#long time no dangan post…..

[aquamarinebling]

Twitter trend w/ these two… teehee

[samipekoe]

commissionnn

[sweetsnidle]

hime sketch page pt 2 electric boogaloo (the first one past posted literally 2 YRS AGO)

[scover-va]

NO YOU GET IT YOU GET IT SO HARD MAN LIKE . chandrelles a bit of a bitch she has a tendency to only think ab herself but like god forbid women be complex 🤬 /lh

AND CARLA FR UR SO RIGHT

YES EXACTLY like Chandrelle sucks as a person i will happily admit that but also I would suck as a person too if I was used as a pawn every day of my life, escaped it, was used as a pawn again, escaped it, and then got a literal demon in my head as punishment for not wanting to be a slave to a system. Chandrelle does show some degree of guilt (tries to apologize to Lazarus before he interrupts her, rightfully so she fucked him up big time, but also she made an attempt + clearly was surprised there were such bad consequences but then also later states that the pair knew there’d be consequences) but Chandrelle is literally either seen as scum of the Earth for what she did (which on one hand fair, she did commit literal genocide, but also…the direct casualties were npcs. Npcs that get mass produced, at that. And also the priest + town girl but they exist solely to serve Chandrelle’s story and dont really have proper personalities outside of her story) or just. One half of Stormbleeze. Like i love Stormbleeze dont get me wrong, i made an animatic about them, but I don’t realistically see Chandrelle and Lazarus just. Instantly making up. Can they *eventually* make up? Sure. But anything they do have post game is never gonna be what it used to be before Chandrelle destroyed SoL. They’re different people than who they were back then and theres always gonna be that tension of the past between them. Also guys please let me see Chandrelle interact with people besides Lazarus i beg of you I will accept Bryce whom she canonically gets along with enough to willingly sit with him during the game. I hate it when women (or anyone in general) get reduced to either evil supreme for being complex characters or one half of a ship. Im not a huge LN fan but my gf is and it’s giving Six’s fandom treatment

And god Carla is so ignored AND FOR WHAT?? I get she hardly has screen time but like. So does Rebecha and everyone latches onto her (/lh i love becha too). I get we dont get a canon design for her or much outside of Sado and Lionel, but its like. Shes a morally ambiguous character too who was willing to make a dangerous virus clown to haunt her ex friend as a revenge plot but she also follows through on her promise with him following his death, even if he cant hold her to that promise from beyond the grave. Im begging yall to actually look at antagonists outside of Sado and Irving im begging and pleading. I could also go into detail abt Reggie but this post is abt women so I’ll save that for another day

[yokohamapound]

howdy! can we get some hcs for ranpo, chuuya, and akutagawa missing (or forgetting) their s/o’s birthday?

FungusWitch: Hello! My best bish, UnluckyAmulet, has once again graced us with a guest post of delicious headcanons, so I hope you enjoy!

Please check out her AO3! She also writes for Bleach, BNHA, Durarara, Dangan Ronpa, and JJK, among others!

Characters: Edogawa Ranpo, Nakahara Chuuya, Akutagawa Ryuunosuke

Contains: NSFW, birthday sex, bondage

Edogawa Ranpo

Of the three, Ranpo is far and away the smartest, in both intellect and emotional intelligence. It's very unlikely you can hide how you feel about him missing your birthday from him - even if you haven't been dating Ranpo for long, if you're his s/o, he knows you. He can read your mood like a 3-D pop-up book. It's disconcerting but also oddly comforting.

It is very unlikely he forgot your birthday - it's more probably that he was doing a job for the Armed Detective Agency and got so wrapped up in it that he temporarily set aside everything else until it was finished. When Ranpo is chasing an interesting case it's nigh on impossible to get him to focus on anything else.

Once his hyperfixation ends, though, he does feel a little guilty. You ARE the s/o to the World's Greatest Detective, after all, so logically that means you ought to be celebrated! He gets right to it, roping in poor hapless Atsushi and other members of the Agency into decorating the office for your birthday. Of course he knows what gift you want (and probably makes Atsushi, Kunikida or someone go out and actually buy it. What? He'd get lost if he had to take the train to the mall!) He still takes credit when you praise him for being so thoughtful.

Ranpo tends to be a little lazy and spoiled, but for you, on your special day, he very nobly puts that aside to spoil you for a change. You wanna go do something fun like visit an amusement park or go to a concert? Great! He'll have Fukuzawa pay for tickets! You want to do something more lowkey, maybe chilling at home cuddling and watching movies with him? Awesome, he'll get popcorn! You wanna go out partying and getting shitfaced? Well…he's not much of a drinker, but he'll still come with to dance with you and hold your hair back when you puke. (He'll make Fukuzawa come pick your drunk ass up.)

And don't forget a long, long night of some truly incredible oral - Ranpo's best asset in the bedroom is that tongue of his, so he's going to go to town on you~

Remember to lavish him with praise over what a great boyfriend he is. He needs the validation, okay?

Nakahara Chuuya

With Chuuya he was probably doing a mission for Mori and simply didn't have time to be there or he did forget. His way of making it up to you is simple - gifts. Chuuya is very wealthy thanks to being a high-ranking Port Mafia agent, so whatever you want is yours. That new Prada bag? Done. You want a spa day with all the works? Already booked. Fanciest resturaunt in town? He can just waltz in and get a table whenever he wants.

This may sound all fine and great, but Chuuya may not immediately notice how you're feeling about him missing your birthday - he'll apologise but in a "Oops, sorry, babe!" kind of way and you'll have to be upfront with him if you're actually upset. Chuuya does have a bit of a bad habit of buying your affection when he's too busy to spend time with you, because he's used to people depending on him and being seen as a provider. If you like gift-giving as a love language then you might not consider this an issue, but he does somewhat use his money to assuage feeling guilty and avoid discussing it because he doesn't like seeing you upset.

Also, Chuuya has no memories of before he was seven years old and I doubt very much he got to celebrate his birthdays much when he was running around Suribachi with the Sheep. Sure, he can afford to go ham for his birthday now, and his subordinates gives him gifts (Koyo always buys him wine), but he might not quite grasp the emotional significance of birthdays. Sit him down and explain to him that you appreciate the gifts, but you want him, YOUR BOYFRIEND to be with you, not a credit card.

To make it up to you, Chuuya will give you a birthday fuck that goes on all night. If you have a position or kink you haven't got around to requesting from Chuuya, now's the time, because he intends to make you feel so good you can barely walk the next day.

Akutagawa Ryuunosuke

I'm gonna be honest, Akutagawa is not particularly understanding or sympathetic. At least, not right away.

