Character- Mitsuru Kirijo (131)

Mitsuru Jeanette Kirijo is the main protagonist of The Horse Arc. She is part of the hero alliance and originates from Persona 3. She is classified as hero #131 in the novel's roster. She was first introduced in Book III: Advent Back as the leader of the Cübe Alliance. She is a persona wielder and one of the two bearers of Destiny Itself. Her Nobody, Naomi, acts as an echo fighter and her anti-hero counterpart.

Early life
Mitsuru was born May 8th, 1991 in Okinawa, Japan. She is the only child of Takeharu and Hanae Kirijo. She was homeschooled by her mother at a young age until she was a teenager.

S.E.E.S Membership
As a second year, Mitsuru attended Gekkoukan High School. She was appointed as executive leader of S.E.E.S by Shuji Ikutsuki in 2008. The group fought against shadows during the dark hour on a nightly basis. After the death of their prime member, Makoto Yuki, the group saw a decline in activity. By 2010, all members of S.E.E.S graduated Gekkoukan High School, and the group was officially disbanded in the summer of that year.

Kirijo Group Inheritance
After her Father's death in 2009, Mitsuru inherited executive order of the Kirijo Group. She was withheld of her executive privileges until she turned 18. Joe Biden, the vice president of the Kirijo Group, served as the temporary CEO of the Kirijo Group during the withholding period. In May of 2009, Mitsuru Kirijo was officially appointed as the CEO. During the withholding period, the company lost a large sum of money. As a result, the branches centered in Berlin, Nevada, Dublin, and Beijing were sold and liquidated for their assets. Mitsuru primarily spent her 6 years working in Chernobyl, where she continued her father's work of incest experiments on various minorities. Despite their classified works for the Japanese and Ukrainian military, the group made minimal progress to appease their shareholders. In 2013, nearly 80% of the shareholders removed their support from the company. The Kirijo Group eventually filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in Spring of 2015. The main facility in Okinawa was sold for $22 billion dollars, which was used to repay the company's shareholders. The remaining research facilities in Ukraine and Japan were bought and are currently operated by their respective militaries. The warehouse facilities located in San Andreas, Birmingham, Cleveland, and Seoul were promptly abandoned. Numerous assets in those facilities eventually made their way into circulation through mass illegal trafficking.

USDF Career
After her filage for unemployment in 2015, Mitsuru was offered a brand contract by Purina for her outstanding Equestrian skills in high school. She stayed as a free agent for her first year of competition in the USDF. In 2016, she took the brand offer and was given funding for a horse. She adopted a Tennessee Walking Horse, whom she promptly named Yukari. The two competed in 32 total national events and 1 international event, that being the 2016 Rio Olympics. In September of 2019, Mitsuru suffered a crippling accident while in a national competition. She was left paralyzed from the waist down after the accident, which prompted her to retire from her career later that month. Throughout her career, Mitsuru won $8 million dollars in prize money.

Life on the Run
After her retirement and refusal for medical treatment, Mitsuru became homeless. She was left wandering about the streets of Olmsted Falls riding her horse for motor movement. In october of that year, Matpat and Joker attempted to assassinate Mitsuru to kidnap her horse. The assassination failed and Yukari was trophied. Mitsuru then sought out on a quest to find the true killer of her horse. Her unconscious body was taken by Andy Bogard from Fatal Fury, who offered her medical attention as a bait to kidnap her. She escaped to the ocean and found a mule, Koobakooo (KKB), to act as a replacement for Yukari.

The Journey of the Cübe Alliance
After finding a new horse, Mitsuru made allies with Cfive, Wallace, and Grommit to aid her in her quest for vengeance. The group, unofficially known as the Cübe Alliance, sought out to find the Gyrös and a R.O.B, which would provide adequate interrealm travel. In their travel to The Exchange, they acquired the materials they needed including a mislabeled disc for Shark Tale. The disc itself provided a link to find the alleged "killer." Their travels to and from the exchange were interrupted by Ian Hawke and Raleighlink14. Their eventual stop was at the Medici brothers circus in downtown Cleveland. There they found the Gyrös themselves.

