#even to nagito trying to create the ultimate hope - he's got a selfish way of doing that but there's selflessness in that too

[aparticularbandit]

I have come to...settled with Case 2-3 and the shenanigans, and here is why.

The motive for all three cases so far has to do with the lost memories (with the exception of Nagito, who didn't actually kill anyone).

Teru Teru murdered Byakuya because he wanted to know what happened to his mom during his missing time.

Peko killed Mahiru (on Fuyuhiko's behalf) because they believed Mahiru was involved in the murder of Fuyuhiko's sister - a murder that Fuyuhiko had forgotten about and for which, in those memories, he had already killed someone else.

Mikan killed Ibuki (and Hiyoko) because she regained her memories and reverted to her self that is in love with Junko.

They're all memory related because right now, while Monokuma is definitely wanting everyone to kill each other, he's also very much trying to get them to remember themselves and who they became so they can become those people again (people who, as evidenced by Mikan, would be totally cool with killing each other). Regaining their memories is a triumph over what Future Foundation is trying to accomplish; it's less about the murder and more about screwing over FF and getting his peeps back.

As opposed to the first game, where none of the motives have to do with the missing memories because none of them know they have memories to miss (other than Kirigiri). Each of those motives has to be more tied into the characters as they are then because the goal is suspicion and murder for the entertainment of the masses and to increase despair worldwide.

The goal in this game isn't global despair. It's getting the gang back together and turning them back into who they were before. It isn't really even about despair. This game is about hope - about different nurture leading to different outcome and about Monokuma trying to prove that can't happen. It's not about corrupting the hope of the world. It's about redeeming the despair.

(Which makes Nagito's turnabout later such a big deal - even though I haven't gotten there - because while Nagito may be all about hope, he has no hope in redemption. Once they've fallen into despair, there's no way they can become anything else. That's why they all have to die. But they prove over and over again that they have hope and hope in each other and hope in getting off. These people likely wouldn't kill each other without those additional memories as a motive (Nagito being the exception) - which is why Monokuma has to keep screwing with things.

Because oddly enough, despite being the Fragments of Despair, they wouldn't kill each other for the reasons the characters in DR1 would. They're friends. They start as friends.

DR1 cast starts as enemies. And they treat each other accordingly. (With perhaps the exception of Chihiro's death. Which had nothing to do with Chihiro, really, and everything to do with Mondo's own insecurities. But again - that's selfishness coming into play. The characters in DR1 are so incredibly selfish, right off the bat. The characters in DR2...aren't.)

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not sure how to word this but im just curious about kazuyas design and character? :0 i was wondering why and in what ways her character was inspired by nagito, and other characters' inspiration from other canon characters, not in a bad way at all its just interesting to me in how canon dr does this as well and the function and purpose it serves in implications and expectations it creates for the characters. its really fun to me :3

also i really like your ocs, their designs, talents, personalities, etc is all really cool !!

thank u!!! kazuya is prob the most obviously based off of a canon dr character but he's not the only one, and in fact i made a lil chart a while ago for who is based off of what canon dr character, whether it be for personality or design

Kazuya was the first dr oc i made and i had a clear idea in my head of what i wanted them to be. Me and some friends were talking about how it would be awesome if komaeda was a lesbian instead and i said hey, what if i just make an oc exactly like that. But as much as he is a direct inspiration from nagito i try to keep him a bit different (or at least i hope i do).

But kazuya also has an in-universe reason for his connection to nagito :^3c. This cast is kinda like the v3 cast in that they are fictional characters with implanted memories, but unlike v3 they got to design and create the characters they play themselves, even if they didn't know that's what was going to happen at the time. So for kazuya, before he got his memories wiped he was a huge komaeda fan and wanted to be just like him lol, so that's why he made his own character like that

i could go into a lot more detail for the other charas on the chart but i'm gonna try and keep it relatively brief and put it under a readmore

starting from the left column and going down, Emiko was kinda passively inspired by komaru, but they ended up very similar in some ways. Their designs are similar and they have similar types of confidence issues that lead to inaction. Also they are both in love with girls who are terrible (said lovingly).

Haruka's design was based somewhat on byakuya's, and i sometimes even joke and call him 'femme byakuya'. But also his snobbishness is a trait i stole from him as well. But, like celeste, his air of sophistication is all a lie to make it seem like he's not just some guy.

skipping kazuya

For ayumi i kinda just stole leon's motive and his thing where he wants to be something other than what he's actually talented at. For ayumi its that she wants to be a philosopher. Also she is the first killer.

Chou's is pretty simple i just took the mask design element more than anything else

and for the right column, Hideaki shares in toko and byakuya's idea that no one can be trusted and that cooperation will not work in monokuma's killing game. Hideaki is also an author like toko and his demeanor is similar to her's as well, but perhaps not as extreme

Rokurou is like gonta in that they are the muscle charas but they have ultimates in STEM rather than a sport like you'd expect. And rokurou is like mikan in that he is a nervous wreck

Junichi was very directly inspired by kirumi, because i love the concept of an ultimate maid, and i think butlers are cool. I wanted to make a character that was what i thought kirumi was going to be when i first played the game. Basically, i wanted a chara who was depended upon too much, and snapped as a result, but in a much more selfish way than kirumi. His motive for murder is very much inspired by celeste (he also wants to be rich and live in a mansion) and he is the ch 3 killer who kills two people.

Once again i borrowed byakuya's snobbishness for kimiko's character. I put the imposter on there as well because kimiko kinda becomes a bit of a leader in ch 1, keeping everyone together and working towards a goal (in her own bossy way) until she becomes the first victim, much like the imposter.

Lastly, ryuuji is a lot like mondo in his mannerisms, but like kazuichi he cracks easily and is a huge wuss.

[imaginedanganronpa]

Hi, this is pretty dark, but could you do the dr2 cast reacting to their s/o committing suicide to save them from the funhouse? For the ones that died before that chapter, can we assume they survived somehow? Thanks, I love your headcanons!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you so much! :) I also want to clarify some thingsabout this first:

The Requester didn’t know thatI don’t write Requests involving Suicide, so I talked to them about it and thisis going to be written as if the S/O sacrificed themselves, instead! (Kind oflike the Chapter 4 scenario in SDR2!) Secondly, instead of having the characters survive somehow, I wrotethis as if this was the First Chapter and no deaths had occurred yet since thatmade more sense to me. Anyway, enjoy!

SDR2 Cast Reacting To Their S/OSacrificing Themselves to Save Them From the Starvation Motive!

Hajime Hinata

You two grew close at the start of this strange Class Trip, beforeMonokuma ever made his first appearance. Hajime could relate to you and foundcomfort in your level-head and logical thinking.

You kept him sane and seemed to be the only other person on thisisland who was as alarmed by and suspicious of this situation as he was.

Things can only stay peaceful for so long, though; and soon afterMonokuma initiated the Killing Game and revealed the first Motive, your classwas trapped in the Funhouse on this cursed island and forced into akill-or-be-killed situation.

Hajime stayed close to you in the Funhouse since, being trapped inhere with seventeen students and forced into starvation, he knew that someonewould eventually fall into Monokuma’s hands and commit a murder. Starvationwould drive the rest of the group to insanity and he knew that things wouldn’t staystable for too much longer.

