#with Miu and Gonta being the supporting characters

[lunarin64art]

Bugvac Squad!!

I love how they connect... ;w;

 Since Kiibo was confirmed to be the actual protag of V3, I like imagining that Miu, Kokichi, and Gonta were considered the actual main characters as well(rather than Kaede, Shuichi, Kaito, and Maki of course) Which explains why all four of them were so involved throughout every chapter compared to previous “side” characters.

 Them being the actual main group also explains why Kiibo and Kokichi are implied to have woken up in the same classroom as well as why Kokichi doesn’t have much of an actual connection to the main group we see the game through.(aside from his rivalry with Kaito)

 Also, I love how Kiibo being the actual protagonist makes Miu the actual main girl of V3. Which is even funnier considering that the writers wrote Miu with the idea in mind of making her “worst girl”.

[g0nta-g0kuhara]

The Chapter 4 Essay Part 2: Gonta Gokuhara

A metapost on my thoughts on Kokichi’s overall motivations and Gonta’s actions during ch4. Split into two parts. You can find Kokichi's half here: (LINK)

This section is admittedly a little bit shorter than Kokichi’s, but that’s just because Gonta’s motivations are a lot more clear than Kokichi’s. That being said, I’m also worried that since I am so obsessed with Gonta I might forget something important that supports my point because to me its kinda self-evident. So if anything seems like it’s missing or doesn’t make sense, please let me know!

In my opinion, nothing Kokichi did to Gonta was personal, in both positive and negative ways. He didn’t target Gonta because he hated him in particular, but he also didn’t team up with him because they were already friends. Gonta was just an easy target for him to take advantage of, both for stopping Miu from killing him And in progressing his plan to stop the killing game. Gonta’s actions in chapter 4 are a combination of genuine manipulation by Kokichi using what made him an easy target, and motivation caused by Gonta’s desperation and preexisting insecurities that had been growing since the start of the killing game.

Throughout v3, the one thing that Gonta wants more than anything else is to protect his friends from the killing game. It’s pretty clear that he trusts his physical strength more than any other part of himself. The literal First thing Gonta says in a group setting with everyone else is this:

(prologue)

He doesn’t even know anyone yet! But he’s already prepared to physically defend them from the exisals! He also tries to stop Kaede’s execution along with Kaito and Tenko:

(post trial, chapter 1) (And- wait- is Gonta missing his bug box in this cg? Oh my god….)

Gonta is shown to be most confident when doing things that involve his physical strength. There’s less hesitation and uncertainty in his actions, unlike what you can often see in him during class trials or group discussions.

Gonta is also more than willing to give up his life for his friends, even as early as chapter 2.

(post trial, chapter 2) (he’s the first one to make this suggestion)

Outside of physical defense against active threats, Gonta really just wants to help his friends in any way he can. Here’s a couple examples:

(post-trial, chapter 1) (daily life, chapter 2) (daily life, chapter 3) (investigation, chapter 3)

On the other hand, Gonta has really bad self esteem issues. It’s telling enough that one of Gonta’s common floatlines is literally “Gonta idiot…” When he’s not casually calling himself dumb he’s apologizing for it. For this (and honestly, many other parts of Gonta’s character that I’m pointing out here) I really recommend just paying close attention to Gonta on a replay of the game. I could literally sit here for a week finding and listing all the times Gonta calls himself stupid, but it feels pretty self-evident considering how much he does it. Here’s just one example:

(investigation, chapter 1)

It’s the combination of his deep desire to be helpful and protect the people around him, and the repeated deaths of his classmates, that really start to wear on him as the game progresses. I think this mixes with his already present self worth issues to form a pretty nasty complex; Gonta explicitly blames himself for almost every single victim’s death in the game. Let’s walk through the chapters for a moment here:

Ryoma: “Gonta coulda saved him… No, Gonta shoulda saved him…! // When piranhas attack Ryoma… If Gonta had dived into tank… / Then… Gonta coulda help Ryoma. But Gonta got scared. Too scared to do anything. / Sorry! Gonta really sorry!”

In chapter 3, Gonta joins Angie’s student council out of his desire to protect everyone. This is made clear in how, before pulling him in, Angie compliments Gonta and calls him smart. She then says this:

(daily life, chapter 3)

This time, organized as a part of the student council and with Angie’s god on his side, Gonta hopes that he can finally be useful and successfully protect someone.

Angie: “Maybe Angie got attacked while she sleep in her room, and get brought there? / If so… Gonta coulda saved her! If only Gonta saw! / But Gonta was sleeping… Sorry, Angie… Gonta no could save you!”

…To quote my favourite V3 lets play (shortonegaming) on this moment: “He made up a version [of Angie’s death] so that he could blame himself.”

Tenko: “T-Tenko…! Gonta so sorry… Gonta no could protect you!” and then a little later “It’s all Gonta’s fault…! Gonta fail to protect friends again!” and AGAIN later “Gonta so ashamed…! Why Gonta no could protect friends!?”

That’s two deaths in a row that Gonta (at least believes) he was right next door to and failed to stop. You can see from how he says this repeatedly, with lots of dialogue from other characters in between, the sheer amount that this is impacting him.

Miu: “But… why this happen…!? Why… Miu killed!? / Gonta not understand… Gonta not understand anything… /…But Gonta frustrated and sad! Gonta no could protect Miu! // Gonta so sorry! Gonta sorry he no could protect Miu!” Even with Miu’s death, to which he’s waking up disoriented and confused, he blames himself for failing to stop it.

(Sidenote: Looking at all these reactions back to back makes Gonta’s disorientation after waking up from the virtual world SO much more visible. I left the beginning out of the quote I took, but when you first talk to him during ch4’s investigation, he doesn’t say anything for a few moments. This is very unlike his immediate, intense reactions in the earlier chapters. When he does start speaking it feels kind of disjointed, uncharacteristically calm, and confused before he starts riling himself up blaming himself for Miu’s death. I never really noticed it before looking into this. It’s kind of disturbing)

The only reason I personally think he doesn’t react this way about Rantaro immediately is due to being in shock that someone died to begin with. That doesn’t stop him from saying this not long after:

(investigation, chapter 1)

This complex- made of the desire to protect everyone, self loathing, and feelings of uselessness at being unable to help investigating due to being “stupid” and failing to protect anyone physically, the only thing he thinks he’s good at, every. single. time- only gets worse with each chapter. And in Chapter 4, Gonta finally reaches his breaking point.

At the beginning of Chapter 4, you can talk to Gonta as Shuichi is leaving to meet up with Kaito and Maki to train. He tries to stop Shuichi, worried about a murder potentially taking place at night (again), but Shuichi reassures him that he’ll stick by his friends and that he can’t break his promise to meet up with them. Gonta responds like this:

(daily life, chapter 4)

Which leads to him saying he’s made up his mind, and has a plan. Which is, of course, to try and take down Monokuma physically, even if it costs him his life. He initially drops the suggestion after Miu starts talking about the virtual world, but the day after, it’s still bothering him.

(daily life, chapter 4)

Almost every free time event you have with Gonta this chapter (except for like, one, where he talks about the “tiny bugs” he can barely see), Gonta is trying to think of ways to help.

(free time, chapter 4) His last possible free time event before Miu takes everyone into the virtual world has this dialogue, which is just so sad to me.

(free time, chapter 4)

“Helping everyone” and not being “useless” are almost the only two things Gonta talks about this chapter. It’s this mindset and motivation that made Gonta an easy target for Kokichi to take advantage of. He’s in a bad place mentally, and nothing he does seems to help anybody. Not to mention, with the student council gone, he’s suddenly just kind of… alone. There’s no one there (other than potentially Shuichi, during free time) to keep him steady.

And yeah, I am definitely not including Kokichi here. A strong reason I don’t think Gonta chose to go along with Kokichi out of friendship was because of this interaction early Chapter 4:

(daily life, chapter 4)

Gonta’s trust in Kokichi was broken because of the events of the insect meet and greet. The insect meet and greet’s implications for Kokichi and Gonta’s relationship are a bit strange, but since it’s not super relevant to chapter 4, I’m not gonna get into it. The point is, regardless of the nature of their relationship in chapter 2, it’s clear that Gonta doesn’t consider Kokichi a very trustworthy person in chapter 4. It’s likely that he doesn’t consider him a close friend either. I hesitate to say that Gonta didn’t consider him a friend at all, because he’s Gonta and he wants to have faith in everyone, but at the very least he was trying to be wary around him.

This explicit distrust in Kokichi might make it seem strange that Gonta went along with Kokichi at all in the virtual world. But in reality, Kokichi was very aware of Gonta’s distrust in him, and used it to his advantage in setting up his plot.

(daily life, chapter 4) (I skipped some dialogue in this exchange, but it hits the main points)

Kaito inadvertently eggs Gonta on here, but Kokichi literally drops the idea at Gonta’s feet. Gonta isn’t going with Kokichi to help him look, he’s going to make sure he doesn’t get into any trouble. And as Kokichi said, he knew Gonta would offer to do something like this if given the chance.

Kokichi uses Gonta’s distrust in him again when they encounter the flashback light holding the secret of the outside world together. Gonta’s immediate instinct was to go find everyone else, but Kokichi yells for him to wait, and then this happens:

(post trial, chapter 4)

He KNOWS Gonta doesn’t trust him, and with that distrust, he can make him doubt anything he says. I’ve already talked about how Gonta is ready to give up his life for everyone else, especially this chapter, so suggesting that he check if the light is a trap set up by Kokichi is guaranteed to make Gonta pause.

But it doesn’t stop there. Kokichi pushes harder:

(post trial, chapter 4)

Gonta thinks for a moment, but this is what made him choose to come back and look at the flashback light himself. Here, Kokichi uses the thing that has been haunting Gonta more than anything else all killing game, especially this chapter. He knows Gonta has tried and failed to protect people, he knows how upset it makes him. What better way would there be to convince him to do whatever he wants than to offer a way for him to finally be “useful” to everyone after failing them again and again?

Anything after this point and before Miu’s body discovery is purely headcanon, so I won’t get into my thoughts on that. But I think this moment shows that Gonta was under a lot more control that people often think. I don’t mean to say that Kokichi is entirely blameless, or that Gonta wasn’t manipulated at all. But AlterEgo!Gonta says himself, “No, [we] not tricked,” because he wasn’t. He made the choice to see the secret of the outside world on his own, and made every choice after that to continue with their plan. There was no trickery involved. It was Kokichi’s carefully chosen words that dug right into his insecurities, doubts, and hopes that directly influenced him into making the choice that he did.

