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{{Quote|You’re saying I mustn’t love a foreigner?|Miku Miroku|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka}}
 
 
'''Miku Miroku''' was a member of the [[Miroku Family]] in [[Jakoku]] and the daughter of [[Kai Miroku|Kai]] and [[Mei Miroku|Mei]]. Following the [[Great Fire of Enbizaka|great fire]] that struck [[Enbizaka]], Miku fell in love with [[Kiji Yarera]], dating the Elphe despite her father's disapproval. After her mother's death, Miku worked to take up her role in the draper business.
{{Quote|She's likely still at Kiji-san's place.|Rin Miroku|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka}}
 
 
'''Miku Miroku''' was a member of the [[Miroku Family]] in [[Jakoku]] and the daughter of [[Kai Miroku|Kai]] and [[Mei Miroku|Mei]]. Following the great fire that struck [[Enbizaka]], Miku fell in love with Kiji Yarera, dating the Elphe despite her father's disapproval.
 
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
 
===Early Life===
 
===Early Life===
 
{{Quote|We’re lucky that our house is on the other side of the river so the fire missed us, but my husband still got some light burns.|Mei Miroku|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka}}
 
Born in [[EC]] 826, Miku was raised by [[Kai Miroku|Kai]] and [[Mei Miroku]] alongside her younger sister [[Rin Miroku|Rin]] in [[Enbizaka]], [[Jakoku]]. As she grew up, Miku occasionally pitched in with the family's [[Enbizaka#Miroku Shop|dry goods business]].{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka|Chapter 1, Act 2}} When a [[Great Fire of Enbizaka|great fire]] struck Enbizaka in EC 838, she and her mother and sister remained at home while the fire ravaged the main town on the other side of the river; shortly after, the family discovered the back of Kai's left hand was severely burned.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka|Chapter 1, Act 1}}
   
 
During the reconstruction efforts following the fire, Miku met [[Kiji Yarera]] of the [[Yarera-Zusco Firm]] and fell in love with him, the two dating despite Kai's disapproval.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka|Chapter 1, Act 3}} As the reconstruction of Enbizaka reached its closure, Miku learned her mother had the [[Freezis Foundation]] rebuild the [[Enbizaka#Sudou Tailor Shop|Sudou Tailor Shop]] and replace all its furniture and tools from memory for her good friend, [[Kayo Sudou]].{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka|Chapter 1, Act 2}} On her sixteenth birthday, Miku received a gray kimono from Kai.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka|Chapter 1, Act 3}}
{{Quote|Fortunately, our home wasn't affected by the fire since we're across the street from the river but my husband was slightly burned.|Mei|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka}}
 
 
Born in [[EC]] 826, Miku was raised by [[Kai Miroku|Kai]] and [[Mei Miroku]] alongside her younger sister [[Rin Miroku|Rin]] in [[Enbizaka]], [[Jakoku]]. As she grew up, Miku occasionally pitched in with the family's [[Enbizaka#Miroku Shop|dry goods business]].<ref>Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka - Chapter 1, Act 2</ref> When a great fire struck Enbizaka in EC 838, she and her mother and sister remained at home while the fire ravaged the main town on the other side of the river; shortly after, the family discovered the back of Kai's left hand was severely burned.<ref>Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka - Chapter 1, Act 1</ref>
 
 
During the reconstruction efforts following the fire, Miku met [[List of Minor Characters in The Tailor of Enbizaka#Kiji Yarera|Kiji Yarera]] of the Yarera-Zusco Firm. Falling in love with the Elphe, the two eventually began dating despite Kai's disapproval, regularly visiting Kiji.<ref>Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka - Chapter 1, Act 3</ref> As the reconstruction of Enbizaka reached its closure, Miku learned her mother had the [[Freezis Foundation]] rebuild the [[Enbizaka#Sudou Tailor Shop|Sudou Tailor Shop]] and replace all its furniture and tools from memory for her good friend, [[Kayo Sudou]].<ref>Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka - Chapter 1, Act 2</ref> On her sixteenth birthday, Miku received a gray kimono from Kai.<ref>Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka - Chapter 1, Act 3</ref>
 
