His first death: A serial killer, who wanted to go unnoticed by everyone around him and believed fortune to be on his side, dies as the center of attention thanks to the medical personnel trying to resuscitate him bungling the rescue in the worst way possible and the gruesome circumstances of his death. Also, his confession that he's Kira in an attempt to activate Bites the Dust incites some gossip after his demise, since Kira "disappeared" several weeks ago. There's also the fact that he was stripped of Stray Cat by a Stand named after his fetish — Okuyasu's The Hand.

Shortly after he dies, as a ghost, he retains Kosaku's features for a few moments before reverting to his original appearance, which he retains in Deadman's Questions. Henceforth, he adopts an elaborate outfit consisting of a dark bowler hat with an upturned brim and a tie, both patterned by concentric squares, and ashirtless,dark, lapelless suit.Dissonant Serenity: The father-son speech with Hayato, especially since he's much calmer than he usually is.

The information below derives from a source not written by Araki. As such, it may or may not be considered canon. Asshole Victim: As he struggles to get up after being pummeled by Star Platinum, he's run over by an ambulance car by mere accident. While everyone around is appalled, his death elicited no remorse given the bastard he was.

In Kira's eyes, he views Jotaro and Koichi to be this, viewing them responsible for his predicament of being forced to hide under a new identity. It was Koichi who first uncovered Kira's identity by stealing his driver's license, dealing a heavy blow to the serial killer's ego. Conversely, his No-Holds-Barred Beatdown at Jotaro's hands causes Kira to fear him, to the point that he mentions that the reason he awakened Bites the Dust was out of a desire to avoid another encounter with Jotaro. Where's the Kaboom?: When he attempts to blow up Stray Cat, he has this reaction when the bomb fails to go off due to Stray Cat using its power to devoid it of the air necessary to explode.

Becoming the Mask: A downplayed example. He grows to care for his "wife" Shinobu while masquerading as her husband, instinctively protecting her during his fight with Stray Cat (although whether this is due to actual feelings or a sense of self-preservation from attracting attention is rather ambiguous). His battle with Stray Cat is framed similarly to how a protagonist of this series tries to analyze their enemy's unknown abilities and figure out how to beat them before getting killed, and is motivated to save his "wife" Shinobu, someone who's threatened by that same enemy and is yet another staple of the series.You Are Already Dead: Once Bites the Dust has been triggered, it's already game over for the target no matter how they try to resist. Killer Queen has already entered the target's pupil to blow them up.

While The World has its time-based powers from the beginning, Killer Queen only gains its final power as a miraculous solution to solve Kira's current dilemma. Hidden Depths: During his bout with Stray Cat, he protects his "wife" Shinobu and experiences a sense of protectiveness, much to his confusion. While he tries to dismiss his feelings as simply being a desire to protect his identity, this is possibly the closest thing Kira has to a redeeming factor after being portrayed as a completely ruthless serial killer throughout the story. Early Personality Signs: His obsession with hands started at age 7, when he saw a picture of the Mona Lisa in a book and cut out the part of the picture with her hands to display on the wall of his room. Heel–Face Turn: Downplayed in Dead Man's Questions. Following his soul's annihilation at the hands of the Ghost Alley's hands, his soul is then assimilated into a limbo between life and death, where he takes on the life of a paid assassin, taking on the role of a '90s Anti-Hero who no longer has the urge to kill innocent people for their hands alone. That said, this also seems to be a case of Amnesiac Dissonance, as Kira doesn't remember his life prior to becoming a vagabond, and for a while, he couldn't even remember his own name.Despite the power of his Stand, Killer Queen, Kira's passivity led to an over-reliance on its powers to the detriment of actual mastery.