You also have to keep in mind how absolutely unstable Gonta must’ve been at this point. He was already nearing a breaking point with his feelings of powerlessness before going into the virtual world, but then he got hit with the secret of the outside world. AlterEgo!Gonta openly admits that it made him feel suicidal. (“Cuz, when Gonta remember the secret of the outside world, Gonta think… /…it would be easier… to die.”) With the outside world and the killing game both inescapable hells, Gonta just couldn’t imagine any way out. And then Kokichi suggests the mercy kill plan. In his state of mind, Gonta truly believed that this could be the way to finally “save” everyone.

Of course, Kokichi had only just recently seen the secret of the outside world too. Even though he must have known it wasn’t true, he had no idea the extent to which it was a lie versus the truth. He probably wasn’t in a very good mental state either. But still, just like he would do again in chapter 5 to everyone else, Kokichi used the despair caused by the secret of the outside world to get Gonta to go along with his plan.

This is what I believe was the driving force behind Gonta’s half of the Kokichi and Gonta dynamic in chapter 4. Gonta’s self loathing, which was present before the killing game began, compounded with his desire to be useful and protect everyone else from the threats of the killing game. As more people died, Gonta became more and more desperate to do literally anything to help everyone else. Kokichi used these things about Gonta to push him to do what he wanted him to.

…To close off, there’s this moment right before Gonta and Kokichi leave to kill Miu that’s really stuck with me.

(daily life, chapter 4) (Read left to right, top to bottom)

It’s not common for the other characters to defend Gonta’s intelligence. But Kaito, unknowingly, says just the right thing to Gonta at just the wrong time. Knowing that Gonta was about to set things in motion to mercy kill everyone for this exact reason… I wonder if Kaito remembered this moment. Maybe it was just another reason he got so defensive over him during trial 4. I just wish he had said something like this to him sooner.

If you got all the way here and read all this… first of all. THANK YOU! Oh my god. I’ve been working on this essay for several days now between studying for my finals. It feels really great to have it all written out after literal years of loving V3 and loving this chapter. Please, please, please let me know your thoughts! Even if you disagree with me! Chapter 4 is so special to me and I love talking about it!! o/

(Screenshots taken on youtube from justonegamr, Bittersweet Gamers, ShortOneGaming, ProZD Plays Games, and my own copy of v3 on IOS. Thank you @/ishimaruhourglass for helping me find some of these!)

[chihirolovebot]

no problem about the omori stuff! and if you ever do get further into the game, i think you’re going to love basil and kel more and more! they’re both very great characters :]

okay, physouma thought time:

“you have so much to do and i have nothing ahead of me” makes me think so much of phsyouma. like. sure, kokichi has nothing ahead of him because he’s dead and phys has so much to do because they’re still alive. but also like. what did ouma have going for him? he didn’t have any friends or close relationships besides phys. he took on a horrific burden full of guilt after what happened to miu and gonta. what was he going to do? live with it? no, that’s phys’ job. to pick up ouma’s puzzle pieces, what he leaves behind. for better or for worse. and phys does have so much to do! they have people who love and believe in them. they have friendships to mend and goals to achieve. they have so much to do, so much to feel. they have been hand-sculpted by everyone they’ve ever loved that has left them. they’re a wonderful amalgamation of love and support from people who no longer exist. they have so much to do. and he has nothing ahead of him.

im literally going to go insane . ouma believing that his journey is done and that he is beyond redemption ( when in fact the opposite is true ) but still being able to see that phys has barely begun theirs on the road to healing and happiness and health . no like im genuinely going to vomit . they have been hand-sculpted by everyone they've ever loved that has left them are you joking. are you kidding me .

people talk abt phys' 'idolisation' of ouma but i think near the end of his journey he begins to feel the same thing for phys as they become disillusioned with him around ch4. there's a strong motif ( i hope its strong ) of ouma passing the torch to phys after the iruma and gokuhara stuff , after he realises that his and phys' situations in which they were forced to kill were not actually that comparable. ouma simply sort of realises that phys is a better person than him . he gives up on his dream of being there to end the killing game and passes it onto phys instead . because ouma is the only one who has always known that phys can do it . the only one who never underestimated them ( not in the stuff that mattered , anyway ).

they make me so ill .

[dragbunart]

"It's ok, Sweetheart, just give all that beautiful despair to me~"

I haven't seen anyone do Mastermind Shuichi with Saimatsu... And I wanted to see it.

How I think this would work:

Obviously, chapter 1 would follow its regular narrative with Shuichi and Kaede being a cute little team, and Rantaro and Tsumugi would end up as the Victim and Blackened. During the investigation, Shuichi would 'find' the hidden girls' bathroom door, and since Tsumugi went to the bathroom she's outed.

"You traitor! You said we'd fra-" Tsumugi's last words revealed the existence of a second Mastermind.

Of course, everyone is shaken. But at least there are two people everyone trusts: Kaede and Shuichi, who revealed the Mastermind.

No one believes their leader or the detective that assists her could ever be behind what's happening.

The rest of the game follows canon to a point, but with Kaede as the Protag and Shuichi acting as the love interest/Helpful person (ie: Chiaki, Kirigiri, Maki/Kaito). Kaito still pulls Shuichi and Maki into nighttime training but Kaede also joins for moral support.

After chapter 2 Kaede, Shuichi, Kaito, and Maki are practically inseparable. In your free time, you wouldn't find one far from the others.

Kokichi still acts as a rival but he keeps telling Kaede she's stupid for trusting anyone in this game.

Kirumi still kills Ryoma. Kiyo still kills Angie and Tenko. Gonta still gets manipulated by Kokichi into killing Miu. And Kokichi and Kaito still team up in chapter 5.

Kaito ends up having the fight with Kaede instead in chapters 4 and 5. She WANT'S to trust everyone but even Shuichi, her most trusted confidant tells her she can't trust just anyone. Sure he says her inner circle is trustworthy but everyone outside of their quartet could be the second mastermind.

Kaito killing Kokichi throws off all of Shuichi's plans.

He had always planned on betraying Tsumugi to get the ending he wanted. She was going to be the Mastermind his Protagonist defeated.

He didn't know how he was going to swing it but he was going to get Himiko, Kokichi, and Kiibo to kill each other.

Then he'd have his survivors: Kaede, Himself, Kaito, and Maki.

But with Kaito's death and Maki pulling Kaede away to talk plans to out the Mastermind he decides he needs to pull off what no other Mastermind pulls off: Despair needs to win.

Because every season the Danganronpa team tells the Mastermind if they manage to do what no other Mastermind has done, beat Hope, they can take any participant with them out of the game as a Prize of sorts. Of course, these Participants are selected beforehand so that their characters can be written to survive easier, but no one's pulled it off.

Somehow in chapter 6, Shuichi manages to convince Maki, Himiko, and Kaede that the Mastermind is Kiibo. That they have to vote for him so Hope can win.

And when they do they watch Kiibo get executed, and start a minor celebration.

"We did it! We can go home!" Kaede pulls Maki and Himiko into a group hug. Tears run down their faces as relief washes over them. Shuichi slowly walks over to them.

Maki manages to dodge the first cuff that comes after her, but Himiko isn't as lucky. Kaede clings to Maki as she watches Himiko get pulled back toward an execution room.

"Wha-" Before Kaede can even finish asking her question Himiko's execution. "What's going on? We won! You said we could go home if we voted the Mastermind out!"

"Upupupupu~ But you didn't." Monokuma's voice mocks. "However executing you one at a time gives you more despair." Shuichi grabs Kaede pulling her away from Maki.

"Maki-roll?" Kaede stares at her best friend. It takes Maki a second to realize what the other girl is thinking.

"No! Kaede it's not me!" Her mind races for any sort of Proof. "Remember what happened to Kaito? If I was the Mastermind you think I'd let someone I love die like that? We promised to make it out together for him!" Suddenly her eyes grow dark and train of Shuichi. "You!" Shuichi quickly dodges dragging Kaede with him.

"It's funny." He finally speaks up. There's little emotion behind his voice. "The plan was for the four of us to leave together... But Kaito had to ruin that." Maki is filled with rage now she lunges at Shuichi only to be caught by the cuff leading to her execution.

Kaede's hand reaches out to try and save her friend. But she's powerless as she falls to the floor.

She sits there for what seems like forever waiting for her execution to begin. Eventually, she hears applause from Monokuma.

"I didn't think you'd actually be able to do it!" Monokuma congratulates. "The team was very impressed." That's when Monokuma reveals the trust to Kaede.

None of this was real. She and all her friends were fabricated people mostly following a script.

"I meant what I said to Maki, you know?" Shuichi knelt to her level. "The original script was for the four of us to defeat Tsumugi. You and Kaito were supposed to lead Maki and me out through the doors into a new world. But Kaito just had to go along with Kokichi's plans and ruin that ending." Tears streamed down her face. "So I was left with one last option. I had to destroy hope and claim my prize as the Ultimate Mastermind."

"How could you?! We were your friends!" Kaede screamed. She was only met with Shuichi's crazed laughter. Soon it ended with a dreamy sigh.

"Wow. They may have botched Kaito's writing a bit, but they did amazing with you, Sweetheart!" He smiled. "I'm so happy though, I get to have a symbol of Hope all to myself!" He pulled her into the standing position and she started wailing. "It's alright, Sweetheart, just give all that delicious despair to me~"

[nagito-komaeda-is-gnc-af]

Kokichi only gained Gonta's trust just to use him.

Even the Ultimate Kokichi Stan/theorist, oumakokichi on Tumblr, said that Gonta and Ouma's relationship is inherently abusive. WHEN THE ULTIMATE KOKICHI STAN/ANALYST SAYS THAT, AT LEAST TRY TO PAY ATTENTION.

"Gonta is someone who trusts others implicitly, always tries to see the best in people, and is kind, gentle, and compassionate. Throughout earlier chapters, but especially in Chapter 4, Ouma comes down hard on him, insults him, and tells him to "stop moping" or "focusing on what he can't do" and while these things are likely the same kind of act that he put on in order to force Himiko to confront the promise she made to Tenko, it still doesn't change the fact that he says pretty awful things to Gonta in order to achieve these results."

"To try and ship Gonta and Ouma in a romantic fashion or anything similar is just...really not good. Gonta doesn't deserve to be put in any kind of shipping dynamic where he's going to be seen as anything less than equal, and there's really no way to deny that Ouma doesn't see him as an equal, but as a piece to be moved on a gameboard. This is something really important to be remembered with most ships, in my opinion, but with this one in particular I'll just say that it does really make me uncomfortable that people would want to make this kind of treatment into something "cutesy" or "shippy" when it's really not supposed to be, and not portrayed as such by the game." (Lunarin64art: "This sign can't stop me because I can't read".)

"An undeniable part of why he relies on Gonta probably comes down to the fact that yes, he does see him as one of the more easily manipulated members of the group. As one of the only characters whose reaction is to trust even Ouma implicitly, rather than to assume that he's lying, Gonta and his sweet, trusting disposition mean that whenever Ouma does have a plan that needs being done, he always has a pretty accessible, physically strong member of the group to rely on. This is pretty evident with the fact that he knew Gonta looked large and intimidating enough to round up all the members of the group into the entomology lab while Ouma himself was off trying to collect evidence."

