#i mean if anyone can break izuru it's junko what with them being reflections of each other

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Can you please do some headcanons with the rest of the DR2 cast with the Despair Disease?

Obviously I’m excluding those who did actually get the Despair Disease canonically (Nagito, Mikan, Ibuki and Akane) but otherwise, this was really fun and I hope you like it!

V3 Cast with the Despair Disease! | SDR2 Spoilers Ahead!

The Rest of the SDR2 Cast Getting Infected with the Despair Disease!

Hajime Hinata

Revelation Disease

After coming down with the DespairDisease, Hajime would receive an intense revelation, hence the Disease’s title– afterwards, he would immediately recall his affiliation with Junko Enoshimaand his status as Izuru Kamukura. 

Unlike the Remembering Disease that affectedMikan, Hajime would not slowly put pieces together but instead his memorieswould hit him like a truck. In many ways, he would revert back to being Izuru. 

He would be much colder andcruel, as well as disrespectful towards the others. He would be more reluctant to helpothers and instead laugh in their faces while he watches them scramble around onthe island, insulting them whenever he had the chance and refusing to help during the Investigation process since it isn’t his job. 

In a twisted way, Hajime finds enjoyment out of watching them struggle and suffer since, if it wasn’t for him, they would be dead by now… and if he wanted to, he could easily kill them as well.

Hajime would likely become overwhelmed with Despair and enjoy their situation much more after being infected, succumbing to Despair and going a bit insane in the process. 

He becomes much less trustworthy and more prone to lashing out against his friends, which causes them to break away from his leadership. 

They treat him like they treated Nagito at the beginning and locked him away so he would be unable to harm anyone.

He doesn’t care about his lack of talent, contradicting how he used to be veryinsecure about it. Hajime would own up to being an average Reserve Corpsstudent and belittle the Ultimates, using his title as Izuru Kamukura to establish hisown dominance since he obtained every talent in Hope’s Peak’s history.

Hajime would be much more skeptical and a little bit unintelligent, not as quick to put pieces together during the Investigation and Trial. He’s not dumb by any means, but he wouldn’t be as sharp as he used to be. He would be more willing to let Despair win and lay down his arms.

Chiaki Nanami

Hyperactive Disease

Although her A.I.’s personality isnot totally reflective of her real-world personality, the Despair Disease wouldonly affect her A.I., meaning that it doesn’t actually flip who she really was on the outside world.

Instead of being quite sleepy and a bit aloof, Chiaki would be much morehyperactive and unable to keep her mouth shut. She would obtain a more bubbly,but annoying, personality and clings onto the other students, butting into their business and becoming much more preppy and talkative.

Because of this Disease, she no longer feels the need to sleep and instead stays up at all hours of the night, and can often be seen roaming around the island curiously. A lot of this might also be due to her mind overworking itself and being unable to fall asleep.

Surprisingly, Chiaki would be more emotional despite not having ‘true’ emotionsas an A.I. She used to normally forget to take other’s feelings into considerationand could be extremely blunt, but now she’s overly-emotional and deeply affectedby others, over-analyzing the situation with her hyperactive mind and easily misjudging how the others might react or feel, considering their feelings ‘too much.’

When a killing does occur, she would sob and show a much more pessimistic and bleak outlook on their situation. Due to this, Chiaki wouldn’t care about the Killing Game as much. She wouldn’t really see a point and it much less likely to help during the pivotal moments of the story.

She would also show a sour taste towards games and would no longer use her talent, since she thought it was useless in comparison to the others’, anyway. If Chiaki did play games while infected with the Despair Disease, she would make hastier decisions and curse at them the moment things started to go downhill.

Overall, Chiaki would be much livelier and bursting with energy, unable to contain it all and talking incredibly fast, to the point where they wouldn’t be able to understand what she was saying. 

She would practically bounce off of the walls and require the others to restrain her, and once she finally recovered from the Disease, Chiaki would collapse from exhaustion.

Gundham Tanaka

Ordinary Disease

He would be very… normal andordinary. Gundham is typically very eccentric and overly confident at times,boasting about how he is a Dark Overlord, but he would ditch that persona afterbeing inflicted with the Despair Disease.

Now, he’s just plain, with nothing very special or remarkable to define him. He shows very little to no interest in thesupernatural or dark subjects, finding them to be a bit disturbing actually. He loses his colorful tongue and speaks like a regular teenager, often using slang rather than an old-fashioned way of speaking.

