#but... i Got Very lazy and Did Not want to draw kokichi

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Hope’s Peak AU General Outfit Headcanons

It’s more au!!!!!! I was really tired while writing this and it probably shows. If I missed anyone lemme know! I think I missed someone from v3 but I'm not sure who. If people are interested in the dr3 characters beyond Ryouta, I can add on to this post. Lemme know!

As a general rule, any special events that require uniforms (graduation, entrance ceremony, etc) will have most students wearing uniforms. It’s important to note that while Hope’s Peak has a uniform (the same ones seen in the dr3 anime) there is no dress code. You can buy a uniform in the school store, but they aren’t at all mandatory, and so Hope’s Peak Students can wear Literally Whatever They Want. So you don’t have to wear the uniform for your agab, you can wear a halloween costume everyday, pj’s everyday, really the only rule is that if you would get arrested for wearing it on the street, you probably shouldn’t be wearing it here, and you need to be wearing something.  

(I’ll also mention free time a bunch in this post, which is just whenever the students aren’t in class. I’ll explain the daytime/nighttime and class time/ free time schedule in a later post)

Long post, so details on each character underneath the cut! =)

[Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc]

Makoto: wears his outfit from THH, but the pants are the uniform and the jacket is the uniform. during free time he’s just in hoodies in jackets. He gets cold easy.

Sayaka: wears the uniform, she thinks it’s cute. Has hair clips/hairbands to accessorize. wears cute and trendy clothes!

Leon: doesn’t wear the uniform. Wears whatever was closest lying on the floor. 

Chihiro: wears the uniform, but sometimes with her in game skirt instead of the uniform skirt. some of the other girls took her shopping for dresses and skirts and she loves all those outfits and wears them all the time! =)

Mondo: wears the uniform, but not the tie, and has his shirt unbuttoned in that delinquent way most of the time. Sometimes Taka will through a tie on him, though loosely tied. (Mondo doesn’t like things restraining his neck)

Kiyotaka: are you kidding he wears the uniform religiously. He’s never seen in anything else. Even after class hours, on weekends, over break, he’s wearing it. Some of the under (and upper) classmen wonder if he even owns other clothes. 

Hifumi: owns a uniform. Usually wears it, but sometimes he just comes in pyjama’s. 

Celeste: never. She’s not even wearing it in the pictures from THH, she’s probably never even touched a uniform. She’s committed to the aesthetic. dresses all the time.

Sakura: wears it everyday, but only during school hours. wears stretchy workout clothes normally. 

Mukuro: wears the uniform, though she’s modified it so the neck is looser, and there are lots of hidden pockets for weapons. She also made her skirt longer. she also has a bulletproof vest she wears both during and after classes. shes got leggings with hidden pockets. 

Junko: also wears a modified uniform, with extra pockets, and a shorter skirt. She also has her tie from THH, and her THH skirt. Keeps her Monokuma Hairclips.

Aoi: More likely to be wearing her gym uniform or other work out clothes with the hope’s peak logo on them than the actual uniform, but staff will take what they can get.

Hagakure: doesn’t wear it.

Touko: wears the uniform, but Syo doesn’t. Syo just wears whatever, so if she’s in control when getting dressed, she’ll probably just wear whatever she can find. She doesn’t care if its clean, ripped, etc.

Byakuya: The Great Byakuya Togami has better quality clothes than the hope’s peak uniform, but will wear it when requested by Makoto, or at any school events where he wants to look part of the class or something. (School fair, stuff like that)

Kyouko: wears the uniform. It makes her dad happy.

[Ultra Despair Girls]

Komaru: Doesn’t go to Hope’s Peak, but wears the uniform for her own school.

All the warriors do not wear uniforms. I don’t think that Hope’s Peak Elementary has a uniform. They wear their in game things. Except Jataro, who wears an allergy face mask instead of his in game mask. 

[Super Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair]

Hajime: Wears the Uniform, though usually not the jacket. He’ll keep it with him, but hang it on chairs or something. If he’s wearing the jacket either Izuru is in control, Hajime is cold, or he’s at a formal event.

Imposter: they’ll follow the outfit choices including uniform of whoever they’re impersonating, they are Dedicated. 

Teruteru: doesn’t wear the uniform. Is always wearing a chef’s outfit. He didn’t wear it in dr3, he won’t wear it here.

Koizumi: Wears the uniform during class hours, wears simple dresses and overalls during freetime.

Peko: wears her uniform most of the time, though does own and wear casual clothes. She’ll usually wear those around her own room though, and she has little dresses she’ll wear on outings or on dates

Ibuki: it’s debated if Ibuki even owns a Hope’s Peak uniform. She’ll wear whatever she feels like, which means you may see her in a full suit, a ballgown, a tracksuit, her gym uniform, or a uniform for a school thats she’s never been to, and you can never tell what it may be. She is pretty fond of neon colours though, so typically she’s wearing really bright colours and casual clothes. She also ties her hair up different constantly, with no rhyme or reason other than ‘she felt like it’. She looks like Haruhi in that one opening scene to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya.

Hiyoko: shes still wearing kimonos and she still cant tie them

Mikan: she wears the uniform most of the time, and casual clothes when it’s not class time. Her uniform has been modified for her by Tsumugi, to make the skirt longer. Her casual clothes are nice skirts, leggings and long sleeved shirts.

Nekomaru: He wears the uniform most of the time, and track suits/ his in game clothes during free times.

Gundham: wears the uniform during school hours, and his in game clothes during free time. However, he always has his scarf and arm wrap.

Komaeda: wears the uniform, but has his little sweater vest thing. Basically what he looked like in 2.5. His hair has a touch more colour to it though, and there’s brown starting to come in at the roots by his 3rd year. During free time he wears his jacket from the game.

Chiaki: same clothes as dr3 during classes. Will wear anime graphic tees and hoodies when she’s not in class.

Fuyuhiko: Guess what it’s his vest from 2.5, I’m sorry it’s getting repetitive but canon did alright with outfits in some places and I’m not gonna fix whats not broken.

Sonia: Sonia loves the hope’s peak uniform. She wears it often, but she does have some casual dresses for when shes not in class. A note I will make, Sonia is way more practical about her hair in this au because I refuse to believe that someone like Sonia would have hair that long and not tie it up. She wears high ponytails and her braid crown from the game, and is happy to try different hair styles, such as braids or buns.

Souda: “wow souda, how come your mom lets you have two jumpsuits?” also teeshirts and basketball shorts.

Akane: wears the uniform, but also gym clothes on the regular. sometimes she wears oversized teeshirts, and general work out clothes.

(Im putting Ryota here because I’m lazy)

Ryota: wears the uniform during class, and oversized hoodies when class is over.

[New Danganronpa V3: Everyone’s New Semester of Killing]

Shuuichi: wears the uniform. He also has his hat. He wore it a lot in first year, and slowly grew to wear it less. Now he wears it sometimes, but not always! When he feels like it. 

Rantaro: wears the uniform, and his normal clothes when school hours are over. He’s got a laid back style of dress that matches his personality 

Kaede: she wears the uniform and she’s very happy about it! Her casual clothes look like a uniform, they’re very preppy. Sweater vests and pleated skirts.

Hoshi: wears the uniform but replaced the normal jacket with his leather one, and his in game clothes when he’s not in class.

Kirumi: she’s wearing the uniform the majority of the time, even when class is over, since it makes her more recognizable to the other students. She keeps the gloves though. Students are Messy.

Angie: Ok previously I said she didn’t wear the uniform, but then I started drawing her in the uniform and I changed my mind. She wears her raincoat instead of the jacket and ties off the end of her shirt to show her stomach, like Brittney Spears. She has no clue who Brittney is, she just tied it like that to show off her piercings. Keeps the uniform skirt, has art supplies tucked into every pocket she’s got.

Tenko: wears the boys uniform actually! All uniforms offer equal mobility and she likes that uniform better. The dress code is like non existent, so no one cares. When she’s not in class, she might wear skirts or pants, she doesn’t really care. So long as it offers good mobility for kicking degenerates. 

Korekiyo: wears the uniform and his in game outfit. Keeps the mask.

Miu: doesn’t wear the uniform, keeping her in game clothes. She also has some other clothes, almost all of which have swear words on them, or pants with things written on the seat of them. Good thing hope’s peak doesn’t have a dress code!

Gonta: gonta is a gentleman who wears the uniform with pride! 

