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DR Gaiden: Killer Killer Chapter 9 “Don’t Kill”



We start off this time right where we left off last chapter, with Dougami demanding that Hijirihara get his ass to the 8th Branch to stop Mukuro. Backup will come along later.



Hijirihara has no time for this, however, stating that “Ikusaba Mukuro should be dead” which is a phrase that is normally reserved for the baby of the family. He then hangs up on his boss and walks off to Fujigawa and Asano’s surprise.

Asano runs after Hijirihara and grabs his wrist, wanting to ask him about this whole thing with Mukuro and whatnot, and she decides that she needs to get the most important bit out first: he isn’t Killer Killer, right?

発売中？！ Since when? Today?!

Guess I gotta pick up Vol. 2 before or after work tomorrow, guys.

Anyway, they arrive at the 8th Branch HQ, and Fujigawa catches up to them. Hijirihara asks who he is, and Fujigawa comments that he sure has changed since they last met…didn’t Hijirihara spend time overseas as a mercenary before becoming Killer Killer?



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Joke aside, this has unfortunate implications about you, Fujigawa, because that makes you the Junko of this pair.

He tries to implore Hijirihara to stop being Killer Killer but he ignores him and heads inside, where all the 8th Branch guards have been slain because where the fuck is Izayoi during all this? You’d think if someone were attacking his lady’s branch he’d be like the first one there defending it but whatevs.

Fujigawa pukes at seeing the carnage and comments that since “that incident” he hasn’t been able to handle gore. Hijirihara finds that gross and kind of annoying, while Asano asks what the hell happened here–

Um. That does not look like Sagishi.

That is most definitely not Sagishi.

Asano squeals about Mukuro approaching her, and Hijirihara steps in the way.

I mean, it’s just fucking Ikusaba Mukuro. No big. It’s not like she’s one of the most ruthless killers on the planet whose body count probably makes Sho’s look like peanuts.

But yeah, so just as Asano realizes her ass has been saved, she sees that Hijirihara has grabbed Mukuro’s wrist, to her shock.

“Don’t…”

“Don’t fucking joke with me!”

Well, this escalated quickly.

Hijirihara pins Mukuro to the floor and begins choking the life out of her, while Asano shakily gets to her feet, wondering if Hijirihara actually intends to kill her.

He raises his knife but Fujigawa steps in, asking why Hijirihara won’t change back for him.

He should hate murder and think of it as the worst thing in the world! Why is he dirtying his own soul this way? Please, why won’t he go back to the old Hijirihara-kun? Remember that killing is evil, and something that can never be forgiven…

Uh.

This is like if all of my Mukuro merch came to life at once and it is GLORIOUS.



Fujigawa is slightly less pleased than I am, shocked to see So Many Mukuros. They all begin to chant “kill” in what I assume is a creepy voice as indicated by the font choice.

Asano is also freaking out, wondering if Mukuro just made clones of herself (I mean canonically she can flashstep so why not?). The Mukuro Army leaps into action, still chanting “kill” and Asano lets out a scream.

However, in just a moment, Hijirihara is able to take down a ton of the Mukuros, to Asano’s surprise.

One of them is still kicking though, and she takes Hijirihara on directly, swearing she’ll kill him.

I have…questions. Like, I was sincerely expecting Sagishi in this chapter (and I’m a little disappointed to be wrong) so this is a neat surprise, but like. Are these actual clones? Are Junks and Muku actually two of like hectatuplets? Hunko Henoshima’s skill is kagebunshin? What is the deal here?

Meanwhile, Asano is over here intently watching Hijirihara to see what he’ll do. He won’t kill…will he?

Hijirihara however is fucking pissed–these bastards are simply copying Mukuro’s skill for killing which has inspired his philosophy. They’re imitators, fakes, and he will NOT treat them as if they were the real thing.

*sniff* Mama is so happy to see appreciation for the underrated of her two children.

Then Hijirihara cuts off fake Mukuro’s arm and says that of course fakes won’t have sufficient love of killing.

He awards them no points, and may god have mercy on their souls.

If they want to see the real deal’s technique for killing lots of people at once, he’ll show them.

Before he can move however, all the faux Mukuros take a bullet to the torso, knocking them down.

(Also damn, Mukuro’s skirt powers rival Kirgir’s Iron Curtain…)



Asano is quite pleased with herself and this successful demonstration of a dangan ronpa, asking if Hijirihara saw what she did. She took one of the guns that shoots muscle relaxant bullets from one of the dead guards! Now they can capture them without…killing…them…

Or no, we could do it your way too. That’s cool.

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While this is business as usual for us as readers, this is the first time Asano has witnessed Hijirihara do this, and up til now she has been desparately denying the fact that he is clearly Killer Killer. But now, seeing that they’re all dead, and that Hijirihara did it, she begins to nervously laugh.

So it’s true after all…

Hijirihara is Killer Killer.

And then this happens.

Fujigawa sobs about why it had to have come to this, why couldn’t Hijirihara-kun have understood before now?

So major character has just been stabbed, and culprit is crying for some reason.

Time to end the chapter!

So yeah. Like I said, I was a bit disappointed that it wasn’t Sagishi since I was looking forward to that, but I am pleased that it managed to surprise me.

Who are these Mukuclones and where did they come from? Why were they made? Tell me more!

