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I played you like a fiddle. Dumbass. | ”
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— Jiro to "Haida"
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Jiro Haida (ハイ田ジロウ) is "Haida"'s younger brother and Retsuko's opponent in the election for the House of Representatives. He serves as an antagonist for Season 5 of Aggretsuko.
Character[]
Appearance[]
Jiro's appearance is based on a spotted hyena. Jiro shares very similar looks with his brother as both having grayish brown fur and a black nose and ears. Unlike his brother he has a lighter grey muzzle and tufts of fur on the end of his cheeks. He also has a tuft of fur on the top of his head which, unlike the color of his body that is grayish brown is all gray. He has grayish-brown freckle like spots on his cheek and has tufts of fur in his ears.
Jiro has been seen wearing a navy suit with a white dress shirt. He also wears a navy tie and wears silver half rim glasses.
Personality[]
Compared to his older brother, Jiro is more self-assured and prideful, owing to being the more gifted child in his family. He is cunning, knowing how to play his brother like a fiddle, and also charismatic enough to win himself over for the masses. However, he does have his own standards, namely breaking away from Juzo after learning that Haida almost got hit by a car.
Relationships[]
Family[]
Haida[]
Jiro and his older brother Haida have a strained relationship, which is caused by Juzo's favoritism towards Jiro and hatred towards Haida for his weak-willed nature. Jiro also knows how to manipulate Haida for the sake of his own bidding or mostly for serving Juzo against Haida. But at the end of the series, Jiro decides to silently make amends and let Haida move on with his life, after telling his own brother that he wasn't the person who ordered the truck to crash at him.
Juzo Haida[]
Juzo Haida is his father. Due to his status of being Juzo's more favored son, Jiro has the privileges to run for his father's former position for the sake of family reputation. However, upon learning Haida was almost killed in a hit-and-run and in the end after seeing Retsuko's rage, Jiro finally realized that Haida was correct about Juzo, that he's a tyrant who only cares about himself and the election, not his family. So, he rebelled against his father's dominance, and ends his partnership with him, evident with the elderly resignation mandate he proposed for the public.
Jiro's Mother[]
They don't have many visible interactions, but it is clear that his mother loves him.
Retsuko[]
Retsuko is his rival in the House of Representatives election in Tokyo Ward 8. Despite this, he still keeps his professional and courteous attitude towards her, even when she disses him with a song in one of her campaigns. Seeing Retsuko's rage, Jiro was inspired to rebel against his father and speak freely in front of his would-be voters.
She becomes his sister-in-law after his older brother Haida marries her.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- He is one of the few characters in Aggretsuko to have a full name, the others being Juzo Haida, Masuo Ikari, and Natsuko Yokosawa.
- His name "ジロウ" is a pun on "二郎", which means "second son".