YPDA

The YPDA (Yamagata Private Detective Agency) is an insidious organization that spans every entry in the Kowareta Kokoro franchise.

The detectives it employs seem to only be in it for the money, and there are many dark secrets surrounding how it does business."Yeah, it's really interesting. Here's the bill. We operate on a subscription basis. An advance, and then you pay us in installments as we gather more information.""— Ume Hakase"

Detectives
The YPDA always has at least four detectives working for it at any given time.



Ume Hakase
was introduced in Broken Minds. She works with computers and is "good with motives".



Takuma Karashi
was introduced in Broken Minds. He is the chief investigator. He has an appetite for unusual murders, specializing in "trick" mysteries, which unfortunately never seem to come his way.



Yuzuki Hiiro
was introduced in Broken Minds. She is the coroner, and is responsible for performing autopsies on victims.

Kuroyo Kage
was introduced in Broken Spiral. She works for the YPDA in secret and actually helped them with the Noa Karada investigation.

Shiro Kyashaba
was introduced in Broken Egg. She was never hired by the YPDA, but had an interview with them, and was murdered soon afterwords.

Offices
In Broken Minds, the YPDA office is a recurring location. It is Western in design. Items of interest are Ume's computer, and the Utsu Neko teapot. The office changes drastically at the end of the game. The bullpen is entirely re-arranged, and the office is locked.

Mysteries of the YPDA
SPOILER WARNING! Slight spoilers for the series below.

Why haven't they all been arrested yet?

BROKEN MINDS
Did they investigate the upper apartment, Uzumaki's house, and the hospital?

BROKEN EGG
Who files the Black Report? How do they get blackmail information?

BROKEN SPIRAL
What happened to the Anti-YPDA Task Force?