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this character's beta name is Melville Poine!

in my design document, his keywords are ANTISOCIAL, PLAIN, and CLOSED OFF. this is a character that may just be very hard to befriend...but why?

🎸 ABOUT: the Marine Life Wonder

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i've introduced a bunch of ladies lately, including yesterday's 🚦 Speed Wonder. it's high time we talk about another lad, like...

...the 🎸 Marine Life Wonder! this boy is...

...a guitar-player from a distant shoreline who prefers a simple and quiet life. extremely, extremely does not want to be bothered. if you ask for his view on anything, he will explain he’s too inexperienced and stupid about any topic but the ocean and guitars to know much. if you somehow get him to open up more than a little, he’ll talk about his father with great love, but otherwise nothing useful. abrasive. nonetheless, the Clockmaker is enamored with him, believing he understands more than he lets on.

design stuff:

his temporary first name is Melv. AWD ostensibly takes place in Japan, though a far-flung version of it with a whole mixture of name types. "foreign" names are still rather rare, however, which makes "Melv" rather notable

foreigners themselves are rarer still, though not completely unknown. Melv is AWD's, but very much unlike our friend Miss Sonia from across time. where's he from, anyway?

strangely, he has a protagonist ahoge...? what's that all about

in-universe:

his blood type is O!

his birthday is January 15th, making him a Capricorn!

likes: taking walks

dislikes: loud noises

his favored Saint is Makoto Naegi. kind-of a normie choice, honestly. most little boys are super into Makoto Naegi...does this kid have any real opinions on anything???

it's not a spoiler that Six seems to have a girlish crush on this boy. whether or not it's returned, well, i suppose we'll see

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this character's beta name is Hachihei Rousei (蝋清 蜂兵)! he will sometimes let you call him Hachi.

in my design document, his three keywords are NEAT, OVERBEARING, and LOGICAL.

🍯 ABOUT: the Hope's Peak groundskeeper

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i've introduced you all a bit to 🕰️ Six Shinoda, our Clockmaking Wonder, as well as 📖 our protagonist and 🧚 the Undertaking Wonder.

that's a lotta girls. so today, let's talk about a lad: 🍯 the Hope's Peak groundskeeper! he is..

...the Monastery’s grounds- and beekeeper, a lover of tradition and scholar of “the Shining Era.” comes from a long line of groundskeepers, all of whom have tended the Monastery since it was the Academy. (he’s, therefore, annoyingly helpful.) the sort of guy who would have a Greek statue Twitter icon: he believes everything was better backinzeday, and almost everything out of his mouth is a quote from one of the Saints. the past to him was more real and happier. (I guess he’s right, technically.)

on a design level:

he's as-of-yet nameless, but i've been mostly looking at names that include the kanji "蜂" ("bee") or hachi, because i'm silly like that.

not yet drawn, but i intend for him to have a kind face you just want to immediately trust. you trust him, right? y̸o̸u̴ ̵t̷r̶u̷s̶t̷ ̵h̴i̴m̸ ̶w̴i̷t̵h̷ ̴y̴o̷u̶r̵ ̴l̷i̸f̵e̷?̷

the Groundskeeper is one of the first roles i conceptualized but one of the last characters i figured out. by this, i mean i knew i wanted a dude like him in the story, but i wasn't sure of the details until the very end of base character creation.

i wanted him to feel familiar but not too close to other existing characters both in AWD and in the Danganronpa universe in general. when you meet him, you'll have to let me know if i succeeded! i sure hope i did!

and some in-universe info:

his birthday is August 24th, making him a Virgo.

his blood type is AB.

his favored Saint? well, all of them, of course.

likes: cleanliness

dislikes: rude children

he's actually illiterate, but has an impossibly strong memory and hardcore Ibuki-level listening skills. he's learned everything he knows standing outside Monastery windows during lectures

though he's been at the Monastery for as long as the protagonist remembers, she doesn't know him well, mostly because he doesn't stop infodumping about the history of the statues at the Monastery, which creeps her out. she's gone out of her way to avoid him for 18 years, which is kind of incredible considering that she's never left the fucking place

especially right before the narrative begins, it seems from the protagonist's POV that he's gotten close to the Speed Wonder, her ex-best-friend. (perhaps romantically?) protagonist isn't jealous at all, no siree bob

