#remnant ryota

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Remnant Mitarai!!!

Finally nailed down a design for the boy alongside a few sketches and a scene redraw from the Dr3 Future Arc anime (first time doing one too :OO)

You’re free to draw him as long as I have credit for the design!!

[penguwastaken]

About Brainwashing in Danganronpa

Hello to all 3 of the people who see this account. A few months ago, I made a thread on hit website Twitter dot com about brainwashing in the Danganronpa Series. I discussed where it came from, how it works, and how the brainwashing of class 77-B was never a retcon. The thread got a lot of attention there, even getting a "debunk" on other hit website Reddit dot com (lmao). Due to that, there's been a lot of responses and questions. Since I can't really update a Twitter thread, I decided that I'd make the Ultimate™ Brainwashing thread and hopefully dispel any information on the subject while making my original points more clear and covering things I failed to cover. So here it is: Brainwashing in Danganronpa, how it works, where it came from, and how it was intended from the start. (a 🧵 except not really) *Massive spoilers for Danganronpa Zero, Danganronpa 2, Danganronpa Another Episode, Danganronpa Togami, and Danganronpa 3, as well as the series as a whole*

Danganronpa Zero: First Sighting

Brainwashing has its roots all the way back in the second official entry produced in the series, Danganronpa Zero. During the story's events, Ryoko comes across a secret cult made up of students from the reserve course. They're seen staring at a strange video, seemingly turning them and turn them into mindless zombies.

The video depicts members of the student council killing each other. Ryoko is stunned while watching it. She can barely look away, but eventually through force of will she does. This same video is later used to convince the reserve course to rebel.

The way it's described to work is that it uses their “pent-up emotions,” implying that their emotions played a role in its effectiveness. It's also worth noting that the novel itself refers to what is happening as brainwashing, making this objectively the first depiction of brainwashing in the series right from the second entry.

Danganronpa 2: Now it Gets Dubious

Our next instance of brainwashing comes from Danganronpa 2. The concept is brought up multiple times, such as when Makoto states that the Ultimate Despairs were brainwashed or how the Neo World Program is good at treating brainwashing, though the details of what brainwashing actually means in this context are kept vague.

It's also worth noting that Danganronpa 2 was being written around the same time as Danganronpa Zero and Kodaka wanted concepts from the novel to appear in Danganronpa 2, likely so readers would feel validated. This is why things like Izuru Kamukura and the reserve course play huge roles in Danganronpa 2, it's not too much of a stretch to say that the same applies with brainwashing. One detail we’re given about the brainwashing is from Monokuma, who states the Ultimate Despairs were brainwashed by Junko taking advantage of their feelings. Specifically love, hate, grudges, and "anything really". If that sounds familiar, it’s because that’s exactly how the brainwashing video from Danganronpa Zero was described to function, using their pent-up emotions.

I should mention that Monokuma and Junko are known for being unreliable narrators who often stretch the truth, exaggerate things, and use hyperbole to manipulate people into believing their narrative. Monokuma describes the Ultimate Despairs as “nothing more than Junko’s limbs”, which contradicts the existence of characters like Nagito. Who, while in his despair state, did not work with Junko nor did he look up to her (at least in the normal sense like the other Ultimate Despairs). In fact, it would have been impossible for them to really obey any of Junko's orders as Ultimate Despairs because Junko was trapped inside of Hope's Peak with minimal connection to the outside world. This isn't a definitive "Monokuma is lying" statement, but just note that his word isn't 100% reliable. Meanwhile, someone like Makoto who outright mentions brainwashing, is a much more reliable source.

Danganronpa Another Episode: More Brainwashing! (kinda irrelevant tho...)

The next time brainwashing is used is in the next entry, Danganronpa Another Episode. Though its purpose in this discussion isn’t the most useful, as the brainwashing is caused by Monokuma helmets, which don’t have their functionality explained. I figured it was worth mentioning and describing at least, as its another example of brainwashing at least.

I did figure it was worth adding how the brainwashed children act. They obey the Warriors of Hope’s every command, as if they have zero control over their actions. This is different from how the Ultimate Despairs act, who still some free had free will after presumably being brainwashed judging by the actions of Nagito, who is also in this game.

Danganronpa Togami: I Hate My Life

Okay. As mixed as my opinions are on this novel trilogy, it does feature brainwashing. In fact, it might feature one of the most detailed and important descriptions of brainwashing in the series, and even outright CONFIRMS that class 77-B were brainwashed (sorta).

"Hey um... Tumblr/Twitter user Pengu... what do you mean by 'sorta'?" Well my uninformed reader who I guarantee has probably never read this book, there's a twist. I regret to inform you that the canonicity of Danganronpa Togami is rather questionable, as it depicts an extremely unreliable narrator’s warped viewing of events due to this thing called the K2K system, which means not everything in the novel is meant to be taken literally or at face value.