In any good Virtual Simulation AU everyone is alive and well except Kokichi, because Miu, Maki or (the best option) Gonta put him off life support before he could wake and that fucker died as he deserved. Everyone was happy he died and absolutely no one mourned him.

You REALLY thought Kokichi would ACTUALLY INFORM Gonta about the Bugvac? When Kokichi NEEDED to keep Gonta's self-esteem as low as possible so that he would be easier to manipulate. Of course he wouldn't show Gonta anything that could make him believe in himself. What a stupid pile of filth you are.

"He never treats Gonta the way he did on chp4 on any other part of the game." 

Okay, how about Kokichi telling Gonta that if he keeps being so gullible it would get him killed while PLANNING to get him killed since Day 1, being a shit to Gonta in their pre-Free Time Events in Chapter 2, manipulating Gonta into kidnapping everyone by telling him that his classmates hate bugs (Which was a part of Kokichi's plan to get rid of Ryoma and Kirumi by letting Kirumi kill Ryoma, so Kokichi basically made Gonta indirectly cause two people's deaths)? Kokichi telling Gonta "nothing good ever happens when you try to help" in Chapter 3? Kokichi constantly calling Gonta an idiot?

" I also find it strange how there are still people who actually think that Ouma didn't care about Gonta. That was legitimately one of his most obvious lies in the entire game. His end talk with Kaito wouldn't make any sense otherwise, nor his interactions with Gonta on TDP and DRS." 

His interactions with Gonta in TDP and DRS don't show that he cares for him in the slightest. Aside from Ouma's graduation event, where he slightly regrets abusing Gonta for three years, there's literally no indication that he, in any way, cares about Gonta. Where's it? When he tells Gonta that he's going to kill someone by playing volleyball (TDP)? When he banters with Junko while Gonta just stands here as a prop - he only came to see Junko, who is his bestie, not to protect Gonta from her or stuff, Gonta was never the main objective here (TDP). Two neutral interactions with Gonta where he just farts around without doing or saying anything that would imply he gives a shit about Gonta? (Summer Camp) And two more interactions with Gonta that feature Gonta mostly serving as a mediator between him and the other characters without Ouma ever once doing anything in return for Gonta? (Summer Camp) His every single interaction with Gonta is abusive. Gonta cares about Kokichi and tries to put actual effort into their "friendship". Kokichi just uses him for his own benefit and doesn't give Gonta anything in return.

ok. and? I'm not replying to your other 6 anons. you're putting way too much energy into nothing. it's almost like Danganronpa isn't canon IN canon. and anything can happen. idc what a Kokichi expert says. just because one person puts on a big boy hat and does amazing work to analyze the character doesn't mean I need to care. like they are right. I've never said it wasn't abusive. i like that blog and they are right on many accounts but im allowed to have my own perspective on the characters and plot. people are allowed to do that. but you, the anon, the one using another person's words to justify, clearly have no nuanced takes and a deep-seeded hate for kokichi. if you think JUNKO has any emotions that Kokichi somehow lacks and that he DESERVES DEATH then anything else you said is null to me. maybe you should listen to the kokichi stan about why they stan them. because you're clearly just using another's words to fuel your hate. danganronpa isn't real. irl or in canon. none of it matters. let people ship what they want.

[ladylolalilly]

Ask and you shall receive!

I saw the reblog on thelemoncoffee's post about the wheel of fate and I thought I'd pitch in to soothe your curiosity. You're welcome.

I don't know if you want the wheel of fates for THH and SDR2, so for now, voila! DRV3.

Chapter 1 Victim: Ryoma Hoshi, Ultimate Tennis Pro Chapter 1 Blackened: Kirumi Tojo, Ultimate Maid

Very in-character... because this already happened in canon. With the First Blood Perk too, that's a bonus. Makes me wonder if Kirumi's gonna be a more important character now that "she made it back to the outside world." (spoilers: she died). Maybe this case'll pop up again in Trial 6 or something to clue em in?

Chapter 2 Victim: Korekiyo Shinguji, Ultimate Anthropologist Chapter 2 Blackened: Gonta Gokuhara, Ultimate Entomologist

Now this... I'm assuming Gonta got his hands on Shinguji's motive video. What could possibly be part of his video, I have no clue. But I'm assuming it reveals the fact that he's a serial killer of women. Gonta goes Chapter 4 upon learning that. We all know how that ends.

Chapter 3 First Victim: Miu Iruma, Ultimate Inventor Chapter 3 Second Victim: Kaede Akamatsu, Ultimate Pianist Chapter 3 Blackened: Maki Harukawa, Ultimate "Child Caregiver" (Assassin)

OhoHO. With the motive being the Necronomicon, this is actually pretty fitting, given Maki was trained to be an assassin as a part of a cult that hid behind religion. This'll require some twisting of character, but perhaps Maki, instead of ignoring it, came to listen to the cult. She genuinely believes in the god the cult came up with, and thus things like the Necronomicon, making her a bit. Crazier than canon. Don't know who she wanted to raise from the dead and why or why she chose a double murder or why it was these two specifically though.

Chapter 4 Victim: Tenko Chabashira, Ultimate Aikido Master Chapter 4 Blackened: Kaito Momota, Ultimate Astronaut

Nekomaru vs Gundham vibes tbh. Since Angie's still alive, I can see her and Ouma being at odds with each other a lot. I say this because it's definitely connected, this is literally two of their biggest haters.

Chapter 5 Victim: Angie Yonaga, Ultimate Artist Chapter 5 Blackened: Himiko Yumeno, Ultimate Magician

Also because of this. The traffic lights trio get a hell of a lot more screen time here huh. I see people be disappointed that Angie never got character development, but it seems here she just went on a downward spiral. Himiko might've been dragged down with her unfortunately, acting as obsessive towards Angie the same way Tenko acts towards her, if not more, depending on how messed up you wanna take this. As a Yonameno shipper, ouch. But also Himiko as the Chapter 5 blackened imo is just chefs kiss and wow Angie really did take over Ouma's role as antag huh. Or maybe they're both main antags and we just have two.

Chapter 6 Mastermind: Shuichi Saihara, Ultimate Detective Chapter 6 Sacrifice: Tsumugi Shirogane, Ultimate Cosplayer

Ah yes. The classic mastermind that 95% of the DRV3 fandom wished for and never got. This is where shit gets real funky considering the amount of sheer AUs out there, but for the sake of simplicity let's just stick to the idea that this is a TV show and they all signed up for it among other stuff. Tsumugi as the sacrifice... well, if she and Rantaro had a good relationship throughout and she acted as his support, oh boy that's kinda depressing. But if she was like. The third rival (jfc so many ANTAGS in this game) cuz this is Tsumugi we're talking about, she definitely played traitor and just wants to get to the 54th killing game already.

Survivors: •K1-B0, Ultimate Robot •Kokichi Ouma, Ultimate Supreme Leader •Rantaro Amami, Ultimate ??? (Adventurer/Survivor)

This trio... ok so Ouma actually gets to face what he's done instead of dying. That's pretty nice. Kiibo survives like he was supposed to in canon goddammit. Amami'll finally reach his full potential, bless. As the Ultimate Survivor, I really do wonder whether he'll ever remember his past games or not... Who knows, maybe he was a graduate blackened in a past game and antag Tsumugi/Saihara spilled those beans to stir shit ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And that's a wrap! I know I came out of nowhere, but I was ready to rant about this as much as you were begging to know more. I gladly took the chance. Try for the opportunity.

Oh wow, this is neat! For Maki’s chapter, maybe she targeted Miu due to personal dislike, but Kaede walked in on her with the body, so she had to kill her to keep her quiet?

(And I would actually like the THH and SDR2 wheels of fate, I was curious about those too.)

[4aceclover]

How do I feel about the Danganronpa V3 characters

(Boy edition)

Shuichi Saihara

I love him

He's a great (male) protagonist, and unlike the Makoto, and Hajime they actually give us a reason why he doubts his abilities and why he has no confidence

He's a very supportive person and he's the type of person I would want to have around me

I see a lot of myself in him: A person who doesn't want to hurt people but at the same time has to in order to help them

Not to mention the fact that I like how he's so emotional. This game makes it to where even though he's a boy, that doesn't mean that he doesn't have emotions

He got to have sex with pretty much everyone in his class now that's a lucky guy

He's totally bi/pan sexual but ironically enough I believe he's Demi romantic (Demi romantic is where you have romantic feelings for people you have close bonds to)

I like the fact that he became the next protagonist of V3 because it makes a lot of sense if you look at his ark and if you look at the way Kaede was trying to hype him up

It's thanks to him Kibō was able to become the next protagonist of this game

The relationships he's had with everyone has always been positive even with the liars like Kaito and Kokichi he still cares about them. (If it were me I would kill those two a long time ago)

Can be shipped with pretty much everyone

The most balanced character in the game when it comes to belief and doubt

Training trio role: the brain

Kibō (K1-B0)

I love him (Fav) second male protagonist

One of the most complex protagonists yet. A robot who wants to understand human emotion, and it's heavily implied that he truly is human underneath everything he wears for starters

Based off his interactions with Izuru it implies that he's more human-like than even that boy

His robophobia thing I actually find cute because it's kind of similar to people calling out somebody for their transphobia or homophobia nonsense which is awesome in my opinion

His relationships with everyone are awesome but there's three people in particular that I personally love his relationships with as it builds more depth into his character

The first one is Shuichi of course. In the game it's heavily shown that it's thanks to Shuichi's growth as a character that he was able to grow at a similar rate, and help them defeat Tsumugi during the final chapter. Just like how Kaede was a stepping stone for Shuichi, intern Shuichi became a stepping stone for Kibō's growth, but because we only focus on Shuichi a lot we didn't get to see that growth as much as we could have

The second person is Kokichi and his group that consists of Gonta and Miu but we're only going to focus on Kokichi for now. It's mostly thanks to these three but especially the little liar and he's able to learn more about not taking things too personally like a normal human. Just like for regular people, it's hard to brush off others comments about your identity, and so the more those three treat him like he's just a robot, the more he tries to show them that no he is more than that and it's even implied through Kokichi lies that he does indeed think he goes cool (but because he won't open up to people he would never tell him that)

The last person might be a little controversial and as much as I wanted to put the second main character into this, I feel like she doesn't do that much in order to help Kibō grow, instead I'm going to focus on the actual antagonist Tsumugi. It comes down to growth she is definitely the one who forces that growth, from her treating him almost the same as everyone else to her just calling him a straight-up character it shows that she has a negative view on him despite him being "the audience's eyes" (a topic that I'll get into later). But it's through her trying to force him to go back to being a regular robot that he's able to break through and show that he's willing to give up everything for his friends. the most character growth that she forces him to go through (kind of like Bill cipher forces of the character growth within the character of gravity falls) but he openly accepts is the growth of Self-sacrifice. Even though he had a chance to Kill everyone he decided by his own free will to protect them… even if it meant giving up his own life. We see that during the final execution it's only after some Tsumugi dies does he look down to make sure that his friends were safe, he smiles and he willingly goes up to the dome of the school and explodes it with his own body.