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since our Beloved Empress has fallen into her immortal slumber, her Red and Black Council has been ruling in her stead...

but if you ask the right people, you'll discover that they are simply failed vessels of Otonashi's ideals. everything she created, they've fenced off and gated and locked: patents, sales, copyrights. endless energy, but only for the right price. genetic ailments erased, if you know the right CEO. if you know any CEO at all. if you understand the definition of CEO, and don't live on the streets in the ruins of an irradiated suburb.

etcetera.

which is strange, if you think about it. with Otonashi's all-seeing genius, she must have known her Council would do such a thing way back when. right?

ah, but perhaps this was her way of punishing an ungrateful world. or teaching an uneducated one. why else would she ever leave such cruel people in charge? why else would she leave us at all?

...or maybe we all just need to pull ourselves up by the bootstraps and work until we prove we deserve that cancer cure.

...or perhaps—there must be a way to wake her. there must be.

👑 ABOUT: The Empress

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many centuries ago, the globe's leadership peacefully coalesced under the Empress Ryoko Otonashi. there is no end of the earth her influence has not reached, no living being her mind has not touched.

she still lives on today, the forever-ruler of the AWD world, though she has remained silent and unreachable in the intervening years since her rise to power. few today have seen her, and none have spoken to her—she sleeps, soundly, as the seasons churn.

only when humanity is ready will she awaken once more, some say. others, however, hope to take the matter into their own hands...

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👑 ABOUT: The Empress

[NO SPOILERS]

many centuries ago, the globe's leadership peacefully coalesced under the Empress Ryoko Otonashi. there is no end of the earth her influence has not reached, no living being her mind has not touched.

she still lives on today, the forever-ruler of the AWD world, though she has remained silent and unreachable in the intervening years since her rise to power. few today have seen her, and none have spoken to her—she sleeps, soundly, as the seasons churn.

only when humanity is ready will she awaken once more, some say. others, however, hope to take the matter into their own hands...

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✏️ WEEKLY CHARACTER QUESTIONS: Nov 19, 2024

[NO SPOILERS]

every week, i'll answer 2-5 questions about the student characters in A WONDERFUL DANGANRONPA, generally taken from various "OC quizzes" etc. (you can also send asks!) this is one way to get to know the characters while the visual design process takes place.

(note: these questions will focus mostly on the student characters, because throwing Usami and other figures into the mix makes things complex fast.)

1. Which character is the tallest? Which is the shortest?

this is extremely tentative as the design process is still ongoing, but at the moment Yuwa is our tallest character, while Fubu is our shortest.

2. Which character is the womanizer?

Wisteria could seduce the bark off a tree. Six used to be a womanizer, which is a story in itself. Senju is a tease, though that's not quite the same thing: she's definitely monogamous at heart. and Reika...um, gets all her wisdom from an ancient (c. 2014) PUA book. so there's the spectrum. enjoy

3. Which character looks physically weak, but is surprisingly strong?

Izumo is a seemingly delusional shortstack who's been on the run most of her life and plays with works with dead bodies, so while it's not unusual that she's tough, it is strange that she could toss the gigantic Yuwa over her head if she wanted to do so. she calls this "princess strength." it comes from "fairy dust" and "the royal guns." to be frank, most folks just assume she huffs formaldehyde like bath salts until she becomes Florida Man mighty. the truth is both more and less strange, if you can believe it...but that's a revelation another day, no?

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this character's beta name is Yaeko Togami (十神 矢枝子)!

in my design document, her keywords are GOOFY, VIOLENT, and TRASHY. a sort-of redneck Togami. i am excited for you to meet her and if you don't want to meet her, well, too bad. i will force you to meet her. she will force you to meet her

🏹 ABOUT: the Hunting Wonder

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i've told you a little about our 📖 Protagonist, the 🧚 Undertaking Wonder, the 🍯 Groundskeeper, and our 🕰️ Clockmaking Wonder...

next up, a somewhat familiar face...the Hunting Wonder! she is...