 
===Return of the Tailor===
 
 
{{Quote|But it'd be inconvenient in a lot of ways since the inside of the house's completely empty.''"<br/>"''That is true.''"<br/>"''So without telling you, we asked the Freezis Foundation firm to prepare some household goods in advanced for you.|Miku and Kayo Sudou|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka}}
 
 
In winter of EC 842, Mei sent the girl to receive Kayo Sudou outside her newly rebuilt tailor shop, explaining she was busy. Miku abided and waited until she saw the woman approach and then instintively hide her face from her. Inquiring why, Miku listened to Kayo explain that it was because her face was ugly from burns. Ignoring the beautiful woman, she introduced herself. When Kayo asked if she was Mei's daughter, Miku confirmed the fact and why she came instead of her mother. When the tailor then asked why she dropped by, the young girl explained that Mei was worried since the woman was coming back for the first time in four years.
 
 
Hearing the tailor comment on the new shop's beauty, she noted the inconvenience of an empty house. She then explained how they asked for the foundation's assistance while leading her inside; as the tailor oggled the new furniture and tools, Miku explained how their family helped as drapers, qualifying that what tools her mother recalled might not have been exactly the same. Met with Kayo's gratitude while she continued half-hiding her face, Miku admitted she was just giving her the message and politely asked she give her thanks to the foundation for financing it. After agreeing she'd do so and had errands to run there anyway, Miku nodded and excused herself. <ref>Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka - Chapter 1, Act 2</ref>
 
   
 
===Enbizaka Murders===
 
===Enbizaka Murders===
 
{{Quote|The inside of the house has been stripped clean, so it’s sort of inconvenient.''"<br/>"''That’s true...''"<br/>"''Without telling you, we asked the Freezis Firm to supply you with some household goods.|Miku and Kayo Sudou|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka}}
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[[File:MikuTailor.png|right|thumb|250px|Miku receives Kayo]]In winter of EC 842, Mei sent Miku to receive Kayo Sudou outside her newly rebuilt tailor shop, as she was too busy. Greeting Kayo, Miku was puzzled by her apparent fixation on her nonexistent "burns" and explained to the woman how she had been sent to show her into her rebuilt and refurnished shop. Once allowing Kayo inside, Miku asked her to thank the Freezis Foundation for their work and excused herself.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka|Chapter 1, Act 2}}
   
 
After Mei's corpse was found on [[Enbizaka#Main Street|main street]], Miku grieved the death of her mother and began taking up her role in the draper business, running errands for her father and often dealing with [[Perrié Cutie Marlon]] at the Freezis Trading House. She also continued to complain to Kiji about how incompetent the Magistrate's officers were in investigating her mother's death. Around that time, Miku became pregnant with Kiji's child and the two were subsequently engaged.
{{Quote|That day, Miku went to take an order at the Freezis Trading House; that was before evening... Well, I guess it was difficult coming home.|Uibee|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka}}
 
   
 
Several months later, after Kiji left to report the matter to his parents, Miku revealed her pregnancy to Kai and was met with his outrage. Shortly after, she left to take an order from the Freezis [[Enbizaka#Trading Houses|Trading House]], sharing the recent events with Perrié before leaving. Unwilling to go back to her father, she stayed out all night until she encountered Kayo Sudou, who stabbed her to death.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka|Chapter 1, Act 5}}
After Mei's [[Body|corpse]] was found on [[Enbizaka#Main Street|main street]], Miku grieved the death of her mother. She then began taking up her mother's role in the draper business and running errands to collect and deliver clients' orders for her father, often dealing with [[Perrié Cutie Marlon]] at the Freezis Trading House. Around that time, Miku and Kiji made love and became pregnant; once she discovered she was with child, the teen shared the fact with her lover and he agreed to marry her. During the same period, Miku expressed her frustration with the Magistrate's office to Kiji, claiming the investigators were incompetent for not being any close to catching her mother's killer.
 
