#mastermind Kazuichi

[loststarphounix]

How would a Soudam AU with both of them being the Mastermind/Ultimate Despair work?

Would one of them just brainwash the other into despair?

or would both of them love the concept of despair so much, they eventually would want to spread it to their classmates? 🤔

Sweet wrench….I have thought of this idea on and off for a while.

long post below!

Let’s see, CrazyNekoChan made a Mastermind!soudam on AO3 that I love, but it was MM!Gundham that brainwashed everyone including Kazuichi who was also the MM in the planning stages.

I love either one being the Mastermind because whoo! The power dynamics! My first watch of a silent play through (I didn’t have game consoles at the time rip) I was DREADING being Kazuichi being the MM but it would’ve been a genius move - the supposedly simp mechanic being so absorbed by a pretty girl; who would think he was a calculating murder mastermind behind this killing game?

But back to the question: my answer would be a little mixture of both HOWEVER it would depend on who is Ultimate Despair:

If it’s Gundham, he would want to make Kazuichi see the true depravity of humanity. He feels like his Ultimate talent has opened himself to the real state of the world and humanity and it is as horrible and unrepentant as he always knew it was. Making Kazuichi and his best friend/student Sonia see this truth is a mercy - for they will not be lead astray by these tainted humans any longer.

He of course experimented on a few first years - you can’t bake a cake without cracking a few eggs and he made a mess of several…dozen. But he was able to create the perfect program that was as humane as possible (note: that didn’t involve invasive surgery or injury). He found the Kamakura Program and used the lab and Izuru was freed in exchange for helping him.

Sonia was his first official start and well…something went slightly wrong. However, she came out of it 99.9% intact and has had her third eye opened s he counted it a success. With Kazuichi, he took his time. His vibrant hell flower was surprisingly resilient in the first stages.

But he learned after Sonia and it was most unfortunate that it took so long. He needed to take his time with his beloved and the end result was truly worth it.

He thinks of making his fellow classmates see the light as well, but the method is so difficult to do in a larger scale and Izuru was calculating months for it to be at that large of a scale. That was too long and he had the two important people in his life. He can destroy the world with three people. The others can be spared…for now.

Now! If it was Kazuichi, he would’ve had production done for large scale projects much faster.

He would see the bigger picture, like Junko, and wanted his friends to be apart of this. He finds Izuru and promises him freedom and an obedient slave (Nagito) in return for his help which make Izuru help only because it’s Nagito. He experimented on Fuyuhiko’s little sister and that other reserve course student first, but sadly the other student killed Nazumi before she could be completely turned to Despair.

He made sure the test subject suffer before Fuyuhiko killed her. He was also furthering his experimentation by introducing it to certain individuals via drink, food or airborne. Granted, he’s not the Ultimate Chemist, but Izuru has been a real help!

But his most important task, was getting Gundham, Akane and Chiaki. Sonia would follow Gundham and Chiaki like a duckling - she’d only be perfect as a money and material distributor. Akane and Chiaki were his sisters basically and he needed their loyalty.

And for Gundham…well. Love makes people want that special someone close at hand. And Gundham was closer - even if that was because he had him chained downed for his special version of the formula.

It was a shame about Chiaki, but losing her made the Despair so much sweeter as he lamented her loss. Oh well. Some things are truly not to be it seemed. But he had the rest of his class to get together and administer the final step. And poor Gundham needed extra attention. Chiaki’s body can be handled later.

[basicallykiyotaka]

Mastermind AU where Gundham is the mastermind but doesn't hide it at all, makes a big show out of how evil he is day one because he don't need no mascot

...only to subtly and slowly drop hints that there may be something more and for it to be revealed in the last trial that his arm and eye were replaced with robotics to show loyalty to Kazuichi.

BOOM! THERE'S YOUR TOXIC YAOI! YOU'RE WELCOME!

[brainfilehasstoppedworking]

Yesss! As he should tho. He ain't taking none of this shit, nope! Don't let him catch ya...or you're fucked. He doesn't give a FUCK. Love this LMAO

Part of MM Takaaki story:

Takaaki:*Finding all the remnants* You have one choice, you come quietly or you’ll come quietly because of your ripped out vocal cords

Remnant Kazuichi: Pfft-! Hahah! And we should believe the pathetic moral compass’s father? Please. You’re probably as weak as he was

Takaaki:…One, my son isn’t weak. Two, well…I’ll just show you where he got his determination from…

Remnant Kazuichi: Pfft-! I’m not scared-!…..Is that a shotgun?

Takaaki: Yep*Picks his walkie talkie* Take the shoots

Takemichi:*In a high place with a nerf gun with tranq darts* Heheh! On it

*Takaaki proceeded to literally kick the despair outta the remnants….all of them*

(From @brainfilehasstoppedworking AU)

[aparticularbandit]

Robot

Summary: Kazuichi has been working on something for Jack.

for @funishment-time's April Foolin' event!

Rating: T.

AO3

“Hey, hey, hey, hey!  Don’t lick the—”

Kazuichi shoves his face into his hands and doesn’t even peep through his fingers.  He’d always thought a girl with a long tongue would be really cool, but the more time he spends with Genocide Jack Jill, the more he’s convinced that maybe it’s not nearly as cool as he thought it would be.  (Or maybe it would still be cool if it was another girl, but—)

Jill laughs in that high-pitched maniacal voice of hers, and Kazuichi shudders.

“Look, man, I told you I’d make him for you, but you don’t have to—”

“I have to taste him!  And he tastes wrong!”

Kazuichi looks at the Byakuya robot he’s been creating.  It’s not quite done – and he’d told her it wouldn’t be perfect (he’s not an AI mastermind the way that Chihiro is) – but it’s coming along pretty nicely, in his opinion.  “You have to…to taste him?” he asks, finally looking through his fingers and finding that however Jill was taste-testing his robot, she was quite done.

That doesn’t make him relax.

“Yep!”  Jill props her hands on her hips and grins at him, her lips stretched so wide they could split open.  “I want to bite all over my—”

“I don’t wanna hear that!”  Kazuichi covers his ears with his hands.  It doesn’t do much good, but he can at least pretend he didn’t hear any of it.  (Just like he’s not going to ask how Jill already knows what Byakuya tastes like to know that the robot doesn’t taste right.  Even the thought makes him shudder.)  He stares at the robot.  “Does he at least look good?”

Jill turns to the robot, her grin somehow – impossibly – widening.  “I could eat him up—”

Kazuichi digs his fingers into his ears.  That makes it better.  He can’t hear anything.  Then he closes his eyes for good measure.

You know, just in case.

[theamityelf]

What's your take on polytagonist/naehinahara? I just feel like they'd be really cute 'cause they're unconfident boys who would definitely support and be there for each other <3

Also just the thought of them tag teaming in each class trial is really appealing to me............ but how would that even work? maybe in an au where Monokuma gathers all the past killing game survivors for one last killing game? but ough that's just so tragic............ but at the same time can you imagine them taking turns in pairing up together?? investigating together?? 🥹

First of all, of course I love them as a ship! I already like Hinaegi and Naehara separately, and Hinahara would also be a fun combination, with Hajime's steady abrasiveness and Shuichi's more precise, infrequent abrasiveness in-between bouts of malleability.