Overall he's an amazing example of the growth of an ultimate hope and in my personal opinion really deserves that title

Plus if you think about it there's a lot of theories I can come up with for this kid and a lot of them really hinge on the idea of him not being just a regular robot

For me he seems like a nervous bisexual mess who doesn't even realize it, and just like Shuichi he definitely screams demisexual

He's also pretty emotional but an unintentional Savage as well which is hilarious

Overall an awesome character with a pretty unique Arc (if you actually pay attention to his behavior throughout the game)

Rantaro Amami

I love him (he's a total mystery)

Oh boy where do I even begin with this one he is quite frankly one of the best written characters in the game despite him being so short lived

First off right off the bat he was the protagonist of Danganronpa V2 hands down that's one of the reasons why he's so high up on the list

An important thing about Rantaro (one I also personally love) is the fact that he has a mystery talent but thanks to the game and his love across the universe ending we learn that he actually has two. (and yes I don't care if his first one is a lie it still counts if we consider Maki's first talent still counts then his does too)

The best part about this reveal is the fact that these talents actually go hand in hand with one another the Ultimate survivor talent could have easily been achieved from his Ultimate adventure talent. Think about it this way he could have gotten his Ultimate Adventure talent yes, but because he's constantly surviving dangerous and crazy situations to find his sisters he could have gained his Ultimate Survivor talent because he can't be killed (normally) you have to come up with the creative way to kill the poor boy

Speaking of his sisters I know most people find the fact that he has 12 sisters kind of ridiculous, and that that twist in his free time events kind of makes it go from a tragedy to almost a joke, but if you actually look into the kanji that makes up his name it actually makes more sense. Amami in Italian is a species of rabbit, and rabbits love to have kids. (Personally I just find that funny but it doesn't make his backstory any less sad, in fact it just makes it worse)

Plus this also explains his behavior towards all the other students seeing them more closely as siblings rather than lovers we even see that during a secret event with Kaede

As for his love life it's hard to say he definitely seems Ace (Asexual) but not Aro (Aromantic). Reasons for this is because if you look at his love hotel scene he still would treat Shuichi like a sibling but during his free time events he blushes and it seems like he's developing a crush on Shuichi he cares about him but because of his low self-esteem doesn't feel like he deserves to tell a person he cares about how he feels he already lost his sisters the last thing he needs is to lose someone he deeply loves (again)

To be honest this kid is shrouded in mystery even without the killing game there's a lot of information he knows that if he shares with other people could get them hurt which is already really interesting and during the project development plan he's seen talking to mukuro and you go depending on whose path you go on two very dangerous types of people and I personally love that because it shows his Ultimate adventure talent shining on through

As for the game I wish that they never killed him off so quickly and instead of himiko he was one of the survivors

I mean if you Weeby newz video on the kid she acknowledges that during the development of the game THE CREATOR himself wishes that he never killed him off so quickly because of his voice actor. Which I find absolutely priceless, he was perfectly fine with killing the kid off so early, but the moment he heard who was voice acting him, he wanted to rework the script so he would live longer (and I'm pretty sure if he had it his way, and if the game wasn't already in development so fast he probably would have done it)

From the mysterious information that he knew to the connections to the previous two protagonists there is a lot you could have done with this kid and there's a lot you can still do with him definitely more helpful than Miu in my opinion

Also would have made an awesome manipulative Mastermind (look at that face and tell me it doesn't scream ultimate hypnotist)

Kaito Momota

He Awesome

Here we go the luminary of the Stars himself

So right off the gate I'm going to be honest the fact that he's voice acted by kazuichi soda is honestly ironic but I'll get into that a bit later

A very supportive boy but also incredibly naive and while he probably didn't realize it himself his beliefs are just as dangerous as Kokichi's

He wants to believe in everyone without doubt and while this way of thinking is fine considering how it's implied who he was raised by it's also incredibly dangerous as we saw on the 4th chapter

Chiaki stated it best herself believe without doubt is simply a lie and in some cases it worked well for some of the members of their class but in chapter 4 we saw just how much of a lie it truly was specifically towards his behavior with Gonta vs Kokichi

I personally think that he's an overwhelmingly positive character and I do like the effect he has on Shuichi and Maki, but at the same time I also wish he just listen a little more and paid a bit more attention to things cuz otherwise he could have helped prevent a few things that happened in the game

To be honest his way of thinking is also shown through Tenko which is kind of cool but I don't blame Kokichi for thinking he's an idiot (cuz he kind of is) that doesn't give Gonta to any saying calling him and idiot when he's just as much of an idiot

His motive video is also pretty tragic when you realize that even if Kaito had seen his motive video there would have been no reason for him to kill, because of it if anything that would just plunged him into deeper despair after realizing his grandparents are still waiting for him, or are probably died depending on your perspective

Definitely screams Bi idiot, but is also super oblivious (because in my eyes the reason why he never noticed Maki's feelings towards him was because he was focusing on his feelings towards Shuichi) also seems like the type of person who be fine with the polyamorous relationship

Even though he and kokichi are seen as rivals in reality they're more similar than you think considering he's one of the four people who had the opportunity to end the killing game but never took full advantage of it because of his own stubbornness (the other three being Rantaro, Kokichi, and Kaede but for different reasons)

His jealousy, cowardness and naivety honestly make him a pretty interesting character, because it makes him well rounded. He's not just positive and supportive he also has negative thoughts too, and just like a real person tries to push them down when it comes to lifting another person up (toxic positivity much)

And I'm going to be 100% honest here I don't really see him being sexist (he's not like Tenko)

Overall a very intriguing character, funny and very stupid but also just a delight. Just like Shuichi I wouldn't mind having a person like him in my life the only thing I wish he wouldn't do is constantly bring himself down by bringing others up and then try to run away from his problems

Training trio roll: leader/supporter

Kokichi Oma

Scary in a good way (not like Angie)

Haha another controversial character well let's not beat around the bush

A little gremlin who I personally find hilarious and kind of terrifying (with his sprites)

Love the concept of DICE, just his team of an evil organization, prank group, whatever I don't care I love that group!

His lies can be annoying but he's honestly pretty helpful if you bother to look deeper into his character

There are multiple times where he's telling the students the truth but because of the way he presents himself they think it's a lie

And at the same time he's constantly lying to himself about his emotions and about the killing game like chapter 5 pointed out

He has severe trust issues and his wiki page points out this D.I.C.E TV show which is an organization run by kids, orphans which allow many people (specifically in the Japanese fandom) and myself included to think that Kokichi is indeed an orphan

And if that's the case that would explain his trust issues and the reason why he seems to always be the way he is. If he was raised in a orphanage depending on what kind of orphanage he was raised into then that would explain his lying

He's a compulsive liar: somebody who lies because it's more comfortable for them rather than a set goal in mind, this is usually because people like that, grew up in an environment were lying & deceit were necessary and orphanages are the prime real estate for liars like that

Based on the way Maki explains her orphanage: it seems like a nice place with the only downside of it being connected to a cult that tries to raise child soldiers. The children who are selected have to go through hell, but all the other kids can grow up with normal lives. Kokichi situation seems to be the opposite he grew up in pretty much an abusive orphanage. He even States in (I think it's) chapter 2 that he and Kaito come from "completely different backgrounds" hinting at this fact that he grew up in a place where lying in deceit were totally necessary for him to survive.

Plus there are multiple times throughout the main game and the project development plan where he calls out people for their lies, especially known liars like Celestia and Monica, and those two have an act for lying but people tend to believe them way more

And regardless if you guys agree with me or not one thing I can definitely say with confidence is that he's nothing like Lila. she is the worst when it comes to lying I mean her lies could easily be proven but everyone's hit with the idiot stick (damn it miraculous)

And personally I actually like how he was written. A person who was constantly lying and didn't trust people but was willing to do everything in his power to stop the killing game even though he didn't trust any of them except for one boy his beloved Shumai

But just like kaito his way of thinking is just as dangerous he doubts others without giving any room to believe in them that itself is a lie as well

It's through him and Kaito constantly fighting over whose influence will affect Shuichi more, that makes Shuichi such an amazing balance between belief and doubt as he will forever be the gray area between these two boys way of thinking

Personally I see him being more gay solely because the way he 'flirts' with the girls seems more like teasing. Plus he's always connected to Shuichi in some way: whether it be their color scheme, they're lying and truthful nature the way the group believes in doubts in them and even the fact of their rules of the game one being the protagonist and the other being the rival. This connection kind of goes into the other boys too, with Kaito and his rivalry, his teasing of Kibō, his little sibling like relationship with Rantaro, and his friendship was Gonta definitely leads more towards males than anything

Definitely a cool interesting character who in my eyes was really well rounded when it comes to his characterization very confusing at times really helpful and the way he went out was really heartbreaking

He also has his own little group (the anti-training trio) of him, Gonta, and Miu, but that's topic for another day

It's his manipulation, cold hard tactics, calculating mind, and unique sense in lying that make him such a uniquely terrifying character. He and Miu are on the same level of smart especially considering they're both rivals but the problem with Miu is that she's not on the same level when it comes to being helpful in the Main character (Kaede) growth. Only kokichi could provide character growth for all Three Protagonists.

Gonta Gokuhara

My baby

A unique dynamic with Gonta is the fact that he wants to be a gentleman but doesn't seem to have the patience to understand why people don't like bugs

One of the few characters who actually says their name in third person and it's totally adorable others being (Tenko, Angie & Ibuki)

The definition of a character that you want to protect but could probably break your back

I like his relationship with Kokichi and Shuichi, it shows how opinions can be swayed regardless of the truth or lies

Definitely a very gullible person, can't say much about sexuality but he does care about his friends in a very platonic way

What's funny is the fact that he calls himself a gentleman and yet he throws one of his own classmates at a water tank (keep trying but you're still legs away from being a gentleman buddy

Definitely love the dynamic between him and Ryoma. A big guy who looks intimidating but is really nice, and a small guy you can underestimate but whoops he's terrifying especially with his voice.