Kokichi: now with Kokichi it depends. Most day’s he’ll wear casual clothes, like hoodies and jeans. On good days/ days he’s particularly excited, he’ll wear his Dice costume from his art. If he’s not having a good day, he’ll wear the uniform. So far the only people who have caught on to this pattern are Sonia and Shuuichi. No matter what he’s wearing his scarf. If he ever came to class without it, Shuuichi/Sonia would probably pull him out of class in a panic to ask what was wrong. Beyond that, he’s got a bunch of hair clips he’ll wear sometimes, as well as rings and bracelets. His favourite bracelet is a bunch of purple glass beads that make a satisfying noise when he shakes his hands.

Kaito: He replaced his uniform coat with his purple coat. He is always wearing that coat. He also has JAXA shirts and other space themed clothes

Kiibo: for a while he didn’t have a uniform because.. well he’s a robot he doesn’t need one. But after he told Kiyotaka he wanted one, Taka gave him one, and now he wears it a bunch! It makes him very happy. When he’s not in class though he usually doesn’t wear it since he doesn’t want it getting dirty.

Tsumugi: Tsumugi made a lot of alterations to her uniform to make it ‘cuter’. Sometimes she’ll just come to class in different uniforms for various anime characters. As someone who sometimes just wears cosplay on a normal day and who goes to cons, there is something fantastic about seeing someone in cosplay doing mundane things, and thats what Tsumugi looks like near constantly. she’d rather have other people wear them, but ‘if no one else will wear them, I will!’and it makes good advertising. Also cosplay is fun!

Maki: Joining the modified uniform gang, also with pockets for knives and things. Also has a longer skirt. She braids her hair sometimes, because I can verify from experience that hair like Maki’s would be super inconvenient and get in the way. 

Himiko: she’ll usually wear the uniform, but if she’s feeling lazy/tired/depressed, she might just come to class in pj’s. Same thing for free times.

I think that’s everyone! lemme know if I missed anything, or you’ve got thoughts/things u wanna share! Thanks for reading this all!

[imaginedanganronpa]

How would the NDRV3 guys react if they got a text from their S/O asking them to come out and help her with groceries but when they came out she ambushed them with a water gun?

S/O Ambushes The V3 Boys with aWater-Gun!

Saihara Shuichi

You really weren’t the type of person to prank your partner andyou know how serious and stoic Saihara is, so he likely wouldn’t handle it verywell.

But while you were shopping, a particular item caught your eye. Itwas like a light shined down onto it and called your name, and you justcouldn’t resist the urge… the mischievous child within you started to giggleand form a plan in your head.

So, you send the text to Saihara and patiently wait for him torush outside. He was in the middle of reading a Case File when his phone buzzedand drew all of his attention to the bright screen. 

“Hey, sweetie, will you come outside and help me with thegroceries?”

Saihara jumped to his feet almost immediately. Of course, he was always happy to help! Especially when itcame to you, after all.

He dropped everything and started to make his way to you, butsomething seemed off. When he stepped outside, the car door was slightlyhanging open and the grocery bags were sitting on the driveway. Furrowing hisbrows, his mind went into overdrive as he tried to come up with a possiblereason for your absence.

You were just outside,where could you possibly have gone? Something felt wrong and his gut told himto run, twisting into knots; but his feet were frozen and he couldn’t move.

That’s when you jumped out from behind the car and soaked him withthe water-gun you just bought in self-indulgence. Saiharastumbled backwards and held up his hands to shield his face, nearly losing hisbalance in the process.

Letting out an exasperated gasp, he was utterly shocked. “(Y/N)?!What the Hell?” He softened a bit when he heard your loud laughter, but he wasstill a bit irked and surprised - never expecting something like this comingfrom you.

Honestly, he was a little bit upset. He pouted his lip and sat onthe front porch-step with crossed arms, staring at you intensely. You wonderedif you went too far because he didn’t look very happy.

In retaliation, Saihara frantically grabbed the water-hose thatwas sitting beside him and sprayed you back, absolutely drenching all of yourclothes. You blindly tried to fight back with your gun again, but kept missingbecause the water was clouding your vision.

Saihara was now the one laughing, and after your brief water-fightwas over, you were both soaking wet with clothes sticking to your skin. Both ofyou breathed heavily, completely exhausted, and laughed at the other’s wet hairwhile calling for a truce. There was no clear winner, so you two decide on adraw and then carry the bags inside.

Afterwards, Saihara invited you to take a shower with him to getcleaned up and change into some warmer, drier clothes, in which you happilyagreed.

Ouma Kokichi

This is the type of thing you would expect from Ouma, but neverthe other way around. You just weren’t that type of person, after all.

But sometimes you just can’t help it and it was time for a littlepayback, since your boyfriend was always the one pranking you, all the time. You were starting to get sick of itand hoped that this would give Ouma a taste of his own medicine.

In hindsight, this is Ouma Kokichi you’re talking about and he always managed to find a way around your jokes.

You felt bad… almost. In actuality, you didn’t really feel bad at all, hekind of deserved this. The mischief inside of you flared and you felt like achild again; you could see why he enjoyed doing things like this so much.

You return home and text him, “Please come outside and helpme with the groceries!” In response, he started playfullywhining, “But I don’t wanna~”

Not wanting your plan to blow up in your face, you tell him tocome outside in a harsher tone and Ouma admits defeat, laying his arms down andfinally giving into your demands. 

The moment he stepped outside, though, youjumped out from behind the bushes and started to drown him in water. You gave him no time to adjust or realize what was happening, causing Ouma to panic.

He let out a high-pitched scream that would clearly alert yourneighbors; he made the act a bit over-dramatic, but that isn’t unusual for him.

You did genuinely scare him, though, catching him by surprise andcausing his heart to jump into his chest. 

And you didn’t let up until the gun almost ran out of water, which was now sending chills down his spine as it left his entire front-side and face drenched.

After lowering your gun and laughing at his now soaking wetappearance, Ouma crossed his arms and started to pout childishly. “That’s no fair!” Heexclaims, and although you weren’t sure how any of this was ‘unfair’ you simplystick your tongue out at him and shrug nonchalantly.

Then, your boyfriend lunged at you and wrestled the water-gun outof your hands, returning fire by now spraying you back with the little water your own gun had left,causing you to scream due to the sudden surprise. You weren’t expecting him to put up a fight back, tricked into thinking you had the upper-hand.

“Well, at least we’re even now,” he says with a sly smirk, “youlook cute when you’re wet.” Ouma winks at you and you can tell that that wassupposed to be an innuendo, so you glare at him angrily. 

“I still got you first, andkarma is a bitch.” You say happily, still satisfied that you were able tosuccessfully ambush him. It didn’t matter that he got you back since you beat him to the punch.

Ouma snickered and high-fived you, before scooping up as manygroceries as he could. As he brushed past you, he nodded, “I didn’t know youhad that in ya… makes me proud.”

But you just roll your eyes in response, as a reluctant smile appeared on your face.

Rantaro Amami

A part of you hated pranking Rantaro like this because he wasalways so good to you and he truthfully didn’t deserve it, but you also knowhow naturally calm and level-headed he is so you didn’t expect him to take it the wrongway.

The two of you just recently moved into a new home together andwere in the midst of cleaning and unpacking, so you took the responsibility ofgoing to the store to pick-up anything you may have forgotten at the other homeor needed while moving.

Rantaro stayed at your new home and did most of the hard work; you could sense how stressed out he was and you thought that maybe this would helprelieve him of some of that stress. Moving homes has mentally and physically taken a toll on him. Plus, you just thought it would be funny.

Once you pulled into the driveway, you text him, “Will you help me bring the groceries inside, love?”

Without hesitation, Rantaro stands and starts making his way outside, greeting you with a welcoming smile once he finally hits the front step. You held thewater-gun behind your back, and he noticed that you were keeping something fromhim. 

Tilting his head thoughtfully, he asked what you were holding whilst eyeing your hands hidden out of sight. Something about this didn’t seem good.

And that’s when you ambush him by soaking him with water, pulling the water-gun out from behind your back and holding the trigger down as you spray Rantaro’s chest and stomach.

It did surprise him and he froze in place with a stunnedexpression – wide eyes and barely parting lips. He certainly wasn’t expectingthis, not from you at least.

