#specifically chapter 4 nagito

[nikopie]

Im just imagining if nagito survived to the final chapter and it was revealed that hajimes/izurus the ultimate hope and hes just like oh shit I shouldn’t have said that :D

[anthraxx-pology]

Danganronpa characters as types of asswipes in college (in the US):

(They/them pronouns for Kiyo and Gundam)

The one who regularly walks into class 10 minutes late with Starbucks in hand:

Sayaka, Junko, Aoi, Byakuya (blames his chauffeur), Hiyoko, Miu, Rantaro, Kokichi, Angie

The one who needs a roommate reassignment in the first week (but they are the problem):

Junko, Celeste, Mondo, Fuyuhiko, Nagito, Teruteru, Hiyoko, Tenko, Kokichi

The one who ends up with a single room because all of their roommates ditch:

Hifumi, Toko, Gundam, Ryota (maybe they’re the imposter), Nagito, Mikan, Korekiyo, Gonta (the bugs are a deal breaker), Ryoma, Maki

The one that the professor doesn’t realize is in their class, since they rarely show up:

Hifumi, Chihiro, Yasuhiro, Mondo, Chiaki, Ryota, Ryoma

Is always going out and coming back to the dorms/frat house drunk at 3 AM:

Leon, Mondo, Yasuhiro, Ibuki, Kazuichi, Miu, Kaito

Frat bros:

Leon, Mondo, Taka (was dragged by Mondo to join his chapter), Kazuichi, Nekomaru, Kaito

Sorority sisters:

Sayaka, Junko, Aoi, Sakura, Sonia, Mahiru, Akane, Tenko, Angie, Kaede, Miu

Changes their major at least once per semester:

Yasuhiro, Nagito, Hiyoko, Imposter (obviously), Hajime, Rantaro, Himiko (just wants it to be easy)

Makes advanced courses look easy and makes everyone else feel stupid:

Kyoko, Byakuya, Toko, Chihiro, Taka, Sonia, Gundam, Miu, Kirumi, K1B0, Korekiyo

May as well be the one teaching the class:

Taka: asks sooo many questions. People genuinely like it, since it takes up too much lecture time for the professor to assign homework (he’ll remind them though)

Chihiro: Tutors half of the class in coding and comp sci. Gets absolutely no credit.

Miu: is probably smart enough to tbh. Get her in a physics class, and she will run the place like a military vessel (when the horny is contained)

Toko: English class specifically. She cringes proofreading other people’s essays.

Korekiyo: Is the unchecked autistic who will go on a rant about any subject they are really passionate about. Ask them any philosophical question and they will go on for the entire period. (This is where the professor will ACTUALLY forget tonassign the homework)

Gundam: Let them read Shakespeare. They will get into character and do different voices, and get angry when the professor stops them to go through the text.

The one who blows through their dining plan in the first few weeks:

Hifumi (the convenience store stuff is way more expensive), Makoto (was just too excited by all the choices), Akane, Sakura (the protein shakes will do it), Nekomaru, Kokichi (just blows it all on candy and soda), Kazuichi

Always studying in the Library and quirky local cafes:

Kyoko, Chihiro, Makoto, Gundam, Sonia, Peko, Mikan, Mahiru, Chiaki, Kaede, Shuichi, Kirumi, Korekiyo, Gonta, Tsumugi

Trashes the residence hall (especially the rec/lobby):

Leon, Mondo, Kazuichi, Ibuki, Nagito, Kaito, Tenko, Akane, Kokichi, Angie (uses it as a studio)

Smokes weed and sets off fire alarms, so everyone has to go outside at 4 AM:

Leon, Yasuhiro, Kazuichi, Nagito (he actually has a med card), Sonia (she got curious), Rantaro, Kokichi (hearing everyone complaining about it is what makes it fun for him), Korekiyo (the secret stoner no one expects)

Very Specific: Is the one working the night shift at the front desk of the residence hall when all of the drunk morons get back from the bar and has to rent them replacement keys, hand out packages, deal with stupid complaints over the phone, and call the ambulance/police every single night (this was me):

Kyoko, Hajime (got the short end of the stick), Shuichi (is a night owl and studies at the desk), Kirumi, Korekiyo (they are up all night anyway, and find this side of humanity fascinating), Peko, Ryoma (he genuinely doesn’t give a fuck what is going on), Maki (fuck around and find out)

[liarvibe]

Hi, to start out your new blog, what do you think about Kokichi Ouma from Danganronpa v3?

Anon I can't tell if you're being a little shit RN or what--

But I am nothing if not a nerd, so!

Welcome welcome everyone to Rye's insane brain, where I have over 11k words of meta for you to read over on Ao3!

(Edit: I'm SORRY, 17k of Meta?!)

But aside from that meta, I love Kokichi honestly! Fun fact--I was predispositioned to actually hate Kokichi due to how I interact with the DR franchise.

So a little story for you all: When I was a wee bab and Dr1 came out, I went in blind and got attacked to Leon almost immediately. So not only did I get attached to a character who died early, but I got attached to a character with one of the most brutal, realistic executions in all of DR's history. You see, this was very traumatizing for a wee bab Rye! So I started looking up the victims and executions of characters from that point forward to know who's gonna die so I don't get so overly attached to them and get soul crushed by their deaths.

For V3 Specifically, I don't remember how I got onto doing it, but I went and looked up the Japanese version of the final argument as well--the comic minigame where you summarize the case? And I saw Kokichi doing a little fist bump when Miu died and went "Oh no you're like Nagito 2.0 aren't you?"

Needless to say, I was ready to hate him. Very ready.

And yet... I did not. Chapters 1-3, I noticed that he wasn't actively malicious or trying to cause trouble for the class at all--not in the same way Nagito did. I thought maybe his mischievous nature was portrayed a bit cruel at times, but more in a "that was a bit tack-less there buddy" than a "Wow yikes you're an asshole" kind of way.

So here I was, waiting for Kokichi to be the kind of character to get himself involved with a murder somehow, and be "happy" about it... and never really seeing that kind of character.

When we got to case 4, I knew that was the case where Kokichi would "show his real colors"--that maybe it was just a case of bad foreshadowing and writing, that Kokichi was going to do a face-heel turn... and he did, kind of, but in the most tragic of ways.

