#interaction: HajIzuru ?

[batw1nggg]

my number one biggest critique of dr2 is its approach of treating izuru as simply an extension of hajime. we never get to see izuru and hajime explicitly coexist as two entities and we never get to see izuru take back his own humanity after having it denied from him ever since creation. i want hajime to face the consequence of the mistake he made in signing up for the project and the consequences of trying so desperately to “fix” himself rather then accept himself as is, and i want izuru to have to face the the fact that he did all of what he did while ALSO simultaneously learning to accept and be angry about the fact that he was a victim of both junko and the project, placing him as not an GOOD person but not an inherently evil one either and thus, at the end of the day, a person with feelings and autonomy and needs and desires.

i want hajime to accept and love himself as the lovable ordinary guy he is instead of simply getting a cheatcode to talent, i want izuru to see that he’s more than a machine and that he’s a person himself. sure, izuru gets development, but its not as much as it shouldve been again because of the approach the writers took here in treating him as Hajime Version Two instead of his own character. genuinely i feel like the ending of dr2 was soiled because of this and both characters’ development was entirely erased the moment the writers decided to merge them together and i will say this a million million quadrillion times

[askthegoddamnluckyhope]

So, you're a version of me who hasn't merged with Izuru.

Izuru looked at the other him with interest.

"...... I didn't expected to meet an another version of me. That's intriguing."

".…..To answer to your question, no we didn't merged."

@special-encounters

[fala-alfredo-pasta]

Can I ask how you feel about the popular idea in the fandom of Nagito's luck being balanced out post-game by Hajizuru's? Because me personally...I really really dislike it.

To start with it basically suggests that in any other scenario where he doesn't end up beside him, Nagito is doomed. Not only does that imply other ships are shot down. But it also implies that even Komahina wouldn't work without Izuru's talents being added to the mix. So there goes his happiness in a non-Despair timeline. I mean I guess Makoto might be the other exemption, but still.

And while I do think Komahina and Komaegi are of course very very cute, I can't buy that Nagito would feel happy with that idea. It not only means that he's completely dependent on a single person for any chance at happiness. But he has to resign himself to accepting that on his own he's a doom magnet. When really I think he'd want to beat his luck cycle somehow on his own terms. Plus I just think the idea that Hope's Peak could somehow implant a person with supernatural luck is just incredibly stupid. Makoto and Nagito's unique forms of luck should be the one thing they found impossible to replicate. I actually have a personal headcanon that the Kamukura Project was secretly only a 99% success. In that they only managed to give Izuru a consistent 10 for his Luck stat. But they failed to grant him the wild 20s that Makoto and Nagito have when their luck goes into overdrive.

Honestly I agree that the luck balancing theory can tie down Nagito’s options for partners. Although, in a way that could add to the appeal of Nagito’s tragic existence given that there’s always a caveat to everything for him--in this way the good luck is having someone love him, the bad luck is it being how limited his options are given that they need to fit a specific criteria to simply be able to survive around him.

On top of which is also brings into question whether Nagito’s feeling towards said specific person are actually genuine or if he’s clinging onto them more so for the reprieve they give him from his luck rather than any real feelings of love. Kinda like someone marrying for money or security—it’s done for necessity not because there’s actual strong romantic emotion.

But again, to some this can be part of the appeal of the theory. I’ll admit I’ve delved into this theory exploration myself with komaegi lol. There’s just so much about their luck we still don’t know and will probably never know about such as how it actually interacts—so it can be fun to explore this theme and it’s dark underbelly!

But I agree, it would be so much better for Nagito to be able to take control of his luck on his own rather than have it hinge on someone else’s existence. This theory is one of those ones that seems cute and “meant-to-be” on the surface but is actually a very slipper slope of one-sided dependency and given Nagito’s tendency for obsession with things that help him cope, it can get dark real fast. Which is why I feel it’s one of those theories you really need to be prepared to address the flaws and not simply sugarcoat it as “the-best-lucky-thing-to-happen-to-Nagito”. I mean for this theory to even be remotely healthy even for Hajizuru/Nagito or Makoto/Nagito, you’ll NEED to have Nagito become self-reliant and assured. Otherwise, Nagito would have a breakdown and/or major anxiety simply when he’s away from his partner because he knows now that his luck is active again. He’s already very anxious as is about his luck—but going from being able to finally live at ease for once in his life only to be reminded in a blink of an eye that no his luck is still there and can still hunt him down now that his shield is gone, would probably make the anxiety even worse in those moments.

So at the end of the day, balance theory or not, the best thing for Nagito would be for him to overcome the fear of his luck on his own and find a way to manage it that doesn’t rely on unhealthy coping mechanism. That’s always been Nagito’s journey. Learning to live despite his luck. Whether he has a partner or not.

