Sumio Kodai: Difference between revisions

|weapon            = SIG SAVER P229

|playedby= Susumi Nihashi (as Sumio Mondo)

}}'''Sumio Kodai''' (コダイ スミオ, ''Kodai Sumio'') is a character in ''[[The Silver Case]]'' and ''[[The 25th Ward: The Silver Case]]''. He is a detective working for the [[Heinous Crimes Unit]]. A troubled man and an effective officer, he shares a close bond with his partner [[Tetsugoro Kusabi]] and a strange relationship with [[Ayame Shimohira]].

Although Sumio is potentially one of the [[Eleven Children]], he spent his childhood in the rural industrial town of [[Mikumo 77]]. His childhood friends were [[Hiseki]], [[Fuyuki]] and [[Riru Yukimura]]. He seemingly lived a relatively normal life until The river near Mikumo 77 became gradually polluted by chemicals as a result of the activities of the [[Yukimura Zaibatsu]]. The people of Mikumo 77 protested against Yukimura's interference, but as the chemicals began to affect their mental states, they became more paranoid and erratic and their demonstrations grew increasingly violent. These riots became colloquially known as [[The Parade]]. During the Parade riots, Riru, abandoned by her parents as a "sacrifice", is targeted by townspeople who believe she is a witch. She is taken from her home, raped, and killed by the crowd of rioters. For their efforts to rescue Riru, Sumio and his friends are attacked and disabled; Sumio's ears were stabbed out, rupturing his eardrums and leaving him deaf. In response to the injustice, Sumio and his friends form the [[Mikumo Boys]], vowing revenge on the Yukimura Zaibatsu whose actions had caused the riots. What happened to Sumio after the riots is unknown. As a young man, Sumio Kodai trained at the [[Central Police Department]], keeping his deafness a secret in order to conceal his true motivations and identity. He resorted to bribery to skip his physical and hearing tests, became an expert in lipreading, and made use of accessibility technology invented by Hiseki (i.e. phones that translated incoming messages into Braille).

===The Silver Case===

Sumio begins to interview the owner of Gladiolus [[Ayame Shimohira]] about her relationship with Kamui. Ayame makes vague statements about making "contact" with Kamui causing Sumio to interrogate her further as he has a hunch that Kamui had been there. Sumio and Akira are shown some of the digital art created by both Ayame and Kamui. Sumio's interogation however quickly devolves into flirting as he comments on Ayame's beauty and asks her out on a date. Sumio deduces that Kamui had in fact been to the art studio to which Ayame confirms his suspicions. Akira opens the closet and finds Kamui bound in her closet. Ayame and Kamui are brought back the HCU precinct. Ayame is interrogated by Chizuru while Kamui remains in a vegetative state doing nothing but mouthing words. [[Kiyoshi Morikawa]] asks Sumio to lipread, Sumio reveals what he is continuously mouthing is the word [[Shelter]]. The two detectives discuss Kamui's condition and whether or not to investigate the shelters but their conversation is cut short by a gunshot. Sumio and Morikawa find Hachisuka injured and she reveals that Ayame has escaped. Sumio and Akira track Ayame to the [[Shelter Exhibition Hall]]. While searching for her the Sumio and Akira encounter [[Kamui's Children]] before finally locating Ayame herself. Sumio laments his inability to protect the ones he loves and the two detectives confront Ayame. Ayame asks for Sumio to kill her as it is what she truly desires. Sumio tells her that he can't kill her even when she threatens to kill the children. The two begin to flirt once again while pointing guns at each other. Ayame declares that she is grateful for meeting Sumio before turning the gun on herself. Kamui's children however convince her not to shoot herself and she is taken into custody. Kamui is taken back to IMM Hospital and Ayame is discovered to be the true murderer, acting out of jealousy towards Kamui's other lovers. Sumio meets with Kusabi and Akira at IMM Hospital as they depart to their next assignment.  