You two shared a room together, as well as a bed since there waslimited space. The short time you had together brought you both nothing butcontentment, and all you wanted to do was keep Hajime safe and happy. You knewthat everyone was a target at this point, and after being trapped in here for acouple of days, you realized that your lives were dwindling.

Hajime wouldn’t admit how hungry he was and seeing him grow thisdesperate only dragged you down further. You wished there was something youcould do to take his pain away…

And, although you had just recently met the other Ultimates, youdidn’t want to watch them all drop like flies. Although Hajime didn’t want youto take your own life, you both knew that there would be no point in thisKilling Game if a murder didn’t occur. If nothing happened, you had no chanceto escape or uncover the truth and reason behind this Game.

So, you devised a plan that would hopefully bring the rest of thestudents to safety and bring them closer to finding the Traitor and Mastermind.If you didn’t go through with this, then everyone would die a meaningless death- including both you and Hajime. At least, this way, he had a chance tosurvive… So, you place one last kiss on his temple and them slip out of bedto finally put an end to this Motive. 

Hajime was abruptly woken up by the Body Discovery Announcement onthe morning of Day Four in the Funhouse. He rolled over as he reached out hishand to pull you close, and instead found you missing. Immediately, his heartbegan to pound and he instinctively jolted out of bed and swings the door openwith no hesitation.

Hajime frantically bounds towards the location of theAnnouncement, still half-dressed and blinking heavily. In his head, he was prayingthat it wouldn’t be you. After all, you were so calm throughout this situationand you were as determined as he was to get out of here alive. You didn’tbelieve in committing a murder, so how would you let yourself get killed?

In a way, he developed a false sense of hope that was shatteredthe moment he stepped foot in the Grape House and saw your lifeless bodyslumped in the corner, covered in blood.

All he could think about was how much you must have suffered whilehe was asleep, safe and sound. Hajime fell to his knees at your side and cursedwhoever did this, and wishing that he could’ve done something, anything, to prevent this.

He cradled your body and refused to let anyone handle your corpse,including Mikan. He performed the Autopsy himself under her instructions andbecame increasingly hostile with the others, knowing that someone here tookyour life.

But, to his surprise, the culprit was… you. Well, nottechnically, but it was your idea. You sacrificed yourself and allowed one ofyour classmates to end your life so that the others could escape, includinghimself. You did it to save the others, but Hajime just didn’t understand.

You meant so much to him, why would you throw it all away? Hajimewas breathless and perplexed, trying to make sense out of your plan. 

In your eyes, it was easier to sacrifice two of your classmatesinstead of having everyone else die one by one; you sacrificed yourself for thegreater good, and everyone else seemed to understand and forgive you for youractions… except for Hajime.

He wished that he could have talked some sense into you or that hecould’ve been a part of your plan so that you could be together in theafterlife, and still served some purpose to the others.

But now, he was more determined than ever to uncover the Traitorand the Mastermind, and put a stop to this madness. You didn’t involve him inyour plans because you wanted him to live, and it took him a long time tofinally accept that.

If he wasn’t doing it for himself, he would do it for you. There’sno way he would let this Killing Game continue and for everyone else to die,and he wouldn’t let your death be meaningless or your sacrifice be in vain.

Chiaki Nanami

You and Chiaki sparked an immediate friendship upon first meetingin the Arcade, and afterwards she started to follow you since you were the onlyperson who seemed to understand her. Chiaki became a routine part of yourdaily life, which is likely where your feelings stemmed from.

She was a sweetheart and a part of you didn’t believe that someonelike her should be trapped in this Killing Game. From the moment Monokuma madehis arrival, you decided to protect one another. You wouldn’t let each otherdie, and you believed that she deserved better.

You two chose to room together, along with a handful of otherstudents. Chiaki seemed to always be by your side which made your future plansa lot more difficult to navigate around.

She did love you but she was still fairly oblivious to yourfeelings. Neither of you wanted to get serious while in the Killing Game, justin case something happened. But nevertheless, you promised to start a lifetogether once you got out of here…

You knew that things would start to get desperate and people wouldstart acting out of emotions. Chiaki was laying beside you peacefully on thefirst night in the Funhouse before you turn to her and ask, “Do you reallythink he’ll just kill us all right off the bat? I mean, he created thiselaborate Killing Game so why would he threaten to starve us?” Her response waschilling – “It won’t get to that point, someone will kill someone before thathappens.”

She was petrified and you could sense it and it pained you to seeher suffering so much; unable to find any relief in this mess, you knew whatyou had to do.

On Day Three, you split into several small groups to explore andtry to find a way to escape from the Funhouse. You broke into groups of four tolessen the chances of a murder occurring. You and Chiaki were split up and youended up getting put into a group with Mikan, Nagito, and Fuyuhiko. That’s whenyou and your accomplice finally broke away from the rest to unravel your plans.

Chiaki was exploring with her respective group when she heard theBody Discovery Announcement, closely followed by Mikan’s scream. Her reflexeswere sent into overdrive – she knew you were in Mikan’s group and had to get toyou. But realistically, it shouldn’t be you. Realistically, your group hadprobably just stumbled upon a different murder, right?

She hastily rushed to where you were, hoping it wasn’t you. Shewas praying that your group found a different body, that this was all in herhead. Please, please don’t let it be you.

But prayer means nothing in the Killing Game, and her world wasshattered the moment she stepped foot in the Tower where your body was slumpedagainst the far wall.

She handled it well or that’s what it seemed, disposing of heremotions and holding them back as to not show weakness. But for the first timesince she got to this island, her mind went completely blank. Everything seemedto just… stop.

Chiaki pretended like nothing happened and carried on with theInvestigation as normal, but everyone could see how exhausted and broken shewas. 

She was much more rash during the Trial, quick to throw aroundaccusations in a desperate attempt to cause your killer to slip up, no longertrusting a single soul because the only person she could be herself around onthis island was taken away from her in a brutal manner.

How could they do this to you? Of all people.

Chiaki was stunned when your true intentions were revealed. Whenthe group realized that you sacrificed yourself to save the others fromstarvation, she went into denial. There was no way you’d give in that easily!What about all your plans together after you got out of here? You wouldn’t justthrow that away, right?

But maybe this wasn’t so bad. You saved her, and thirteen otherpeople. How could she stay mad at you after that?

And even after your Blackened came forth, Chiaki wasn’t content.She knows it was selfish, but she wished that it was someone else and that youwere still here.

Nagito Komaeda

Nagito sought you out when you first woke up on this island, andhis gaze peering over at you was the first thing you saw when your eyesfluttered open. You were laying on the Beach, facing up at the sky with hisface mere inches away from yours.

He remained unnervingly calm even after Monokuma’s arrival and thecommencement of the Killing Game - he wasn’t even swayed by the first Motive orthe possibility of dying from starvation.

That calmness was peaceful and serene, though. Somehow, he wasrelaxed even when everyone else was panicking, and perhaps that’s what broughtyou two together. You found yourself falling for Nagito because his mannerismsand behavior caused you to have a more hopeful outlook on your currentsituation.

He was pleasant company inside of the Funhouse, even though he hadsome questionable moments. Nagito was still kind and considerate towards youand took care of you. He always made sure you were getting enough sleep and dideverything he could to alleviate your stress and hunger. Plus, he promised thatyou would get out of here soon enough because someone’s ‘hope’ would bringthem to end this Motive.