On a side note—I too agree that Hope’s Peak replicating luck is cap lol. Like….how do you even replicate that??? Even to just a 10 I feel like it’s pseudo luck. I mean Izuru has (virtually) ALL the talents! I find it more believable that he utilizes a multitude of them at any given situation to make the odds work in his favor rather than having actual innate luck. Hear me out okay, hear me out, but I mean what exactly stopped Hope’s Peak researchers from implanting the idea of “this is your lucky talent” into Hajime whilst operating on him so that they could say to the world that they’ve done it while also making Izuru be wired to believe something like that? Improbable you say? Of course, but this is Danganronpa where a whole ass man can become butter from riding his bike too fast, I think surgical brainwashing is like…the least improbably thing tbh. You’d think they’d implant the idea of being loyal to Hope’s Peak too ayeeeeee. K Imma stop now.

[k4mukuraqueen]

Hello everybody, I’m hajizuru (she/him) and this is my sideblog for danganronpa.

I will be mostly using this place to reblog things, but I might occasionally post my own art.

This is not a request blog, but if you have ideas for little doodles I’d be happy to draw them for you.

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[hajihiko]

i love akane and fuyuhiko's dynamic!! i think post simulation they are just even more like siblings. you got it exactly with the "both think they are the older sibling and both are wrong” thing. i love seeing content for them, they have so much potential. do you have any more hcs for akane + fuyuhiko sibling dynamic or how they would interact with each other post simulation?

Not really headcanons, but they are the 2 characters who have extensive experience with like, the Darker Things even before the Academy. So I figure they might bond a bit over this whole thing not really being their first rodeo of nasty stuff (I think it said that Akane was used to seeing people dead on the streets, and either Fuyuhiko or Peko mention that death and violence is a normal part of their everyday lives).

Also the canon part where Fuyuhiko tries to get Akanento open up about her grief! (I'd call him a hypocrite, but if he's open about anything besides his violent tendencies it's his grief for Peko). Idk, Fuyuhiko very awkwardly trying to get Akane to talk about her emotions and she's just like "aww haha. No. <3 bye". Akane might be the only survivor more closed off and emotionally constipated than Fuyuhiko (HajiZuru notwithstanding bc I dont know if there's canon interpretation of the Them Merged). Sounds hilarious tbh.

[siriusanotherside]

I was thinking about how the class 77 will react to Yuki!Sora. I believe that some of them will think that he's Akane (Beacuse, he's in her body), but Hajime/Izuru (With the talents he has as the "Ultimate Hope (Or, as i call it, "Ultimate Ultimate")) discovers that, even if the body is Akane's, the mind is not.

OHhhh class 77 reaction!

Things to consider: How they would find Yuki; If they thought Akane and Utsuro were already dead/ If they even knew that they existed/

I usually lean towards they thinking both Akane and Utsuro were already dead, or perhaps not precisely them as individuals, but like, the external ultimade despair pair (their title) were dead, and thus not searching.

I like to imagine that they would become aware of Akane being alive("alive") when they caught wind of news of the Kisaragi Foundation, as well as the bizarre events surrounding them (ie: bridge collapsing)

Komaeda voice: Oh yeah that sounds like some luck power guys

(we interrupt this post for my little existencial realization that there are 2 Akanes djsiojia)

Fuyuhiko: Oh shit, another one?

Hajime, who had Izuru information and i suppose would be aware of the external despair pair: Uh oh, i recognize this luck method...

Kazuichi: Gee... wait if we threw Komaeda at them would that luck vs luck power neutralize itself?

Class, minus Hajime and Imposter that are organizing a plan as to how to scout for info and prioritize the situation:

Class:*X files theme starts playing*

Class: *scrum debate starts*

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As for going to find Yuki, i think that would be... hard perhaps. If Yuki didnt want to be found then i can see a scooby-doo-like chase where Yuki not knowing keeps avoiding them by sheer luck.

As for finding Yuki though, i think that since this process (heh) would have a lot of info gathering, they would end up slowly realizing that Yuki did more “good actions” then bad. Like, in a similar way the Voids tracked Utsuro, i imagine that they would start to realize a pattern of Yuki being around places where miracles/lifes getting saved happen.

So, while some people might still be “hmmmm dont trust” about him, i think most of them would be open to him. Like, in a neutral way. Ie: We wont have many preconceived notions, since you might be actually helping people, but if turns out this was only for a cover, your ass is gonna get kicked.

As for meeting Yuki... Oh ... so many possibilities in what could happen and what kind of interactions would happen.

