History Pantheon / Detectives

* Allies: '''[[Pantheon/LegalProcess Kaede Akamatsu]]'''; [[Pantheon/{{Danganronpa}} all ascended good-aligned Danganronpa deities]], but especially [[Pantheon/HeroicOutlooks Makoto Naegi]] and [[Pantheon/{{Psyches}} Hajime Hinata]]; [[Pantheon/InvestigativeWork Shotaro Hidari and Philip]], [[Pantheon/{{Angels}} Aru Akise]], [[Pantheon/NamingTheme Milky Holmes]], [[Pantheon/InvestigativeWork Conan Edogawa]], [[Pantheon/{{Voices}} Shuichi Akai]], [[Pantheon/MedicalMiscellaneous Ai Haibara]], [[Pantheon/AnalysisAndRecords Sherlock Holmes]], [[Pantheon/{{Language}} Hercule Poirot]], [[Pantheon/InvestigativeWork Basil and Dawson]], [[Pantheon/{{Officers}} Cole Phelps]], [[Pantheon/MedicalConditions Norman Jayden]], [[Pantheon/{{Consumption}} Anthony Chu]], [[Pantheon/WeaponizedObjects Simon the Digger]], [[Pantheon/SpeechAtoM Kamina]], [[Pantheon/SpecializedNarratives Truman Burbank]], [[Pantheon/CharacterRoles Bulk and Skull]], [[Pantheon/GameMechanics Stanley]], [[Pantheon/{{Storytelling}} ICEY]], [[Pantheon/FearsomeArchetypes The Doki Doki Literature Club]], [[Pantheon/MinionsAndSidekicks The Barian Emperors]]

* Enemies: Every Evil Deity in the Houses of Pantheon/{{Justice}} and Pantheon/CrimeAmdTransgressions, as well as the entire House of Pantheon/{{Villains}}

* Enemies: [[Pantheon/MonsterTypes SHOCKER]], [[Pantheon/{{Villains}} Katsumi Daido/Kamen Rider Eternal, Junko Enoshima and Monokuma]], [[Pantheon/{{Science}} Ryoma Sengoku/Kamen Rider Duke]], [[Pantheon/{{Villains}} Griffith]], the Pantheon/GUAETrollkaiger, [[Pantheon/{{Crime}} Professor James Moriarity]], most of Batman's ascended Rogues Gallery ([[Pantheon/{{Laughter}} The Joker]] chief among them)

* Enemies: Every Evil Deity in the Houses of Pantheon/{{Justice}} and Pantheon/{{Crime}}, as well as the entire House of Pantheon/{{Villains}}

* Enemies: Any Crooked Cops and Most of the House of Pantheon/{{Crime}}

* Enemies: '''Ratigan''', [[Pantheon/{{Crime}} James Moriarity]], Greebo, [[Pantheon/KillersAndAssassins Jack the Ripper]]

* Enemies: [[Pantheon/{{Crime}} Professor Moriarty]], [[Pantheon/{{Zombies}} Springtrap]]

* Enemies: [[Pantheon/{{Crime}} Professor Moriarty]], [[Pantheon/VillainousArchetypes Jack the Ripper]]

* Enemies: All irredeemable criminals, all evil deities in the Houses of Pantheon/{{Crime}} and Pantheon/{{Slaughter}}, Dr. Angus Bumby, [[Pantheon/TaintedLaw the Dark Judges, Scott Shelby, Head Pixie, Mann Pardo, Nikolai Dmitri Bulygin, Rosco P. Coltrane]], [[Pantheon/{{Family}} the Child Abuse Supporters]], [[Pantheon/{{Fathers}} Relius Clover]], [[Pantheon/GeneticEngineering Professor Hojo]], [[Pantheon/{{Karma}} Mayuri Kurotsuchi]], [[Pantheon/MotivationsForEvil Ali al-Saachez]],

* Allies: Most of the Good Gods from the House Of Justice, [[Pantheon/{{Meals}} Godot]]
* Enemies: [[Pantheon/MotivationsForEvil Monokuma and His Mastermind]], most evil Pantheon/{{Crime}} gods

** Marty: [[BeneathTheMask Seemingly Good and Respectable Cop]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing who is Cheating on is Wife and has his own Psychological Issues]], [[HairTriggerTemper Gets Frustrated Very Easily]], [[TheFace Does most of the Direct Interaction with the Police Force]], [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Accidentally Ruining the Case by Killing]] [[AssholeVictim Reggie Ledoux]], OverprotectiveDad, SimpleMindedWisdom

* Portfolio: [[CopAndScientist Forensic Scientist and FBI Agent]], TheAce, AgentsDating, [[BunnyEarsLawyer Quirky Yet Competent]], ItNeverGetsAnyEasier (despite literally working with corpses), LastNameBasis, OddCouple, From StrictlyProfessionalRelationship To [[spoiler:HappilyMarried, [[OverprotectiveDad Overprotective]] [[MyBelovedSmother Parents]]]]

** Brennan: [[AgentScully dismissive of the supernatural and of psychology]] ([[HardOnSoftScience despite psychology being as hard a science as anthropology]]), [[AmbiguousDisorder lack social skills and grasping of metaphors]], HollywoodAtheist, AloofDarkHairedGirl, TheSpock, BrutalHonesty, CannotTellAJoke, DefrostingIceQueen, [[DidYouThinkICantFeel Sometimes Mistaken For Unfeeling]], [[FriendToAllChildren Tender to Children]], SugarAndIcePersonality, HatesSmallTalk, [[BusmansHoliday Bad At Vacationing]], InsufferableGenius, RaisedByGrandparents, [[GretzkyHasTheBall Incompetent at Sports Know-How]], LastNameBasis With Everybody (at least those who even have such)

