Noise

Overview

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"I’m NoiSe. It's an old WOrd from BriTAIN meanIng interFerence. The eleVENth step of the THIRteen StairS."

— Noise

Noise
Kana Name	ノイズ
Romaji Name	Noizu
Character Information
Alias	Discord Harrier Gunky And Number 19
Age	Teenager
Gender	Male
Personal Status
Classification	Human
Status	Alive
Professional Status
Occupation	Eleventh Step
Affiliation	Thirteen Stairs
Media
Work of Origin	Zaregoto Series
Novel Debut	Uprooted Radical (Part One): The Thirteen Stairs

Noise (ノイズ, Noizu), also known as Discord (不協和音(ふきょうわおん), Fukyōwaon), formerly known as Harrier (ハリア, Haria), Gunky (グンキ, Gunki), And (アンド, Ando), and Number Nineteen (十九号(じゅうきゅうごう), Jūkyūgō), is an antagonist of the Zaregoto Series. He is the Eleventh Step of the Thirteen Stairs as well as a nameless individual, much like that of the Nonsense User.

Personality

Noise has an eccentric manner of speaking, talking in a strangely high-pitched voice with broken words. He appears to be calm and composed, taking control of the conversation during his first confrontation with the Nonsense User. Although he never discloses his reason for joining the Thirteen Stairs, he does show loyalty to Takashi Saitou, following the man's orders as instructed. He appears confrontational towards the Nonsense User, declaring that he would "make him scream". He seems to be acquainted with his fellow Step, Nureginu Yamiguchi, however the details of their relationship are unknown. When asked by the Nonsense User what it's like to have no name, Noise confesses that he "feels like dying", which is the only time during the entire conversation that he showed any particular emotion.

Appearance

Appearances
Novel Appearances
Series	Zaregoto Series
Volumes	Uprooted Radical (Part One) Uprooted Radical (Part Two) Uprooted Radical (Part Three)

Noise appears to be a young boy of middle school age with long, wavy hair and light colored eyes (often interpreted as either blonde or light blue). He's shown wearing a short-sleeved, white shirt over a yellow T-shirt and black pants which are most likely part of a middle school uniform. He also has shoes with a target design on them, a pair of square glasses with transparent rims, big cordless headphones and a ship captain's hat with the same target-like design as his shoes for its emblem.

Background

Noise's background before joining the Thirteen Stairs is largely unknown, though he claims that before he was called "Noise", he was called "And". Before which, he was called "Gunky", and before that, "Harrier", and before that, "Number 19", and before that, he wasn't called anything. Takashi recruited him into his organization in order to combat the Nonsense User. During their arrival to Sumiyuri Academy, Jun Aikawa hit Noise with her car, incapacitating him and forcing him to retire from the battle.

Abilities and Equipment

• Nameless: Unlike the other members, Noise was recruited into the Thirteen Stairs specifically to combat the Nonsense User. Looking into his past incidents, Takashi realized that the only case Iichan hadn't managed to solve by himself was his first, the case on Wet Crow's Feather Island. He concluded that it was because the culprit in that incident didn't have any name of her own. Thus, he made Noise his ally, someone who the Nonsense User wouldn't be able to defeat.

Quotes

Quotes

"I’m NoiSe. It's an old WOrd from BriTAIN meanIng interFerence. The eleVENth step of the THIRteen StairS."
「ボクはノイズ──こいつはイギリスに古(ふる)くからある言葉(ことば)で、《雑音(ざつおん)》という意味(いみ)ダ。《十三階段(じゅうさんかいだん)》の、十一段目(じゅういちだんめ)」, "Boku wa Noizu─koitsu wa igirizu ni furukukara aru kotoba de, 'zatsuon' toiu imi da. 'Jūsan Kaidan' no, jūichidanme."

—Noise's self introduction, Uprooted Radical (Part One), Act Five

"But Noise is just soMEthing that Mr. Fox attached to me haphAZardly because he neeDed to take a NOte, a sYmbol for the sake of a symBOL. Before that, I was caLLed And. BeFOre that, GunKy. Before that, HArrier. Before thAT, NUMber Nineteen. BEfore that... I wasn't called anYthing. Hey, Ii-chaN. Does your SO-called nonsense worK against someone who DOesn't have a NAme?"
「しかしノイズってのは、狐(きつね)サンが適当(てきとう)に、メモを取(と)るときに必要(ひつよう)だかラって理由(りゆう)でつけてくれた記号(きごう)としての記号(きごう)でネ──それ以前(いぜん)はボクはアンドと呼(よ)ばれていた。その前(まえ)はグンキ。その前(まえ)はハリア。その前(まえ)は十九号(じゅうきゅうごう)。その前(まえ)は──何(なん)とも呼(よ)ばれていなかった。ネエ、《いーちゃん》……あんたのいうところの戯言(ざれごと)って奴は名前(なまえ)のない相手(あいて)にも通(つう)じるのカイ？」, "Shikashi Noizu tte no wa, Kitsune-san ga tekitō ni, memo wo toru toki ni hitsuyō dakara tte riyū de tsuketekureta kigō toshite no kigō de ne─sore izen wa boku wa Ando to yobareteita. Sono mae wa Kingu. Sono mae wa Haria. Sono mae wa Jūkyūgō. Sono mae wa─nantomo yobareteinakatta. Nee, 'Iichan'... anta no iu tokoro no zaregoto tte yatsu wa namae no nai aite ni mo tsūjiru no kai?"

—Noise to the Nonsense User, Uprooted Radical (Part One), Act Five

"It’s so Obvious that you don’t eVEN need to ask, there’s ONly one anSwer. I feeL like DYing."
「んなもん、言(い)うまでもなく聞(ひら)くまでもなく、答(こたえ)は一個(いっこ)に決(き)まってンダろうがヨ──死(し)にたい気分(きぶん)だ」, "Nnamon, iu made mo naku kiku made mo naku, kotae wa ikko ni kimattendarō ga yo─shinitai kibun da."

—Noise when asked what it's like to have no name, Uprooted Radical (Part One), Act Five

Trivia

• In the original Japanese text, when Noise speaks, he replaces some words that would normally be in hiragana with katakana, leading to his strange speech pattern.