This doesn't mean that everything should be discarded or immediately dismissed however. This just means that we have to use our brains a little and decipher what the hell Yuya Sato was cooking when he wrote this novel trilogy. In the novel, we discover the existence of the elusive despair novel. When read, the novel will turn the reader to despair and inflict them with the despair disease. This novel is what's used to plummet the world into despair, as well as being what caused the class 77-B to become the Ultimate Despairs. There's no known ways to avoid it, once you read it, it's joever. 😔

As I said earlier, the events of Danganronpa Togami can’t be taken literally. Due to this and prior context, we can safely assume that the despair novel is most likely the K2K's warped idea of the despair video from Danganronpa Zero. Instead of being a book being read that brainwashed people, it was a video being watched. What makes me so sure? Well let's look over the similarities. The way the despair novel works is that it uses cruel words to overload the reader with negative emotions, causing them to snap and turn to despair. That sounds almost exactly like the despair video, overloading the viewer by manipulating their emotions until they turn to despair. This connection's a little bit of a stretch but I'll bring it up anyways. The technology used in the despair novels was originally to bring hope. (Take notes, it will probably be important assuming you buy this connection.)

Essentially, the despair novel works the exact same way as the despair video, but instead it’s a book and you read it instead of watching it. This means that class 77-B and the rest of the world were most likely brainwashed via the despair video, and that is what caused the class to become Ultimate Despairs.

Danganronpa 3: The One People Really Don't Like

And all of this brings us to the most detailed yet controversial usage of brainwashing: Danganronpa 3. Many assume that the anime’s usage of brainwashing is a retcon, contradicting the words of our holy savior Super Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair High School. However, I’d like to debate that. In fact, I'd like to finally put a nail in the coffin of this really stupid debate and finally show you that Danganronpa 3's depiction of brainwashing is exactly how it has always been described.

In Danganronpa 3, we are introduced to Ryota Mitarai and his anime. Using the power of subliminal messaging, it heightens the viewer's emotions and makes them more powerful. What was once a slightly emotional scene is now a complete tearjerker fully capable of tearing at the viewers heart strings! While he acknowledges that there are unethical things that can be done with this technology and it's technically brainwashing, his goal is to use this technology to make the world a better place, even if it can be dangerous. If that sounds familiar, that's because it's what Hope's Peak tried doing with the despair novel in Danganronpa Togami. Though I'll admit, this single point is a little bit of a stretch as there are differences. I just figured it was worth at least a mention.

Using her analytical prowess, Junko gets a rough understanding of how the technology works, so she develops the despair video, featuring the student council killing each other overlayed with subliminal messaging technology to make the despair felt while viewing the video stronger.

The video works on Mikan, however Junko fears that the video may not be powerful enough to fully go through with her plans due to not understanding the technology nearly as well as Ryota does. Because of this, she forces Ryota to create a better, more powerful despair video. A despair video v2 if you will. Junko’s fears weren’t unfounded, as we discover that Chisa had the mental fortitude to resist the despair video, similarly to how Ryoko was able to resist the same video in Danganronpa Zero. This is exactly why Junko needs a more powerful video, one that she knows can’t be resisted.

"Ermmmm, Tumblr/Twitter user Pengu, how come Ryoko and Chisa are able to resist the despair video but Mikan and nobody in the reserve course could?" Good question, the answer is pretty simple. As mentioned before, the video takes advantage of the emotions of the viewer. Mikan is already pretty weak minded, so there wasn't much issue in controlling her. The reserve course already hated Hope's Peak and would take any reason to hate them more, so a video that shows them the sins of Hope's Peak would affect them as well. Ryoko and Chisa have no connection to the reserve course however, and neither are particularly very weak emotionally. Ryoko has the analytical prowess of Junko and Chisa is just a very strong willed person in general, and paired with Junko's lack of knowledge about subliminal messaging when creating the video, it's pretty obvious it wouldn't be that effective on them. All the more reason for Junko to force Ryota to make a better despair video.

The despair video v2 that Ryota is forced to make comes in the form of Chiaki’s execution video, where the stronger subliminal messages paired with witnessing the representation of the happiest moments in their miserable lives and their closest friend suffer makes class 77-B unable to resist. Ultimately this causes them to finally snap, being overloaded with despair, and now they turn into the Ultimate Despairs. (side note this is so freaking cool idc what anyone else says)

This resembles Monokuma’s explanation from Danganronpa 2. Junko used class 77-B’s emotions and years of getting closer against them to turn them to them to despair. Now featuring the added context of her using the video designed to manipulate people’s emotions. This depiction of brainwashing fits perfectly with the information provided throughout the series, even down to the little details. It’s so close in fact that I can say without a doubt that Danganronpa 3 did not retcon anything. “But Tumblr/Twitter user Pengu, that isn’t how the video is shown to work during Hope Arc. Therefore it actually contradicts previous entries and is inconsistent!" To that I say, you’re correct! ...at least about the hope video functioning differently, but that doesn’t make it inconsistent. The hope video behaves pretty differently. Instead of overloading the viewer with negative feelings, it simply just shows them a repeating video loop that turns them into a mindless zombie, likely caused by even stronger subliminal messaging. The people affected can also snap out of this state with some time, as seen with Aoi.