But you weren’t as quick to buy into that hope. You watched yourclassmates deteriorate in a matter of days, and no one wanted to be the firstkiller or victim. Everyone was much more hesitant and skittish than normal, andafter a few days passed you feared that they would start dropping dead.

In a desperate and hasty attempt to save everyone, you devised aplan that would likely result in your own death. You were unsure of how Nagitowould handle it, but that wasn’t important now.

You kissed him and told him that you had some business to takecare of before slipping into the Bathroom to put your plan into motion.

When the Body Discovery Announcement was made inside of theFunhouse, Nagito felt relief fall upon his shoulders. With his heart leaping inhis chest, he was filled with excitement and content knowing that he couldfinally eat once again, and that his classmates had newfound hope to continuethis Killing Game.

But… when he arrived at the crime scene, something seemed out ofplace. His classmates all gathered: Hajime, Chiaki, Mikan, Ibuki, evenFuyuhiko… he counted heads. Everyone was here, except…

When his eyes fall upon your lifeless body sprawled out on thebathroom floor, his heart stopped. His entire body froze from shock and hisexpression faltered.

A sadistic smile forms on his face and he falls to the ground,clutching his heart. How terrible! Something terrible happening must meansomething amazing will happen soon, though! Right? And your death would providethe shining hope that he needed to uncover the Blackened of this Case!

As much as Nagito wanted to feel hopeful about this situation,though, the reality soon set in. As he placed his hand on your cold cheek, herealized that you were gone. You were really gone, and he couldn’t bring youback. His hope disappeared as he broke down into an unstable mental state.

But something amazing did happenafter all. As it turns out, you sacrificed yourself for the greater good of theothers.

Nagito wondered how you managed to slip under his radar anddevelop a plan like this without his knowledge, but he could only thank you forbeing such a ray of shining hope.

In reality, you were the most hopeful one of them all! You hadhope that they would realize that you sacrificed yourself and would continuethe Killing Game, and you died while grasping onto the bitter hope that yourclassmates would survive! How noble of you to sacrifice yourself withoutknowing whether or not they would solve the Case and live!

Nagito couldn’t imagine the immense hope you must have beenfeeling in your last few moments! And because of that, he would carry out yourwish and put an end to this Killing Game once and for all.

Ibuki Mioda

You were drawn towards Ibuki’s bubbly personality and the way shewas always so positive and optimistic, even when being thrown into a KillingGame. You often wondered how she remained so peppy. The attraction and way youfell for one another followed soon after.

Even after Monokuma revealed the First Motive and trapped everyonein the Funhouse, she didn’t seem too worried. Ibuki insisted that someone wouldfind a way out of here eventually, and she was one of the only people whodidn’t panic when the Starvation Motive was put into play.

She was so carefree and motivated you towards doing the same; sheradiated that bubbly energy.

But even Ibuki was starting to get beaten down after being starvedfor so long and she struggled to maintain her act.

You weren’t sure how much more of it you could take. When evenIbuki was being dragged into depression, you knew that this was serious. Shestruggled to maintain that upbeat persona and her hope of ever getting out ofhere was beginning to diminish. 

You devised a plan to sacrifice yourself as a means to save theothers; it was just your time to go. You hadn’t really contributed to theKilling Game or been helpful in any way thus far and you truly didn’t expect tosurvive this whole ordeal anyway, so the least you could do was benefit theothers and make sure that they don’t all die a pointless death and rot from theinside out.

But you could never tell Ibuki about your plans because you knewshe would try to stop you.

All of the Ultimates held a meeting each morning to make sure thateveryone made it through the night, and you told Ibuki that you had to sleepelsewhere the night before; you insisted that you thought you had found a wayout of the Funhouse and wanted to investigate further. Although she tried tofollow you, a stern conversation shooed her away. Little did she know, you did find a way out…

When the Body Discovery Announcement sounded, everyone seemed tobe shaken to the core. Ibuki was terrified in particular when she realized thatyou weren’t at the meeting.

Ibuki immediately bolted towards the Dorms as she desperatelysearched for you. You were just sleeping is all! You slept through the alarm,she’d find you sleeping safe and sound! 

Her all-too positive persona got in the way of reality. She keptinsisting that it wasn’t you, calling your name as she sprints through thebuilding. The rest of your class followed closely behind the Musician.

When she stumbled upon your body, she let out an ear-piercingscream. Ibuki was completely taken aback, confused and trying to figure outwhere everything went wrong.

Tears started to befall her cheeks and she had to turn away beforeshe completely collapsed. Her loud sobbing echoed through the halls as Mikanand Mahiru pulled her close, preventing her from looking at your body.

Ibuki was known for her offhand remarks and jokes, but that fadedaway and she was much more serious at the Trial. She remained fairly silent theentire time with crossed arms in a less than lively expression. A hatredstarted to form inside of her because she knew that someone here took yourlife.

“Wait… (Y/N) sacrificed themselves?” She couldn’t believe it, andshe didn’t want to, but evidence just didn’t lie. Ibuki never took you as thatkind of person and all the warning signs seemed to fly over her head at thetime, but hindsight is twenty-twenty.

It took her a long time to fully accept your death and come toterms with what you did. Ibuki was never as preppy as she was before your loss,but slowly regained some of her past-self. She would be seen dragging her feetand mumbling, sometimes talking to you out of turn. But once she finally didwelcome your sacrifice, she was much cheerier.

It did still sting at times but in the end, you saved a group ofyour friends. She would regard you as one of the most selfless people she knowsand would only ever talk to you with a positive light.

And to cope, Ibuki would write a song for you - it’s the onlything she really knew how to do.

Gundham Tanaka

Despite Gundham’s villainous persona, you saw through him and knewthat he was a good person deep down, but he would never admit it or adhere tothat assumption. You still got to see his softer side and even his Four Devasshowed their approval of you, so that’s how he knew he could trust you.

After the Killing Game commenced and everyone was trapped in theFunhouse, Gundham started droning on and on about how he sensed that the firstmurder would take place very soon. All you could do was roll your eyes and hopethat that was simply his eccentric side talking and that he was wrong.

Regardless, he kept you close to his heart and didn’t want you toleave his sight. All he wanted to do was protect you from any possibleBlackened. At this rate, Gundham didn’t care who was killed as long as itwasn’t you. You’re the only person on the island who accepted him for who he isand received the Devas approval, and he wasn’t going to let that go easily.

Even though he insisted that Dark Lords don’t get hungry and thatthe Starvation Motive had no effect on him, you could hear his stomach growlingat night and the Animal Breeder desperately trying to quiet his body. It hurtyou to see everyone, especially the man you loved, be in such pain andsuffering.

You knew that Gundham was more than willing to sacrifice himselffor the others but you just couldn’t let him do that. How were you supposed tolive with that on your conscious? Perhaps that was a question you should’veasked yourself, though. You decided that it would be better to save the othersand do something beneficial in this Killing Game rather than let everyone diefrom starvation.

You told Gundham that you had some business to attend to and helet you go so easily, without asking very many questions. He trusted that youwouldn’t do something you’d soon regret… he also insisted that his Evil Eyecould watch over you when you two were apart, so he had nothing to fear.

When he heard the Body Discovery Announcement, he wasn’t tooalarmed. After all, what were the chances that it was you, right?

