#patches naegi

[le-agent-egg]

waoh long time no see for these guys

i missed my fankids… cries

[noxiatoxia]

On: Vita Corrections (SDR2)

I've talked about it in the past, and will probably talk about it again in the future! But when Danganronpa 1 and 2 were ported to the PSVita, it wasn't just a simple port. Several dozen corrections were made, and the PSVita version of Danganronpa 1&2 would go on to become the version ported to PC, Xbox, PS4, Switch/iOS, and thus leave these old errors relegated to the PSP exclusively. Furthermore, the series was not officially given English translated versions until the PSVita versions, meaning only Japanese players likely ever saw these errors.

While most of these errors were visual, some were coding errors. For example, in Ch.1's investigation in SDR2, Komaeda hangs out in the background when you talk to him.

The Vita version went on to correct this, having the camera pan to the standing sprite like it is supposed to and then have Komaeda start speaking.

Everyday I learn of new things that were fixed upon porting the game to the Vita, and of those things is beta sprites mistakenly left in the game.

This will be a long post, and thus will have a read more. But here's an example of a sprite correction that was made and, honestly, was made for good reason...

So, let's talk about all of this.

Firstly, I want to say, the beta sprites used in the SDR2 student handbook I have already covered here, and the beta Naegi sprite used in the DR1 title screen I have covered here, so I won't repeat them.

Furthermore, I will discuss specific DR1 PSP differences at a later date, so fret not. Image limit means I have to limit myself, so it's just SDR2 right now.

And just before anyone asks - DR:AE and DRV3 never had PSP versions. By that point, both games were released first and foremost on the Vita, and did not get PSP backports or anything of the sort. I do know V3 got patch updates after its release on the Vita, but I do not know what changed exactly in those patch releases. Furthermore, I do not know how or if the PC/PS4/etc. ports differ significantly in terms of visual/coding changes in the same way the PSP -> PSVita ports did. Some day here I may look into it myself, but frankly, my focus on these topics have always been about DR1/SDR2 exclusively (which is funny as DR:AE is my favorite game in the series).

Okay, for real, let's talk about the screen shot I just shoved in your face: consent sprites.

Almost every single visual sequence in Danganronpa is consisted of several image files animated together. Thus, the "consent" sequence uses a zoomed-in picture of the characters sprites. Likely what happened in the PSP versions is that early sprites were put in for the "consent" animation, and by the time all the sprites went through finalizing changes, they forgot to replace them in the "consent" animation specifically. That's my guess, at least.

Everyone in SDR2 has one, as it is used in Island Mode as well. DR1 sadly does not have this as its "School Mode" was implemented only in the Vita re-release as a bonus.

Hinata Hajime:

What's fun about Hinata's beta sprite here specifically is that it's the same one mistakenly used in DRS for his swimsuit sprite. I've already talked about it in the hyperlinked post so I won't repeat it here, but it's fascinating that this sprite got mistakenly re-used years later for DRS.

We can see many differences between this and the final sprite. Hinata's body was made bigger, his bangs redrawn, the color layer shifted upwards for his hair (for some reason), and his eyes changed to look up and to the left instead of dead center.

Naegi Makoto:

Heads up: some of these images do not align. Hinata's thankfully lined up fairly well by default, but from hereon some of the "consent" sprites need to be moved slightly to better match up with each other.

Anyways, this Naegi sprite actually scared me (LOL). For context, I was relaxing playing the PSP version of SDR2, and in the middle of a trial, when I agreed with someone's statement, I noticed Hinata's sprite was off. I figured everyone's must be off then, so I ripped them all without knowing what they'd all look like. I opened up the folder for Naegi's, was hit with this, and was genuinely taken off guard. I just wasn't expecting it to look so different. It's very uncanny, and just looks off.

I don't think I even really need to describe it...basically everything was changed (thankfully).

As put by my friend Holly, "Makoto looks like a pug".

I will say, beta sprites for Naegi aren't very common outside of the Demo version of DR1, and this beta sprite oddly found in the SDR2 art book.

What's vastly interesting though is the beta found in the SDR2 art book is the same sprite here. Well, not the same, but the same pose. It's clearly not as early as this one though. So we have 2 beta versions of the final "pointing Naegi" sprite, it seems. How fascinating! I really should put together a "beta sprite timeline" some day...that'd be quite the project, though.

Nanami Chiaki:

This just seems to be an all-around early version of the sprite. Thicker outlines, raised eyebrow, and her teeth are bigger. All of this was fixed in her final sprite.

Ah, by the way. If I don't mention it here I guess I'll keep forgetting to mention it. Nanami, as shown in her mock-up beta image, uses keigo (polite) speech. She does not talk like this in the final game, instead speaking casually. Neat.

Sonia Nevermind:

Sonia's beta is interesting to me for minor reasons. Besides some of the thicker outlines, it could be considered "finished", but even so, the finished sprite is much different. Sonia's mouth was moved up, her hair less voluminous in the back, and her hand seemingly lowered and no longer popping up.

It just goes to show that even when a sprite looked basically done, they still saw it necessary to make so many little changed to it.

Saionji Hiyoko:

Every beta sprite I find for Saionji lacks in any real differences. It's sort of sad, but in a way, sheds light on an interesting process. The fact that very minor changes are made for seemingly no reason.

The final sprite for Saionji is "sharper", having a less blurry look to it. The "consent" image in particular has her sprite moved up a few pixels for whatever reason.

Koizumi Mahiru:

Koizumi's is an example of small but practical changes. Her hand was given much more detail, her hair lines made a bit sharper, and the shading lessened around her eyes. Also some very subtle changes to her ear, her teeth, and shirt collar.

Tsumiki Mikan:

Tsumiki's beta sprite is all sorts of messed up, and may have even shocked me like Naegi's had I not seen it before. Where, you may ask?

Well, DRV3's talent development plan cards were prone to using beta sprites by accident. Here's Tsumiki's:

I have a post I need to make about this...sometime...but for now, here is a clearly early version of this Tsumiki sprite.

Mioda Ibuki:

For the record, I'm comparing Mioda's full finished sprite to the PSP "consent" cutin image for one particular reason. Here's what it looks like if I just compare both "consent" images as they are:

I don't know why they felt the need to move Mioda way, way higher up in the Vita re-release, but that makes it pretty hard to compare the two.

Here's the real comparison. Quite a few details were changed; the lines on her shirt, her arm, the top of her head, the shading, and her mouth was moved down.

Pekoyama Peko:

Here we have the same Pekoyama sprite as seen in the SDR2 wallpapers. Nothing new to comment on here. Her face used to be much wider.

Souda Kazuichi:

Comparison gifs are great, because in cases where I couldn't see any differences when putting the images side-by-side, a comparison gif will reveal all the things I missed.

Souda is an example of that. Very small changes were made that I had not caught, such as his eyes being angled up higher towards the ends, his mouth extended lower, and the sides of his head spaced out better.

A part of me actually prefers the beta sprite. It has a more "extreme" edge to it, which fits the general vibe of Souda's design. However, the final sprite is just as nice.

Imposter:

Besides some width and artifact differences between the two renders, the sprite itself is the same. A shame, but it's what I expected. It's very, very hard to come across Imposter beta sprites. He had to be the first character whose sprite set was finalized, I feel.