He grew up in the slums with his kid sister, surviving off scraps and learning to fight from a very young age. Akutagawa likely had no concept of what a 'birthday' even was except just being another year he's managed to survive in the hellhole he was born into. Even now he's an adult and can afford to do whatever he wants to celebrate if he so chooses, he's not a very birthday person. He always buys a gift for Gin and will get something for his superiors as a token of respect (because it's expected of him), and he'll begrudgingly tell Higuchi "happy birthday", but overall he doesn't consider them that important. He does appreciate being given gifts, but doesn't think of them as a necessity.

So if you get upset or angry with him, he's liable to bite back at first. Akutagawa has trouble apologising because he was never apologised to when he was treated poorly, so he's generally not good at owning up to his mistakes. Like Chuuya, you need to explain to him that even if he doesn't place much importance on birthdays, you do and it hurts you that he doesn't seem to care.

That will get to him. For as grumpy and quick to violence as he is, he does care about his s/o greatly and he doesn't want to lose you. He doesn't even know why you love him in the first place, but he isn't willing to throw your whole relationship away over something trivial like this. So, he'll treat you to whatever you want. He's got the money to really spoil you and he doesn't take much time off, so he'll be able to free up his schedule. (Gin will also remind him next time or help him set up a reminder on his phone so he doesn't miss it in future.)

Try not to force him to come clubbing or some other loud, crowded activity. He won't refuse because he feels bad, but he'll ruin the mood by brooding in the corner like a wilting plant and he gets overstimulated and grouchy quite quickly. But he doesn't mind treating you to a posh meal or going on a holiday or something like that.

I hope you don't mind being tied up, because once somebody explains to Akutagawa the concept of birthday sex, he will go find you immediately and use Rashomon to hold you still for hours while he works you over - that's one birthday tradition he doesn't consider frivolous~

[shsl-analyzer-guy]

31 days of dangan- day 7 & 8: fav deuterag & protag

Considering how interconnected these two are, and how horrible work has made my sleep schedule in these days and made it difficult to type these out(don't work at the on-campus coffee shop during finals season. Don't do it), I elected to lump these two into a single post.

Fav deuterag- Genocider Syo

Genocider Syo is, by a long while, my absolute favorite deuteragonist. Even when it comes to deuteragonists I may like more as characters, when looking at them as a deuteragonist, they fall completely flat in comparison to the SHSL Murderer by a wide fucking margin, to the point I'm honestly surprised I talk about her as little as I do, now that I think about it.

First of all, having the serial killer be a playable character, literally physically indestructible, and slaughter Monokumas with multiple special attacks? Objectively correct choice; Genocider was by far the best survivor you could possibly pull for a fighting game, and only barely tied with Peko, Sakura, and Mukuro on an overall for dr1 & 2, because not only is she an insanely capable murderer, she's a passionate murderer, and as such, makes for a much more enjoyable 3rd-person experience in combat than I think any of the others could be in a secondary role.

She also experiences fantastic character growth in her own right over the course of the game while remaining one of the most consistent and enjoyable characters. Her relationship with 'dekomaru' is genuinely heartwarming, with their heart-to-heart in chapter 4 being considered one of the most impactful moments of the series if that one funishment-time post is anything to go by, and really demonstrates all the strongest parts of her character beautifully. I adore seeing her get to have the rush of passion from her talent in combat, seeing her get attached to Komaru, and her being the one to accept Komaru's help and look back at her? Immaculate. 10/10. They should've kissed in the epilogue.

I think what really makes her stand out as a deuteragonist, though, is the fact that she fills exactly the right amount of space in the game, remaining a constant and becoming a reliable fallback for the player in a way that just isn't possible in the other games because they're all first-person. Kyoko, Chiaki, and Kaito are all good characters, but because they don't have their own mechanics and are separate characters in a large cast, you end up with them either disappearing and blending into the rest of the cast too much or being harped on and pointed out even when it's not necessary to remind you, the player, how important they are. It makes an overall balance, but can be frustrating in the moment. But with Syo, there is no such problem, because she's right there with you at any time, with the moments in which she does take unswappable control from Komaru being brief and impactful enough to feel like a joy to see and not a copout. Switching to her to break into the bus in chapter 3 is genuinely one of my favorite parts in that game, and not just because it signals the end of that godforsaken "motivation minigame". She's reliable and fun, and the deuteragonist also being playable is a really good and strong choice that they didn't have to make.

Overall, she's just a really great and fun character that was perfectly cast in her role. I really really like her, and she's awesome, and it's hard to put into words besides just "omg murder girl is doing murder!!! Love when murder girl murders"

Fav protag- Komaru Naegi

Good Lord, WHY DOES NO ONE TALK ABOUT KOMARU??? I mean, I know she was in a "side game" but she's leagues better than the other protagonists imo, having the best character arc, strongest emotional core, and best drama and interactions with the other cast members. It feels the most like she's a person in the cast with her own dynamics and struggles and not just 'the reliable one everyone looks to'. I love Komaru Naegi so, so fucking much.

Komaru is the 3rd protagonist in the series, and it's incredibly apparent how the writers learned from creating Makoto and Hajime, as the strongest parts of both characters were pretty clearly put into a blender together to make Komaru and her story and evolve the world and lore. Like Makoto, Komaru is a more simplistic character who feels relatively normal but has distinctive oddness that she's unaware of. Unlike Makoto, that simplemindedness goes into the territory of full-on airheadedness, but has a much stronger emotional intelligence and intuition as a result. Where Makoto became hope embodied to save his people, Komaru recognizes nuance and chooses to save everyone, to understand everyone. Like Hajime, Komaru has no talent, and greatly admires those around her who are 'chosen', even having that insistence that she's not like everyone else and just wants to leave that Hajime insisted on halfwa through his final trial. Unlike Hajime, Komaru has a deep passion- just not one she's 'shsl' at. She loves manga, and wants to make her own manga, and her normalcy being a literal weakness instead of a metaphorical one gives her the opportunity to actually build her skill instead of being coerced into erasing herself for one, distinctly showing what Hajime could've had if he'd had support the way Komaru had Toko and Syo.

Komaru's character arc is also the best because it's non-linear, with her struggling to understand how much more capable she's becoming and struggling to understand her connections with Syo and Toko. The more gradual progression from fighting to survive, to fighting to save, is much more visible with her than it is with the other protagonists, as she has to learn to fight for herself first, whereas every other protagonist hits the ground prioritizing the people around them- Sayaka, Nagito, Kaede. And this becomes all the more elevated when Komaru actually receives the choice to leave of her own free will. A choice no other protagonist is given, and her rejecting it and choosing to stay for Syo, so that she doesn't have to go back on her vow to no longer kill, because caring for herself means caring for her loved ones, too.