He starts to think that people who believe in Overlords and Dark Magic are out of their minds, belittling his former attitudes and rolling his eyes whenever the subject is brought up.

Gundham would also become much more dependent on the others and is always veryclose in proximity to the rest of the group, often placing himself in thecenter and feeling desperate for physical touch.

Normally, he would resent this kind of contact but now he feeds off of it. Gundham needs the others to show him affection and thrives off of the contact, becoming clingier and needier than usual. He fears being alone since that places a target on his back, and he hates the feeling of solidarity.

He would love it when the others talk to him and give him attention, becoming friendlier and much more likely to strike up a conversation rather than slink away from the group. Gundham is a lot more relaxed and average after catching the Disease, and far less dramatic. He often fades into the wall and the others easily forget he is even there, which they were unable to do before.

However, Gundham is also much more cowardly. Before, he had no issue with putting himself out there when he wanted, but now he fears the potential Blackened lurking around, always peering over his shoulder.

Unfortunately, this also has negative effects on his Devas as well, because now he also shows little interest in animals and thinks that they are gross, germ-carrying creatures and keeps the four hamsters in their cages. It’s odd to see Gundham without them in his scarf, and once he is finally cured of the Despair Disease, he makes sure to apologize to his beloved animals and coddle them with plenty of attention.

Kazuichi Souda

Charming Disease

Typically, Kazuichi is a bitawkward around others, especially women he finds attractive. After the DespairDisease, he would be much more suave and smooth around those he has feelings towards.

He is comfortable and feels at ease, confident and able to charm his classmates, becoming a real Casanova and stealing the hearts of his classmates with ease, both male and female. He is more collected and takes life with a grain of salt, never worrying too much and causing the others to feel relaxed as well.

He develops a very casual way of speaking, and dresses differently, too. He is much less uptight: popping his color and walking around with a toothpick between his teeth, slicking his hair back and widely crossing one leg over the other when he sits.

Kazuichi would also be more serious and stern rather than carefree. Thedecisions he makes would be more logical and level-headed, thinking out all of his moves and planning what he is going to say and do rather than blurting out offhand comments. He is able to lie easily and convince the others into trusting them, but that all results from his charm.

Since he gains the respect of his peers after getting the Despair Disease, Kazuichi would take upa leadership role in the group, becoming braver and less afraid of theirsituation.

He wouldn’t be nearly as paranoid and instead he would be more relaxed andchilled out. He becomes the stereotypical ‘cool guy’ who does his best to calmly diffuse any hostile situations, smooth-talking his way around the others.

Kazuichi gets quieter when he is infected, but isn’t as shy, either. He simply has a smoother way of speaking that doesn’t require him to raise his voice as much; they listen to him without him needing to use force.

Ironically enough, his feelings for Sonia would disappear and Kazuichi would bemuch more interested in the men on the island as a whole instead of women…

He wouldn’t be happy once he came to his senses. He would find out that he was charming and collected, thinking he finally put the moves on Sonia, only to find out that women on the island weren’t who he was flirting with… so, Kazuichi takes several long once he is cured.

Peko Pekoyama

Cheery Disease

Peko’s normal disposition is muchmore intimidating and serious; after catching the Despair Disease she wouldbecome more giggly and childish, like your typical schoolgirl.

She can normally control her emotions and suppress them, but not anymore – shecan’t seem to hold back her tears and shows an intense fear of dying in theKilling Game. 

Typically, she wouldn’t be shaken when forced into high-stakes situations but now, she would tremble at the thought of dying, showing intense anxiety levels behind her smiles.

Her talent is useless and her past as a known killer is disregarded because Peko would likely fear the sight of blood and get physically sick at thethought, often preaching about how killing is inhumane and shying around the possibility of uncovering a dead body.

She would no longer care about Fuyuhiko, showing an intense resentment towardshim instead. Although she would be upbeat and positive, she would still show hostile and even violent tendencies towards him, disrespecting the Kuzuryuu Clan and breaking away from the thought of being his ‘tool,’ gaining some independence.

This independence can come across as selfishness, though; Peko is no longer afraid of putting herself first.

Peko would become a little bit flirty, but that would be more-so due to her newfound charismatic and sociable attitude. 

She can come across as a little bit ditsy and air-headed at times, twirling her braids in-between her fingers as she questions the others, struggling to keep up with the group consensus. This causes her to be a bit obnoxious at times.