As for that specific scenario:

Oh my gosh, first of all, I'm going to say for this AU that despite the 77th class all having been brought back after SDR2, only the survivors of that game are in this new killing game. For V3 I'm going to say that was also a simulation, specifically so Kaito and Kokichi can get pulled in on some technicality about their case being inconclusive.

Now, you may look at this as me very specifically targeting the trauma of the THH cast, since they're the only ones whose entire friend group is in the killing game.

Anyway, I'm also going to say everyone's memory is erased except the protags, because whoever set this up is doing it as a specific torture of them. This means we have pre-character development Maki, Fuyuhiko, Byakuya, etc. in play, and if the protagonists try to impress upon them that they're already friends, they just get extremely suspicious and defensive.

Naturally, this means the protagonists all huddle up together right away.

"Alright, who's doing this one?" Makoto wonders.

"I don't know," Hajime says.

"You don't know?" Shuichi repeats in dismay. "You're from the Future Foundation and you're from Ultimate Despair. I thought one of you would have some idea."

"Whoever it is, we're not in a simulation right now," Hajime says.

"You're sure?" Makoto says.

"Positive."

"That's...worse, but...we know our friends. Whoever let us keep our memories did it to hurt us, but we know our friends."

(Hajime levels a sympathetic look on Makoto.)

"Knowing someone doesn't help you stop them from killing, if they feel they have a reason," Shuichi says quietly, thinking of Maki. "And the mastermind is in charge of giving people reasons."

"I probably could have re-befriended my friends the slow way, if I'd caught on faster that they didn't remember me," Makoto sighs. "Now, I weirded them out, and it'll be a lot harder."

"That's okay. You can actually branch out," Hajime suggests. "You should talk to Fuyuhiko and...Yumeno. Those are good matches for you. Once you've gotten to know them, I think Hagakure is also still an option; he's more interested in your seemingly supernatural insights than anything, though aligning yourself with him might not legitimize you in the eyes of Kirigiri, Togami, or Fukawa. I can reason with those three. Shuichi should spend time with Akane and Asahina."

"Then, what about Sonia, Kaito, Maki, Kazuichi, and Kokichi?" Makoto asks.

"Focus on your two for now, okay?"

It is a good idea, and they do mesh well with those groupings, but of course things don't go entirely to plan.

And of course, whenever something terrible happens, they retreat to each other's arms. They're all protective of each other, and they're all protective of their own friends, and the potential for hurt/comfort is matched only by the potential for messiness when some of them have to prioritize who they most want to protect.

Hajime's many talents are, of course, an asset, but if he knows multiple people are in danger at once and he can't save all of them, he's prioritizing his friends (which include Makoto and Shuichi) over their friends and might even have to do a trolley-problem-style switcheroo where Toko dies in Sonia's stead or something of the sort. He wasn't the one to kill her, but he decided who he was more willing to lose.

Shuichi would be willing to lie in the trials, and Kokichi would notice, and Kyoko would probably also notice. Hajime would back up Shuichi's lies when he knows he can get away with it and contradict them when he knows he can't. Makoto would not lie because he finds it really important that everyone is able to trust each other.

Kaito might punch Fuyuhiko in the face at some point. That would go really poorly. Or maybe he tries to punch Fuyuhiko in the face but Makoto's in the way and gets punched instead, solidifying Fuyuhiko's bond with Makoto because now he's got to teach this guy a lesson for effing with both of them! (Kaito is sorry, but like...not sorry enough?)

And Makoto (who passes out on impact, btw; his character development didn't involve not passing out when he gets punched in the face) is just like "No, you don't have to do anything to Kaito!" while Fuyuhiko is all "Sit down and let me handle this."

Makoto realizes, over the course of calming his friend down, that Hajime set both him and Shuichi up with people who could and would protect them from physical threats. He always thought of it as Hajime trusting him to keep Fuyuhiko out of trouble and trusting Shuichi to keep Akane out of trouble, but in a way, he's also trusting his friends to keep Makoto and Shuichi safe.

The day Maki dies or gets executed (I'm sorry, there's no way she sruvives this one.), Shuichi sleeps in Makoto's bed, crying into his chest. Hajime intuits where they both are and brings them food. He wants to curl up on Makoto's other side, but he has to keep watch over the school. There are too many people they can't afford to lose.

(A version of this same AU where it is a simulation is also on the table. In that case, Hajime wouldn't have any Kamukura Project stuff in his head and also motives like Despair Disease could happen.)

[mmani-e]

(ARCANE SPOILERS)

I'm trapped by my anatomy and lack of pc and I think I've listened to Ma Meilleure Ennemie enough to cook my fucking brain that I thought of an Arcane x Danganronpa cast crossover AMONG MANY I'VE THOUGHT OF OVER THESE MONTHS.

But basically (note I do not ship any of these characters as implied by their role in the show would typically imply)

Vander = Nekomaru (biggest buffest guy with a good heart)

Silco = Gundham (Lacks a left eye, well meaning but also evil)

Caitlyn = Sayaka (Blue hair and crafty, but mostly cuz blue hair)

Vi = Mukuro (Scrappy and implied to have grown up with a shitty life, melee fighters)

Ekko = Makoto (Hope is here, he is THE GOAT. Saves the world from despair, also LITTLE MAN.) ((I would've made this Taka, but nah, Makoto is better.))

Jinx = Junko (Literally everything. Also need a Powder? Ryoko. Done.)

Isha = Monaca (LITERALLY MINI JUNKO)

Jayce = Kaito (Always tries to do good, fucks up inconceivably)

Viktor = Keebo (Robor who starts so good but after a ROUGH arc goes sicko mode with power)

Sky = Tsumugi (Kind of the least intense nerd there is.)

Mel = Mahiru (girl boss)

Ambessa = Akane (even crazier girl boss, make her mastermind mode like as was originally intended)

Heimerdinger = Chihiro (tiny and tech savvy genius, just cover him in fur)

Sevika = Peko (Loyal to a fault, the loyal right-hand of Zaun's criminal leader, now and forever.)

Warwick = Robo-Nekomaru (Self-explanatory)

Singed = Izuru (The only one with a truly perfect plan. Has a name he doesn't use anymore, rejected from the academy.)

Minor Chars

Orianna = Chiaki (the lost important person to the doctor, died, returned as a mechanical unit)

Benzo = Hifumi (The nerdy fat lad)

Claggor = Impostor (lovable lug)

Milo = Kazuichi (whiny with wacky hair)

Huck = Teruteru (Ratty guy)

Grayson = Sakura (Tough as nails lady, wise, and always ready to serve the greater good, even if compromise is necessary.)

Marcus = Leon (Too brash, much too brash and reckless)

Chem Barons:

Smeech - Fuyuhiko (Little rat baby man)

Renni - Maki (Prefers melee, direct connection with children)

Margot - Celestia (Dominatrix)

Chross - Korekiyo (I can see Korekiyo wear exactly what he's wearing)

Finn - Mondo (Too brash, gets in over his head, same colors and vibe) the

[ultimateplaylistmaker]

Man now im thinking about my ghost au. Basically every ghost just kinda picks someone to essentially haunt until the respective killing game ends and the souls can move on.

