#drv3 characters

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The weight of your own actions can get heavy...

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DANGANRONPA V3!!! (Second half of the cast xD) In my style!

I have the other half already posted here in Tumblr! As well Instagram and Newgrounds nyehehe

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I'm that "first-person" they talk about in all the books / I'm that perspective you cannot doubt, see how I look

[wanderingxmoth]

Unassuming and reserved, Kokichi Ouma was not the typical personality of a TV star, but he had a pretty face and interesting enough background that the producer accepted his application nonetheless. Upon realizing his more eccentric quirks, though, she drafted him a bolder role. Tsumugi Shirogane pitted him against the "heroes" in promotional material, advertising Kokichi as the season's villain.

[aprikkaa]

does anyone still like danganronpa?

[verenvuoto]

Just a little sketchbook drawing I spiced up a bit digitally.

I crave interactions between these two.

[clearlydusty]

Game grumps just started playing danganronpa v3, so I might be kaito posting for a while if thats cool with ya'll

[kkatastrophic]

Reblog if your favourite danganronpa character is dead (let's see how far this reaches!)

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shuichi posting

[snazzyraccoon]

The one and only ✨✨

[rubberduckyrye]

Okay in all seriousness. There's something that I REALLY want to talk about as an open discussion with the fandom, but. This is not going to be a very nice thing to hear/talk about.

It's about how Gonta is treated by the fandom.

As a fan of all the V3 characters now, and as someone who has always been a fan of Gonta, and as someone who has many mental disabilities and two diagnosed neurodivergancies... I'm tired of playing nice about it.

You all need to stop being ableist towards Gonta.

I've mentioned in the past that I don't like shitting on personal interpretations. I don't like saying something is or is not canon because narration is just a big web of text that you try to decipher with your own personal biases, experiences, and thoughts. That's why two literary analysts analyzing the same text with the same literary criticism rules can come to wildly different conclusions--why people develop different headcanons from the same canonical information.

But one of the things that challenged my integrity is just how many people view Gonta as this innocent, naive, ignorant, baby boy who can do no harm/never has a complicated/dirty/violent/sexual thought in his life ever.

This incredibly ableist interpretation of the character bothered me for, well, obvious reasons (See: It's fucking ableist, need I say more?) but I never challenged it as harshly as I am now because to be frank, it's not my place to tell people how to HC a character. It still isn't. But I've pretty much given up on my integrity on the subject and have decided to go all in on discussing why this interpretation of Gonta is just. Really bad.

First of all, not to promote my own analyses here or anything, but I think this analysis I did of Gonta explains a LOT in regards to the ableism the cast gives him in canon. I also think that this subtle ableism is why the fandom is so bad with Gonta's characterization in headcanons and fanfic--because they've seen how the cast treats him, and they think it's normal. They don't see the microaggressions, they don't see the subtle ableism in the cast--they just see this big giant idiot who speaks like Tarzan in the English version (which... I don't actually know why people assume Tarzan (Thinking of Disney's version) is stupid. Like as a boy he had to reinvent the spear with no one to guide him on how to do it. He was able to strategize and outsmart "civilized" men in the final showdown. Still I digress) and don't see the literal genius behind his social awkwardness.

There is also another very important point I'm going to make in addition to this, and it's going to be very uncomfortable to Gonta fans who insist he's nothing but a sweet baby who only has pure thoughts. Especially to the fans who insist he "can't be sexual" or think it's weird to ship him with his peers.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but... Gonta blatantly has sexual desire and gets horny right in canon.

This is further clarified here:

It wasn't a matter of Gonta didn't want to touch her because touching someone in their underwear was inappropriate, or being flustered because she was in her underwear which is inappropriate...

It was literally a "weird feeling" that made him unable to approach her or touch her. A "weird feeling" that Miu makes pretty obvious as to what it was--sexual arousal.

He literally was sexually attracted to and felt sexual arousal from looking at Miu in her underwear. He had sexual feelings and thoughts about Miu. Why?

Because Gonta is a young man.

