#drv3 chapter 6

[chickensoup1025]

The whiteboard in Kokichi's room in English and Japanese

[quinns-art-box]

there was a saiibo week on instagram so i did a little comic :D for a jumble of the prompts "trust" "misunderstanding" and "sorrow" focusing on a missing scene after the fourth trial

i feel like i don't appreciate them enough in my art so i wanted to really do something tangible (plus a silly doodle)

[sketch-twentytwo]

A tale as old as time: a brilliant chase between a sly phantom thief and a—hey wait a minute!

Phantom Thief!Shuichi Saihara and Detective!Kokichi Ouma for my fic, [He Lies in Spades].

Where in Shuichi is a daring yet methodical phantom thief/vigilante dead set on exposing the truth and Kokichi is the eccentric, genius detective hot on his tail!

(reuploaded because I realized that my PT!Saihara looked too similar to a few PT!Ouma's, my bad! New design has more of a detective trench coat vibe befitting of our retried private eye!)

[evercelle]

i was minding my business yesterday until ellie showed me the collab clothes and said “boyfriend jacket” 

[trans-shuichisaihara]

She lunged at Kokichi with her bare hands, sending both of them to the ground with her tackle. They rolled on the concrete, writhing against one another as they fought like schoolyard children, punching and pulling and baring their teeth with the threat of biting, scraping up their elbows and knees. Finally, Maki managed to pin Kokichi down, a hand grasping his collar and using all of her weight to keep him restrained. The other hand raised above her head, and in her curled fist, a dagger formed, pitch black and full of malice. She snarled, bestial urges threatening to consume her entire being, weighing down on her hand and demanding blood to be spilled.

The Full Moon comes, and there's no stopping the storm that comes with it.

[spectralreplica]

Commission for @twunk-ouma !

I’ve really been having fun drawing Tsumugi and Maki lately. I think the hair especially turned out great here!

[wren-em]

I made my own danganronpa TD au. Talents are comprised of commonly given talents or randomly generated ones. Also includes randomised danganronpa game roles

Alejandro - Ultimate Actor

Beth - Ultimate Lucky Student

Bridgette - Ultimate Surfer 

Cody - Ultimate Game Designer  

Courtney - Ultimate Camp Counsellor

DJ - Ultimate Cook

Duncan - Ultimate Escape Artist (He makes and escapes his own traps. Also escaped juvie a few times. If this was in the Danganronpa games, he would probably be called the Ultimate Escapologist but we're going with what the generator gave me)

Eva - Ultimate Wrestler

Ezekiel - Ultimate Hunter

Geoff - Ultimate Party Planner

Gwen - Ultimate Artist

Harold - Ultimate Stuntman

Heather - Ultimate Online Influencer (This AUs perfect example of don't meet your idols. Originally I planned for either Heather or Alejandro to be the Ultimate ?? but the genrator provided talents that I liked for them)

Izzy - Ultimate Explorer 

Justin - Ultimate Model

Katie - Ultimate Medium (Since Sadie's talent was ghost hunting, I wated Katie to have a ghost or mystery related talent. Between Ultimate Detective and Ultimate Medium, Medium was generated first and got given to Katie)

Lindsay - Ultimate Cheerleader

LeShawna - Ultimate Dancer

Noah - Ultimate Detective (Probably would have ended up with a coding related talent if Katie instead got Ultimate Detective. If this AU had to have an Ultimate ??, it would Noah saying he doesn’t remember his talent.)

Owen - Ultimate Food Critic

Sadie – Ultimate Paranormal Investigator

Sierra - Ultimate Blogger (Her Refresh Blog mentions that she moderates wikis so I wouldn't be surprised if she owned a blog at some point)

Trent - Ultimate Guitarist

Tyler - Ultimate Athlete

Protagonist - Beth

Helper - Noah (I find the idea of Beth and Noah working together funny)

Antagonist - Trent (How tf Trent is going to be an antagonist without going into Action characterisation I have no clue)

Traitor - Sierra

Mastermind - Cody

[sepulchritude]

I got bored and decided to reread my fic in a new way, so here’s the official The Simple Truth—

Kokichi Lie Count (by chapter)

7

5

5

2

2

9 (nice)

4

2

9

4

0

3

2

1

11

4

0

That’s an average of about 4 lies per chapter. I didn’t include times when he intentionally prods at people to get a reaction unless it involved a direct lie, but I did include a few lies by omission.