But perhaps he was used to mischief and pranks due to having so manyyounger siblings around, so he easily shook off the encounter. Rantaro lightlychuckled while shrugging, teasing that, “Aw, you got me all wet.How dare you,” he winks at that last part, causing you to swoon. He knew exactly how to make your heart skip a beat.

But… wow, he still looked good. His wet hair stuck to his skin,the water droplets rolled down his neck. Damn, you were lucky. 

He flips his wet, green locks back in what felt like slow-motion, and you stood there with quivering knees. Rantaro was definitely doing this on purpose because he knew how to charm you.

Rantaro gestured for you to help him carry things inside; you didn’t even notice him brushing past you as he scoops up most of the groceries. He placed a passing kiss on your cheek which snapped you out of your trance, causing you to blink profusely. He looked gorgeous, even now.

You only wanted to ambush him because you thought it would make him laugh, but it seems like you’ve played yourself.

After walking back into the new house, Rantaro pulled you into the bathroom, enveloping you in a heated kiss. That’s when he finally parted and asked with a smirk, “Why don’t you help me dry off?”

Kiibo

In your head, this was a good idea. You thought Kiibo would findit funny and it would definitely surprise him since this isn’t like the two ofyou. He wouldn’t be expecting it which would make it even more amusing.

Perhaps you should have thought this one through a little bit more before jumping in head first…

You told him you would run to the store, and he didn’t mind since the two of you were having a pretty lazy weekend day. You were going to pick-up snacks whilst your boyfriend planned a movie night at home, setting up the couch and the films.

Instead, you found more than you initially came here for and the mischievous idea popped in your head.

You text Kiibo, saying that you were outside and added, “Please help me with the groceries!” Almost instantly, Kiibo standsand bolts outside in a flash, dropping what he was doing instantly.

Before he knew it, you were lurking around the side of the houseand spraying him with all of the water your gun could hold. He was standing with his back facing you so he didn’t see you coming and you felt like you had the perfect opportunity, letting everything you had go.

That’s when you saw sparks start flying and Kiibo started toshort-circuit, dropping to the ground heavily. You were shocked andimmediately lowered your water-gun, rushing to your boyfriend’s side as hiseyes went dark and his systems shut off.

You went into complete panic-mode, terrified that you may have just killedhim! You thought he had resistance to water! At least, that’s what he said, butneither of you ever actually tested that for yourselves… maybe Kiibo was over-exaggerating his resistance capabilities!

You called Miu and had her rush over to quickly repair him beforethe water did permanent damage to his systems. The whole time, the blonde berated you angrily,scolding you and saying, “Of course water fucks with his systems! He’s afuckin’ Robot! Why the Hell did you think this would be a good idea, genius?!”

When he finally switched back on, you wrapped your arms around him and squeezed him tightly. You watched a pesky smile spread across his lips and became confused. Your face was pale and flushed and you were on the verge of tears, how could hepossibly be smiling right now? There was nothing funny about what just happened.

“Kiibo? Are you okay?” You ask with a shaky voice, and he startedto chuckle. “You need a better hiding spot, I saw you on the side of thehouse through the window before coming outside and knew you were up to something.” That’s when your face dropped and you playfully shoved Kiibo’smetal chest, a bit embarrassed and flustered. “I was supposed to be theone pranking you! Not the other way around!” 

Oh well, you were just thankful that he didn’t have permanentdamage or something… worse. He simply laughed and brought you into a kiss before teasing, “Maybe don’t spray me with water again.” 

Either way, he turned the tables and got you good.

Kaito Momota

Recently, Kaito has been stressed out and you thought he needed toloosen up. Even when you expressed your concerns about how tightly-wound he has been, he gets defensive.

You thought it would be funny or at least get him to crack asmile, but maybe now wasn’t the time to bother Kaito. He was preparing forupcoming exams and was focused on securing his spot in Hope’s Peak Academy, so you just thought he could use a break.

You saw the water-gun while shopping and something stirred within you - you just had to. It wascalling your name and you were unable to resist – plus, this is totallysomething you could see him doing to you if he was in  a better mood.

You cheerfully text your boyfriend when you arrive home, asking him to “Please help me bring the groceries inside! xox”

Kaito slowly drags his feet with a groan. However, something felt off and he saw that you weremissing. The groceries were here but you were nowhere to be found, so where could you possibly have gone?

That’s when you sneak around the side of the house and startspraying him with water whilst running towards him, causing Kaito to let out acry.

He wasn’t sure how to react when you started tosprint towards him whilst drenching him and yelling; he tried to shield his face but to no avail and calledmercy soon after. Your boyfriend was overcome with emotions when everything happened all at once.

Admittedly, Kaito was a bit angry at first but softened up when he saw yoursmiling face. He surely wasn’t happy, but he couldn’t bring himself to scoldyou, either. He knew that this was all meant to be fun and games and he couldn’tstay angry at you for that.

But he definitely couldn’t let you win, either.

That’s when Kaito gently grabbed your wrist and twirled you around, managing tosteal the water-gun out of your hands and spun it on his forefinger before pressing it against the side of your head and spraying you point-blank, soaking the side of your face. 

You gasped at the sudden feeling of cold water running down your neck and broke free from his embrace, stomping away and trying to find cover as youbegged him to stop, but he is relentless.

“This means war, (Y/N)!” You can’t say you were surprised sinceKaito was a competitive person, but you only bought one water-gun so this wasflat-out unfair. No matter what you tried to do, he continued to spray youback whilst throwing his head back and laughing loudly.

Maybe this didn’t work out in your favor but at least he lookedhappy. You put up a valiant effort by grabbing the water-hose, and it ended with a truce after you were both soaking wet by the end of your little ‘war.’

Korekiyo Shinguuji

You’re not the type of couple to do something so childish likeprank each other, but sometimes you just needed to let loose. You’re morelikely than Korekiyo to loosen up every once in a while, and you hoped thatthis would help him do so as well.

You text him while impatiently waiting outside – he was in themidst of sorting through his collection of old artifacts and otheranthropological items, reorganizing them and completely lost in what he was doing. 

He was so fascinated by his work that he almost missed your text. “Love, come outside and help me bring in the groceries, please.”

Korekiyo glances at his now brightly lit-up phone screen and a soft smileappears on his lips. He slowly makes his way outside with no response, curiously eyeingthe abandoned groceries sitting on the driveway.

He was always willing to help you, but now he was confused. Wherecould you have possibly gone? You were just here, after all. 

He stands there,slightly bewildered as his internal anxiety starts to build and he grows moreand more concerned about your whereabouts by the second. Korekiyo knows that it’s just not like you to suddenly disappear like this so he started fearing the worst.

That’s when you sneak up behind him, slowly making your way alongthe side of the house and drench him with water whilst letting out a loud cry. You soaked his back, causing Korekiyo to whip around, the sudden sensationof cool water running down his back caused goosebumps to rise on his skin.

He stands there in disbelief for a moment, irritated huffing butyou don’t let up, and simply spray his front-side as well. 

Korekiyo sighs andstarts to examine his now wet clothes, pulling his hair back into a long ponytail and shakes his head. He wondered why you would do something like this, and why you found it amusing.

Eyes still wide from shock, he gives you an intimidating glare butdoesn’t say a lot. You frown a bit, hoping that you didn’t go too far and thathe wasn’t actually upset with you. But to your relief, Korekiyo places a kisson your forehead as he brushes past you, making his way to the driveway to do what you called him out here for.

With a sigh, he just picks up the groceries in his arms and spins on his heel before returning to his work. He didn’t give youmuch of a response, not even a word. Korekiyo leaves you there, trying to piecetogether his emotions.

You think you hear a soft chuckle from inside the house after he slides past you, though, and a tiny smile forms on your lips. 

Gonta Gokuhara

You’re not the kind of couple to really prank each other and youdidn’t pull stuff like this on Gonta because you didn’t think he wouldn’trespond well.

But you couldn’t help yourself. You saw the water-gun whileshopping and something inside of you started to stir with possibilities, andseeing his cute, surprised face would all be worth it.

Since this wasn’t like either of you, you knew you would be able to get the jump on him as well. Where could you go wrong?

Once you arrive home, you send Gonta a loving text asking him to comeoutside and help carry the groceries in for you.

He jumps up and forgets what he was doing, but that’s notimportant now! Of course he was going to help you, that’s what a real gentlemanwould do after all! He skipped outside without a second thought since it was his duty to help you in any way possible.