The reasoning for this is actually pretty simple, it’s just different technology entirely. It’s stated that the hope video was developed later on after the despair video. If anything, it behaves very similar to the Monokuma masks from Danganronpa Another Episode, which we also already established uses different technology. The hope video doesn’t contradict the despair video at all because they both use completely different tech. This can also be seen with how the despair video uses subliminal messaging, meanwhile the messaging in the hope video couldn’t be further from subliminal. There is no inconsistency, just two different things.

The reason the hope video needed to be broadcasted everywhere was so that since it would be airing everywhere, nobody would have time for the effects to wear off or resist it. This would turn the world into mindless zombies who obey every command, similarly to the Monokuma kids. It's just that now they don't have to force bulky helmets onto everyone.

Debunking Common Arguments

With the hope video out of the way, I think it’s very safe to assume that not only is the despair video’s functionality very accurate to previous descriptions, it’s also always been the reason for the brainwashing of Class 77-B, long before Danganronpa 3. Even if you disagree and think the cause of brainwashing was never explicitly mentioned in Danganronpa 2, there's still the fact that Danganronpa 2 outright says it was brainwashing. So even if a video wasn't the direct cause of it, them being brainwashed was still always intended (though given the context, I'm certain that the video was always the culprit). Many point to this line where Kazuichi asks why they became the Ultimate Despairs and Makoto says he never got an answer to debunk this. But... this doesn't change anything. He asks why they became Ultimate Despairs, not how. And this is completely ignoring the fact that Makoto clearly has done his own digging into the situation, he discovered the Remnants of Despair were hiding among Future Foundation after all. The Future Foundation had access to brainwashing videos, they found them, so of course Makoto is going to know about the brainwashing. But that's not what he's asking about, he's asking about the why. That's what he doesn't know.

Many also point to Mikan stating that it was her many human relationships that led her to being the way she is. Once again, this changes literally nothing. Mikan was the only one of the remnants who actually knew Junko, she was the only one who spent time with her because she was the first subject. This is why she gets more attached to her, and even why she'd believe what Junko would tell her when they spent time together. Monokuma also says that Junko used "hopeless methods overflowing with charisma and humor" to control the masses. I don't even know why I have to address this, but this statement is so vague you can interpret it as a million things. Like for example, this is how she got Ryota to work for her. While pretending to be Makoto to manipulate the people in the trial, Junko tells them that they all became Ultimate Despairs while coming into contact with her at Hope's Peak and they were subjected by her terrifying influence. Again, ignoring how vague "terrifying influence" is, this is literally Junko trying to LIE AND MANIPULATE them. This is quite possibly the worst example you could have used because we know for a fact that she is lying to them while pretending to be Makoto. There's other examples of Junko trying to manipulate them, like mentioning how everyone hated them and their all Ultimate Despairs at the end of the day. But that's just what this is, manipulation. You would think that the "Junko manipulated class 77-B" crowd would understand that saying "everyone hates you but I saw your potential" is literally manipulation 101. Some say that the brainwashing turned them into mindless zombies and eliminates all blame from their actions. While I would agree that it does make them less at fault, they still have the ability to make choices and still have free will. Their original personalities haven't been overwritten, their brains were just rewired to crave despair. They're still each their individual person with their own ways of feeling despair, and characters like Chisa and Nagito show that they regain their free will to an extent.

Conclusion and Final Thoughts

This whole debate stems from people misunderstanding Monokuma’s words and going along with the popular interpretation, which turned out to be wrong. Whether you like the use of brainwashing or not, it objectively isn’t a retcon as it's been developed ever since Danganronpa Zero. Personally, I love the use of brainwashing. I think the way it's developed throughout the series and its usage in Danganronpa 3 is super interesting. If you disagree, that's fine! Heck, if you choose to headcanon that Junko manipulated 15 individual teenagers into all becoming despair hungry terrorists capable but ending the world and fighting off every military in the world in less than a year, that's cool too! But the truth is, Danganronpa 3's brainwashing is canon and it's also not a retcon nor does it contradict anything. Contrary to popular belief, Kodaka was involved with the writing of the anime. He provided a large draft and outline of the plot and oversaw its development. He produced the anime, he did his homework, he knew what he was doing. I'm sure if Kodaka intended for them to all be manipulated one by one, that's what he would have went with. All information implying that it was manipulation is very few and far between and questionable at best, not to mention outweighed by everything implying it was brainwashing. Mind manipulation stuff is not new in this series, its been around since the first game and brainwashing was established in literally the second entry ever produced. Whether you love it or hate it, think it's the best thing since sliced bread or the death of the series, brainwashing was the answer the whole time. Some people just never noticed it, and instead of acknowledging that they were wrong, they stuck with a headcanon that they believed so much and jumped to the conclusion of "retcon". I hope this mega post managed to inform some people, maybe change some minds too. If you still don't buy it, then I guess there's nothing I can do. Thanks for reading all of this though, I tend to yap a lot about this franchise lmao.