Definitely a very cruel chapter 4 but I like how they handle his character

They claim he's dumb but he also has his moments of being incredibly smart

It makes me kind of wonder what would have happened if he survived chapter 4 but his Avatar was the one to have taken the punishment

Ryoma Hoshi

He so cool

Let's jump right into it a tennis pro that's also that height is quite impressive

His backstory is actually way more tragic than you realize a man who tried to teach some Mafia thugs a lesson when it comes to rigged matches and how tennis should be used for gambling like that only to them lose everything his family his lover and then his life so messed up

It actually makes a suicidal actions and the game all the more understandable and puts it to perspective

It makes you kind of wonder what would have happened if he did kill himself in the very first game or was used as a sacrifice

The interesting part about him is the fact that he is practically the exact opposite of Kirumi. A man who's accepted his crime and didn't run away from it, but who also cared about everyone with this whole heart. Vs a woman who wouldn't accept her crime to The bitter end and claimed to do it for the right reason but ultimately ended up suffering a horrible fate

There's a lot of evidence in the game pointing to him being AroAce which I can accept especially about the asexual part but when it comes to being Aromantic, it's just hard for me to see when it comes to relationship with Shuichi

Definitely a very intimidating character has some very creepy sprites but that just adds on to his overall uniqueness

And while his time was short lived he also kind of similar to Fuyuhiko in a sense where he gives the main character advice to not throw away their lives or throw away the love that's right in front of them cuz he already did that and regrets it

A character that definitely has more to explore and deserve more

Korekiyo Shinguji (Kiyo)

Boy needs help

Oh boy where do I even begin with this one

Starters being an anthropologist. That's a rare and very unorthodox talent (it gives anyone the opportunity to just use that as an excuse to stare at people)

Combine that with a sister complex, and his relationship with both Shuichi and Rantaro we got ourselves one creepy ass character if you ask me

First let's start off with a more obvious relationship Shuichi, first there's the fact that at the end of his free time event he asked you to travel the country with him which ties him back to Randall in a unique way if I'm being honest

Even though Shuichi doesn't know he's a killer by that point, the fact that he asked him to become his disciple shows that he definitely has a lot of respect for Shuichi

Could have been all fine and cute if it wasn't for the fact that he then later on said that he could be a good friend for his sister. (Mind you buy this point he had never wanted a male to be his sister's friend to begin with so) the fact that he thinks he's a good friend for his sister scares the crap out of me (considering well anybody who knows kio knows what he does to his sisters potential candidates for friends)

Plus let's not forget his love hotel scene where he tied Shuichi up. Do I even need to go into more detail as to why this boy needs to stay as far away from people as possible

Even though I want to say he's Pan he definitely screams more like he leans towards men in my opinion, plus he seems to be into intelligent people or people who have siblings

I mean we get a lot of evidence for that and his second relationship Rantaro oh God don't even give me started with this

Mind you even though those two didn't get a lot of time to talk to another in the cannon game thanks to the other non-canon version of the game we know for a fact that those two would have made good friends considering the relationships with their sisters

Ranchero being the oldest of his family and kio being the youngest of his they both will do anything they can for their sisters so that's pretty cute

But then you have to remind yourself that Kiyo was a killer of female so that way he can give them as friends to his sister so for that I say Rantaro keep your little sisters as far away from this crazy maniac as possible

Yet despite that I honestly think those two would be the most dangerous together, If either of them decide to go yandere. Considering the fact that they'll do anything for their little siblings, combined with Rantaro calling Shuichi his little brother and Kiyo having a close relationship with Shuichi (saying that he would make a good friend for sister AKA a good friend for him) If these two ever teamed up together Shuichi would be in a lot of trouble as they would totally kidnap and brainwash him to become their next little sibling (since their siblings are technically dead)

But hey I can't conclude this section of Kiyo without talking about his insane sister and explaining why I believe it's her fault he turned out this way

There's a lot of things I don't want to get into when it comes to that girl but I'll just leave it at this considering the fact that his topa acted very clingy possessive and controlling during the third chapter, and he seemed absolutely scared to disobey her combined with the fact that he was just yelling at Shuichi to apologize to him even though he knew that he was right shows just how manipulative and awful she is to him

Plus the fact that he's the younger sibling of the two making the incestuous relationship probably something he didn't understand until it was too late. You can't exactly blame him for being so clingy towards his sister, she's probably manipulated and rape the poor kid, then kept him from their parents. Plus he had nobody else but her to look up to you could see how bad that turned out

There's a lot of things about Kiyo's relationship with his sister that I'm too Disturbed to talk about, so if you want to know more information go to Weebz news channel, her analysis on Kiyo I'll give you some context and a bit more light into what the heck I'm talking about

All I can say is this boy needs emotional therapy

[ao3feed-danganronpa]

The Zombie Apocalypse

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/pom5a8D

by NNo_Username

This moment had to have been the worst moment of Shuichi's entire life.

Shuichi was pacing around the living room, it was 17:49 and his Uncle had yet to return.

———

I saw this fanfic and wanted to make my own interpretation of it, so here you go. First time ever drawing a zombie apocalypse AU, trust the process lol.

Words: 1269, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Other

Characters: Saihara Shuichi, Harukawa Maki, Yumeno Himiko, Amami Rantaro, Akamatsu Kaede, Hoshi Ryoma, Tojo Kirumi, Yonaga Angie, Chabashira Tenko, Shinguji Korekiyo, Iruma Miu, Gokuhara Gonta, Oma Kokichi, Momota Kaito, Shirogane Tsumugi, K1-B0 (Dangan Ronpa)

Relationships: Momota Kaito/Saihara Shuichi, Akamatsu Kaede & Saihara Shuichi, Harukawa Maki & Saihara Shuichi, Oma Kokichi & Saihara Shuichi, Saihara Shuichi & Tojo Kirumi, Chabashira Tenko/Yumeno Himiko

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Zombie Apocalypse, Blood and Injury, Blood and Gore, Mild Gore, Past Torture, Body Horror, Saihara Shuichi-centric, Tired Saihara Shuichi, Saihara Shuichi Needs Sleep, Saihara Shuichi Needs a Hug, Detective Saihara Shuichi, Supportive Akamatsu Kaede, Momota Kaito Being Dumb, Oma Kokichi Being Oma Kokichi, Parental Tojo Kirumi, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Feels, Angst and Tragedy, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Barely any Comfort, Shuichi Can't Catch a Break, Traumatized Saihara Shuichi, EVERYONE IS TRAUMATIZED ON MY WATCH, Aroace Saihara Shuichi, but that's not important to the story, The Author Regrets Nothing, Pulled This Out of My Ass at 6 AM

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/pom5a8D

[vespertin-y]

reviewing the v3′s kids anniversary outfits

i know i’m late to the party shhhh

rantaro: lavender accents are an interesting choice for rantaro but the fedora tip....no.

kokichi: i know this is a controversial take in the kokichi fandom but i’m not overly fond of this one...it looks Fine but greasy casino owner is not a vibe i fuck w/.

kiibo: the fact that he has FORMAL ARMOR is hilarious - who do you think built that for him, miu or the professor??? also i must agree with my mutual quinn in that he definitely has the coat and scarf just so he can give them away. everyone knows that’s why but he thinks he’s being very subtle.

gonta: ABSOLUTELY BLESSED. ponytail gonta is a massive W and i think the suit looks genuinely really nice. his bowtie...!

shuichi: another controversial take but i love this one. is it hideous? yes! is it in character? also yes! he did NOT get it fitted and it’s too loose in the waist and too tight in the shoulders. he shuffles out onto the dance floor smelling like mothballs. everyone who sees him is immediately compelled to kiss him on the lips. sir i am captivated by your complete lack of drip.

korekiyo: this one is so good it’s my hc redesign for him. minus the fedora and ponytail of course but nobody’s perfect.

ryoma: WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT HAT

kaito: a really nice looking design and a win for all detective kaito talentswap fans 😌. similar to kiibo in that he wore that extra coat just to drape on someone.

kaede: very cute...a little tacky but in a fun prom way!! the bun looks nice and that chibi art of her sharing champagne with shuichi lives in my head rent free.

miu: PERFECTION. i absolutely ADORE mermaid dresses so this one was always gonna be a hit, but it’s just!! so good!!! the scrunchy...the big sunglasses...she is Living Her Best Life. hot partygirl energy is unmatched.

tsumugi: !!!!! ok i don’t know what those silk elbow-scarf things Are (i thought they were chinese bc i always see them on chinese gods but dr is japanese so maybe they’re just a general east asian thing?? idk) bu they are *gorgeous*. the elegance!! the flow!!! and what a nice springtime color scheme too. say what you will about tsumugi’s neverending torment of her ocs but good god does she have style.

tenko: similar to shuichi’s in that it’s hideous but we support that. they got so close to putting her in an actual suit!! maybe in another ten years kodaka will finally allow one of his female characters to wear pants. also never forget her giving himiko a rose in the chibi art that shit cute as hell.

kirumi: ohhh lovely. it seems like they played up her being a politician? it turned out great, i especially love the cape and boots. and she’s not wearing gloves!! that feels significant to me for some reason.

maki: very nice color scheme and the flower hairpiece is especially lovely. idk why but it feels like she’s matching with tsumugi. diversity win: the two most murderous women you know are on a date <3

himiko: so CUUUTE. the sheer tulle skirt over the lower skirt looks really nice, and i love the star pattern. can’t forget the waist bow also i love a good waist bow. the magicial girl aesthetic is great, but i do wish they’d made her hat bigger? it’s too big to be a clip-on but too small to be an actual hat and it just looks a bit silly to me.

angie: what kind of party city aladdin nonsense...THIS is what it takes for one of the girls to wear pants??? i’ll just wait another ten years thanks >:(

i’m doing the swimsuits next!! as soon as i can find a clear picture of them...

[its-nebula]

V3 Boys With an Overdramatic Fem!S/O

Sigh.

That's all he does is just sigh.

He tries to word things in a way that wouldn't make you feel the need to do any theatrics, but sometimes it can't be avoided.

"S/O... We can't go on our date tonight. I'll be too caught up with work, and... there she goes."

He watched as you rested your hand on your forehead, falling backwards onto the couch, telling him to "go, go on without you".

He jumped when he heard dramatic organ music, and looked to see Kaede playing ab organ right in your living room.

"K-Kaede?! When did you-? Why is-?! How-"

Kaede shrugged, pressing the keys as you continued your monologue.

"She hired me, and I get to play an organ!"

It's a good thing he has patience!

He doesn’t quite know how to keep you from reacting in the way that you do, so he just lets it happen.

“S/O, my dear, you know that I’ll gladly support you through any emotional turmoil you may face...but all they announced was that this was their final season-”

He watched as you laid across your special fainting couch, whining about how you would have to suffer when your favorite show ended.

“Hmm... I never knew that human emotions could be so fragile before I met you.”

Kiyo didn’t mean it in a bad way, but he regretted saying anything after seeing your reaction. 

“Now, now! All I meant was that, according to the studies I’ve conducted, most people usually save these dramatics for the theatre.”

Kiyo, stop talking.