His hamsters were especially frantic and concerned after it wassounded as they buried themselves in the crook if his neck and refused to comeout from his scarf; it appears as though they sensed the truth before he did;their behavior unnerved him. Gundham dismissed it, though, and was summoned tothe group gathering in the Strawberry House, only to find you…

Gundham came face to face with your mangled body sprawled out on thefloor. With a gasp, he stumbles backwards and cries out. He couldn’t believe it!How could the Gods let this happen? He thought that they were on his side, onlyto strike down his beloved?!

Nothing about this scenario made any sense. But he was so used tobeing by himself that your death only reinforced his belief that he should stayisolated and keep everyone at a distance. It seems like everyone who gets closeto him is killed.

You can imagine the kind of hostility that soon followed – it tookall of Nekomaru’s strength to rip him away from the crime scene, otherwise hewas two seconds away from ripping off the heads of everyone in that room.Gundham let out a long, painful cry, and for the first time in awhile he beganto sob.

He was fairly compliant during the Trial but seemed to have ananswer for everything, so he wasn’t very helpful. 

After discovering that youwere sacrificed, Gundham’s personality was altered. He showed much moregratitude, hiding his thankful smile under his clothing. He missed you dearly,but your death was not in vain. He would deem you a God in his eyes and would carry your memory with him for as long as he lived. 

Although Gundham would act calm and collected, as if he was unfazed by your death, he was hurting inside. He was grateful for your sacrifice, but he kept going through scenarios in his mind. There had to be other ways, right? Why did you resort to a last-ditch effort to save everyone? That was something he wasn’t sure he’d be able to do himself.

The only thing that numbed the pain were the Devas who would cuddle into his neck whenever they sensed his sadness.

Mikan Tsumiki

You were the person that Mikan was drawn towards after getting onthis island. Out of everyone else here, you were the one person who showed herunfathomable kindness and welcomed her with open arms.

You made everything feel a little bit more like home and the Nursestarted to cling to you like glue. Not only that, but you became her protectorand made her feel a bit more content about your situation.

Mikan was especially concerned with this Motive because she waswell-aware of the affects that starvation had on the human body. She knew that,eventually, it would drive the others into making hasty and desperate choicesand she had a sinking feeling that it would lead to a murder. After all, wasn’tthat the point behind the Motive?

She thought that as long as she stayed by your side, then nothingbad could happen. If something did happen to you, then she’d be able to easilynurse you back to health. Her full intentions revolved around keeping you safeand alive. 

Mikan wouldn’t tell you that she was hungry, but you knew she was.After all, everyone was. She just didn’t want you to worry and she was the typeof person to put others before herself; the Nurse was much more concerned withyours and the others well-being before her own.

You had been sleeping beside her at night and Mikan cuddled up toyou with her arms rightly wrapping around her body. You lay awake at nightlistening to her stomach growling and wishing that there was more you could dofor her. 

She would likely be the first person to fall victim to this Motivebecause she was the only one who wasn’t trying to feed herself with items fromthe garden or other supplements. 

Mikan was trying to nurse the others which resulted in her ownquick deterioration; she also offered herself up as a sacrifice so that therest of you could escape. That was, of course, the last thing you wanted.

The longer this Motive continued, the more she harmed herself.Even though it was unintentional, seeing Mikan in this state weighed far tooheavily on your mind. Maybe your mind became hazy due to the stress andmagnitude of your situation, but you came up with a way to escape; or at least,for the others to.

She was woken up by her own hunger pains and her mind went blank,her arms tried pulling you closer to find the empty space at her side and sheimmediately springs out of bed and her feet began moving without her realizingit; something just felt wrong to her. 

A hunch creeps up at her and her stomachtwisted in knots – she didn’t like this feeling.

She was the first one to discover your body and it didn’t evenregister at first. All Mikan could do was stare forward. And then, she let outthe loudest scream she could muster. A waterfall of tears fell down her cheeksand she collapsed on the ground as she attempted CPR, knowing that it wasalready too late. Her scream alerted the rest of her classmates and her deepestfears were confirmed after Monokuma announced the Body Discovery.

What was she supposed to do now? Who would protect her? You wereher person, her beloved, how was she supposed to survive this Killing Gamewithout you? More importantly… who did this?

She was accused of being suspicious, mainly by Hiyoko, and eruptedin a fit of rage. Mikan was screaming about how she could never kill anyone,especially you. She was a sobbing, emotional mess at your Trial.

She was also the one who connected the dots: this wasn’t a bloody,pointless murder by an evil killer. It was your way of saving everyone,including her.

Mikan recalled your reactions to her offering herself as asacrifice and then broke down. Although you did something positive, her spiritwas still broken. She felt crushed and wished that there was some option thatdidn’t result in your death. She stays awake at night and wishes that you werestill with her.

She swears she can still feel your presence though, and even ifyou’re not here with her physically, she feels content in knowing that you’rewatching over her. Mikan may be devastated by your loss, as if she needed anyother reason to be an emotional wreck, but the only thing that comforted herwas knowing that you did it to save her, that you truly loved her. In the end,she simply wished you could feel her gratitude.

Kazuichi Souda

His attraction to you was immediate. Kazuichi was flirting withyou from the moment you got on this island, and after Monokuma showed up andbegan the Killing Game, he vowed to protect you with his life. Even if hedidn’t know you for very long, he knew that something about you was special anddifferent.

But Kazuichi isn’t the most confident man alive and after the StarvationMotive was put into play, you saw him revert into his weakest state. He stillacted strong around you, though, in an attempt to impress you. Admittedly, thefeelings were mutual and he didn’t have to try around you. That was a fact thatthe Mechanic soon realized.

He panicked and clings to you in the Funhouse, and often spokeabout finding a way out of here and off this island. He made fruitless promisesto survive and escape this Killing Game, and a part of you wanted to believehim.

But ironically, the Funhouse wasn’t so fun. You could sense ashift in your peers’ attitudes and motivations, and the sinking feeling that amurder would occur soon only intensified. As much as you wished you could bemore like him and believe in a false sense of hope, the harsh reality andgut-feeling couldn’t be ignored.

Kazuichi became much more skittish than usual, even around you.After he stopped trusting you is when you finally realized what you had to do.You didn’t want to see them, especially Kazuichi, turn into monsters andbloodthirsty killers who refused to trust their neighbors. 

He started keepingyou at a distance and holding up his guard around you which only broke yourspirit further; it felt as though you had no other option and there was onlyone way to help the rest of your class, one last time.

He was one of the first people to discover your body; he walkedinto the bedroom you shared and his feet stopped moving immediately; everythingcame to a halt. Kazuichi rubs his eyes, convinced that he was only seeingthings, and after several moments of confusion and perplexity, he justscreamed.

For a moment, he prayed that he was just having a nightmare andpinched himself. But to his disappointment, this was… real. You were dead.

No one could calm him down or ease his mind and he turned into ashivering mess. He called for the others, only to be found covered in yourblood after hunching over your body. All of his strength left him and Kazuichislumped on the ground next to you, hot tears running down his face.

To no one’s surprise, he didn’t help with the Investigation. Theothers knew how much he loved you and simply let him be, allowing him to soakup the little time he had left with you to say his final goodbyes and no onedared try to speak to the grieving man.

Kazuichi doesn’t say much during your Trial and actually becomesquite the headache. He has an excuse for everything and in his eyes, everyone herewas your killer. He was determined to find the real Blackened but everyone wason equal level with him. He even blamed himself – if he hadn’t pushed you away,maybe this never would’ve happened and he could have protected you.

