The sun was slowly beginning to rise up in the clear sky and shine brightly, towering behind the many buildings in the area. Even a few birds could be heard happily chirping within the distance. It was no lie to call this your generic, pleasant day. Despite this, Kaede still could not change the fact that worry was starting to cloud through his mind.

Kaede Tamura slowly stepped forward to the seemingly welcoming doors of Hope's Peak Academy with nervous clear across his expression. He had been accepted into this academy not too long ago along with fifteen other talented students. He had undoubtedly been ecstatic upon hearing the good news, but now that he was actually right here standing in front of Hope's Peak Academy he wasn't exactly all to certain anymore.

Kaede immediately averted those bothersome thoughts away, and a more confident expression began to etch across his face. His doubts eventually became consumed by more confident thoughts and he let out a small, sheepish chuckle. He was Kaede Tamura, the Ultimate Photographer! Of course he would be able to do this!

Kaede took another step forward and with little to no effort, pushed the doors to Hope's Peak Academy wide open.


Hello! Thank you for giving this story a look and I hope this has caught your interest! I would really appreciate it if you would submit your own OC, but before we get to the form let's establish a few things and clear some questions out first.

The story will take place through the eyes of Kaede, my OC. Meaning that yes, he will be the main character. I may have him killed off, which means that I would have to select another main character. If I find your OC interesting enough, they may eventually become the main character!

Please, please, try your best to make your OC unique and not too generic and plain. I don't mean create a Mary Sue, just a character that I can find myself enjoy writing and hopefully the readers themselves can enjoy!

There will more than likely be romantic interests in this story and such if I think your OC and another persons OC would go good together, I will tell you. After the first chapter where all the characters are introduced, tell me if you want your OC to have a crush on someone. If you would like your OC to be interested in Kaede, then that's perfectly fine too!

I will choose the murder and victim upon random and I will notify you beforehand.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me!

And here's the form! If you would like the blank version, please go to my profile.

I have done some editing to this, as suggested by DisasterPhoenix. Thank you very much for your help!


Name - Preferably, a Japanese name because they are in Japan after all. There will be an exception for foreigners.

Gender -

Age -

Sexuality -

Ultimate - I don't mind if you use a talent that has been used in the games, because I did use the Ultimate Photographer. Please refrain from making them exactly like the character.

Appearance - Hair color and style, eye shape and color, height, weight, clothes, and such. It would be fantastic if you made them as unique as possible.

Personality - Please make this as long as you can. This will have a huge impact on the story, and yet again, please make them as unique as possible

Positive Traits -

Negative Traits - Everyone has something bad about them.

First Impression - What do people typically think when they first look at them?

Likes/Dislikes -

Relationships - Just what kind of people that they get along with and what kind of people they don't. I would appreciate if you make it more in detail other than they don't like anyone's who's mean and such.

Triggers - What makes them mad?

Hobbies - This is really here so I can figure out everything for the free time events and such.

Backstory - This is optional.

Discovered a Body -

Role In Investigation -

Role in Trial -

Ways of Speech/Habits -

Quotes - This is optional. If you do choose to do this, please add the way they introduce themselves.

Murder or Victim - Which one would they most likely be?

Would you be alright with your character having a romantic interest? -

What would they think of Kaede? - This is optional. Since this is being told by Kaede there will be a lot of interaction between your character and Kaede, this would definitely help me out.

Extra - Do they have some kind of disorder such as social anxiety? Is there something they're insecure about? A secret? Anything really! The more and longer, the better.


Also, here's an example form with Kaede's information. I skipped a few, but if you do have any questions about those - don't hesitate to ask me!


Name - Kaede Tamura

Gender - Male

Age - 16

Sexuality - Pansexual

Ultimate - Ultimate Photographer

Appearance - Kaede has short, straight light brown hair that is purposely styled to look messy, as well as wide azure eyes with dark circles under them and a deceptively youthful face. Kaede also has light freckles and white, pale skin. He is quite short and has a rather small structure, making him often mistaken to be younger than he actually is. Unsurprisingly, he does not weigh that much.

