, at the end of Chapter 7, Towa returns and says that the fruit has shrunk once again[6]. Notably, this part only shows six of the ten fruits. ━━━━━━ ◦ ❖ ◦ ━━━━━━ Footnotes under the cut due to image size.

[1] Episode 10, Chapter 30

[2] Episode 6, Chapter 23 [3] Episode 6, Chapter 22 [4] Episode 2, Chapter 43

[5] Episode 7, Chapter 27

[6] Episode 7, Chapter 46