Analysis below 👇

The two 0 lie chapters are pretty interesting to me because tbh that’s pretty out of character for him. In chapter 11 Kokichi doesn’t have a big role (although that doesn’t stop him in other similar chapters) and spends most of his time sniping back and forth with Maki. Genuine dislike trumps chronic lying habit I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But in chapter 17 he has a ton of screen time, they’re having a sleepover with Kaito and Maki and they’re all sitting around chatting while they do slumber party stuff (#girlsnight), but Kokichi just isn’t lying. Not even casual funny lies to match the lighthearted vibes of the scene. He’s still being himself (nuisance) but he doesn’t quite feel the need to be dishonest about anything. It’s interesting and as the author I kinda want to poke and prod at this chapter more to figure out what’s up with him here

As for chapter 15 with a whopping 11 lies in a single conversation, this one makes a lot of sense. He thinks he’s going to enjoy a little light vandalism, theft, and mischief in Tsumugi’s office, only to be confronted by a Tsumugi who is not acting anymore and is happily ready to verbally rip him to shreds using like five deeply ingrained insecurities he barely knows he has. He is not ready lmfao and he lies and deflects as much as he can to cover for the fact that she’s hitting hard and he can’t land a scratch on her. RIP 💀

This was a cool lens to analyze this fic with! In terms of finding a pattern in Kokichi’s lying, I’d say it’s not right to just conclude “oh he lies under pressure” or “oh he lies because it’s fun.” Those are both true. He lies to distract people, to mislead people, to entertain himself, to protect himself, to disguise the truth, to highlight the truth, to make light of situations, the list goes on and on. He often makes it pretty clear when he’s lying, too, but that’s just another defense mechanism to keep you from looking too closely at the lies he doesn’t telegraph (or worse, the truths he wants you to dismiss as lies)

What I think would be an interesting pairing to this reading would be to count Shuichi’s lies instead. He doesn’t do it as much, and usually out of politeness, but the ones I noticed had me like 👀 Especially his lies by omission, hoo boy that boy(?) can deflect like a champ. He still hasn’t told anyone the full story of why he left or what he said to Kaede.

If you read this, thank you for walking with me on this little analysis! I’m super invested in this fic and love analyzing different aspects of it to use when writing/planning new chapters 😃

[thatstroubling]

D:<

[donaviolet]

I wasn't going to post this here but somehow I got more than 1k views in less than 2 days so why not

[chickensoup1025]

[catgirl-catboy]

Take the fandom would not like:

(CW: incest, age gaps, non-consensual relationships.)

a lot of the problems with drv3 chapter 3 could be fixed by swapping around Tenko and Kiyo's roles.

If you're going to do a dark backstory this chapter, incest is not the way to go. Danganronpa has done it so many times before it loses some of its impact. Same with serial killers.

This could be solved by keeping the vibes of the trial intact by Tenko's master having a non-consensual relationship with her. (Keeping it PG-13, because got to keep that rating.)

Specifically, her master was abusing her, and another Akido student Tenko pitied because they got it worse. She kills them as a mercy (to foreshadow chapter 6) but her Master treated her even worse because of it.

Kiyo framing Himiko is boring, since the two have had little interaction before this. Tenko framing Himiko is heartbreaking, because of how much Tenko loved and admired Himiko.

Kiyo seems out-of-character for most of trial 3, since it didn't seem like the logical progression of his character. For him to be caught, he had to catch the idiot ball and kill Tenko.

Tenko's main target being Angie, and killing the medium because she was worried the ritual would actually work. (I imagine in this au that less people genuinely buy it.)

Tenko lobbies for Himiko, the most magical, to be the medium, but Kiyo volunteers instead because he'd be honored to take part in such a ritual. (to fit with the v3 lore, what if it was one he's never heard of?) (also no gender requirement since the trial no longer really needs it.)

Tenko's hatred for Angie is less of a love triangle, and more of a PTSD trigger.

Tenko's philosophy is at odds with her talent, and I think that could be an excellent metaphor for extreme trauma molding her into someone she would never become without it.

Himiko had to grapple with the fact that Tenko thought she was so weak, Tenko felt like she had to mercy kill her.