Komaru also holds a ton of symbolism as a cycle-breaker when it comes to the Hope's Peak era. Like Junko and Monaca, Komaru is a younger sister put through torment and pushed by the game she's in to turn into a new symbol- a Hope like her brother, a Despair Sister. But she rejects this ending, because she valued the people around her without condition, doing what Monaca and Junko didn't and chooses to save both. She isn't Hope or Despair. She's both, distinctly both. It's also why she's matched up with Toko and Syo, who were designed to convey how the world is full of nuance and reverse imagery, and it makes for a fantastic match-up that Komaru ends up as the character to not only accept Toko and Syo as separate, but loves and protects both of them.

I also just adore the way Komaru isn't given princess treatment by the cast. Whenever a character argued with the other protagonists, it meant they were pissy and mean and the majority of the cast Did Not Like them. It was always very clear that the protagonist's social problems weren't going to affect their standing within the group overall, and had themselves established as the hero to everyone else by the end of their first trials. Komaru, on the other hand, has to fight and struggle for people to listen to her, experiencing a ton of pushback from the adult resistance and constantly being toyed with by the Monokuma Kids. She was the hero character for the player, but whereas the other protagonists spent time between the chapter finales getting gifts out of a slot machine and braiding your favorite character's hair, Komaru is fighting for her fucking life and pissing herself at every save point. Haiji doesn't like her, and hates Toko. She has to save them from an invasion twice before they'll so much as give her the time of day. And the Kids spend most of the game actively trying to murder her! Komaru is in constant conflict, and yet, she has the most compassion in the end, as a survivor of actual genocide.

[ecogirl2759]

Cameo episode!

-NOTE-

All of these photos are from the Danganronpa 4コマ KINGS series. I do not own any of the drawings, but these photos are mine. All credit goes to Spike Chunsoft for the characters and the books themselves.

ANOTHER SIDE NOTE:

I'll be tagging all the characters who appear in this post, but not the games that some may be from. There are multiple characters in this post since there wasn't enough to separate them into their own.

Having said that, let's get right into the pictures!

(Long post again, though I think this one might be slightly shorter)

First up, Komaru Naegi!!

She appeared in a couple of comics, though not very often. Here are all the pictures I could find of her.

In the same vain, here's Makoto and Komaru's mom, Mrs. Naegi :D

For those who saw one of my first miscellaneous posts, you'll know Daiya is in here. Well, here's all of his pictures from the one comic he was in lol

ALSO, GOING WITH THE OWADA BROTHERS THEME, CHUCK IS HERE!!!

Kyoko's dad is here too! It's Principal Jin Kirigiri!

Idk why he looks like a teenager don't ask--

Does anyone remember Santa Shikiba, the Super High School Level Botanist? Me neither.

Bro I bet y'all forgot about Sakura's terminally ill boyfriend, Kenshiro / Kenichiro because I SURE AS HELL DID UNTIL NOW

Okay, here's a couple of weird ones....

Uh... Doraemon??!?

B-um... Blackened-kun? Blackened-chan? Blackened... person?

This isn't one of the characters, btw. This little fella is its own entity

MECHAMARU?!?!???!1??!!??!?!??!/1/1?/1!/1//.?>?>!>?!>?#?#>/2,,ml4

Guys, they.... they did the thing.... they made the funni

Lmao the pandemic was like:

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OKAY THE MINOR CHARACTERS PAGE ON THE DANGAN WIKI WAS DEFINITELY UPDATED

I HAD NO IDEA TORANOSUKE WAS THE ULTIMATE MANAGER AND I KNOW I READ THROUGH HIS WHOLE PAGE AT LEAST THREE TIMES BEFORE?????

I also had NO idea that Nekomaru was in here LOL. I was looking through the books, saw him and screamed :)

And yeah, I kinda forgot that some of these characters existed lol.

Ik the last two aren't really cameos, but I thought they were funny and wanted to share :)

Anywhosits, lemmie know who you want to see pictures of next!

Next up: Chihiro Fujisaki!

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[as-cruel-as-you]

What is As Cruel As You?

As Cruel As You is a rather unfaithful AU retelling of Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls. It is an illustrated fanfiction that will be posted both here on Tumblr and on AO3. Written and illustrated by @techno-dragon , it first began creation in April of 2021, and is finally launching September 28th, 2024.

You can start reading on Tumblr here: As Cruel As You Chapter One

Also on AO3!

The hashtag used for this project and posts regarding it is #danganacay (combining "dangan" and the project's acronym)

Important things to note:

While this is referred to as a "retelling" of UDG, it is also an AU, and will very soon become very unfaithful to the source material.

Because I was introduced to Danganronpa through official translations and releases, I will be using the characters' given names rather than their family names.

I first started working on this in 2021, it's been through a lot and parts may take varying amounts of time if I find something I truly wish to revise.

Speaking of taking a long time, this fanfic is not only long but also illustrated, so updates will take much time. I expect that the entire story will take several years before it is completed. If it helps you figure it out, I'm currently transforming this work from a script format (it was originally going to be a comic) to a fully written format, and the amount of pages it has so far is 398. This will get longer as I continue to write the details.

It's very weird, but there's a reason why.

Thank you for your patience and understanding!

[t0bey]

hi i just wanna say i appreciate you for a few reasons!!!! first, its such a relief to see an artist with "proshippers dni" in their bio. i feel like a lot of people dont really care about that. i keep having to unfollow people for posting stuff with proship undertones lately.

ALSO, ive been following you for almost four years, and even tho we dont share a fandom anymore (i followed you for danganronpa content, lol) your blog has always been sort of safe for me. i love your chihiro art, and also your kazuichi art - some of my favorite drawings of them were done by you!

anyway all this to say i think youre cool!!!!! :DDD

GAH this is so sweet, tysm for sticking around so long!!!! im happy u got to like my chihiros in the time i was still into dangan 🫂

[anonzentimes]

Hello im not sure if you did this before but could you share your favorite komahina fanfics 😭 I really really wanna read some but there are so many so I could use some recommendations from THE nagito fan

HI!!!! BEING CALLED THE NAGITO FAN IS SO SWEET OMG!!! okay, so, I haven't read like a MASSIVE amount of fanfics because I was nervous about reading fanfic for a long time! It's really funny because I finally gave in, and what was able to get me to actually read fanfic after being so anxious about being cringe for so long??? Breakup. I kid you not. I got broken up with and I was out here reading fanfic, specifically SONADOW FANFIC for the first time as a coping mechanism and it's just soooo funny to me.