Sayaka sticks with makoto the whole time

Mukuro immediately went to junko and has just been sitting next to her the whole time

Leon decides to follow around chihiro and occasionally checks in on what mondo or taka are up to

Chihiro and leon watch mondo until he gets executed. Then the three of them watch over taka

When taka dies, all 4 of them just kinda hang out with makoto and sayaka finds this kind of annoying

Hifumi doesn't really know where to go so he just sticks to the main group, adding yet another ghost to haunt makoto

Celeste sticks with kyoko cus she finds her the most interesting

Sakura obviously stays with hina the whole time

Junko and mukuro are forced to remain in the school forever

Dr2 is weird because it's a virtual world but whatever

Imposter followed teruteru because they wanted to see what he would do. After teruteru died they both followed hajime cus why not (teru possessed hajime for the bath scene)

Mahiru of course stuck with hiyoko and peko obviously with fuyuhiko

Once ibuki and hiyoko died, the two of them and mahiru followed mikan to see what she would do.

Once mikan died, she joined the other three, because they're just destined to be together or something, and they followed chiaki.

Nekomaru follows akane and gundham follows sonia

Nagito follows hajime and when chiaki dies her and her whole group start following hajime. Nobody is following kazuichi-

Rantaro followed tsumugi to see what she would do, but he ended up following kokichi more often after chapter 3 (for wax reasons)

Kaede of course follows shuichi

Ryoma followed kirumi until she died, now the two of them follow gonta cus they like him

Angie and tenko both follow himiko much to tenkos dismay

Kiyo also ended up following gonta cus what else are ya gonna do?

Miu mostly follows kokichi cus she wants to know what the little bastard is up to, but she frequently visits kiibo aswell.

Gonta follows kokichi and is very confused as to why he's claiming to be the mastermind when all the ghosts know tsumugi is the real mastermind. He trusts kokichi is doing it for good reason.

Kokichi follows shuichi, and gonta joins him, while miu goes to follow kiibo now that kokichi can't do shit anymore

Kaito sticks to maki and shuichi, thankfully they're usually together. If they're separate, he goes to maki because she doesn't have anyone else following her

Kiibo didn't really have time to follow anyone, but he probably would've followed shuichi

Tsumugi is cursed to remain in the school

Sorry for the long post

There's a lot going on here and a lot of it is very interesting, however, I am imagining sayaka trying to manic pixie dream ghost over makoto very Tears to Shed of her

And then Mondo and Taka and Chihiro start to follow him and Sayaka is just making the most frustrated face as Taka and Mondo start bro-ing in the background, Sayaka has become Homophobic (JOKE)

[sophiapixel45]

I don't get all the Sonia hate

I know there's a lot of criticism raised against the sdr2 survivors (a lot of which I feel isn't really fair), but most of it is against Sonia.

Admittedly, her character arc isn't near comparable to Fuyuhiko or Hajime but I think its kind of close to Akane's. Likewise, why would you say that Sonia didn't get a character arc when Kazuichi is right there.

I'm gonna talk about him first because sometimes he annoys me. Sometimes.

Kazuichi has some of the clearest character flaws out of everyone, the only people who are more clearly flawed are Fuyuhiko, Nagito, and Hiyoko. They all have this addressed several times in the narrative, even if they don't fully develop from it in the end. Kazuichi doesn't even really have it acknowledged by the narrative. It's been a while since I've played his FTEs, but a key part of that is that he's got trust issues and he's a coward. He's still a coward at the end, but I don't care too much about that. What's worse is that he still can't trust others.

At times, it's suggested that he outgrows his trust issues, with how clingy he can be with Fuyuhiko and Hajime. Yet, he'll still turn on either of them at the drop of a hat. Kazuichi suspects Fuyuhiko a lot during the fifth trial, and very openly voices that without hesitation. He still doesn't trust him.

Still he spends more time with Hajime throughout the story and turns on him far more often. Not only does he accuse him of being the traitor constantly in chapter four due to the advice of someone he knows he shouldn't trust, but he clearly still thinks this until the beginning of chapter five.

The two worst cases of this that go unaddressed is trial five (again) and chapter six. Of the cast, he's the only one to immediately blame Chiaki for being the traitor, accusing her of tricking them. The others are only willing to believe she's the traitor because they trust her first and foremost. Not him. He takes it and runs without to doubt the entirety of Chiaki's character.

Again, this would be fine if he ever grew from it.

Yet, not only does no one really care about it, but he does it again in chapter six. When Hajime's accused of being the mastermind, he's the first to accuse him of tricking them. In contrast, Sonia says that she doesn't want any last minute plot twists (I'll come back to this later). He doesn't apologise for being so sceptical and everyone just knows this is how Kazuichi is at his core.

He comes out of chapter six having being the same person he was in chapter one, just having cried a little more.

Now onto Sonia.

Sonia is relatively actively compared to most other characters. She sets up the get together between the girls in chapter 2, trying to bond with them all in the way that no one else has really been doing in Imposter's absence. She's more upset than most others for Mahiru's death and seems to feel more guilt and responsibility for that. It seems those feelings directly lead into her being more active during the investigation and later contributing a good amount of evidence in the trial.

Even if she's not as active in chapter three and four, there's still substance for her here.

I always liked how the connection between her and Gundham felt real. They're both kind of dweebs who get a chance to bond over their shared interests, especially since they are each somewhat different from the rest of the cast. Obviously Gundham speaks in a way that no one else does and people generally don't take him seriously because of it, but Sonia's a foreigner who doesn't really understand the culture that she's in. What's more, she's never been treated normally even in her home country. Kazuichi pushes that narrative of her difference; Gundham doesn't care. The romance is cute without being too over the top.

Kazuichi never has any meaningful relationship with another character (that isn't entirely one sided). He's the only survivor who doesn't do so and thus loses the chances for emotion.

Sonia's actual character development doesn't start until the end of chapter four and well into chapter five. I think this is more so because of the cast I think that Sonia's more down to earth in the fact that her character flaws aren't glaringly obvious. She's overly emotional to the point that it inhibits her ability to act in a rational way, but this only becomes clear as the game continues and she actually becomes closer to the others. She defends Gundham, but she also is the only one to defend Nagito in trial 4 because she - in one way another - has faith in his character.

It starts with not just Gundham's sacrifice but the reason that he did it. Gundham believed in living.

Sonia doesn't just cry over Gundham, but she takes what he said to her to heart. Like Fuyuhiko, she takes what the person she loved thought seriously. She carried Gundham's wishes for her survival and everyone else's through into chapter five and refuses to give up as a result. Even when the others do, she doesn't just follow what they think but is trying to outsmart Nagito. Even if she fails, she keeps going. Her lack of faith in Kazuichi's more aggressive solution makes her use her own intelligence and the logical people she can trust (Hajime) to continue taking matters into her own hands without undermining the decision of the others.

But still, despite her efforts, she's still flawed by the end of chapter five. She, along with the others, fails to stop Nagito. She struggles against Chiaki's confession more than anyone else.