[pottedplant53]

Danganronpa Fic Recs!!

In my six years of being a Danganronpa fan I've read a lot of fanfiction, so I've decided to compile a list of some of my personal favourites (in no particular order) for your perusal. Contains very minor plot spoilers, but nothing beyond what the tags/descriptions will tell you. Bear in mind these are mainly V3 because that's my favourite, but there are a couple of others. Enjoy :D

New Danganronpa V3BOOT: Killing Harmony Redux - EternalSailorNeptune_53.

Unique in the fact that not only is it a Talentswap AU, but a Simulation AU as well. The general premise is that DRV3 wound up being such a monumental disappointment of a season that Shirogane is forced to rewrite it and try again.

Something that stands out about this fic in particular is its characterization. It tweaks the personalities and backstories of the cast to fit their new talents, all while remaining fundamentally true to their canon counterparts. There's a new death order, new motives, and all of the jokes hit. It's really funny but also made me cry at a few points. Ships include SaiMatsu, KoreKichi, TenMiko and some mild ShinToujo.

Words: 598,513

Chapters: 53/53 (Completed)

2. Taming the Wild Ones - DRonpaFanGirl

Hajime centric talentless AU. It's been quite a while since I've read this one, but if memory serves, it's set in a boarding school for troublemakers that Hajime gets sent to after getting into one too many fights. It explores the relationships between the characters, and touches on themes of mental health. It's written in the first person which I know can be a deterrent for many, but the dialogue is so good that it's easy to look past even if you usually don't like that sort of thing. There's a sequel that I haven't read yet myself, but I'm sure it's probably just as entertaining as the first one. Ships include Komahinanami (with a heavier focus on Hinanami than Komahina & Komanami), + background Saimatsu, Kaimaki, Izuru/Celestia, and Mondo/Mukuro.

Words: 100,334

Chapters: 71/71 (Complete)

3. The Powerful Skeletons Series - EternalLoveSong

Another V3 Talentswap AU, except this time it's a collection of shorter fics, currently about 27 of them, set in the same talentswap universe. It features Supreme Leader Maki, Assassin Kokichi, Inventor Shuichi, and Servant Rantaro to name a few, and each character gets the spotlight at some point. I don't have a lot to say about these but they're very good.

Words: 95,923 Total

4. Alternative Ending, New Beginning - CrowSandwhich

V3 Chapter 5 canon divergence AU, in which various factors (Maki) cause Kokichi's plan to backfire before he can complete it. Due to his injuries, he winds up confined to the hangar by the rest of the survivors, under the belief that he's the mastermind. Incredibly engaging, but tragically discontinued. Kokichi & Kaito centric, no ships.

Words: 36,523

Chapters: 6/6 (Discontinued)

5. Irreplaceable - apollo_python

Set many years after the events of V3. The participants of the final killing game have all disappeared under mysterious circumstances, with the exception of Shuichi and Kokichi, who've been out of contact and down on their luck since the game ended. At Shuichi's insistence, they take it upon themselves to find their missing former classmates. A Saiouma thriller/mystery with a heavy focus on their relationship. Ships include Saiouma, and background Kaimaki/Irumatsu.

Words: 31,827

Chapters: 3/? (Unfinished)

:D

[dr2electricboogaloo]

Protagonists of Despair (Close-ups under the cut)

Instances inspired by respectively DR3 (Future Arc) episode 11, DR3 (Despair Arc) episode 3, and DRV3 Chapter 6

[gemstone-gynoid]

watching someone's playthrough of the drv3 ending and i realized this is a unique sprite of himiko.

she only ever has her arms down but raised in her praying sprites

oh this is a specific new sprite that is only in the steam NISA localization of v3, just for this one moment in chapter 6.

the angriest real mage in the whole series.

[sparkymalone]

So I'm playing DRV3 for the first time, because I'm chronically late to everything, and I'm right at the end of chapter 6.

My current issue is that I'm a fuckin SHIPPER, through and through, but I can't figure out what pairings I like yet, and I feel like I can't investigate more thoroughly until I finish the game, to avoid spoilers. (I already had most of the game spoiled for me, honestly. I didn't expect so many DRV3 spoilers just existing in the SDR2 community, but here we are.)

This post is pretty much just me complaining for no reason, lol. But I'm curious to know what pairings my mutuals like?