[kaitobromota]

love the ultimate imposter. just thinking about how even when theyre trying to impersonate someone as cold and aloof as the real byakuya they can't help being caring and protective in a way he never was. the way no matter how good they are at their talent their real personality will always shine through because theyre that kind.

[haunted-xander]

"Nanami-san, I have new intel. Are you safe right now?" She could immediately tell Ryota was eager to share the information. "...Yeah I should be. I'm in my office and the doors locked. There's no way for people to peep inside, either." Checking the door again, she confirmed it was, in fact, locked shut. She was as private as can be. "Oh, that's great! I'll send the info your way and you can review it in full. I-I think you'd really like to hear his."

Her attention was diverted from the phone when her computer got a notification for a file being sent to her. She quickly went to open the file with her free hand and skimmed through to the most relevant parts.

'The Remnants of Despair. They are an elite sub-section of the terrorist group calling themselves "Ultimate Despair" that appear to be viewed as secondary leaders to the late Junko Enoshima. All of it's known members are all former Hope's Peak Academy students. Here, we have listed the information gathered regarding the identified Remnants;

"Hypno Dancer" Hiyoko Saionji, the Ultimate Japanese Traditional Dancer.

"Death Rock" Ibuki Mioda, the Ultimate Musician.

"Bullet Hell" Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, the Ultimate Yakuza.

"One-Woman Army" Peko Pekoyama, the Ultimate Swordswoman.

"Cannibal Kitchen" Teruteru Hanamura, the Ultimate Cook.

"Beast Brute" Akane Owari, the Ultimate Gymnast.

"Despair Shot" Mahiru Koizumi, the Ultimate Photographer.

"Queen of Madness" Sonia Nevermind, the Ultimate Princess.

"Monster Whisperer" Gundham Tanaka, the Ultimate Breeder.

"Medical Nightmare" Mikan Tsumiki, the Ultimate Nurse.

"Fist of Despair" Nekomaru Nidai, the Ultimate Team Manager.

"Despair Factory" Kazuichi Soda, the Ultimate Mechanic.

"God of Death" Nagito Komaeda, the Ultimate Lucky Student.

Additionally, there are two more that have been reported, but we are unable to fully identify. Here are the information we have gathered thus far;

"Shapeshifter", assumed to be the Ultimate Imposter.

"The Observer", identity and talent unknown.

More information to be added.'

This was the first section that caught her eye. This is the information they got on them, huh... They have everyone. Even Sagishi-san and Kamukura-kun have been reported somewhat. ...Ah, well, they don't have Yukizome-san... She continued to look through the file until she reached another interesting segment.

'There have been sightings of several Remnants converging to the same locaton. We are keeping an eye on the area to catch them before they can make their move. They are undoubtedly plotting something, and we cannot let it come to fruition.

The sighted Remnants are as follows:

Hiyoko Saionji, Ibuki Mioda, Peko Pekoyama, Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, Teruteru Hanamura, Akane Owari, Mahiru Koizumi, Sonia Nevermind, and the as of yet unidentified "Observer".

Await further reports.'

They're gathering together...? Even Kamukura-kun... This can't be good. The others might be going there too. "...Mitarai-kun, do you think you could keep a close eye on news about the gathering Remnants? If the Future Foundation tries to catch them all in one go, it'll end in disaster. ...And, I don't want them to get hurt in the inevitable war that'll break out."

"Ah, um, I-I can do that sure... I'll keep my eye out for it. ...But, we can't just leave them alone either... T-they're probably planning something horrible... W-what if they launch a huge attack now that Enoshima is gone? A-and what i-if t-th-they start searching f-f-fo-for the survivors of the killing school life to take revenge? W-w-w-what a-a-about Naegi-kun!? H-h-h-he'll b-b-become such a b-b-bi-big target for them! What i-if-"

"Mitarai-kun. Calm down. I won't let them do anything like that. If they are planning something, I'll stop them. No matter what. ...Okay? So, don't worry so much. Everything will be okay...I think." Finally managing to calm him down, Chiaki began thinking about what to do in case they are plotting something. ...If I run into Komaeda-kun or Kamukura-kun again, maybe I could convince them to stop it. ...Or, rather, I could convince Komaeda-kun to convince Kamukura-kun to stop the others. Somehow, I get the feeling the others wouldn't listen to him even when in despair...

"...Thanks for the info, Mitarai-kun. I'll take a closer look now, so I'm gonna have to hang up now. Talk to you later." After they'd both said their goodbyes, she hung up the phone and looked at the file again.

"...I will save you. No matter what. I won't let her get what she wants."