“Really, I think you may have a natural affinity for it, S/O! Nobody would be able to compete with your over exaggeration of the emotions that you display, not by a mile~”

Kiyo. Stop. Talking.

A match made in Clown Hell.

The Drama King and Queen.

I hope everybody around you has prepared themselves because there is absolutely no turning back.

If somebody were to insult you, you’d act like you’d been shot in the heart, falling into Kokichi’s arms.

“No...NO! S/O! Why? Why would you do this to my precious Queen?!”

Here come the crocodile tears.

Don’t worry, it works the other way around too.

“What did you just say? You think we’re overdramatic? WAAAAAAAAAAAAH, I CAN’T EVEN EXPRESS MY EMOTIONS ANYMORE!”

The two of you could fill a pool with how many tears you produce. 

Sometimes Kaede plays the piano for dramatic effect.

“Kaede, will you stop encouraging them? This is a serious problem.”

“I don’t know, I just think it’s kind of funny.”

He's just... over it man.

Ryoma just really does not care anymore.

Every time he tells you news he already knows what’s coming.

“Well, S/O, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but I heard the dog dies in the movie.”

Cue his girlfriend crying and monologuing about how the poor animal deserves to live!! He deserves to live!!

“...are you done yet?”

Everyone else in the movie theater lobby was staring at you after you’d been wailing about how Hollywood deserves to perish for their crimes.

Ryoma didn’t really like being the center of attention, so he just grabbed your hand and led you to the movie, a little embarrassed.

He doesn't get it :(.

"Why is S/O acting like that? It looks like her emotions system has gone into overdrive!"

He looked at you rolling around on the floor, after your favorite characters in the book you were reading kissed.

"Sorry, but us meatbags don't have hard drives! Not like you have any idea what it's like. She's just being dramatic, tell her to quit being such a drama queen!"

"I refuse to tell my girlfriend how to live her life! I will comfort her instead!"

He bends down to your level, and attempts to comfort you.

"S/O, don't worry! I will do everything in my power to make sure you're feeling better once again!"

He's so used to eccentric people that nothing fazes him anymore.

“Here she goes again. Thanks a lot for bringing it back up, Kokichi.”

You started to cry about the death of your favorite character, how they shouldn’t have been killed off so early. They barely had time for any real character development! Oh, the humanity! When will the pain end?!

Kokichi laughs because he knew you were going to do it, which is why he brought them up in the first place.

Rantaro crosses his arms and lets you complete your monologue.

“She’ll get tired eventually.”

I mean, really, it would’ve been so much better if that other character had died in their place! They were super boring throughout the whole game anyways, everybody probably forgot they existed most of the time because they were soooooo irrelevant to the plot!

“Mmmhm. That’s nice, baby.”

He’s not even paying attention, he’s flipping through a magazine.

He actually buys into it.

He actually listens to every word that you say when you tend to talk on and on about the tiniest things.

Talking about how that dastardly butterfly scared you half to death by landing on your shoulder?

“Gonta make sure butterfly no can scare S/O anymore!”

If you “faint”, he rushes to catch you, and gives you a piggyback ride.

“S/O should be more careful!”

Freaks out whenever you get overly upset.

"Miu no should say bad things to S/O! S/O is very upset!"

Gives you giant hugs to help you calm down.

"Gonta will always be here to cheer up S/O!"

Doesn't know how to react.

He always tends to forget how dramatic you are, so he says things without realizing that it may upset you.

“Yeah, some guy tried to fight me earlier today, but-”

Kaito? Someone was trying to hurt your Kaito? But why?!

He frowned as you started to cling onto his jacket. You told him how you regretted not being there for him in his hour of need, and how you were basically the "worst girlfriend ever".

"Hey, S/O! You know I still love you, right?"

You weren't listening as you told him how you understood if he broke up with you.

Rolling his eyes, he grabbed you and kissed you to make you shut up.

"I said, I love you! You're such a drama queen, S/O, I'm fine! It'll take a lot more to faze Kaito Momota!"

[g0nta-g0kuhara]

Here's my ship tierlist! I'm not a very shippy person so most of these aren't very extreme feelings. I know there's a lot going on here, but here's the rundown:

My favourite ships are the training trio, Saiouma, Saimota, and Gokumota (which I had to add myself because the tierlist maker didnt include it!!). Saiouma is very entertaining (detective x criminal on the run) and also based on love hotel stuff Kokichi does like. canonically have a bit of a crush on Shuichi which is fun. Also, for gokumota, I think Gonta and Kaito could've supported each other really well if they had gotten to know each other a bit better before ch4, and trial 4 really solidified this for me.

the Yeah This is Good! Category are all the ships that I don't have particularly strong feelings about but think are great and like seeing them around.

The neutral Category is fairly self explanatory. Most I feel nothing about either way. EXCEPT Korekiyo x Angie, which I have simultaneous strong negative and positive feelings about, but cancel out for a very intense neutral.

The People ship this? Category is a subcategory of neutral. Its all ships that I'd never even heard of before I looked at this tierlist maker but didn't feel strongly about either way.

The Not my thing Category are ships that I'm not super into, but dont feel particularly strong about. I Probably won't reblog stuff about these ships but its not extreme

The very uncomfy Category is a very much a personal-preference category. The last one does just make me uncomfortable. But the first two I Get why theyre so popular and I can see where people are coming from when they like these ships.

O/ugo/ku specifically makes me uncomfy because of how intense/personal trial 4 was for me. I Do still reblog o/ugo/ku stuff because I love almost anything with Gonta in it and as Kokichi is so popular, there's gonna be a lot of stuff with them interacting. For me personally, it's always platonic.

O/umo/ta makes me uncomfy in a different way, in that I just dont see those two really? Liking each other? From my read, they hate each other in canon. I can understand the appeal of a ship dynamic between characters involving a lot of conflict being dramatically interesting, but when I participate in shipping I like it being a lot more fluffy.

The No Thanks. At All. Category are ships that make me uncomfortable in a way that isn't very nuanced. I just don't like them for reasons I think should be fairly self explanatory? Yeah

If you wanna hear my specific thoughts on any ships send me a message!! Also, for those who can't see the image or prefer a list, I've listed out all the ships on the tierlist under the cut

I LOVE IT tier: •Maki x Shuichi x Kaito •Shuichi x Kokichi •Shuichi x Kaito •Gonta x Kaito

Yeah this is good!! tier: •Kaito x Shuichi x Kaede •Kaede x Rantaro •Shuichi x Rantaro •Shuichi x Gonta •Maki x Kaito •Kaede x Miu •Kaede x Tsumugi •Kaede x Kaito •Miu x Kokichi x Kiibo •Shuichi x Kiibo •Maki x Shuichi •Kaede x Shuichi •Kaede x Tenko •Tsumugi x Rantaro •Himiko x Tenko •Tsumugi x Gonta

Neutral tier: •Kaede x Himiko •Rantaro x Kiibo •Ryoma x Gonta •Himiko x Gonta •Himiko x Maki •Miu x Kokichi •Kaito x Rantaro •Kokichi x Kiibo •Miu x Kiibo •Himiko x Kiibo •Kaede x Maki •Kaito x Kokichi x Shuichi •Kaede x Kokichi •Angie x Korekiyo •Angie x Himiko x Tenko

People ship this? tier: •Kaede x Ryoma •Kaede x Angie •Maki x Rantaro •Angie x Rantaro •Rantaro x Kokichi x Shuichi x Kaito •Kirumi x Rantaro •Kaito x Kiibo •Kaito x Maki x Kaede x Shuichi •Maki x Kiibo •Maki x Tenko •Ryoma x Rantaro •Angie x Miu •Kirumi x Maki •Kaede x Kirumi •Kaede x Kiibo •Kirumi x Tsumugi •Rantaro x Kaede x Shuichi •Rantaro x Kokichi x Shuichi •Rantaro x Kokichi •Angie x Kokichi •Himiko x Rantaro •Shuichi x Ryoma •Himiko x Shuichi •Tsumugi x Shuichi •Angie x Shuichi •Kokichi x Kaede x Shuichi •Maki x Shuichi x Himiko •Kirumi x Shuichi •Tenko x Shuichi •Ryoma x Kokichi •Tsumugi x Angie •Maki x Kaede x Tenko •Rantaro x Kokichi x Tenko •Tenko x Tsumugi •Kirumi x Tenko •Tsumugi x Kokichi •Maki x Tsumugi •Tsumugi x Miu •Tenko x Gonta

Not my thing tier: •Miu x Kaito •Maki x Kokichi •Miu x Rantaro •Himiko x Kokichi •Himiko x Kaito •Miu x Shuichi •Tenko x Angie •Tenko x Kokichi •Kirumi x Ryoma •Kirumi x Kokichi •Angie x Gonta •Himiko x Angie

Very uncomfy tier: •Gonta x Kokichi •Kaito x Kokichi •Gonta x Miu

No thanks. At all. tier: •Gonta x Korekiyo •Rantaro x Korekiyo •Himiko x Korekiyo •Kaede x Korekiyo •Kirumi x Korekiyo •Maki x Korekiyo •Kokichi x Korekiyo •Shuichi x Korekiyo •Tenko x Korekiyo

[takonei]

Beta AU as Luke Correia posts

I know most are just dubbed Tumblr posts but shush

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Kokichi: Dear federal agents. All my posts are serious and I am a threat to society. - Ryoma: Angry thoughts. Ryoma, taking out 58 bombs and 32 guns: Head violent. - Kaede: I don’t use tinder. I meet girls the old way! Kaede: Never. - Kaito: When will our motorcycle track be reopened? Korekiyo: I’m a tad more worried about the killing game and the well being of us all than a motorcycle track. Kaito: That’s cause you can’t ride for shit, Kiyo - Korekiyo: Something I like about myself is... Shuichi: My skills with music. Kirumi: Non judgmental Angie: Triangle - Ryoma: The age of empires was bad for humanity Keebo, we need to move on Keebo: If it was so bad why did they make an age of empires 2 - Tsumugi: The economy is in shambles... Maki: 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓸𝓶𝔂 𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓲𝓲𝓲𝓲𝓷 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮𝓼!! - Miu: @ people who play support characters Miu: How????? I just wanna barge in and shoot everyone how can you just stay back and heal????? Rantaro: Bad at aiming Shuichi: Scared Himiko: Bad at aiming and scared - Shuichi: So you call these things here “chips”, instead of Shuichi: 𝓒𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓽𝔂 𝓬𝓻𝓾𝓷𝓬𝓱𝔂 𝓶𝓾𝓷𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓬𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓴𝓮𝓻𝓳𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓼𝓷𝓪𝓬𝓴𝓮𝓻 𝓷𝓲𝓫𝓫𝓵𝓮𝓻 𝓼𝓷𝓪𝓹 𝓬𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓷 𝓹𝓸𝓹 𝔀𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓹𝓸𝓸𝓵𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓻𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓮𝓷'𝓼 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓳𝓾𝓫𝓵𝔂 𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼? Shuichi: That’s a rather bit cringe, innit bruv - Ryoma: I ate a cat Gonta: You make me want to cry. That’s (In my opinion) kind of cruel. But even so, I do respect YOUR opinion. Ryoma: I will eat another - Himiko: I am decayed. My lungs are full of thorns and mildew. My bones are held together by vines. I am fragile. Be gentle with my corpse. Miu: Get out of bed you’re going to school whether you like it or not. Himiko: I refuse

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Bonus: Spoiler edition under the cut.

