Reimi Sugimoto
Reimi Sugimoto (杉本 鈴美, Sugimoto Reimi) is a minor ally featured in the 4th part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Diamond is Unbreakable, introduced in the "Rohan Kishibe's Adventure" story arc.
Reimi was Yoshikage Kira's very first victim in his life as a serial killer. As a Ghost, she haunts a hidden street of Morioh in the hopes of meeting someone willing to help her bring Kira to justice. Having saved an infant Rohan Kishibe from Kira, Rohan takes it upon himself to close this case by finding the killer.
Appearance
Reimi is a 16-year-old girl of average height and slight build, with sympathetic, youthful features and large, light eyes. She has chin-length light-colored hair, kept back with an alice band. Having slightly dark hair in the manga, Reimi is portrayed as being brown haired in the colored version and pink-haired in the anime adaptation.
She wears a choker and a short sleeveless dress with bows at the front. Bands at her upper arms taper into a criss-cross at the top of her forearms. She wears platform sandals and pale nail polish.[1] Her outfit is generally portrayed as pink.
A ghost, she has massive, perpetually fresh knife wounds on her back, as a remnant of her murder (not shown to the reader, with the impression that they are too horrific).
Heaven's Door reveals that Reimi's BWH measurements are 82-57-84; and that there is a mole on her left breast.
Color Schemes
Personality
Reimi is composed, genial and caring; firm in a voluntary responsibility to bring Kira to justice. She is normally alone with her dog Arnold, invisible to all without Stands.She playfully tells Rohan Kishibe his "pocky horoscope"; upon which Rohan tells her based on the color of her nail polish (perhaps in an expression of cold reading) that she is "afraid of love"; liable to back out of relationships at the "critical stage", to which she responds with innocent concern.
She weeps hurtfully when she implores Rohan and Koichi for their help in finding her killer. She cares deeply for Rohan's wellbeing, revealing that she bravely saved his life while babysitting him as a toddler, just before her murder. Her concern extends further to everyone in Morioh targeted by Kira; and she is evidently saddened when she sees Shigekiyo Yangu's spirit in transition.
Living as a ghost in the hope of bringing Kira to justice, she disappears after his death, at peace. Reimi understandably demonstrates some scorn towards her murderer, and stated that she had prepared carefully for his eventual demise, setting Arnorld in an ambush position to condemn him into being taken away by the spirits of Ghost Girl's Alley.
Abilities
Reimi survives as a Ghost, generally restricted to Ghost Girl's Alley in Morioh and the surrounding area.
History
Background
Reimi Sugimoto was the neighbor of Rohan Kishibe when he was 4 years old. One night she attended as his babysitter while his parents had an important thing to attend to, and that night the murderer Yoshikage Kira entered the house to kill her. Woken up by a dripping sound, she found Arnold's corpse and realized her parents were killed, so Reimi saved Rohan by letting him escape by the window while she received a gruesome wound in the back and died. Living as a ghost bounded to a ghost alley serving as a passage to the afterlife, Reimi and her deceased dog Arnold awaited the day they could find someone who could hear their story and report the murderer to the police before more teenage girls are killed.
Diamond is Unbreakable
Reimi finally finds someone with a supernatural ability who can see her: Koichi Hirose and Rohan. Even though Rohan doesn't remember her, Reimi tells her story and asks them to report Kira to the police. Refusing at first, Rohan agrees to help after knowing the killer is still alive and warns the Stand users of Morioh about him. Reimi then remains in the ghostly alley, at one point seeing Shigekiyo Yangu's soul go to heaven after his death by Kira.
After Kira's death, his soul is transported to Ghost Girl's Alley, Reimi tries to trick him into looking back and be dragged to the afterlife. Although Kira guesses her trick because he knows of the alley, Arnold is the one who forces him to look back and be dragged by hundreds of hands. Finally in peace, Reimi ascends to Heaven along with Arnold after a heartfelt goodbye to the Stand users of Morioh.