Also, yes, the sprite is horizontally squished. I guess to make him fit better...?

Hanamura Teruteru:

Sadly, much of the same with Hanamura. I guess his simplistic design lends himself to not having too many corrections needing to be made.

Kuzuryuu Fuyuhiko:

Both Kuzuryuu sprites. As can be seen, basically his whole head was redrawn. I've actually talked about this sprite before, as it is reused for his UTDP card.

What I haven't seen before is the eyepatch version. What makes that noteworthy is the fact the colors are...greenish? Every Kuzuryuu sprite has an orange undertone, but for some reason, the early eyepatch sprite is blueish in undertone. Strange, seeing how the non-eyepatch version is the same color scheme. I wonder what that's all about. I really couldn't begin to guess.

Nidai Nekomaru:

Nidai has 0 changes. Good for him!

Owari Akane:

Keeping up with the theme Kuzuryuu presented us earlier, Owari's beta sprite is for some reason much more orange than the final sprite. They also redrew her neck, but besides that (and some outline fixes at the top left and in her ear) she seems mostly the same.

Komaeda Nagito:

This is a classic. The weird smiling Komaeda sprite, which is also seen in the SDR2 wallpapers. I've seen it many times so it doesn't surprise me it was accidentally left in for the "consent" images.

Tanaka Gundam:

Last but not least is Tanaka, and this is a great one to end off on because it baffles me.

Up until now, the Vita corrects have been, well, corrections. They replaced all the accidentally used beta sprites with their final, in-game sprites.

Not this one!

It's actually backwards. The PSP version was already using the final sprite, while the Vita re-release accidentally uses a beta sprite.

Same one seen in the SDR2 wallpapers...again.

It just blows my mind how they managed to do that...but if they could do it with Komaeda's standing sprites, I suppose anything is possible?

Well, that's it for now. When I get the time, I'll talk about the changes made to DR1...if you know of any other fun changes that were made between the PSP and PSVita versions, please let me know!

[catboymoments]

Do you have any byakuya headcanons??? I love him and I feel like your thoughts will be good (as always)

ya!

hes half french. wasian baby byakuya

hes bisexual with a preference for men and only realized he liked women after the events of drthh when he started spending more time with kyoko. I love naegirigami and I think they all kiss

I love that he has no issues with crossdressing canonly I think he would love drag in general

he and toko do patch up their relationship postcanon I think. theyre all friends because who wouldnt after a traumabond like that

he doesnt like kids but the one exception is his daughterniece (Sakura Naegi, makoto and kyokos daughter)

hes a bit of an alcoholic but only drinks wine

doesnt like swearing ("im not "effing" with you right now")

he and nagito knew each other as children (rich kids) but stopped talking after the Komaeda parents died and Nagito spent his days alone in the mansion with maids and caretakers, but if they HAD lived the Togamis and Komaedas would definitely try and put them together (my son likes boys which is unfortunate for the family lineage but we can still make a business deal here)

he regains contact with his surviving half siblings after the tragedy

[jolliestlolli]

SO uh... Remember that time I came up with all those Warrior Cat versions of the Danganronpa cast? Well guess who's been chronically addicted to playing Clangen for the last month.

I made these using a program called CatMaker which is based on Clangen, but unfortunately there doesn't yet exist a function to export the cats you make so you can play with them in the game. So this is the next best thing I could do

I'll give you a minute to try to guess who everyone is based on names and appearance if you want to, then come back and read under the cut

Alright you back? Ready? Ok then!

Hopeclan:

Leader: Luckstar (Makoto Naegi): Young long-haired brown tabby tom with green eyes

Deputy: Violetstripe (Kyoko Kirigiri): Sleek pale gray tabby she-cat with scarred paws and amber eyes

Medicine Cat: Ashflower (Hiroko Hagakure): White she-cat with gray patches and pale blue eyes Apprentice - Lightpaw (Komaru Naegi): Pale brown tabby she-cat with green eyes and a white underbelly

Warriors:

Goldenfang (Byakuya Togami): Pale ginger tom with blue eyes

Riverstream (Aoi Asahina): Sleek solid brown she-cat with blue eyes Apprentice: Flipperpaw (Yuta Asahina): Brown tabby tom with blue eyes

Wildclaw (Toko Fukawa): Bony gray battle-scarred she-cat

Grasstail (Yasuhiro Hagakure): Slender brown tabby tom with a long tail tipped with white Apprentice: Paintedpaw (Jataro Kemuri): Brown and white tabby tom

Bluesong (Sayaka Maizono): Blue-gray she-cat Apprentice: Spottedpaw (Kotoko Utsugi): Tortoiseshell she-cat with amber eyes

Flamestrike (Leon Kuwata): Ginger tabby tom with a shaggy pelt Apprentice: Runningpaw (Masaru Daimon): Dark ginger tom with blue eyes

Finchwing (Chihiro Fujisaki): Small pale ginger tom with amber eyes

Thunderclaw (Mondo Oowada): Large ginger tabby tom

Patchbelly (Hifumi Yamada): Plump black and white tom

Stormeye (Kiyotaka Ishimaru): Dark gray tabby tom with thick fur

Paleflower (Celestia Ludenburg): Slender black she-cat with white paws

Lightningheart (Sakura Ogami): Large muscular brown and white she-cat with amber eyes Apprentice: Rainpaw (Nagisa Shingetsu): Pale gray tom with blue eyes

Beachclan:

Leader: Loststar (Ultimate Imposter): Large thick-pelted white tom

Deputy: Spikefur (Hajime Hinata): Brown tabby tom with green eyes and a roughed up pelt

Medicine Cat: Mousetail (Mikan Tsumiki): Skinny brown and white she-cat

Warriors:

Brightmeadow (Sonia Nevermind): Beautiful white she-cat with blue eyes

Sharpfang (Kazuichi Soda): Gray tabby tom with amber eyes

Owlclaw (Akane Owari): Muscular dark brown she-cat

Lionclaw (Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu): Small pale ginger tom with amber eyes

Volebelly (Teruteru Hanamura): Small brown tabby tom with a plump belly and unusually small eyes

Berrytongue (Mahiru Koizumi): Dark ginger she-cat with amber eyes

Silverheart (Peko Pekoyama): Lithe pale gray she-cat with amber eyes

Blinkheart (Ibuki Mioda): Calico she-cat 

Sunleaf (Hiyoko Saionji): Small pale ginger she-cat

Mudleap (Nekomaru Nidai): Large brown tabby tom

Nightstripe (Gundham Tanaka): Dark gray tabby tom with different colored eyes, one amber, the other blue

Hopeheart (Nagito Komaeda): Very skinny white tom with a long shaggy pelt

Rabbittail (Chiaki Nanami): White she-cat with amber eyes

Songclan:

Leader: Songstar (Kaede Akamatsu): Pale ginger tabby she-cat with a white belly

Deputy: Ravenpelt (Shuichi Saihara): Jet black tom with blue eyes

Medicine Cat: Sunnyflower (Angie Yonaga): Small white she-cat with blue eyes Apprentice: Poppytail (Himiko Yumeno): Small ginger she-cat with a short stubby tail

Warriors:

Foxclaw (Maki Harukawa): Tortoiseshell she-cat with a white belly and amber eyes

Fernpelt (Rantaro Amami): Long tailed pale ginger tom

Tinyclaw (Ryoma Hoshi): Unusually small gray tabby tom with short stubby legs and a battle scarred muzzle 

Silverspider (Kirumi Tojo): Slender silver tabby she-cat with pale green eyes

Squirrelleap (Tenko Chabashira): Brown tabby she-cat with long legs

Snaketail (Korekiyo Shingujji): Slender dark gray tom with amber eyes

Goldenberry (Miu Iruma): Pale ginger tabby she-cat with blue eyes

Beetleheart (Gonta Gokuhara): Very large and muscular thick-pelted tabby tom

Sparrowfeather (Kokichi Oma): Small black and white tom

Moonflight (Kaito Momota): Thick pelted dark gray tabby tom

Sparkfoot (Kiibo): White tom with ears, paws, and tail tipped black

Bonus :)

I'd tell you who these guys are, but yall are smart, I think you can figure it out yourself

[ultimatedemon]

Her Hope

Kyoko kirigiri tried to hide her emotions as she looked at the body of Makoto Naegi. On the outside she was aloof, deep down however she was very sad. She was shocked when she looked at his forbidden action.

Survive the fourth time limit with Kyoko kirigiri alive

That was his forbidden action? Why didn't he tell her? Did he not trust her enough?

Deep down, however, she knew why he didn't tell her. He didn't want her to do something reckless. She takes a few minutes to collect herself before starting the investigation. Asahina and Mitarai swore they heard a quiet "I'm sorry".

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The Ultimate Detective watched as Hajime and class 77-B sailed away on a ship. Despite that she survived, she survived, she is saddened that Makoto Naegi The Ultimate lucky student. (Or The Ultimate Hope as she called him) is dead. But she remembered his words to her before she woke up.

"Don't give up on hope"

She then heard footsteps and turned back and was shocked by what she saw. She saw Makoto Naegi. The left side of his face is purple and he was struggling to stand.

"N-Naegi-kun?" She asked. Makoto Naegi is alive. Multiple emotions are running through her mind. Shock, disbelief and happiness because he is alive and guilt because he almost died because of her again. She couldn't take it anymore. She fell on her knees and covered her mouth with her gloved hands. Tears falling freely from her eyes.

"Hey, Hey." Makoto said as he helped her back on her feet. His voice is so beautiful and so real. He is real. She took a note of the patch on his left eye.

The Ultimate Detective wrapped her arms around Naegi, allowing more tears to fall as she began to quietly sob his shoulder.

"I told you, I'll never leave your side, kirigiri-san." The Ultimate Lucky student said with a smile.

"N-Never do that again." She replied with a shaky voice.

Makoto smiled. "I won't. I promise."

They held each other for what seemed like an eternity until Her eyes met his. She leaned in and her lips slowly touched his.

"I love you, naegi-kun" She said looking at him with a smile, cheeks red.

"I love you too, kirigiri-san." He said, smiling back.

She is his hope and He was hers.

(i hope you guys enjoyed it. Criticism is appreciated).

[xbuster]

It really does suck that there are no attempts to retranslate the Danganronpa series and get rid of all of NIS's awful, awful translation quirks. However! Anyone who wants a better experience can check out what most of us Danganronpa fans used to experience the first game before there were any translation patches or NIS localizations.

orenronen's Danganronpa let's play!

It was a text walkthrough of the original Danganronpa translated into English with CGs, portraits, audio, and videos extracted from the game and inserted when relevant throughout the walkthrough. Of course, it lacks the interactivity of the game, but if anyone has already played the game, it's a good way to experience it again with a better translation. It was originally uploaded to Something Awful and then archived by orenronen on LP Archive after he was finished. The links for the audio and video don't work, so you'd either need to use the Wayback Machine or look them up on YouTube.

Names are romanized differently (Kyouko instead of Kyoko and Oowada instead of Owada, for example), "Ultimates" are known as "Super High School Levels" and are more faithful to their Japanese titles (Junko is the SHSL Gyaru and Yamada is the SHSL Doujin Author, for example), most characters will refer to each other by their last names with some exceptions and the honorifics are kept to indicate closeness or how much respect each character has for the other like in the Japanese script (Kirigiri calls Naegi "Naegi-kun" while Togami just calls him "Naegi" and Naegi calls Maizono "Maizono-san"). There's also no stupid "Genocide Jack" or "Genocide Jill," just one Genocider Syo (which could also be romanized as Sho).

Though one gripe I had with orenronen's translation even before the official NIS localization was Monokuma being known as "Monobear." orenronen also provided well placed translation notes to explain Japanese terminology and plays-on-words that NIS opted to simply remove.

There's also the PSP translation, but I never got very far in it because I don't love some of the differences from orenronen's translation (I am forever faithful to "Super High School Level" over "Super Duper High School" or "Ultimate").

orenronen also started a Super Danganronpa 2 translation, but only got a few chapters into it since things got busy after he moved to Japan and NIS had released their localization of Danganronpa and announced they were also doing the second game. It's still worth checking out as you can still see how a lot was changed with NIS's translation.

There’s a lot to fairly criticize about Danganronpa, but I do wonder if the people who go on about how bad the writing in the series know any Japanese. Because these games have some of the worst localizations I’ve ever seen in the 2010’s. The games were genuinely made so much worse by NIS America’s botched translation “effort.”

[eggs-can-draw]

Why did autocorrect do that to me twice and how did I not notice 😭. Yes MIKAN

MIkan!!! If we're talking The Horrors please know she's ready to patch up hands AND throw hands

[makowo]

Post or mid-dr3 you say? Now I'm imagining him starting to bloom during the despair video because of the stress. But anyway, like a month after Makoto heals them they wake up with these new features(if Makoto has any control over this it'd be something like gems embedded over/into their hearts cuz he's a sap, but whatever you think is cool). "Makoto, sweetheart, love of our lives, what the f u c k did you do?" On the bright side, they get enhanced senses and can now say his true name with ease

ok same tho 😳 perhaps he can go a little feral. as a treat :)

i would like to imagine that he has no control over it, but them having gems embedded at their chest and heart is 😳 smth i cant stop thinking abt now

[savedgames]

★ ~ « QUEST LOG » KOMARU DAY! :// @pseudomonarkaerenea

"Komaru!" It's a modest gift, but he wanted his little sister to know he hasn't forgotten such an important day despite how busy they've both been. Holding the carefully, brightly wrapped fabric bag with a ribbon keeping it tied shut--She would find a rabbit phonestrap with a few gem stones dangling from the cute mascot of a phone accessory. Makoto scratched his chin nervously after she took the present, offering a sheepish smile. "I hope you like it. Happy birthday."

A soft hum escapes her at the sound of her name, attention shifting from the manga she was reading to her brother. 「 What's up? 」 she asks as she sets the book down, grabbing another bite of her snack and popping it in her mouth in the moment before he offers the gift. She blinks for a moment before a smile lights up her expression, an excited squeal escaping as she takes it from him.