Anyways, the point of my comical overshare is that I haven't actually read that many fanfics just yet. But! Out of the ones I've read I really love Warm Steel and Cold Hands by Fan_Seller (I swear it's good, just make sure to read the tags though or skip nsfw scenes if you're uncomfortable IF you want to read because the characterization is really wonderful) It's a post canon fanfic that's just overall really good! changed my brain chemistry fr fr if you haven't read it and you're interested I recommend it.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29160441/chapters/71590041

The other one I want to recommend is a predespair fanfic called A Little Less than Sixteen Candles by IIoer! I think Nagito at first is a bit too aggressive for my liking but the author does a good job evening it out and every scene afterwards I think is really really good and I have no issues with. I really like the fanfic overall and It's totally worth a read!! :)

[disabilityshowdown]

and with that, folks, we have finished the preliminaries!

our aim was to get 132 characters narrowed down to 64, we narrowed them down to 67, because of an amazing three polls where the difference was made by literally a single vote, and i think as far as preliminaries go, that's not preference that's chance (one vote may make the difference when it comes to the final rounds, bc then it's exciting, but here that's a tie)

you can view the complete set here

which means more importantly, i can reveal who those 67 are up against!

so without further ado, here are the 64 characters that you guys nominated the most, in order of who got the most nominations! (read left to right, up to down, or look at the list i'm about to put under the cut)

the post containing the full bracket can be found here, and as usual, image description and list of characters under the cut!

ID: An 8x8 square containing icons of the following 64 characters, in this order:

Eda Clawthorne (The Owl House) 

Hiccup and Toothless (they’re a set do not separate) (How to Train Your Dragon)

Barbara Gordon/Oracle (DC)

Toph Beifong (Avatar: the Last Airbender)

Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Ashton Greymoore (Critical Role)

Finn Mertens (Adventure Time)

Kitty Softpaws (Puss in Boots)

Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel)

Clint Barton/Hawkeye (Marvel)

Nicholas Benedict (The Mysterious Benedict Society)

Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - both Rise and IDW)

Octavio Silva (Apex Legends)

Crutchie (Newsies)

Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader (Star Wars)

Amaya (The Dragon Prince)

Charles Xavier/Professor X (Marvel)

Viktor (Arcane)

Taimi (Guild Wars 2)

Johnny Joestar (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

Vash the Stampede (Trigun Stampede)

Drey Ferin (Just Roll With It)

Geordi LaForge (Star Trek)

Kaz Brekker (Six of Crows)

Melanie King (The Magnus Archives)

Snake (Zero Escape)

Future Leo (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Janice Palmer (Welcome to Night Vale)

Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)

Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier (Marvel)

Della Duck (Ducktales)

Jayfeather (Warrior Cats)

Shouko Nishimiya (A Silent Voice)

Violet Evergarden (Violet Evergarden)

Briarlight (Warrior Cats)

Ticket Jerry (Dialtown)

Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)

Ricky Potts (Ride the Cyclone)

Jimmy Valmer (South Park)

Terezi Pyrope (Homestuck)

Bruno Madrigal (Encanto)

Gregory House (House MD)

Moon Knight (Marvel)

Shanks (One Piece)

Chai (Hi-Fi Rush)

Kazuhira Miller (Metal Gear Solid)

Izaya Orihara (Durarara)

Finnegan Wake (Monster High)

Frankie Stein (Monster High)

Sage Beldaruit (Witch Hat Atelier)

Urakawa Mamoru (Mega Man)

Teo (Avatar: the Last Airbender)

Tavros Nitram (Homestuck)

Hearthstone (Magnus Chase)

Tony Stark/Iron Man (Marvel)

Rani (Pixie Hollow)

Wilt (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)

Izumi Curtis (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Juno Steel (Penumbra Podcast)

Imperator Furiosa (Mad Max)

Bentley (Sly Cooper)

Quasimodo (Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Nagito Komaeda (Dangan Ronpa)

[mizukagami-takamagahara]

Favorite and least favorite Blazblue characters?

Yay~ finally getting to this ask. I’ve got a lot of really cool asks (thank you everyone so much) that I’ve been wanting to get to, but my health is Rather Poor, and when I do answer these things, I want to be able to put a lot of energy and attention into them.

Now, getting to the ask! I had a lot to say, and it all came out messy... and somehow, I only ended up talking about one character, Nu 13. Who fits as both one of my favorite and one of my least favorite characters, for reasons detailed below. To not make this an entire fucking novel, I'll cut the post off here and consider it an early birthday post for her.

That said, here's a quick run down of some other stuff I didn't get to talk about, relevant to your question.

My other Hated Fave is Nine/Konoe. One of those “I love the character but if we were stuck in a room together I’d maul her” situations. I consider her to be a misandrist, and I have a very charged history of like, generational reactive sexism in my family, so her generational reactive sexism (relationship with her father coloring her relationship with men overall) enrages me. On the other hand, it’s so well written, SHE’S so well written, she’s an incredible character and I adore her as an art piece. She is like a cathedral to me. The most beautiful symphony in a key you hate.

Touched on briefly in the post below, my all time absolute favorite is Terumi/Susano'o. That's a story for another day. I like him in a very particular way where he's like, the best character ever, but also he's constantly on probation. Or reverse probation? I need to see him try to kill/maim/ruin someone once a month or he's at risk of being evicted. Being the champion is a title you have to defend, y'know?

I think the character I study the most and talk about the most is Noel, although to my tastes, she's very middle of the road. I feel neutral about her. I just use her as a guinea pig for all my BB related project. You know Dangan Ronpa? How they used Sayaka and Leon as a starting point/beta test for everything? It's kind of like that, except I haven't gotten so sick of her yet that I'm killing her off or anything.

With all of that covered, allow me to get into the actual post! Thank you for your patience!

Off the top of my head at least, I can’t honestly think of BlazBlue characters I dislike. Every character that comes to mind shares something that makes me hesitant to actually claim I dislike them. That is, the characters I like the least are the characters I understand the least. Spinner Superior and the entire Bloodedge Experience cast make the list… but I haven’t read BE. Valkenhayn makes the cut- another character I really don’t pay attention to. Bullet, Hibiki, maybe Amane- all characters I really just… haven’t paid much attention to yet.

I don’t really want to claim I dislike them at this point, because when I really think about it, I’m like 99% sure that I lack interest in them BECAUSE I haven’t taken the time to look at them.