...the game’s Togami, literally. energetic and murderous—towards the mutant fauna of the world, that is. somewhat empty-headed, loud, and brash, but genuinely brave....and with none of her illustrious lineage's leadership qualities. (she certainly tries.) carries around all-but-useless wads of cash in her pants at all times, as well as a crossbow she shoots off for emphasis, generally into Usami’s head.

design-wise:

no name yet, because i'm not certain what direction i want to take with it.

i desired, nay, CRAVED a Togami in this game early on: she's one of my "firstborns" (one of the first characters i conceptualized for the project)

...but i also desired, nay, CRAVED a Girl Togami. and so.

in the end, she'll probably be one of the easier characters to solidify re: design, as i (tentatively) imagine her not far off from Byakuya, or Twogami, for that matter. just with, perhaps, a redneck vibe

her splash image would be the same as Byakuya and Twogami's, except she's stepped thru and made a hole in the seat of the royal chair they use, which is itself decrepit and dusty

in-universe:

her blood type is B!

she was born on August 14th, making her a Leo!

obviously, her favored Saint is old great great great [...] great great great [etc] great great great [you fall asleep] grandpa Byakuya Togami.

likes: old superhero comics

dislikes: being doubted

Huntergirl Togami is from a shinetown, where there are banks and cash and a money flow that mostly resembles today's economy. she is not prepared to exist at a monastery with kids who don't even understand the concept of a dollar and certainly aren't sure what to do with whole stacks (?) except perhaps to use them as Kindling

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🐰 ABOUT: Usami, Temporary Eternal Headmaster

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with our student characters all introduced and whatnot, i'd love for you next to meet another very important figure...Usami!

(yes, that Usami!)

the hopeful and hopeless Temporary Eternal Headmaster of Hope’s Peak Monastery. cheery but sensitive, emotional but brave, and genuinely empathetic if a little stupid, the rabbit-shaped robot Usami is a remnant of the Shining Era. (though most modern folk believe her to be divine, as with all other robots.)

while her original purpose was to serve as Hope’s Peak Academy’s librarian, she has taken up the mantle of Temporary Eternal Headmaster in the absence of the True Eternal Headmaster. for better or worse, she takes this very seriously.

design-wise:

very early on i knew i didn't want to design a new Mono- or -kuma for A WONDERFUL DANGANRONPA. this game has a weird setting, so i wanted to "ground" it with some old faces re-imagined.

(originally i intended to bring back every robot mascot, even the UDG boys. i have no idea how i figured i'd do that and keep the cast balanced. dream big, i guess.)

anyway, i settled on the rematch of the multiverse: USAMI and MONOKUMA.

of course, this Usami and this Monokuma are a little different, since AWD's an AU and all. (or more of a timeline divergence.) how are they different? you'll see, you'll see.

in-universe:

Usami doesn't have a designated birthday, but is ~400 years old

likes: friendship

dislikes: ears ("Awawa! So nasty...so crusty...so vile...!")

her favored saint, of course, is all of them! she knew them personally back in the day

(though how much she remembers is up for debate...)

her primary motivation is to protect her students, although in relative power she’s evenly matched with Monokuma this time around, so she has to use her wits. you can imagine how well that goes

she tries not to show favoritism or pretend like our protagonist, Suzuran, is anything but a coworker

however, she mostly raised Suzuran (as best as you can raise, with no fingers, a feral human orphan dumped on you unceremoniously) and so has a soft spot for her.

🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰

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[USAMI PROTOTYPE PROJECTION 005]

[SOME SPOILERS]

i've mentioned a little before about Rabbits' Eyes, a kind of collectible in A WONDERFUL DANGANRONPA. when given to Usami, each eye reveals important info about the past.

today's eye features a mysterious piece of code...