He goes into a desperate denial when your intentions wereuncovered. “There’s no way (Y/N) would do something that fuckin’ stupid! Itold them I’d find a way out of here!” Kazuichi emotionally exclaims.

All he wanted was to have you back. After the Vote, he sinks downto the ground, hands on his temples with thoughts racing through his mind. Hethinks for a long time, about what must have been going through your head onyour final day.

Kazuichi may not understand it, but he had to respect your choice.You did it with the best intentions and the biggest heart, and if you didn’tcare about him then you wouldn’t try to save him. He still partially blamedhimself and was damaged after your death, his attitude changing for theremainder of the Killing Game, but he would only ever speak of you fondly. 

Hewas grateful for the little time he got to spend with you and will cherishthose memories for as long as he lives, although he’ll never love someone thesame again.

Peko Pekoyama

Since her relationship with Fuyuhiko was strictly off limits, shehad to find another source of reason; and she found that in you.

But that quickly changed once the Killing Game started andeveryone got trapped in Monokuma’s Funhouse. Peko became much more protectiveand vigilant over you. She insisted that she know where you were at all timessince she didn’t want to run the risk of you getting killed. You could tellthat she didn’t trust any of her classmates other than you, not even Fuyuhikoat this point.

But you worried that she would do something dangerous after beingtrapped in here. Peko was a bit unpredictable at times, a loose cannon, and youdidn’t know what she was capable of when her loved ones were at stake. You’dcaught her more than once as she daydreamed with a sinister look on her face.

You wanted to prevent her from doing something you wouldn’tapprove of. You also wanted to save her from this Killing Game, and at thisrate there was only one way you knew how. She was becoming more irritable astime passed, even lashing out at you – if you didn’t do something soon, youknew that she would.

After getting in an argument with an agitated, hungry Peko, youexcused yourself and decided to go ahead and go through with your plan. Youwaited until she fell asleep and then placed on last goodbye kiss on herforehead.

The next morning, Peko wasn’t very concerned with the BodyDiscovery Announcement. She didn’t even show any signs of concern when you weremissing beside her, although she could have just been smothering her emotions.

She calmly walked towards the Tower where it was located with astraight face and crossed arms; truthfully, she was a little bit curious tofind out who was murdered, but felt more thankful that she could finally eatonce again. She knew you were strong enough to defend yourself and had to havefaith that you were safe.

But for some reason, she didn’t see your comforting face among thecrowd of Ultimates, surrounding the far wall of the Tower. She furrowed herbrows as she cautiously approached; Fuyuhiko caught glimpse of her and tried tohold her back, but Peko forcefully shoved her way past the small man.

Her eyes darkened once she finally noticed your body. She stoppedin the middle of her tracks, and simply stared down at you with an emotionlessexpression. Crouching down and lifting your head, she examined your face whichstill looked so peaceful even in death. Peko holds your body close to her chestpromised to find your killer so that you may rest in peace.

For the first time in her life, she was unsure of what to do.Bodies don’t normally faze her – she has killed people before and is a trainedswordswoman, but she’s never lost someone she’s cared about so much.

The first thing Peko does after finally letting you go is punch awall which causes everyone else to jump. She curses and grits her teeth, growlingthat it should have been her not you, and she’d trade places if she could.

She vowed to never forgive your killer for as long as she lived;her eyes scanned the crowd who began backing away from her. Someone here tookyou away from her… a part of her wished that she could execute them herself.

With a sad smile, Peko encouraged everyone to begin theInvestigation. She would never be able to find out who was responsible for thisif they all just stood around, after all. She became much more commanding,assuming a leadership role in this Case.

During the Trial, Peko glared at the others with a menacing gazethat sent chills down the spines of even Gundham and Fuyuhiko.

When she came to the realization that you sacrificed yourself tosave the others, she was in utter shock. There was no way that you of allpeople would simply lay down your arms and give up and let someone take yourlife! You always told her to fight her instincts and to refrain from violence,and yet you let someone do this to you?

But Peko’s respect for you only increased once she realized thatyou did it for the greater good. Regardless, she didn’t understand why you didthis, but that doesn’t mean that she isn’t thankful for it.

Truly, you had the heart of a warrior. You were the bravest personhere and she would carry your memory with her forever. But Peko won’t fall inlove again, her heart belongs to you.

Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu

When first arriving on this island, Fuyuhiko kept you at the samedistance as everyone else. He showed little to no interest in you until theKilling Game actually started, and after that he slowly inserted himself inyour life.

When he was completely avoiding the others, he found himselfshowing up at your doorstep and seeking out your company. You got to see hissofter side, the man that Fuyuhiko truly was. Even Yakuza like him seemed tohave a kind, sensitive side somewhere deep inside of them. You could sense thatand maybe that’s why he cared about you so much.

Everyone seemed to be wary of you since you were affiliated withFuyuhiko. In his mind, this was a good thing because it meant that no one wouldfuck with either of you.

In the Funhouse, Fuyuhiko does his best to bring you seeds fromthe garden and other ways to keep you sustained. You knew he truly did careabout you as his parental and protective instincts kick in. All he wants to dois care and look after you.

He’d be damned if he was taken out by starvation because thatisn’t an honorable way to go. He became much more hostile and agitated as hegot hungrier and soon, the situation turned dire.

But you knew you had to do something. Fuyuhiko was irritable,especially now that he’s trapped with limited space to roam around. You fearedthat he may lash out and hurt someone if he didn’t get to escape from heresoon, and you really didn’t want to watch everyone else die one by one. Youwouldn’t be able to tolerate it; and the longer you were trapped in theFunhouse, the more you lost your mind.

You knew that there was limited time left, and you’ve had to breakup fights that your boyfriend got himself into several times since this Motivestarted. You slowly became desperate and fearful of your life and his.

Fuyuhiko was woken up to a sight for sore eyes: he found your bodyjust outside of your room, hunched against the door. It took all of hisstrength to shove the door open, and the instant he saw your corpse, he let outa loud cry for help.

The tougher side of himself falters and his knees shake as hecollapses to the ground. Tears of anger and frustration started streaming downhis face and Fuyuhiko’s screams of anguish and resentment woke everyone else upand brought their attention to the crime scene within a few moments. His heartsank and any hope that you were still dangling onto dear life faded whenMonokuma made the Body Discovery Announcement.

“Who the fuck did this?! I’ll fucking kill you, I swear to God!”Fuyuhiko snaps at the others who were now standing in a semicircle around yourbody. He was still on his knees on the floor, gritting his teeth and sobbing ashe held you, pounding his fist against the ground. It didn’t matter if theothers saw him crying, he didn’t care about anything else right now.

Fuyuhiko went into a state of shock and denial, especially duringthe Investigation. He couldn’t stand watching them tamper with your body andtalking about you as if you were just another obstacle. You were still aperson, dammit, and he should be the one handling you!

But he just couldn’t bring himself to Investigate. It only broughthim sadness and caused him to distance himself from the rest of the Ultimateseven further. No one hardly saw him after your death, not even Peko.

He became furious at the Trial when Monokuma announced the revelationthat you sacrificed yourself and let someone else kill you so that the otherscould escape. “Quit lying, you bastard! (Y/N) would never fuckin’ dothat!” He became even more enraged at the sound of Monokuma’s smug laughter.

