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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.

Appearance and Personality

Sumio, due to the traumatic events of his childhood seems to lives a double life. On the exterior Sumio displays himself as a cool, collected and highly capable police officer. He displays incredible skill in the field and is known to be stubborn and short fused, snapping fiercely at Akira for the smallest of mistakes. Sumio also has a bit of a romantic side, seeing as he allegedly had shared a romance with a suspect and how openly he flirts with Ayame Shimohira. Sumio's interior however tells a different story. Sumio sees himself as nothing but an empty husk, void of anything aside from his desire for revenge against the Yukimura Zaibatsu. In order to bury the grief he feels over The Parade he seemingly killed nearly his entire identity. Despite this he still holds his own morals and desires but this does not quell how truly sad and lonely he feels on a daily basis. Throughout The 25th Ward The Silver Case we get a closer glimpse of his true nature. Ultimately, Sumio's a person in pursuit of justice and what is truly right, by any means necessary, and at any cost to himself or anybody.

History

Sumio, Hiseki and Fuyuki

Sumio was potentially born as one of the Eleven Children but 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 mostly 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).

By 1994 Sumio had successfully been recruited into the Heinous Crimes Unit where is assigned to Unit 2 and met his partner Tetsugoro Kusabi. The two got off to a rough start but soon formed a tight bond despite Kusabi's volatility. Sumio's first case with the HCU was the Power Girl Case which involved a terrorist bomber on the east side of Ward 24. Details on this case are vague but it is known that Sumio shared some sort of romantic relationship with the main suspect. Sumio continued his work with the HCU contributing on the 1998 Gas Kids case as well as other non-specified cases.

The Silver Case

Confronting Ayame

Staking out the Yukimura Estate

Sumio is first mentioned by Kusabi during case#00:Lunatics after he is fired upon by a crazed Ryo Kazan. Chizuru Hachisuka however mentions that Sumio had already left the office for the night. This is shown in the supplemental manga Pre-Lunatics, which shows Sumio awakening from a nap with a "bad feeling" before quickly leaving for a meeting with the Mikumo Boys.

Sumio makes his first physical appearance in case#01:Decoyman alongside Kusabi at IMM Hospital interviewing Kamui Fujiwara's personal doctor Tachibana in the aftermath of the Republic Unit's Destruction. The two detectives learn that Kamui is in a comatose state and is physically and mentally incapable of committing any murders. After interviewing the doctor the two detective come across Akira, one of two surviving members of the Republic Unit. Kusabi attempts to get information from Akira but Sumio quickly interrupts, telling Kusabi that Akira is mute from trauma. Chizuru Hachisuka calls the two detectives notifying them of another murder, they soon depart the hospital taking Akira with them. The body is identified as Yuka Kawai. The following day the detectives hold a meeting regarding the death.

Sumio spends the entirety of case#02:Spectrum on a stakeout with Kusabi of the Yukimura Estate following vague threats, presumably from the Mikumo Boys. The two detectives talk about various topics, including Sumio's attraction to Ayame despite her being a serial killer, Kusabi's money issues as well as complaining about how bored they are. Sumio and Kusabi are both approached by Tokio Morishima and share a quick interaction much to Sumio's annoyance.

Sumio and Kusabi are still staking out the Yukimura Estate at the beginning of case#3:parade. Sumio tells Kusabi a dark fairy tale that is a coded metaphor for his own childhood back in Mikumo ominously foreshadowing what is about to unfold. He rudely orders Akira to surveille the estate's perimeter. When Akira returns to the car the estate explodes. Kusabi tells Sumio to never forget this moment to which Sumio replies knowingly that he won't.

Meeting Yukimura

Following the kidnapping of Chairman Yukimura Sumio accompanies Kusabi and Akira to the Snow Tower. while there the detectives consider the Yukimura Zaibatsu board of directors to be suspects and discuss the case with Central Detective Michiru Kosaka. Later that night they discover the hanging corpse of Hanao Hiseki the alleged bomber of the Yukimura Estate. The detectives lament the suicide of their only lead but soon Central receives a video confirming that Yukimura is still alive. Sumio, Akira and Kusabi analyze the footage at a forensic lab and discover a coded demand for a diamond worth 600 billion yen to be delivered the following day.

The diamond is paid for by the Yukimura Zaibatsu effectively ruining the company financially. Akira is chosen to make the exchange at the Garbage Incineration Plant. However during the exchange the perpetrator Fuyuki commits suicide destroying the diamond in the process. Yukimura is later found and rescued at the plant but is found heavily sedated.

While the HCU attempts to figure out the motive behind the kidnapping, Sumio is seen to be meeting with Chairman Yukimura along Route 4 of Area A4. A few days later Sumio is missing at the HCU precinct. Chairman Yukimura returns to work only to trigger a remote explosive killing himself and the entire executive board, no other staff were killed.

On August 1st Sumio met with Tokio Morishima at the Harakiri Batting Center. Initially Sumio thought thought that the journalist was looking for Kusabi but Tokio insisted on speaking to Sumio. After some reluctance, Sumio explained his life to Tokio.

Arrested by Kusabi

The following day Sumio is finally apprehended by Kusabi and Akira outside of Mikumo 77. As the three men watch Mikumo get destroyed Sumio explains his desire to Kill the Past and that his entire self was trapped in the past. The two former partners reminisce about their first encounter with each other as Sumio is arrested.

Case 4.5 : FACE

Sumio during his time in prison

Shortly after the events of case#04 Kamuidrome Sumio is still incarcerated due to the events of 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 [[|Jack the Ripper|Minato Sawaguchi]] 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 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 than 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

Main article: Sumio Mondo

Sumio Kodai's exact relation to Mondo is unknown but Kodai is referenced sparsely throughout Flower Sun and Rain, namely by Tokio Morishima who refers to him as a homosexual and the lover of Tetsugoro Kusabi. He is most directly mentioned in the ending text of the game. "The long day of Sumio Mondo has ended, and a new day for Sumio Kodai has started."

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

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Official profiles

Trivia

It is highly possible that the man smoking in the Yukimura ranson tape is in fact Sumio.

Gallery

The Silver Case

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  Transmitter

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  Placebo

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  First day on the job

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  Decoyman

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  Spectrum

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  Parade

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  Confronting Akira and Kusabi

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  Kamuidrome

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  As seen by Tokio

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  2016 remake art

Case#4.5: Face

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  Sumio talking with Sakura Natsume

The 25th Ward

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  Portrait

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  The wind enters my body

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  Kamui can fuck off

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  Meeting at the Edge of the 24th Ward

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  Meeting with Kuroyanagi