His behavioral changes, the way he went silent when Kaito punched him and called him out on his weird behavior, and the way Kokichi was manipulating Shuichi for the investigation away from Gonta, and then the comment where he said that the class losing might be okay because the Killing Game would end if they were all executed... and in my mind, I saw someone completely broken. Then he got so viciously angry at Gonta during the trial, in a way that read as intensely hurt and lashing out, and then the sheer utter carnage of his emotions at the end of the trial too, where he cried and begged to be executed with Gonta... I just didn't see what I expected to see. I didn't see a malicious evil little monster.

I saw a child with too much grief on his shoulders.

After I finished watching NicoB's LP of the game, I started rewatching V3's story to get a better feel for the characters and the plot, because I wasn't entirely sure how to feel about everything... and the more I looked, the more I saw Kokichi's nature as a kind-hearted, mischievous person who was just as broken by that terrible situation as anyone else.

I think he is a very complex character, a very human character--one that's smart but not the typical "insanely" smart DR fans are used to, one that teases people and gets a kick out of being chased, one who wants to be be remembered... and overall, someone who was driven to murder only via a mercy kill.

I think there's something special about a character like Kokichi that's hard to replicate--and who knows. Maybe if I hadn't been expecting Nagito Levels of Bad, I would have been more hurt and betrayed by Kokichi in chapter 4. Maybe I wouldn't have.

Either way--I love him now, and I think he deserves more credit than what was given to him.

[anonzentimes]

zen am i just projecting or am i cooking when i say komahina are both soooo incredibly anxiety disorder coded

like i’ll start with nagito bc to me that one’s more obvious. this guy has ocd. holy SHIT nagito has ocd. and it’s completely reasonable for him to have developed it! his luck means that things go wrong for very little reason all the time, he knows the luck has Rules to it, of course he’d develop little “rituals” (read: compulsions) to try to minimize bad luck. plus, frontotemporal dementia often causes symptoms of ocd as well (though i’d argue he very well could have developed the disorder before his diagnosis). nagito is always so convinced that Something Bad is going to happen Because Of Him even if he has nothing to do with the situation. “xyz thing happened earlier so something awful will happen now” that is obsessive-compulsive thinking!!! i just know he counts every step and Has to close doors 8 Times “just in case.” he probably has some form of moral ocd as well considering how convinced he is that he’s a terrible person who isn’t worth anything. oh and of course he doomspirals like no fucking other

as for hajime. i might really be projecting with this one but also i’m Right. generalized anxiety disorder. his primary fear response is fight. hajime is so stressed out about everything all the time and this is why he’s kind of bitchy. he’s Anxious. you see this a lot in the prologue where even before monokuma shows up hajime Is Not Trusting Of This Situation bc what the fuck!!! where is he!! what do you MEAN just enjoy it how did he get here!!! he’s surrounded by strange people on a strange island with a fucking stuffed rabbit and you expect him to NOT freak out??? hello??? he passed out for sure bc his adrenaline response got so intense that his blood pressure got weird and oh down he goes. but it also shows in subtler ways. his thought patterns and constant questioning of things— he overthinks a LOT, from monokuma’s plans to why his classmates are Like That to I Must Be So Normal to his mystery talent to What Is Nagito’s Deal Actually. in the prologue and chapter one, nagito gets hajime to calm down by distracting him— specifically, he teases hajime and riles him up. this gives him a healthy outlet to put that fight response energy into, and thus the anxiety recedes. hajime calls himself a “coward” in nagito’s 5th (? maybe 4th) fte— before i got my gad diagnosis, i thought of myself as being overly sensitive and nervous— hajime, who isn’t very good at deciphering emotions in general (likely due to not being able to talk about them at home but that’s a different story), would probably see his anxiety and identify it as cowardice. he also just… worries. constantly. about everything. whenever a classmate goes missing, whenever nagito goes missing (he proceeds to question WHY he’s worrying with nagito a lot which ties back to the overthinking), whenever anything new happens on the island, etc. mainly though i think hajime’s gad shows in his insecurities. he is deeply afraid of mediocrity, of his best not being enough. i think a lot of his fears stem from the idea of being forgettable or unremarkable— he wants to make an impact on the world, and the thought of dying before he can, whether it be in the killing game or just the rat race of life, horrifies him. but he doesn’t know who he is, he doesn’t know how to make that impact. he’s terrified that he, hajime hinata, is not enough. that he’s boring, unremarkable, destined to be just another salaryman, part of the mob. that’s why he worries about his talent so much, that’s why it hurts so much when nagito starts treating him worse in chapter 4 (someone who was once his biggest source of comfort is now affirming his worst fears), and that’s why he was such a good target for the kamukura project. hpa saw his insecurity and fear and preyed on it. most people wouldn’t sacrifice themselves for some experimental project. but when you’ve fought to get to a place that you pray will be able to make you special, and they tell you “we can make you special, but it will change who you are,” and you Don’t Like who you are because you feel deep down that who you are will never be enough, well. why wouldn’t you take the offer? you get to Be Something. you get to make an impact. who cares if you lose yourself? that guy was boring.

ANYWAYS that got away from me a little bit. i could keep going (like abt hajime’s fight response and nagito’s fawn response) but this ask is long enough lmao. point it they both have undiagnosed anxiety disorders i know it i Know It please tell me you see what i see

Hii!!! Sorry it’s taken me so long to get around to answering this! I was waiting for a good moment to type up a response since I think such a long ask, especially from an oomf, deserves a thought out reply. To be straightforward and simple: yes, absolutely yes! I think the interpretations that Hajime has anxiety disorder and Nagito has ocd is very fitting. I don’t know as much about ocd as I do about anxiety, so I don’t really talk about it in fear that I may be rude or inaccurate, but I definitely so heavily agree every time I see it. As for the anxiety disorder I’m not sure if I really have it but my anxiety is a pain and I am taking supplements and have started taking meds for it recently (fingers crossed those actually do anything helpful), but this is to say that I relate to Hajime a lot in those sort of moments and when you phrase it like that I realize it is probably because of the anxiety he experiences alongside his character beats. For Nagito I can say, “Yeah! Everybody makes such great points about him having Ocd! I really like that interpretation even if I don’t know about it as much,” and then with Hajime it’s like “Yes! This is canon to me I know about this and I say so and relate to him and it fits incredibly well!” :D

also lowkey I’ve been having that weird feeling where I miss them,,, and reading this has made me miss them less so thank you very much hehe I love Hajime and Nagito very much and agree with your points heavily, appreciate you sending this!

[markerofthemidnight]

Philosophy and media question, what is your favorite self sacrifice in fiction and why?

Probably Gundham Tanaka from Super Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.