With a wide smile plastered on his face, Gonta steps outside andlooks around curiously. He was confused when he didn’t see you waiting for him,calling your name loudly. Your car was here, but neither you or the groceries were anywhere to be found.

His happiness quickly deteriorates when you jump out from behindthe car and start spraying him with the water-gun.

Gonta was stunned, and let out a loud animal-like cry, afraid hewas being attacked. His heart pounded against his chest as he saw red andstumbled backwards.

Then, he heard your laughter and looked up at you, pulling the hair out of his face, now unsure of what todo. “What? Gonta confused…” He didn’t realize that this was your doingand immediately relaxed, the tension in his body started to dissipate.

He sat on the ground in the puddle he created, his clothes all wet - it looked like he just took a shower with clothes on. His face was a bit red and Gonta was still somewhat annoyed, but now more confused than anything else.

When you started giggling, he returned the laughter, still with an uncertain expression. He definitely didn’t think it was funny,but as long as you were happy then he couldn’t be too upset.

Gonta picks himself up off the ground and carries the groceries inside, then returnsto you, still soaking wet with water dripping down his hair and skin whilst trying to engulf you in a big hug. He left a water trail leading into the kitchen after walking inside, and you sigh when you realize that you’re going to be the one to clean it up. 

That, and the giant bear hug, obviously, got you wet as well; now hewas the one laughing.

Somehow, he managed to finesse the water-gun out of your hands andas Gonta was examining it, he accidentally pulled the trigger and sprayedhimself in the face with water again, causing you to burst into anothergiggling fit. The two of you stood there, coming down from your giggles as the reality set in of just how much you were going to have to clean.

Ryoma Hoshi

Knowing your boyfriend, he isn’t the type of person to just letloose on a whim. Still, you wanted to have a little fun every once in a while –that couldn’t hurt, right?

You told Ryoma that you were going to the grocery, which wasn’t alie, you just happened to pick up more than what was on your list… oops.

What can you say? You saw an opportunity and took it.

Once you got home, you text your boyfriend to help you carrythings inside since you couldn’t do it all yourself.

“Babe, will you come outside and help bring the groceries in?”

He was typically a bit more stubborn but you happened to catch him ina good mood. Ryoma was more than happy to help right now! His morning had been great, better than usual, and he was positive that nothing could ruin it… or, at least that’s what he wanted.

Too bad his upbeat mood wouldn’t stay like that forever…

As soon as he stepped foot outside, you jumped out from the bushes andstarted to spray his side and face with water. This caught him completely by surprise, andsince he didn’t see that it was just you at first, Ryoma started spewing some pretty colorful threats and swears.

Your familiar giggling caused him to falter, though, and Ryomastood there in silence, passively taking the water that was hounding him. After finally lowering your gun, you saw the angry look inhis eyes and bit your lip. Did you go too far?

All he could do was sigh and roll his eyes before snapping, “That isn’t very funny, (Y/N).” A part of you felt bad because you thought that Ryoma would at least crack a smile, maybe a small laugh.

Looking at him though, you could see where he was coming from. His small body was now drenched from head to toe with water and you hadn’t even sprayed him that much. 

Even his footsteps left little wet puddles on the ground as he walked. You didn’t mean to get him that badly, but you couldn’t deny that you found it somewhat amusing. Clearly, your boyfriend didn’t share your sense of humor, though.

Ryoma continued shaking his head to get his point across as he lifted the groceries and carried as many as he could into the home. He shot you another glare in passing before averting his eyes away.

But as he turned his face away from you, you notice the faint hint of a smile spread across his lips and felt comfort. 

As much as Ryoma wanted to seem annoyed and cold-hearted, you knew that he couldn’t be angry with you… and you were right, he did find it funny, he just wouldn’t admit it and give you the satisfaction of ambushing him like that.

- Mod Rantaro

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Danganronpa V3 Commentary: Part 3.10

Be aware that this is not a blind playthrough! This will contain spoilers for the entire game, regardless of the part of the game I’m commenting on. A major focus of this commentary is to talk about all of the hints and foreshadowing of events that are going to happen and facts that are going to be revealed in the future of the story. It is emphatically not intended for someone experiencing the game for their first time.

Last time, as chapter 3’s trial reached its, uh, “climax”, the usually-irrelevant intermission contained delightful foreshadowing, Tenko finally posthumously got through to Himiko for good, Keebo did not remotely singlehandedly save everyone oh my god, and everything was kind of boringly predictable because Kiyo is the worst. (You can tell how relatively bored I was from the fact that Kaito wasn’t even relevant enough for me to have a reason to mention him in this summary bit, until I did so just now anyway. 

Now for Kiyo to continue to be the worst in the post-trial wrap-up until we can be rid of him for good.

Monokuma:  “Wow! Seriously!? You’re correct again!”

Don’t sound so surprised, Monokuma. This one was boringly obvious.

Himiko:  “I haven’t… heard his answer yet. Kiyo… why? Why did you kill Angie and Tenko?”

Ugh. I totally get Himiko wanting answers to get herself some closure, but knowing the reason Kiyo did it isn’t going to make anything better at all.

Tsumugi:  “Did your motive have something to do with the transfer student who was resurrected? Even if it did, though… How did that trigger a murder?”

That sure is a good fucking question now, isn’t it, Tsumugi?

Kiyo:  “Because we’re friends, I’ll tell you…”

NONE OF US ARE FRIENDS WITH YOU. FUCK OFF.

Okay, Kiyo does not deserve Moon on the Water, aka the BGM piece that is presumably named that as a reference to Clair de Lune, for his goddamn backstory.

Kaito:  “So to see this lover of yours, you had to escape…”

Kaito is trying to fit his mental picture of Kiyo’s character into someone who had somewhat sympathetic reasons for doing this. Even after learning he killed two people and seeing him show no remorse, Kaito’s giving him the benefit of the doubt and trying to understand him instead of just writing him off as a bad person. Kaito is so good.

Kiyo:  “The one I love is… inside.”

Shuichi:  (Inside?)

…

Maki:  “…Is it really one of us?”

Not sure why it isn’t immediately obvious to everyone that the person he’s talking about is his other personality who began to show up towards the end of the trial.

Kiyo:  “That is why… for my beloved sister… I had to—”

Kaito:  “Y-You had to escape from here, right?”

Kaito is still trying to understand and see Kiyo as someone vaguely reasonable! I’m sorry, Kaito, but you should just give up on this asshole. He isn’t worth your time.

Kiyo:  “Even if I could be her little brother and her lover, I couldn’t be her friend.”

THIS IS ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT, by the way. Of course you can be those things and also someone’s friend! If you are those things with someone without even being friends, then your relationship is shallow as fuck and doesn’t mean anything.

I could maybe sort of slightly kind of sympathise with Kiyo’s grief at losing his sister driving him to madness like this if his relationship with her was presented as a genuine, touching relationship. But instead they just shove in this unnecessary incest angle and present it like it’s all about all the sex they had and apparently they didn’t even care about each other platonically and I just… ugh. Why.

(I can sort of see that there could be an argument here that Kiyo’s sister was actually abusive and manipulating him and that’s meant to be the point, but, eh. I just don’t personally care enough about Kiyo to think thoroughly about how much sense that may or may not make.)

Kiyo:  “For Sister’s sake… I’ve killed many! To send her 100 friends!”

I should also add that, even accepting the fact that Kiyo truly believes spirits exist, this is still a ridiculous motive. First off, if his sister’s spirit is inside him, then how would all of the people he’s killed even be able to meet her and become her friend? Second, and far more importantly, how in the fuck does he think any of the girls he’s killed would want to become friends with someone whose brother murdered them and tore them away from their own still-living friends just to make them befriend someone they’ve never met and have no reason to care about? That’s not how friendship works, what the actual fuck. Kiyo is the absolute fucking worst and I don’t understand why the writers thought this was a remotely good character to include in this story.

Kiyo’s sister:  “That’s wonderful, Korekiyo. Your love made the impossible, possible.”

NO. SHUT UP. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SAY THOSE WORDS.

Kaito:  “A-Are you… serious!? Is this… really a spirit!?”

Aaand Kaito’s given up on understanding him. Though I think he probably would have done so by now even if he didn’t happen to have a phobia about this.