** Song: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48iLQ406J4U W-B-X ~W-Boiled Extreme~]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J12lO8Z2GvM W-G-X ~W Goes Next~]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ejbsgUiDJE Cyclone Effect]]" in [=CycloneJoker=],"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW7b69Im4ws Free Your Heat]]" in [=HeatMetal=], "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmJy-8wW-E0 Finger On the Trigger]]" in [=LunaTrigger=], "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQDnqzlz94w Extreme Dream]]" in [=CycloneJokerExtreme=]

** Song: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48iLQ406J4U W-B-X ~W-Boiled Extreme~]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J12lO8Z2GvM ''W-G-X ~W Goes Next~'']]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ejbsgUiDJE Cyclone Effect]]" in [=CycloneJoker=],"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW7b69Im4ws Free Your Heat]]" in [=HeatMetal=], "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmJy-8wW-E0 Finger On the Trigger]]" in [=LunaTrigger=], "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQDnqzlz94w Extreme Dream]]" in [=CycloneJokerExtreme=]

** Song: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48iLQ406J4U W-B-X ~W-Boiled Extreme~]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW7b69Im4ws Free Your Heat]]" in [=HeatMetal=], "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmJy-8wW-E0 Finger On the Trigger]]" in [=LunaTrigger=], "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQDnqzlz94w Extreme Dream]]" in [=CycloneJokerExtreme=]

'''[[Series/KamenRiderDouble Shotaro Hidari and Philip]], Dual Gods of {{Private Detective}}s''' (Both: Kamen Rider Double, [[RedBaron The Two-in-One Kamen Rider]] | Shotaro: Half-Boiled Detective, Kamen Rider Joker, Master of Meme Faces | Philip: [[spoiler: Raito Sonozaki]], Kamen Rider Cyclone)

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* Heralds: Akiko Narumi, Sokichi Narumi/Kamen Rider Skull (their mentor), Ryu Terui/Kamen Rider Accel

[[caption-width-right:350:Clarice in ''The Silence of the Lambs'']]

* Portfolio: '''[[KidDetective Young Detective]]''', GreatDetective, NiceHat, {{Adorkable}}, [[HeroicSelfDeprecation Low self-esteem]] [[CharacterDevelopment that gets better as the game advances]], [[spoiler:IdiotHair, AwfulTruth, [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent Replacing the Initial Protagonist]], FakeMemories, [[TakeAThirdOption Rejecting both Hope and Despair]]]]

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* Intermediate God as Double, Lesser God borders on Intermediate in their separate Rider forms (Greater God in [[SuperMode CycloneJokerXtreme]] or [[GoldenSuperMode CycloneJokerGoldXtreme]])

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* Portfolio: '''[[KidDetective Young Detective]]''', GreatDetective, NiceHat, {{Adorkable}}, {{Bishonen}}, [[HeroicSelfDeprecation Low self-esteem]] [[CharacterDevelopment that gets better as the game advances]], [[spoiler:IdiotHair, AwfulTruth, [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent Replacing the Initial Protagonist]], FakeMemories, [[TakeAThirdOption Rejecting both Hope and Despair]]]]

** Booth: [[AtonementDetective Atonement]] FBIAgent, [[AbusiveParents Had An Abusive Father]], AlwaysSaveTheGirl, [[BerserkButton Hates Clowns (Even Those On Ice Cream Trucks)]], ControlFreak, TheFace, TheMcCoy, [[CannotSpitItOut Can't Handle His Own Emotions Honestly]], [[RecoveredAddict Recovered]] [[TheGamblingAddict Gambling Addict]], [[HiddenDepths Can Lecture And Work As a Hair Dresser And Dance Instructor]], [[ObfuscatingStupidity Pretending To Be Dumber Than He Actually Is]], RaisedCatholic, Ex-Sniper, [[NonuniformUniform wearing strange socks and a ludicrous belt-buckle with his regulation suit]]

* People have mistook him for [[Pantheon/FormMentalities Dr. Bruce Banner]] more than once due to the fact that [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk one of Hulk's live-action counterpart]] [[Creator/EdwardNorton looks]] [[Literature/RedDragon like him]]. Will is rather annoyed by this as he doesn't appreciated being mistook for a giant green monster.

* Theme Song: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4zluA60hjs Far From Any Road]]'' by The Handsome Family

* Noticed an oddity about the connection between Persona users "[[Pantheon/SupportMagic Minato]] [[VideoGame/Persona3 and Minako Arisato]]". Their pseudonyms[[labelnote:*]]Minato came from a [[ComicBookAdaptation mistaken accounting of his name]], with Minako being an obvious GenderFlip of this[[/labelnote]], powers, general relationships (except for romantic options), and even histories with [[Pantheon/RangedWeapons Aigis]] and [[Pantheon/{{Memories}} Ryoji Mochizuki]] [[spoiler:AKA Thanatos]] were almost entirely the same, yet every report from 1999 indicated only one car crashed and burned on the Moonlight Bridge on a certain day. Either they had to be related or one would have to be cloned or derived from the other somehow. Yet their hair and eyes were totally different, their personalities were superficially opposite, "Minato's" real name of Makoto Yuki was known yet whatever name "Minako" actually had wasn't, and no indication existed that they even knew each other. All of this represented an utter paradox unless {{alternate timeline}}s are involved. He took his concerns to another trusted member of his house, Lois Lane, and she agreed to help him investigate the matter.

