#danganronpa another spoilers

[laniemae]

What are some of your favorite fanganronpas and characters from them?

Ooooh this is an interesting question.

I have had quite an attachment to the original danganronpa another I’ve just found it so charming to me and I absolutely love analysing all the themes and stuff. Especially with the theme of dedicating oneself to something, and essentially integrating it into part of your identity and for it to become toxic. And when that ideology is questioned and destroyed for it being no different from denying one’s existence. It’s a theme bought up that I still think about so regularly and there’s a lot to go into it.

Also on the topic of DRA well, there was a big incident that happened where bc I was watching Weeby’s playthrough of it I started liking Kinji and him being my favourite character only as a joke. And then he became legitimately my favourite character and one of those types of characters I can’t stop thinking about. Soooo when chapter 3 happened I was literally sobbing and crying so much and welp it was devastating. And to rant about Kinji bc I love him so much I feel like his breakdown in trial 3 goes way under the radar as people say it’s out of character and he went evil for no reason but I’ve thought about it so much lemme explain. To me how he broke down in a fury of rage is because we’ve seen Kinji constantly be stoic and isolated throughout the game and especially in his free time events it’s implied that he’s this way because he was trained to be a priest at a very young age and had to repress his emotions in favour of faith. And like repressing your emotions for such a long time especially when it was conditioned can absolutely lead to built up anger and emotional distress which finally burst in his chapter 3 breakdown. And how it was subverted that he wasn’t a typical secretly evil chapter 3 killer and rather after understanding it being a realistic response in line with his character is just so interesting. And especially how shocking the presentation was with the horrifying sprite and the slurred speech, screaming and swearing. And being in such a distressed mental state he accidentally confesses to his crime. Like I love this scene so much with Kinji and I think it goes greatly unappreciated aaaand looks like I rambled again.

Ok but another fangan I’m also super intrigued in is (he)artless deceit. Because the prolouge is already super interesting and the characters all seem to have much more going to them rather than just being typical archetypes. And especially themes present throughout the cast on how they view their ultimate talents specifically and themes of prestige ughahhhh I love running themes like that. The way it also has a side story exploring the world outside looking for the missing students happening at the same time it’s something I’ve never really seen other fangans do and it has such good potential and could absolutely make the overarching story super unique. It’s one of the beginning fangans I’m most interested in to see where it goes.

So yeah that’s my fangan ramble and edens garden chapter 1 is also coming out really soon which I’m super exited for as well

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[dorkiiccotton]

lets together suicide (og under cut)

[beehiveofblorbos]

for me it’s

it’s how Naegi Makoto is an average boy, in spite of it all. It’s how Makoto describes himself as an optimist (not even that, just a bit more optimistic than everyone else) and then will refuse to lose a single person to the killing game, even if he has to carry all the dead to the end himself. It’s how he’s genuinely become so aware of himself after the game but he still cannot stop himself from trying to find and bring out the good in people, whenever it exists, even as he knows he can’t always afford that.

it’s how Akamatsu Kaede is an average girl, in spite of it all. She doesn’t feel quite Ultimate enough, how she describes herself as a “piano freak” who just happened to win all those contests. It’s how she feels her passion isn’t enough and finds satisfaction through concrete accomplishment, be it the mastermind dead on the floor or the smiles on her audience (her classmates’ faces). It’s how she’s so aware of the disparity between the image she projects and the real her, how she will keep the class morale high and then go cry in her room. It’s how she describes the killing game as “ridiculous”, and will smile even as she cries.

It’s how “Maeda Yuki” could’ve been real. So easily he could’ve been real. It’s how he’s kind of surprised that anyone finds him reliable at all, how he holds himself to the same standard Akane holds him to and at the same time is so endlessly tempted to give in, it’s how he is our POV character but he is the villain of our story. Its how without Yuki and the impact he made on Akane, on Tsurugi, on Rei, on Teruya, Mikako even… they wouldn’t have broken so hard, knowing the hope that they represent is just a shred of despair.

[danganronpafan777]

nyx at a graveyard

God damn- 😭😭

Deserved for their parents tho (They’re so cruel that even their headstones are burning for their sins-)

Not me being in denial about everyone else

Nyx deserves better 😔

[catgirl-catboy]

When you Compare Utsuro and Izuru , Who do you think is a Better character ?

Thats hard, since Izuru is a hard character to judge.

