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monoTV???? (screenshot from Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair) I wonder if this is where drdtdev got the name from...

Note: This is the same way monoTV's name is stylised in the textbox in the Prologue and Chapter 1 of DRDT, but it changed in Chapter 2 to 'MonoTV' instead. (all other cast members are spelled in all lowercase in the prologue and in chapter 1 + 2). However, it is always referred to as 'MonoTV' by the cast when speaking.

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World Link 2 Order Predictions (based on actual evidence, surprisingly)

So recently I was wondering if there was a pattern to the order of each character's world link chapter within each world link event, and I hypothesised that the world link chapter orders had to do with each member's 'number' in their group, i.e. their position (left to right) when you look them up on the Character Rank tab. So I tested it out to see if there was a pattern.

World Link 1:

World Link 2:

And guess what

The pattern is that they don’t repeat the same order twice, and then it ends with the unit leader for the first world link and the second character for the second world link.

Like you do the options starting with 2 and ending in 1:

2 4 3 1 (Nightcord at 25:00)

2 3 4 1 (Leo/need)

then starting with 3 and ending in 1:

3 4 2 1 (Vivid Bad Squad)

3 2 4 1 (More More Jump)

Then for 4 it’s weird because of Virtual Singers, but still similar:

4 3 2 1 (Wonderlands x Showtime)

4 2 5 3 6 1 (Virtual Singer)

And for world link 2 we have all the possible options starting with 4 and ending in 2

4 3 1 2 (Vivid Bad Squad)

4 1 3 2 (Wonderlands x Showtime)

So as we get more world link 2 events, we can predict more easily what order the characters will have their chapters relative to other unit members (excluding virtual singers, although we can predict who the first and last chapter will be featuring)

But at the moment we can eliminate all combinations that:

don’t end in 2

are in the order 4 3 1 2

are in the order 4 1 3 2

Which means that the possible combinations are: (excluding virtual singers):

3 1 4 2

3 4 1 2

1 3 4 2

1 4 3 2

In conclusion, excluding virtual singers, under the assumption that: a) each character in the character ranks tab is assigned a number based on their order from left to right b) the pattern of the first world link is continued where the order changes each time and cannot repeat c) the last character will be the one assigned the number 2 We can narrow down the remaining world link 2 chapter orders to the following:

Leo/need: Honami, Ichika, Shiho, Saki Honami, Shiho, Ichika, Saki Ichika, Honami, Shiho, Saki Ichika, Shiho, Honami, Saki

More More Jump: Airi, Minori, Shizuku, Haruka Airi, Shizuku, Minori, Haruka Minori, Airi, Shizuku, Haruka Minori, Shizuku, Airi, Haruka

Nightcord at 25:00: Ena, Kanade, Mizuki, Mafuyu Ena, Mizuki, Kanade, Mafuyu Kanade, Ena, Mizuki, Mafuyu Kanade, Mizuki, Ena, Mafuyu

Hopefully this is correct! And if it is, I hope you find this useful or interesting :D

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The Mai Akasaki Mystery Flower - Solved?

feat. a mini-dissection of Mai's name

Hi! I have seen a few people here guessing what the flower on Mai’s tattoo is (mostly camellias iirc)… and I think I have the answer!

I think it’s Ochna integerrima, which is also known as the yellow Mai flower. (Hoa mai vàng is it’s Vietnamese name). Yes, the answer may be that simple: the Mai flower is literally the Mai flower. It seems to match her tattoo and is a very similar shade to her eyes.

(Note: I found most of this information in February last year when I just searched ‘mai flower’ on google and saw the results and was like ‘huh?’ and went down a rabbit hole from there lol.)

The flower has great significance to the Vietnamese Lunar New year, or Tết, short for Tết Nguyên Đán. They are used to decorate homes and are in full bloom during Tết, which is around late January to early or mid-February and lasts for around 7-10 days, which also lines up with Mai’s birthday (February 1st).

(please correct me if I am wrong, I got this information from Google and I am not Vietnamese and have never celebrated this holiday myself!)

There is a legend associated with the flower as well, which I believe might help explain what happened to Mai Akasaki.

https://botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/blog/2022/01/31/lunar-new-years-and-the-legend-of-the-mai-flower/

The following is copy-pasted from the above website:

"The Mai flower is named after a heroine in Vietnamese lore. Mai, a young warrior set off with her father to slay a giant serpent which had been terrorising their village. Mai’s mother gave her a bright yellow áo dài (traditional Vietnamese dress) to wear when she returned, so her mother could see her coming. Sadly, Mai ended up sacrificing her life to save her father from the serpent. Impressed by her heroic feats, the Gods made her a saint and granted her the ability to return home to her parents during the Lunar New Year celebration. After her parents passed, Mai transformed into a tree in front of her family home which blossomed with yellow flowers every year. Over time, the villagers would collect branches from this tree and decorate their homes for Lunar New Year."

And here are two other websites I looked at when researching this story:

https://scootersaigontour.com/legend-of-yellow-apricot-blossom-and-peach-blossom-on-vietnamese-new-year/

https://heritagevietnamairlines.com/en/the-tale-of-the-yellow-mai-flowers/

This leads me to believe that Mai sacrificed herself trying to protect the cast from a large threat, perhaps the mastermind/MonoTV, or sacrificed herself during the HPA operation that @1moreff-creator mentions in their post Everything We Know About Mai Akasaki + So Many Theories – @1moreff-creator on Tumblr. (this post is basically the Mai bible, please check it out!)

Additionally, MonoTV’s Mai-related secret quote “It’s all your fault”, and the second anniversary code with the same message, and some of the other Mai secret quotes talking about her in past tense imply that she has already passed, and that the cast is the reason why, which could mean she sacrificed herself for them... so I don't think she is the mastermind!

Her surname can also potentially provide us with clues.

“aka” means red, the same colour as her hair

“sa” means bloom or blossom, a reference to her flower tattoo

“ki” means hope, and why that is important is pretty self-explanatory if you've seen anything Danganronpa related

and "saki" means blossom of hope

(These are all Japanese meanings. I just used google for these translations, I do not know Japanese).

This means that her sharing the same name as this flower is likely not just a coincidence, but a deliberate choice by DRDTdev.

Submitted Surnames with "red" in Meaning - Behind the Name

Tenma Saki | Project SEKAI Wiki | Fandom

(yes I just cited the project sekai wiki as a source in my drdt theory, I don't know how I got here either)

The only problems with this theory that her flower is a Mai flower (that I know of) is probably the Literature Girl Insane flowers and the flowers in the bonus episodes being different colours. For the LGI flowers they may just be different flowers altogether that are there to symbolise something else, or a different aspect of Mai... I'm not sure. And the bonus episode flowers could just be coloured differently for aesthetic purposes.

tl;dr The flower on Mai's tattoo may actually be called 'Mai', it suggests she sacrificed herself and probably isn't the mastermind and her surname reinforces the idea that her name choice is not a coincidence.

This is my first tumblr post so apologies in advance if anything about the formatting is weird! Also critisism is appreciated, I would love to hear your thoughts on this :D