[[folder:Ryotaro Dojima]]
'''[[VideoGame/Persona4 Ryotaro Dojima]], God of [[ThatOneCase Lingering Guilt From One Unsolved Case]]''' ([[LastNameBasis Dojima]])
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* Demigod
* Symbol: His coffee mug
* Alignment: LawfulGood
* Portfolio: CoolUncle, [[CoatOverTheShoulder Always Drape His Coat Around]], [[FairCop Handsome Detective]], [[MarriedToTheJob Focused Too Much on Work Than Personal Life]] [[ParentalNeglect or Daughter]], ParentalSubstitute to His Nephew, ParentsAsPeople, [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling used to be foolish]] [[FormerTeenRebel in his youth]]
* Domains: Detective, Unsolved Case, Fathers, Investigation, Guilt
* Herald:
* Allies: '''[[Pantheon/FamilyDynamics Nanako Dojima]]''' (his daughter), '''[[Pantheon/SpecializedNarratives The Investigation Team]]''' (especially Yu, his nephew), [[Pantheon/FriendsAndCompanions Marie]], [[Pantheon/{{Thieves}} The Phantom Thieves of Hearts]] (particularly Zenkichi Hasegawa), [[Pantheon/{{Personality}} Adrian Monk]], [[Pantheon/{{Justice}} Phoenix Wright]], [[Pantheon/{{Officers}} Robocop, Inspector Zenigata]], [[Pantheon/JusticeBringers Chris Hansen, Kim Kaphwan]], Commander Samuel Vimes, [[Pantheon/OutlooksOnJob L]], [[Pantheon/LegalProcess Perry Mason, Rebekah Cooper, The Judge]], [[Pantheon/AnalysisAndRecords Sherlock Holmes]], [[Pantheon/{{Narrative}} John Watson, Soichiro Yagami]], [[Pantheon/{{Quirks}} Peter Burke]], [[Pantheon/InvestigativeWork Conan Edogawa]], [[Pantheon/KillersAndAssassins Rei Furuya]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork with: [[Pantheon/{{Wardening}} Amanda Waller]], John Luther, [[Pantheon/{{Officers}} Inspector Javert]]
* Enemies: All evil deities in the Houses of Pantheon/{{Crime}} and Pantheon/{{Justice}}, [[Pantheon/{{Planning}} Light Yagami]], [[Pantheon/AfterlifeEntities Ryuk]], [[Pantheon/{{Teachers}} Agatha Trunchbull]], [[Pantheon/IntrovertFlaws Teru Mikami]]
* Opposes: [[Pantheon/MannersOfAuthority Cornelius Fudge]], Rosco P. Coltrane, [[Pantheon/RidingAndControl Dominic Toretto, Yukari Tanizaki]]
* Pities: Sirius Black
* Complicated Relation: [[Pantheon/OtherCriminals Tohru Adachi]]
* Conflicting Opinion: [[Pantheon/{{Meals}} Mello]], [[Pantheon/MindGames Near]], [[Pantheon/RidingAndControl Launchpad McQuack]]
* Ryotaro Dojima had a single case that drove him frantically; a hit-and-run that killed his wife. The case cost him a stable personal life and his relationship with his daughter, Nanako. He got better thanks to his nephew, Yu Narukami, that he reexamined his need to solve the case and spent some time to be a good father to his daughter. It also gave him the time he needed before he could finally find a lead to the case.
** Because of that accident, he doesn't approve of speedy or reckless drivers; [[DeathIsCheap death may be cheap]] here, but therapy from resultant trauma isn't, and it's not something that should be encouraged.
* He's happy to see his little daughter and his nephew and his friends who arrived in the Pantheon before him and thanked them for watching over Nanako. As he kept his promise to be a good father for her, he took his time to be that kind of man while not losing his dedication as a detective.
* He sympathizes with Adrian Monk, another detective, who had a case which his wife was killed by a car bomb. The death caused his phobias to go into overdrive. He is glad that Adrian was able to solve the case and his life improved since, in which he is hoping for the same result.
* His relation with Adachi is at best intriguing. After working with him for many months, he never once suspected the rookie cop to be the mastermind behind the murders in Inaba until his nephew and his friends exposed the truth. Despite how much frustration he caused him and him being nearly responsible for their deaths and his daughter's, Dojima still cares enough to see him and give him a cheap cabbage (and ''only he can do that''; Adachi's followers found out the hard way).
* Because the last time he kept a secret from family in the Pantheon could have ended with disastrous (yet salvageable) results, and because he technically told him about it already, Yu immediately told Ryotaro once more about Personas and the TV World and gave a more extensive explanation, now that it's no longer unbelievable. While the detective is concerned for his nephew's well-being, Yu's time in the Pantheon has proved that he can handle himself just fine.
** After hearing his explanation, Ryotaro asked his nephew [[FridgeLogic why he didn't just put his hand into a TV in front of him much earlier to prove he wasn't lying]]. Yu had to admit [[WhatAnIdiot/{{Persona4}} that was a bit idiotic of them]], but it was probably for the best. After all, had Yu done that, Dojima would've naturally confided this to Adachi (whether or not Yu would ask to keep this a secret even from him), and given his involvement in the case (as the main culprit), it would've been much harder to [[BeneathSuspicion suspect him]] if he knew about the TV World. And there's also the issue of potential police casualties, the difficulty of them having to listen to kids for advice in TV World traversing, and how much different Shadows were compared to other flesh-and-blood threats. Also, had Yu told him the secret [[spoiler:while being interrogated]] he would've been forced to take the detective with him to the TV World [[spoiler:to save Nanako after she was kidnapped. His Shadow at that point (guilt-ridden and angry was he was) [[FridgeHorror would've probably been very strong]] and would've stalled them long enough]].
** Since his arrival in the Pantheon, Yu has been giving a more expansive explanation about the nature of Personas, as if preparing him for something. But without any solid reasoning, he couldn't ask them directly; Yu has been able to hide the nature of the Investigation Team's work from ''him'' and Inaba's cops for so long, after all. The Investigation Team also told him about [[VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight Kanamin Kitchen incident]].
* No, [[Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}} he is not a raging psychopath]], [[ComedicSociopathy no matter how amusing]]. The next person who mentions that bit is gonna get cuffed. Although he agreed that he'd smack Adachi in the face when he freely talks about MURDERS (Yaaay~!).
* As a detective, Dojima works with the House of Justice alongside the prodigy detective Naoto Shirogane, who he was—at first—very annoyed of "his" meddling until he asked Naoto to help save Nanako. He tries to not stay too invested in working as he made a promise to be with his daughter.
** He had to admit it was a bit weird when he works with Conan Edogawa, who is a younger KidDetective than her, [[FountainOfYouth at least on the outside]], but his impressive track record of apprehending criminals on top of his own skills proved the shrunken sleuth to be competent at what he does.
** He has some sort of bad habit of [[CaptainObvious stating the obvious]] when it comes to suspects with opening statements/guessing such as [[Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}} "The perp is probably in (insert location here)" (ACE DETECTIVE)]] Of course, afterwards, he shows his dedication to bring the culprit to justice.
* Dojima sympathizes with single fathers who had trouble balancing between work and family, considering he couldn't raise his child with work and focusing on the case of his wife's death.
* Is relieved to know that his daughter has many friends and is happy to hear the adventures Nanako has with them. One of the most curious cases is her friendship with the Cutie Mark Crusaders and asked if he could help babysit them (and Nanako) for a day. The '''minute''' that was uttered, Yu and the rest of the Investigation Team had to stop the Crusaders from rushing to the House of Vampires so that a certain wrestler didn't have to go out to keep an eye on them (for he knew a ''lot'' about the trouble the three can get into) but failed. End result: when he, Gangrel ''and'' Luna Vachon had to keep an eye out on three fillies and their friend? Hilarity. HilarityEnsues.
* Noticing how awkward things are between Dojima and his old partner, some of their colleagues have decided to run an intervention and lock him and Adachi in a room (an interrogation room, ironically) to sort things out between one another. Adachi considered breaking out with Magatsu-Izanagi, but his partner said otherwise, seeing their point in needing to talk things out. Ryotaro then confesses to harboring hatred for and fear of his partner's atrocities and powers, yet is also made aware of what he's done since then, especially [[VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax the events of the P-1 Climax]]. It's hard reconciling with the past and the present, but he's been trying. To Tohru's credit, he's been trying too ever since his old partner ascended. While things haven't fully mended yet, they're getting there.
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[[folder:Shuichi Saihara]]