In chapter six, she's grown since the start of the game. When Hajime is accused of being the mastermind, although she's unwilling to believe such a thing, she's no longer too emotional to even consider the idea. She's grown, but not quite enough yet; she wants to cling onto a fake image of the past than the future. Gundham told her to keep living and so did Chiaki but, for a moment, she wants to see them both again. She still has her overly emotional mannerisms, but the influence of Chiaki and Hajime in the end pushes her to overcome it, just as she grew throughout the story to be capable of.

Although pretty subtle, her choice at the end is one of the most meaningful to her overall journey.

I thinks there's one final thing to be said in that she came to Hope's Peak, in a way, to hone her talents and become queen. But, instead, at the end, she's left with no kingdom to inherit by the time she's grown up enough to be capable of it. I think she's another testament to a character being more than a talent; choosing themselves over talents, just like Hajime. She grew into her own person in the end independent of everything she had come from.

Anyways, she's definitely worthy of having survived the game. And, for the record, I still like Soda.

[silverraindropliliacsky]

Finally after many painstaking days I've curated theme songs for (almost) EVERY DANGANRONPA CHARACTER. Categorized by the game they appear in, I didn't do UDG because it was making me feel weird. As it should.

Because I'm giving it to you in the form of a playlist instead of track by track here is the list of the order in which they correlate. Mostly it'll be; main character/victim/ culprit/ survivor/ victim/ culprit/ survivor/ mastermind.

Each song was selected to match the characters lyrically, but also the energy and vibe of the characters match to the best of my ability in my opinion. Some characters songs are more about their role in the story, and other more fleshed out characters have more isolated songs. Please listen and enjoy!!! I'm open to notes.

Without further ado;

Hajime - Fool

Imposter - Sugar, were going down

Teruteru - The Death of Peace of Mind

Kazuichi - Charlie Kaufman

Mahiro - Bathroom Floor

Peko - Underneath the Mask

Fuyuhiko - Onion Boy

Hiyoko - Bloody Creature Poster Girl

Ibuki - In The Dark

Mikan - I'm So Sick

Akane - i'm not crying, you're crying

Nekamaru - Til' I Collapse

Gundham - Freak

Sonia - Fill The Crown

Nagito - Coping Mechanism

Chiaki - Battle Lines

Izuru - The Kids Are All Dying

[ultraericthered]

Updated Tier Ranking Memes!

I redid some older tier ranking memes (plus one all-new one) using the format used for this one, which categorizes quality really well: "Best of the Best" is the S Tier for the subjects I love enough to choose to personally exalt over the other "Great" ones, "Great" is the A Tier for those other ones, "Good" is the B Tier for exceptionally good quality that just falls a little shy of fully solid greatness, "Okay" is the C Tier for the "Mid", the most basic bitch "you're alright" quality and feelings, "Bad" is the D-E Tier for what falls below that baseline of quality general badness, and "Trash" is the F Tier for the most abysmal of all, the bottom of the barrel or even far bellow the bottom.

They will be kept behind a cut so that I may routinely update them.

Danganronpa Franchise Characters

Best of the Best: Monokuma, Junko Enoshima, Kyoko Kirigiri, Byakuya Togami, Celestia Ludenberg, Sakura Oogami, Nagito Komaeda, Gundham Tanaka, Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, Chiaki Nanami, and Monomi.

Great: Makoto Naegi, Mukuro Ikusaba, Kiyotaka Ishimaru, Mondo Owada, Chihiro Fujisaki & Alter Ego, Sayaka Maizono, Aoi Asahina, Toko Fukawa & Genocide Jack, Izuru Kamakura, Hajime Hinata, Akane Owari, Sonia Nevermind, Ibuki Mioda, Nekomaru Nidai, Ultimate Imposter, Hiyoko Saionji, Mikan Tsumiki, Peko Pekoyama, Kaede Akamatsu, Gonta Gokuhara, Himiko Yumeno, Ryoma Hoshi, Miu Iruma, Angie Yonaga, and Tsumugi Shirogane.

Good: Yasuke Masuda, Isshiki Madarai, Hifumi Yamada, Leon Kuwata, Kazuichi Souda, Mahiru Koizumi, Shuichi Saihara, Kaito Momoa, Maki Harukawa, Kokichi Ouma, Kirumi Tojo, Korekiyo Shinguji, K1-B0, Monaca Towa, Kotoko Utsugi, and Komaru Naegi.

Okay: Yuto Kamishiro, Jin Kirigiri, Teruteru Hanamura, Rantaro Amami, Tenko Chabashira,Masaru Daimon, Jataro Kemuri, Nagisa Shingetsu, Hiroko Hagakure, Yuta Asahina, Taichi Fujisaki, Kanon Nakajima, Shirokuma and Kurokuma.

Bad: Haiji Towa, Kazuo Tengan, Kyosuke Munakata, Koichi Kizakura, Seiko Kimura, Chisa Yukizome, Juzo Sakakura, Miaya Gekkogahara, Ruruka Ando, Sonosuke Izayoi, Daisaku Bandai, Great Gozu, Ryota Mitarai, Natsumi Kuzuryu, Sato, Chiaki Nanami, and the Monokubs.

Trash: The Steering Committee, the Student Council, Team Danganronpa.

Dragon Ball Franchise Villains

Best of the Best: King Piccolo, Piccolo Jr., Vegeta, Freeza, Cell, Beerus, Zamasu/Goku Black, and Demon God Demigra.

Great: Tao Pai Pai, Bardock, The Ginyu Force, Androids 17 & 18, Dr. Wheelo, Turles, Cooler, Janemba, Android 21, and Fu.

Good: Emperor Pilaf, General Blue, Tien Shinhan, Raditz, Zarbon, Dr. Gero, Majin Buu, Babidi, Dabura, Garlic Jr., Paragus, Broly, Mira & Towa, Hearts, Sealas, and Aeos.

Okay: Lucifer, Commander Red, Agent Black, Colonel Silver, White Shogun, Purple Ninja, Colonel Violet, Master Shen, Cui, Dodoria, Nappa, King Cold, Android 19, Android 16, Hoi, Champa, Hit, Frost, Jiren, Moro, The Heater Squad, Magenta & Dr. Hedo, Lord Slug, Bojack, Dr. Lychee/Hatchiyak, Demon King Mechikabura, Cumber, Dr. Myu, General Rildo, Baby, and Mamba.

Bad: King Gurumesh, Metallitron, Colonel Yellow, Spopovich & Yamu, Puipui, Yakon, Android 13, Majin Ozotto, Chilled, Copy Vegeta, Barry Khan, Cardinal Mutchy Mutchy, and Dark Dragon Shenron.

Trash: Raiti & Zakuro, Maloja, Jaguar, Bio Broly, Hyrudegon, Ava & Cados, Akami, Doll Tucky, Super Android 17, Lord Yao, Giblet, and The Mastermind.

Digimon Franchise Villains

Best of the Best: Myotismon, Piedmon, the Digimon Emperor, Yukio Oikawa, Daemon, Diaboromon, Beelzemon, The D-Reaper, Lucemon, Akihiro Kurata, Analogman, AxeKnightmon, and Lord Bagramon.

Great: Neo Saiba, Etemon, Demidevimon, Puppetmon, Machinedramon, Apocalymon, Millenniummon, Cherubimon, The Legendary Warriors, Tactimon, Lilithmon, Blastmon, and Leviathan.