He was pissed off for a while but he soon recovered. Your death iswhat opened him up to new beginnings and made him start cooperating with theothers – if he had just done that sooner and not been such a hard-ass, youwouldn’t have felt the need to sacrifice your own life. Fuyuhiko blames himselffor what happened to you, but he can’t stay pissed off forever.

He wasn’t used to being so hurt by death, he sees it all the time.But yours turned him into a new man and he vowed to carry your honor and yourprinciples with him and live like you’d want him to. You sacrificed yourselfwith a pure heart and good intentions and the least he could do was try tosurvive this thing for you. But, if he didn’t, then at least he’d get to seeyou again.

Sonia Nevermind

She was very popular among your entire class: after all, she wasthe pretty foreign exchange student. But Sonia always seemed to be much fonder ofyou, and your relationship sparked from there. You were the only person whotreated her like a real human and like an equal instead of fawning over her forher status.

Sonia wasn’t very keen on this Killing Game; nothing about it madesense to her. She didn’t understand the reality of the situation until theywere trapped in the Funhouse. Sonia believed that there was no way any of thiswas real for the first several days.

But for the first time in her life, she had a reason to genuinelyfeel fear and worried for her own life. It was a feeling that made heruncomfortable because she isn’t used to it.

Sonia insisted that she didn’t need to eat and that she got bywith little subsistence anyway, but you weren’t so convinced that she was beinghonest with you. It broke your heart because, even though she acted cheeryaround you, you saw glimpses of her true feelings: her frowns, the light fadingfrom her eyes. She looked so miserable and at night, you could feel hertrembling from fear and hunger.

You excused yourself for a moment, not actually revealing yourplans to Sonia. You cared for her but couldn’t let her know what you were doingbecause of how badly it would hurt her. This was something you had to dobecause a murder was evidently not happening any time soon and you couldn’t letSonia starve to death, or worse - get murdered. She had a country to take careof and she needed to survive this Killing Game, not starve to death likenothing.

Perhaps, surviving without you was the only way to accomplish thatgoal.

She was the first one to find your body, which was lying in abloody mess on the floor of the Grape House.

Sonia let out a loud, heart-wrenching scream which summonedKazuichi and Gundham to her side, and immediately broke down into tears. TheBody Discovery Announcement only confirmed her suspicions. The boys triedcomforting her but how could she feel at ease after you were killed? You wereso kind and gentle that you were the last person she ever suspected wouldbecome a target to a ruthless killer. It’s not like she isn’t used to the topicof death or dark subjects, but she lovedyou. How could this happen?

Sonia was interested in the darker things in life and all her timeand knowledge spent analyzing crimes and killers served a purpose and becamevery useful after your death. She was much more level-headed in your Trial thanyou thought she would be, but maybe this was due to her being used to remainingcalm and poised as a Princess.

She let a few loose tears fall when they uncovered the truth,struggling to maintain that proper poise and mannerisms. It became obvious toSonia that you were stronger than anyone else here, and she was floored fromyour bravery and golden heart.

However, she did become much colder and detached after your death.She could smile knowing that you did this for her sake and praised you forbeing such a brave, selfless soul, but the heartache and grief that she feltwas unbearable.

To cope with your loss, Sonia writes letters addressed to you anduses her knowledge of the occult to try sacrificing things to you as well; sheonly hoped that your spirit was able to receive her messages. The Princess wasable to forgive you, and even thank you, for doing what you did and focused onthe positive reasons rather than your absence.

Sonia hopes that you are happy in Heaven and believes that yourGuardian Angel will protect her and guide her through this Killing Game. She swearsthat she can feel your presence around her at all times.

And she was determined to find the Mastermind and end this awfulGame so that she could build a memorial statue in your likeness and honor inher home country once she escaped, so that you would never be forgotten foryour cause and kind heart.

Nekomaru Nidai

Nekomaru admired you for always being strong, and you had the soulof a warrior! Even at the start of this Class Trip, he could tell that you weredifferent from the rest of the pack.

He became your protector and the man who promised to keep you safefrom any harm. There was no doubt in his mind that the others wouldn’t harm youif he stayed close to your side and that was exactly what he intended todo. 

Nekomaru coached you through the Funhouse but it seemed like heshould be more worried about himself. His intense personality may ward offpotential Blackened but you were more than sure that something bad washeading your way. 

You feared that Nekomaru may be in danger, because even hegrew weak and feeble after being starved for days - everyone was a target atthis point.

You didn’t necessarily want to die, but you took theresponsibility upon yourself to save your loved ones. It was something you andNekomaru have talked about before and something you knew he would do, but youwere just beating him to the punch.

He was waiting for the others to arrive at the mandatory morningmeeting, talking to Akane about your current situation as her stomach groanedand she complained about the Starvation Motive. After the rest of your classfiled in, Nekomaru became increasingly worried when you didn’t show up.

He was stricken with fear after the Body Discovery Announcementplayed and the other Ultimates turned towards him and gave him an uneasy lookupon noticing your disappearance.

It didn’t take him long to locate your corpse and all he could doto release his anger was slam his fist into the nearest wall and let out abone-chilling wail of pain and anguish.

Why couldn’t he protect you like he promised? And who would dothis to you? His angry eyes scanned the crowd, everyone seemed suspicious tohim. He was staring at a killer, yourkiller, and wouldn’t rest until they were served justice.

Nekomaru becomes much more distant after your death, leading up toyour Trial. He was unresponsive towards the others, including Akane. He lackedemotions and all he wanted to do was pummel whoever did this to you.

Nothing could have prepared him for the truth. The large manquaked with grief, trembling when the realization set in. He knew that youwouldn’t be killed that easily, but how could you possibly sacrifice yourselfand what have you done?! He hoped that he wasn’t the one who put that idea intoyour head.

In a lot of ways, your sacrifice made Nekomaru feel like he failedyou. He couldn’t protect you from the horrific possibility that everyone heremay have died, but in reality, you were so much stronger than anyone else here.

It took unimaginable courage to do what you did, and for that hewas thankful. That was something that not even he was willing to do, and it wasa noble way to go. He couldn’t stay angry with you for your sacrifice, and fromthat moment forward all he wanted to do was make you proud.

He thought he should be the one protecting you, when in actualityyou were the one protecting, and saving, him as well as the others – you died ahero in his heart.

Nekomaru spends a lot of time reflecting on your memories andthinking about you. He carries you close to his heart and, if he couldn’t keephis original promise to protect you, he would at least vow to carry on yourmemory.

Mahiru Koizumi

You made a promise to protect Mahiru in this Killing Game sincethat was exactly what she would want you to do. You two formed an unbreakablebond so quickly and took up the leadership position on this godforsaken island. 

You could sense her fear after being trapped in the Funhouse andsentenced to either kill someone or starve to death. It was truly a terrifyingsituation to be in and slowly, the Ultimate students stopped trusting one anotherand started glaring over their shoulder everywhere they went.

But you could tell that Mahiru was much more scared than she waswilling to admit. 

You knew that a senseless killing would take place and yourbeloved classmates would soon turn against each other if something wasn’t doneto stop them. Mahiru was a very easy target due to her vulnerability and youfeared for her life as she grew weaker and much easier to take advantage of.

The last thing you wanted to do was to leave her stranded to fendfor herself, but you vowed to protect her, didn’t you? After several failedescape attempts, you seemed to run out of all other options.