There are a lot of good moments in these games that could technically count as self-sacrifice, but this one takes the cake in my opinion.

Gundham Tanaka is Class 77’s SUPREEEME OVERLORD OF IIIICE- I mean, Ultimate Breeder. (Though Beastmaster would be a more appropriate name if you ask me.)

We don’t know all that much about him, but it’s implied that he had a pretty awful childhood that eventually lead him to surrounding himself by animals that lacked the intelligence to be able to hurt him the same way that humans could.

By the time we meet him in-game, he has the speech pattern of of a demon overlord from a shitty anime and never breaks character once, he’s succeeded at proliferating an endangered species, and he can supposedly talk to animals (which, given both the man and the franchise we’re talking about, might be true). Armed with his Four Dark Devas of Destruction (actually just four hamsters), he is an unstoppable force.

Then, Chapter 4 rolls along. The gimmick this time is a truly evil one on Monokuma’s part: he’s locked our heroes (and Nagito) in a funhouse and won’t let them leave, or get any food, until someone gets killed. And he’s pulling out all the stops to make sure it’s as unpleasant as possible as they all slowly starve, resigned to their fate.

Then a murder happens, followed by a Class Trial, and Gundham is found guilty.

That’s right: out of all the people who chose to sacrifice himself for this group, it was the Ultimate Edgelord. And his reasoning? Seeing all these people slowly waiting to die pissed him off so much he decided to murder someone, then sacrifice himself, just so they would get back off their fucking asses and live a little.

Okay, that last part’s not as serious as it should be, so let me continue: he proceeds to delve into a very long, very passionate speech about how killing someone so the rest could live was a better alternative to them all slowly starving in the Funhouse, including some absolute BANGER lines such as:

“What’s the point of living if you’re just waiting until you finally die?!”

Him going out of his way to specifically murder the one person who he knew was the most likely to agree with what he was doing is also badass, but the main point is just… awesome. Like, yes, do not give up on life. Always do what it takes to survive, no matter the cost, because that’s what wild fucking animals like you and me do best.

And then he dies doing what he loves: getting trampled by a buffalo.

What a legend.

[aparticularbandit]

I'm starting to wonder, based on this post, if the DR2 motives are more personally specific.

The post talks about how 2-2's motive was very specific to Fuyuhiko. He is probably the only person who, on playing the game, would see that as a motive for murder. (Peko is the other option here, using herself as an extension of Fuyuhiko to do the murder she believes he wants.)

2-3's motive was very specific to Mikan. Sure, the others got Despair Disease, but Mikan is the only character who would have caught it without the others knowing - simply from being the Ultimate Nurse and spending so much time focusing on the care of her patients. Even more, Mikan is the only character who likely would have specifically caught the Remembering variant of the disease.

2-5 doesn't have a motive and is very personal to Nagito. He is the only one who would do any of that based on the knowledge he got from 2-4 - and Nagito's luck ensures that he is (likely) the only one who would be able to win that knowledge (and he's probably the only one who would have played Russian Roulette in the way he did specifically because of his luck).

2-4 is less specific but would come down to Nekomaru and Gundham. Especially Nekomaru, who has already tried to sacrifice himself once to save Akane (in chapter 2). The situation would set him up specifically to either be killed or kill so that the others could get out and get food. (Someone who knows Gundham better can probably a better reason why this is specific to him; I want to say something about animal handling and pack bonding - both Gundham and Nekomaru, as a result of their talents, are sacrificial leaders. Sonia also should fit into this category.)

2-1 is a bigger stretch, but outside of Fuyuhiko who might wonder what happened with Natsumi (cleared up in 2-2), Teruteru is maybe the only one who remembers a good enough relationship with someone on the outside (who is still alive) and who would desperately want to know what happened to her. (Nagito wants to get the party started, sure, but that may be a reason why 2-1's motive doesn't necessarily need to be specific. If no one else has her hope/despair back, Junko knows Nagito does. Oddly enough.)

Like - we talk a lot about how Junko cared about Class 78 and put so much time into personally crafting their despair in the Killing Game vs. how clearly she did not care about Class 77b, but.

The first Killing Game motives were not nearly as personalized as the DR2 ones. (With the exception of Junko going out of her way to try and kill Makoto and also to frame Kyoko. But that's not really the same, is it?)

[bittercideristaken]

I passed out fourteen times but here's my pointy objects fanart I've been working on for literally months and only now got a break from school and work to finish

(this is fanart from an ao3 fic called of gods, monsters, and pointy objects made for @gontagokuhara !!! I hope you're feeling better from covid!! I promise I won't feel bad about how long this took if YOU don't feel bad about the time this next chapter is taking, MASTERPIECES TAKE TIME!!!)

I had (have) more art planned but I didn't want to wait forever to post this, it's the reason as to why I haven't commented yet!! I was trying to finish this first and then I didn't have time LMFAOO I hope you like it!

Baby (giant) Gonta being raised (literally) by Nagito, distracted by a cool beetle!

2. Angie and her mom(s) off their island's shore....

3. Kaede in Chapter 10, after the RV explosion, in the bathroom of Mikan's cottage....

4. Ibuki and her daughter, Kanami, waking up in a panic after the attack

(Non)surprisingly, I think it'd be fun to also share some of my pointy objects headcanons in this same post! I wrote down a LOT of them in my notes app overtime, and they're mostly camp-based. But since this is long I'll just put it under the cut ;)

• Miu's hair used to be the exact shade of blonde as kaede, but she dyed it pink with manic panic and it's NEVER come out

• Nagito and Ibuki were already friends, but only started becoming close after the Tsumugi incident bc of their shared grief and self-doubts... she basically stayed at camp the whole time while the triplets healed up until Junko banned parents from seeing their kids

• Ryoma was a daily smoker before coming to camp, but Nagito encouraged him to switch to nicotine patches

• The counselors didn't realize Gonta needed glasses for a HOT minute until one day while Hajime was trying to set up a lesson plan for his schooling and couldn't figure out why Gonta's reading comprehension went way down when they used a chalkboard... and they're like "...can you NOT see it?😟" like "oh. well he needs glasses, thats it" *facepalm*

• Tenko goes to a lot of girl group concerts with Himiko and Peko! So when she comes to camp, Kiibo begs her to show them the videos 😭

• Sometimes someone gets sick and can't do dinner duty, and sometimes Nagito says "I'll cook" and everyone rejoices because they KNOW it's a pizza night 😭 they literally bet on how long he'll be struggling in the kitchen until they hear the car leaving camp

• Miu is a SERIAL clothing theif, even though she constantly hates on everyone's style/says their clothes are too big/small for her anyway. Kaede is a constant victim of this 😭 she'll tear up her closet looking for a specific top in the morning and then come out to breakfast to see Miu wearing it (it has caused physical fights)

• Angie and Tenko always show up with the cutest hair with all kinds of accessories. They're the best at braiding and most of the camp has had their hair braided at least three times in one summer.