Good: Alias 3, Devimon, Ogremon, Datamon, MetalSeadramon, Arukenimon & Mummymon, Mitsuo Yamaki, Mekuramon, IceDevimon, Murmuskmon, Merukimon, Ewan Amano, and The Dark Generals.

Okay: Shinichiro Josaki, Parrotmon, Gatomon, BlackWargreymon, Kokomon, Dagomon, Zhuqiaomon, Mephistopmon, Catsuramon, SaberLeomon, Keenan Crier, The Bio-Hybrids, Tsukasa Kagura, Belphenon, GrandDracmon, Barbamon, Leviamon, Algomon, Christopher Aonuma, Nene Amano, The Rival Hunters, Quartzmon, Knight/Cloud, Dark Gennai, Menoa and Morphmon, and Perfect Algomon.

Bad: (Fuck it, I don't even remember who most of these are).

Trash: Yggdrasil and the Royal Knights.

Digimon Anime Series

Best of the Best: Digimon Adventure, Digimon Tamers.

Great: Digimon Adventure 02, Digimon Fusion.

Good: Digimon Data Squad, Digimon Ghost Game.

Okay: Digimon Frontier, Digimon Appli Monsters, and Digimon Adventure 2020.

Bad: Digimon Adventure Tri.

Trash: Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Leaping Through Time.

Disney Animated Canon Films

Best of the Best: Pinocchio, Fantasia, The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh, The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Zootopia, Moana, and Encanto.

Great: Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, The Jungle Book, Hercule, Tarzan, The Emperor's New Groove, Treasure Planet, and The Princess And The Frog.

Good: Bambi, Lady And The Tramp, 101 Dalmatians, The Fox & The Hound, The Rescuers Down Under, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Fantastia 2000, Atlantis The Lost Empire, Bolt, and Winnie The Pooh.

Okay: Dumbo, Fun & Fancy Free, The Adventures Of Ichabod & Mr. Toad, Alice In Wonderland, The Sword In The Stone, Robin Hood, The Rescuers, The Black Cauldron, Oliver & Company, Pocahontas, Brother Bear, Meet The Robinsons, Big Hero 6, Ralph Breaks The Internet, Frozen II, Raya & The Last Dragon, and Wish.

Bad: Saudios Amigos, The Three Calbelleros, Make Mine Music, Melody Time, The Aristocats, Dinosaur, and Moana 2.

Trash: Home On The Range, Chicken Little, and Strange World.

Disney Pixar Films

Best of the Best: The Incredibles, Up, Toy Story 3, Inside Out, Coco, Soul, and Inside Out 2.

Great: Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, Ratatouille, Finding Dory, and Luca.

Good: Wall-E, Incredibles 2, and Turning Red.

Okay: A Bug's Life, Cars, Brave, Monsters University, Cars 3, Toy Story 4, Onward, Lightyear, and Elemental.

Bad/Trash: Cars 2 and The Good Dinosaur.

Disney Animated Sequels

Best of the Best: The Resucers Down Under

Great: Cinderella III: A Twist In Time, Beauty And The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, and The Lion King 1/2.

Good: Bambi II, 101 Dalmations 2: Patch's London Adventure, The Little Mermaid III: Ariel's Beginning, The Return Of Jafar, Aladdin & The King Of Thieves, Stitch! The Movie, and Leroy & Stitch.

Okay: Fantasia 2000, Lady & The Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure, Pocahontas II: Journey To A New World, Hercules: Zero To Hero, Kronk's New Groove, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has A Glitch, Brother Bear II, Ralph Breaks The Internet, and Frozen II.

Bad: Peter Pan 2: Return To Neverland, The Jungle Book 2, The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea, Tarzan & Jane, Atlantis: Milo's Return, and Moana 2.

Trash: Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, The Fox & The Hound 2, Belle's Magical World, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame II, Mulan II, and Tarzan II.

Disney Live Action Adaptations And Remakes

Best of the Best: The Jungle Book and Christopher Robin.

Great: Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book and 101 Dalmatians.

Good: Cinderella and Peter Pan & Wendy.

Okay: 102 Dalmatians, Mowgli's Story, Pete's Dragon, and Cruella.

Bad: Alice In Wonderland, Alice: Through The Looking Glass, Beauty And The Beast, Mary Poppins Returns, Dumbo, Aladdin, Maleficent: Mistress Of All Evil, Pinocchio, The Little Mermaid, Mufasa The Lion King, and Lilo & Stitch.

Trash: Maleficent, The Lion King, Lady And The Tramp, Mulan, and Snow White.

Disney Villains & Antagonists (Animated Canon)

Best of the Best: Chernabog, Maleficent, Cruell DeVil, Professor Ratigan, Ursula, Gaston, Jafar, Scar, Judge Frollo, Hades, and Turbo.

Great: Queen Grimhilde, Lady Tremaine, Captain Hook, Shere Khan, The Horned King, Percival McLeach, The Firebird, Yzma, Long John Silver, Dr. Facilier the Shadow Man, Mother Gothel, and T'Ka.

Good: John Foulfellow, Stromboli, The Coachman, Br'er Fox, Man, The Headless Horseman, Kaa, King Louie, Prince John, The Rogue Bear, Bill Sykes, Oogie Boogie, Shan Yu, Sabor, Clayton, The Carnataurs, Jumba Jookiba, The Grand Councilwoman and Captain Gantu, Scroop, Denahi, DORIS, Prince Hans, Tamatoa, Namaari and the Fang people, Abuela Alma, and King Magnifico.

Okay: Ronno, Si and Am, The Queen of Hearts, The Cheshire Cat, Madame Mim, Governor Ratcliffe, Lyle T. Rourke, Bowler Hat Guy/Goob, Yokai/Robert Callaghan, Mayor Lionheart and Deputy Mayor Bellweather, King Runeard, and Matangi.

Bad: Monstro, Madame Medusa, Amos Slade, Kron, Director Actor And Agent, The Backson, The Druun, and Nalo.

Trash: The Ringmaster and the Clowns, Mr. Winky and the Weasels, Edgar, Alameda Slimm and Rico, Buck Luck and the Aliens, ARTHUR, and Pando.

Disney Pixar Villains & Antagonists

Best of the Best: Buddy Pine/Syndrome, Lotso Huggin' Bear, and Ernesto de la Cruz.

Great: Sid Phillips, Hopper, Stinky Pete, Henry J. Waternoose, Anton Ego, AUTO, Charles Muntz, and Axiety.

Good: Evil Emperor Zurg, Randall Boggs, Alpha, Mordu, The Cleric, and Ercole Visconit.

Okay: Al Wiggins, Chick Hicks, Chef Skinner, Jackson Storm, Gabby Gabby, and Terry.

Bad: Philip Sherman and Darla, Johnny Worthington III, Evelyn Deavor/Screenslaver, The Curse, Mother Panda, and Zurg.

Trash: Dr. Zuddnap, Miles Axelrod, Ron, and Thunderclap.

Disney Television Animated Villains

Best of the Best: Don Karnage, Negaduck, Mozenrath, David Xanatos, Demona, Macbeth McLeod, Puck/Owen Burnett, Evil Emperor Zurg, Dr. Drakken and Shego, Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, Bill Cipher, Toffee, Scar, Varian, Obake, King Andrias Leviathan, and Philip Wittebane/Emperor Belos.