 
Several months later, after Kiji left to report the matter to his parents, Miku walked with her father toward Twin Mirror Bridge while wearing the kimono Kai gifted her and revealed her pregnancy. Met with Kai's outrage, the girl left to take an order from the Freezis Trading House. During her meeting with Perrié, Miku shared the recent events with the woman before leaving. Unwilling to go back to her father, the teen avoided going home the rest of the day. Encountering Kayo Sudou alone late that night, the girl was repeatedly stabbed in the stomach and died shortly after.<ref>Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka - Chapter 1, Act 5</ref>
 
   
 
===Legacy===
 
===Legacy===
 
 
{{Quote|A corpse came up the river.''"<br/>"''Oh my... did someone get drunk and drown?|Oyuka and Kayo|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka}}
 
{{Quote|A corpse came up the river.''"<br/>"''Oh my... did someone get drunk and drown?|Oyuka and Kayo|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka}}
 
Following Miku's murder, Kayo took her obi and retailored it for herself, while the girl's corpse was found washed up on the river bank the next morning. Constable [[Uibee]] and Detective [[List of Minor Characters in The Tailor of Enbizaka#Eikichi Akagi|Eikichi Akagi]] investigated the case afterward, noticing the differences between Miku and her mother's murders. The constable later informed Kai of Miku's death and the remaining father and daughter grieved. When Constable Uibee later attempted to question Kiji, he recalled her words about the magistrate office's incompetence, swearing he would find and kill the murderer himself.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka|Chapter 1, Act 5}}
   
 
Afterward, many officers, detectives, and employees of the Yarera-Zusco Firm investigated Miku and her mother's deaths to no avail. Kayo later murdered Miku's sister Rin, wearing all three women's articles of clothing while confronting Kai before murdering him shortly before her arrest. During her trial, Kayo claimed she had killed the women because they were in an affair with her husband.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka}} When [[Gakusha]] asked about Kayo's gibbeted head days after her execution, the monk was told about her ghastly murder of Miku and the other Mirokus.{{ref|song|The Weathered Head at Onigashima}}
Following Miku's murder, Kayo took her obi retailored it for herself. Her corpse was found washed up on the river bank the next morning. Constable Uibee and Detective Eikichi investigated the case afterward, noticing the differences between Miku and her mother's murders. The constable later informed Kai of Miku's death and the remaining father and daughter grieved. When asked about her help with the shop, Kai expressed his gratitude for everything his daughter did for them in place of her mother. When Constable Uibee later attempted to question Kiji, he recalled her words about the magistrate office's incompetence, swearing he would find and kill the murderer himself.<ref>Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka - Chapter 1, Act 5</ref>
 
 
Afterward, many officers, detectives, and employees of the Yarera-Zusco Firm investigated Miku and her mother's deaths to no avail. Kayo later murdered Miku's sister Rin, wearing all three women's articles of clothing while confronting Kai before murdering him shortly before her arrest. When asked why she had murdered the women while on trial, Kayo claimed it was because they were in an affair with her husband.<ref>Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka</ref> When [[Gakusha]] asked about Kayo's gibbeted head days after her execution, the monk was told about her ghastly murder of Miku and the other Mirokus.<ref>The Weathered Head at Onigashima</ref>
 
   
 
==Personality and Traits==
 
==Personality and Traits==
 
{{Quote|My daughter never helped with the house work that much, but since the thing with Mei, she's seem to be concerned about me and her sister Rin and has been aggressively doing her best in Mei's place. Even though she's probably depressed about her mother's death herself... I'm grateful for that.|Kai regarding Miku|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka}}
 
{{Quote|My daughter never helped with the house work that much, but since the thing with Mei, she's seem to be concerned about me and her sister Rin and has been aggressively doing her best in Mei's place. Even though she's probably depressed about her mother's death herself... I'm grateful for that.|Kai regarding Miku|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka}}
 
Miku was a rebellious but compassionate girl towards those she loved.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka|Chapter 1, Act 5}} While rarely helping around the family shop and preferring to have fun in town, the girl still acted polite and cordial with strangers.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka|Chapter 1, Act 2}} Beloved by her family, the girl was particularly respectful towards her mother, willing to help Mei when needed. After her mother's death, the teen showed great concern for her family; she similarly demonstrated a strong will in taking up Mei's responsibilities in her place while remaining upbeat despite her personal grief over the tragedy. Regardless, Miku felt frustrated by the Izami Magistrate's office's failure to find the murderer, considering them all incompetent.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka|Chapter 1, Act 5}}
 