• Kaede and Kirumi are pretty damn good at sewing! The long haulers bring Kaede things that need mending when Kirumi isn't there lol, and Kaede makes all her own Halloween costumes! (And trades her chore duties to help others with their own costumes)

• Rantaro is GENUINELY a tiktok star 💀 he did musical.lys to cringey music unironically when he was like 12 but ppl really started following him for his aesthetic travel videos, and "dying my hair/piercing myself at 3am bc I'm bored" videos (also some unfortunate thirst traps and dance videos💀) Shuichi shows up in the background sometimes and Rantaro teases him because ppl keep commenting "WHO THAT IN THE BAAAAACCKKKK" but yeah he doesn't take it crazy seriously or post very often

• Himiko has known Hajime/Nagito the longest of all the campers (they literally changed her diapers for Chiaki) but she used to hide behind her mom's legs as a toddler bc she was shy 🥺

• Miu works better with music on, it's like her only real psychological tie to her Godly parent (other than the attitude)💀 she dances around her room while working on projects and turns the music up REALLY loud in her cabin and makes everyone complain until she's gifted a pair of really good headphones for Christmas

• Angie also LOVES to surf, Sakura wasn't the best surfer before but she literally learned just so she could surf with her daughter 🥺 it makes her feel closer to Aoi

• Sometimes when the counselors are SUPER overwhelmed they literally say that they've been called to a meeting and just take the weekend off somewhere 💀💀💀 usually one stays behind but it's something they've NEVER admitted to even though the triplets have definitely figured it out after Hajime came back from a """""meeting"""""" with a trinket for his office 💀

• (KINDA NSFW) But Ibuki has had the most relationships with other gods out of everyone else followed by Makothoe 😭 This doesn't really say much it's just a record bc the gods have relationships with humans anyway 💀 if you account for humans it's probably Leon or Teru LMAOOOO (honorable mention to the imposter because LMFAOOOO but I headcanon he has like real relationships with humans and sticks with them for a while not necessarily uhhh yk)

• Most of the gods are used to acclimating themselves to their time, but like, sometimes they still don't catch up with EVERYTHING and they act like parents who struggle to get Siri to work or squint when they have to use a phone (The counselors got sick of a 12 y/o Kokichi asking if they had games on their phone and kokichi got sick of them saying "a telephone was made for calling people" so he got a phone slightly before the other campers 😭) (Byakuya and Makoto got a smartfridge that they STILL struggle to work 💀) (Taka's face turns red after the first 10 minutes he takes to connect a bluetooth device to his car)

• Vocal stims spread across camp like wildfire until Hajime nearly tears his hair out begging them to stop (vocal stims ALSO linger in MEETINGS LMFAOO I think the indubitably bit in sdr2 was so real and funny 😭)

• Baby rantaro was DRIPPED TF OUT💀 Makoto and Byakuya had him in designer clothes as a toddler, to the point where reporters/business partners were suggesting he go into junior modeling because he was such an adorable kid! Makoto likes to tease/brag to Rantaro about it lol. He still has the toddler clothes stored away and a bunch of photos of baby rantaro in formal wear😭

• Kaito has a scar on his stomach from when he tried to fight off the monsters that killed his grandparents

• Kaede is "talking smart", and so is her twin, Miu, but it SHOWS when she's talking trash about someone 😭 she has an Azealia Banks level of world-ending, life-changing reads at the tip of her tongue

OKAY THATS ALL FOR NOW BYEEEEEEE

[sw33tl1es]

The order is bc im trying to make this look aesthetically pleasing, not about which ship i like more (except for oumota being first)

(Banners made by @danganronpa-shipping-galore)

Sorta of in depth explanations

1) Oumota: it was literally made in a factory for me, they have everything i want in a ship

Rivals to lovers, narrative foils, an extremely doomed dinamic that could be different if they weren't in such a dire situation, height and size difference and above everything they have such an immense chemistry, muah perfect

Literally so much to play with

2)Saimaki, i started shipping them as a joke but i started to love them so much! I love the kind of bond they must have after losing Kaito and surving the killing game, very codependent i think

But besides that, i wish they played their talents more in canon, because i find the detective x assasin concept to have so much potential (especially considering both of them arent the biggest fans of their talents iirc lol) theres an au i have which plays on that.

3) Kaemugi, doomed toxic Yuri, I love to play on the idea for Kaede having a sorta crush on Tsumugi just for her to turn around and betray her THAT badly, framing her for Rantaro's death

I love the forgiveness but even the necessary resentment (in vr!au), i also love to explore both of them being guilty for what happened to Rantaro (Kaede still planned it) and feels like you could do something very interesting with them in protag!Kaede au!

4)Kiirumi; not my favorite by any means, I find their canon interactions cute

And i like to think about pregame!Kiibo knowing Pregame!Miu and pontentially be her only friend (this is self indulgent, ik) plus inventor x robot slaps.

5)Komaegi, obligatory i haven't finished sdr2 nor watched dr3 so this is mostly self indulgent fun and idk why this dinamic compels me so much

I love how Nagito is designed to be a deconstruction of how out beloved protagonist, i love how they technically started the same (lucky students) but took such different paths, i think you can do a lot with them! Especially considering Nagito obsession with hope...

6) Naegamigiri, favorite poly ship ever, i think they all have such chemistry with each other is insane (yes, even togami/kirigiri but i ship them in a queerplatonic way) they are the married throuple¿ ever and im just so attached to them

7)chimondo, oh boy lots to say about this one but honestly theres a lot of very specific headcanons that i'm kinda afraid to delve into, so i all i will say is that they are cute and it personally breaks my heart how they were (seemingly) friends before the killing game 🫡 i usually ship them together with Taka but i admit I got lazy finding the ship name.