I feel like there would also be an misunderstanding in the beginning, where they think its actually Akane, trying to redeem herself as a former despair. Oh, I also wonder what he would think on the 77th Class, since last he heard, they were actually still ultimade despairs.

Yuki, fists clenching: Time to check if those Divine Luck powers are actually that OP.

There would be a lot of wariness at first i think. In fact, maybe the true reason the class is able to find Yuki, is that Yuki himself allowed since he saw as an opportunity to arrest the other despairs and stop atrocities in some way.

Then after an epic drama of misunderstandings, he realizes they are actually not despairs, and only using it as cover to stop other despairs.

Yuki: I will defeat you despairs!!

Class: Wait What.

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I feel like Yuki!Sora and Hajizuru would be like *spiderman pointing meme* over “normal person that wished so hard to be special BUT OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCK NOT LIKE THAT UNIVERSE”. And. “Wait YOU too had an AI friend/shaped you as a person, that went against their code and DIED in order for you to live??”. And “So now you want to go through atonament and use your powers to save lifes”. And “so you also had another consciousness of someone else in your head huh”. 

Yuki: Yours was also in the body of an terrorist??

Hajime:....I uh... was the terrorist.

Yuki & Hajime: 🤝

Dang, i really want to write an interaction between Komaeda and Yuki but i am unsure on how it would be.

I can see them talking and relating to each other’s luck. Perhaps while Komaeda would realize Divine Luck was mostly good and an amazing hope, it also had drawbacks in both isolation aspect and that if it was gifted to someone it would eventually deteriorate. 

An hope speech would likely get inserted there somewhere but i can see it either as uplifting or

Yuki: *blinking meme* Did you just implied people dying for me was a good thing? CatCH THOSE HANDS-

Imposter and Yuki talking and Yuki talking about his difficulties with the new body, and like, Imposter helping him as someone that, like relates to identity crises, and they chatting about gender and idsajoadjodasj yeah. Let them bond!!

I feel like there are so many possibilities its pretty fun to think through.

[eludum-a]

bad ideas: a kokoro/kiseki inspired AU where hajizuru tries to rebuild the na/nami AI from within the program with her body and everything but for some reason no matter what he does he just can’t quite get her to have a “heart” of some sort, and its incredibly frustrating & lonely for him

good end is he eventually takes her to the sight of where the original na/nami died, she collapses and when it seems like she might have overloaded she awakens and is fully herself for the first time thanks to na/nami’s lingering soul interacting with the robot’s body. possibly complete with human na/nami memories

bad end is na/nami’s spirit has already moved on and whatever the steering committee did to him, for some reason, makes him unable to recreate even AI na/nami in her entirety, as if they removed some sliver of humanity from him necessary for creating a learning AI like the AI he met in the program

[nantcndo-blog]

ᵃᶦ ᶜʰᶦᵃᵏᶦ ʰᵉᵃᵈᶜᵃᶰᵒᶰˢ⋅

- Chiaki’s beta design is how she looked during her early stages of development. This was before she had grown her own personality so her expression was often times cold and vacant, such as in her beta character sheet.

- Everything about her design was intended to come across as welcoming and likable. She was made to resemble a young teenage girl with a sweet face, a cute bag featuring a popular type of pet, and a soft color palette. 

- The decision to have her talent revolve around gaming was due to the fact that video games are highly popular among a young audience, teenagers especially. Another reason for this was that video games are something that can be shared and used to bring people together. They hoped this would help to make her more relatable and assist her in performing her job.

- She is able to upload herself onto any digital device.

- She is a highly advanced learning AI, able to feel real, complex emotions such as fear, anger, disgust, love, etc... It just takes her a while to fully understand them.

- She learns through her various interactions with people and is very eager to do so. Occasionally, you might catch her playing copycat with others in an attempt to understand human culture more.

- She has extensive therapeutic knowledge.

- She is able to mine through each of the remnant’s data in order to figure out their backstories as well as how they fell into despair, giving the Future Foundation more insight into their lives and past trauma.

- After the events of SDR2, she is re-purposed by Hajizuru for the sake of awakening the comatose remnants. Towards the end of the game the characters that were once thought to be dead reappear in several different scenarios. They appear in physical form acting as though they had never died, their voices can be heard speaking to you if you visit their cabins, and in the final trial Kuzuryuu speaks of how he was able to hear Peko yelling at him. This tells me that there are still little bits and pieces of data left over from them. Chiaki is able to bring them back by mining through the system and locating these lost bits of data, returning them to their proper owners. It is not a perfect solution as they would still be missing large chunks from their lives, but at least they would be able to wake up.

- Post SDR2, a small toy-like robot is created for her to control so she would be able to be a little more portable. Something similar to Sumomo from Chobits, though a bit more robotic looking.