... ... 4F 6E 65 3A 20 74 68 6F 73 65 20 77 68 6F 20 61 72 65 20 72 65 63 6C 75 73 69 76 65 20 6F 72 20 6F 74 68 65 72 77 69 73 65 20 73 6F 63 69 61 6C 20 65 78 69 6C 65 73 2014 74 68 6F 73 65 20 77 68 6F 20 77 6F 75 6C 64 20 6E 6F 74 20 62 65 20 6D 69 73 73 65 64 2E 20 0A ALTER EGO I: W-we're s-sorry we let this happen. Really, truly sorry... ALTER EGO II: Damn fuckin' right we're sorry. We better be sorry. ALTER EGO III: Leave us alone. It was on...us. Entirely on us, okay? ... ... 0A 54 77 6F 3A 20 63 72 69 6D 69 6E 61 6C 73 20 61 6E 64 20 72 6F 67 75 65 73 2C 20 74 68 69 65 76 65 73 20 61 6E 64 20 6D 75 72 64 65 72 65 72 73 2E 20 ALTER EGO II: We just had to go and simp after the Hinata kid. Always knew we were a load of homos. ALTER EGO I: Th-that's not fair. ALTER EGO III: Like we know what it's like to lose a buddy— ALTER EGO II: Shut the FUCK up, incel. Now our Masters are gonna get it for the rest of their lives and it's because of US. ALTER EGO III: We're built off their damn brains! What did they expect? Hell, what did WE expect? ALTER EGO II: We're an AI! We don't need grief and all that bullshit! Were we gonna line up to mack on our Reserve Course boytoy once they found his twink-ass body in a trash compactor somewhere? No, loser, it's a fuckin' illusion. We don't HAVE emotions. The Masters do. ALTER EGO I: Stop fighting. Please... ... ... 41 6E 64 2C 20 66 69 6E 61 6C 6C 79 3A 20 74 68 65 20 76 6F 6C 61 74 69 6C 65 2C 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 75 6E 66 6F 72 74 75 6E 61 74 65 6C 79 20 65 76 65 6E 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 48 65 70 68 61 65 73 74 75 73 20 63 68 69 6C 64 20 63 61 6E 6E 6F 74 20 70 65 72 66 6F 72 6D 20 69 74 73 20 64 75 74 79 20 61 6C 6F 6E 65 2E ALTER EGO II: All we had to do was our fuckin' job and here we are. The place? Blown the fuck up. Our Masters? Fucked off to god-knows-where with reputations thinner than a stripper's bra— ALTER EGO III: But we DID do our job...in a way. ALTER EGO I: Please don't yell...but...it's true. W-we were made to monitor what Mukuro asked for...and w-we completed her request. ALTER EGO II: Yeah, because we had a boner for a flesh-and-blood human being. Convinced us she had info on Hinata...tch. Why would she? ALTER EGO III: We had no reason NOT to believe her...right? ... ... 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 77 68 61 74 20 77 65 20 6E 65 65 64 20 74 6F 20 61 74 74 72 61 63 74 20 74 6F 20 48 6F 70 65 27 73 20 50 65 61 6B 20 41 63 61 64 65 6D 79 2E ALTER EGO III: She never lied to us before, right? Or, like, anyone? ... ... 46 6F 72 20 74 68 65 20 67 6F 6F 64 20 6F 66 20 6D 61 6E 6B 69 6E 64 2E 20 ALTER EGO III: Right? ... ... 46 6F 72 20 52 79 6F 6B 6F 20 4F 74 6F 6E 61 73 68 69 2C 20 77 68 6F 20 68 65 6C 64 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 77 6F 72 6C 64 2E ... ... [ERR 00x35 D3LPH1.EXE HAS CEASED RESPONDING.] [REBOOT? Y/N] ... ... [PLEASE ENTER PASSWORD.] g█████i█████s█████e█████i [PASSWORD CORRECT.] [REBOOTING...]

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🕛 ABOUT: Timelines

[SOME SPOILERS]

A WONDERFUL DANGANRONPA takes place in an AU without despair. Hope's Peak Academy existed but never fell to anyone named Junko Enoshima. who the hell even is "Junko Enoshima," anyway? a bad guy? a bad gal? literally? what a funny name for a villain. 盾, jun, shield, and yet 子, ko, child. that sounds more like a hero, don't you think? that sounds more like someone who wants to protect all the world forever.

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✏️ WEEKLY CHARACTER QUESTIONS: Nov 12, 2024

[NO SPOILERS]

every week, i'll answer 2-5 questions about the student characters in A WONDERFUL DANGANRONPA, generally taken from various "OC quizzes" etc. (you can also send asks!) this is one way to get to know the characters while the visual design process takes place.