[spittyfishy]

So I think there was a despair!mitarai ask awhile ago and I forget if you did but did you ever do a remnant design for him??

also I can imagine remnants!mitarai and Milan following around junko like dogs and Junko’s like “these f*ckin idiots” or that one SpongeBob audio where he’s like “I’d do anything for you!” idunno I’m just at a stage of remnant!Mitarai brainrot rn hfkshssiansbzj-

I have drawn him before but I didn’t really do a good design lol, I think I mostly just put him in a suit and called it a day lol.

I think he’d probably be sooo para social about Junko lol, like he hates Her and he’s obsessed with Her and he watches Her every move. Kinda Nagito-like but more skittery and jumpy. He wants to understand Her but She terrifies him completely. Her motives are so deceptively simple he just can’t wrap his head around it, and he wants to understand why all this happened and why She did this to the world but can’t accept the true answer is ‘just cause’ so he’s constantly looking for motives that aren’t there and it’s driving him crazy.

He doesn’t have time to finish any new projects because he’s constantly distracted by Junko. He starts drawing a character and then suddenly looks down and realizes he’s drawing Her instead. Any song he hears is suddenly about Junko, She’s everywhere he turns. He’d love to work on anything else, but She’s completely consumed his thoughts and now he’s just stuck

[villainartist]

its weird how the imposter managed to get away with impersonating byakuya togami of all people at hope's peak BEFORE byakuya togami was actually enrolled. like, did. did people notice? did people just see byakuya togami hanging out around campus for a while and then suddenly his skinny long-legged ass is standing at the entrance ceremony a few months later like he's never set foot in the school before? imagine how weird that would be.

[midnightdemonhunter]

Well it’s quite common in this situation for a patient to feel a kind of.....guilt.

[chirpos-pencil]

I'm a little lost on how the 77th Class can atone for their crimes as Remnants of Despair by . . . living on Jabberwock Island for the rest of their lives, far from the main population, far from the people they might've hurt and even killed?

It felt a bit like they're . . . running away from what they had done.

Please don't get me wrong! I really loved it when they returned to help Makoto and his friends to deal with all those soldiers and stopping Ryota from spreading the Hope video. I really loved their moment to shine, but I just . . . wanted them to do . . . more, I guess?

I wanted them to stay around and help the general public to heal from the Tragedy. Hm, maybe they don't need to actually show their faces in public, but at least help Makoto and his friends rebuild society from behind closed doors?

. . .

They're isolating themselves in Jabberwock Island to 'atone', they say. But I'm not sure how exactly that's atoning. To atone means to actively make amends and reparations for the people you've hurt, yes?

You know, wasn't the 78th Class's killing game publicly aired by Junko to make the people outside turn to despair? In a way, 78th Class had unwillingly became an instrument of despair (similar to the 77th Class, but with the method of brainwashing).

The survivors from the 78th Class decided to actively work to rebuild the broken world. See from the Epilogue of the first game:

"If there's no road, you just gotta build one! Creation... Fate is telling me to remake the world " - Hiro

"Maybe I should find them and make them work for me. To rebuild the world, we must first rebuild the Togami dynasty" - Byakuya

"I'll just get some flour and make some myself! And if there's no flour, I'll just grow some wheat!" - Aoi (when Hiro said there could be no more donuts)

"Even if everyone in the outside world is gone... Even if the world is steeped in despair... As long as I have people like you around, I can face forward and keep moving. If we can get out there and do something, have some sort of impact..." - Kyoko

"But what can we do...? There's so few of us, and we're so small. So what can we do...? ...No, we can probably do anything. Yeah! We can do anything!" - Makoto

In a way, I guess you could say that's their form of atonement. Atoning for the actions of their 'blackened' classmates. Atoning for the actions of Junko, with whom they still shared some good memories, despite everything. Atoning despite being innocent.

As for the 77th Class . . . Oh, I don't know. I mean I sympathise with them. They were brainwashed to commit acts of despair, and if they ever show themselves in public, they'll surely get persecuted. I guess they got no choice but to live on the island in silence from everyone else.

Actually I'm not entirely sure where I'm going with this, haha. So, I'll stop.

Note that I'm biased towards the 78th Class, so take this post with a grain of salt.

[hajihiko]

Wait what is the SS atonement? Is that the boat carrying the remnants or are you talking about a different ryota? When does “it must’ve been the wind” culture come into play? I don’t remember at all djdhdbdjjd

-it's my jokey name for the ship yeah

-same ryota

-junko hauntings but trying not to acknowledge them too much

[piiyoin]

Imposter Zine 🎭✨

My part of @veiled-identity-zine aka Ultimate Imposter Zine💛✨ this will be my first and last Zine cuz idk Can I still join several other Zines that are interesting to me but currently this Zine is the only one I follow for one of my favorite characters and also main ship with my OC💛

Also i will explain how his disguise works in the canon story because I was inspired by some canon information about him:

Byakuya disguise aka "Twogami" : We often see him in games and main stories in other games with his different appearance with Byakuya (with a white suit a little cream, his tie is very short and his hair is a little blonde from it), He carries out his daily life by imitating Byakuya's natural nature but has a slight sense of kindness and concern for the people around him, and also his sense of leadership to protect his friends

Ryota disguise aka "Mitwarai" (not Mitworai cuz maybe it's name ship between Ryota x Imposter) : This appears in the anime Danganronpa 3 Despair arc where he disguises himself with a few differences from the original Ryota, with round red peach cheek that he deliberately made and the character created by him, Ryota by himself has a slightly cuter nature. He will interact normally with those around him without showing his true nature and he also has a caring attitude towards the people closest to him and he wouldn't be so hesitant to think if a pinch came.