Tenko: Your honor. League of Legends. Monokuma: Death. Tenko, getting dragged to her execution: D: - Monoshi: BE-NOT-AFRAID. Kaito: Sir, this is the scariest moment of my life. - Kirumi: I killed several men for my job. And you? Ryoma: Go go gadget bench extender Ryoma: *nyooms away* - Kaede: boy i die!!! shit boy Kaede: boyyoass how i had die over some fruit punch - (During the 4th trial) Rantaro, @ everyone but Ryoma and Kiyo: Shut the Rantaro: SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DON’T HAVE THE TALKING STICK

[bullshittierlists]

MAJOR SPOILERS FOR DANGANRONPA V3 (and probably the other games, too, just to be safe)

So, just as a heads up, I made this list a few months ago, I think in the middle of chapter 4. I was going to update it, but I realized that any feelings I had were just made stronger and the list was still relatively accurate. Here are my thoughts:

I see no god up here other than me

Kirumi Tojo - As you may know about me, I can typically tell who my favorite characters are going to be before I indulge myself in a series. This has especially rung true throughout Danganronpa, I was able to correctly guess Taka and Gundham as my respective favorites before actually seeing them in action. Let me tell you that Kirumi surprised me. I originally guessed K1-B0 as my favorite and while he’s still up there, he is nowhere near Kirumi. I realized she was my favorite the moment chapter 2 ended. Not only were her execution and plan wonderful and brilliantly done, her last-ditch plea to convince everyone to let her live sold her for me. Not only did this plea make sense, it almost worked and I kinda wish it would’ve. Her motive was almost completely selfless and she worked damn hard to escape. Her execution was the only time I cried during this game because I wanted so badly for her to escape, but I knew that all of her efforts were futile. I know her biggest criticism is that her plan from hiding Ryoma’s body was completely unnecessary, but I like to believe she was just nervous and overthought the whole thing. I mean, this had to go perfectly in order for her to save her country, of course she’s going to add a few too many steps.

Miu Iruma - Okay, I know this is going to sound fake, but I actually really love the dichotomy of her character. The way that she acts so self-righteous but is actually quite self-conscious really stood out to me. Of course she’s funny and hot, too, but I feel it’s important to really appreciate the way her character was written. It amazes me that she was written to be the least likable character in the entire series and still ended up being one of my favorites.

You’re the best

K1-B0 - Yes, I type out his name every time. As I already mentioned, he was my original guess for favorite character, but it obviously didn’t work out that way. He stayed in his position of first for a while, but I always knew it wasn’t meant to last, I just didn’t know which character would take his place. Even besides my doubts, I still love K1-B0, I just wish more could’ve been done with him in the earlier chapters. There are several opportunities for him to be a really funny character and have good interactions with Kokichi and Miu, but he just comes off as annoying. I feel like he only really started to be utilized after Miu died with Monotaro and I really enjoyed their dynamic, I just wish we could’ve had some of this side of K1-B0 before this point.

Kokichi Oma - This spot probably isn’t as subjective as I’d like it to be. Every time Kokichi was on screen, I would get visibly annoyed, but I knew I was in for a treat figuring out his deeper intents behind what he’s saying. The only reason I really like Kokichi at all is because he’s fun to analyze. It gets boring to analyze Nagito because his motivation is pretty much just a mix of “hope” and “he’s crazy.” Kokichi’s character trait of lying makes it so fun to individually analyze each of his lines to figure out whether he’s telling the truth and why or why not. Other than that, I guess he has some funny dialogue with Miu sometimes.

Gonta Gokuhara - I really don’t know. I know this is way too early to be unsure about characters, but I just know I couldn’t put him any lower, but I also couldn’t put him any higher. He’s just such a sweetheart, but that’s about where the substance ends. I adored every time he was on my screen, but everything that would’ve been fun to analyze about him just leads back to Kokichi. I still really enjoy his presence, though. I’d like a big Gonta hug.

Kaede Akamatsu - I’ll just say it, I think she would’ve made for a better protagonist. I’ll talk about this later, but Shuichi’s character development doesn’t really feel like it goes anywhere and the twist doesn’t feel worth it because of that. I think the twist should still have been incorporated, but with the roles reversed. Either way, we got what we got, and what we got was tears from Clair de Lune. But seriously, she really is a great pianist. I’ve been trying to learn the piece for ages and it’s still too complicated for me. I mean, it’s in 9/8 for God’s sake. Good for her, regardless.

Tenko Chabashira - Tenko’s a weird case. I didn’t actually care for her that much until quite literally a few lines before she died. Fun fact: I spoiled this entire series for myself before I ended up playing it and I’m still mad at myself. This meant that I was just waiting for all of the deaths to happen, especially Tenko’s. I was fully aware that every line could be her last during the seance, but I wasn’t aware that she would pull on my heart strings before she went. When she tells Himiko that she’ll do the seance in her place so she can talk to Angie, I literally almost started crying. Before this, Tenko was just kind of annoying, but not too bad, but this moment really solidified her spot for me. She really just wanted to help Himiko and I wish she had chosen a better target for her affections.

Hey, I think you’re pretty cool, I like you a lot

Shuichi Saihara - Time to elaborate on what I said for Kaede. I actually really enjoyed Shuichi’s character development throughout the first three chapters. Before coming to Hope’s Peak, he was afraid to hurt people with his detective skills. Kaede notices this and helps him through it, passing the reins to Kaito once she passes. Shuichi convicts Kaede and later Kirumi, much to everyone’s detriment, but they’re all okay with it (Nobody was really super sad about Korekiyo to begin with, lol). Then, starting in chapter 4, everyone just kinda flips on him. Shuichi + the rest of the gang - Kokichi all believe that Gonta is innocent and Shuichi tries to prove this. Instead of supporting him, everyone (especially Kaito) tries to... stop him??? from proving it??? They’re all just in agreement that it wasn’t Gonta, but don’t want to proceed with the investigation to figure out who it was instead. It’s really frustrating and made my overall experience much less enjoyable. This is bumped up a few notches in chapter 5 with Maki. I understand that she was part of the whole case, but that doesn’t make it any less annoying that she won’t let me prove Kaito was the victim. It just feels like the character development was all for nothing and every student feels like a human obstacle (except K1-B0, of course). Still relatable and emo, though.

Rantaro Amami - I would make the joke everyone expects, but I’m on my laptop and I don’t know how to get to the emoji keyboard.

Ryoma Hoshi - I genuinely don’t have anything to say about Ryoma. He’s my halfway point because I don’t have anything particularly for him and I don’t have anything particularly against him, either. Go off, funky little cat man.

Kaito Momota - He got on my nerves in chapter 4, but he was a genuinely sweet character that I really enjoyed talking to. Any time he would talk about the stars, I would swoon because he’s just such a natural romantic. Not really my type, though. Very average.

Monophanie - Legally you can’t ask me why the monokubs are where they are. She’s voiced by Natalie Hoover (Sonia) and I guess that’s my only reasoning.

Monotaro - I really just liked his interactions with K1-B0 in chapter 4. Other than that, I greatly disliked his and Monophanie’s presence in Gonta’s execution. 0/10 worst use for monokubs.

Monodam - A nice, non-distracting addition to Korekiyo’s execution. But he had so much potential and just threw it all away. Apparently I’m a basketball dad from a high school movie now.

I remember you

Angie Yonaga - Many times, I’ve found myself asking who I ship from the series and this love triangle comes to mind. Of Angie, Himiko, and Tenko... I only really like Tenko. I don’t hate Angie’s cult stuff as much as everyone else seems to, but she didn’t have nearly enough of a presence for me to latch onto outside of the cult stuff, which was funny, I will admit.

Maki Harukawa - I was so excited the whole game for her to get cool. I knew she was going to get cool, I just didn’t know when or how. But then, it was chapter 5 already and she hadn’t gotten cool in my eyes yet. I was really meh on her by that chapter anyway, but her being annoying really knocked her down a few pegs. She got a couple extra points for surprising me during the case, but not enough to bump her up any spots.

Himiko Yumeno - I was rooting for her to be crushed under the rock at the end. She was fine before chapter 3, but then they tried to develop her with the Akane treatment and it didn’t work for me at all. She just got on my nerves during the third trial and continued to contribute nothing throughout the rest of the game. During chapter 5 and 6, it’s like the writers just completely forgot that she was there. This would’ve been fine if they weren’t the last couple of chapters and she was one of about 6 people left alive. She had a role to play and didn’t play it in the slightest. The most she was utilized after chapter 3 was as Miu’s replacement post-chapter 5. Someone needed to fill the dirty jokes quota and I guess Himiko was chosen. #GiveTenkoABetterLoveInterest2021

Monosuke - The only thing I remember him doing throughout the entire game was distract me from Kirumi’s exectuion. Not a fan.

You are the worst. Literal scum. Leave this planet and never return

Korekiyo Shinguji - Okay, listen. He’s not that bad. His design is actually one of the best, in my opinion and I love his dedication to his craft. However, he just creeps me out whenever he’s on screen and I’d prefer not to be around him. It’s not even the sister thing, I honestly think that’s funny and a nice change of pace, but his overall demeanor is creepy. Not to mention he’s played by Todd Haberkorn and he’s been in one too many roles recently. Hopefully I’ll get over it, but as for now, that loses him points.

Tsumugi Shirogane - I know, not exactly an unpopular opinion. She’s just annoying and downright pisses me off a lot of the time with her “plain” shtick. I already knew she was going to be the mastermind, so most of the game was just me waiting for her to reveal it. I swear, I almost couldn’t take it every time she said something like, “What if there isn’t a mastermind?” “What?? There’s a mastermind????” Just stfu Tsumugi. You all are lucky I don’t have the energy to talk about 3-6 right now.

Monokid - Hate the tongue sprite, that’s literally the only reason he’s down here. He’s also kind of annoying, but made the best addition to an execution out of all of the monokubs. His death was one of the few things that surprised me in this game and it was a welcome twist. I was sick of him by this point, but was still incredibly shocked when he was pushed into the execution. Then, his severed head rolls out to all of the students looking on in shock at Kaede’s death. Masterful. Still hate the tongue sprite.