「 Of course you wouldn't forget the best sister's birthday~, 」 she teases, a laugh escaping as she carefully undoes the ribbon keeping the fabric shut — as much as she wants to just tear into it and find out what he got her!! She has to at least pretend to be patient. A sound of amazement escapes her at the sight of the phonestrap, which she immediately lifts to admire, turning it in the light to watch the way it refracts through the gems before looking more closely at the bunny charm. 「 Like it? Makoto, I love it! 」 she answers, darting from her seat to hug him tightly. 「 You're the best big brother, ever! 」

[tobys-multiverse-official]

Soon enough, Toby made it back home, carrying Makoto to the infirmary. Nurse Ann, one of the medical professionals present at the time, immediately got to work on patching the young teen up, setting up a blood bag to transfuse O- blood into Naegi's veins. She didn't really talk much, but it was clear from her expression that she wanted Toby's friend to live.

...

The camera stayed liked this for a few seconds before it started to work properly.

Things... did not look good. It appeared you were inside of a school. It was kind of dark in here, but it wasn't too hard to see exactly what was going on.

What you were witnessing was a pretty gruesome sight. There was a tank filled with sharks... with pink, blood-colored water. Three doors with the middle door covered in pink blood as well. A crushed flat braided girl with a streamroller nearby. A blonde haired boy who looked frozen, as well as stoned to death. An excavator, covered with, you guessed it, pink blood. Lastly, there was a barrel that had a bunch of swords pierced onto it, pink and bloody all the same.

It was a lot more likely that everyone in the scene was dead, but... odds one there might be some people who might still be alive as well.

Check for survivors?

>Yes

>No

(Yes, I created yet another Makoto Naegi blog. He's my favorite character, so yeah lol. Anyone who isn't tag is welcome to interact too btw)

@chaoticblogofmuses @mikado-sannoji @ask-cow-naegi

@ask-cow-trio @mod-puffys-hell @miss-amethyst-needs-a-life (sorry for tagging your main, didn't know which RP blog to tag :(, but any and all blogs are welcome!) @human-monokuma @unknown-ultimates @ask-liam-and-co @ataru-the-smol-cutie @shsl-bosozoku-mondo-oowada @despairedcoach @ultimate-swimmer-asahina @yui-samidare-returns @despairs-blade @lre123 @ask-the-ultimate-matchmaker @tobys-multiverse-official @ask-ultimate-personas @alizachan @restoringhopeau @japanese-ultimateautism

@im-not-your-mom-okay @laylayeh @the-wonder-sisters @kyoko-investigates @werewolf-makoto-naegi @ask-remnant-makoto-naegi

@special-encounters @leftover-naegis

[dragondemoness]

Friends Till The End - THH Cast x Ultimate Cuteness Reader

Warnings: Violence, attempted murder, major and minor angst, but not in every part, maybe a small dose or two of comedy

One mistake.

A small, small mistake.

That was all it took for things to go terribly wrong.

Your significant other asked you on a date, and you insisted on bringing your bunny plush. So you brought it with you.

Then at some point, you needed to leave for whatever reason.

Your significant other promised to watch the bunny for you, so you left it with them.

Then it all turned to chaos. 

Makoto Naegi 

He didn't mind that you brought your rabbit

He knew you needed it to feel safe, and he was completely fine with it

You went on a date to a coffee shop, then hung out at his house playing video games and hanging out with him and his sister

Then you needed to leave to use the bathroom, and Komaru left to do something else

Makoto happily agreed to watch the bunny for you

"Of course! I'll keep the bunny nice and safe for you. I promise!"

He sat the bunny on his bed and went to his bookshelf to find a manga to read

Then he noticed a tall, looming shadow behind him

When he turned around, the now-mutated rabbit lifted him by the throat and slammed him against the bookshelf

You left the bathroom, and came back to a shocking sight

"Bunny! Stop it!"

Startled, the bunny dropped Makoto and stepped back

You helped Makoto up off the ground, and you turned to confront the bunny

You grabbed the creature's shoulders and pulled it down to face you, demanding why it attacked your boyfriend like that

It explained that it felt that Makoto was too weak to protect you, judging by how much of a doormat he was

Not to mention how naive he could be

You weren't taking that of course, and told the rabbit that what it did was not okay

The bunny begrudgingly agreed to stand down, and it changed back to a plush

You picked up the bunny and approached Makoto, who just finished catching his breath

Naturally, he was shaken up, but you explained to him why the bunny acted out

He was a little hurt that the bunny thought that of him, but part of him understood

You asked the bunny to patch things up, and it begrudgingly agreed

They shook hands, though Makoto's hand was shaking

Komaru walked back in, and asked what happened

You, Makoto and the bunny exchanged looks and just said that nothing happened 

Then you resumed your night of playing video games while Komaru played with your bunny

And for now, things were peaceful

Byakuya Togami 

He wasn't too happy that you brought your bunny on the date

It was a library, what could possibly happen to you there?

But he begrudgingly let you bring it not that you needed his permission and you went to the library together

It was peaceful at first

You just sat down and read books together

Of course, you read books that were more your style; cute, innocent and with lots of pictures

Then at one point, you needed to leave to take a phone call

That, combined with you asking Byakuya to watch your bunny, made him even more annoyed

So you left and he went back to his reading

But he didn't even bother to watch the rabbit

It was just a stuffed animal, what did it matter?

But just a short moment later, he heard a creaking behind him, and quickly got out of the way before the bookshelf could fall on him

He could only stare in shock as he saw the mutated rabbit standing there, its red eyes squinted in rage

You walked back in with tears in your eyes, but when you saw the bookshelf, your expression mirrored Byakuya's

The plush rabbit was sitting innocently on top of the toppled shelf

"Are you okay?" You asked Byakuya

He turned to you with an incredulous expression

"How could I possibly be alright when that ghastly rabbit of yours attempted to murder me?!"

You looked at him in confusion 

"What are you talking about?"

Byakuya's expression changed to anger

"Don't play coy! Surely you knew that your rabbit could change forms!"

"Well sure, I had some idea; but-"

"You knew that malevolent being could mutate itself, yet you still chose to bring it here?!"

You felt yourself growing more and more anxious, and you forced back tears as you tightly held your hands together

"I d-didn't know it w-was g-gonna at-tack you, though."

Byakuya's building annoyance was changing to rage, and he felt it boiling over before he could stop it

"Well, perhaps if you could mature yourself and think like an adult for once, you would have figured it out! Instead, you carry that silly rabbit and read picture books like a child! Learn to grow up!"

Byakuya realized what he had done immediately

But before he could apologize, you took the rabbit and rushed out the door with tears running down your face

Byakuya was ashamed of himself for what he had done, and could only sit on the ground while holding his head in his hands

Chihiro Fujisaki 

You hung out in his room and sat on his lap while he coded

He was more than happy to have the bunny along for the ride

So you spent a good chunk of your time sitting on his lap while reading a book and playing with your bunny in silence

Sometimes, you would ask what Chihiro was doing, and he would excitedly explain what he was working on, and you'll smile at his adorableness

Later into the date, you left to find a different book and Chihiro happily agreed to watch your rabbit

You gave him a kiss on the cheek before you left, making him blush and giggle

After you left, he continued with his work

But he was so immersed in his coding that he didn't notice the rabbit had disappeared 

Suddenly, his monitor was lifted from his desk and it crashed into the ground, completely shattering it

Chihiro looked up to see the monster rabbit standing on the desk, staring at him with rage-filled eyes

Horrified, Chihiro quickly backed away from the rabbit beast as it slowly raised its claws over him

You arrived on the scene, and quickly pushed the rabbit against the wall, alarming it and turning it back into its not-so-innocent plush form

Then you turned your attention to Chihiro, who was curled up into a ball on the floor

You sat down in front of him and gently turned his head up to face you

The sight of him crying and afraid broke your heart

You held his face in your hands and spoke to him gently and softly

"Shh... It's okay, Chi-Chi. You're safe now."