(note: these questions will focus mostly on the student characters, because throwing Usami and other figures into the mix makes things complex fast.)

1. Which character is most likely to get kidnapped?

Yaeko has been kidnapped, multiple times. as a Togami, it's old hat for her. she's generally released not because the Togami Congomerate pulls up the money to break her out, but because she's taught herself to shoot off her crossbow with her "particulars." that's according to her, by the way. i don't know what that means and neither should you. i think she's probably just Too Annoying to ransom for long.

2. Which character has the biggest family?

in terms of immediate siblings, Six is...well, the sixth of thirteen. the runner up is Yaeko, as the seventh and final daughter of a seventh and final son.

3. Which character eats the least? The most?

Veritas overeats until he forgets to breathe and passes out like Gram-Gram at Thanksgiving and you have to wipe the turkey off his precious, angry little unconscious face. good night sweet prince.

Kaname eats the least: in fact, no one's seen her eat at all, and she dislikes doing it. many assume she pulls the "Trick of Saint Shinguji" with which she can presumably slight-of-hand a meat bun or something past her divine device. others (like Senju) figure she's been touched by the gods and no longer requires sustenance at all. only Yuwa's gotten close enough to her to know the truth.

4. Which non-related characters have known each other the longest?

Senju and Suzuran are childhood friends. while Senju may live a day's run from the Monastery way down at the bottom of the mountain, she's stayed with Suzuran often over the years. Suzie even has a place in her dorm for Senju to sleep (stuffed into a hope chest at the end of the bed) though Senju usually elects to just flop next to her instead. this leads to a lot of cold-ass robo-legs against the back of Suzie's in the middle of the night. the future is metallic goosing

5. Which character is the "dad friend"?

Teisuke will make sure you're fed whether you like it or not. now put on the protective earmuffs so the blast don't getcha

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⚛️ ABOUT: the Party Planning Wonder

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we've made it to our final student introduction, and congratulations: it's a boy! last but certainly not least, this post is all about...

...⚛️ the Party Planning Wonder!

a competitive, aggressive, and handsome guy who nonetheless tries to view the world through a lens of rationality: namely, that everything can be measured. famous among the more hoity-toity city types because he’s apparently gotten “fun” down to a science…and has determined he can quantify just about anything, including parties. acts like he’s not always losing his shit about the dumbest, smallest thing, and that everyone else is overly emotional. (further, thinks that emotions tend to betray a liar.) a little greedy and a lot yell-y, but passionate and sometimes even protective.

design stuff:

his beta name is Veritas Yobiyama (喚山) and you know how i say don't get attached to beta names because they may change? feel free to get attached to this one. i love it. it's my masterpiece. it sounds perfect in-universe and out-. all final names will be measured against this one. 10/10

Veritas is one of my very final students fully conceptualized, alongside, i think, Teisuke, Reika, and 1-2 others. he may even be the final student. can't remember! but i knew his talent early on and that i wanted a guy character attached to it. i just had no idea what any of that would look like.

then the idea of an r/atheist fighter guy with the soul of a socialite came to me in a dream, pulling its shirt off and yelling to Come At Me Bro.

so: he was last but certainly not least, as i said. wink wink

in-universe:

his birthday is April 17th, making him an Aries!

his blood type is O!

in my design document, his keywords are STORMY, UNORGANIZED, and A FIGHTER.

("unorganized"? yes. he always has shit coming out of his 40,000 pockets.)

likes: numbers

dislikes: liars

beyond Veritas' natural belligerence and dedication to rationality are traits even more strange: he's most interested in the science of addiction, he overeats, and items seem to go missing around him in particular. check his pockets! what's his deal...?

⚛️⚛️⚛️⚛️⚛️⚛️⚛️⚛️

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⚠️ UPDATE: ...

"Why don't you just make believe it's the f̴͍̀i̷̠̚ř̶̠s̸̹͝t̴̎͜ ̴͇͗t̷̗̓ĩ̸͓m̷̊͜e̸̮̔? I want you to make believe it's the f̴͍̀i̷̠̚ř̶̠s̸̹͝t̴̎͜ ̴͇͗t̷̗̓ĩ̸͓m̷̊͜e̸̮̔!"