8)komahinanami, differently from the other antag/protag/support ship, this is more that ship both Hinanami and Komahina and I dont want to pick and choose, i love komanami explicitly only as friends

And especially in my au (which is my vr!au but im trying to also fit all the lore from the other games together, its a lot but i hope one day i find the confidence to talk about it), thinking about those three interacting together with all that happened just </3 makes me both happy and extremely sad, gotta finish the game and watch the anime so im sure its gonna hurt a lot

9) Sakuraoi, this is one of these ships that stuck with me a lot, I find them genuinely one of the best written relationships of Thh and chapter 4 as a whole is never gonna not gonna make me tear up

I also, love personally to have a character like Aoi which is usually very good and friendly have such a big emotional reaction that shes open to the idea of killing everyone and herself for the sake of Sakura, i love how DR never hesitates to make their character have big emotional responses that are sometimes extremely harmful like this one. I like an Aoi that has a type of grief that gets so revengeful shes willing to go lengths she'd never would otherwise.

10) Kaemaki, I admit this is for aesthetical purpose and bc Kaede personality wise reminds me of my oc that i ship with Maki

im sorry i had to have 10 ships and i mostly have platonic ships in this fandom

Its very surface level, i think it could have gotten more interesting if we had protag!Kaede and support!Maki :')) maybe they could have helped each other.

[batw1nggg]

i think nagito wouldnt be aggressive towards reserve course students only really seeing them as the equivalent worthlessness and he might project a little which would make him think if someone acted differently from him or did something he wouldn't due to the hierarchy he'd think its weird

i never see any fanfics that agree with me it's really saddening honestly every no despair fanfic has nagito being overly aggressive towards hajime, which sure, he would tease and what not, but I don't think he'd be outright aggressive like he is in chapter 4 because he's mostly aggressive there due to him learning everyone including himself are terrorists and feeling betrayed

THIS !! ive posted about this before too !! see this is why i feel their dynamic is so fragile — in a pregame setting, komaeda is going to be ticked off by hajime, because hajime keeps hanging out with 77b (and therefore is “trying to treat himself as equal”, going against komaedas hierarchy). but komaeda wouldn’t be straight up aggressive without reason, he’d just be a passive aggressive asshole. in chapter 4 he had a reason to be like that because of the terrorism thing + the added struggle of his personal feelings towards hajime conflicting with his worldview.

i understand the dynamic from an analytical standpoint but. its so so specific and hard to actually put in practice. komaeda has to shoot insults but they can’t be TOO elaborate or personal. he can’t be nice but he can’t be ch4 levels of mean. hajime has to get ticked off but not as personally hurt because he has no attachment to komaeda and he’d mainly focus on komaeda reaffirming his existing insecurities rather than being hurt over komaeda being mean to him — it’s an internal struggle. it’s hard for me to take the ch4 dynamic and tone it down to be between 2 strangers

[theamityelf]

I've seen several Makoto in sdr2 AU where he enter Neo Program more early. Like, before first murder happened. Some of them have him remember thh while some make him forget because Junko AI interfere. So I'm curious, what your own take about this AU.

Oh, I love that question!

I've thought about a few angles for this. The only version I've considered where Makoto keeps his memories is one where Byakuya and Kyoko are in there, too, but they've lost their memories. Making Makoto and Monokuma the only ones who remember what's going on and resetting Byakuya and Kyoko's character development.

(Or I'd be cool with Makoto keeping his memories if he only shows up later in the game, like during Chapter 4 or 5 to try to avert the very specific crises that are happening there.)

Otherwise, I think I'd prefer for him not to remember, so he can form genuine, uncomplicated relationships with the Remnants and be deeply confused if Monokuma ever singles him out.

If he's there in addition to Hajime, then I want him to remember that he's the Ultimate Lucky Student. We already have one guy who forgot his talent; doing it twice would be too explicit a link between them, and I want any kinship they feel toward each other to be more on the basis of feeling than outward connection.

If he's there instead of Hajime, I want him not to remember that. Maybe everyone loses memories starting from a certain date, meaning while everyone else's memories stop on their first day of Hope's Peak, Makoto doesn't even remember being accepted into Hope's Peak until Monokuma or Usami (early on) reveal that he's from the class after the others'.

I think I also want Monokuma to start hinting early on (in both scenarios) that he was invited as a Lucky Student but that is no longer his title. Maybe in Chapter 1 someone comments that it's weird to have two lucky students and Monokuma says something like "Hmm? Do we?" Or something of the sort. Little comments here and there to intrigue people who are paying close enough attention. Just a little mystery for him. I don't think he'd think about the mystery of his talent as much as Hajime does, but I think Nagito would. And again, I really want Monokuma to give him a puzzling amount of singular attention.

If he catches Despair Disease, I want his version to be Defeatist Disease, where he just casually sabotages anything anyone tries to do. Maybe this means he often sneaks out of the hospital to try to go to the motel (thereby sabotaging the whole quarantine they have going on) and the others have to repeatedly stop him, but also as a result of this he inadvertently prevents Hiyoko from going to the music venue and gets in Mikan's way when she's trying to murder Ibuki.

I like to think that the murders would change if he were involved. Like, different murders would happen.

[kreideprinz69]

pls talk more about nagito regretting what he did to Hajime in chapt. four I also am totally normal about that. Nagito is such an interesting rival, because he doesn't HATE Hajime, but I think what he has issue with are his own feelings.

i would absolutely love to do so!

someone else made a really good analysis about nagito showing remorse for how he treated hajime, but i for the life of me cannot find it again and i've been searching for a hot minute. </3 i'll come back and link it if i'm able to find it later!

okay, so i believe a good starting place for this is taking a trip back towards the beginning of chapter 5, where nagito visits hajime in his cottage after hearing about the plan to detain him again. now as a refresher; supposedly he's there because he want's to make sure hajime comes to the hotel so he can see the whole bombing incident. he basically tells hajime that he knows about their plan, and wants hajime to come to the hotel too because he has business with everyone.

which i would just briefly like to mention, that with the way he talks it feels like he's a bit hesitant to ask hajime to come. though i might just be reading into it a bit much, however i think it's an interesting idea to consider here. his follow up is the part of the whole scene that stuck out to me though,

i consider nagito to be a very truthful person, at least in the sense that what he says is true, just maybe not in the way you think. so with the way he's talking in the above screenshots, i think he's fully serious in telling hajime not to take him so seriously. it sort of implies that he has eased up somewhat on being angry at hajime for the reserve course drama. at this point, nagito already has his death planned out too, so he's fully aware he's not going to have any more conversations with hajime. which is why-

this line sticks out to me. it's always felt out of place to me, just sort of a random thing to reflect on. but knowing that nagito is aware of his limited time, i started to see this line as nagito reflecting on his time with hajime. which seems to be in a fond regard.

this line too, from the video after the trial. which is pretty straightforward in his regret.

so yeah, just kind of piecing all of these things together, i do feel like nagito feels remorse for the way he treated hajime in chapter 4. it's notable that he wasn't attacking hajime as much during their interactions in chapter 5, compared to chapter 4. i could be reading into these interactions a bit too much, but either way i feel like it's clear there's at the very least a little guilt on nagito's part.

also to add on to the last part of your statement; nagito 10000% has issues with his own feelings, and there's no way he hates hajime, in fact that's why he struggles with his feelings so much. because he can't hate hajime. nagito's feelings, specifically towards hajime, are very complex and it runs deep. i could explain that in depth for a while so for the sake of not making this post too long and keeping it on topic- i might make a separate post for it, if anyone wants it!