So much of what we see of him in Dr2 is offsceen, and UTDP and Dr S change his backstory to such a degree that he's arguably a different character. (I'd say a lot of his trauma involves loneliness, to the point where he destroyed the world for the first person that talked to him. Take away that loneliness, and he becomes a slightly less broody dude.)

In other words, there wasn't enough room for both competent!Izuru and competent!Junko in Dr2 trial 6, and Kodaka choose Junko. We don't see him being evil! Or malicious.

In a way, we get the boat bit, and we get Hajime's reaction to Izuru. We don't get much of the dude himself.

Usturo has a lot of a better execution (in the non-gorey sense) since we actually see him talking about his crimes in a way we don't get with Izuru. We see him fucking with Tsurugi in chapter 6. And, well enjoying it seems a bit of a stretch for him, but we see him in his element and not being conflicted over it.

He also gets MORE characterization, appearing in SDRA2. That has some of my favorite Usturo moments in the entire series.

The only bad thing I will say about Usturo, is that we didn't see enough of his backstory, despite it literally being his POV. Like, we had the Izuru boat scene, which was pretty iconic despite my complaints about Izuru.)

I feel like I have to pick Usturo, simply because we got much more of him.

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(( MY SONS ARE FIGhTING )) 

[danganronpafan777]

I literally just finished UDG then saw that previous ask you answered - and now I’m thinking about if the class of 79 had captives during UDG as well… I mean Junko never cared about what happened to the class of 79 and we see the relatives during 6.5 but it still makes me wonder if they ever had captives for their motive videos

(spoilers ch3 dra) yknow, except for Kinji-

If they do have captives, is it weird I want to be the one in Rei’s motive vi-

Yeah, we really don’t know what happened in the motive videos, since Yuki’s was just a video of Utsuro killing his family.

I imagine that the motives showed everyone family’s reactions to the tragedy and initial deaths as it occurred. No one says anything about being held captive in ch6.5 (prior to the literal kidnapping lol)

Nah, it ain’t weird to be someone Rei cares about!

[catgirl-catboy]

I love it! Seriously Mitch torture is really tasty because how aggravating he can be and how he is not think anyone other than the football, when you play his ftes he even become worse so I agree with everything Tsurugi said on his trial, fuck you Mitch.

And I love that execution for him, his execution was.. average at the best but if they do that i guess his execution would be my top 5 definitely.

By the way you like gorey executions so what do you think about Emma's execution?

I like the idea of it being a lot of Easter eggs to movies she's acted in, but I would have picked different movies. I also really liked the gore.

For a Harry Potter reference, I would have made it directly reference either the blood quill scene (referencing her talent and deceitful nature) or the cupboard under the stairs (nod to her backstory.)

Tangent: one of my unpopular opinions is that HP is overhated, and that as long as you don't knowingly give money to the company you're fine. Nobody expects that kind of treatment with other horror movies.

I feel like there's some interesting symbolism that she got represented as the Joker and not Harley Quinn, the character she actually played and kinda fits her backstory.

I feel like as for horror movie references, not picking the shining felt like a missed opportunity since it is literally a dad going crazy and trying to kill his kids.

I also feel like there are tons of movies you could reference that involve fire, to trigger her in the seconds before her death.

[catgirl-catboy]

No no don't worry I like them as a pair i was offended in the thing I write because only Tsurugi couple they talk is them and he have lots of fuckery going with literally everyone in the cast.

Yuki's judgment is how big Tsurugi is like a new highschool boy who newly coming out with his terms with sexuality and full of hormones which impacts his brain chemistry, don't mind him.

And yes "NoBodY in tHe magAzinEs look ThE saMe" sure "Junko".

And Mitch torture porn? Hmm send the ideas please

P.s: I love how our talk affected you to go through that hell (rewatching dra)

So now that I've rewatched chapter 1, enjoy my take on an alternate Mitch execution. (because fuck Mitch.)

Remember how in the trial, Mitch did a TV special where he dribbled all kinds of balls, and thats how we knew the "I couldn't kick a rubber ball" was a lie?

What if... we have a Monokuma do the same stunt, but he has to play goalie? (he needs to see stuff from other people's POV.)

We have soccer balls, peas (like mentioned), BOMBS, Metal Balls, just anything nasty.

The moment he lets something through, blades extend from the goal and kill him.