'''[[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Shuichi Saihara]], God of [[KidDetective Young Detectives]]''' (Super High School Level Detective, Ultimate Detective, Poo-ichi, Kaito's Sidekick)
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* Demigod
* Symbol: Two bullets with the respective kanji for "Truth" and "Lie" crossing each other.
* Theme Song: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EciXMc6ll8&feature=emb_title Clair de Lune]]"
* Alignment: NeutralGood. [[spoiler:Possibly NeutralEvil pre-brainwashing.]]
* Portfolio: '''[[KidDetective Young Detective]]''', GreatDetective, NiceHat, {{Adorkable}}, {{Bishonen}}, [[HeroicSelfDeprecation Low self-esteem]] [[CharacterDevelopment that gets better as the game advances]], [[spoiler:IdiotHair, AwfulTruth, [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent Replacing the Initial Protagonist]], FakeMemories, [[TakeAThirdOption Rejecting both Hope and Despair]]]]
* Domains: Truth, Youth, Investigations
* Allies: '''[[Pantheon/LegalProcess Kaede Akamatsu]]'''; [[Pantheon/{{Danganronpa}} all ascended good-aligned Danganronpa deities]], but especially [[Pantheon/HeroicOutlooks Makoto Naegi]] and [[Pantheon/{{Psyches}} Hajime Hinata]]; [[Pantheon/InvestigativeWork Shotaro Hidari and Philip]], [[Pantheon/{{Angels}} Aru Akise]], [[Pantheon/NamingTheme Milky Holmes]], [[Pantheon/InvestigativeWork Conan Edogawa]], [[Pantheon/{{Voices}} Shuichi Akai]], [[Pantheon/MedicalMiscellaneous Ai Haibara]], [[Pantheon/AnalysisAndRecords Sherlock Holmes]], [[Pantheon/{{Language}} Hercule Poirot]], [[Pantheon/InvestigativeWork Basil and Dawson]], [[Pantheon/{{Officers}} Cole Phelps]], [[Pantheon/MedicalConditions Norman Jayden]], [[Pantheon/{{Consumption}} Anthony Chu]], [[Pantheon/WeaponizedObjects Simon the Digger]], [[Pantheon/SpeechAtoM Kamina]], [[Pantheon/SpecializedNarratives Truman Burbank]], [[Pantheon/CharacterRoles Bulk and Skull]], [[Pantheon/GameMechanics Stanley]], [[Pantheon/{{Storytelling}} ICEY]], [[Pantheon/FearsomeArchetypes The Doki Doki Literature Club]], [[Pantheon/MinionsAndSidekicks The Barian Emperors]]
* Mentors: [[Pantheon/SpecializedNarratives Naoto Shirogane]], [[Pantheon/HandwearAndFootwear Kyoko Kirigiri]], and [[Pantheon/InvestigativeWork Shinnosuke Tomari/Kamen Rider Drive]]
* Enemies: '''[[Pantheon/ClothingTheme Tsumugi Shirogane]], [[Pantheon/CrueltyAndSadism Junko Enoshima and Monokuma,]]''' [[Pantheon/TaintedLaw Manny Pardo,]] [[Pantheon/KillersAndAssassins The Black Organization,]] [[Pantheon/TheatricNarrative Gleeman Vox,]] [[Pantheon/CheatsAndGlitches Nobuyuki Sugou]], [[Pantheon/CheatsAndGlitches Masamune Dante]], [[Pantheon/TypesOfNarration The Narrator,]][[Pantheon/{{Metafiction}} Bernkastel]], [[Pantheon/OrderAndChaos Don Thousand]], [[Pantheon/TheatreAndSpectacle William Shakespeare]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: [[Pantheon/MiscellaneousPhilosophies Nagito Komaeda]]
* Respected by: [[Pantheon/{{Storytelling}} Old Man Henderson]]
* Pities: [[Pantheon/VillainousSuccessAndFailure James, Jessie and Meowth]]
* Oppose: [[Pantheon/{{Upbringing}} Goro Akechi]], [[Pantheon/{{Workmanship}} Andrew Hussie]], [[Pantheon/{{Metafiction}} The Author]]
* Conflicting Opinion: [[Pantheon/EnergyWeaponry Gowther]], [[Pantheon/{{Narrative}} Gen Urobuchi]], [[Pantheon/CharacterWriting George R.R. Martin]], [[Pantheon/AnalysisAndRecords Joss Whedon]], [[Pantheon/MurderAndAssassination Yoshiyuki Tomino]]
* Originally a follower of Kamen Rider Drive, Shuichi Saihara was given the title of Ultimate Detective for solving a murder case before the police despite his young age. One day, he was forced into participating in a killing game similar to the ones held by Junko Enoshima. [[spoiler:After discovering that the game was in truth a twisted reality show based on Makoto Naegi's and Hajime Hinata's stories and that he and his friend's memories were fabricated by those behind it, he chose to reject its narrative of hope and despair and convinced the people of his world to end Danganronpa forever.]] Makoto Naegi, impressed by his exploits [[spoiler:and horrified that people would copy Junko's Killing Game fifty times,]] requested with Drive's backing that Shuichi ascend as the god of Young Detectives.
* Upon his ascension, Shuichi was welcomed by all of the good-aligned ascended Killing Game participants along with Shinnosuke. The young detective was very shocked at seeing them [[spoiler:due to the first two Killing Game being fictional in his world and their likeness having been used by Tsumugi to psychologically torment him.]] While he was initially wary, Makoto managed to convince him that he and his friends are genuinely good people and that the hope that he brings is something that helps and encourages people [[spoiler:unlike the empty catharsis that Team Danganronpa wanted to create]]. He now earnestly work with them to oppose Junko and Tsumugi. Other than Naegi, he particularly gets along with Hajime Hinata due to the self-esteem issues [[spoiler:and the identity crises from revelations at the end of their Killing Games]] they both suffered trough.
** That said, one Killing Game ex-participant he can't stand is Nagito Komaeda due to his blind worship of hope and horrific means to "help it become stronger"[[spoiler:being way too similar to Danganronpa's audience.]] For his part, Nagito [[spoiler:considers him to be just a nobody with a fake talent who had the gall to insult hope.]] They will work together to fight Junko, but it is a very strained relationship at best.
* Was NOT happy to find that Tsumugi Shirogane, the mastermind of his Killing Game, had already ascended in the pantheon. He swore to stop whatever schemes she may have,[[spoiler: especially if she ever think about reviving Danganronpa]]. For her part, Tsumugi loathes the detective [[spoiler:for destroying the show she spent her life working on]]. That animosity naturally extends to Tsumugi's mentor Junko Enoshima.
* At the start of his killing game, he had very poor self-esteem regarding his skills as a detective and dismissed the solving of the case that brought him fame as pure chance. It didn't help that the circumstance of the crimes gave Shuichi made him question the morality of his work. While his confidence and self-esteem got a lot better during his Killing Game, he still has some doubts about himself. Shinnosuke Tomari took it upon himself to help his former followers gain experience and confidence with the help of Kyoko Kirigiri and Naoto Shirogane. The other detective Kamen Riders, Shotaro and Philip, also do their best to help Drive look after him.
** Kyoko sees it as her responsibility to help her fellow Ultimate [[spoiler:and to make up for the mockery of her and Makoto's struggles that was the Danganronpa show]]. While Shuichi feels at time likes she's way more suited to the title of Ultimate Detective than him, but she makes sure to scold him whenever he does that and makes it clear that while their personalities may be different, his ways of reaching the truth are no less valid.
** As for Naoto, she relates to Shuichi's lack of confidence in himself, having had similar feelings before the Inaba incident, though they were more related to her gender. The two also relate to each other due to their ordeals having taught them to seek and accept their truth, no matter how awful it is. Though neither of them is amused by some airheaded deities mistaking them for each other.
** As a fellow apprentice of Shinnosuke who has far more experience working as a detective, Aru Akise sees him as a sort of honored upperclassman. Tough Shuichi doesn't quite agree on that, he still became friends with the other boy. He became downright embarrassed after Milky Holmes, hearing about how another GreatDetective ascended, came to him to ask for advice. He does try his best to help them even if he can't help but be exasperated by the general incompetence of the girls.
** During his early days in the house, Shuichi was surprised to see an even younger-looking boy here. Conan Edogawa introduced himself to the new Ultimate Detective, who figured out the boy's secret pretty early on. They bounded just as quickly both because of their shared jobs and the fact that their parents are both a writer and an actor respectively, so Shuichi swore to protect Shinichi's secret and to help him defeat the Black Organisation. Trough Conan, he was introduced to Shuichi Akai and Ai Haibara. While he did find it a bit odd that one of them shared his first name and that the other [[Creator/MegumiHayashibara sounded like him]], they nonetheless became steadfast allies against the Organisation.
** He was very happy and a bit overwhelmed to meet Poirot and Sherlock Holmes, both famous characters from books he greatly enjoyed. Much like his official mentors, they gave him some advice on how to grow as a detective. He was surprised to meet the talking mice living in Holmes's apartment, but he quickly learned that Basil's species is in no way a hindrance. In fact, it may even be a boon considering Monokuma's phobia of mice.