But overall, Peko becomes a ray of sunshine in the group and is always passing smiles at her friends and trying her best to uplift them: a little bit gullible, but she always has good intentions. She is consistently showering the others in compliments and braiding the other girls’ hair.

She would often giggle, even if she doesn’t understand what was said; her Diseased personality reflects that of Ibuki’s normal one.

When she recovers from the Disease, she would attempt to erase any memories of the way she acted and deny the possibility that she was ever easygoing and carefree; as well as mend any burned bridges between herself and the Kuzuryuu Clan.

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu

Spineless Disease

The normal Fuyuhiko would not behappy with his Despair Diseased counterpart, refusing to believe that he everacted the way he did.

He becomes much more dependent on the others, relying on them for companionshipand discarding his ‘lone wolf’ persona. 

Instead, he heavily depends on others around him and needs to constantly have physical contact with the others, never straying too far from the group and often seeking out the approval and company of others, especially Peko, even if she doesn’t kindly reciprocate.

Fuyuhiko becomes much weaker and more vulnerable, considering himself to be atarget and even offering himself up as a sacrifice to the Blackened. 

He wouldbe seen sobbing and fearful of the others, telling them that they could simply kill him to escape the island since he ‘didn’t stand a chance’ anyway as he collapsed onto the floor and bows graciously. He is highly emotional, to an almost embarrassing extent.

Unlike your typical Yakuza, he couldn’t be easily angered and would have ahatred for violence, trying to break up the tension between the group but being a bit too dimwitted to contribute to or help anything. 

Fuyuhiko generally becomes scared of their situation and the fear of death within him becomes amplified; he is much more quiet and reserved, less likely to lash or speak out and apologizing for things he isn’t even apart of, similar to how Mikan acted normally. 

Also similar to her personality, he will sob at the slightest rude remark and becomes an easy target for bullying and harassment. And since he is spineless, he will no longer try to fight back and instead accept the harsh words and start to believe them himself.

Fuyuhiko is much softer, but also more fragile and it’s easy to hurt his feelings. He feels uncomfortable in stressful situations and does his best to avoid conflict - anytime someone starts to even remotely argue with him, he cowardly apologizes and flees, terrified of what might happen to him if he stays there.

He can be seen playing with his thumbs and remaining quiet in the corner, only speaking once spoken to and trying his best to disappear into the wall. But generally speaking, he will have a kind heart and warmly welcome anyone who accepts him, becoming easily attached to anyone who shows even the slightest attention to him.

Once Fuyuhiko is cured, he becomes incredibly hostile if anyone tries reminding him of his spineless nature, returning to his normal self.

Sonia Nevermind

Uncivilized Disease

Sonia was raised to be a verytypical Princess – she had strict rules which combed her into being a politeand ladylike young woman; but all of that would immediately disappear once shecatches the Despair Disease.

She isn’t very vocal about her talent and strives towards being treated andviewed as a normal Japanese student, but now Sonia would use her talent andhigh-status to force people into doing her bidding.

She would be much more rude and crass, not afraid to lash out and use colorfullanguage as she curses a lot more, both at the other students as well as Monokuma and in their situation when things started to look bleak.

Needless to say, Sonia wouldn’t be very ladylike anymore. She loses all of her good mannerisms, sitting with her legs spread open, eating with her mouth open, cursing like a sailor, and so on. 

She would be much clumsier and less poised as well, tripping and accidentally exposing herself as she does so - but anyone who says anything about it would get cussed out.

But she still insists that others do all of the work for her since Princesses don’t have to work! She looks down upon the others, viewing herself as a superior and calling her classmates ‘slaves.’

If they don’t do what she says, then Sonia will verbally berate them and borderline bullies the others, becoming quite mean and feisty. She is selfish and takes full advantage of her status as a Princess, becoming lazier and not caring about their situation as much since she is convinced that no one would kill her, since her country would go into an uproar. 

She makes comments like, “If you kill me, then Japan will go to war, and I don’t think you want that,” as she smugly smiles at the other students.

Sonia is known for being a sweetheart, but now she is much more rude and will spew hateful language that you’d never expect a high-class citizen to use, flipping off those who annoy her and turning her nose up to ‘average’ citizens like Gundham.

When she gets angry, she will physically lash out against whatever, or whoever, was closest to her, throwing punches and letting out an aggravated scream as she does so.