One of my hobby/goal/things in my free time is working on these BB character documents, analyzing everything I can about each character in the series for my own personal work. I have a feeling that when I get to really analyzing and writing about these characters, I’ll find things I like about them.

Here's a quick look at my files, to see what I'm talking about. Have mercy, it's very WIP.

There are two characters that stand out to me in an… almost “love to hate” way, but not quite. I have a lot to say about these characters, but I’m still tired, and this post is going to be LONG as is, so I’ll try to keep it brief.

Author's Note: I fail to keep it brief.

Before BBDW, my least favorite character was DEFINITELY Nu13. Ironic, because she almost got me into BB back in the Continuum Shift days. I saw her and some of her crazy behavior and thought... well, not much, just kind of an error message in my head going “hot woman spotted.” So I looked into her, and her story!

And got bored immediately. At first I was intrigued- I love violent characters that could arguably be described as “rabid” or “feral,” but upon further inspection, she had one of the few character flaws I just can’t look past. She was absolutely static. Immutable. The only character she was willing to interact with was Ragna, and even when interacting with him, she couldn’t hear a thing he said. In my interpretation, at the time, this made her a character that couldn’t connect with the outside world in any way. To me, she was an island. Absolutely remote. And completely useless to my interests.

A fear years later, a few months before the launch of Chronophantasma Extend, I ended up getting into BlazBlue anyway powered by sheer Terumi thirst. Are you guys starting to get a picture of my type yet? From then on, BB has remained my all time favorite series, and Terumi/Susano’o continues to be in my top three favorite characters, usually comfortably wearing the “#1 all time fave” crown. I suppose that answers the other half of your question.

Throughout this time, Nu still didn’t appeal to me at all. Locked in as my least favorite, definitely. Eventually, I got my college roommates into BB. One of the girls fell in absolute love with Nu. I couldn’t understand it at all. In hindsight, she’s right on every point about Nu that she likes, and I really appreciate those traits now too- but I couldn’t see it at the time. She was able to see Nu as an incredibly tragic character for the same reasons I saw her as inert. In the C-Series, Nu is alone, horribly alone, locked in her pain and her delusion. I saw that and ultimately felt she was beyond saving, but my associate felt that made her into a beautiful tragedy, a princess more worth saving than any other. Maybe I’m getting a little abstract out of nowhere here, but I now feel that’s the best way to look at Nu’s story- she’s locked away in this fairy tale delusion. Ugh, I have more to say on it, but look at how long this has gotten already!

Anyways, then BBDW came out, and Mori gave us a glimpse of what he intended to be the next step in Nu’s story. Juusan, XIII, Thirteen. And hooooooooooooly shit my guys, I absolutely love Nu, XIII, and her arc now. It’s her fucking healing arc! It’s her fucking growing arc! She’s finally able to start becoming a person, fleshing out, interacting with the world!

I’m not the type who really needs or even WANTS redemption arcs for characters, but Nu DESPERATELY needed this chapter. My biggest gripe with her, as mentioned, was that it seemed impossible for her to have any kind of relationship with ANYONE. I guess I was a little close minded- I needed to see evidence that Nu could be reached, that she could wake up from her fairy tale slumber and start really living. And we have that now, in XIII.

Looking back on the writing from the earlier games, when I hated Nu so much, I see those scenes in an entirely different light. Her first fucking scene in every route is waking up, our sleeping beauty. But she wakes up to the same dream every time. She’s put right back into her coffin, death, to dream and dream and wake and be killed again. Isn’t that kind of beautiful??? Her CT story mode IS a dream, it’s a desperate dream, the one she holds most dearly but doesn’t even understand- Nu is a character who THINKS what she wants more than anything is a romantic love with her prince charming, but we see in her story mode there, and in the relationships that finally save her, that what she really wanted was a full relationship as a real person. Platonic relationships, with no expectations, just someone seeing her and maybe offering her a smile. She craved, needed, the ability to connect with others, but that was a dream so far out of reach she couldn’t understand it. I KNOW I’M RAVING AT THIS POINT, I DIDN’T MEAN TO, BUT C’MON IT’S BEAUTIFUL.

And, and!!! As I mentioned, the relationships that finally save her, finally wake her up from the dream the same way the BB world is being woken up from ITS looping dream (WHICH IS ANOTHER AWESOME CONNECTION AND GREAT WRITING, THE WAY NU AS A CHARACTER CAN BE SEEN TO EMBODY THE LOOPING WORLD, NEW AND BROKEN AND UNABLE TO CHANGE WITH NO HOPE OF TOMORROW)

Ahem, ahem-- It’s familial connections. She so badly wants that romance with Ragna, but it isn’t the love of a prince that saves her- it’s when he accepts her as his sister. It’s when he accepts her as a victim and her own person and not a bastardization of Saya, and comes to save this lonely girl. An echo of his little sister he couldn’t save. HIS ENTIRE JOURNEY WAS TO SAVE HIS SISTER AND HE FINALLY DOES. IN SO MANY WAYS, INCLUDING IN THAT MOMENT OF REACHING OUT TO NU.

And then it’s Noel. And Lamba. Her sisters. Again, people who once saw her as a disgusting representation of what they feared the most, a replacement or a copy- when they let that go, see past it, and really face her, they take Nu in as their little sister. And its their patient love that heals her. Just like Ragna, when they first met Nu, her connection to Saya and themselves terrified them, infuriated them, but now they look directly at that connection and don’t see it as a threat. It fills them with compassion. It can be a lovely thing, to share something so fundamental as your creation with someone else. There’s love in that. They see it now and are able to offer it to her.

This answer has been very messy and very long, but hey, let’s pretend it isn’t that bad. Give me some mercy, I’m on so much cough syrup.

[wyvern-feathers]

In the Clutches of the Kobold

First fic I've written in a long time and the first fic I'm posting on Tumblr!!! I hope you all enjoy it!

No warnings except tickling but hey, what did you expect lol

Kokichi’s claws are useful for many things- lockpicking, back scratching… tickling. (Takes place during the Dangan Salmon Team timeline, Kokichi is a purple draconic kobold and Shuichi is a nephilim with large wings)

Shuichi was prepared for a calm evening in his room. He had a mystery novel in hand and some lit incense- the book coming from the library and the incense being a gift from Korekiyo.

The nephilim sits at his desk, facing away from the entrance to his room as the scent of lavender wafted through his small dorm, his wings settling against his back as he opens the leather cover of his book.

BAM.

The door slams open and Shuichi lets out a yelp, his once-preened wings fluffing up in fright.

“Don’t be such a scaredy cat, it’s just me!” Kokichi wears a toothy grin as Shuichi tries to flatten his dark blue feathers back down.