** Another detective he has been working with is Anthony Chu. Shuichi can't help but be disgusted by Chu's Cibopathy but fully get that this is his best way to reach the truth and sympathize with the sacrifices he had to commit to save people. He still prefer to look away when Chu works.
** Other investigators he has been getting along with are the likewise flawed Cole Phelps and Norman Jayden. Both Shuichi and Cole understand the pain of losing friends in horrible ways and blaming themselves for it and they spend some time together talking about classic literature. While Norman's addiction doesn't have much to do with Shuichi's own problems, he can sympathize with having to struggle with one's inner weakness. Cole and Norman have both avoided giving advice to the young detective, feeling that he already had chosen role models far better than either of them.
** One day, he was approached by another detective by the name of Manny Parko who claimed he wanted to work with Shuichi. The young boy was almost immediately suspicious of the arrogant way the older man was behaving and that suspicion was soon confirmed by Kirigiri revealing Manny's true nature to him. The latter, besides wanting to hurt an acquaintance of the former Ultimate Detective, resented how Shuichi became famous at such a young age and had the gall to shrug off his success at "chance", and so was looking for a way to ruin the younger man's reputation. Shuichi, seeing Manny as the exact kind of heartless detective he always feared of becoming, proclaimed that he ''would'' expose him if he ever committed crimes again.
** Another corrupt detective he opposes is Goro Akechi, who used the cases he solved as just a way to get fame and cover-up his crimes. That said, Shuichi does sympathize with his horrible upbringing, especially since Shuichi also has experience with being neglected by his parents even as a legitimate son. For this reason, he doesn't outright hate Akechi like he does Manny.
* While as a detective, Shuichi is dedicated to protecting people and seeking the truth, he bears little ill-will towards criminals that are not completely depraved. He understands that most of the time, people are pushed towards committing crimes because of their circumstances and because they think they have no better choices. He particularly pities the Team Rocket trio even as he works to stop their attempts to steal rare creatures because it's clear that the people they hurt most with their crimes are themselves. It doesn't help that he thinks Jessie [[Creator/MegumiHayashibara sounds kinda like him]].
* When he first heard Kamina doing another one of his boisterous speeches, he at first thought [[Creator/KyleHebert his friend Kaito]] had ascended [[spoiler:after his death]]. Though he was disappointed to learn that wasn't the case, his other numerous similarities with the Ultimate Astronaut made it easy for him to befriend the detective. Kamina and Simon both see a bit of the latter's past self in Shuichi and so decided to help his growth with hot-blooded speeches. Tough Shuichi firmly denied the offer to pilot a Gunmen.
* [[spoiler:Due to his experience in Danganronpa,]] he has a deep hatred for immoral reality shows. Naturally, the existence of Gleeman Vox greatly angered him. He decided to work to find a way to end [=DreadZone=] permanently. The alien businessman wasn't worried much until he learned that the detective almost single-handedly caused the ruin of a show that was beloved by an entire world. This, coupled with the fact that Shuichi would be a poor contestant due to his lack of fighting skills, convinced Vox to program his sentry bots to kill him on sight. Besides their horrible crimes, he also hates Masamune Dan and Nobuyuki Sugou because of their complete disregard of the supposed rules of their games [[spoiler:which is to him no different from Tsumugi falsifying a case to execute Kaede]].
** Upon learning that Shuichi hated reality tv, Truman Burbank approached him. They became fast friends when they learned [[spoiler:they both were the unwilling stars of tv shows whose entire lives were faked and who decided to leave the set for the great unknown]]. They meet regularly to help each other deal with their experiences.
* During one of his earlier days in the pantheon, he suddenly heard the Narrator's voice, who tried to railroad him into visiting specific places. Unwilling to be forced into a story written by someone else [[spoiler:again]], Shuichi deliberately defied each of his instructions until the fed-up narrator teleported him into one of [=GLaDOS=]'s unsolvable test chambers. He was saved by Drive before he could be incinerated, but he still hates the Narrator. While Shuichi acknowledges that The Narrator's not outright sadistic (most of the time) [[spoiler:unlike Team Danganronpa]], he still can't forgive him trying to force people into being part of his stories.
** Him making his distaste for the Narrator known attracted the attention of some of the later's enemies. He quickly bonded with Stanley, ICEY and the Doki Doki Literature Club [[spoiler:over being forced into following a story and choosing to defy it]]. While he can't condone Monika's previous actions, he understands that like most of the culprits in his Killing Game, it was desperation that drove her to act this way so he tries to not hold it against her. He even formally joined the club to talk about novels with other people who share that interest. He also won Old Man Henderson's respect [[spoiler:for being willing to die to defy the creators of the Killing Game,]] but the elderly man's insanity creeps him out.
** On the same note, he despises Bernkastel for the way she treat people as if they're part of her sick, twisted story [[spoiler:and for being just as sadistic as Tsumugi and Team Danganronpa.]] Bernkastel is only looking forward to make the detective fall into despair [[spoiler:and succeeding where Junko's pupil miserably failed]].
* While he was visiting the House of Music, he happened to hear the familiar melody of Clair de Lune coming from a concert room nearby. He went there to find Skull playing on his piano, with Bulk listening nearby. Shuichi picked a seat and listened to the entire melody, crying by the end. Noticing that it was more than him being touched by the melody, those two guys asked him what's wrong, only for Shuichi to reply he was just "remembering a friend". The other two gave him a comforting pat on the back and invited him to come to listen whenever Skull was playing. The detective never missed one session so far.
* He's very uncomfortable around Gowther of the Seven Deadly Sins due to the later's power of manipulating memories [[spoiler:reminding him strongly of the way Tsumugi used the Flashback Lights to manipulate him.]] Gowther offered Shuichi [[spoiler:to help him restore to his self before he was brainwashed, but the detective firmly denied it. The complete memory rewrite mean that he is now a completely different person and he is not willing to give up his identity, even if his old self wasn't a Danganronpa fanboy who was all too willing to participate in a Killing Game.]]
** He grew to despise Don Thousand after he heard that he used FakeMemories to manipulate the Barian Emperors. He made friends with the group [[spoiler:who related to him having his memories and emotions toyed with to control him,]] though he does find Vector's antics to be very annoying.
* Despite his love for literature, his experience during his Killing Game makes it so that he can't help but resent writers whose works revolve around making their characters suffer. He gets that [[spoiler:unlike Team Danganronpa,]] the characters they write aren't real in any way from their perspective, but it doesn't change that for him and those in the Pantheon, they ''are'' real.
** He's much more sure about opposing Andrew Hussie along with The Author, due to them being able to interact with their character and still choosing to screw around with their lives, and William Shakespeare, for his Servant self choosing to screw over the real world for the sake of his stories. When he tried calling out Shakespeare on it, the playwright only replied [[spoiler:that in his defiance, Shuichi created a far better climax than anything Team Danganronpa could ever make up]]. Shuichi wasn't amused, to say the least.
* ''"...I need to answer! For her sake...I can't turn away from the truth!"''
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* When her detective peers warned her against meeting up with Ms. Bucket in one of her parties, she scoffed them off, thinking they couldn't possibly be that bad. The arrangement was problematic from the start, with the host [[Main/ItIsPronouncedTroPAY "correcting" Miss Marple's pronouncement of the word "Bouquet"]]. One thing led to another, culmulating in an argument over whose hat was better. It was only her politeness sheer force of will that saw Miss Marple through the entire party. When asked by Holmes and Poirot what happen, she quietly told them never to speak of those events again.