Gonta is a brilliant, talented young man who has normal human thoughts for someone his age--sexual desires, upsetting thoughts, complicated thoughts, ectect. He is not a child, he is not mentally stunted (I've been informed that people have literally said this on Ao3 for the NSFW Gonta fics, please for the love of god stop that)

I think the reason why Gonta fans typically want to keep him as a "pure baby child who can do no wrong" is because treating him like the young adult that he is makes it harder for them to justify Chapter 4. Every time I've seen a Gonta fan that hates Kokichi, it's always followed by the sentiment of "Kokichi manipulated and abused Gonta into killing Miu, so it's all Kokichi's fault." They're afraid of nuance and liking a character with the grey morality of genuinely thinking Mercy Killing the cast is a viable option, because it challenges their own morals about the character they adore.

To those people who read this and are upset: You can and should like Gonta! Gonta is a magnificent character who showcases the subtle way microaggressions can manifest and hurt people, he's a good-hearted person and a literal genius, he cares deeply for his friends and loves everyone with upmost sincerity.

But.

You need to re-evaluate your stance on Gonta if you think he's a stupid, naive fool who Kokichi manipulated. You need to re-evaluate why you think those thoughts, why you think Gonta being shipped with anyone is "Kinda weird" or "has weird consent problems" or "give you the ick." You have to challenge yourself and ask yourself uncomfortable questions in regards to why you treat Gonta like a child when canon has proven otherwise, why you think he cannot have violent or sexual thoughts, why he can't think mercy killing his class is the only way to save them.

This isn't an attack on you--but understand that these specific takes on Gonta? They are ableist in nature. They belittle and dismiss him, they treat him like a child, an idiot who can't think for himself--and you have to come to terms with the fact that Gonta is a far more complex character with complicated thoughts and feelings who is a young adult. Not a child. A young adult.

So again, ask yourself this: Why are you treating this young adult like he's a toddler?

[pottedplant53]

Kokichi's Name Is Pretty Interesting, Actually

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Most people already know this, but for those who don't, 'Ouma' (王馬, or オウマ) translates to King Horse, and Kokichi (小吉, or コキチ) means Small Luck.

What never made sense to me was why 'King Horse' was chosen as Kokichi's surname. 'King' sort of makes sense as he's the Ultimate Supreme Leader, but what did horses have to do with anything? Other than his laugh in the JP, 'Nishishi', and the horse's head in his room, there was virtually nothing in the text that linked him to horses in any way whatsoever. These are both very small aspects of Kokichi's character as it is, and it feels weird for him to be named after them - they've always read more like little puns included because of his name, not the origin of the name itself, so what was the actual reasoning?

It goes without saying that there's a lot of chess symbolism in Kokichi's character. He's always planning ahead, places his faith only in logic (famously the most important element of chess), loves games, wears a checkerboard pattern, etc etc, but something less often discussed is that his name plays into this theme too.

'King' and 'Horse' are both pieces you find on a chess board. The King is the most important piece, with the game ending if it's taken by the other player, and the horse, while technically called the Knight, is a pretty recogniseable piece in its own right.

Kokichi sees himself as the King. He straight up says as much in the iconic line, "This school is mine, I am the King."

He had it in his head that if he was killed by Miu in chapter 4, all would be lost, because he's the specialist princess in the entire world the group's saving grace. If he dies before he can properly execute his plan, the plan (which he believes is the key to saving the others and ending the game) dies with him. The game that Kokichi is playing - the one directly opposing the mastermind, not the actual Killing Game itself - would be over. And so, he sacrifices Miu and Gonta, much like you'd sacrifice pawns in a game of chess to protect the King.

Not only that, but a King is nessecary for a Checkmate, which is exactly what Kokichi was trying to create in Chapter 5.

The mastermind takes the role of the other King on the board. Kokichi wanted to trap Monokuma, and by extension, the mastermind, in a situation where there was no comprehensible answer, breaking the game's structure and in theory, forcing him to end it prematurely. Whether or not this would actually work is up for debate.

Kokichi Oma is one big chess reference.

That's all.

*drives away*

[quinns-art-box]

i really wanted to draw himiko so here she is with some other guys too

[cerulean-fantasy]

💜✨🌠🌟

[creampuffiemina]

its him !!!!!!!!! the!!!

[blondeaxolotl]

Feels weird to draw him again, it's been a while

The cat design belongs to kamienex on instagram!!!! Go check them out they have even more DR cat designs!!!