Maki:  “He’s just delusional…”

Kiyo’s sister:  “Hmhmhm… What a sad girl who can’t even believe in the power of love…”

Maki:  “…”

…Ugh. The writers probably intend this to be foreshadowing, given the romantic feelings towards Kaito that Maki is going to develop. As if they’re saying that she was so cold and closed-off from everyone because she didn’t understand romantic love, and her opening up and becoming more trusting and co-operative towards everyone is all due to the power of the romantic love she awakens to! Which is absolute bullshit, because that happens due to the friendship and trust she feels for Kaito and Shuichi, and while the romantic feelings are also there and also contributing, they are absolutely emphatically not the main factor, and most of this story’s writing is able to understand and appreciate that.

Kokichi:  “You said you killed a lot already, right? So it wasn’t just the two you killed here?”

Himiko:  “Wh-What?”

Kokichi:  “Nee-heehee… Seems like he was already crazy before he got here…”

Yes, and that’s exactly why this is such a terrible case! One of the main draws of a Danganronpa game is seeing what it takes to drive an otherwise decent person to murder. If a case’s culprit was already a serial killer in the first place, then it completely defeats the entire fucking point! Why would you even have this?!

…Though I should point out that the wording of Kokichi’s line here implies he’s aware of the notion that being stuck in here can drive a person crazy, which might be him subtly referring to what being in here has done to him, while not remotely admitting it to himself, of course.

Kiyo:  “I spent my time evaluating all the girls here… And besides Maki and Miu, they were all worthy!”

Well then you can’t be very good at evaluating people, because if you were a good judge of character you’d have been able to tell that Maki is a good person too. What, is your problem with her that she’s killed people?

Himiko:  “Then… the second victim… could’ve been me? Tenko… died in place of me?”

Ugh, let’s just heap even more survivor’s guilt onto poor Himiko, shall we? This sucks for her so damn much.

Kiyo:  “Her noble, earnest heart made her a perfect friend for Sister.”

Yeah, and if Tenko’s spirit actually does exist, then her noble, earnest heart is also exactly why she would absolutely fucking refuse to become friends with someone whose degenerate brother murdered her, oh my god.

Kiyo:  “Though… I was planning on having you become Sister’s friend too… eventually.”

Does it work if someone else kills them? He can’t possibly see it that way, or else there’d be no point killing people himself. So, no, he couldn’t have been planning on that, because if he got away with it in the class trial then everyone else would have been killed by Monokuma and not him.

Kokichi:  “You were interested in The Caged Child just so you could use it to kill someone, right?”

Kiyo:  “It interested me as an anthropologist, of course. But more than that…”

See, on my first time through I somewhat suspected that the entire seance was just something Kiyo made up to have an excuse to use it for his murder plan, since all of the details were just way too convenient. But then there’s this here, which confirms that Kiyo believes it was a genuine thing, when he has no reason to lie any more. So instead it’s just way too convenient because Tsumugi is kind of a lazy writer (especially in this chapter).

Kaito:  “…”

Shuichi:  “Kaito, are you okay? You look… kinda pale…”

Kaito:  “D-Don’t worry about it… Let’s focus on Kiyo right now.”

Hang in there, Kaito, this spirit bullshit is almost over. I enjoy Shuichi noticing and being concerned even though Kaito really isn’t the focus right now. And Kaito continuing to insist that they shouldn’t worry about him, of course.

Kiyo:  “I did not plan to kill both of them. I knew I would have plenty of chances after escaping this place.”

No, you wouldn’t! They would already be dead if you escaped! Did you not read the fucking rules or something?

Himiko:  “It’s not fair! Why did Angie and Tenko have to die for something so unfair!?”

Right? This is so fucking unfair. I mean, the killing game is unfair in general, but this one just takes the cake. It’s so pointless.

Monokuma:  “Why do you think news stations get such high ratings when they’re reporting about death? Because… everyone likes unfair deaths.”

As someone who is basically in the same position as the in-universe audience to your killing game that you’re secretly referring to, I sure fucking don’t when it’s only unfair because it’s narratively meaningless, Monokuma!

Kokichi:  “Well if you look at it like that, this whole killing game embodies that philosophy, right? Gifted high school students forced to play a killing game… Man! If people were watching this, they would get a kick out of it!”

Yeah, Kokichi’s not even being subtle about having figured that out by now. The fact that he definitely knows by this point that this is being watched is going to be extremely important going into next chapter.

Also, it sure would be nice if he actually told everyone, “hey by the way I’m certain that this game is being shown to people for entertainment, maybe we could use that knowledge to our advantage to escape,” instead of just hinting about it. Buuut of course not.

Kokichi:  “Hell yeah! If I wasn’t in this killing game, I would have so much fun watching!”

That I can believe, even if there’s no real fourth wall and actual people were dying. It’s all good so long as nothing bad’s happening to him.

(He is also very indirectly implying here that he’s not having fun because he’s part of it. Which makes his statement that he’d enjoy it if he was just watching it more likely to be the truth, since this isn’t part of his lie to himself.)

Kiyo:  “As your friend, I will watch over you!”

YOU’RE NOT OUR FRIEND SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU HAVE NO FUCKING CLUE HOW FRIENDSHIP WORKS

I’m weirdly fond of the taiko drum elements in Kiyo’s execution music.

I should, uh, probably also talk about the part in the execution with the spirits. I still don’t buy that spirits actually exist in this universe which is otherwise very sci-fi-focused, what with Flashback Lights and robots and such. So my interpretation is that everything from the moment Kiyo’s “spirit” appears is just special effects, to let the in-universe audience see Kiyo getting the karmic retribution that most executions usually have. (Plus, even if Kiyo’s spirit were real, his sister’s spirit would still have to be somehow faked, since his sister never existed.) It would be satisfying to think that Kiyo actually experienced getting melted with salt by his sister’s spirit and spent his last conscious moments in despair instead of thinking he was going to meet her, but, no, I believe he just straight-up died and that was it for him.

Monokuma:  “I’m gonna take back this here Necronomicon. Seems like a waste, though. You guys sure you don’t wanna use it?”

Even if it would have worked, I still don’t see how it would have been a motive. Especially now, now that Kiyo’s dead and nobody else is going to try and propose a murder-seance if the resurrection doesn’t work. Maybe that’s why Monokuma takes it away now.

Kaito:  “Sh-Shut up! How long are you gonna keep talking about that?”

Maki:  “Ignore him. The whole resurrection ritual is obviously a lie. He’s just trying to shake us mentally to get us to panic.”

…Well, mostly to get Kaito to panic. Good thing Monokuma seems to have finally decided there’s no point doing that any more.

Kaito:  “What people believe in is up to them, but… Living people shouldn’t have to suffer because of the dead! The living are more precious than the dead! No matter what!”

Putting aside the fact that Kaito obviously doesn’t like thinking about the dead as still being “alive” in some sense because it creeps him out, this is along similar lines to what he said at the end of the second trial, about how life is infinitely valuable and living things should never be ashamed of wanting to live. Of course he would think of those who are still capable of living as being worth more than those who sadly can’t anymore. He’s not just saying this because of his phobia.

Maki:  “…That’s not something a coward like you should say.”

Kaito:  “Sh-Shut up… Leave me alone.”

Apparently Kaito has finally reached the point of not even trying to deny his phobia and just wishing Maki would stop teasing him about it. Which really, you should, Maki. You’re just making him beat himself up even more over something that isn’t his fault.

Shuichi:  “Well, that’s why we have to work together, right? Face it together. Our Ultimate talents are the best weapons we have.”

Mostly yours, though, Shuichi. And some others. Some people’s talents are not particularly useful in this situation. Still, this shows Shuichi’s becoming proud of his talent and happy that he’s able to use it to help everyone, which is progress!

(Other talents that are extremely useful for figuring out and escaping this killing game: Kokichi’s and Miu’s. Shame neither of those people are capable of co-operation.)

Maki:  “…I’ll work hard, until everyone trusts my Ultimate talent.”

Kokichi:  “Huh?”

Maki:  “It may not be possible now, but I’ll put in the effort so everyone can trust me. I… I won’t run away anymore… I want to survive and escape this place with everyone.”

Maki Roll! Look how far she’s come already! She’s outwardly admitting that she wants to earn people’s trust and work together with everyone!

Honestly, that in itself should be enough to earn everyone’s trust. I don’t think anyone except for Kokichi really distrusts her any more at this point – after all, she’s kept her word about not killing anyone.

