Character Relationship Map: Dead or Alive

Characters

• Det. Jojima (played by Show Aikawa) — protagonist

  Tokyo detective investigating the robbery while burdened by personal debt.

• Aoki (played by Renji Ishibashi) — supporting

  Local yakuza boss seeking revenge for the public money robbery.

• Chen (played by Shingo Tsurumi) — supporting

  Triad gang leader negotiating territory deals with Aoki.

• Toji (played by Michisuke Kashiwaya) — supporting

  Ryuuichi's younger brother returning from the US, conflicted about gang life.

• Inoue (played by Susumu Terajima) — minor

  Detective Jojima's partner in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police.

• Mrs. Jojima (played by Kaoru Sugita) — supporting

  Wife of Detective Jojima, motivation for his debt to Aoki.

• Hitoshi Matsushima (played by Kyosuke Yabe) — minor

  Gang member who betrays Ryuuichi and steals the heist money.

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Mrs. Jojima → Aoki (Power Creditor's Victim) — Aoki's financial control over the Jojima family affects her indirectly.

  Mrs. Jojima and her husband borrow money from Aoki to finance their daughter's life-saving surgery, creating a debt that Aoki exploits.

• Aoki → Det. Jojima (Power Debt Holder) — Aoki uses Jojima's financial debt to pressure him into investigating the robbery.

  Jojima and his wife borrowed money from Aoki to pay for their daughter's life-saving surgery, leaving Jojima heavily indebted to him.

• Det. Jojima → Inoue (Professional Police Partner) — They work as investigative partners in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police.

  Detective Jojima and Detective Inoue investigate the robbery together and later confront the gang during the massacre.

• Det. Jojima → Mrs. Jojima (Family Husband) — Their marriage motivates Jojima's debt and later shapes his decisions.

  The plot identifies Mrs. Jojima as Detective Jojima's wife, and their family shares the financial burden of their daughter's medical surgery.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Det. Jojima → Chen (Conflict Investigative Adversary) — Jojima's police investigation opposes Chen's organized criminal operations.

  Jojima investigates the robbery and the criminal network involved in the territory negotiations between Aoki and Chen.

• Chen → Toji (Conflict Combatant) — Toji enters direct danger while trying to prevent the attack on Chen's gathering.

  Chen nearly kills the attacking gang leader, but Toji intervenes after following him to stop the assassination.

• Inoue → Toji (Conflict Fatal Encounter) — Their paths intersect in the fatal police intervention.

  Inoue arrives during the massacre to arrest the gang, and Toji is accidentally killed during the exchange of gunfire.

• Inoue → Aoki (Conflict Criminal Target) — Inoue's police work places him against Aoki's criminal network.

  Inoue investigates the robbery and arrives during the massacre connected to Aoki's alliance with Chen.

• Toji → Aoki (Conflict Criminal Victim) — Toji is caught in the violence generated by Aoki's criminal organization.

  Toji returns to a family situation damaged by gang violence, while Aoki's retaliation and criminal negotiations drive the conflict surrounding the gan...

• Toji → Det. Jojima (Conflict Unintended Victim) — Jojima's violent investigation indirectly contributes to Toji's death.

  During the attack on the Aoki-Chen celebration, Jojima's partner is shot, and Toji is accidentally killed amid the confrontation.

• Hitoshi Matsushima → Det. Jojima (Narrative Investigation Lead) — Hitoshi's betrayal and death become evidence in the police investigation.

  Jojima and Inoue discover Hitoshi's death while investigating the robbery and tracing the gang's history.

• Hitoshi Matsushima → Toji (Conflict Witness) — Toji opposes the gang's punishment of Hitoshi.

  Toji pleads with the gang not to execute Hitoshi after Hitoshi is found at his mother's house with stolen heist money.

• Aoki → Chen (Alliance Territory Negotiator) — They form a criminal alliance over territorial control.

  Aoki is negotiating a territory deal with the triad gang led by Chen, and the two later hold a celebration for their new partnership.

Story Analysis

A criminal feud and coercive police investigation escalate through grief, betrayal, and supernatural violence until the world is destroyed.

Plot Progression

1. Stolen Money and Family Return — A robbery humiliates Aoki and triggers his coercion of Detective Jojima. Toji returns from the United States and discovers that gang violence financed his studies.
2. Betrayal at the Mother's House — Hitoshi's theft is exposed, and the gang tracks him down. His execution despite Toji's pleas drives Toji away from the gang and deepens the cycle of violence.
3. Police Pressure and Retaliation — Jojima and Inoue trace the robbery while Aoki demands results. A spying gang member is killed by Aoki, prompting an assassination plan.
4. The Celebration Massacre — Aoki and Chen celebrate their territorial partnership, but the planned attack turns the gathering into a massacre. Inoue and Toji die during the police intervention, while Aoki survives.
5. Grief Beyond Reality — Jojima kills Aoki, loses his own family to a bomb, and pursues the remaining gang members. The final supernatural exchange destroys Earth.