[daveth-isnt-dead]

hi could u suggest any fanfics?? not from any specific media, im mostly just curious if there are any in particular that stuck with you (⁠.⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠❛⁠.⁠)

interesting question! Get ready for a bunch of random disconnected fics from my bookmarks i suppose! This is not like, an exhaustive list, and im gonna try not to link too much from one fandom lol. Anyway, have a look under the cut for my faves

All Souls Who Take Up The Sword

Dragon Age Inquisition Blackwall/Fem Lavellen Soooooo im not usually big into Blackwall, but this fic is an AU where he and Lavellen are both grey wardens forced to travel to the Orzammar deep roads to meet with the Hero of Ferelden, who is a changed person. Idk it was really interesting and an engaging character study. I loved it A Boon The Hobbit Thranduil/Reader

The reader and the Elvenking enter a wager, sex is on the table. Very hot, very sexy, i love elves. Gorgeous writing style, very evocative. By Blood BG3 Astarion/Tav I love this one. The author has such a good grasp of the characters and their voices, it honestly feels so much like a scene from the game. Thanks to a cursed treasure chest, Tav accidentally confesses her feelings to Astarion and he is a nuisance about it. Missives Dragon Age 2 Nathanial Howe/Hawke WOOF. Hawke and Nathanial meet in the deep road as in the game and then begin exchanging polite letters that slowly get less and less polite............Idk, nothing gets me like erotic mail lol. Incredible sexual tension. love it. Scheherazade Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (Part 4 in specific) Josuke Higshikata/Okuyasu Nijimaru Okay. Look. I know this one is kind of a hard sell. But it's probably the best fanfic i've ever read. Novel length, incredible combination prequel/sequel content that somehow feels like it slots perfectly into the original narrative. Josuke is struggling to recall memories from 10 years ago and when a serial killer seems to be in town, remembering them becomes essential, oh and also he might be in love with his best friend. Also one of the chapters is an RPG that you play????? its fucking insane. Please read it. In The Yellow Time of Pollen Mass Effect Andromeda Kallo Jath/Ryder Another niche one. A lot of my all time faves are niche ones. I really like Kallo and this fanfic is a really interesting exploration of like, alien sexuality and its also viscerally emotional and personal. And sexy. It does it all. I wish it was finished, but its still good as is.

And Wolves Beneath Their Seams Fallout 3 Lone Wanderer/Charon A really emotionally intense, teeth gnashing fanfic set during the main story of fallout 3. Has some really interesting perspectives on the lone wanderer's relationship with character in the game. This one makes me cry, its a lot. Do not separate them. Incredibly codependent relationship, so codependent it starts leaning toxic, but i love it.

Dirty Secret Final Fantasy 14 Emet-Selch/Warrior of Light

A really lovely exploration of the struggles there would be falling in love with the guy literally trying to end the world. Very achingly romantic and painful. Great sex stuff too. I really love this one. Fever Words Super Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Nagito Komaeda/Reader Usually komaeda is banished to my sideblog. But i am being transparent so here he is. Great fic this one. One of the first ones in this tag on ao3 and it still hits so good. Again its the combo of smut and character exploration that I find so compelling. I come back to this one all the time. Great writing too, super easy to visualize.

Quandary & Retribution in F# Arcane Viktor/Reader Okay, i decided i would only include one Viktor fanfic which was hard because i love so many, but the narration device in this one is so clever that it stands out. Reader is a musician and Viktor's neighbor. He comes by to tell her not to play her music so loudly. Anyway, the smut plays out interspersed with musical directions and I find it utterly fascinating and so so clever. A great read. So........that's a very big list. By no means exhaustive but I hope that someone will find a fandom they know and read some of these. I love all of them dearly.

[bronze-and-silver-keys]

This is Shadow Mac and Cheese anon once more. I've hit a bit of a snag when it comes to Sonia's execution. Basically everyone else was easy to plan out, but I've only got like two or three things about her and I'm struggling to mesh them together cohesively into something properly dramatic. Looking things up hasn't provided me with anything new either. I feel like relying on her being a princess would be the easiest way to go about it, but for the others I've been actively not focusing on their talents in favor of personal shortcomings. I could exploit her relationship with gundham, but I already did something similar in a different execution. Any suggestions?

Hmm that's quite the conundrum, Shadow Mac and Cheese Anon. Let me think.

Spoilers for SDR2

Looking through her wiki, there's not a whole lot in her past that you could exploit for a despairing execution.

She didn't have any friends when she was younger because of her status, so being a Hope’s Peak student was her first chance at that. Over the course of the killing game (which is the only interaction with the others she would remember in that scenario) she became most attached to Gundham and was trusted with the Devas' care after his death.

Something I point out in one of my ghost au posts that's in my drafts is that she has a reason to feel guilty/responsible for at least some part of the murders that happen from chapters 2-5:

When in the library with Hajime and Peko, she excitedly talks about her interest in serial killers, specifically Sparkling Justice. This then gives the idea to Peko of exploiting this serial killer's existence to get herself voted as the blackened and save Fuyuhiko (which ultimately fails). Even Peko just knowing about Sparkling Justice and using it in the murder plan, Sonia would feel partially responsible, even if she just wanted to share her interests with people that she wanted to be friends with.

Sonia told Hiyoko there was a mirror in the music venue that she could use to tie her kimono sash in, and this ultimately led to Hiyoko's death. A case of wrong place, wrong time that wouldn't have happened if Sonia didn't tell her about the mirror. Sonia could definitely feel like she led Hiyoko to her death.