“Barging into someone’s room so suddenly can scare people, Kokichi,” Shuichi bookmarks his page, setting the novel down on his desk before returning to fixing his ruffled wings.

The purple-scaled kobold chuckles to himself, taking a few steps into the room.

“Aw, my bad- here, lemme help!” Kokichi sees Shuichi trying to realign his feathers, taking another few steps over to the other boy. He raises his clawed hands, gently running them through the dark feathers.

“A-Ahh! Kokichi, wahait!” A huff of laughter escapes Shuichi before he can stop it, and upon hearing the noise, Kokichi halts.

“Oh? Revealing a weakness to me, Shumai? That’s awfully dangerous, angel boy!~” Kokichi can see the blush rising on Shuichi’s cheeks.

“Th-that’s not- it’s not what you think!” Shuichi’s words are rushed, his arms raised defensively as he quickly stands to face the smaller boy. His wings fold back in on themselves, feathers poking out at awkward angles.

“It’s not what, Shuichi?”

“It’s n-not… uh…”

“If it’s not what it looks like, then you wouldn’t mind if I try something, would you?” Kokichi tilts his head, wearing an innocent smile as Shuichi’s face only grows redder.

Shuichi opens and closes his mouth like a fish to find an objection but comes up with nothing. He eventually sighs, crossing his arms in defeat.

“That’s f-fine,” Shuichi murmurs, looking to the side to avoid Kokichi’s mischievous gaze.

The moment the words leave Shuichi’s mouth, Kokichi slowly meanders behind the taller boy. Using one hand, Kokichi gingerly pulls Shuichi’s left wing open to about half its wingspan. Shuichi makes no move to stop him; the only motion of his body are some jitters from his shoulders.

“Hm? You worried about something?” Kokichi questions, his other hand resting on the now slightly open wing. Shuichi jumps a little at the gentle contact, shaking his head slightly. “If you say so!”

With no more fanfare, the claws resting on the dark feathers scribble around the area playfully. Shuichi jumps again, one hand immediately clamping over his mouth just as the giggles try to escape.

Kokichi’s grin turns devilish, his curiosity leading his claws closer to the spot where Shuichi’s wings meet his back, causing Shuichi’s giggles to spill out from between his fingers.

“Kokihichi, waihihit!!” Shuichi’s free wing flaps around aimlessly, his trapped wing trying and failing to follow suit.

“I thought you said it was nothing, huh? What happened to that brave talk of yours, Shu?” Kokichi continues to tickle Shuichi’s wings, the latter trying his hardest to remain standing the longer Kokichi keeps it up.

Kokichi takes note of Shuichi’s trembling posture, suddenly and not-so-roughly pushing the taller boy onto the bed before him. Shuichi lands with a soft thump on his stomach and a nervous smile on his lips.

“N-now, Kokichi- wait!” Shuichi fumbles his chance at escape as the other boy promptly settles himself on his lower back, giving Kokichi access to every inch of his wings.

“You liiiiied, Shumai!~” Kokichi practically sings, one clawed hand resting on each of Shuichi’s shuddering wings.

“I know, I-I’m sorry- WAHahaihihit, nahahat thahahat!!” Shuichi erupts into loud belly laughter as Kokichi’s claws trace zigzags all throughout the dark blue feathers.

“I think I know the perfect punishment for a liar like you,” Kokichi starts as his claws travel to the underside of the wings, the semi-sharp digits digging into the pits of his wings, “let’s try… here!”

“W-whahat are youhu- NAHAHAHA, PLEHEHAHAHA!” Shuichi explodes into a volcano of cackles, his wings flailing and failing to get away from Kokichi’s devious grasp.

The kobold has a bit of a tough time staying put on Shuichi’s back with all of the thrashing the detective is doing, but it was worth it to hear Shuichi’s adorable laugh. Usually, it was Kaito’s corny jokes or Kaede’s funny quips to get a giggle out of Shuichi so it was a nice change of pace for Kokichi to find his own special way to get that cute laughter for himself.

“How are you this ticklish, Shuichi? Imagine if the others found out!” Kokichi teases in a sickly sweet tone, making Shuichi’s face turn even redder somehow.

The smaller boy pulls back his hands for a moment, allowing Shuichi some giggly breaths and some respite. Kokichi moves himself to sit next to Shuichi on the bed, crossing his legs as his tail wags slowly.

“Well? Wanna tell me the truth, detective?” Kokichi cocks his head to the side, patiently waiting for an answer.

After a few moments of getting his composure back, Shuichi clears his throat and sits up on the bed. His wings instinctively form a feathery cocoon around his torso, his hands nonchalantly fixing said feathers.

“I m-may be… t-ticklish. Is that what you wanted to hear?” Shuichi murmurs, his face dialing down to a lovely shade of pink. He locks eyes with Kokichi, who nods.

“Yep! Better hope I don’t tell that dumb Astro-boy and Kaede…” Kokichi seems to ponder this before shrugging, “Or I won’t, who knows?”

“They already know.”

“...”

“What’s that look for? H-hey, wait!!”

“Keeping secrets, too?! God, I might have to tickle you all day!”

A squeak followed by another round of loud laughter echoes from Shuichi’s room, the sound of a wagging tail thumping on the bed following soon after.

[plural-swag-competition]

We have our bracket! This was seeded by number of submissions. Some were given nicknames in the picture for space reasons. Apologies if we entered anything weird, this took a real long time to put together, and we're feeling a bit cross-eyed.

The top left is the top tier, top right is mid tier, bottom left is low tier, and bottom right is the one submission wonders! We'll be starting today with the bottom and working our way up for four days of round one before tackling everything all at once after the numbers are a bit reduced. Maybe two days of round two, depending on energy levels.