Miku was a rebellious but compassionate girl towards those she loved.<ref>Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka - Chapter 1, Act 5</ref> While rarely helping around the family shop and preferring to have fun in town, the girl still acted polite and cordial with strangers.<ref>Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka - Chapter 1, Act 2</ref> Beloved by her family, the girl was particularly respectful towards her mother, willing to help Mei when needed. After her mother's death, the teen showed great concern for her family; she similarly demonstrated a strong will in taking up Mei's responsibilities in her place while remaining upbeat despite her personal grief over the tragedy. Regardless, Miku felt frustrated by the Izasa Magistrate's office's failure to find the murderer, considering them all incompetent.<ref>Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka - Chapter 1, Act 5</ref>
 
 
In contrast, Miku developed a strained relationship with Kai, openly dating a foreigner despite his disapproval.<ref>Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka - Chapter 1, Act 3</ref> However, with Mei's death, the two reconciled to some extent as the family worked to get past the tragedy. Regardless, she held a deep infatuation with Kiji, often talking with him and sharing her personal frustrations. After accepted marrying Kiji and birthing his child, earning renewed friction with Kai. Struggling to deal with his passionate anger over her pregnancy, the girl refused to even return home to face her father again, ultimately leading to her own demise.<ref>Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka - Chapter 1, Act 5</ref>
 
   
 
==Skills and Abilities==
 
==Skills and Abilities==
 
Miku was decent at business, helping out in her family's clothing shop and running errands for her mother when able. She was also a capable speaker, able to clearly convey information while maintaining a warm and polite demeanor.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka|Chapter 1, Act 2}} However, the teen lacked any apparent physical ability, leaving her completely helpless when facing an armed killer.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka|Chapter 1, Act 5}}
 
Miku was decent at business, helping out in her family's clothing shop and running errands for her mother when able. She was also a capable speaker, able to clearly convey information while maintaining a warm and polite demeanor.<ref>Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka - Chapter 1, Act 2</ref> However, the teen lacked any apparent physical ability, leaving her completely helpless when facing an armed killer.<ref>Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka - Chapter 1, Act 5</ref>
 
   
 
==Character Connections==
 
==Character Connections==
[[Kai Miroku]]: Miku's father. Miku loved and cared for her father, despite having no problem going against his wishes by dating a foreigner.
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[[Kai Miroku]]: Miku's father. Miku loved and cared for her father; although friction grew between them because of her dating a foreigner, the two became closer after Mei's death and they tried to move past the tragedy. This friction started up again, however, in the wake of Miku's pregnancy; her unwillingness to face him after is what led to her death.
   
[[Mei Miroku]]: Miku's mother. Miku loved her mother, and would pitch in to help with her mother's outreach towards victims of the fire as well as with the family business.
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[[Mei Miroku]]: Miku's mother. Miku loved her mother, and would pitch in to help with her mother's outreach towards victims of the fire as well as with the family business. Following her death, she became disillusioned with the police in Jakoku and grieved for her mother.
   
 
[[Rin Miroku]]: Miku's younger sister. Miku cared for her younger sister and the two had a cordial relationship.
 
[[Rin Miroku]]: Miku's younger sister. Miku cared for her younger sister and the two had a cordial relationship.
   
[[Kiji Yarera]]: Miku's boyfriend. Miku had a close relationship with Kiji and loved him despite her father's disapproval, often visiting him and even conceiving a child with him.
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[[Kiji Yarera]]: Miku's boyfriend. Miku had a close relationship with Kiji and loved him despite her father's disapproval, often visiting him, sharing with him her personal frustrations, and even conceiving a child with him.
   
 
[[Kayo Sudou]]: Miku's killer. Miku became a target of the envious tailor due to her beautiful appearance and clothes.
 
[[Kayo Sudou]]: Miku's killer. Miku became a target of the envious tailor due to her beautiful appearance and clothes.
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
 
===Conceptualization and Origin===
 
===Conceptualization and Origin===
 
* Miku's name is written as 三九 in Japanese kanji, using the kanji for "three" and "nine", respectively; this is possibly a reference to Miku Day, which is celebrated on March 9th.
 