The Fuckery
The group traveled to the Sandusky desert in a search to find the Cübe Guardian. The Cübe Guardian fabricated the link between the desert and Toledo, the alleged location of the killer. Upon their arrival Mitsuru discovered that the killer was Athena Asamiya. Mitsuru fought Athena only to discover that she was a decoy for a higher being. In her last few breaths of life, Athena tells Mitsuru that Sheng Long is the boss behind the whole situation. Mitsuru promptly leaves Toledo after Athena kills herself. She returns to the Sandusky desert and travels back to Olmsted Falls by herself.

The Rebirth
It is unknown as to what happened to Mitsuru between the third and fourth books. Many have speculated that Mitsuru's depression led her to overdose on drugs to the point of a coma. During her slumber, Mitsuru comes to the revelation that there is a bigger evil behind her horse's murder. Her quest for vengeance is put aside as she now seeks to find the larger evil plaguing the world.

The Second Generation of the Cübe Alliance
After her awakening Mitsuru seeks to find new allies in an attempt to reform the Cübe Alliance. She eventually partnered with Martin Cabello III as the fifth member of the alliance. The two met when Mitsuru was randomly selected to compete on the Rajjchelorette. Momentarily after meeting her new recruit, she brought in Wilbur Soot as the sixth member.

Uncompleted Stuff
this text covers the next books until the end of the series. That content is currently unwritten.

Death
In the final battle with the HMSD, Mitsuru fuses with Waluigi to form Kasuigi. Together the two wield the Liberal Destroyer to take down the HMSD once and for all. Kasuigi pushes the Liberal Destroyer to its absolute limit, which also pushes Kasuigi to her own. After the HMSD is defeated, Kasuigi is left with no life force to unfuse nor stay alive. Kasuigi's body floats into the heavens and bursts into a ray of light. That light forms the second sun. At the very end of the story, Mitsuru's body is buried into the Tree of Rebirth along with Waluigi's. They bear fruit from their hands with no purpose but to remind the universe of their sacrifice.

Personality
Mitsuru is calm, confident, mature, responsible, wise and very intelligent. However, she may be interpreted as slightly arrogant, conceited, cold-hearted or overconfident. As events unfold, this may be a front of maturity, due to her assumed role as the leader of SEES and eventually the Kirijo group. Her high levels of responsibility have lead her to become irritable and even partially insane. As the CEO of the Kirijo Group, she contemplated suicide multiple times. Despite her shortcomings, she is highly assertive and rarely backs down from a fight. Her hard exterior is eventually shown to be weak when her horse is killed. Mitsuru has had numerous traumatic episodes that have triggered the memories of her horse's death. These traumatic episodes can range from mild to severe (as demonstrated during The Fuckery.)

Powers and Abilities
Mitsuru is initially established as paraplegic. Mitsuru uses multiple methods of movement to compensate for her paralysis. Mitsuru is most commonly seen riding one of her horses to use as legs. She will also occasionally use a wheelchair or drag herself across the ground. Regardless of her paralysis, Mitsuru has an exceptionally strong upper body and high dexterity. Mitsuru is one of the several characters who can wavedash. Her persona, Artemisia, provides long range combat utilizing ice and grappling arms. Mitsuru primarily uses a rapier as her weapon of choice, but she has also shown proficiency with a handgun in desperate measures. Mitsuru was exposed to high levels of radiation when she was a little girl, which could explain the unnaturally high power of her persona. Her grandmother was born one of the two halves of Destiny itself. It was eventually passed down to her mother hereditarily and then to her. Mitsuru is completely oblivious to her hidden power. She catches brief glimpses of it during her fight with Athena. Her power is fully realized when she takes down Waternoose. At the very end of the story, she fuses with Waluigi, the other bearer of Destiny itself, to form Kasuigi. Kasuigi the only known being in the universe capable of eradicating evil entirely.