You sneak away in the middle of the night to carry out your plans,looking at Mahiru one last time. She looked so peaceful when she was asleep,and you knew that the possibility of one of you dying was high. You didn’t wantto lose her and knew that this is what you had to do; for everyone.

Hiyoko and Ibuki found your body and immediately rushed to breakthe unfortunate news to Mahiru. It was an upsetting discovery but what elsecould they do? She had to find out eventually…

When the Photographer laid eyes on your body, her world stoppedspinning. 

The other two girls had to support her and lift her up so that shedidn’t completely collapse on the ground – all of her strength was gone in aninstant and she felt sick to her stomach.

After your loss, the females on the island did their best tosupport her but Mahiru was picky about who she let into her life. None of themwere you, and one of them was your murderer. How could she ever get close toanyone ever again?

She becomes defensive during your Investigation, and much pushierthan normal. She bosses the others around and keeps a watchful eye on thegroup, determined to find your killer. Mahiru is forcefully tellingeveryone want to do and assigning tasks, demanding that they find whoever wasresponsible for this.

Even after the verdict was revealed and your motives came tolight, she didn’t feel satisfied. A small, bitter smile appeared on her lips,but how could she possibly be happy at the thought of you dying for her? Still,you were the most selfless person she’s met, and she admired you for yoursacrifice.

Mahiru cries… a lot, in the wake of your death. She would lookback at photos she took of you and run her fingers along your image as if shecould still feel you there.

 And when things got really difficult or lonely, she would look upat the sky and talk to you. She only hoped that you could hear her in this timeof need and prayed that you’d continue to protect her in this Killing Game.

Mahiru thanks you multiple times, because she knew she would bedead if you hadn’t done what you did. 

Although she misses you dearly and wantsnothing more than to have you back, she has forgiven you and promises to bestrong, for both herself and for you. It’s what you would want after all, andshe didn’t want to waste your sacrifice.

Teruteru Hanumura

You were never swayed by some of his questionable remarks and evenfound Teruteru to be quite entertaining and uplifting. You became attracted tohim since he was unapologetically himself and you found both comfort and humorin that fact.

Of course, he had an undeniable attraction towards you as well.Pretty soon, you were spending all your time together and joined at the hip.

But the Funhouse Motive particularly terrified the Chef since, ifno one could eat then he couldn’t cook for the others and he felt as though histalent was going to waste. All he wanted to do was bring hope to his class inany way that he could, and the best way he knew how was through cooking. But,alas, that would no longer be an option.

Teruteru wasn’t a fan of this Starvation Motive at all, but thatwouldn’t pressure him into killing anyone. He often ranted to you about howunfair it was and how he felt restricted, and all you wanted was for him to beable to flourish. 

You did fear that he would do something he soon regrets butyou wanted to trust him and believe that he had self control.

That motivation is what originally caused you to develop yourplan. But the thing that really sets you over the edge is seeing how irrationaleveryone else became and watching your classmates lash out at one another. Theywere especially hostile towards Teruteru who talked about food and cooking alot, which only provoked the starving students.

You worried that he might get himself killed, and you felt a needto save him in the only way you knew how. This Motive really starved you inmore ways than one – starved you physically and starved your options.

You had to distance yourself from him first because Teruteru clungonto you, especially after coming under fire from his classmates.

He knocks on your bedroom door and calls out your name timidly; hewas a bit surprised when the door was unlocked. You were one of the mostcautious people in the Funhouse, after all, and wouldn’t forgot to lock yourdoor at night.

Teruteru’s body shook to the very core when the door swings opento reveal your lifeless body. He just didn’t think it would happen or even could; you were too sweet and gentletoward everyone here. He started to sob tears of frustration.

The Chef was completely broken and became hostile towards theothers, demanding that your killer come forth. Obviously, it wouldn’t be thateasy, but he was desperate for answers. Why? Why would someone do this?!

He desperately clutches your body close to his chest, refusing tolet go and snapping and Mikan when she tried performing herAutopsy. “Wh-what do it matter? (Y/N) is dead, no need for a damnautopsy!” His accent started to peek through as he frantically holds you onelast time.

Teruteru couldn’t describe the pain in his heart. This continuedinto your Trial, where he screamed at the other Ultimates and was a real paintowards those like Hajime, who tried sorting out your death.

Everyone tried comforting him once the truth was revealed; thegirls flock to his side, which he would typically enjoy but everything else wasno longer important. You weren’t just dead, but you were dead by your own intentions?

He was so utterly confused by your loss. He didn’t think you hadit in you to sacrifice yourself like an animal, and Teruteru wondered if he hadany part in it. I

t took a toll on the man and he wondered how he would be ableto continue without you. A part of him wanted to be grateful that you gave upyour life to save the others, but he just couldn’t. He wants you here, not in the afterlife.

To cope, he would bake things he knew you enjoyed. That was theonly thing that gave him a sense of purpose now and he felt like he had yourapproval, even now.

Hiyoko Saionji

Hiyoko wouldn’t admit how much the Killing Game or Funhouse scaredher, but at least she had you. You are the only person she is actually nice toand that’s mainly because you understood her and helped her throughout herdaily life. You were the kindest person she’s met on this island and would goout of your way for her, so she naturally gravitated towards you.

Her childlike essence comes out after Monokuma revealed the firstMotive and you sensed how terrified she was, although Hiyoko would never showit. She tried acting brave around you and insisted that she didn’t care aboutthis Motive, but her sobbing and trembling kept you up at night.

And the way she clings to you like a child, especially in thishigh stakes’ situation, said it all. She felt safe in your arms, like nothingbad could ever happen to her. You felt like home and Hiyoko truly believed thatno one could harm her on your watch.

She would pout whenever her stomach growled and become defensive whenshe swore she wasn’t hungry. She became jittery, though, and all she wanted wassomething sweet to satisfy her.

You didn’t want to break her down, but you realized that yoursacrifice would only benefit the greater good. Hiyoko was too stubborn toacknowledge that and you knew that your death would only hurt her in the end,but it was something that had to be done or else everyone here would die.

You had to sneak out while she was sleeping, or else you’d neverhave privacy. Placing one last kiss on her forehead, you slipped out of yourroom in the middle of the night to finally end this awful Motive.

Hiyoko was woken up by the Body Discovery Announcement thefollowing morning and panicked when she realized that you were no longer besideher.

She flings her bedroom door open, still half-asleep and her kimonoa wreck, to find a group of people crowding around something. Her eyes timidly scanned her classmates, tryingdesperately to find you in the crowd. But… you just weren’t there.

Tears formed in her lashes as she forcefully pushes her waythrough the sea of Ultimates. Mahiru tried grabbing her to try to stop her fromseeing the awful sight, but the short woman slipped through her grasp andpaused when she saw your lifeless body lying in a pool of blood on the ground.

Hiyoko instantaneously burst into tears and dropped to the ground,clutching your face and feeling nauseous due to how strikingly cold it was. Shescreams for you to wake up and beats her fists against your chest, but to noavail.

Hiyoko becomes hostile during the Investigation. She demanded thatno one touch you, especially “Pig shit Mikan!” Some of the boys had toforcefully drag her away from your body so that they could properly Investigateand she thrashed against their grasp.

Her emotions get the best of her and she becomes defensive at yourTrial. For someone who always acted so tough and hardcore, Hiyoko was tremblinglike a leaf now and seemed genuinely terrified of the killer lurking among you.It was a bit discerning seeing her act like this since none of the other Ultimateswere used to it. She also berated the killer once they were discovered and hadto be held back so that she didn’t harm them herself.