* Her surname is written as 三六 in Japanese kanji, literally meaning "36".{{ref|album|Seven Crimes and Punishments (album)}}
 
* The name Miroku is taken from the atomic number of [[wikipedia:Krypton|Krypton]]; this is a reference to [[w:c:vocaloid:Crypton Future Media, Inc.|Crypton Future Media Inc.]], the company that produced Miku's representative Vocaloid, [[w:c:vocaloid:Hatsune Miku|Miku]].
 
* Miku also shares her name with her representative Vocaloid.
   
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===Curiosities===
*Miku's name is written as 三九 in Japanese kanji, using the kanji for "three" and "nine", respectively; this is possibly a reference to Miku Day, which is celebrated on March 9th.
 
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* According to [[Kagura Octo]], Miku's Elphe traits came from her maternal great-great-grandmother.{{ref|book|Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka|Chapter 1, Act 5}}
*Her surname is written as 三六 in Japanese kanji, literally meaning "36".<ref>Seven Crimes and Punishments (album)</ref>
 
*The name Miroku is taken from the atomic number of [[wikipedia:Krypton|Krypton]]; this is a reference to [[w:c:vocaloid:Crypton_Future_Media,_Inc.|Crypton Future Media Inc.]], the company that produced Miku's representative Vocaloid, [[w:c:vocaloid:Hatsune Miku|Miku]].
 
*Miku also shares her name with her representative Vocaloid.
 
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
 
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Mirokusisterprofilescrop.png|Miku's profile in [[Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka]]
 
Mirokusisterprofilescrop.png|Miku's profile in [[Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka]]
 
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2017-11-05-23-26-002 merged.jpg|Miku as she appears in [[Waltz of Evil: The Deadly Sins of Evil Guidebook]]
 
miroku family.PNG|Miku on the cover of [[Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka]]
 
miroku family.PNG|Miku on the cover of [[Deadly Sins of Evil: The Tailor of Enbizaka]]
 
MikuEnbizakaOnline.png|Miku as seen in the novel
 
MikuEnbizakaOnline.png|Miku as seen in the novel
 
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QuartetsKayoBlack.png|Kayo skewed memory of Miku in the manga
 
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==Appearances==
 
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"You’re saying I mustn’t love a foreigner?"
―Miku Miroku[src]

Miku Miroku was a member of the Miroku Family in Jakoku and the daughter of Kai and Mei. Following the great fire that struck Enbizaka, Miku fell in love with Kiji Yarera, dating the Elphe despite her father's disapproval. After her mother's death, Miku worked to take up her role in the draper business.

History

Early Life

"We’re lucky that our house is on the other side of the river so the fire missed us, but my husband still got some light burns."
―Mei Miroku[src]

Born in EC 826, Miku was raised by Kai and Mei Miroku alongside her younger sister Rin in Enbizaka, Jakoku. As she grew up, Miku occasionally pitched in with the family's dry goods business.[1] When a great fire struck Enbizaka in EC 838, she and her mother and sister remained at home while the fire ravaged the main town on the other side of the river; shortly after, the family discovered the back of Kai's left hand was severely burned.[2]

During the reconstruction efforts following the fire, Miku met Kiji Yarera of the Yarera-Zusco Firm and fell in love with him, the two dating despite Kai's disapproval.[3] As the reconstruction of Enbizaka reached its closure, Miku learned her mother had the Freezis Foundation rebuild the Sudou Tailor Shop and replace all its furniture and tools from memory for her good friend, Kayo Sudou.[1] On her sixteenth birthday, Miku received a gray kimono from Kai.[3]

Enbizaka Murders

"The inside of the house has been stripped clean, so it’s sort of inconvenient."
"That’s true..."
"Without telling you, we asked the Freezis Firm to supply you with some household goods."
―Miku and Kayo Sudou[src]
MikuTailor

Miku receives Kayo

In winter of EC 842, Mei sent Miku to receive Kayo Sudou outside her newly rebuilt tailor shop, as she was too busy. Greeting Kayo, Miku was puzzled by her apparent fixation on her nonexistent "burns" and explained to the woman how she had been sent to show her into her rebuilt and refurnished shop. Once allowing Kayo inside, Miku asked her to thank the Freezis Foundation for their work and excused herself.[1]

After Mei's corpse was found on main street, Miku grieved the death of her mother and began taking up her role in the draper business, running errands for her father and often dealing with Perrié Cutie Marlon at the Freezis Trading House. She also continued to complain to Kiji about how incompetent the Magistrate's officers were in investigating her mother's death. Around that time, Miku became pregnant with Kiji's child and the two were subsequently engaged.

