[ Well, Josuke agrees with the sentiment. Even talking about Kira makes him angry, but picturing his head all exploded against the pavement makes him feel marginally better. ]

Yeah. Two weeks before this competition... it's why I came here for a damn break.

[ It was certifiably a lot to deal with as a high schooler. Josuke's powers, though, are perhaps the best defense against a serial killer. Only he would've ever been able to stop him, and to play support for the rest of the investigation. He loses his sense of lightheartedness now that they've treaded this far into it, picking at the grain in the wood of the table with his nail. Unbeknownst to most of the contestants, Josuke has a pretty hot, violent temper when made to think about that which upsets him, and he restrains himself to a simmer by fiddling with the table — but the aura that comes off of him feels far more dangerous than his usual somewhat silly and perpetually laid-back attitude, more fitting of his image as a delinquent. ]

We got him, but I couldn't save everybody. [ And he's never going to get over it. ] Hah, that's my greatest regret. Other than the fact I didn't get to kill him myself.

[ josuke is truly sweetie pie until he's not.... ]