Saigiku Jōno

Saigiku Jōno (条野 採菊,) is a member of the Hunting Dogs special units and has the ability Priceless Tears.

Appearance
Jōno is a young man with mostly light-colored hair with tips that fade into red. As he is blind, he almost always keeps his eyes closed. Along his Hunting Dogs uniform, he wears a long earring on his right ear.

Personality
Upon first appearance, Jōno has the calmest, most composed personality of the Hunting Dogs unit. However, he does not take interruptions nor injustice lightly. As such, he nonchalantly arrests Osamu Dazai upon their first meeting, expressing his thoughts against Dazai's blood-covered past with great disapproval.

Jōno hides a fierce temper behind composed expressions, mixing them with harsh threats and remarks towards his comrades. Tetchō Suehiro finds himself on the receiving end of much of these remarks due to his offbeat nature, easily exasperating Jōno. He even subtly scolds his commander Ōchi Fukuchi for the latter's theatrics towards military troops and afterwards threatens to shoot him from behind, showing that his violent tendencies are no different from his comrades. He also tends to either silently or vocally wish ill will towards other people with a rather antagonistic attitude towards him, including Tetchō and even a government official. Sensitive to his surroundings, Jōno also detests intense emotions and abrupt changes in moods from those around him.

Quite contrary to Tetchō's nature during interrogations, Jōno has a sadistic side to him in extracting information from his targets. As noted by Tetchō, he has an infamous habit of tormenting others until they are forced to spill his needed details during investigations, which he seems to find amusement in. Hence, with such a sharp persistence in information extraction, Jōno believes that he must be the "strongest Hunting Dog" among the team for his expertise in investigating and capturing criminals.

Ability
Jōno's ability, Priceless Tears (千金の涙,) grants him superhuman senses, his sense of hearing in particular. He is able to hear the breath and heartbeats of others without standing near them, and capable of determining his surroundings with his hearing. Also, he has able to discern the most insignificant details, like the surmising the shipping date of coffee beans from its fragrance and taste. However, the full extent of his ability/abilities remains unknown as its hinted that he might have more than one ability.

Skills

 * Heightened Senses: To compensate for his blindness and in addition to his ability, Jōno claims his other senses, including his smell and hearing, are incredibly strong. As such, illusions have no effect on him, which makes him immune to Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's illusions.
 * Interrogation Expertise: He is also adept and invaluable during investigations, most especially in extracting information and secrets from fugitives and other targets, a skill which he combines with his ability for efficient and speedy results. Notably, his interrogation tactic is quite opposite to Tetchō's sympathetic negotiation approach.

Background
A few years ago, Jōno worked as an executive in a criminal organization. Then, six years ago Fukuchi saw great potential in Jōno, especially in his hearing and his Ability. Because of this, Fukuchi decided to recruit him into the Hunting Dogs while also seeing potential in him becoming a member of the Decay of Angels.

Appearances
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Decay of Angels Arc
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 * Chapter 57 - Sunday Tragedy, Part 1
 * Chapter 60 - Dogs Hunt Dogs, Part 2
 * Chapter 61 - Dogs Hunt Dogs, Part 3
 * Chapter 62 - Dogs Hunt Dogs, Part 4
 * Chapter 67 - The Sadness of Those Without Wings, Part 1
 * Chapter 68 - The Sadness of Those Without Wings, Part 2
 * Chapter 69 - The Escape, Part 1 (silhouette)
 * Chapter 71 - Bungo Hound Dogs, Part 1
 * Chapter 72 - Bungo Hound Dogs, Part 2
 * Chapter 76 - Skyfall, Part 3 (image)
 * Chapter 77 - Skyfall, Part 4 (image)
 * Chapter 79 - To Threaten God, Part 2
 * Chapter 88 - As Though Tumbling Down
 * Chapter 89 - Hero War, Gang War
 * Chapter 89.5 - Hero War, Gang War, Part 2 (flashback)
 * Chapter 92 - The Empty Port, Part 1
 * Chapter 92.5 - The Empty Port, Part 2

Quotes

 * (To Doppo Kunikida) "Your ideals are big and lofty as a hot air balloon. But at some point, the balloon will always run out of fuel and fall to the earth. You have always lived in fear of that day."
 * (To Tetchō Suehiro) "Nothing, it's just the first time this month that Tetchō said something reasonable. I have to mark it on my calendar."
 * (To Aya Koda) "Certainly, it could be that the Agency is not an evil organization and the mastermind is someone else. There are those who claim that. But, you see, either way is fine by me. Whether the detectives are evil or not… I simply want to hear someone's anguished voice."

Trivia

 * The military dubs Jōno the "King of Avidyā" (無明の王,). Ironically, avidyā is a Buddhist concept about ignorance and misconceptions, something that Jōno – with his keen senses – never risks, making him essential for interrogations.

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