* Herald: [[VideoGame/Persona5Strikers Zenkichi Hasegawa]]
* Allies: '''[[Pantheon/FamilyDynamics Nanako Dojima]]''' (his daughter), '''[[Pantheon/SpecializedNarratives The Investigation Team]]''' (especially Yu, his nephew), [[Pantheon/FriendsAndCompanions Marie]], [[Pantheon/{{Thieves}} The Phantom Thieves of Hearts]], [[Pantheon/{{Personality}} Adrian Monk]], [[Pantheon/{{Justice}} Phoenix Wright]], [[Pantheon/{{Officers}} Robocop, Inspector Zenigata]], [[Pantheon/JusticeBringers Chris Hansen, Kim Kaphwan]], Commander Samuel Vimes, [[Pantheon/OutlooksOnJob L]], [[Pantheon/LegalProcess Perry Mason, Rebekah Cooper, The Judge]], [[Pantheon/AnalysisAndRecords Sherlock Holmes]], [[Pantheon/{{Narrative}} John Watson, Soichiro Yagami]], [[Pantheon/{{Quirks}} Peter Burke]], [[Pantheon/InvestigativeWork Conan Edogawa]], [[Pantheon/KillersAndAssassins Rei Furuya]]

* Allies In Law Enforcement: [[Pantheon/GamingGenres Chris Redfield, Leon Kennedy]], [[Pantheon/CraftingMaterials Jill Valentine]], [[Pantheon/OtherPowers Aya Brea]], [[Pantheon/TaintedLaw Kurtis Stryker]], [[Pantheon/{{Officers}} Inspector Javert, Dirty Harry]], [[Pantheon/AnalysisAndRecords Sherlock Holmes]], [[Pantheon/IntrovertCharacterization Adrian Monk]], [[Pantheon/InvestigativeWork Shinnosuke Tomari/Kamen Rider Drive]], [[Pantheon/OutlooksOnLife Akane Tsunemori]], Lieutenant Columbo, [[Pantheon/KillersAndAssassins Rei Furuya]]