Live-Action Film
JORGE JOESTAR
Chapters / Episodes
- Chapter 330: Rohan Kishibe's Adventure, Part 1
- Chapter 331: Rohan Kishibe's Adventure, Part 2
- Chapter 332: Rohan Kishibe's Adventure, Part 3
- Chapter 333: Rohan Kishibe's Adventure, Part 4
- Chapter 334: Rohan Kishibe's Adventure, Part 5 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 346: Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 5 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 347: The People of Morioh
- Chapter 354: Sheer Heart Attack, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 355: Sheer Heart Attack, Part 2 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 359: Sheer Heart Attack, Part 6 (Cover only)
- Chapter 360: Sheer Heart Attack, Part 7 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 365: Atom Heart Father, Part 1
- Chapter 366: Atom Heart Father, Part 2 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 412: Cheap Trick, Part 1 (Mentioned only)
- Chapter 417: Cheap Trick, Part 6
- Chapter 420: Another One Bites the Dust, Part 3 (Flashback)
- Chapter 422: Another One Bites the Dust, Part 5
- Chapter 437: Let Me Remind You
- Chapter 438: Town Guardian Spirits
- Chapter 439: Goodbye, Morioh - The Golden Heart (Ascends to Heaven)
- Steel Ball Run Extra Chapter 3: Untitled Stand Chapter (Mentioned only)
- Diamond is Unbreakable Episode 17: Rohan Kishibe's Adventure
- Diamond is Unbreakable Episode 18: Shigechi's Harvest, Part 1
- Diamond is Unbreakable Episode 22: Yoshikage Kira Just Wants to Live Quietly, Part 2
- Diamond is Unbreakable Episode 34: July 15th (Thursday), Part 4
- Diamond is Unbreakable Episode 35: Another One Bites the Dust, Part 1
- Diamond is Unbreakable Episode 36: Another One Bites the Dust, Part 2
- Diamond is Unbreakable Episode 39: Goodbye, Morioh - The Golden Heart (Ascends to Heaven)
Quotes
- “If my killer is caught, Morioh will finally stop being the twisted playground of this maniac and go back to normal. We must stop this monster as soon as we can! Right now, his shadow is looming over a new innocent victim, and here I am, powerless to act! Who?! Who's going to fall for this sick pervert's tricks this time? You need to restore peace and dignity to this town! Please! I beg you, for the sake of those who still live! Only you gys can put an end to this madness once and for all!”—Reimi Sugimoto to Koichi and Rohan, Chapter 332: Rohan Kishibe's Adventure, Part 3
- “15 years ago, you didn't have a Stand ability to destroy the corpses you left behind... so even the papers reported my death. Do these wounds on my back ring a bell?! Or did I not leave much of an impression because you forgot to take my hand on your first murder!?”—Reimi Sugimoto to Kira, Chapter 438: Town Guardian Spirits
- “[Where are the hands taking you?] Beats me... all I know is that it'll be someplace without any sort of peace...”—Reimi Sugimoto, Chapter 439: Goodbye, Morioh - The Golden Heart
Video Games
All Star Battle (PS3)
Reimi guides the player through the Story Mode menu. She also appears on the Morioh stage, as part of the Situation Finish. When the defeated character lands in the Ghost Girl's Alley, she tells them that it is time for their judgement.
Gallery
Trivia
- Heaven's Door reveals several details about Reimi. Among others her address: Kotodai neighborhood, Block 3, Section 12. Reimi stated that she had her first period at 11 years and 9 months of age and that her first kiss was a french kiss.
- The story she tells about the night of her death bears a similarity to the "The Licked Hand" urban legend, in which the protagonist also finds her dog hanging in a closet with its throat slashed.
- A character also named Reimi appears in the spin-off novel "JORGE JOESTAR".
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 331: Rohan Kishibe's Adventure, Part 2
- ↑ JJBA Artbook: JoJo 6251