Kokichi:  “I seeee… I wonder how long that’ll last. What if your true calling as a killer shows?”

Yeah, fuck you, Kokichi. We’ve been over how she would only ever have a reason to kill someone if she gets ordered to do so by her assassin cult which she has no contact with in here. He’s still just convinced that she’s inherently the kind of person who would turn around and kill someone with no provocation, because obviously she’s got to be the worst possible person.

(And okay, fair enough, he’s not completely wrong and this line may well be foreshadowing of what Maki tries to do in chapter 5. But that’s still entirely Kokichi’s fault for painting a huge target on his forehead and setting himself up as the kind of person that Maki has been raised to believe can only be effectively dealt with by being “removed”, so well done Kokichi for making that a self-fulfilling prophecy.)

Kaito:  “Don’t underestimate her! Maki Roll’s one of my sidekicks!”

Maki:  “I don’t remember being your sidekick. Also, didn’t I tell you to stop calling me Maki Roll?”

Being Kaito’s sidekick isn’t something you agree to, Maki. It’s something Kaito decides. It’s entirely about how Kaito views you and not the other way around. In that sense, Maki’s been his sidekick since the moment she agreed to train with him; he’s just only mentioning it now.

(I believe this is also the last time she ever complains about being called Maki Roll.)

Kokichi:  “Ooohhh, you guys are so close now. This must be the powerful bond of friendship.”

That’s exactly what it is, Kokichi, no matter how hollow and meaningless you’re trying to make it sound.

Kokichi:  “But I would’ve preferred it to happen sooner. Especially not after losing seven people.”

Gragh, and even when Kokichi does pretend to care about the notions of friendship and trust, he brings it up in a way that’s all “but you guys haven’t been good enough at friendship!”, still trying to act high and mighty above everyone else. Well maybe if you really thought friendship and bonds would have helped avoid some of those seven deaths, you could have contributed to that yourself, Kokichi.

Kokichi:  “Humans are like weeds – too numerous to count. Seven of us dead doesn’t mean much in the end. …That’s totally what the heartless robot is thinking! Right, riiiight!?”

No, Kokichi, that’s clearly what you were thinking to try and deflect some of your basic-human-decency-driven guilt and pain at the deaths – and then you go and even deflect that justification of yours by trying to project it onto someone else.

Kaito:  “I know we’re all gonna escape! I’m not gonna rely on a god, spirits, or the dead. Just you guys! I believe in all of you!”

As much as I adore your optimism, Kaito, you… probably shouldn’t believe in Kokichi or Miu. (Or Tsumugi, of course, but she hasn’t given any reason not to be trusted so far.) That said, Kaito is probably making this statement about how much he believes in everyone to try and encourage them all, even the ones less inclined to co-operate, to trust him back and work together. And it also goes to show that, even though Kokichi and Miu are unco-operative as hell, Kaito still believes that they’re fundamentally decent people who don’t want to kill anyone, which is true, very deep down.

Shuichi:  (It seems like… everything is settled for now. Even though we’re missing her…)

It’s not entirely clear which “her” Shuichi’s talking about. The obvious answer would be one of the two girls who died most recently, but then you’d think he would specify which of them or refer to both of them. So I think that Shuichi’s actually referring to Kaede here, and he’s saying that even though Kaede isn’t here to encourage everyone and rally them together like she was trying to do at the beginning, everyone’s still managing to band together and keep going.

(That’s at least partly because of Kaito. Have I ever mentioned he and Kaede are similar.)

Himiko:  “…”

Gonta:  “Himiko… You okay? Anything Gonta can do to help? You can tell Gonta.”

Gonta is so good. He’s still just trying to help as much as he can, and right now the most obvious way he can see to help is by helping Himiko with her sadness.

Shuichi:  “I think… we should let her have some space for now. That might be best for her. …I remember how I felt…”

And then Kaito punched you in the face (which didn’t help) and then encouraged you to go to Kaede’s lab and let your memories of her support you (which did help). So maybe Himiko does still need something other than to be completely left alone to wallow in her sadness right now.

Kokichi:  “God, Himiko is such a liar!”

Kokichi’s about to do a thing. Hold this thought, we’ll get back to it in a second.

Kokichi:  “Personally, I don’t think lies are exactly a bad thing… Let’s face it, you wouldn’t have any free will if the world was comprised with just the truth.”

Um, no? That’s not how free will works? Sure, I can completely understand how you could say that the world would be more boring if it was only comprised of the truth, but people would still be able to make choices! There are more choices in life than just “do I lie or do I tell the truth?”.

If anything, the world being full of lies makes it have marginally less free will, since lies can be used to manipulate people and make them think they only have one choice when they actually have several. This is even part of the point of this story! Tsumugi tries to insist during the final trial that everyone’s actions were all completely scripted and according to her outline, meaning they never really had any free will. While most of that claim is blatantly wrong and oh boy am I going to talk about that when we get there, it’s true that she did manage to manipulate some events to fit with her plans, and she did so using Flashback Lights, which contain lies.

Anyway, that was a Kokichi’s-philosophy-is-bullshit interlude, now back to what he’s doing for Himiko.

Kokichi:  “But even then… I don’t think it’s good to lie to yourself, y’know?”

Himiko:  “…”

Tsumugi:  “What are you saying!? Think about Himiko’s feelings a little bit—”

Kokichi:  “I only said this *because* I thought about it. Himiko has been lying to herself about her own feelings, so she’s been holding back. Hey, what are you repressing? Why are you trying so hard to hold back?”

This… is actually Kokichi helping Himiko out, in a being-cruel-to-be-kind sort of way. Himiko did need to hear this.

But the thing is, this is pretty much the only time in the entire game that Kokichi does something that’s apparently genuinely helpful. So I cannot in good conscience assume that that’s really Kokichi’s only reason for doing this, because if he were actually a person who wants to help people, even if it’s in a cruel-to-be-kind way, he would do this more often. Plus, the game goes on to flash back to Tenko’s final words to Himiko about expressing her feelings, which Kokichi was witness to. If Kokichi had really taken that speech to heart and genuinely cared about helping Himiko fulfil Tenko’s final wish, then he wouldn’t have tried to argue during the trial that obviously Himiko’s only pretending to care about Tenko now because she’s the culprit and trying to protect herself. He would have been able to actually comprehend the notion that she cares now because she regrets not listening to Tenko’s words before and now it’s too late.

So there has to be some reason Kokichi’s doing this other than because he wants to help, and it’s really not that hard to figure out. Kokichi’s words about lying to yourself about your true feelings are a perfect description of what’s going on with him. He’s being a gigantic hypocrite by telling Himiko this. So I think the main reason he’s doing this is that, just like he does so many other times, he’s deflecting and projecting his own feelings onto someone else. He’s saying this about Himiko so that he can tell himself it’s only Himiko who’s lying to herself about her true feelings, because obviously he wouldn’t be giving this advice if it was something he’s incapable of following himself, right?

It’s also apparent that this is really about Kokichi’s own issues and not about him helping Himiko because he’s not actually framing this correctly at all. Himiko is not lying to herself about her feelings. She knows she’s feeling sadness and pain over this; the only problem is that she’s struggling with how to express that and deal with it. She is not pretending that she’s fine like Kokichi always does. She used to, when she was hiding behind Atua, but that’s not what’s happening now. If Kokichi was really only doing this to help her, he’d understand that and phrase this differently. He says he thought about her feelings, but the conclusion he came to as a result of that thinking is that she’s obviously doing exactly what he does, because he deflects his issues onto everyone.

Regardless of his intent behind it, Kokichi is one of the few people who’d even have been able to help Himiko right now, since everyone else is too busy tiptoeing around her feelings to be blunt enough to tell her what she needs to hear. But Kokichi shouldn’t be the only one – Kaito should have been capable of it, too. Kaito had no qualms about bluntly telling Maki that she’s a coward and she’s running away in order to get her to finally start facing up to her issues earlier this chapter. It’s a little surprising to me that Kaito isn’t also the one to try and do something similar for Himiko here; you’d think he would have got there and done so before Kokichi said anything. I wonder if the reason he doesn’t is that, since Himiko’s pain is being compared to Shuichi’s at the end of the first trial, Kaito is still feeling awkward and guilty about the time he unhelpfully punched Shuichi in the face. That could be why he’s also tiptoeing around Himiko’s feelings more than he normally would right now – because he doesn’t want to make a similar mistake.