You turned away and noticed the broken monitor on the floor

"Oh no... I'm so sorry. I can buy you another one."

You offered, but Chihiro shook his head

"N-No, I can fix it. B-But..."

He crawled into your lap and held onto you for dear life

"I-I was so scared... (Name)..."

You held him close while you pet his head

"I know, Chi-Chi. I know. But you're safe now. Nothing's gonna hurt you."

You weren't sure why the rabbit wanted to hurt someone sweet and harmless like Chihiro, but you did know that you would be there for him through his recovery process

Leon Kuwata 

He brought you to a baseball game he was forced to go to

He figured it would be more bearable if you were there watching him

And he didn't mind the bunny plush at all

He actually smiled when he saw it with you

A couple hours before the game, he practiced a little bit on his own, since he hadn't practiced for the entire season

You watched him for a little bit, cheering him on

Then you needed to leave to take care of something

Leon decided to take a break and scroll on his phone a little

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his shins, and he fell onto the ground in pain

He looked up, and your bunny stood over him, bat in hand

Leon wasn't sure what was going on, but he was horrified

The rabbit swung at him again, but he dodged and got back on his feet

The nearest object to him was a baseball, so before the rabbit could swing again, Leon picked up the ball and threw it at the rabbit with his full power

The ball hit the rabbit right in the eye, and the impact changed the rabbit back to a plush

The plush fell onto the ground, and Leon stood there, frozen in shock

You came back and asked if he was okay

Leon knew you would ask about why its button eye was dislodged, but he didn't want to say exactly how it happened

Maybe you wouldn't believe him, and would blame him anyway

Honestly, he himself could hardly believe what happened

He decided he would rather take the blame for an "accident" then try to tell the truth, only to be rejected

So he picked up the plush and brought it to you

You asked about its eye and how it got dirty, and Leon took a moment to formulate a response

"Well... The baseball machine over there launched a ball, and I swung really hard, and accidentally hit the bunny. I'm really sorry, (Name)."

Surprisingly, you bought the story and you weren't even that mad at him

Instead, you said that you'll patch up the bunny later, and thanked Leon for telling you the truth

Little did you know however, that he didn't tell the truth at all

But Leon held his tongue and you attended the game with him, clueless of what happened earlier

Kiyotaka Ishimaru 

He brought you on a study date

Not that you're a bad student, but Taka thinks that everyone can always do better

He didn't mind that you brought the plush, as long as it wouldn't distract you

You studied together for about an hour, until you asked to take a break, which Taka agreed to

You left to get a drink and he agreed to watch the rabbit for you

He situated the rabbit's sitting position, and turned away for a second to go through his bag

Then he felt a sharp pain in his face as he toppled sideways

When he looked up, he saw the mutated rabbit standing over him with a very heavy textbook in its hand

The rabbit swung again, and Taka barely dodged it

Out of desperation, he took another textbook and hit the rabbit in the face

This disarmed the rabbit and turned it back into a plush

You came back with some apple juice or whatever else and saw Taka holding his hand to a bruise on his cheek

You asked him what happened, and he quickly said that he fell, that's all

He hated to lie to you, but he didn't even know how to explain what happened while you were gone

You bought it and got an ice pack for his bruise before getting back to studying

But Taka couldn't even concentrate anymore

He was too focused on what happened before, and the guilt from lying to you

Mondo Owada 

He wanted to ride around on his motorcycle before picking up dinner somewhere

He grumbled a little bit about your bunny, but oh well, whatever

You met up with him, then realized you forgot the helmet he gave to you

So he waited impatiently while you ran back to your house to get it

Mondo stood against a nearby wall while the bunny hung out on his motorcycle seat

Then he heard the engine revving, and he turned in confusion

Then he had to jump out of the way when the monster rabbit tried to hit him with his own motorcycle

He sat on the sidewalk, frozen in shock and fear

Luckily, you came back before the bunny could try again

You saw Mondo on the ground and got confused

"What happened? Are you okay?"

Mondo forced himself to stand up

"Fuck no I'm not okay! That psycho-ass rabbit just tried to kill me!"

Your eyes widened at that

"What? What are you talking about?"

He gritted his teeth in rage

"Bullshit! You knew this was gonna happen, didn't you?! That must be why you left it here, to give it time to kill me!"

Your eyes were tearing up, and you did your hardest to not let them fall

"M-Mondo... Please..."

But even though he knew he was being unreasonable, he kept going

"Oh, quit acting all innocent! You sicced your bunny on me! Why, because I get pissed off sometimes? Because I'm a biker gang leader? Because-"

He cut himself off when he saw you running away with tears in your eyes

He wanted to ride after you, but there was a hole in both tires

Must've been the damn rabbit's work, he thought

Maybe the rabbit was right to hate him, after all

Mondo could only sit on the sidewalk in guilt and shame as you ran further and further away

Yasuhiro Hagakure 

You hung out at home with him and his boss ass mom

You actually got along with her pretty well

But Hiro brought you upstairs to show off his cool fortune telling stuff, and some of the things he bought with his earnings

He did palm readings for you, read your fortunes, and peeked into his "crystal" ball, only to throw some flirty comment at you with a wide ol grin

After an hour, Hiroko called you down for some snacks

You went down to get some, and Hiro was right behind you

At least he was, until he tripped over his fortune telling shit, and started to put it away

Then he realized his crystal ball was missing

He started looking for it, but he couldn't find it anywhere

When he happened to look up at the doorway, he saw your mutated rabbit standing there, and it threw his crystal ball at him with all its might

Luckily, Hiro ducked, so it missed and hit the wall

Meanwhile downstairs, you heard the glass break and wondered what it was

Hiroko didn't seem bothered by it though

"Eh, probably another one of his crystal balls. He breaks those things at least once a week. I tell him not to waste his money, but that boy just doesn't listen."

You, however, felt that something was wrong, so you went back upstairs to see what was up

And you were right, because you walked in to find the bunny holding Hiro up by his neck while he desperately tried to get out

You knocked on the door, and the bunny snapped its head toward you and dropped Hiro

Hiro was naturally freaking out, and started talking about the occult and demons or whatever

You somehow managed to calm him down and explain that your bunny was just very protective of you, and that it won't happen again

It took him some convincing, but he reluctantly agreed to let it go

You talked him and the bunny into making up, which was met with aversion on both ends

But you finally got them to shake hands, and you and Hiro finally went downstairs for some snacks

Hifumi Yamada 

He brought you to his place to read/draw manga together

He wanted to show off some of his recent creations 

So he rambled about his drawings while you sat and listened

Then you left to go take a piss

While you were gone, Hifumi flipped through his comics to find another one

Then he stumbled upon a drawing he'd never seen before

A tall, monstrous rabbit preparing to kill him with a knife while Hifumi cowered in fear

Confused and unsettled, Hifumi put the drawing down and looked away from it

He looked up to find that very same monster rabbit with the very same knife standing in the very same position