She wouldn't exactly feel responsible for Nekomaru's death, but probably for Gundham's actions. They became even closer during chapter 4, and that friendship motivated him further to get everyone out of the funhouse, even at the cost of his own life. I think that if he wasn't as close with Sonia as he was in that chapter, he wouldn't have committed a murder. (That's my interpretation at least) She could feel like her efforts to get closer to him drove him to sacrifice Nekomaru and himself for all of them.

And finally with Nagito's death, she wasn't present the whole time, but she did know that the bombs Nagito planted were fake. This information ultimately led to Chiaki being outed as the traitor and being executed as the blackened. Maybe if she shared that the bombs were fake earlier, then Nagito and Chiaki’s deaths wouldn't have happened?

Overall, it seems her efforts to make friends with her classmates could make her feel like she was partly responsible for what happened. She just wanted to share her interests with Peko. She just wanted to help Hiyoko and provide her some comfort and independence. She just wanted to be friends with Gundham. She wanted to do her part in trying to find the bombs, but sat on information that might have stopped the deaths of two of her classmates.

Putting that into an execution is tricky.

You could go with a classic queenly execution. Beheading in front of a crowd. Burning at the stake (though that's more for a witch, maybe a traitor? She could view herself as a traitor because of everything) but Celeste already used that.

It does list in her wiki that her relationship with Gundham really strengthens after the remaining students ride the roller coaster. You could go with something that utilizes the roller coaster, the true beginning of her friendship with the person she felt closest to being the catalyst of her death. The roller coaster could get stuck in a loop, hanging her upside down and sending blood rushing to her head, which is agonizing. It does seem out of place for a princess, but it plays into her guilt.

There could be a mechanism on the roller coaster that she has to catch just in time to make it stop, but she keeps missing and missing, being forced through the track over and over, getting stuck upside down in that loop over and over again. There could be standins for everyone that died in the coaster car with her, and they fall out in the same order they died and crash to the ground every loop that happens. Byakuya and Teruteru are the first to go. By the time the second loop starts, she realizes what's happening, and tries to stop it. And fails. Mahiru and Peko fall. She tries again. Ibuki, Hiyoko, and Mikan fall. She tries again. Nekomaru and Gundham fall. She begins getting desperate and distressed with more and more blood rushing to her head, leaving her disoriented. She tries again. Nagito and Chiaki fall out. She tries one more time, about to pass out and struggling harder than before, but the car gets stuck upside down until she finally falls out and dies from the impact.

Whoa. Sonia analysis moment.

[anonzentimes]

You're one of my favorite people on here, I love komaeda so much, oh my god

infodump about whatever you want about komaeda NOW!! (if you want, you dont actually have to)

RAGGG!!!!! you're so so sweet oh my gosh ❤️❤️ Sure i'll talk about komaeda! I'll just say what I've been thinking about specifically today.

I was thinking about the fact that Nagito can suppress sides of him today, when he needs to he's able to suppress some of his personality for people. I think the reason Nagito is "normal," before his freakout is not only for the plot twist but because he's trying to make a good impression for Hajime. And once he's even more interested in Hajime he wants his attention, He's always by his side at any chance he gets. I think Hajime just generally stood out to him because he felt a connection with him on a spiritual level and acted upon his curiosity. Why would he be the only one to stay behind and wake up Hajime otherwise? I think he had the gut instinct I do when I feel as if I need to talk to somebody who interests me.

His "facade," is sort of like how when you meet new people and you're not entirely showing your true self fully yet, I think he does that. He's able to suppress parts of himself for other people.

Nagito is always wanting Hajime's attention, he respects his personal space and beliefs but mostly wants to be around him. He's also VERY observant, even when he doesn't understand social cues sometimes his ability to observe others is a big factor about him. He observes Hajime a lot.

Which is honestly weird, isn't he afraid of getting close to people? He usually avoids his classmates, he thinks he isn't deserving of reciprocation, and yet he stayed by Hajime's side. He made an effort to talk normally enough that Hajime would like him. He even went swimming without any complaints, probably because he still doesn't want to lose his attention.

He continues this behavior throughout the game, even in Chapter 4 he uses the fact he has information to get Hajime's attention.

He doesn't think he's worth the ultimates time, and yet, he's always drawn to Hajime. He's always after Hajime's approval, it's so oddly fascinating to me. It's not an obsession thing, but he just really loves him for some reason. It feels more like an irrational emotion, it's not warped love, it's not about status, and It proceeds on even when he knows he's a despair.

I wonder if maybe, just maybe, if Nagito saw his suicide plan as freeing Hajime from Despair. Maybe that's how he justifies it with his emotions. And in an odd sense a horrible proclamation of love.

Sorry this kind of turned into Komahina more than anything lmao, but mostly I'm just thinking about how weird it is that he likes him, like why? What is it about him that Nagito is so infatuated with him? It goes against what he usually does, was he just really that special that he becomes irrational to his typical behaviors?

And in the free time events he's even more infatuated because he believes Hajime is amazing for tolerating him. He pushes him away so he doesn't get harmed by his luck cycle, but also to hopefully to get Hajime kill him. He wants him to escape, he wants him to create hope. Because he believes someone as great as Hajime can create amazing hope. And then his love confession???? AUGH his love confession like, it's so complicated. Did he bail out because he didn't want him to get hurt by his luck cycle? Did he bail out because he doesn't think he's worthy? LIKE??? He's so crazy.

Nagito's so interesting, his irrational infatuation with Hajime next to his warped beliefs, luck cycle, warped love, and intense obsession with hope to the point that he becomes morally grey over it makes him such a wonderful and entertaining character.

[templegate]

i NEED to know your thoughts on nagito

Genuinely? I really like him. I joke that I hate him but he's one of my favorite characters.

During my playthrough I was basically making fun of him the entire time. But like... Affectionately.

As for any character analysis. I think he's so fascinating. I don't think i can properly wrap my head around him verbally. But i feel like I know what he'll do in a given situation.

He's devout to the concept of hope because of his life circumstances. And it's not like... A rouse. He genuinely believes all of the things he's saying. Which is why he's fun. He's obsessed with hope because he has no hope. He's an orphan with every kind of trauma, he's terminally ill, etc etc.

And yet his obsession is entirely self centered. It's all about him. How he can become a stepping stone for hope. How he can become the ultimate hope. He will actively derail relevant conversations to talk about hope and throw a few insults/compliments around. Also his own obsession with being the ultimate hope probably stemmed from learning about Makoto Naegi in chapter 4

I honestly get the vibe that he finds the investigations and class trials massively entertaining and gets a lot of joy out of figuring things out and watching it all play through.