Kaede is most often seen in his trademark gray jacket, which is rolled up to his elbows. He wears it unzipped, revealing a light blue-gray shirt. There are several bright, colorful bracelets adorned on his right wrist that he wears with his everyday outfit. He has light blue jeans that are slightly too big, thus they are rolled up to meet his ankles, along with grey converse. Kaede is usually seen with a wornout brown messanger bag that he carries his beloved camera in.

Personality - Kaede is geeky and slightly self-conscious of his work despite being an Ultimate. A clear, deductive thinker. Sneaky, empirical, reasonable, and fairly mature for his age. Willing to put himself in harms way for those he cares deeply about. Kaede is just slightly socially awkward, but he can still manage to hold up a good conversation. He isn't the type to start the conversation, more or so he's willing to just blend into the background unnoticed. He surprisingly has a short temper and gets easily irritated if you carelessly comment about his short height, but he makes an exception if he likes you.

Positive Traits - He tries his best to be genuinely kind to everyone, even if he fails at it sometimes.

Negative Traits - He is quite self absorbed. For example, he enjoys taking selfies of himself rather than snapping pictures of other people.

First Impression - Kaede gives off a nervous, meek aura at first glance, but he becomes more confident once he gets used to whomever he is talking to. Eventually, he'll become his usual egocentric self.

Likes/Dislikes - Likes coffee, anything vintage, and sunsets. Dislikes tea, crowded places, and being called a hipster.

Relationships - Kaede tries his best to get a long with everyone, so he doesn't necessarily have a type of person that he dislikes. He finds himself liking people who are more easygoing.

Triggers - Being called short is one way to make Kaede easily mad. Another way is to call him self absorbed. Mainly, just tell him the truth about himself and he'll get angry and deny it.

Hobbies - In his free time, Kaede is seen taking selfies or taking pictures of something that he finds interesting. He generally tries to steer himself away from people, but mainly because he is afraid that he'll embarrass himself. Because of this, he usually spends his free time alone.

Murder or Victim - Kaede would more or so be both. He has the potential to become a murder but he isn't exactly all too strong so he could easily become a victim. But, he would more likely be a murder than a victim.

Extra - More drawn to the old analog camera gear rather than the digital gear. Also, a hipster but refuses to admit it.


Here's the cast so far!

Males 9/9

Kaede Tamura the Ultimate Photographer [ Azurella ]

Hiroki Shinuhara the Ultimate Behaviorist [ That One Shy Girl ]

Naoya Matasuda the Ultimate Poet [ Rinjaai ]

Takahiro Kojima the Ultimate Knife Thrower [ xluvr17 ]

Toyoharu 'Toyo' Tokuda the Ultimate Polyglot [ xoxoCharcleffxoxo ]

Ren Doi the Ultimate Confectioner [ SHSLJester ]

Shinya Akihiko the Ultimate Tailor [ ComplicatedMystery ]

Nobuo Chinen the Ultimate Mixologist [ OsamodasEnripas ]

Shizu Hokage the Ultimate Logic [ detective cooper ]

Daiki Harata the Ultimate Trade Translator [ globalization ]

Females 7/7

Kurumi Morioka the Ultimate Nanny [ the meme queen ]

Mari Honda the Ultimate Hair Stylist [ Jubilees ]

Yasu Miyabe the Ultimate Archer [ DisasterPhoenix ]

Saito Akari the Ultimate Harpist [ Fryllabrille201 ]

Leilana Namazaki the Ultimate Representative [ globalization ]

Luna Muramasa the Ultimate Blade Wielder [ bluesnowkitty ]

Sony Hasashi the Ultimate Event Planner [ Acrystai ]


Please send me the form in PM. If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask! Thank you all so much for taking the time to read this and I hope you have an awesome day/night!