Kyosuke disguise (Still thinking about a nickname for this🫠) : It's not shown much but this appearance appears in the anime Danganronpa 3 last Future arc when he try to help original Kyosuke, Maybe it's about the nature of still being compared to the original Kyosuke and I thought about putting this appearance when he was a remnant. Along with Byakuya's disguise, he will use Kyosuke's disguise to gain access to the Future Foundation headquarters, he could command or deceive several troops with that disguise.

Kizakura disguise (same with Kyosuke i'm still search a good name sksk) : This disguise was inspired by a sound recording on a Blue Ray DVD where Koichi Kizakura was talking to several class 77-B students before they were accepted into Hope's Peak Academy, The real Kizakura was drunk and that's when the Imposter started acting to impersonate him. He will look the same but without a beard and with a mustache that is yellow like the color of his hair, he carries out his duties but he will not touch alcohol or get drunk. He met the real Kizakura and talked to each other (I don't really know what their conversation was because it was in Japanese :') but what I heard was when the Imposter changed his voice because Kizakura already knew that he was an Imposter, that's when Kizakura invited him to enter Hope's Peak Academy. "Ultimate Imposter" is a nickname given by Kizakura himself and has become the name for the Imposter himself (because at that time he said the word "Sagishi" in Japanese as if it were a name for him).

The true disguise: Appears in the anime but only temporarily and not much development to his original appearance, he has long black hair and slightly gray eyes (there are some headcanon by people which they said was a little purplish or greenish in color), He doesn't show many characteristics, but you could say he has a very friendly nature and cares about others, of course he gets along very well with others and also cares about others. He can do everything as an imposter and doesn't care about his fat and big body shape because for him he feels so safe with his current body. He prefers warm bodies so he really likes to be hugged by those closest to him to warm and provide comfort. And also he might be able to help someone if someone needed a disguise for a job.

Maybe that's all for me, if you have opinions, suggestions and criticism, please just leave them in the comments because I don't really know many things and I only put a few of the AU stories I use for my ships and some of your headcanons are also very helpful💛

[starlightshadowsworld]

Tw suicide mention

So you mean to tell me that Munakata gets to go on some soul searching trip after losing the 2 most important people in his life.

Ryota gets off scott free, is reunited with his former class and the Remnants all go on some cruise together to heal and figure things out.

... But Makoto who's never had a break in his life, doesn't?!

Makoto who's been hunted down this entire killing game. Makoto who's had to relieve everything, has so much survivors guilt that he almost committed suicide.

If Juzo didn't show up Makoto would've killed himself.

He lost so many people and another person who meant everything to him. (I know Kyoko came back, I refuse to acknowledge that.)

He's immediately meant to take over Hopes Peak, the supposed to have ended no more Hopes Peak Academy? The source of all his and everyone else's suffering.

Everyone else is allowed to heal. Everyone else is allowed to go off and find themselves, but Makoto is immediately set to work?

One of the most traumatised characters in this series, who's had a title and responsibility he never wanted... is not allowed to do the same as the villian's of the series.

That's bullshit I'm sorry but that's bullshit.

[geodraws04]

FINISHED IT :DDDDD

it’s my first time drawing “insane” or “obsessive” facials like these so hope I did it justice lol.

I’ll work on mitarai’s full remnant design soon :00

The main stuff I’ve got in mind for Despair!Mitarai atm is these:

• Most of the stuff from Despair Arc ep. 1-early 8 still happened! Mitarai is tricked and gives Junko the tips on making subliminal messaging in videos and works on her brainwashing video, then Mukuro kidnaps Mikan and she gets somewhat brainwashed offscreen, and then Mitarai discovers the truth and tries escaping (but to no avail before Komaeda and Chiaki arrive). But instead of forcing him through blackmail (which I think she still does), she then decides to test her work on Mitarai himself - and though he surprisingly does try to put up a fight against succumbing (he does know how the subliminal works after all), Junko ends up using both the video and implanting doubts and the like into Mitarai’s head (alongside an unstable Mikan possibly) which spirals him even further (and possibly bringing that reserve course student that saws his head off in episode 9 - only this time it’s Mitarai witnessing it and not Yukizome) until he just eventually breaks and succumbs. So when Komaeda and Chiaki find him… he’s already gone.

