Susato Mikotoba

御琴羽 寿沙都

Age: 16
Gender: Female
Occupation: Legal Assistant

A young woman working as a legal assistant, and Ryuunosuke's partner throughout DGS.

Personality: Susato is for the most part a perfect "Yamato Nadeshiko" - that is, she is graceful, polite, loyal, and dedicated to her work. But she also has both a more serious and a more playful side; the former tends to come out when she isn't satisfied a case has been correctly resolved, while the latter shows up when the topic turns to things like detective novels, of which she's a huge fan. That said, she takes her job perhaps a little too seriously, and seems to struggle with meeting her own expectations for what a "legal assistant" should be.

Misc Facts: Designer Kazuya Nuri describes her hairstyle as "kinda believable but not actually possible."

Susato's name became a bit infamous amongst the staff due to its tendency to trip people up when said aloud (eg. "Susato-san".) This was eventually worked into one of the promo skits for DGS, in which Ryuunosuke is on trial for mispronouncing his assistant's name.

Friends and Family: Daughter of Professor Yuujin Mikotoba, and assistant to both Ryuunosuke and Asougi.

Name Origin:
Japanese: Takumi has stated that Susato's name was mostly chosen because he liked the kanji, which include things like "honor", "feather", and "city".

Background: Susato is a legal assistant in training who works with both her father, a professor at Teitou Yuumei University, and Kazuma Asougi, a newly-minted lawyer. She is eventually chosen to travel to London alongside Ryuunosuke to study there.

Spoiler: DGS-5
Susato seems to be familiar with the incident novelized as "The Hound of the Baskervilles", though she refuses to say how or why.