Great: Magica De Spell (OG), Fat Cat, Shere Khan, Taurus Bulba, Steelbeak, Toon Collector, The Evil Manta, Mirage, Chaos, Thailog, Oberon, NOS-482, Lord Monkey Fist, Dr. Jacque Von Hamsterveil, Chuckles the Silly Piggy, Prince Phobos, Nerissa, Shagon, Evil Carl, Gideon Gleeful, Cedric, Princess Ivy, Shuriki, Grimtrix The Good, Vor, Esteban Flores, Victor and Carla Delgado, Ash Delgado, Ludo Avarius, Meteora Butterfly, Lord Hater, Ushari, Makucha, Zhan Tiri, Cassandra, Magica De Spell (2017), General Lunaris, Bradford Buzzard, Noodle Burger Boy, Sasha Waybright and Captain Grime, The Core + Darcy, Odalia Blight, and The Collector.

Good: Duke Igthorn, El Capitan, Merlock, Professor Nimnul, The Fearsome Five, Splatter Phoenix, Al Vermin, The Lobster Mobster, Sadira, The Destiny Stone Trio, Cassim the King of Thieves, The Archmage, Coldstone, Proteus, Lord Dragonus, Dr. Benedict, Cruella DeVil (101 series), the Phantom Blot, Wizard Kelley, Dr. Carver, Evil Buzz Lightyear, Warp Darkmatter, Samuel T. Philander, Queen La, Robert Canler, Senior Senior Sr. & Senior Senior Jr., Frugal Lucre, Hank Perkins, Jack Hench, Camille Leon, Malsquando, The Skeleton King, The Huntsman, Professor Rotwood, Rodney, Lord Fathom, General Tesler, Cyrus, Prisma, Zopilote, Orizaba, Troio, Cruz & Vesta, Marimonda, The Four Shades, Lord Dominator, Janja, The Jackals, Makku, Weasel, The Brotherhood, Trina Aken, Di Amara, Flintheart Glomgold (2017), Mark Beaks, Zeus, Black Heron, Don Karnage II, Mr. X, Kikimora, Tibbles Grimhammer, and The Coven Heads.

Okay: Lady Bane, King Carpy, Flintheart Glomgold (OG), The Beagle Boys, Alric Kloredane, Colonel Spigot, Thaddeus E. Klang, Bradley Uppercrust III, Norman, Abis Mal, Mechanicles, Ayam Aghul, Nefir Hasenuff, Malcho, Saluk, The Pack, Anthony Dracon, John Castaway, Wrong, Quint, Moltoc, X-L, Gravitina, Wrentwistle Swack, Norbert Klerm, Tublac, Colonel Staquait, Professor Dementor, Duff Killigan, Falesetto Jones, Eric the Synthodroid, Warhawke & Warmonga, Quasmeer, Ned Frischman, Evil Princess Irmaplotz, Lord Cedric, Mandarin, Valeena, The Dark Dragon, Pavel, Dyson, Miss Nettle, Mamandu, Slickwell, Dona Paloma, Mina Loveberry, The Pie King, Darkened Magic, The Glooms, King Pistachion, Derek Pastachion, Commander Heist, Chip Whistler, Lady Caine, Axel, King Trevor, Stalyan, Albino Serpent, Sugracha, Tromus, Globby, Momakase, Mr. Sparkles, Baron Von Steamer, High Voltage, Hardlight, El Fuego, Cruella DeVil (101 Street), Toad Lieu Hai, Falcon Graves, Doofus Drake, Dr. Akita, Ponce De Leon, John D. Rockerduck, The Phantom Blot, Mayor Toadstool, Bog, Curator Ponds, Cloak Bot, Robert Otto, Lilith Clawthorne, The Golden Guard, Piniet, The Titan Trappers, Professor Explanation, The Chairman, and Jinx.

Bad: Amonia Pine, Emperor Sharga, Saleen, Smolder the Bear, Bill Bluff, Torque, All Teamo Supremo Villains, Princess Elyon, Motor Ed, DN Amy, Adrenna Lynn, Sir Oliver, King Hector, Moon Butterfly and the Magic High Comission, Mother & Father, Mad Jacks, Chief Cruz, and Hunter DeVil.

Trash: I ain't reaching that deep.

Kingdom Hearts Original Characters

Best of the Best: Sora (KH1/CoM), Sora (KHII), Kairi (KH1/CoM), Riku (KH1/CoM), and Xemnas.

Great: Ansem the Wise/DiZ, Terra-Xehanort, Ansem Seeker of Darkness, Roxas (KHII), Namine, Axel, Larxene, Marluxia, Vexen, Kairi (KH2), Riku (KH2), Terra, and Aqua.

Good: Xion, Ventus, Vanitas, Xaldin, Saix, Luxord, Riku Replica, Hayner, Pence, Olette, and Sora (KH3).

Okay: Master Xehanort, Master Eraqus, Luxu/Braig/Xigbar, Lexaeus, Zexion, Demyx, the Chirithy, Strelitiza, and Town NPCs.

Bad: Young Master Xehanort, Roxas (358/2 Days-KH3), Data Sora, Data Riku, Kairi (KH3/MoM), Riku (KH3/MoM), Dark Riku Replica, Ephemer, Skuld, and Brain.

Trash: Lea, Sora (3D), Riku (3D), Kid Xehanort, Kid Eraqus, The Master of Masters, the Foretellers, Dark Road Cast, and Yozora.

Kingdom Hearts Villains

Best of the Best: Xemnas, Terra Xehanort/Ansem Seeker of Darkness, Maleficent, Marluxia, and Hades.

Great: Axel, Saix, Larxene, Vexen, Xaldin, Jafar, and The MCP w/ Commander Sark.

Good: Master Xehanort, Vanitas, Captain Hook, Hector Barbossa, Luxord, Davey Jones, Pete, and Dark Riku + Riku Replica.

Okay: Demyx, Luxu/Braig/Xigbar, Lexaeus, Zexion, Xion, DiZ, Sephiroth, Chernabog, Ursula, Oogie Boogie, Clayton, Scar, The Evil Queen, Lady Tremaine, Jumba Jookiba, Judge Frollo, Mother Gothel, Randall Boggs, Lord Cutler Beckett, Anti-Aqua, Gaston, and King Candy/Turbo.

Bad: Young Master Xehanort, The Queen of Hearts, The Cheshire Cat, Monstro, Shan Yu, Captain Gantu, Data Roxas, CLU-2, and Julius.

Trash: Data Sora Heartless, Prince Hans, and the Master of Masters.

Kingdom Hearts Games

Best of the Best: Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix, Re:Chain of Memories, and Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix.

Great: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts II, and 1.5 & 2.5 HD Remixes.

Good: Birth By Sleep, Unchained X, and Kingdom Hearts III (+ DLC).

Okay: 358/2 Days, Birth By Sleep: Final Mix, and Kingdom Hearts X.

Bad: Coded, Re:Coded, and UX: Union Xross.

Trash: Dream Drop Distance, HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue, UX: Dark Road, and Melody of Memory.