If Kaito had been the one to help Himiko here, then he wouldn’t have made it about her lying to herself. It would have been more about how it’s okay for her to feel this way but she needs to face those feelings head-on, like he was saying to her earlier in the trial. Which would also have been somewhat hypocritical of Kaito given what’s going on with him, but hypocritically deflecting his own issues would not have been the point of him doing it. He’d be framing it that way simply because it’s a perfectly reasonable way to frame it, since he understands her actual problem.

Himiko:  “Tenko… Angie! I’m so lonely! I’m so lonely… without you two! But… I gotta survive! I… still can’t go to where you are! But… I’m lonely! I’m so lonely without the both of you!”

I enjoy how this is Himiko being really raw and open and direct with her emotions, repeating herself and contradicting herself and stating how she feels with no filter. It’s just what she needed to do.

I still think that Angie never really truly cared about Himiko as a person and doesn’t really deserve to have Himiko remember her this way. But the fact is, she’s dead, so Himiko can never get confirmation of how she felt any more – and given that, the only thing that matters is what Himiko wants to believe. If believing that Angie cared about her helps her more than the truth, then let’s let her believe that.

Shuichi:  (Before we knew it… As if lured by her doing so… we began crying.)

Shuichi’s narration doesn’t specify who exactly is part of this “we” who join in with Himiko’s crying. The implication is that it’s everybody, but it can’t include Keebo, and I kind of doubt it includes Maki either, since there’s a big point made at the end of chapter 5 about that being the first time she’s cried that much in a long time. If it includes Kokichi, his are probably mostly overexaggerated fake tears, to lie to himself about the fact that his basic human decency is making him somewhat genuinely upset. But one person it definitely does include is Kaito.

Kaito’s face isn’t visible here, but the way his shoulders are hunched makes it clear that he’s crying too. That stance of his is the most in-focus thing in this shot other than Himiko herself, even. And his line just a little bit before the illustration shows up…

Kaito:  “D-Damn it!”

…rather sounds like it could be his reaction to realising that he’s about to start crying and can’t stop it.

Anyway that’s just a fun fact that I wanted to point out even though the narrative doesn’t draw attention to it.

Shuichi:  (The tears we shed… I can’t even describe it. We were crying about what we had been through, and what was to come… Sadness, hatred, frustration, discord, anger, love… Tears filled with emotion. But at the very least… they weren’t tears of submission. They were tears to push us forward.)

My inordinate focus on Kaito aside, I do really like this moment in general. It’s nice to have a moment to really let us see just how torn up everyone is by this awful situation they’re in, even though they usually try to put on a brave face and not show it. There’s no adequate words for everything they’re feeling, but just by sharing in this emotional outburst together, it feels like a bonding moment for everyone.

Gonta gives Himiko a piggyback ride back to the dorms after she falls asleep in exhaustion from all the crying. He is the absolute sweetest bestest gentleman.

Maki:  “…She probably felt better after letting it all out, don’t you think?”

This means a lot coming from Maki, whose own issues that she’s been starting to work on involve having supressed her own emotions about the awful things she’s been through.

Shuichi:  (While we were heading back to the dorms, I suddenly noticed… Kaito had stopped in his tracks.)

Kaito:  “…”

Shuichi:  “…Kaito, what’s wrong?”

Kaito:  “Hm? Oh… Nothing. I just… wanted to get some night air. Don’t worry about me. Go on ahead.”

It’s definitely not that he’s about to cough up some blood or anything. He’s fine.

Maki:  “Anyway… don’t do something like this again, okay? If you dislike scary things, then you should’ve said so earlier. I thought you were sic—”

Kaito:  “You worried about me?”

She was worried about him! She’s saying this because she wishes he hadn’t worried her over something she thinks was so unnecessary!

Except for the fact that she has even more reason to be worried about him now, which is exactly why Kaito cuts her off right there. He can’t have anyone worrying about him, especially not when Maki’s just made a point about how she wishes he hadn’t worried her so much.

Maki:  “Yeah… worried about your stupidity.”

As you should be! He is going to continue to be incredibly more stupid with regards to not letting you two know that there’s something wrong with him that you should be worried about!

Kaito:  “Hah! Still haven’t warmed up to me, huh?”

Oh, she definitely has, Kaito. That’s why she’s worrying about you.

Kaito has to know that she only appears so cold here because she’s frustrated that he made her worry. But he hates having done that, so instead he’s pretending that her response to his question totally proves she’s not worried about him at all.

Shuichi:  “Maybe not… but I feel like the walls we had up are coming down a little, you know? Perhaps those walls were her enemies… It seems like she doesn’t want to wait anymore.”

Kaito:  “Yeah! Cuz of me!

Shuichi:  “…Yeah, maybe, but you sound like you’re bragging, Kaito!”

Her walls are coming down and it is because of Kaito and he should be proud of himself about that! (Especially as it’s the only thing he managed to achieve this chapter next to Shuichi effortlessly saving everyone in the class trial yet again.)

Kaito:  “But like I said, I’m… gonna get some air before I go back. You can go on ahead.”

Shuichi:  “Sure… got it. See you tomorrow.”

Kaito:  “Yeah, see ya tomorrow!”

He’s wearing one of his usual casual smiles for that last line like nothing’s wrong. For the most part, Kaito is genuinely really good at pretending that he’s completely fine when he is absolutely not. I’m going to be joking about it a lot, but that’s only because I find it delightful how absolutely goddamn stubborn he is about keeping up this façade.

Shuichi:  (I didn’t notice what was going on with Kaito…)

Here’s another rare instance of Shuichi’s narration suddenly being from a future Shuichi who knows everything that’s going to happen, rather than just being told from the present. At least this time what he’s saying is right, but I really don’t think this is necessary since we’re about to see what’s wrong with Kaito for ourselves. It’d have been much more fun if they’d ended this with the present Shuichi innocently thinking something like how he’s relieved that Kaito’s feeling better now, only to immediately whiplash it with the following scene.

Kaito:  “I… don’t have time to be dying…”

I love how, even though this is presumably the moment Kaito properly realises that oh god, he’s dying, he phrases it like this. The idea that he’s going to die and there’s nothing he can do about it is so terrifying that he can only acknowledge it in this way that’s full of defiance and denial. He’s going to find something better to do with himself than this bullshit thing like dying that his body has apparently decided is a priority, dammit! Accepting his impending death just like that would be giving up, and that’s inconceivable to Kaito.

Kaito:  “I still haven’t gone into space yet.”

Fourth reminder that KAITO CANNOT DIE BEFORE HE’S GONE TO SPACE. This is still very, very important, and it makes the knowledge that he’s dying even harder to bear. Everyone wants to keep living, but Kaito has a specific thing he wants to do more than anything and has been working so hard towards that he’s never going to be able to reach if he dies here.

Kaito:  “Damn it… No way am I gonna die here! No way…”

Even though he’s being as stubborn and defiant about this as he can, you can hear his voice wavering a little in that final “No way…”, betraying how scared he really is, and I love it.

I also just generally love the fact that the writers made this chapter-end stinger be “Kaito is dying”. Every chapter except the first and the last has an ending stinger like this that isn’t strictly related to what just happened in the trial: Maki is an assassin, Kaito is dying, Kokichi is plotting to end the killing game, Keebo has gone rogue. Of those, most are more of a plot-related hook, to keep the players interested in the overall goings on in the story. But this one is only relevant to Kaito’s character arc. I am delighted that the writers saw Kaito’s character arc as an important enough part of the story that they felt it deserved a stinger like this anyway, something that helps you understand what’s going on with him now, while it’s happening, rather than only retroactively realising it later. You’d have been able to appreciate what’s going on during a second time through even if this stinger didn’t exist, but apparently the writers thought that a sense of dramatic irony and painful infuriation at Kaito hiding what he really should be telling his friends should be the only way to experience chapter 4, and, yes. Yes, it should be.

So anyway chapter 4 is one of my favourite chapters particularly in terms of the type of things that this commentary exists to talk about and I am very excited that I’m finally going to get into it next time.

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NDRV3 - “陰キャ原”

Lately I got several messages when they asking about... this one  “陰キャ原” they’re always asking. I’m sorry if I answer very late and I want to finish it right now.

This post is huge spoiler warning if you didn’t finish the game especially final chapter. Don’t try copy  陰キャ原 and paste in Twitter or Pixiv’s search bar unless you’re really curious to know.