People also simplify him down to horny hope guy in love with Hajime. Which is just... Kind of offensive to his character. Cause when he really started getting good was in Chapter 4. After he realized they were all remnants of despair, and in particular - his favorite little guy (hajime) was not only a talentless little nobody, but also technically the "ultimate hope" and had all the talents and kickstarted the despair apocalypse. I think if i were him I'd go a little crazy too.

And imagine that. Everyone you know is evil. Including you. Specifically for the ideology you hate. Nagito's decision to kill everyone and himself makes a lot more sense when you consider the fact that he's disgusted by them. His malice- is totally understandable given what he knows and his own personal morals.

He's such an asshole too (affectionate) and i think we need to look at that more. Like most of it before chapter 4 is unintentional. But we need to talk about it. He's such a dick.

His black and white world view on talent and worthiness is also so fascinating. He simply believes some people are better than others. There's no nuance. Which is funny considering his own situation would be nuanced. He got into Hope's Peak by luck and doesn't consider himself an ultimate. But still will take the chance to dunk of Hajime for being in the reserve course. Simply because he feels superior.

speaking of Hajime it's very funny how much Hajime dunks on his whole worldview. Yeah the talentless guy you've been Dunking on for two chapters? He's actually the ultimate hope, has all the talents, saved your ass from the simulation and being taken over by Junko, and hes still willing to associate you after you tried to kill yourself and take everyone with you. Like i cannot imagine how pissed i would be if i was Komaeda after he woke up from the Neo World Program. It's hilarious. It's so dramatic.

I haven't played UDG or watched DR3 yet so I can't get the full scope of his character. But i still think he's great.

That's not to mention things like my opinion on shipping, characters i want to lock in a room with him. (If you're curious, it's Kiyotaka Ishimaru, Natsumi Kuzuryu, and Yasuhiro Hagakure) Etc etc

So in conclusion i hate nagito komaeda

[gontagokuhara]

Also I was thinking about that one ask someone made in like 2019 when you said nagito had a shitlist that makoto and byakuya were on bc they're gay people he doesn't respect and I was like WHYYY im literally so used to nagito being up makoto's arse in both canon/fanon it was surprising!!! Also peep the nagito with hooves reference to Mr brunner in that post

Like since I went through the old asks earlier today idk if you were serious about it but nagito with hooves is quite literally just Mr tumnus and I kept laughing at the imagery while I was at work Ngl I was procrastinating on the 4 quizzes and 1 test I have tomorrow by reading some of the old pointy objects asks 💀

okay last thing I just wanna say I can't remember who named gonta but to me it was so unhinged and random so it was probably nagito wasn't it LMFAO also the idea of baby baby gonta literally makes me want to cry please keep doing him right in this fic PLEASE😭 okay that's it BYEE

Okay I just wanna say idk what rantaro looks like when his power is activated but I cannot imagine anything other than a That's So Raven mid-sentence freeze where he looks like the "Monday left me broken" cat. Just like "yeah so anyway I was—👁👁...." and shuichi has just,,,, never questioned it LMFAOO

hiiiiii <3 when i saw this last night i ALSO went deep in the pointy objects tag to find the asks ur referencing but also a littol trip down memory lane ahead of getting started writing. we all know the drill by now all of my ramblings are below the cut <3

first of all (because u sent this one first) ur very right about shuuichi being a little bit of a bozo wrt: noticing rantarou's having a Precog Moment. he's (rantarou) has grown pretty used to getting hit with brief flashes of the future, so he's pretty good at maintaining a poker face when he's struck by one. we see it the sliiiightest bit way back in ch1 while rantarou is driving, and in the middle of speaking he is hit with a vision — it's not something he elaborates on but he does see more or less what ends up happening once the monsters rush the car. naturally makoto and byakuya are good at sussing out when he's having one — and as a very heavy aside, it was a vision of him and shuuichi as best buddies his first day of school that had him pursuing the friendship so ardently, and ultimately got them where they are now. brothers <3

and yes back to those asks!!! they are up to like.....jesus christ late-2019 was over 4 years ago at this point so THEREfore so are the asks. that said, in reading over them all again i don't think there's anything i said way back when that doesn't hold at least slightly true currently (with one exception, being the mystery poly relationship ending, and that's more to do with issues i foresee in incorporating it into the fic itself in a way that makes sense). the ones about nagito though? DEFINITELY still bang all this time later

which leads me into: your questions! there is definitely a level of respect nagito allows towards makoto (byakuya....not So much LOL) but when you know a guy for thousands and thousands and thousands of years.....and he marries the obnoxious rich guy in what is so *obviously* a downgrade for a big five god like himself (not unlike how nagito at least somewhat views hajime as having somewhat "settled" for nagito; i could go on and on about the inner machinations of po!nagito i love that stupid fuck for how comparatively little he's on-screen)...............nagito is a little disappointed. even all this time later. he is not byakuya's biggest fan LMFAO

tbh so much of my early answers on nagito (aside from how he was actually Present the first few chapters, so it made sense) stem directly from the fact he (+ shuuichi) are the direct inspiration for pointy objects as a whole. specifically this video, which i credit ch1 as being the catalyst for pointy objects becoming.......well almost 200k and counting. shuuichi as percy's counterpart and nagito as dionysus the unpaid, eternally cursed camp counselor (with hajime as mr brunner, thankfully hoofless) was the starting point for pointy objects FOR sure, and it's just expanded quite a lot past that over all this time. that video jumpstarted the idea in my sister (who handed it over to me pretty much from the get-go), and the pjo musical is what i loosely structured the lore/plot around, but i think the observations i've heard from readers that pointy objects does well at expanding well past the boundaries of the source material hold true! if you do happen to take a peek at the linked video, though: pretty much the whole of ch2 was very heavily inspired by the song which i think is obvious on reread. that sprite edit started it all fr thank you youtube user evie

and yes: it was nagito who found and subsequently named gonta! 8 years and counting of gonta being camp's designated favorite by literally everybody (nagito) (hajime) (most of the campers) (the mioda triplets) (me, connorlizabeth bazwrites). as is probably obvious [gestures at my entire tumblr] i am gontas #1 ride or die, he's my pride and joy, and i will definitely continue having fun with po!gonta TRUST <3 in the spirit of not saying too much ill leave it at.........gonta enjoyers. we are going to eat good.