#Maizono Sayaka

[ossydrawsthingz335]

sayaka AAAA!!!! hey guys look at my wife isnt she pretty ^_^

[hijinkiewinkies]

wish she had whatever she had going on in concept art

[insiderzx]

𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚊 𝙼𝚊𝚒𝚣𝚘𝚗𝚘

[insiderzx]

𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚊 𝙼𝚊𝚒𝚣𝚘𝚗𝚘

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🤨📸

[hardcore-solangelo-19]

im late for dangantober but i tried!!

(Fav protag: komaru, fav antag: byakuya and fav thh character: sayaka) (dangantober list under the cut)

[ossydrawsthingz335]

The ultimate pop sensation 💙🎤

[troloyunu]

for the pink outfit ask may i request maizono in n2 please? thank you!!! i hope you're having a wonderful day ♡

SAYAKAAAA!!!!

My pink outfit meme

[0-rai]

Here's some Sayaka for the soul.

I love putting on that background every single time.

[hardcore-solangelo-19]

me seeing blue haired, blue eyed anime girl in a pink dress on my dash: time to play is this kokomi teruhashi or sayaka maizono?

[beehiveofblorbos]

Happy birthday Maizono Sayaka!!

I wasn’t prepared (sorry my love 😭) so please have this WIP Sayaka art. it’s not good but it’s what I have for her

This girl is honestly what hooked me into DR. Before there was Kokichi, or Kaede, or Tsumugi, I loved her and Makoto. She is probably my second or third favorite out of DR1. She also kinda hooked me into learning about idols!! She’s one of my favorite characters to analyze; everything about her is short and sweet and COMPLETE. Here is my favorite analysis I’ve done for her:

Early in the killing game, Sayaka Maizono makes a strong showing. She presents a cheerful face, strong people skills, and strong work ethic to everyone. She cooperates with the group, investigating and getting on well with most of the cast. I don’t believe this was a lie. Just the automatic public manner that Sayaka is required to have as the Ultimate Pop Sensation (or the Ultimate Idol). Additionally, Sayaka is the type of person who had a near impossible dream to become the kind of idol who could make people smile (the Japanese idol industry is vicious, something I’ll circle back to). She’s a dreamer and a determinator. Someone with that sort of goal isn’t inherently malicious: just takes opportunities where they come.

I don’t believe Sayaka actually made up her mind to murder until after the motive videos were shown, for reasons I’ll explain later. She was simply accounting for the possibility that she may need to defend herself when she grabbed the golden sword. She was extremely paranoid due to the years she’s spent mired in the idol industry, where no one was to be trusted. Of course she wanted a way to defend herself; it also helped her link up with Makoto, who she had been so excited to see again she remembered him through multiple years of not interacting and a mindwipe.

Once judging that she couldn’t use the sword effectively, she gave it to Makoto. I genuinely believe, for this reason, that she did trust Makoto: why else would she equip him with weaponry he could use to defend himself? Makoto was a known entity, where everyone else is unknown: even outside of a killing game, it’s natural that you become close with those you know. Plus, she clearly had cared about him for a long time. I mean, they’d just had their memories wiped, and before then it had been at least a year since she’d seen him (and years since that encounter that first caught her eye). She wanted him to be safe almost as much as she wanted to secure her own self, and she certainly thought they could help each other by relying on each other. Plus, she looked up to him and the pure kindness he’d displayed that day. I believe that Sayaka wanted to emulate that kindness and become a better person than who she saw herself as.

The Japanese idol industry, again, is absolutely vicious. The horrific things idols force their bodies to push through are unbearable for anyone with a faint heart or weak will. Everyone, even within the group, is constantly competing to stay relevant and keep their career on the ups and ups. Public opinion and interest is often fickle, but it is these people’s livelihoods to do whatever it takes to stay relevant. Sayaka admits something in that regard, saying she had to do horrible things to get where she was. This is the kind of world she THRIVED in, but it doesn’t mean she enjoyed it. That, after all, is why she wanted to reach her hand out to Makoto: because his actions showed that there were people who lived outside that world, and didn’t constantly act with a mask.

Once the motive videos are shown… Sayaka freaks. The motive videos are shown three days into the killing game; this is not a long time, but long enough to light a fire in Sayaka’s mind. After all, the first floor is only so big. After three days of investigating and finding nothing, she may have been slightly desperate already. On top of that, previously she may have thought her group would be doing something to find her. However, after she sees her group in trouble, that means there’s no one left to keep the public attention. No one to continue rising the star of the career that has been Sayaka’s life work. She struggled, she suffered for that career, and her entrapment in the school is taking it away from her right before her eyes. (I also do believe she cared for her idol group and its members as well; their relationships were complicated, but I do think she loved them, though I have no proof to support this).

So what would the Ultimate Idol do? To become the Ultimate Idol, it’s natural to be extremely good with people, physically fit to a not-insignificant degree, sing/dance well, be an expert at manners and how to present yourself, and be willing to do whatever it takes to advance your career. And that’s exactly what Sayaka did: whatever it took. While killing someone is a big step, after the motive videos she may have considered it necessary: just another stepping stone over which her career may shine. If only she could do it.

She had already reached out to Makoto as someone who could protect and defend her throughout the game, someone she knew was naturally kind and went out of his way even to help a hurt swan. It was a simple step to manipulate someone who had a clear crush on her (someone like Kuwata Leon, who notably only uses -chan for Maizono Sayaka. Someone like Kuwata Leon, who wants to get into the music industry and doesn’t think he needs to put in the same sacrifice and work that Sayaka knows so well).

Even so, at the moment of truth, she hesitated before attacking Leon. She was a girl who wanted to put smiles on people’s faces. How had she come to this? Perhaps she thought of her bandmembers. Perhaps she steeled her resolve with all the horrible things she’d done already. Her group was counting on her: she was the only one left! She had to do something! She could NOT die here!!!

And when her attack on Leon failed, she hid herself in the bathroom. The worst, the unacceptable outcome would be to allow herself to die. Then her group truly wouldn’t have any hope. Then her life’s work truly would be dead. Somehow Leon makes it in and corners Sayaka in there. With her lifeblood, she reaches out and attempts to help the living students (Makoto, who had promised to protect her) who will have to discover her body.

Sayaka’s entire character is extremely well demonstrated throughout her actions in chapter 1. She’s clearly fleshed out and her character perfectly befits her talent and expands on it. Her arc is tight and flawless, using even her death to characterise her and give her agency instead of making her a simple victim. She wanted better for herself, but put sacrifice and her dreams first always. She valued her life, and she wanted to escape because her work encompassed her entire life. She wanted to be a better person, and she wavered.

I love her for all of that.

[wayzztogo]

HAPPY BDAY SAYAKA YOU'RE VERY FAMOUS 🎶🎤

[mizuno-marmalade]

the username is wrong now but happy birthday sayaka!! this is from two years ago but i still rly like it :3

[miidanganqueen]

Happy birthday to Sayaka Maizono from the ultimate idol And Happy birthday to her and I played tomodachi life on my computer

[random-potato-vincent]

Happy birthday to sayaka maizono and aoi miyake

[shsl-hubris-guy]

Hey guys did you know that Sayaka's birthday is tomorrow

Because Sayaka's birthday is tomorrow :D

Tomorrow is Sayaka's birthday!!!!!

The 7th of July, 7/7, Sayaka Day

Sayaka Day!!!!!!!

Sayaka Day..... Soon......

So excited for my girl Sayaka, who deserves all the love in the world