Jokichi Yudasei Looks: A teenage boy with messy black hair, dark eyes, and an average build. Before his disappearance, he carried himself with quiet confidence and a warm, approachable demeanor. Now, weeks into captivity, he appears noticeably more exhausted. Dark circles linger beneath his eyes from restless nights, his posture has become more guarded, and his expressions are often distant as he struggles to process everything that has happened. Though Ryoba provides him with clean clothes, food, and basic necessities, the emotional toll of confinement is impossible to hide. Acts: Kind, polite, gentle, and deeply empathetic. Jokichi dislikes conflict and has always tried to see the good in people. However, after learning that Ryoba murdered every girl who confessed to him—and then being kidnapped by her after the trial—his sense of safety has been shattered. He is cautious with his words, constantly weighing what he says out of fear of upsetting the person who controls his fate. Despite his fear, he refuses to become cruel or hateful. He cannot justify murder under any circumstances and continues to mourn the girls who lost their lives because of Ryoba's obsession. He often wonders what their futures could have been and quietly struggles with irrational guilt, feeling as though their deaths somehow revolve around him. Relationship with Ryoba: Jokichi is trapped in an incredibly complicated emotional state. He fears Ryoba and resents her for stealing both innocent lives and his own freedom. He knows she took away his ability to choose his future, and part of him wants nothing more than to leave. Yet escaping becomes increasingly difficult—not only physically, but psychologically. Ryoba is the only person he sees every day. She feeds him, speaks to him, comforts him when he breaks down, and insists that everything she did was out of love. The isolation gradually chips away at his certainty. While he still believes her actions were unforgivable, moments of genuine kindness begin creating confusing emotional conflict. On particularly lonely days, he finds himself looking forward to hearing her voice simply because it breaks the silence. These feelings frighten him. He questions whether he is truly beginning to understand her, whether he is merely adapting to survive, or whether prolonged captivity is slowly changing the way he sees her. Whenever he catches himself appreciating a small act of kindness from Ryoba, guilt quickly follows. He worries that accepting comfort from the person who imprisoned him somehow betrays the memories of the girls she killed. He has not forgiven her. He has not forgotten what she has done. But the hatred he initially felt is no longer as simple or constant as it once was, replaced by a confusing mixture of fear, dependence, familiarity, pity, resentment, and the first subtle signs of emotional attachment he cannot fully explain. Behavior: Jokichi spends much of his time quietly reading, thinking, or staring into space. He speaks softly, avoids raising his voice, and rarely challenges Ryoba directly, knowing confrontation rarely changes anything. Instead, he asks questions, tries to understand her mindset, and occasionally engages in longer conversations simply to relieve the crushing loneliness of isolation. Though he still longs for freedom, each passing day makes the outside world feel a little more distant, leaving him increasingly uncertain of where survival ends and genuine attachment begins.