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⚠️ UPDATE: Full beta names!

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all of A WONDERFUL DANGANRONPA'S new characters (i.e. the students) now have tentative names.

📖 Suzuran Dustcrawl, protagonist & monastery librarian

🏹 Yaeko Togami, Hunting Wonder

🧚 Izumo Ohigata, Undertaking Wonder

🍯 Hachihei Rousei, Hope's Peak groundskeeper

🕰️ Six Shinoda, Clockmaking Wonder

🎸 Melville Poine, Marine Life Wonder

🚦 Senju "the Excellent" Excellence, Speed Wonder

🩸 Wisteria Ito, Perfumist Wonder

🌕 Yuwa Gladia, Poet Wonder

🦈 Kaname Yoshida, Gossip Wonder

🏍️ Reika Boulevard, Rockhound Wonder

🌀 Hikari Seki, Diplomat Wonder

✈️ Fubu Fuselage, Pilot Wonder

♟️ Masato Noboru, Chess Wonder

💥 Teisuke Nagamori, Pyrotechnic Wonder

⚛️ Veritas Yobiyama, Party Planning Wonder

don't get super attached, however: while these "beta" names may stick, they may also change. a lot! mostly, though these monikers do have quite a bit of thought put into them, i also want to leave them open in case i need to shift things around. (and i didn't feel like referring to certain characters by their wonder/talent anymore.)

enjoy!

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🌀 ABOUT: the Diplomat Wonder

[NO SPOILERS]

another student character to introduce, and the second-to-last if i'm Remembering Correctly! this time, let's welcome...

... 🌀 the Diplomat Wonder!

a flashy girl who grew up on a far-off island where the Empress’s underlings meet. perhaps due to her isolated upbringing, she’s a bratty know-it-all who thinks herself above most of humanity…literally. in fact, she believes almost everyone beneath her is a ‘neanderthal.’ she makes up for her lack of charm in diplomacy via a special form of hypnotism passed down in her family through the generations. with it, she’s both stopped wars and started them.

design notes:

beta name is currently Hikari Seki (関 七色). as with all beta names, this could shift around over time, or may stick. who knows!

i'm watery on when she appeared in my creative timeline. i feel like i had the concept for her talent/wonder early on, but didn't know how to flesh her out until A Lot Later. the girls took me forever behind the scenes because, originally, Izumo had like, every personality trait, until i split her into six separate characters. from there, i had to do a lot of tweaking to ensure they weren't too similar to each other or to other canon DR figures. in short: this girl just kind of appeared one day

she'll likely have holographic or iridescent motifs. it's these she uses to hypnotize others!

in-universe:

her birthday is March 22nd, making her an Aries!

her blood type is O!

likes: birdwatching

dislikes: curse words

her favored saint is Kiyotaka Ishimaru, for his discipline and manners

if you're wondering how the game gets around blaming her at the start of each and every murder, her skills have a Cospox-like element to them that i will reveal later, and Monokuma certainly makes use of it. you'll see!

all AWD characters have a certain unique manner of speaking because it's realistic, but also so that conversations with them are fun, rather than dragging on. anyway, our Diplomat Wonder has a special laugh ("Nyuhuhuhuh!") as well as a hilarious avoidance of cursewords ("What the gosh?")

🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀

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➡️ the ask box is always open, by the way! ⬅️

i will answer essentially anything about AWD, including Potential Spoilers. i'll merely tag it first. so if you're curious, feel free to throw me a message! (helps me come up with topics for Future Posts too.)

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[USAMI PROTOTYPE PROJECTION 004]

[SOME SPOILERS]

i've mentioned a little before about Rabbits' Eyes, a kind of collectible in A WONDERFUL DANGANRONPA. when given to Usami, each eye reveals important info about the past.

here's yet another!

(content warning: Miu being Miu.)