• His behavior is pretty similar to Mikan, fully infatuated and obsessed with Junko to an unhealthy degree

• He uses his skills in animation and creating subliminal to constantly overwork himself and create many animations dedicated to Junko and/or despair to brainwash anyone who stumbles upon it. I think he also makes the suicide video that was used on some of the Future Foundation members in DR3 Future Arc and on the Reserve Course.

That’s all I got for now! Any other ideas or suggestions for this lil guy is appreciated :))

Here’s a happy Despair!Mitarai for your troubles :)

[mythgirlimagines]

HC about the Future Foundation being brainwashed by Chisa into becoming the second Remnants of Despair during Makoto's trial instead of being forced into a killing game.

How would Makoto, Kyoko, Hina, Ryota, Munakata, Sakakura, Kizakura, Izayoi, Ruruka, Bandai, Seiko, Gekkogahara, Gozu and Tengen react to what they had done after the rest of the Future Foundation cured them by the help of the Neo-World program?

I only do up to 5 characters per request, so here's the first five!

Makoto Naegi:

There weren’t words to describe how he felt.

It was the worst thing he’d ever felt in his life.

All his work to heal the world, and he helped destroy it…

Kyoko Kirigiri:

…They had to start all over again.

Surely there was still some way to help heal the world after the disrepair.

Her actions weighed on her conscience, but she bore it silently.

Aoi Asahina:

She felt so horrible.

It was like she betrayed all of her friends.

Even though, logically, she knew it wasn’t her fault.

Ryota Mitarai:

First his animations, then that…

It was like he was cursed or something.

Could he ever come back from that?

Kyosuke Munakata:

There was no way Chisa would do such a thing.

Was there really no other explanation?

And how much work would need to be redone?

[fma03envy]

Junko and Izuru are fun because their subtext never really gets addressed, but at the same time there are multiple subplots that would make 0 sense unless one assumes that they valued each other

Like, what reason did Junko have to keep Izuru around in the first place and involve him in any of her plans, other than enjoying his company? To participate in the student council massacre? He was primarily a spectator there. Nothing about how that incident was portrayed implied it would've ended differently if Junko had only brought Mukuro for muscle. As a red herring to divert attention from her during the aftermath (in dr0)? She was already avoiding suspicion through blackmailing Juzo and getting her memory wiped (not to imply this was her main motive for the latter -it wasn't- but nonetheless it sure would have made her harder to question). Her apocalypse plans? She carried those out mainly using Ryota's mind control, not Izuru's talent. As a precaution to make sure he wouldn't try to actively oppose her? Junko already knew a ton about Izuru when they first met. She knew someone as apathetic as him would have no intrinsic motivation to meddle unless Hope's Peak were to weaponize him. In which case, simply trying to prevent the school from contacting him would be more straightforward, and would cause more despair (illusion of autonomy etc). Saving her from Nagito that one time? That wasn't particularly despair inducing for anyone; she wouldn't have sought him out for such an inconsequential payoff. Bringing her AI into the Neo World Program? All her other loyal remnants were also coming along, as far as we know she could have just as easily gone with one of them. As a really, really long scheme to psychologically devastate Hajime at the end of dr2? We know from Junko's internal monologue at the end of dr0 (which was over a month after The Incident) that she hadn't planned as far as dr2 yet. And even in dr2, the killing game was hardly set up as though Junko's satisfaction hinged on Hajime specifically. (He was the one talentless participant in a killing game where Junko concealed Izuru's true identity until the last moment. It would have been so easy for him to die before the reveal).

Junko is never shown to have made Izuru an essential component in any of her plans for despair. And then as for Izuru himself, it's like.

Why would Izuru choose to go with Junko into the simulation, if he didn't have faith that she would make it interesting for him? Future Foundation forced him to go against his will? He's like Ultimate Everything there's no way they'd actually beat him in any sort of confrontation. Junko forced him? Same answer. Junko didn't tell him that it was a killing game, and he legitimately thought he was going to some remnant rehabilitation therapy thing? He wouldn't go to therapy; boring. Also he knew that Junko was coming along, there's no way an Ultimate Analyst couldn't connect those kind of obvious dots. He thought he'd get to participate in the killing game as himself, not as Hajime? That would still imply trust in Junko to protect him from boredom, but also on the boat he tells Nagito that he won't be able to participate in the upcoming events, so he definitely knew. He wanted revenge on Junko for being evil and/or using him for her plans? As previously mentioned he wasn't even particularly useful for her plans, and he never acted like he had any problem with her being evil. (Sure he cried about Chiaki, but was too emotionally repressed to understand why. He instead concluded that to emotionally influence him, hope too must have some entropic potential for amusement. This was why he left Junko, not because he took moral issue with her actions. For reference: his last convo with her in dr3). Also she's on a hard drive in his pocket. If he did want revenge, he could've just stomped on it or something. (...and if she was backed up somewhere? Then trapping her in the simulation wouldn't have worked in the first place).