The Top Tier:

Shallan Davar/Veil/Radiant - The Stormlight Archive vs Yellow Guy - Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

Harrier Du Bois - Disco Elysium vs Frisk/Chara - Undertale

Epsilon - Red vs Blue vs Sora/Xion/Roxas/Ventus/Vanitas - Kingdom Hearts

Marc Spector/Steven Grant/Jake Lochley) - Moon Knight Marvel Comics vs ENA - ENA

Yugi Mutou/Atem - Yu-Gi-Oh! vs Arthur Lester/John Doe - Malevolent Podcast

Raphael Hamato - Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs Uendo Toneido/Patches/Kisegawa/Owen - Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice

Greed/Ling - Fullmetal Alchemist vs Link (Green, Red, Blue, Vio, and Shadow) - The Legend of Zelda: Four Sword Adventures

Shigeo “Mob” Kageyama - Mob Psycho 100 vs Sunny/Omori - OMORI

The Mid Tier:

Dr Alto Clef - SCP wiki vs Ford Cruller - Psychonauts

Madeline & Mirrorline - Celeste vs Darcy Wu - Amphibia

Hojo Emu, Tensai Gamer M, Parado (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid) - Kamen Rider Ex-Aid vs The Wildcards - Persona

Link/Deku Butler’s Son/Darmani III/Mikau/Fierce Deity - LoZ Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask vs The Sunken - Oxenfree

Bruce Banner/Hulk/Joe Fixit/Devil Hulk - Marvel comics vs Goldia die Heilige/Fleta/Harpae/Lisette - Pocket Mirror

The Warrior of Light - Final Fantasy XIV vs Mike/Chester /Vito/Svetlana/Manitoba/Mal - Total Drama

Blitzwing - Transformers: Animated vs Patrick and Rey Sprigs - Megaman Starforce

Cassie O'Pia - Psychonauts 2 vs Peter Nureyev - The Penumbra Podcast

The Low Tier:

Edward Teach - Our Flag Means Death vs BMO - Adventure Time

Diavolo and Dopplio - Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure vs the Legion system (David Haller and headmates) - Marvel/X-Men Comics

One-One - Infinity Train vs Raiden Ei/Raiden Shogun - Genshin Impact

Jaden Yuki/Haou Jaden/Yubel - Yu-Gi-Oh! GX vs Sylvie Ashling and Dr. Beefton - Epithet Erased

Mikoto Kayano - Milgram vs Kris and the SOUL - Deltarune

Triad/Luornu Durgo - LoS Legion of Superheroes Post-Zero Hour run/1993-2003 run vs Gray Reverse - Helios: Rising Heroes

Vyncent “Virion” Sol - Just Roll With It: Prime Defenders vs Alluka and Nanika Zoldyck - Hunter x Hunter

Jackson Jekyll and Holt Hyde - Monster High vs Hajime Hinata/Izuru Kamukura - Super Dangan Ronpa 2

The One Submission Wonders:

Izuku Midoriya - Boko No Hero Academia vs Mollymauk/Kingsley Tealeaf/Lucien Tavelle - Critical Role

Roronoa Zoro - One Piece vs Sho and Minazuki - Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

Miyao/Meow Mitake - Ciconia When They Cry vs Webber - Don't Starve

Eda Clawthorne - The Owl House vs Jesse Faden - Control

Aubrey Little - The Adventure Zone: Amnesty vs Pyra/Mythra/Spoilers - Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Dirk Strider - Homestuck vs Sawada Tsunayoshi - Katekyo Hitman Reborn

Killer B & Gyuki - Naruto vs Jace - Magic the Gathering

Red - Twitch Plays Pokemon vs Elliot Alderson - Mr Robot

[k3itar0-with-a-three]

Dangan Rambles (needing a bit of help with a fangan thing)

So, I've been wanting to make a fanganronpa video series for a long time, but I lose motivation easily and I've only been doing things myself. I've wanted to ask for help, but I have few friends that know the story of Danganronpa, and those who do usually are very busy due to school stuff (fair, since I'm still in hs too). I've been aching to ask for help from people, but I have a good amount of trust issues regarding the internet (not even due to past experiences or anything, mostly bc I'm a person that overthinks A LOT, and since I'm still a minor I'm worried about stuff like gr00ming, etc..).

this is a passion project with literally no money being put into anything, so when it comes to things like voice acting I even considered doing it all myself since it's just something I like doing, but there's only so many voices I can do, haha...

Another thing, I feel a bit crushed when it comes to writing characters and the overall story. I already wrote the executions, who would die, the plot (in short), and made the character designs (...using GL2 bc I still need to draw official splash art, and I only used it to make their designs).

So in short, I kinda need help in making this little fan project (even if it doesn't turn out to be a video series and it only turns into like- some kind of fanfiction or a slideshow with a fanfiction reading in the background) but I'm way too scared to ask for it TvT

I already have a HUGE google doc with the characters, deaths, executions n stuff, but practically nothing in terms of writing the actual story lmao-

I'll probably end up cancelling everything in a matter of time bc of my own issues, but who knows! I'll keep you guys posted if anything happens. Feel free to ask any questions :)

[lockpickingliar]

The Ouma Kokichis

General Tags: #ultimate supreme leader #lil ultimate supremacy (regressors)

Cookie*

14 • DOA Ask Box: OPEN

Cookie is a relatively canon-compliant post-death Ouma from a universe where the killing game was not a simulation and this is his afterlife. He is the head of a new faction of DICE he founded here after his death. He suffers from a lot of chronic pain, fatigue, breathing and eating issues, and is relatively bedridden due to his death. His lies often follow various "shticks" that call back to the lying habits of the members of his old DICE. At it's core though, he bases his lies on the "Boy Who Cried Wolf" method, where he leans so heavily into the fact he is a liar, that he makes even his truths sound like lies to hide them in plain sight. He is a regressor whose regression is primarily triggered by stress and traumatic triggers. His age ranges from 3-6 years old and his favorite things are milk, Mimi, and DICE in that order. (But that's a lie.)

Notable canon divergences: He struggled with his regression heavily throughout the killing game, acting overly childish on purpose to hide it as being deliberately annoying. DICE existed pregame, and one of his subordinates died in season 52. His joining season 53 was a deliberate choice to avenge her and bring Team Dangan down. His plan to trick Monokuma in Chapter 5 actually worked, resulting in Momota avoiding execution and the class being released early without the need for a sixth trial or Saihara ever seeing his room or Amami's lab.

Tag: #cookiechi

Kichi*

14 • Pre-death Ask Box: OPEN

Kichi is possibly(?) from a time loop AU with a current tally of 162 and a heavily canon-divergent pregame. He came from seconds before the press touched him, and has been struggling with the dilemma of going back to finish the job for years. He's not entirely sure whether this time he'll actually die or if the whole loop will start over again, and it's unclear whether he actually remembers the loops or if he just made up the entire time loop story as a lie to begin with. He claims he only knows what number they're on because of tallies he finds carved into the underside of his bed frame. He is a member of Cookie's DICE, and often steps in as "Substitute Ultimate Supreme Leader" when Cookie needs a break. His lies often come in the form of games of pretend and entertaining alternate realities to escape his trauma. The killing game seems to have tainted his view of lies to the point of an identity crisis as he struggles with delusions and compulsively telling the truth. He is a regressor whose regression is primarily triggered by stress and trauma, but he rarely allows himself the time to properly regress as he takes on a lot of responsibility helping other Kokichis as the muse who's been here the longest. His age ranges from 3-6 years old and his favorite things are Taro-kun, his twin brother, and his adoptive dads. He hates hospitals, but that's a lie.