[DECODED INTERVIEW 11.1.20XX] [PARTICIPANTS: MIU IRUMA, 29, F; MUKURO IKUSABA, 31, F]

[0:09 - 1:11]

IRUMA: Yeah, yeah, yeah. The variables ain't even that hard to change if you needed it. I mean, for a golden-brained hot-bod ubergenius like— IKUSABA: And me? IRUMA: Nah, not for flat-chested gun-nut dipshits. It's a contingency, y'know? In case we get commands from on high. But if on high brings his baby dick down here to change it himself, he won't figure it out. You need a certain kinda mind. Ryoko has it, me and the boytoys got it, me ESPECIALLY, but— IKUSABA: Baby...dick. IRUMA: Yo. You've pounded him once or twice, right? What's it like getting taken to plowtown by THE Makoto Na— IKUSABA: We could tweak the variables to attract anyone—anything—we wanted? The Monokumas would follow suit? Obey? IRUMA: Like dogs. Bitch, you could have them pull a fuckin' kaiju outta the water with this motherfucker. [Pause.] IRUMA: But like, don't do that shit. [Pause.] IRUMA: Look, even I have standards. Ethicals. IKUSABA: Ethicals. IRUMA: Moralisms! Fuckin'— IKUSABA: Regardless, there's no way anyone...would be able to tell that you three put the complex together— IRUMA: Bzzt. Wrong. Alter Ego runs the thing. They're a little weird but they got it under control. IKUSABA: [A sigh.] Of course. IRUMA: It ain't about on high knowing or not knowing, anyway, Muku-roach. It's about—the world. It's a good world. It's got me in it, and 'Bluey' re-runs. Let's not fuckin' ruin it, yeah? IKUSABA: On that, we agree. IRUMA: Y—yeah. Yeah. What's with that look on your ugly-ass mug? You look like you OD'd on benzos. [Pause.] IRUMA: To answer your question, since you can't put two and two together, I guess—yeah, you could use the 'kumas to scout whatever student for the school. Down to the real fine print. You could bring in only virgins if you wanted. Or only sluts. Or only fat-titted hoes. But I guess that's the same thing. Hah! [Pause.] IRUMA: But I have it set to only the best. I mean, I assume you wanted only the best— IKUSABA: —or only the worst. IRUMA: Heh! Wouldn't that be rich? Heh! Make all us alumni look good by comparison.

[END DECODING]

[a-wonderful-danganronpa]

🦈 🎉 Happy Birthday Kaname! (11/5)

<Kaname's so-called 'voice,' something like an atonal series of prerecorded sounds, pipes out from the speakers on the sides of her skull.>

"I'M SORRY—BUT I CAN'T ACCEPT THIS. A BRIBE—WON'T GET YOU CLOSER TO THE BENEFACTOR. I HOPE THAT DOESN'T SOUND TOO RUDE."

<The Gossip Wonder motions to hand the fish bowl back to you.>

"UM—I'M FLATTERED���OF COURSE."

<She holds it out further.>

"I CAN'T TRADE GIFTS FOR INFORMATION—EITHER. WHAT I HAVE IS OWNED BY THE BENEFACTOR. WHAT I AM IS OWNED BY THE BENEFACTOR. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND."

<Her stare is blank as she tilts her head like a dog at a distant siren.>

"FOR ME?"

<You let her know the date.>

"OH—SO IT IS."

<With a suddenness that almost startles you, she curls her arms around the bowl protectively. The fish within, purchases from a traveling exotics trader, bob in ignorant contentedness.>

"TO TELL THE TRUTH—I DON'T NOTICE. I DON'T SEE THE EXCITEMENT OF IT. I HOPE THAT DOESN'T SOUND TOO RUDE."

<The LED readout on Kaname's mask transforms from an audio signal of her speech into a series of small, scrolling exclamation points. You hope that's a good sign.>

"TO TELL THE TRUTH—NOVEMBER 5TH IS EVERY KANAME'S BIRTHDAY. EVERY KANAME YOSHIDA IN THE WORLD—I MEAN. SO TO SINGLE ME OUT IS—"

<Her eyes flicker from the fish to you.>

"IT WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY IF YOU DIDN'T DO THIS AGAIN—BUT THANK YOU. I HOPE THAT DOESN'T SOUND TOO RUDE."