[catgirl-catboy]

Like they can do killer clown theme for Satsuki she have a Imposter complex so.. Imagine the monokuma's she knew before pretending to be the clowns she knew while performing the deadly tricks she is bad at her.. At least she can be psychologically destroyed

Thats evil, but deciding if I should torture the audience or torture her is a tough call.

[catgirl-catboy]

Yes yes and he can show how pathetic he is finally,

Things i want to do this man...

We don't need to do anything, he does it all to himself! >:)

Imagine if instead of Akane, Kizuna went after him! The angst potential...

[catgirl-catboy]

Fun fact: Actually Linuj planned to make Satsuki victim and Haru as a culprit but they can't do that because the animation was hard to animate

I like that new execution finally she can spill her guts without being seen as a bad clown! *ba dum tss*

I feel ike that was the right call since Haru was my main Blackened suspect pre BDA, but how can a CLOWN execution be the weakest in the series. Its a fucking CLOWN execution and that is like, one of the most common fears.

Pennywise would be so dissiponted.

[catgirl-catboy]

Omg, hi fellow tsurugi fan!!

Hi!!! He's so fucked up and I love him for it. I want to lock him in a room for 10 minutes with Kanade and see him have a breakdown as a result.

[catgirl-catboy]

Dra rewatch prologue thoughts: (spoilers for more than the entire series)

Yuki be like "Tsurugi is the most morally just person ever. I watch all of his TV appearances and likely talked a lot about him in the thread. I want his DICK." Yuki you've got a storm coming. Mekaru was the second most popular, and no signs of simp behavior yet. Mitch is also a big deal.

Teruya calls out for police, which I'm sure affected Tsurugi's guilt over not stopping Monokuma. I think he would have attacked anyway, but Teruya poked a bear accidentally.

Tsurugi called Monokuma a criminal, but didn't go batshit as he will later. You could just say its to preserve the reveal for a less impactful time, but I like to think it only bothers Tsurugi if a criminal endangers other's lives. Maybe he's already passively suicidal.

We're really upplaying the Mekaru:Togami and Akane:Sayaka parallels rn. It makes sense, to obscure the true antagonist(s) of the game.

[catgirl-catboy]

Tsurugi and Akane is the definition of enemies with benefits, I rest my case

Tsurugi give me very demiromantic vibes idk why, like he and relationships are weirdly result into one sided in every way and I would want to read a sdra2 teruya x tsurugi one sided attraction. We need to bully teruya more.

Like i ship teruhiko as one sided too so it is too fun to every time he gets a crush he got rejected, I vibe with it.

And this is why we love Tsurugi he is batshit he is insane, he is the chaotic protag we needed.

Traitor! Ishimaru made sense more than the mastermind in some way, even made more sense then Sakura (I love traitor Sakura don't get me wrong) and definitely could go very interesting paths and I legit thought he was sus because of the genius thing he had

And Ai! Mukuro.. I agree, I wanted to see her more in general, not in that horrendeous anime version of her, I hate it and I hate how people who ship her with makoto uwufied her because she got a crush on him, like what? And some people hc her as straight and this is even more what??

Well you are correct about the normal people thing

*Points out Kinji x Tsurugi*

I want them to both kill eachother.

Honestly, I don't know if I even perceive Mukuro x Makoto as a crush. Like, I like the dynamic, but its more of a "you're the first person that ever treated me decently, so I will kill and die for you since its all I know". If romantic feelings are there, its second to an overwhelming state of debt and gratitude. That being said, Demi!Mukuro is my headcanon. She'll fall for the first person that treats her better than Junko, which is a dangerously low bar to clear, but nobody ever did.

Yeah, I really dislike how central her feelings with Junko are to Mukuro's dr3 writing. Like, its one thing when fans woobify her, but she felt woobified in the writing itself. (Not that I'm above a good woobification, just picky about my target)

I either want Mukuro angst and/or Mukuro badassery. My idea for how to improve it is to have Junko test her brainwashing on her sister and not the Dr2 cast, because the current one retroactively weakens the Dr2 kids arc but my version would retroactively strengthen Mukuro fighting back.

My Tsurugi headcanon is that this man has not thought about his sexuality for a day in his life. Its just an inconvenience to him. However, he totally had a thing for his rival.

As for traitor Ishimaru, it'd be upsetting if Junko told him and only him about the memory loss and why. Tell him he made friends during the gap. Don't tell him who. Then grab popcorn.

I don't think he'd realistically be that good of a traitor, but it'd be upsetting. (I am a Tsumugi kinnie, aren't I?)