Hiroshi: Difference between revisions

'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a minor character in {{link|game|smt4a}}. He is featured in three [[Challenge Quest|Challenge Quests]]: ''[Int] Investigate Tokyo Dome'', ''Defeat the Ghosts'', and ''Where the Corpse Went''.

In the [[Challenge Quest]] ''Where the Corpse Went'', Hiroshi becomes an extra party member for the fight against [[Izanami]], acting at the start of the player's turn. He can perform the following actions which are chosen by the player: attack, which deals around 135-165 damage and removes the [[Smirk|smirk]] status; heal, which heals the party for around 200-300 HP; support, which will buff the party by 1 stage; and wait, which passes his turn. <!-- {this information is taken directly from the smtivf guidebook on page 195. figure out how to cite this later} -->

Hiroshi approaches [[Nanashi]] before he can turn in the Challenge Quest ''[Int] Investigate Tokyo Dome''. He introduces himself then asks to see the pictures Nanashi had taken at Tokyo Dome. If Nanashi obliges, Hiroshi discloses his own assignment to take care of the ghosts though he appears to be struggling to pinpoint their location. Upon examination, he is shocked by something he sees in the photos but does not elaborate further. He thanks Nanashi, albeit visibly shaken, and leaves.

He reappears in the Challenge Quest ''Defeat the Ghosts'' as the other Hunter contacted by the quest client, the [[Patriots]]. Once Nanashi arrives at [[Shinobazu Pond]], Hiroshi spots him and tells him to leave, not wanting a kid to get involved. When the Patriots reveal that Nanashi was the other Hunter they contacted, he does not oppose their decision; instead, he states that the trio of men never change and leaves to deal with the ghosts. He later reappears before Nanashi, wounded and with a horde of demons chasing him. After Nanashi defeats the horde, he is distressed at having seen a woman named [[Noa]]. She appears shortly after, correcting Hiroshi on her name: she is no longer Noa but rather the remnants of a man named [[Tamagami]]. Hiroshi recognizes the name as the man who was the cabinet minister 25 years ago and was responsible for the creation of the [[National Defense Divinities]] using human experimentation. He is further disgusted when Tamagami justifies the experimentation by stating the humans used were on death row, as Noa had been innocent. As Tamagami delivers a monologue about saving Japan from the foreign powers invading it, Hiroshi warns Nanashi to leave while he still can, but the two are caught in a battle with Tamagami.

Hiroshi later calls for Nanashi's help in the Challenge Quest ''Where the Corpse Went'' as Noa's body has disappeared. They meet at Kansuiji in [[Ueno]] with the Patriots, who explain what happened to her corpse: she was slated to be the medium for [[Izanami]], the last National Defense Divinity, but the goddess could not manifest properly until Noa passed away. Once she died, her body was taken to [[Yomotsu Hirasaka]] to finish Izanami's transformation, so Hiroshi and Nanashi head there to stop Izanami and end Tamagami's schemes. They catch up to Izanami before she can cross over to Yomi and battle her, with Hiroshi providing support to Nanashi. Upon her defeat, as she questions why the two defy her, Hiroshi explains to her that prioritizing the country over its people is not right and that the new generation can lead the way. He then delivers the final blow to Izanami and says one final goodbye to Noa.