Horrified, Hifumi let out a loud, ear-bleeding squeal

And you came running back

The rabbit heard you coming and switched back

You asked Hifumi what was going on, and he couldn't even produce words

He could only hold up the rabbit's violent drawing with a shaking hand

You put two and two together and had a talk with your bunny

Upon your request, the two begrudgingly shook hands

And you went back to your date, though Hifumi needed a lot of comforting after that

Kyoko Kirigiri

You went on a nice peaceful date to a coffee shop before spending some time at your house

You mostly spent your time talking and cuddling while watching a show

At some point, you left to get some snacks

Kyoko waited patiently on the couch until you got back

Then she noticed the rabbit wasn't in the same spot

She looked around for a moment, and saw its shadow looming over her

She looked behind her and saw the tall rabbit behind her

The rabbit had its hands in what looked like a choking position, but now that it was caught, it just stared wide-eyed at Kyoko

They had a long staring contest until the bunny awkwardly backed away and changed back into a plush

Its attempt had failed, and it was forced to accept defeat

When you came back with the snacks, and Kyoko handed the plush to you

You asked if everything was alright, and she just said that she had an interesting moment with the rabbit, but everything was fine

You weren't sure what that meant, but let it go

With that, you both resumed your date with no incidents

Toko Fukawa/Genocide Jack

Oh here's when it gets good~

You had a nice, relaxing time at the library

Toko wasn't too keen on having the rabbit there, but oh well

So you read together while Toko playfully teased you about your taste in books

Then you left to take a phone call

While Toko waited, she accidentally inhaled some dust and let out a sneeze

Now we know Genocide Jill doesn't like to stay in one place, so she bolted out of the library started running all over the place

You came back to the library in a distressed state

You could guess what happened, and started to look for Genocide Jill with an exhausted sigh

Suddenly, you heard her shriek loudly, and immediately followed the sound

Meanwhile, the monster rabbit backed Genocide Jill into a wall, and she did not care for this

Out of pure impulse, she shut her eyes and lashed at the rabbit with her scissors

When she opened her eyes, the rabbit's right arm was on the floor next to it

An expression of genuine pain crossed the rabbit's face, and it changed back into a plush

And when you arrived on the scene, she switched back to Toko

Your eyes widened in shock when they landed on the de-armed rabbit

"Th-There you are! Come g-get your animal!"

You knelt down and swept the rabbit into your arms

"What happened? Why did you do this?"

"It w-wasn't me! It was h-her! B-Besides, it was y-your fault for leaving that d-damn rabbit with me! M-Maybe if you l-learned to let g-go of these c-childish things, you w-would know b-better!"

You looked up at her with a glare

"You're right. I should've known better than to trust you with anything."

You spat the words like venom, and you took your rabbit and walked away

Toko could only watch as you left, wanting to apologize but not knowing how to

Aoi Asahina 

She took you on a pool date

And she was more than happy to have the bunny along

The bunny chilled in a pool float while you and Aoi played and splashed each other

Near the end of the date, you left to grab some towels while Aoi was getting out

When she did, she noticed the bunny wasn't in its original spot

She bent down a little to see if it fell into the pool

But when she did, she felt a tight grip on the back of her neck followed by her head being shoved into the water

She frantically flailed her arms, but to no avail

Out of desperation, she hooked her legs underneath her attacker's body and threw them over her head and into the water

She raised her head from the water, coughing and trying to catch her breath

You came back and rushed to her side immediately 

You wrapped a towel around her body, and when you asked what happened, she could barely even speak

But seeing the plush bunny float to the top of the pool, you could guess what happened

You helped Aoi to her feet, collected your plush and together you left the pool to do something more relaxing

Sayaka Maizono 

That night, she planned to take you to one of her concerts

You watched her practice in the auditorium, cheering and clapping for her

Then she took a break and asked for some water

So you left to get her some

Sayaka spent some time looking through her sheet music and songs, when her intuition told her something was wrong

Then she realized the bunny wasn't in the same spot, sitting in one of the theater seats

Then she heard the stage creak behind her, and she felt afraid to look behind her

There it was, the bunny

In all it's twisted, mutated glory

And it held Sayaka's microphone in its large hand

And it slowly brought the microphone over her head

Before the rabbit could swing down, Sayaka quickly moved out of the way

It swung a couple more times, until Sayaka grabbed the mic stand and sharply prodded the bunny's back, pushing it off the stage

With an innocent squeaky sound, it hit the ground and changed back to its plushy form

Sayaka stared down at it, not knowing what to do

You walked back in with some water, and seeing Sayaka's expression, you asked if she was alright

Forcing a smile, she told you she was fine, and thanked you for the water

And you walked on the stage and hugged her with a smile

And she tensely hugged you back, feeling guilty for lying to you

Celestia Ludenburg 

You had a chill date at her place

Drinking her delightful milk tea and sharing quality time together

At one point, your phone rung and you went outside to answer it

Celeste took your cups and brought them to the kitchen to wash them later

Then she noticed the rabbit was missing from its spot on the table

After looking for a brief moment, she found it

Except it was in its monster form, biting into her shoulder

Celeste didn't even have time to stop the rabbit's actions before it pulled away and stepped back

It stared down at her in anger, and it lifted its hands to place them on her shoulders 

But you walked back in with a distraught expression, and the bunny changed back before you could notice

Celeste didn't notice your expression

Instead, she asked you one question and one question only

"My dear, why does your little rabbit despise me so?"

You lifted your head and faced her with a tired expression

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Celeste narrowed her eyes

"Don't tell me you do not notice. There is a very large bite mark in my right shoulder, and I'm quite sure that it wanted to push me into that fireplace before you intervened."

Your eyes widened at that

"Oh... Well, I don't know."

Celeste glared at you before looking away

"Hm. Well, if you paid the slightest bit of attention to the world around you instead of tuning it out to live in your made-up child's world, perhaps you would. How disappointing."

She didn't raise her voice, but she spoke with such intensity and sharpness that it hurt you just as much as yelling

With that, you took the bunny and left her mansion

Celeste knew what she had done, but it was too late to fix it

She could only sit on her couch and bow her head in shame

She would deal with the bite later, but for now, the overwhelming guilt of what she had done hurt far worse

Sakura Ogami 

You met her at her family dojo to watch her train

You started the day working out together, meditating together and enjoying her world famous protein coffee

And now, you got to watch her train her hardest for any challenges ahead

When it was time for her to take a break, you left to fetch her a protein shake

She smiled and thanked you before you left

While you were gone, she did some stretches to warm up for her next exercises

Then she noticed the rabbit was gone

She looked around for a moment, and noticed it standing on the other side of the dojo

It beckoned her toward it with its hand

Sakura recognized an invitation to fight, and she refused, not wanting to hurt your most beloved possession

But it ran up to her and started to throw punches, it's fur bristling with rage

Sakura dodged the blows, but the anthropomorphic rabbit was surprisingly skilled

Eventually, enough was enough and she landed a strong punch to its stomach, right in the little heart pattern, and sent it flying towards the back wall

That sent it in a daze and changed it to its smaller plush form

Sakura took a moment to calm down, immediately regretting what she did

She quickly rushed to the bunny and carefully lifted it into her arms

You re-entered the dojo with her favorite protein shake, and saw her in a distressed state

She walked over to you and carefully handed you the bunny

"I am so sorry, my love..."