* Allies: '''[[Pantheon/LegalProcess Kaede Akamatsu]]'''; [[Pantheon/{{Danganronpa}} all ascended good-aligned Danganronpa deities]], but especially [[Pantheon/HeroicOutlooks Makoto Naegi]] and [[Pantheon/{{Psyches}} Hajime Hinata]]; [[Pantheon/InvestigativeWork Shotaro Hidari and Philip]], [[Pantheon/{{Angels}} Aru Akise]], [[Pantheon/NamingTheme Milky Holmes]], [[Pantheon/InvestigativeWork Conan Edogawa]], [[Pantheon/{{Voices}} Shuichi Akai]], [[Pantheon/MedicalMiscellaneous Ai Haibara]], [[Pantheon/AnalysisAndRecords Sherlock Holmes]], [[Pantheon/{{Language}} Hercule Poirot]], [[Pantheon/InvestigativeWork Basil and Dawson]], [[Pantheon/{{Officers}} Cole Phelps]], [[Pantheon/MedicalConditions Norman Jayden]], [[Pantheon/{{Consumption}} Anthony Chu]], [[Pantheon/WeaponizedObjects Simon the Digger]], [[Pantheon/SpeechAtoM Kamina]], [[Pantheon/SpecializedNarratives Truman Burbank]], [[Pantheon/CharacterRoles Bulk and Skull]], [[Pantheon/GameMechanics Stanley]], [[Pantheon/{{Storytelling}} ICEY]], [[Pantheon/FearsomeArchetypes The Doki Doki Literature Club]], [[Pantheon/{{Subordinates}} The Barian Emperors]]