Ironically, she would find thrill in the chase and Sonia would start openly flirting with Kazuichi, although it’s debatable over whether or not her Despair Diseased self actually had feelings for him or if that was just part of her own amusement. 

Nekomaru Nidai

Insecure Disease

Nekomaru is easily the loudest, most boisterous and outgoing person in their class, so he has a major personality change after becoming infected with the Despair Disease.

He really lets himself go, no longer caring about his figure or athleticism and becoming much lazier than he was before. He fails to follow a real workout schedule, sleeps in often and eats plenty of junk-food as he no longer worries about training or sports.

Nekomaru stops caring about himself and the others; where he used to be their biggest motivator, he was now found often stuffing his face with food, like Akane used to, and blabbing on about how they had no hope and that they might as well give up.

He slowly becomes insecure and quiet. It isn’t normal for someone like Nekomaru to retract from the group and become reserved, but he is a lot harder on himself and amplifies his own flaws, tearing himself down in the process and wallowing in his own self-pity.

He becomes much more awkward and gives terrible advice to the others, especially Akane. His mood drags the others down since he was normally so loud and energetic, and now he doesn’t lift up his feet and hangs his head low.

Nekomaru has many negative side effects as well, becoming selfish and pessimistic. His loud, iconic laughter was nowhere to be found and he often puts himself before others, no longer willing to take one for the team if necessary, especially not for Akane.

Their relationship takes a toll after they each catch the Despair Disease because he is much less supportive of her, which negatively impacts her self esteem as well.

He can take it so far as to be rude and lash out against the others, becoming snippy and easily provoked, and Nekomaru is the last person on the island that you want to piss off. Not only does he become insecure, but easily agitated and hostile as well.

He suffers from intense mood-swings after succumbing to the Disease: one moment, he could be annoyed and hostile, and the next he could be insecure and quiet. Nekomaru also speaks more softly, rather than screaming, since he is afraid of scaring the others away.

Mahiru Koizumi

Promiscuous Disease

Mahiru is quite outspoken and canbe bossy, at least towards the men on the island. She has very traditionalviewpoints and strongly believes that men have responsibilities that womendon’t, and that they should be the ones running this island. 

Now, however, she tends to boss the other girls around while hanging allover the boys. Her opinions, as well as her personality, completely flip and her beliefs become just as compromised as her attitude.

She no longer takes responsibility of her actions and isn’t nearly as mature, which can be proven when she holds the other girls to a standard that she does not hold herself to.

Mahiru would send very flirty photos of herself to the boys, essentially  sexualizing and objectifying herself. She no longer says what is on her mind and instead says and does whatever she thinks will impress the guys, purposefully acting air-headed as well.

She becomes more ditzy and empty-headed, often acting dumb and failing to follow what the group had decided upon. She thinks with her heart and her other body parts rather than her head which in turn clouds her own decision making.

She is a true pushover, who is quite gullible and likely to do whatever she is told without much of a second thought. This makes her much more vulnerable and needs to be protected from possible killers, similar to Ibuki’s Despair Disease but not to the same extent.

While she isn’t as gullible as Ibuki, Mahiru doesn’t think as much as she used to and tends to go with whatever the group says rather than making her own choices for herself, no longer a truly independent woman.

That, and Mahiru will start to objectify the boys and flirt endlessly with them, even during the inappropriate situations like during the Investigation or in the middle of the Trial.

She becomes more childlike and clumsy, ‘tripping’ purposefully or bending over to find herself in precarious positions to attract the others, exposing herself and giggling about it, clearly trying to seduce whomever may see her. 

Mahiru obviously lacks a lot of the manners she formerly had and doesn’t care what the others think as much. Instead, she’s just trying to have a good time and becomes more careless and reckless while she’s at it. 

Teruteru Hanamura

Gentlemanly Disease

Teruteru is arguably the most lewdperson on the island, par maybe Kazuichi, but Teruteru often takes the cake,pun intended, when it comes to promiscuity.

After coming down with the Despair Disease, Teruteru would no longer make suchlewd comments or innuendos, nor would he try putting the moves on gullibleclassmates, like Sonia, or view others in that way.

He would become more serious and develop a distaste for lewd comments, oftenshaking his head at Mahiru; whenever she tries exposing herself, he would takethe liberty of covering her up with his apron to prevent the others fromseeing her in that state, and move her away from the others to maintain her dignity.

He would even scold her, as well as Sonia and Mikan, for being too promiscuous even if it wasn’t intentional.

