#Watched half of it. Thought it was really boring. Laughed when Sayaka's backstory was just an outright ripoff of Miyuki Tezuka's

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I think I haven't had the bit about why I won't fb if you mostly post Madoka in my dni in a while so if anyone has questions as to why: I recognize how much it means to the large amount of people (especially WLW) who watched it as tweens/young teens and had some Realizations because of it, and I have nothing against the vast majority of its fans, but I'm not very comfortable with frequently seeing uncritical praise of a series about young teenage girls written by a man whose other best known work is a lolicon eroge (which is something I almost never see Madoka fans acknowledge outside of still very rare vague "Urobuchi is kinda weird" statements)

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My thoughts: 

I see no god up here other than me: 

Ishimaru - I love him more than just about anything right now. His relationship with Mondo was so pure and I loved it, even without my shipping-crazed brain in the way, their friendship is so adorable. He didn’t deserve to get killed in Celeste’s plan. He’s such a cutie and I think it’s adorable how he’s obsessed with the rules. When I was watching a playthrough of this game on YouTube, I literally laughed every time he was on screen. I miss him so much. However, I do have one complaint and that’s Ishida. Ishida pretty much ruined Ishimaru’s character. While I did enjoy the concept of his soul fusing with Mondo’s, it wasn’t a good addition to his character. In all honesty, it’s what got him killed. If Ishida didn’t come about because of Alter Ego’s presentation of Mondo, Yamada wouldn’t have had a rivalry with him and wouldn’t have agreed to help Celeste in killing him.

Mondo - I like his relationship with Ishimaru, they have such a good dynamic and I really appreciate it. His whole story with Chuck, too, was so pure and I really felt for him once I found out about it. Every once in a while, I’ll go on an Ishimondo craze and it’s all I can think about for the most part, and every time it happens, I end up watching episode five of the anime (the one where Mondo gets executed) and I cry every time. Not only is his punishment harsh, Ishimaru’s screams just kill me every time. I really need to stop rewatching that episode since it always makes me sad.

You’re the best:

Hagakure - I think the reason I like him so much is purely because of Danganronpa panels because all of the one’s I’ve seen with Hagakure are hysterical because of him. Unfortunately, my favorites were removed from YouTube recently and I’m really sad.

Togami - Fun little inside fact, whenever I start a new show, I’ll look at a picture of the main cast and guess which one is going to be my favorite. With Danganronpa, I guessed Togami and Ishimaru, so I was half right. I had no idea I was going to like Mondo so much, but my love for Togami kind of faded with time. He doesn’t really have specific moments, like with Ishimaru and Mondo and the sauna, he just has an overall tone that you remember. I still really like his cynical attitude, though.

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

Chihiro - I think he (yes, he) is a well-written character. I liked his whole arc with Mondo where he wanted to become stronger and prove that he was even kind of a man. Other than the part where he was killed, obviously. He had a good backstory and I really enjoyed his character.

Kirigiri - She’s the typical sleuth, who I wouldn’t usually like, but she’s pulled off really well. She always raises a lot of questions, but still provides answers when they’re necessary. I liked her as the unofficial leader, although you could argue that Makoto or Togami was the unofficial leader, I still think it was her. She got them through most of the cases and made sure that everybody was on board. She always made sure that nothing was overlooked and that’s very admirable.

Makoto - He’s a good protagonist, bland and boring with a hint of sensibility. I don’t think I like him as a protagonist as much as Hinata, but he’s still good. I just think he’s a bit too bland and being the protagonist is his entire character, there’s not really anything else there.

Fukawa - I loved the red herring she introduced in the second case with Genocider Sho, not to mention the idea of Genocider in the first place. It was a lasting red herring that actually mattered later, which is what makes a red herring good instead of just a time waster.

Sayaka - I thought she was super nice and sweet at the beginning, but then, you know, she tried to murder Leon and blame it on Makoto, so that wasn’t the nicest or sweetest thing to do.

I remember you:

Celeste - She was pretty cool, I really liked her design, and her ultimate ability was a cool concept. But she indirectly killed Ishimaru, so...

Asahina - Her character centered on the fact that she loved donuts. And she survived.

Sakura - Her character was so good in theory, I just didn’t love how it was executed. However, she was noble and I respect that, I liked her character, but she didn’t leave much of an impression on me, other than the fact that she was strong.

Yamada - Again, a good concept, but I actually kind of liked how it was executed. But he seemed kind of bland to me and he actually directly killed Ishimaru, so...

You’re literally the worst. Actual scum. Leave this planet and never return.:

Monokuma - He put my babies through this hell and then they died. Yeah, not a big fan.

Leon - I honestly can’t describe why I hate him so much, but I do. I think he was just obnoxious and didn’t get a chance to redeem himself since he was killed third.

Fun fact in case you didn’t notice: Junko and Mukuro are missing. I don’t make these templates, I just take other peoples and change the orders, so it’s not my fault. I’m still not going to talk about them, though, because they aren’t on the list.

My definitive list of favorite characters from Danganronpa:

1. Ishimaru

I don’t need to decide on the rest, he’s all that matters. He’s just best boy.