Marvel Cinematic Universe (& Adjacent) Movies And Shows

Best of the Best: Iron Man, The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Daredevil (complete series), Captain America: Civil War, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Loki, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3, Deadpool And Wolverine, and Daredevil Born Again.

Great: Thor, Captain America; The First Avenger, Iron Man 3, Jessica Jones Season 1, Luke Cage (complete series), Doctor Strange, Spider-Man: Homecoming, WandaVision, Shang Chi & The Ten Rings, Hawkeye, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ms. Marvel, Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special, and Thunderbolts*.

Good: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man And The Wasp, Black Widow, What If? (complete series), Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness, Werewolf By Night, Echo, and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.

Okay: The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D (complete series), Agent Carter (complete series), Thor: The Dark World, Ant-Man, The Punisher Season 1, Defenders, Runaways (complete series), Venom, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Falcon And The Winter Soldier, The Marvels, and Captain America; Brave New World.

Bad: Iron Fist (complete series), Jessica Jones Season 2, Jessica Jones Season 3, The Punisher Season 2, Cloak & Dagger, Captain Marvel, Eternals, She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, Thor: Love And Thunder, Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania, Morbius, Madame Web, Kraven the Hunter, and Venom: The Last Dance.

Trash: Inhumans and Secret Invasion.

Nadja of Tomorrow Characters

Pokemon Core Games

Best of the Best: Gold/Silver/Crystal Versions, Black and White Versions, Black 2 and White 2 Versions, and Legends: Arceus.

Great: Yellow Version, Emerald Version, Platinum Version, Sun and Moon Versions, and Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Versions.

Good: Red and Blue Versions, Fire Red and Leaf Green Versions, Heart Gold and Soul Silver versions, Let's Go! Pikachu and Eevee, Sword and Shield Versions, and Scarlet and Violet Versions.

Okay: Ruby and Sapphire Versions and Diamond and Pearl Versions.

Bad: X and Y Versions, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Versions, and Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Versions.

Pokemon Anime

Best of the Best: The Beginning (Indigo League/Orange Islands).

Great: Sun and Moon and Pokemon Horizons.

Good: Battle Frontier, Best Wishes, Best Wishes Season 2 + Best Wishes Season 2: Episode N, and Pokemon Journeys.

Okay: Advanced/Ruby and Sapphire, Pokemon Chronicles, XYZ, and To Be A Pokemon Master.

Bad: Gold and Silver, Best Wishes Season 2: Decolore Adventures, and XY.

Trash: Diamond and Pearl.

Pokemon Adventures Chapters

Best of the Best: Red/Blue/Green, Yellow, and Gold/Silver/Crystal.

Great: Diamond/Pearl, Platinum, Black/White, Black 2/White 2, and X/Y.

Good: Fire Red/Leaf Green, Heart Gold/Soul Silver, Sun/Moon/Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, and Sword/Shield.

Okay: Rangers One-Off and Ruby/Sapphire.

Bad: Emerald and Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire.

Pokemon Anime Companion Girls (Ash Era)

Best of the Best: Misty, May, and Lillie.

Great: Marina, Dawn, Iris, Lana and Mallow.

Good: Bonnie and Chloe.

Okay: Lyra and Serena.

Bad: Veritty.

Pokemon Franchise Villains

Best of the Best: Giovanni, Mewtwo, Team Rocket Trio, Anime!Sabrina, Manga!Lance, the Mask of Ice (Manga!Pryce), Cyrus, N, Ghetsis, Colress, and Lysandre.

Great: Gelardan/Lawrence III, Ein, Dr. Yung/Mr. Mirage, Darkrai, Matri, Dr. Zager, Oda Nobunaga, Guzma, Lusamine, Necrozma, Lear, Volo, Giratina, Spinel, Gibeon, Sidian and Coral, and Chalce.

Good: Professor Sebastian, The Iron Mask Marauder, Molly Hale (+ Entei and Unown), Annie and Oakley, Harley, Archie and Maxie, Gordor, Nascour, Butler, Charon, Hunter J, Grings Kodai, IO, Dusknoir, Blake Hall, Purple Eyes, Montgommery, Red Genesect, Malva, Xerosic, Essentia, Chancellor Alva, Lorekeeper Zinnia, Branch Chief Faba, Roger Clifford, Howard Clifford, Piers, Oleanna, Chairman Rose, Eternatus, Sordward and Shielbert, Swordo, Penny/Cassiopeia, Professor Sada & Professor Turo/the Area 0 AI, Ms. Briar, Kieran, Percharunt, Paulo, and Amethio.

Okay: Rocket Executive, Evice, Ardos, Mr. Kincaid, Ed The Thinker, Damon Grangil, Sage Zinzolin, Argus Steele, Super Malamar, Viren, and Hamber.

Bad: Dr. Namba, Sird, Greevil, Phantom, Zero, Marcus, The Fury, Courtney or Matt, Cross, and Marshadow.

Trash: King Biruritchi, Baron Phobos, and Fraud.

Pokemon Games Villain Arcs

Best of the Best: Team Plasma (Black/White), Team Skull (Sun/Moon), Team Skull/Aether Foundation/Team Rainbow Rocket (Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon).

Great: Team Rocket (Red/Blue/Yellow, Fire Red/Leaf Green, Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee), Team Galactic (Diamond/Pearl/Platinum), Team Star (Scarlet/Violet).

Good: Cipher (Colosseum), Aether Foundation (Sun & Moon), Team Break (Pokemon Masters EX).

Okay: Team Aqua & Team Magma (Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald and Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire), Team Plasma (Black 2/White 2), All Rangers villain teams, Cipher (XD: Gale Of Darkness)

Bad: Team Rocket (Gold/Silver/Crystal and Heart Gold/Soul Silver), Team Flare (X/Y), Team Yell/Macro Cosmos (Sword/Shield).

Pokemon Anime Villain Arcs

Best of the Best: Team Rocket & Mewtwo (Original Series). Team Rocket In Unova (Best Wishes), and The Explorers (Horizons)

Great: Lysandre Labs & Team Flare (XYZ) and the Aether Foundation & Ultra Beasts (Sun & Moon).

Good: Team Plasma (Best Wishes) and Team Rocket In Alola + Team Skull (Sun & Moon).

Okay: Macro Cosmos (Journeys) and Neo Team Galactic (Journeys).

Bad: Team Aqua and Team Magma (Advanced) and Team Galactic (Diamond and Pearl)

Trash: Team Rocket In Johto (Gold and Silver).

Pokemon Adventures Villain Arcs

Best of the Best: Team Rocket (R/B/G + Y), The Masked Man and Neo Team Rocket (G/S/C).

Great: The Elite Four (Y), Team Rocket (FR/LG + HG/SS), Team Galactic (D/P + PL), Team Plasma (B/W + B2/W2), Team Flare (X/Y).

Good: Team Skull/Aether Foundation/Ultra Beasts (S/M), Macro Cosmos (SW/SH)

Okay: Team Aqua and Team Magma (R/S + OR/AS)

Bad: Guile Hideout (E)

Sonic The Hedgehog Franchise Villains

There are too many of them to name, so look back here for them.

Star Wars Movies And Shows

Best of the Best: A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back.

Great: Revenge of the Sith, Return of the Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker.