Upon questioning, you learned that your beloved rabbit tried to fight her, only to lose miserably

She apologized over and over, but you reassured her that it was only self defense, and that you didn't blame her at all

Plus, she didn't wound the animal in any way, so what was there to be sorry for?

She eventually stopped apologizing and thanked you for the protein shake before hugging you

Then she resumed her training, and you supported her from the sidelines all the while

Mukuro Ikusaba 

Mukuro wanted to something calm for a date, so you went to a nice coffee shop

Then you walked back to her place together

Junko was busy with a modeling gig, so it was just the two of you

Mukuro showed you around her backyard, where she often trained

There were different kinds of targets, and dummies used for practice fighting

You went inside to use the bathroom, and Mukuro used that time to sharpen her gun skills

Then she stopped, feeling that something was off

And she was proven to be correct when your now mutated rabbit grabbed one of her guns and fired at her

She swiftly moved to dodge it, and hesitated before grabbing her own gun

She didn't wanna hurt the rabbit, it was your favorite thing!

Then it fired at her again and again, and she had no choice

So she engaged in a duel with this rabbit, shooting back and forth and dodging each other's shots

Soon, Mukuro decided enough was enough and fired at the bunny's stomach

That was enough to put it in its place and turn it back to plush form

Mukuro took a minute to catch her breath before you came back outside

You asked if she was alright, and she insisted to be fine, and you noticed the plush rabbit on the other side of the yard

Mukuro followed your gaze and picked up the rabbit before handing it to you

She shyly explained what happened, and apologized profusely for harming it

Of course, you understood completely, and you weren't angry at her

She still felt bad, so you hugged her, which helped a lot

You spent some time watching her train before settling down and watching movies for the rest of the night

Junko Enoshima

She took you on a shopping date to find you cute clothes

You went to like, five shopping malls before calling it a day

Any time you tried to slow down, she convinced you to go to another mall

She's got money galore, it's no problem at all

In the later afternoon, you went to her house

Mukuro was out on the battlefield again, so it was just the two of you

She had you try everything on, and she loved almost every look on you

She had some constructive criticisms here and there, but she mostly showered you with compliments 

She helped you put all the clothes away before ordering food

Then she entered her room to fix her makeup while you waited downstairs

Then she noticed one of her makeup brushes was gone

Particularly one with a very sharp end

Frustrated, she turned the light on and started looking for it 

It didn't take long for her to figure out where it went

It was in the large, clawed hand of a certain anthropomorphic rabbit

It held the opposite end, the sharp one, in Junko's direction

It slowly approached her with the brush held over Junko's face

She quickly kicked the rabbit away and threw a nearby shoe at it before running downstairs

She dragged you back upstairs to show you the rabbit, only to find it back in its plush form

Thankfully, when she explained it to you, you believed it

She was really skeptical about the rabbit when you explained why you acted that way, but she supposed she could understand

After all, her sister was the exact same with her

So she agreed to leave it alone and continue with your date

And for the rest of the night, you ate food while watching movies cough cough Mean Girls and falling asleep in her room

Despite everything, it was a perfect date

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it’s been a hot minute since i’ve drawn my fankids omg… so here’s the main squad grown up!!

this is like. 10 years into the future relative how i typically draw them. give or take

plus the obligatory group photo

shoutout characters standing in a line fr

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What’s the worst cause of a bad translation in danganronpa? I just saw your posts about it and was wondering how it it was

I didn't answer this right away because I spent some time thinking on it.

If you want my honest opinion, I don't think there's necessarily one "worst" translation. To me, it's more of a series of small translation errors / willfully removing character quirks that add up overtime to the bigger picture.

However, there are some specific egregious examples. I highly suggest this article on DR1's translation, as it paints a clear picture for the rest of the series (which abide by similar translation errors/choices).

In said article, however, I think is the worst translation I can think of in Danganronpa off the top of my head.

This is pretty bad for several reasons. Firstly, the official TL completely flipped the meaning of Naegi's sentence. I've seen bad translations in Danganronpa, but to completely 180 the meaning of a sentence is pretty bad. Furthermore, I think a joke was lost here. Naegi claims he is not a "Stand User", which is a JoJo reference. This being changed to a generic "I'm not psychic" I think ruins the joke that Naegi, who claims to have no hobbies, is making a reference to a manga - something many consider reading to be a hobby.

Plus, considering this is your first introduction to the character, and this is your foundation for understanding them...yeah. Not good.

SDR2 has a similarly bad introduction for Hinata, though not quite as egregious.

Left is the official translation, right is my fan translation patch.

This is pretty bad considering this is the crux of Hinata's motivations as a character. He does not think the people who attend Hope's Peak are marvelous. He thinks Hope's Peak itself is amazing. That's the whole point of his story, after all. He idolizes Hope's Peak. Never in the game do we see him idolize the students themselves beyond a simple "Wow, you sure are skilled, I can see why you got in". In fact, he routinely is pretty judgemental of them.

There's other things here and there. Komaeda's love confession in his final free time event was botched, as well as Saionji and Koizumi's love confessions in Island Mode.

Mioda's talent was messed up, too. She is not the Ultimate Musician. She is the Ultimate K-On Club Member. This is a pretty Japanese thing, hence the change, but if it were me, I would have gone with "Ultimate Pop Rock Musician" because that's what K-On music basically is, in terms of English genres. This is why the screamo music joke falls flat in my opinion. Of course she likes/plays metal, she's the Ultimate Musician. Except it was supposed to be more shocking since you're told she makes upbeat pop rock music.

Danganronpa also has just...a lot of clunky-sounding dialogue. Maizono's freetime event about the crane is very painful to read, as it is littered with references to Japanese folk lore which is not handled well in English, making it sound very unnatural.

Plus, this line:

was changed. Usually, when given your multiple choice in freetime events, you're supposed to guess what the other character is referring to. Notably, that isn't the case here. You're simply supposed to guess which of these birds are the biggest.

In the Japanese version, Maizono says, "It appears often in Japanese folklore. You know, that bird lives for a thousand years, a tortoise ten thousand years..."

To which Naegi thinks, "She must be talking about..."

Maizono is using a Japanese proverb (a crane lives for a thousand years, a tortoise ten thousand years), which strangely even the wiki seems to miss and mistakenly attributes it to her referencing Urashima Tarō. It's basically her saying "fill in the blanks, you know how this saying goes"...but since that saying is not known among English players, this part is poorly reworked.

Similarly, Twogami's final freetime event was written oddly.

I get what's trying to be achieved here, but it still sounds...not great. The point of the scene is that Togami from DR1 uses "omae" when referring to people, which is a very masculine/rude way to say "you". Twogami drops the act in this sentence and uses "kimi", which is a much softer ways to say "you". Hinata acknowledges this, but since there's only one "you" in English, they tried to word it as best as they could. Personally, I would have just reworded the scene entirely to make Twogami's sentence much softer in general, and then have Hinata comment, "It's weird hearing you speak so politely. The Togami I know is constantly looking down on others."

So, when it comes to the official Danganronpa translation, you're basically contending with 1) a lot of mistranslations, 2) removal of nuances in speech and 3) a lot of clunky, poorly naturalized dialogue. As the article I linked pointed out, even in Japanese, Danganronpa isn't some masterpiece of writing, but undoubtedly a lot is lost from these decisions.