** Brennan: [[Pantheon/{{Mentalism}} Wonder Woman]], [[Pantheon/TechnologicalExperts Satya Vaswani/Symmetra]], [[Pantheon/{{Logic}} Spock]], [[Pantheon/NarrativeGenres Yuki Nagato]], [[Pantheon/IntrovertCharacterization IF]], [[Pantheon/OutlooksOnJob Nick and Nora Charles]], [[Pantheon/{{Offsprings}} the Baudelaire Orphans]], [[Pantheon/{{Calmness}} Mitsuru Kirijo]]

* Although he initially denied it, Marty is noted to [[NotSoDifferent not really be any more distant from Cohle regarding their characteristics]]. That said, Cohle is incredibly blunt about who he is whereas Marty covers it up repeatedly and doesn't like admitting to his darker impulses. Even if he's begun to acknowledge it overtime, he wouldn't talk about it all that much either.

* OddFriendship With: [[Pantheon/{{Heroes}} Mitsuzane Kureshima/Kamen Rider Ryugen]]

* Has been proven to be an [[DrivesLikeCrazy extremely occupied and poor driver]], comparable to [[Pantheon/{{Heroes}} Shepard's]].
* He gets strange looks from [[Pantheon/AntiHeroes Omega]] and [[Pantheon/{{Heroes}} Superman]] for sharing a [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog similar]] [[Film/ManOfSteel voice]].

** Jeff: [[Pantheon/{{Heroes}} Clark Kent/Superman]], [[Pantheon/SpecializedNarratives George Bailey]], [[Pantheon/LegalProcess Juror #8]]

** Others: [[Pantheon/LuckAndFortune Fresh Pretty Cures (especially Love Momozono/Cure Peach and Setsuna Higashi/Cure Passion)]], [[Pantheon/HeroicArchetypes Bruce Wayne/Batman]], [[Pantheon/NonVehicularTravel Barry Allen/The Flash]], Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa, Naoto Shirogane, [[Pantheon/{{Accessories}} Kyoko Kirigiri]], [[Pantheon/HeroicRoles Taiki Kudo]], [[Pantheon/RidingAndControl Dominic Toretto]], [[Pantheon/PersonalAppearanceOther Yusei Fudo]], [[Pantheon/NormalCombat Chun-Li]], [[Pantheon/{{Heirs}} Ange]], [[Pantheon/{{Attitude}} Tusk]], [[Pantheon/FanserviceAttires Ryuko Matoi and Senketsu]], [[Pantheon/OutlooksOnLife Akane Tsunemori]], [[Pantheon/PhysicalAppearance Shinya Kogami]], [[Pantheon/NamingTheme Milky Holmes]], [[Pantheon/AnalysisAndRecords Sherlock Holmes]], [[Pantheon/{{Officers}} Alex J. Murphy/RoboCop]], [[Pantheon/TaintedLaw Kurtis Stryker]], [[Pantheon/PhysicalAppearance Caitlyn]], [[Pantheon/{{Angels}} Aru Akise]], [[Pantheon/TimePlacement Future Trunks]], [[Pantheon/CombatClothing Ruby Rose]], [[Pantheon/SourcesOfPower Yang Xiao Long]], [[Pantheon/FanserviceAttires Alisa Illinichina Amiella]], [[Pantheon/ExtrovertCharacterization Lois Lane]], [[Pantheon/GameDesign Kotone Shiomi]], [[Pantheon/TimePlacement Mitsuru Kirijo {SEES}]], [[Pantheon/HeroicAppearances Shirabe]] [[Pantheon/ClothingTheme Tsukuyomi]]

* Enemies: [[Pantheon/OrganizedCrime The Slavers]], [[Pantheon/{{Pride}} Nicky Cavella]], [[Pantheon/VillainousArchetypes Diavolo]], [[Pantheon/TaintedLaw Scott Shelby, C.R.A.S.H., Manny Pedro]], [[Pantheon/CriminalActions The 456 Ambassador, Walter White]], [[Pantheon/{{Calmness}} Gustavo Fring]]

* Oppose: [[Pantheon/{{Upbringing}} Goro Akechi]], [[Pantheon/{{Workmanship}} Andrew Hussie]], [[Pantheon/PantheonScribes The Author]]