Teruteru has much more control over his hormones and thoughts, becoming braverand taking responsibility for their situation as he tries leading the group inthe best way he can. He becomes a standoffish ‘gentleman’ who doesn’t viewothers for lewd purposes and contains his own excitement.

Honestly, he would also get extremely self-confident and more aware of the thoughtsthat run through his mind and the comments he makes, cautious as to not say ordo anything that might alarm his friends.

He shows that he values people more than he does objects or fantasies, a much more down to Earth person with clear thoughts that aren’t often clouded by lust.

Teruteru has a very serious disposition, shamefully looking down upon those who chase their own urges but this might stem from a self-conscious feeling and his own insecurities.

This doesn’t really fall under the rest of his Despair Disease, but Teruteruwould also probably speak in his very pronounced Southern accent as well since he has no reason to hide it while infected. 

He also refrains from overeating and doesn’t pride himself on his cooking as much while infected since that kind of pride can be seen as shameful and sinful. He has much more traditional views that contradict his typically shameless, bold personality.

Hiyoko Saionji

Sweetheart Disease

Usually, the Despair Disease will bringout your negative qualities and switching your personality often has itsrepercussions, but in Hiyoko’s case, she becomes a wholeheartedly genuine person.

She becomes much more graceful and holds her tongue as to not make any crude orhurtful comments, always putting the other’s feelings above her own and is hyper-aware of their emotions. 

She starts to resent harassment and no longerstands for it, especially when it is directed towards more sensitive people, like Mikan, and argues with people like Sonia who purposefully tease their peers.

Hiyoko can’t stand violence or death, especially when it comes to small anddefenseless creatures. She empathizes with the ants and crabs that she used totorment.

She would also stick up for Mikan if anyone started to give her Hell, defending her and caring for her once everything was over. Of course, the Nurse would be a bit startled by Hiyoko’s sudden compassion but she wouldn’t turn it away, either.

Her motherly instincts start to kick-in and Hiyoko becomes moreloving and protective towards her classmates, doing her best to keepthem away from danger and tending to their needs. She becomes selfless and turns into the most kindhearted person on the island, so sweet that it could make your teeth rot.

That’s something that most people wouldn’t associate with her. Perhaps her personality change is the most drastic and surprising.

Hiyoko is very mature and takes responsibility for her own actions, turning up her nose to crass jokes and innuendos and becoming the ‘mom’ figure of the group, despite her size. 

She is incredibly positive and motivating, trying to push the others towards working together and uniting her class in a peaceful harmony, insisting that the only way they can survive this is to work together and respect one another.

But in return, this makes her a little bit too trusting of others, seeing the good in everyone around her and unintentionally ignoring the bad; since she is blinded by their good words and can no longer differentiate whether or not someone is being genuine.

Byakuya Twogami (Imposter)

Confusion Disease

The issue in the Imposter’s caseis that the Despair Disease is supposed to flip your real personality, butsince he impersonates others and steals identities, the Disease gets a littlebit confused and convoluted, affecting not only his true personality but thosethat he has stolen as well, specifically Byakuya Togami’s.

Since the Imposter is a kinder, more considerate version of Byakuya who triesleading the group, he would likely revert back to Byakuya’s personality at thebeginning of his Killing Game and became a cold, cruel person who couldn’t careless about the others in the Killing Game, only himself.

He becomes more selfish and willing to sacrifice the others in order to save himself in the end, valuing his life above others and completely disregarding the leadership role he tried to originally take on.

However, since he loses his interest in being a leader, the Imposter also becomes much more cowardly and defensive when it comes to his own life and will wholeheartedly shove someone in front of him to use as a shield if necessary.

But the Imposter, while infected with the Despair Disease, has trouble discerninghimself from his personalities and identities, so he often breaks character.This, too, confuses not only himself but his classmates as well.

The Imposter switches between personalities and struggles to maintain balance, so his attitudes, beliefs, and actions can become drastically different no one ever really knows what to expect from him. 

They all begin to overlap and merge with one another, and by the time he is cured he is no longer able to tell what is a factor in his true personality and what is a trait that he has copied.

He often disassociates and there is a clear distinction between his personalities, visibly switching between them, even in the same sentence. His speech and mannerisms become more unstable since he can’t control when he switches, which is alarming and disturbing to the others and blows his cover as the Ultimate Imposter.

- Mod Rantaro