Keep in mind these are just the ones off the top of my head I found worth pointing out in this post. There's probably way worse ones I didn't even think of, since I don't have either the English or Japanese text line for line memorized.

IMO, the best Danganronpa game in terms of text is Another Episode, 100% only because nearly every line in that game is read aloud. I find that trials in Danganronpa typically have marginally less clunky-sounding dialogue in English, and that I believe is entirely due to the fact they have people actually reading this stuff out loud. They can catch if it sounds weird out loud and then change it. So Another Episode, which is basically entirely voice acted, has the most natural-sounding dialogue in the whole series.

V3 I know very little about as I am not a fan of that game...but from what I've seen/heard, it's not much better despite coming out quite some time after SDR2. Gokuhara's speech patterns were entirely rewritten in English to sound like Tarzan...I guess to match his design? If I had to make him speak like any of the existing characters, I'd say he's more in line with Sonia's English translation. Just strange all around.

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Masterlist:

You can find the fandoms and characters we write for > Here

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Danganronpa:

Shuichi Saihara:

> Proud of you

Makoto Naegi:

> Betrayed

Mondo Owada:

> Motorbike Night

Nagito Komaeda:

> Missing you

Gonta Gokuhara:

> Boyfriend Headcanons

Kazuichi Soda:

> The Truth Behind the Blackened

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu:

> Protective Fuyuhiko Headcanons

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JJBA:

Kakyion Noriaki:

> Interacting with Kakyion and Hierophant

Joseph Joestar:

> I love you

Jonathan Joestar:

> Admiring Christmas Decorations 🎄

> Amnesia

Jotaro Kujo:

> Taking Kujo’s Hat

> Watching Snowflakes 🎄

> Valentine’s Day Special

Josuke Higashikata:

> Sharing a Hot-Chocolate 🎄

> Are You?

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The Quarry:

Dylan Lenivy:

> Asking him out

> Haircut

> Late Night Confession

> Patching him up

> Winter Vibes 🎄

> Staring at the Stars

Jacob Custos:

> Mucking Around 🎄

> Cold Cuddles 🎄

Mix:

> Reacting to you being attacked by a werewolf (Dylan.L, Jacob.C, Ryan.E, Nick.F)

> Lost Lover (Can be read as any)

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BNHA/MHA:

Shoto Todoroki:

> After Hours

Katsuki Bakugou:

> Helping Hand

Denki Kaminari:

> Impress you

Izuku Midoriya:

> So Close, Yet So Far

> A Night with Izu

Dabi/Touya Todoroki:

> Duty or Love?

> Dabi headcanons

Hawks/Keigo Takami:

> Love Takes Flight

> Headcanons 

Eijiro Kirishima:

> A hero's end

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Detroit:Become Human:

Connor RK800:

> Are you okay?

> Missed your Birthday

> Christmas Chills 🎄

> Morning Routines

> Love?

> Here for you

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Harry Potter:

Draco Malfoy:

> I’m Sorry (Part 1)

> I Forgive You (Part 2)

> Exchanging Gifts 🎄

> Asking Draco out to the Yule Ball (Interactive Fic)

> Study Date

> Happy Birthday

Harry Potter:

> In the Snow 🎄

> Skating Date 🎄

> Shark-Like Reader Scenarios

> Dance With Me

Ron Weasley:

> Handmade Sweaters 🎄

Tom Riddle:

> Make It Up to You

~~~~~

Hogwarts Legacy:

Sebastian Sallow:

> Amortentia

> Why I love you

> It’s Okay, You’re Okay

Ominis Gaunt:

> Gorgeous Boy

> Nightmares

Garreth Weasley:

> Secret Shambles

Mix:

> Asking the Boys to The Yule Ball (Sebastian.S, Ominis.G)

> Semi-Romantic Headcanons (Sebastian.S, Ominis.G, Garreth.W, Amit.T)

~~~~~

Call of Duty:

Simon 'Ghost' Riley:

> Thank you

> Face-Paint

> Happy Valentine’s Day 

> Overworked

> Unspoken Words (Part 1)

> Heard Feelings (Part 2)

> Short Reader Headcanons

> Last Embrace

~~~~~

Sally Face:

Sal Fisher:

> Seeing Sal’s face for the first time

> The Campbell Boy

Larry Johnson:

> Cuddles

~~~~~

Yandere Simulator:

Ayato Aishi:

> Obsessed

>Change in fate

Amao Odayaka:

> Baked Treats 🎄 (Platonic)

Osoro Shidesu:

> Confessions

Budo Masuta:

> Behind the Martial Arts Club’s Closed Doors

> Whispered Wishes

Umeji Kizuguchi:

> Troubled Souls (Platonic)

Shin Higaku:

> Boyfriend Headcanons

Mix:

> Kidnapped By Obsession (Ayato.A, Taro.Y)

~~~~~

Death Note:

Light Yagami:

> Finding The Deathnote

L Lawliet:

> Deception & Intrigue

~~~~~

Diabolik Lovers:

Ayato Sakamaki:

> Fireplace Teasing 🎄

Yuma Mukami:

> Boyfriend Headcanons

~~~~~

FNAF:

Monty Gator:

> Late Night Duties

Michael Afton:

> Friends to Lovers

~~~~~

Marvel:

Peter Parker:

> Movie Night

> How each Spiderman would confess

Tony Stark:

> Top Priority  (Platonic)

~~~~~

[everlasting-elegy]

I can't believe this took an hour but its okay, Kirigiri's saving Naegi in the dumpster, trash scene with dumpster diving MC 💪💪 also I DONT KNKW WHY HIS LEGS ARE DETACHED 😭 I decided to take a nap for the rest of the day after being up for a few hours, and I woke up to your post 💪😋 and so I got to work 😈

also got another elevator on a whim (kazuha) guarantee go byebye

- 🎎/Ko

AN HOUR Ko you don’t have to I feel bad taking up your time DDD: STILL I always feel so honoured when you make memes out of my works it honestly feels like the greatest form of flattery SKDJDKDJD

PLS THE SECOND ONE watch me slide into people’s dms with that 😌 BUT YEAH WHY ARE HIS LEGS NOT ATTACHED WHAT DID CAELUS EVER DO TO YOU 😭😭

ALSO CONGRATS ON GETTING ANOTHER KAZUHA CONSTELLATION??? I haven’t played genshin ever since I got Baizhu and got obsessed with Honkai skdjskd I’ll probs start playing again next patch tho (leaks say a CERTAIN man is getting a skin 👀👀). I pulls Kazuha PURELY cause he’s meta and honestly he’s completely transformed my play style I never have a team without him ACK-

[optimistic-hope]

Peko lies in the hospital. Blood slowly flowing through her veins again. She could hear the steady drip of the I.V. she noticed it wasn’t a Future Foundation base she was in. Bullet holes lined her body which were patched up by the doctors. She wasn’t sure who even bothered resuscitating her, and saved her life. She then felt something gnawing at her mind. “Naegi…”

Makoto had been called up by whoever had saved Peko's life and was heading to her room, however he was rather warry that this could be a trap. Once he was at Peko's room he would enter and walked up to the bed.