But once your intentions were brought to light, her demeanor graduallychanges. Hiyoko went into denial and cried even harder at first, but this quicklyturned into cheers and she showed gratitude for your sacrifice. In her eyes,you’re one of the most amazing people to ever live.

Hiyoko is angry and hurt by your loss, but she will be grateful toyou; although, it takes a long time for her to finally adjust to yourintentions and accept your death. In a way, she still wishes that it was herinstead.

But she builds a shrine for you on the Main Island, however itcomes across as a bit sinister and morbid. She spends most of her free-timeadmiring it and adding to it and can sometimes be heard talking to it as well. 

You’re like a hero to her, but she can’t deny that she was still hurt by youractions. She was relieved that she got to live another day; she only wishedthat you were with her physically and not just in spirit.

Imposter

You felt an attraction to him because of the way he made you feel– his determination and drive was extremely enticing to you. And with him, youfelt safe, even after the Killing Game started.

All he wanted to do was lead the others to safety and you wantednothing more than to aid him in that quest. The Imposter was admirable andnoble in the way he put others before himself.

He had a plan to get everyone out of the Funhouse alive, and hemade sure that those plans went accordingly. However, they slowly started tounravel and blow up in his face.

You two grew close because you were both leader types and shared adetermination to protect the others and wanted what was best for your classmatesin this Killing Game; neither of you wanted anyone to die. This Motive reallybacked you both into a corner, though.

And because of that, his mind took an even bigger toll when hefailed to find a way to escape. You could feel him crumbling under the pressureand the weight of the Starvation Motive, desperate to save everyone. He was bucklingunder the pressure when he couldn’t help anyone, and when a murder was bound totake place. He was so frantic he was to protect everyone and drained himself inthe process. 

You knew that that was the last thing he wanted, but unlike theImposter, you did know a way out ofhere… it’s just went against his goals; but sometimes, you got to do what yougot to do.

Your disappearance wasn’t the original thing that startled him.Byakuya Togami was supposed to be a leader type, a strong individual. But hewas not Byakuya Togami, and he was not nearly as cool-headed in situationswhere his loved one is in danger, or possibly worse.

It took all of his strength to not fall to his knees when he foundyour body. He, along with a small group including Hajime, Nagito, and Chiaki,all stumbled upon your corpse at the same time. The other three triedrestraining him but couldn’t hold him back as he slowly and cautiouslyapproached you, a perplexed expression on his face and tears brimming in hiseyes.

The Body Discovery Announcement caused his heart to sink as hecould no longer deny the reality. The others soon rushed into the building youwere in and screamed at the sight of your body.

As much as he wanted to grieve and break down to cry, the Imposterknew that doing that would get him nowhere. “Let’s get to investigating,” hesays bitterly, with an angry hint in his voice.

And even though he wants to partake in the Investigation and beinga productive member, he spends a lot of time just cradling your body. Holdingthe husk that once contained life, staring down at you and wondering where itall went wrong. He looked so solemn and sorrowful, his eyes filled withsadness.

The Imposter needs time away from the others and avoids the groupuntil the Trial. He lost a lot of his faith but snapped out of it once everyonearrived in the Courtroom because he knew that he needed to bring your killer tojustice.

And you knew that he would be angry with you so you leave a handwrittenletter in his name, telling him that you only did it to save everyone. Mikanfound it while performing your Autopsy and handed it to him during the Trial.It didn’t take long for him to connect the dots afterwards.

The Imposter doesn’t want to cry because doing that would onlyupset you if you were still alive. He just felt so exhausted and mentally tired,like he could sleep for years. He holds the letter close to his heart and keepsit with him at all times, rereading your words and stroking the paper you oncetouched. It was the final piece of you he had left.

He was just so… confused. Why would you do this when you knew hewas going to save everyone? Maybe you could see him failing and that in itselfbroke his heart.

He didn’t think you would ever do something like this, and yethere you were. The Imposter couldn’t grasp your reasoning and wished you hadheld out a little longer so that he could save you too, but he can’t say hewouldn’t have done the same. He misses you greatly but comes to terms with yoursacrifice.

Akane Owari

You’re not entirely sure what drew you and Akane together, butthere was an undeniable attraction that neither if you could refute.

She had a charm about her, and even in the Killing Game sheremained so oblivious and innocent. It was pretty endearing and only caused youto fall for her harder – she, on the other hand, took much longer to realizeher feelings. Akane didn’t piece it together until you were trapped in theFunhouse together.

As soon as the first Motive was revealed, you knew that Akanewould have a hard time. Her life revolved around food and eating, and sheshowed signs of struggle right from the start.

Being trapped here to starve seemed like a nightmare and everyonealready knew that she was going to have issues. The others already pinned heras a future killer due to the hostility she showed when she was hungry, resultingin her isolation, and it didn’t take long before Akane started fights withpeople.

You didn’t want to watch her suffer any longer. You knew that shewas struggling and couldn’t stand seeing how the other students were treatingher! She wasn’t a killer, but theywere sure distancing themselves as if she was one. Akane is a strong woman withundeniable willpower, and when even she was breaking down and showing signs ofweakness is when you knew that things would soon take a turn for the worst.

You kiss her one last time and then promise her that you’re goingto fix everything. Her hard-headedness kicks in and she begins trailing you,asking you what you had in mind. “Just let me be alone for a while,” you snapat her, causing the Gymnast to back away and leave you be.

She was minding her own business, spending time confiding inNekomaru when the Body Discovery Announcement sounds and her heart immediatelysank into her empty stomach.

Akane leaps up and begins bounding towards the locationimmediately, shoving anyone who stood before her out of her way. Nekomarucalled for her and followed very closely behind, trying his best to prevent herfrom seeing something that may hurt her.

It couldn’t be you, though! You were far too powerful to give inthat easily!

But, that belief means nothing here. Her fiery attitude disappearsand she stops in her tracks like dead-weight when she enters the Tower whereyou were… lying in a pool of your own blood. When Akane finally sees your body,she screams and collapses to the ground. Nekomaru had to grab her and pull herback, maintaining her quaky balance.

She was confused… why you? What did you do? She knew better thananyone else here that something fishy was going on and she would be damned ifshe lets you go that easily.

Akane continued to be hotheaded in your Trial, debating witheveryone else and cussing at her classmates. She spewed threats and promised todrive whoever did this into the ground. But, the person responsible… alreadywas.

Wait, this meant that she could eat! But… you were cold and dead. It’snot like Akane to lose her appetite, but suddenly the idea of food didn’t seemso appealing to her. That was the very thing that drove you to sacrificeyourself and it took her days to finally have the strength to eat once again.

She wishes she could change it and that she could’ve been strongenough to protect you. She failed to realize that this outcome was inevitableand that your sacrifice was not in vain – you mainly did it for her and for thatshe had to be thankful.

But it takes Akane a long time to finally come around and acceptreality. Nekomaru became her rock that watched over her and her shoulder to cryon in this painful time. She isn’t used to feeling this weak or troubled by aloss and hated feeling vulnerable.

She promised to grow stronger for you since you wouldn’t want herto sit around and sulk, and all she wanted to do was become a better person inyour honor. Akane wanted to make you proud and improve for next time, vowing tonever let something like this happen again.

- Mod Rantaro