The Journalist

An investigative journalist who spends a lot of time trying to peek inside Akademi, attempting to find a clue to prove his theory that one of the school's students, ryoba aishi, is a serial killer.

In the 80s, a young man began a promising career as an investigative journalist. He was phenomenal at his job, and was quickly making a name for himself all throughout the nation of Japan. Unfortunately, he may have been TOO good at his job...

While investigating a murder in 1989, he correctly identified the perpetrator of the crime. Due to the unusual nature of the case - a schoolgirl accused of murdering a classmate for the sake of love - the media chose to sensationalize the case, resulting in international attention. However, the young murderess was able to escape a guilty verdict by manipulating the emotions of the court, and tricking the world into thinking that the journalist only accused her of murder for the sake of sensational headlines.

As a result of that court case, his reputation was permanently damaged, and his career as a journalist was over. He spiraled into depression and alcoholism. Nobody knows what became of him after he fell out of the public eye.

He has good intentions when stalking Ryoba Aishi and wants to do what's right. He appreciates fame, but he wouldn't just accuse a high school girl for it.

The Journalist is naturally very observant and great at finding clues. He shows that when he first deals with Ryoba, seeing her stalk Jokichi Yudasei, and a few decades later when she stalks a young woman.

He must be very skilled, considering that he may be able to escape Ryoba after the ten weeks of the game are over if he appears in an ending.

If the player proves the Mysterious Tapes false by not using the canon elimination methods for 1980s Mode[13] it is unknown what would make The Journalist say such things on the tapes.

In 1980s Mode, the Journalist's persona is ?????, but he will apprehend Ryoba by running up, spray her with pepper spray and then restrain her if he catches her killing anyone, getting closer to him with a weapon, carrying a corpse, or being bloody. If he witnesses a corpse, he will run out of the school and call the cops just like a Loner. It's impossible for Ryoba to kill him, since he will always look at her when she's near. Ryoba cannot normally interact with him as well, like the teachers.

The Journalist's face is covered by a brown hat with a gold ribbon. However, on other illustrations can be seen that he has black hair and eyes. He also has facial hair.

the Journalist wears a shirt with a blue tie, and a long meringue coat fastened with brown buttons and tied at the waist. He has brown pants and shoes.