Talk:Takumi Hijirihara

Sparkling Justice
I don't know how relevant it really is, especially since I'm not reading Killer Killer, but his character is almost certainly related to Sparkling Justice from the second game in some way, if only just a nod to it. Killer Killer itself is a pun on Kira Kira, an onomatopoeia meaning sparkling. That, combined with the "killer who only targets other killers" thing, makes it clear. But since, again, I'm not reading it, I don't feel especially qualified to make any edits on this topic. Just something to throw out there. Maybe someone could just mention the connection of Kira Kira = Sparkling in the trivia section? I don't know. SeifukuGirls (talk) 08:01, August 17, 2016 (UTC)

It would be perfect if not for one thing: Sparkling Justice is apparently from Spain, as revealed in the second game, while Takumi is Japanese, Sparkling Justice wears masks, he doesn't. It would be possible if Takumi's name would be Spanish though, since then we could just say that in the 2/3 years that the students from the second game forgot he moved to Japan. Dom4ntas666 (talk) 09:01, August 17, 2016 (UTC)

Well, no, I definitely don't think he *is* Sparkling Justice, he just seems to be a reference to them. That's why it seems more like a bit of trivia than a big part of the character. My only issue with putting it in the trivia section is that it might come up later. Something about him taking inspiration from Sparkling Justice, maybe. You never know with the developers. Just, if the manga ends and Sparkling Justice is never mentioned, the parallels might be worth putting in the trivia section.SeifukuGirls (talk) 17:20, August 25, 2016 (UTC)

Despair
When it comes to Hijirihara having "fallen into despair", as referenced when his face appered as Monokuma's, unless confirmed by Word of God, I believe it to not be the case. During that moment in the manga, Hijirihara was confronting a copycat murderer, and in his usual fashion, demonstrated what a true copycat murder should be. How he did that? By taking the giant pens the murderer was attacking him with and thrusting them through his assailant at every angle. Akin to the way Junko (Mukuro) was executed in the first game. This fact was also referenced by a comparisson of the two. And who was Mukuro's killer? Monokuma. Plus, this was the only time Hijirihara referenced Monokuma in the manga so far. Thus, Hijirihara has not fallen into despair.

DSnekkles (talk) 19:43, March 18, 2017 (UTC)

File:Copycat.png|thumb|left|242px|Hijirihara's copycat murder