(I recall oumakokichi had stated and explained about this “character” before but I can’t remember where it was)

Who is “陰キャ原”? Why I see this name everywhere especially in Twitter and Pixiv?

陰キャ原 means Inchara, a combination name of In character + Saihara. Inchara is a character featured in final chapter of NDRV3, where mastermind reveal audition videos for the killing game, showing what sort of people they were prior to participating. When Shuichi were shocked upon that video shows his former self willingly participated in a killing game and as one of Danganronpa fanatics. Thus, Inchara was born and the reveal of his existence becomes “One Scene Wonder” trope in Danganronpa’s history.

Inchara has another alternative name, “影原” means Kagehara, in English name, Shadowhara. This fan nickname comes from Shin Megami Tensei Persona′s reference, where Shadow bosses are taking as a human form and impersonating them with fake or true desire personality. Inchara and other students including who didn’t show up in the audition video, something akin to Shadow in Persona series.

Inchara was fan nicknamed by Japanese fans due the fact Shuichi shows his personality in audition video is very Out-Of-Character and found it very funny that our protagonist is actually an otaku. At the same time, many fans found this very wrong in so many levels. Thankfully Kodaka gave a huge hint from his Twitter.

According to Kodaka, he said players have to find out the contradiction in prologue chapter after they were finished the game. In prologue chapter, Former Shuichi weren’t crazy or feel obsess when the first time we saw him before final chapter. There are difference between Former Shuichi from prologue chapter and Inchara from final chapter:

Former Shuchi is sane and nothing looks like Inchara, no feel obsess, hype or acting like a crazy otaku, Shuichi being his usual self even after the end of prologue chapter. Inchara on the other hand, many Japanese fans believe there are several famous theories about him, I list two theories there:

A crazy otaku who cosplays as Shuichi and working together with mastermind.

A mastermind Tsumugi, disguises as everyone and makes fake audition videos. (We’ve seen Shuichi, Kaede and Kaito so far). Tsumugi can cosplay all DR characters EXCEPT MUKURO from two previous DR games, and surprisingly she can change her voice and size whenever she cosplays as someone else. The irony is that Tsumugi is allergic to cosplay as “real people” but she says she can cosplay due all previous DR characters are fictional characters, however this is maybe one of Tsumugi’s lie. Many fans joking Tsumugi has another talent called “SHSL Seiyuu”.

Meaning Inchara is not Shuichi we always know and they could be an impostor who disguises as him to make Shuichi fall into the despair. Well Shuichi believes this is one of mastermind’s trump card or not until proven otherwise.

How and why Inchara becomes an ensemble darkhorse. What about Kaede and Kaito? What about everyone else? And what do you mean they are separate character?

I think Inchara becomes ensemble darkhorse because...... it’s another main protagonist becomes crazy person. Remember Makoto had been brainwashed after watching Despair Video and Hajime is almost lost his hope and says “SHUT UP!”? Well this is one of them.

Although, the strong point about Inchara is that he has share similarity with Izuru Kamukura: As a plot twist, unexpected, and different identity character. Believe it or not, Inchara is your new SPOILER-KUN, just like how everyone calling Izuru Kamakura as Spoiler-kun without revealing his name for those who didn’t finish the game. Except Inchara had little contributed to the plot but makes Shuichi falls into despair.

Inchara’s personality and characteristic are come from audition video but few traits at least. Until his personality contributed by Japanese artists, depend on how they view him as an otaku. You;ll see how many times Inchara being creep whenever you see him buying Danganronpa merchandise.

As for Kaede and Kaito, I think everyone comments “They’re just their real usual self and nothing special about them. Still sad to hear about that”. Then there’s Inchara all of a sudden. You know, I have to admit I were shocked too when they’re revealed audition videos.

The reason why Inchara as a separate character or at least I can say he is a Doppelganger. As I mention it above, everyone believes Inchara and Shuichi are not same person. There are good reasons why everyone tagging him “Inchara” or “Kagehara”. Sometimes they tag it with their both name including “Saihara Shuichi” as well. It’s not wrong if someone calls Inchara as “Saihara Shuichi”, hence they have done this before even since Izuru Kamakura’s first appearance in SDR2 and still calling him as “Hinata Hajime”.

So yeah, Inchara has own character and his popularity goes skyrocket after that big reveal in final chapter, even despite he appears briefly in addition video. Just........ check all these links, you’ll see why.

https://twitter.com/ne_pogochan/status/838203588883066880

https://twitter.com/yu_ng_km/status/832945252176588800

https://twitter.com/26_Noeshi/status/833657091281739776

https://twitter.com/igaoxpt/status/828262334837649408

https://twitter.com/rin_hhs/status/844099332454285312

https://twitter.com/yyaammaakkii/status/840788025432989696

https://twitter.com/hadahadam/status/846419663907020801

https://twitter.com/LOG_haironpa/status/828939570171424768

https://twitter.com/shino_dgr_7/status/831938804814540801

(From  感觉好久没画最赤…… by Zui. Permission granted by the artist)

OH, HAVE FUN WITH YOUR NEW SELFCEST BY THE WAY.

Does that mean we have to tag new name for fake Saihara?

I would say yes, but I don’t think that’s not best answer I think of. It’s up to you, whether you want Inchara / Kagehara as brand new character or still tag him as Shuichi Saihara. By the way, not just him though, same goes for all characters including mastermind. Although..... Fake Saihara, Fake Akamatsu and Fake Momota are only characters who show their “true” personality in audition video so far. What about other characters? 

Some Japanese artists having fun with this shadow / fake characters and come up with a lot of theories about their real personality. Some artists drawing Kirumi being a lazy person, Hoshi as pervert character  Gonta as giant bully or actual a genius student who acts like a normal person, Himiko being an energetic person and so on. So yeah, you can see where is this going.

Now here’s the thing: We don’t know all unseen fake characters’ personality, so I can see why someone says “We have to tag Kage / Shadow + their last name” if there is no official work about unseen fake students. I can give you an example:

If you see fanart of Kirumi being lazy or any OOC moment, just tag “Kagejou”, “ Inrumi”, “Shadorumi” or any name you can think of. 

If you want recommendation, I think Kage and Shadow sound good choice for tagging their name. Here’s the list I always mention them whenever I talking with my friends. All their name are based of their family name, Inchara is the only one who got trend nickname in Twitter while other characters haven’t got one (I always get rid out W word from “Shadow” except Kaede and Shuichi, don’t ask me why):

Shuichi - Inchara / Kagehara / Shadowhara / Kiimoihara (Creepyhara)

Kaede - Kagematsu / Shadowmatsu

Kokichi - Kage-ouma / Shadouma / Innocent Ouma (You will see a lot of Innocent Ouma fanarts whenever you see him acting awkward and being nice person)

Himiko - Kagemeno / Shadomeno

Kaito - Kagemota / Shadomota (Displays his bully personality)

Maki - Kagekawa / Kagemaki / Shadokawa / Shadomaki

Kiibo - Kiibo, just Kiibo. Unless you want to call him Human Kiibo or Prologue Kiibo. Sorry Kiibo.

Miu - Kageruma / Shadoruma

Rantarou - Kage-Ami / Shadowami / SUPER STAR AMAMI KUN (It’s a joke that Inchara wants Amami’s autograph, hence Amami is a superstar of two previous games before 53rd season. Before you ask, yes there is a fanart of Inchara buying Amami merchandise).

Tenko - Kageshira / Shadoshira

Gonta - Kage-Gonta / Shadow-Gonta (If Gonta never refer himself as a third person).

Kirumi - Kagejou / Shadorumi / Incharumi / Inrumi (For some reason I always use Inrumi, it’s kinda sounds like sort of youkai’s name)

Korekiyo - Kageshinn / Shadokiyo / Shioguji / Salt-Kiyo’

Angie - Kagenaga / Shadonaga

Ryouma - Kagehoshi / Shadohoshi

Tsumugi - Kageshiro / Shadogane

One more things, it’s very important if the character is wearing school uniform, meaning it’s very easy to identify these “shadow” characters are come from prologue chapter and audition video. If character never show their OOC and same personality (After prologue and before final chapter) while wearing school uniform. meaning you don’t have tag it.

I apologize if my English is kinda mess, I did my best to elaborate easy and simple. Thank you for sending the question!