===Case 4.5 : FACE===

Shortly after the events of {{CL|4}} Sumio is still incarcerated due to the events of [[Case 3 Parade|case#03 Parade]]. While incarcerated he is interviewed by [[Sakura Natsume]] as part of her training. During their first interview Sumio showed himself to be cold, emotionless and unhelpful. Initially Sakura attempts to ask him about his crimes but he rebukes her arguing that analyzing the past is pointless in the context of investigating heinous crimes. He ascertains that searching for meaning in all things is an incorrect method of investigation much to Sakura's annoyance. Once Sakura mentioned [[Tetsugoro Kusabi]] however, his demeanor changed completely to something resembling his older 'self'. Sakura soon asks Sumio why a seasoned and respected detective would commit a crime like he did. Sakura tells Sumio that she believes crime is something that needs to be eradicated however Sumio argues that an inability to connect with your own inner darkness makes it impossible to understand the nature of crime and how crimes are committed.

Sakura later felt she needed to speak with Sumio again and continue their discussion. After convincing her instructor to let her interview him again Sakura conducted a second interview. Sakura began to ask him about [[Minato Sawaguchi|Jack the Ripper]] but instead of answering he merely criticized her makeup. This caused the overworked trainee to lose her temper and lash out at Sumio regarding the death of her close friend [[Kana Makina]]. This caused Sumio to laugh much to her surprise, he tells her that she sees things the way that he used to. Sumio described the events of the traumatic events of the [[Parade]] declaring that was the source of his own darkness. He elaborated that his life after the Parade was a battle to prevent his inner darkness from consuming him and that his revenge against [[Chairman Yukimura|Yukimura]] was his way of taking control of it instead. However even afterwards his darkness still existed and always would. Sakura tells Sumio the true reason for her second visit; that she wants his help to apprehend Jack the Ripper. The two then began to discuss the [[Shelter Kids]] and Sumio advises her to figure out her own connection to the shelters.

After the death of Minato Sawaguchi and the end of the Jack the Ripper case; Sakura meets Sumio in prison one last time. The two finished their discussion about inner darkness. She thanks him for his help as Sumio declares they probably will never meet again.

===Flower, Sun, and Rain===

A different version of Sumio, using the surname [[Sumio Mondo|Mondo]], appears as the protagonist of [[Flower, Sun, and Rain]]. He takes the role of an amnesiac searcher contracted by an unknown source to stop a terrorist bombing on the Micronesian island of Lospass. The details of how Sumio was released (or escaped) from prison are unknown. However, [[Tokio Morishima]] alludes to [[Tetsugoro Kusabi]]'s romantic feelings for Sumio Kodai and the fact that they "caused problems"; therefore, it can be inferred that Kusabi had some role in Sumio's release.  

Ultimately, not only is it revealed that Sumio Mondo is in actuality Sumio Kodai, he is also revealed to be one of 16 cloned Mondo bodies originating from Eleki Island. Kodai specifically is one of 11 individuals who escaped the Eleki compound, known as the [[Eleven Children]]. The exact details of how Sumio and the other 10 children escaped from Eleki, as well as when these events take place chronologically in relation to the rest of Sumio's past, are unknown.  

===The 25th Ward: The Silver Case===

In 2005, Sumio is once again working with the Heinous Crimes Unit. Sumio makes his first appearance in {{CR|3}} in the midst of a cryptic discussion at the [[Harakiri Batting Center]] with [[Shinko Kuroyanagi]]. The two exchange pleasantries and threats before Kuroyanagi asks what Sumio knows about [[Kosuke Kurumizawa]]. Their conversation however is cut short. Sumio returns in the subsequent {{CR|4}} as the lead protaganist. Sumio is shown speaking with a strange young girl named [[Alice]] at a bus stop in the [[Ward 24]]. She declares that they have reached the "end of despair" and that she willing to talk to Sumio about his problems. Sumio quickly rebuffs her causing her to claim that he isn't very nice. Alice then begins to speak cryptically about Sumio's desire to see somebody he [[Ayame Shimohira|loves]]. She claims that he cannot see them unless he "beats" her. She subjects Sumio to a nonsense quiz in which the answer is a joke. Sumio fails to answer correctly only for Alice to tell him that it is time for his "Punishment". A bus arrives and Sumio boards it. He is then accosted by a bizarre monster that ominously teases and warns him against meeting Kurumizawa. The Monster declares that it is going to eat him all the way down to the bone. Sumio gets off the bus at another stop where he begins to have a conversation with a double of himself. The two Sumios have a crytpic discussion about Kurumizawa and Sumio states "The wind enters my body".  

*Sumio is shown to be prone to sudden bouts of explosive rage as seen in [[Case 1 Decoyman|Decoyman]] if the player searches the same shelter twice or one that Sumio has already searched.

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