#isn't it a unsaid rule that handbooks that get broken won't get fixed??? cause monokuma does point out they're hard to break at all

[swampythesweetsketch]

I think out of all interpretations of the Ishimondo angst, it's the fact that Kiyotaka could've never gotten to Mondo's room after his execution because the handbook broke hurts me the most.

Like the Sauna competition is the very thing that breaks Mondo and Taka out of their shells and bond to be friends (to never-lovers) and then after being so happy Mondo realizes he broke his handbook so he steals Leon's of all people. Just to ask the burning question- Did Mondo really sleep in Leon's room the whole time before he killed Chihiro? Or did he stay with Taka???

And after Mondo is turned into butter- Taka is heartbroken and just desperately needs some comfort but everyone around him SUCKS, you can't give Mondo's jacket to him (key items can't be gifted) and because Mondo fucked up and couldn't get his handbook fixed- Taka was doomed to spiral cause the one place he needed to be was barricaded off long before his other half was taken away.

[Edit for my now lucid ass]

THANK YOU TO CHINCHILL/JESS FOR REMINDING ME THE DORMS HAD KEYS. MY TIRED BUTT LAST NIGHT THOUGHT THE HANDBOOKS ACTED LIKE ELECTRONIC KEYS TO THEIR DORMS.