There we go. Definitely my least favorite cast out of the whole series, but it’s still fun to love on and hate on a lot of the characters, as per usual. There are just a few too many in the middle tier (metaphorically speaking) that are either uninteresting or just don’t get their time to shine. Maybe they’ll eventually grow on me more, but I doubt it.

[dangandespairimagines]

May I ask what requests are in the queue atm, if that's okay? Just curious how big your backlog is. Thanks!

Absolutely! This was good for me to do tbh because I am incredibly unorganized lol.

I have 70 requests at the moment, two of which might get condensed to two others, which would take me to 68. Full list under the cut so you don't have to scroll past 80 lines:

- Hajime and Nagito x Doting S/O Headcanons (half-finished, I'm really stuck on Hajime lol)

- Nagito befriending Future S/O during Killing Game

- Platonic Fuyuhiko x Child!Reader

- NSFW Headcanons for Hajime

- Gender Neutral!Reader bringing Gundam, Sonia, Mondo, and Hiyoko to a rock concert

- Marshmallow Hell Headcanons with the DR1 Boys

- SDR2 Girls moving in with Male S/O in Austin, Texas

- Gundam x Leon x Reader First Dates/Kiss

- Headcanons of Peko and Gundam taking Kotoko to Build-A-Bear

- Domestic/Marriage Headcanons for Kazuichi x Fem!Reader

- Junko tying her girlfriend (Reader) to a chair and shaving her head

- Teruteru teaching Fem!Reader to cook and it turns NSFW

- Teruteru x Reader first kiss

- Teruteru x Extra Horny!Fem!Reader

- Teruteru Romance Headcanons

- Hifumi x Fem!Reader connecting over manga

- Teruteru and S/O discover their teen daughter got a nose piercing

- Teruteru and Nekomaru with Wholesome!Baker!Fem!Reader that likes picnics

- Mondo x Fem!Reader dislike each other but discover a photo revealing they might've been together pre-killing game

- Cuddling Headcanons for Hifumi

- Sonia pegging Reader while Gundam watches

- Teruteru with equally dirty-minded reader (might end up combining this with the extra-horny!reader one)

- Teruteru x Nekomaru workout turns smut

- Gundam comforting Reader after learning they were sexually assaulted

- Teruteru x Neurodivergent!Male!Reader who rambles a lot (mood lmao)

- Top!Hajime NSFW

- Peko x Fuyuhiko x Reader

- Gundam NSFW Headcanons

- Hagakure x Asahina first kiss

- Kazuichi x Fem!Reader where Kaz gets motion sick and Reader comforts him

- Ishimaru x Male!Reader cuddling

- Kokichi x Reader x Shuichi where both are simultaneously trying to confess to Reader (this was sent in before I said I could write V3, but it's all right)

- DR1 Characters (I get to choose) with Fem!Ultimate Zoologist!S/O scared of thunderstorms and loud noises

- Kazuichi x Nagito ice cream date

- Gundam walks in on Fem!Reader wearing glasses, which she's self-conscious about and normally wears contacts (anon accidentally sent this with Gonta and corrected themself, but if you're reading this you can send it in again with Gonta if you wish! I can do both)

- NSFW Headcanons for Teruteru

- Korekiyo x Sub!Male!Ultimate Butler!S/O NSFW

- NSFW Headcanons for Togami

- Gundam and Nagito SFW content (no other specifications; also anon you can send V3 now if you wish!)

- Protags + Mondo reacting to walking in on Fem!S/O masturbating to them

- Fem!Reader Thigh Riding Headcanons for Byakuya, Rantaro, Mondo, and Gundam

- Kirumi Tojo x Fem!Reader NSFW

- Hajime x Reader x Nagito cuddling

- Leon, Kazuichi, Makoto, and Nagito x S/O who's obsessed with playing with their hair

- Dom!Teruteru x Transmale!Reader Wholesome NSFW First Time Headcanons

- DR2 Boys x Chubby!Fem!S/O

- Teruteru Fluff Headcanons (might combine this with the Romance Headcanons)

- SDR2 Boys with Blind!Reader (I am not blind so please be patient for this one, I want to make sure I do research!)

- Nagito, Fuyuhiko, and Hajime x Reader they don't know very well approaching them at a school dance

- Yasuhiro and Kiyotaka x Reader hurt/comfort

- SDR2 Boys x S/O being executed for a crime they didn't commit

- Nagito, Togami, Taka, and Mondo receiving post-orgasm stimulation from Reader

- Reader comforting Nagisa through a panic attack

- Fuyuhiko, Gundam, and Akane with Kind and Wholesome S/O

- Fluff/angst of Yasuhiro

- Togami x Hagakure Relationship Headcanons

- Clingy!Nagito x Big Titty!GF

- Gundam, Kiyotaka, and Fuyuhiko x FTM!S/O whose parents aren't supportive (mood)

- Platonic Nagito x Ultimate Friend!Reader during killing game

- Hajime x Reader Fluff

- Gundam x Sub!Transfem!Reader NSFW

- Mikan x Transmasc!Reader on a sweet date

- Yasuhiro drowning scene like in Disney's Aladdin

- Kaede x Miu Kaede shaves her head and Miu ends up liking it

- Togami, Toko, and Junko reacting to Trans!S/O showing top surgery scars for the first time (gender was not specified but anon used "they" pronouns so I'm doing AFAB nonbinary. If you see this and I guessed wrong, please let me know!)

- Male!S/O comforting Sonia, Miu, Chiaki, and Celeste after they fought with neglectful parents

- Ultimate Skydiver!S/O taking Makoto, Shuichi, and Kazuichi skydiving and proposing during the parachuting part

[dangan-meme-palace]

Kokichi isn't paranoid.

Not trusting a detective that is blatantly biased, that lies for people he knows are guilty (Kaede) and people the evidence pointed towards (Maki, Kaito), and is best friends with one of the people most likely to make an unsolvable murder, Maki, The Ultimate Assassin, and Kaito, the one constantly getting other people in dangerous situations? That makes logical sense.

Not trusting the Maki, the Ultimate Assassin, when she lied to the group, tried to kill him for telling the truth, who has a talent that would make winning this game so easy she could practically do it on a whim, and actively threatens not only him but other characters as well? Makes sense.

Not trusting and eventually locking up Kaito, who almost gets multiple groups of people killed with his rash plans, has a violent and impulsive temper, and also hates Kokichi? Makes sense.

Not trusting literally anyone else when there's a mastermind among them and he's painted a giant target on his back by being the antagonist on purpose? Makes sense.

More than that, he HAS wanted to work with people and open up to them. Kaede, Gonta, and Miu were all people he has either supported or relied on during the game. He also occasionally tells the truth about his feelings and tentatively let's people get a peek at his true self, and while he does backtrack on it when he gets a negative reaction or whenever he has to make sure people believe he's still antagonistic, why would he ever be truthful and reach out in the first place if he really was so distrusting?

If he's so paranoid then why is he working with people? Why is he constantly hinting at his true self? Why is he trying to save people? Why is he offering for people to join DICE left and right?

Not trusting dangerous/stupid/biased people isn't paranoid, it's common sense. Even more so when you're in a killing game.

[the-sleepiest-salami]

Ok, so.. hear me out....

Basically, I keep getting fic ideas, and I still haven’t even finished Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing. Haha, so funny. BUT! I’ve got to put these ideas somewhere. anyways, I’ve been hyperfixating on PJO lately, and I just think a crossover would be super fun to write/read! Imagine though, that the entirety of the V3 class are demigods, and Tsumugi is a child of Hypnos or something, so the game is all a really realistic shared dream they can’t wake from until it’s over. So, when all the kids wake up, I’d assume that at least one of them is close to their godly parent, so they all end up waking to see a god(probably Kokichi’s godly parent because I’m a sucker for Kokichi centric fics), and they all unsurprisingly freak out. I think I’ve got most of their godly parents/legacies. Sidenote, I’m going to imply that the Harry Potter universe exists in this one, simply because I want Himiko to get the magic she deserves. No, I do NOT support J.K.Rowling. Some of the cast have been to camp Half-Blood, some haven’t but know about their heritage, some don’t even know about their demigod status. also, spoilers obviously Here’s the list! :D (also includes important characters from the other Danganronpa games)((also, some of them haven’t been claimed because they never showed up to camp, or their parent literally forgot they existed)

Kaede-Apollo, she‘s claimed, and has been to camp before

Rantaro-Demeter, claimed and knows about camp, but he doesn’t attend

Kirumi-Athena, claimed, attends camp(that‘s why there were spiders in her execution :D)

Ryoma-Ares, doesn‘t know about camp, nor about being a demigod, unclaimed

Korekiyo-Athena, has no knowledge about camp or demigods, unclaimed

Angie-Apollo, claimed and attends camp

Tenko-Aphrodite, has absolutely no knowledge about any of this, but has actually been claimed without her knowing

Gonta-Demeter, claimed and attends camp

Miu-Hephaestus, isn’t claimed, nor does she know anything about camp

Kaito-Hecate, has no knowledge about any of this

Shuichi-Aphrodite, legacy of Athena, has absolutely no knowledge of any of this, and is SUPER confused upon waking up

Maki-Nemesis, knows about all of this and is claimed, but she ignores it all and doesn’t attend camp

Himiko-Hecate, legacy of Hypnos, knows about it all, but only attends camp during summers

Tsumugi-Hypnos, she never attends camp and knows the bare minimum, Junko has been her parental figure her entire life(I may hate Tsumugi, but I’m gonna make her happy in this, she deserves it for once)

Kiibo-Hephaestus, not actually a robot, but has no knowledge of any of this and is unclaimed

Kokichi-Hades(and kind of Persephone too I guess? But that’s for taking about later) and I am going to not-so-subtlety state that Hades, Persephone, and Maria were all in a loving relationship with each other. Twins with Nico, simply because I love them both, and Nagito is their older brother. Kokichi has no knowledge of any of this, seeing as (s)he never learned of her parents, getting kidnapped before they were informed of who they were. They only learned about being a demigod before getting kidnapped. Bianca doesn’t exist because that would be more complicated than my lazy butt wants. Kokichi and Nagito basically got kidnapped on their way to camp, and that’s why Nico got all upset and angry. That’s also why Persephone acts kind of sucky to Nico(less than in canon tho), because she’s in mourning of her baby boy not knowing her, nor loving her like he used to, and her two other children essentially disappearing from the face of the earth. on another note, Nagito has pink hair.

Nagito-as just said, Hades and Persephone. He has the same knowledge as Kokichi here. neither of them are claimed, seeing as their parents never had the need to, thinking they would just get to keep and love their children

Hajime+Izuru(they’re twins)-Zeus, they know all about camp, but never attended. Because of that, they’re not claimed because Zeus kind of forgot about them

haha that’s about all I have so far. I need to learn self control.