Izuru coming into the NWP and bringing Junko, a plot point upon which the entire premise of sdr2 is built, would only make sense if he to some degree trusted in her.

[haunted-xander]

There was no one who did not know about the Killing School Life; a killing game orchestrated by Junko Enoshima to make the former 78th class of Hope's Peak Academy kill each other. It's purpose was to broadcast the horrible murders to the world at large to further fill the people's hearts with despair. But now, the game was finally over. Thanks to the resiliance and hope shining from one Makoto Naegi, Junko had fallen by the rules of her own creation. Her execution marked the beginning of the end for this despair-infected world. Finally, hope could begin to grow inside the people's hearts, now that the one responsible for this tragedy is gone.

The six survivors of the killing school life have finally managed to open the door leading to the outside world. Now, the Future Foundation await them on the other side, ready to accept them into their ranks with open arms. The doors opened, and there they stood. Their faces all quickly shifted to surprised, clearly not expecting to have people waiting for them. Kyosuke was the first to approach the shocked 'students'.

"Greetings, survivors of the killing game. My name is Kyosuke Munakata, former Ultimate Student Council President, and currently the vice-leader of an organisation called the Future Foundation. We are here to assist you in recovering your lost memories and re-adjusting to the outside world. You have my sincerest apologies for being unable to save you from the hands of Junko Enoshima. Rest assured that we will do anything in our power to make up for our short-comings." He finished with a deep bow.

"The Future Foundation, is it? I question your competency if you couldn't even open a measly little door. And why, may I ask, is the vice-leader greeting us instead of the actual leader? Are they too ashamed to meet us personally?" The young man didn't mince his words, his displeasure at the organisation clear. "Togami-kun, that's a bit mean... They came all this way to help us, you could be a LITTLE more grateful."

"M-m-master is right! Y-you guys totally suck! C-c-couldn't you have done s-something at least!? God, t-talk about useless!" A dissheveled young woman yelled out, pointing her finger at Kyosuke accusingly. "Calm down, both of you. You can voice your displeasures all you want later. For now, let's go along with these 'Future Foundation' guys. It's in our best interest to make as many allies as possible right now." Her voice was steady. She was clearly used to dealing with these people. "I agree with Kyoko-chan! You all need calm down! They're here to help us, so don't be so rude!"

"Uuuh, but how can we be sure we can trust these guys? I mean, they just happen to be outside waiting for us? There's no way I'll trust that! How would they ever know we were about to leave?!" A much older looking man burst out, looking agitated and apprehensive at the prospect of complying with these strangers. "...Um, Hagakure-kun? You do remember that the killing game was broadcasted, right? They probably watched the broadcast and saw that we were heading out..."

"...Oh, right. I completely forgot about that."

"How in the world could you forget that...? YOU were the one to discover that fact to begin with!" They started to bicker between themselves and seemed to have forgotten all about the people around them. Chiaki decided to remind them. "...Hey hey, I'm happy to see you get along and all, but we should probably get going. There's no reason for us to just stand here all day, right? So, let's head back to base so you guys can all get some well-deserved rest... I think."

"Oh! Right, thank you. Sorry, looks like we've gotten into the habit of arguing amongst ourselves haha..." The soft-looking boy -Chiaki guessed this must be Makoto- looked sheepish at having gotten distracted. "All right, let's head off then! Honestly, I'm looking forward to seeing places that isn't the same old school all the time."

"I, personally, am looking forward to having our memories recovered. There are still mysteries regarding the situation that I am unable to solve. I'm hoping that regaining our lost memories will provide me with some more clues." The woman went to stand besides Makoto as she looked straight at Kyosuke. "Kyosuke Munakata, was it? You probably know this already, but I am Kyoko Kirigiri, the... I suppose it would be 'former' Ultimate Detective at his point. I am looking forward to working alongside you. And everyone else, of course." She crossed her arms and gave an acknowledging nod to the people.

"...Ah, and I'm Makoto Naegi! The, um, 'former' Ultimate Lucky Student. I hope we can get along, Munakata-kun!" Makoto gave an awkward salute and introduced himself. "My name is Aoi Asahina! I'm the, uh... 'former'? Ultimate Swimming pro!"

"Do I even need to introduce myself? You already know who I am, don't you?"

"Can't you just do it, Togami-kun?"

"...Fine. My name is Byakuya Togami. The 'former' Ultimate Affluent Progeny. There, happy now?"

"Yes, very!"

"I-I'm Toko Fukawa, the former Ultimate Writing Prodigy... N-not that YOU care..."

"And uh, I'm Yasuhiro Hagakure! The Ultimate Clairvoyant."

"It's 'former' Ultimate, Hagakure-kun..."

"What's the difference?"

I'm glad... They seem to be doing well. Chiaki smiled at their antics.

[spittyfishy]

could we get more despair mitarai,,,,,

This is honestly such a mood