Notable canon divergences: Time loop. DICE did not exist pregame. He was a charge at some sort of hospital-like facility before being put on Danganronpa.

Tag: #kichi keen

Loopy

14 • Midgame Ask Box: OPEN

Loopy is also from a time loop AU with a current tally of 82. He came from the beginning of his current loop, right after Amami told him about the time loop's existence. He doesn't remember anything from past loops, but has residual anxieties and triggers from past deaths that he has no context to beyond what Amami, the prime looper, has told him. He's a lot softer than most other Oumas, likely due to the fact he doesn't remember much about the traumas he's faced in the killing game. Because of that, his approach to problems is a lot kinder and more optimistic.

Notable canon divergences: Time loop.

Tag: #loopkichi

Joker

14 • Midgame Ask Box: OPEN

Joker is another time looper, but this time with a whopping 467 loops under his belt. After being trapped for so long, he's become quite jaded and doesn't seem to care about much besides his Amami. Both he and his Amami are prime loopers and remember everything, but he kept this a secret from his Amami until he was outed here. That's a lie, he's not a prime looper at all! He gets caught up in overthinking things, with spiraling thoughts often left unchecked. His compulsive lying has become so pervasive to survive in the killing game that telling the truth too much makes him physically ill.

Notable canon divergences: Time loop. The Tragedy really happened, and THH and SDR2 were real, and Hope's Peak has been reestablished by Naegi. The show was made post-reconstruction, and the killing games there are simulations. DICE existed pregame, and one of his subordinates joined in season 52 because the group was short on cash. His joining season 53 was a deliberate choice to avenge her mistreatment and bring Team Dangan down while also exhibiting his Talent in hopes of getting scouted by the real Hope's Peak.

Tag: #joker

Koko

14 • Pre-death Ask Box: OPEN

Koko is another relatively canon-compliant Ouma, like Cookie, but taken seconds before death. He was close enough, however, that he's suffering from the lingering effects of the poison and as such is bed-bound and struggles to breathe a lot of the time. He's contemplating the merits of going back to just get it over with. He is a regressor, but unlike the other regressors so far, he is permaregressed (which means he is regressed all the time), due to the traumatic nature of his plan in Chapter 5 triggering his regression before he got here. His age ranges around 3 or 4 years old and he is extremely clingy with his Momota.

Tag: #kokomelon

Bindle

14 • Midgame Ask Box: OPEN

Bindle is an early-game Kokichi who stumbled across his Amami moments after Shirogane struck him with the shotput ball and watched him die in his arms. He didn't see Shirogane himself, but found out it was her after he was pulled here along with Amami. He plans to go back to end the killing game with this knowledge and commit suicide in the process so that he can stay here with his Amami. He is a regressor, and seems to be permaregressed like Koko after the traumatic event of watching Amami, who he was very close with, die. His age ranges around 6 or 7, sometimes as high as 9.

Notable canon divergences: DICE did not exist pregame, but he seems to claim they are around anyway, possibly as alters or something similar. It's also come to light that his pregame may have been similar to Kichi's with him in some kind of institution before being put on Danganronpa.

Tag: #bindle

Petty

14 • Midgame Ask Box: OPEN

Petty is from yet another time loop AU, with a tally of 97 loops. Like Joker, he and his Amami both are prime loopers and remember every loop. He had originally been keeping this a secret from Amami, but was found out in his current loop after a situation where Amami befriended and told Maki about the loops, only for him to die and the run to keep going while Petty was still alive, proving that there were in fact two prime loopers. He gets bored extremely easily and is a lot more brazen with the crocodile tears. He often makes morbid jokes about having cannibalized his Amami (a lie).

Notable canon divergences: Time loop.

Tag: #petty theft

Cusp

14 • DOA Ask Box: OPEN

Cusp is a relatively canon-compliant Ouma like Cookie, however he had a major relationship with Amami before the killing game, proven by the fact they seem to have swapped right canines at some point in the past. Due to the memory wipe, neither of them remember this, but desperately want to. He is from an AU of a fic my partner wrote but hasn't posted yet. As a DOA, he suffers much the same symptoms as Cookie, with chronic pain, fatigue, and organ difficulties, but much more severe as his arrival is more recent. He is a regressor whose regression is triggered primarily by stress, and thus had been regressed for a while since his arrival. Nowadays he's been fighting it in favor of being there for his Amami. His age ranges around 4 or 5 and he's very sleepy and whiny.

Notable canon divergences: DICE existed pregame, and he and Amami knew each other and were close enough to make a pact by switching teeth when they were younger.

Tag: #cusp

Ender

14 • Pre-death Ask Box: CLOSED

Ender is a heavily canon-divergent Ouma on the verge of death in Chapter 1 after being struck with the shot put ball in the library by his Amami, who was coerced into being the mastermind in their universe. He's not quite dead yet, but he and his Amami are staying here for the time being to get their bearings and figure out next steps. Like Koko, he's close enough to death that he's suffering from the residual traumatic brain injury, resulting in chronic fatigue and head fog on the rare occasions that he's conscious, as well as seizures.

Notable canon divergences: Amami is the mastermind in his universe, possibly coerced into the position by Team Danganronpa after surviving season 52. Ender was getting a bit too inconvenient for the writing team, and demanded Amami lure him to the library and make him the first death to get him out of the way.

Tag: #enderkichi

Gemini

14 • DOA Ask Box: OPEN

Gemini is a relatively canon-compliant Ouma who became very close to his Momota over the course of their time spent in the exisal hangar during Chapter 5. He promised Momota that by the time they met again in Hell, he'd have already taken over. Unfortunately, like Cookie and Cusp, he suffers the same post-death trauma, and wasn't able to do much to act on that promise before his Momota got here. He is a regressor who seems to regress to squarely 3 years old, though he tends to shy away from openly regressing. To keep himself from slipping, he tends to distract himself with excessive sexual promiscuity and other Grown Up things.

Tag: #gemini

Notable canon divergences: It was discovered that his DICE actually consisted of the entire V3 class, with his Momota as the second in command. They were a secret organization working to compete against the Future Foundation's wrongful monopoly on Tragedy reconstruction. They were eventually discovered by Future Foundation and captured, their memories tampered with, and placed in the killing game. Gemini was the only one who knew their true history, but could not disclose it due to an enforced compulsion to lie. It is unclear if in his universe, Team Danganronpa was a part of the Future Foundation or another entity that they were cooperating with.