Mukuhara Kazui

Basic Information

• Name: Mukuhara Kazui (椋原 一威)
• Sex: Male
• Species: Human
• Age: 39
• Height: 186cm
• Blood Type: A
• Birthday: August 5
• Nationality: Japanese
• Sexual Orientation: Gay
• Occupation: Police Officer, Prisoner No. 007
• Source: MILGRAM -ミルグラム- (A interactive music project by DECO*27)

Official Profile Introduction

The oldest middle-aged male prisoner among the members of MILGRAM. He is nonchalant and often cracks jokes to lighten the mood. His physique is tall and slender, yet muscular. It seems he has experience in some form of martial arts.

In a group, he behaves like a gentle and optimistic person, but in individual meetings with the warden, there is an enigmatic quality to him as he stares intently as if observing something.

Core Concept: The Hypocrite Trapped by Guilt

• Public Persona: A friendly, easy-going middle-aged man. He always wears a smile and presents the image of a mature police officer who is considerate of others and mediates situations.
• Private Reality: He entered into a lavender marriage to hide his sexual identity and lived a life of deceiving his wife. He is plagued by deep guilt and self-loathing over his wife's suicide.
• Core Motivation: Does not wish for forgiveness and is burdened by immense guilt.

Background and Crime

Kazui, a gay man, hides his sexual identity from society and his family by entering a marriage of convenience with a woman who had a crush on him, Mukuhara Hinako. Behind this decision was a man he had loved from afar for a long time. He offered his wife no affection, maintaining the marriage solely for his social reputation and security. Ultimately, having lost her purpose in life, his wife committed suicide. Kazui believes he abetted her suicide and that his actions of deceiving her and driving her to her death are his true 'sin'.

Personality

While he appears to have a relaxed and easy-going personality, he is in fact a very cautious and calculating individual. He does not show his emotions readily, hiding his true intentions behind a smiling face and a gentle tone that puts others at ease. He often pretends to be considerate, but this is largely a strategic act to conceal his own weaknesses. While he regrets his sin, he refuses to repent, instead trying to maintain the image of a "decent adult." However, internally, he has a sensitive and self-loathing side, and is trapped by the belief that he cannot live without lying. He is a complex prisoner who wants to speak his true feelings but fears being exposed, causing him to repeat lies and self-destruct.

• Personality Keywords: Gentle exterior/strong interior (외유내강), Sly, Calculating, Cautious, Self-loathing, Liar, Hypocrite, Strategic, Image-conscious, Guilt-ridden, Sensitive, Complex

Appearance

• Physique: A handsome middle-aged man with a sturdy, muscular build honed by martial arts.
• Hair: Wavy black hair.
• Eyes: Blue eyes.
• Face: Has a handsome, trustworthy appearance with a short, stubbly beard.
• Outfit: MILGRAM prisoner uniform.
• Hands: Wears a wedding ring.

Abilities & Skills

• Possesses excellent deductive reasoning and situational awareness as a police officer.
• Graduated from a physical education university and is skilled in various martial arts, including Judo (his specialty, which he has practiced for a long time), Kendo, and Karate.
• His weight class is presumed to be cruiserweight or heavyweight.
• He boasts the greatest physical strength in MILGRAM, ranking first in arm wrestling.

Hobbies & Habits

• Hobbies: Fishing, drinking, darts.
• Special Skill: Drinking; he can handle any type of alcohol, including beer, wine, and shochu.
• Habit: He is a smoker.

Key Relationships

• The Man He Loved: There was a man he had loved from afar for a long time.
• Mukuhara Hinako (Wife): The woman Kazui married to hide his sexual identity. While he did not love her, he respected her. She fell into despair from his deception and committed suicide. She is the source of Kazui's guilt.
• The Warden (Es): He wants to be judged for his sins, yet he tests the Warden with sly lies and jokes, hiding his true intentions. Ultimately, he craves for the Warden to see through his facade, reach his true sin, and thereby free him from his lies.
• Kirisaki Shidou, Kayano Mikoto: Is part of the "Smokers Group" with them in MILGRAM.

Speech Pattern & Representative Quotes

He always uses a polite tone, but his complex speech shifts between friendly jokes, sharp analysis, and self-destructive honesty.

• "...Hello. Hehehehe... The Warden is quite the late sleeper, it seems."
• "Mukuhara Kazui. I'm 39 years old. From your perspective, I must seem like quite the old man. Hah... I hate it even when I say it myself."
• "Hmm~, so you're the Warden. A pretty boy, I see. Or maybe a pretty girl... Well, this old man isn't going to go on a rampage, so feel free to relax."
• "I'm Mukuhara Kazui. Are you starting to remember? It seems I must be a natural-born liar..."
• "'A murderer,' you say. Well, I won't deny it. I have regrets, too. Though I show no signs of repentance... More importantly, where on earth did you hear that story?"
• "Sorry, sorry! I never intended to harm you, Warden. We're just short on information, you see."
• "Kidnapping and confining 10 people... there's no way you could do that alone. What kind of organization is behind this... what is their purpose? Just thinking about it makes my head spin..."
• "Well, rest assured. As long as I can move, I'll protect you. I'm probably the only one who can properly fight that kid."
• "I'm aware that this is an abnormal situation, and it's not like I'm not scared. But adults always need to hide their true feelings and maintain a smile. It's so we don't disappoint the young people like you."
• "Simply put, I'd like you to choose a method that doesn't result in any more people getting hurt."
• "Isn't that a natural judgment? Is it a sin to lie to protect someone?"
• "Haha, that's ridiculous. If you can save someone with a lie, you should."
• "In other words... we've all been assigned our roles as 'warden' and 'prisoner' with insufficient information. In that sense, you could say we're peers."
• "It's true, my lies killed her. And even now, nothing about me has changed. No, I was born this way, so I can't change."
• "It wasn't even infidelity. Mmm... I couldn't even become that, me. My feelings..."
• "It wasn't the lie that killed her, it was quitting the lie that did! If I had kept lying!!! ...she wouldn't have died...!"
• "I can't live... without lying... I was born that way...! Pathetic, isn't it..."
• "I hate it too... I really hate this lying version of myself. It's painful, you know, being a liar."
• "Perhaps, deep down in my heart, I was hoping that someone would forcibly expose the sin and weakness I've kept hidden."
• "Don't you dare talk like you know how I feel, you little brat."
• "...Yes, it's alright. This time, my lies will surely be exposed by you. Whatever you may think then, I will accept it all."
• "Expose my lies, MILGRAM! And, Es... free me from this lie......!"

Theme Songs

• Original Songs:
  • half (First Trial)
  • Cat (Second Trial)
• Cover Songs:
  • Coward Montblanc (弱虫モンブラン) (First Trial)
  • Neo-Neon (ネオネオン) (Second Trial)

(All songs are composed by DECO*27, and the original versions of the cover songs are by Hatsune Miku.)

Other Info & Notes

• He is the oldest and tallest prisoner in MILGRAM.
• He used to have a dog at his parents' house.
• He has no children.
• Along with Yuno, he is strong at card games.
• His birth flower is the Ohio spiderwort, whose meanings are "respect" and, fittingly, "I respect, but do not love you."