Several months later, after Kiji left to report the matter to his parents, Miku revealed her pregnancy to Kai and was met with his outrage. Shortly after, she left to take an order from the Freezis Trading House, sharing the recent events with Perrié before leaving. Unwilling to go back to her father, she stayed out all night until she encountered Kayo Sudou, who stabbed her to death.[4]

Legacy

"A corpse came up the river."
"Oh my... did someone get drunk and drown?"
―Oyuka and Kayo[src]

Following Miku's murder, Kayo took her obi and retailored it for herself, while the girl's corpse was found washed up on the river bank the next morning. Constable Uibee and Detective Eikichi Akagi investigated the case afterward, noticing the differences between Miku and her mother's murders. The constable later informed Kai of Miku's death and the remaining father and daughter grieved. When Constable Uibee later attempted to question Kiji, he recalled her words about the magistrate office's incompetence, swearing he would find and kill the murderer himself.[4]

Afterward, many officers, detectives, and employees of the Yarera-Zusco Firm investigated Miku and her mother's deaths to no avail. Kayo later murdered Miku's sister Rin, wearing all three women's articles of clothing while confronting Kai before murdering him shortly before her arrest. During her trial, Kayo claimed she had killed the women because they were in an affair with her husband.[5] When Gakusha asked about Kayo's gibbeted head days after her execution, the monk was told about her ghastly murder of Miku and the other Mirokus.[6]

Personality and Traits

"My daughter never helped with the house work that much, but since the thing with Mei, she's seem to be concerned about me and her sister Rin and has been aggressively doing her best in Mei's place. Even though she's probably depressed about her mother's death herself... I'm grateful for that."
―Kai regarding Miku[src]

Miku was a rebellious but compassionate girl towards those she loved.[4] While rarely helping around the family shop and preferring to have fun in town, the girl still acted polite and cordial with strangers.[1] Beloved by her family, the girl was particularly respectful towards her mother, willing to help Mei when needed. After her mother's death, the teen showed great concern for her family; she similarly demonstrated a strong will in taking up Mei's responsibilities in her place while remaining upbeat despite her personal grief over the tragedy. Regardless, Miku felt frustrated by the Izami Magistrate's office's failure to find the murderer, considering them all incompetent.[4]

Skills and Abilities

Miku was decent at business, helping out in her family's clothing shop and running errands for her mother when able. She was also a capable speaker, able to clearly convey information while maintaining a warm and polite demeanor.[1] However, the teen lacked any apparent physical ability, leaving her completely helpless when facing an armed killer.[4]

Character Connections

Kai Miroku: Miku's father. Miku loved and cared for her father; although friction grew between them because of her dating a foreigner, the two became closer after Mei's death and they tried to move past the tragedy. This friction started up again, however, in the wake of Miku's pregnancy; her unwillingness to face him after is what led to her death.

Mei Miroku: Miku's mother. Miku loved her mother, and would pitch in to help with her mother's outreach towards victims of the fire as well as with the family business. Following her death, she became disillusioned with the police in Jakoku and grieved for her mother.

Rin Miroku: Miku's younger sister. Miku cared for her younger sister and the two had a cordial relationship.

Kiji Yarera: Miku's boyfriend. Miku had a close relationship with Kiji and loved him despite her father's disapproval, often visiting him, sharing with him her personal frustrations, and even conceiving a child with him.

Kayo Sudou: Miku's killer. Miku became a target of the envious tailor due to her beautiful appearance and clothes.

Trivia

Conceptualization and Origin

  • Miku's name is written as 三九 in Japanese kanji, using the kanji for "three" and "nine", respectively; this is possibly a reference to Miku Day, which is celebrated on March 9th.
  • Her surname is written as 三六 in Japanese kanji, literally meaning "36".[7]
  • The name Miroku is taken from the atomic number of Krypton; this is a reference to Crypton Future Media Inc., the company that produced Miku's representative Vocaloid, Miku.
  • Miku also shares her name with her representative Vocaloid.

Curiosities

  • According to Kagura Octo, Miku's Elphe traits came from her maternal great-great-grandmother.[4]

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