Good: The Clone Wars, Rebels, The Bad Batch, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, The Mandalorian (Seasons 1 & 2), Andor, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and Skeleton Crew.

Okay: Clone Wars, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Resistance, LEGO Star Wars, Visions, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ewoks, Legacy, and The Book of Boba Fett + The Mandalorian Season 3.

Bad: The Phantom Menace, Attack Of The Clones, The Clone Wars Film, Ahsoka, and The Acolyte.

Trash: The Star Wars Holiday Special.

Super Danganronpa Another 2 Characters

Best of the Best: Sora, Yoruko, Mikado, and the Otonokoji Twins.

Great: Syobai, Iroha, Nikei, and Yuki.

Good: Monocrow, AE!Utsuro, Shinji, Hajime, Setsuka, and Emma.

Okay: Yuri, Kokoro, and Teruya.

Bad: The Kisaragi Foundation.

Yu-Gi-Oh! OG Characters

Best of the Best: Atem/Yami Yugi, Joey Wheeler, Seto Kaiba, Yami Bakura, Maximillion Pegasus, Thief King Bakura, and Priest Seto.

Great: Yugi Motou, Tea Gardner, Solomon Motou, Mai Valentine, Bandit Keith Howard, Marik Ishtar, Ishizu Ishtar/Priestess Isis, Odion Ishtar, Priest Akhenaden, Mahad/Dark Magician, and Mana/Dark Magician Girl.

Good: Tristan Taylor, Ryou Bakura, Duke Devlin, Mokuba Kaiba, Serenity Wheeler, Rebecca Hawkins, Arthur Hawkins, Yami Marik, Dartz, Kisara, and Zorc Necrophedes.

Okay: Tomoya Hanasaki, Miho Nosaka, Shadi Shin/Priest Shada/Hasan, Weevil Underwood, Rex Raptor, Mako Tsunami, Rafael, Valon, Vivian Wong, Zigfried Von Schroeder, Aigami/Diva, Sera/Prana, Mani, Diesel Kane, the Kageyama Sisters, Bonz, the Paradox Brothers, Mr. Clown, Espa Roba, Arkana, Anubis, Alister, Leon Von Schroeder, Alex Brisbane/Alexander the Great, Bobassa, and Priest Karim.

Bad: Ushio, Shougo Ayama, Hobson, Gozaburo Kaiba, Chief Kuwabara/Scott Irvine, Saruwatari/Keemo, Mr. Croquet, Player Killer/Panik, Cyndia/Cecelia, Rare Hunter, Lumis And Umbra, Mr. Ishtar, and Noah Kaiba.

Trash: Every Generic Asshole Of The Week (special mention to Kokurano), the Chopman, Puppeteer Of Doom, Mimic Of Doom, Johnny Steps, Strings the Quiet One, Jean Claude Magnum, the Big Five, and Gurimo.

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Danganronpa Character Tropes/Patterns Across Main 3 Games

I'm sure this exists somewhere already, but I wanted to make a list for my own self-reference because I was analyzing the patterns across games, so I figured why not post it? Unfortunately, this ended up egregiously long, and I decided to stop and post it before it got even longer. I'm sure I missed plenty of things, but I didn't want it getting any longer. I already spent a lot of time refreshing my memory and poring over the Danganronpa Fandom Wiki to make this list, ahaha...

So, here we go--I made a few categories: 1. Personality, 2. Ultimate Talents, 3. Cast Dynamics, 4. Killing Game, and 5. Body Characteristics. Wasn't sure how to format it, but I tried. I didn't list their Ultimate Talents since I figured most people remember/know.

If you have any questions or thoughts, feel free to pop into the replies or my askbox and we can discuss! There might be some you disagree on. Under the cut for Danganronpa spoilers and length!

Personality

Bossy toward men 

SDR2 - Mahiru Koizumi

NDRV3 - Tenko Chabashira (complete misandrist) 

Little Shits/Gremlins (& most obnoxious criers) /affectionate

SDR2 - Hiyoko Saionji

NDRV3 - Kokichi Ouma

Made-up Words/Sayings 

SDR2 - Ibuki Mioda

NDRV3 - Angie Yonaga

Most Unhinged Participants

SDR2 - Nagito Komaeda

NDRV3 - Korekiyo Shinguji

Multiple Personas/Personalities

DR1 - Touko Fukawa (has DID; Genocide Jack)

DR1 - Junko Enoshima

NDRV3 - Korekiyo Shinguji (older sister)

Optimists

DR1 - Aoi Asahina

SDR2 - Mahiru Koizumi

NDRV3 - Kaede Akamatsu

Potty-mouthed

DR1 - Mondo Oowada

SDR2 - Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu

NDRV3 - Miu Iruma

Self-Esteem Issues

DR1 - Chihiro Fujisaki

DR1 - Touko Fukawa

SDR2 - Nagito Komaeda

SDR2 - Mikan Tsumiki

NDRV3 - Shuichi Saihara

NDRV3 - Maki Harukawa

Stoic/Serious Ladies

DR1 - Sakura Oogami

DR1 - Kyouko Kirigiri

SDR2 - Peko Pekoyama

NDRV3 - Kirumi Tojo

NDRV3 - Maki Harukawa

Ultimate Talents

Athletes

DR1 - Leon Kuwata

DR1 - Aoi Asahina

SDR2 - Akane Owari

SDR2 - Peko Pekoyama

NDRV3 - Ryoma Hoshi

Martial Artists

DR1 - Sakura Oogami

NDRV3 - Tenko Chabashira

Musicians

DR1 - Sayaka Maizono

SDR2 - Ibuki Mioda

NDRV3 - Kaede Akamatsu

Ultimate ???

DR1 - Kyouko Kirigiri

SDR2 - Hajime Hinata

NDRV3 - Rantaro Amami

Has Secret/Other Talent

DR1 - Touko Fukawa (as Genocide Jack - Ultimate Murderer) 

DR1 - Makoto Naegi (Ultimate Hope) 

SDR2 - Hajime Hinata (as Izuru Kamukura - Ultimate Hope)

NDRV3 - Maki Harukawa (Ultimate Assassin)

Cast Dynamics

Protagonist & Friend Iconic Duo

DR1 - Makoto Naegi Kyouko Kirigiri

SDR2 - Hajime Hinata Chiaki Nanami

NDRV3 - Shuichi Saihara Kaede Akamatsu

Mystery Solvers/Complicators

DR1 - Kyouko Kirigiri

DR1 - Byakuya Togami

SDR2 - Nagito Komaeda

NDRV3 - Kokichi Ouma

Antagonists

DR1 - Byakuya Togami

SDR2 - Nagito Komaeda

NDRV3 - Kokichi Ouma

Protag’s Guy Friends Who All Have That Same Loser Vibe

DR1 - Yasuhiro Hagakure

SDR2 - Kazuichi Souda

NDRV3 - Kaito Momota

Breaks the 4th Wall

SDR2 - Gundham Tanaka

NDRV3 - Kokichi Ouma

Serial Killers

DR1 - Touko Fukawa (Genocide Jack)

SDR2 - Peko Pekoyama (fake; “Sparkling Justice”)

NDRV3 - Korekiyo Shinguji

Killing Game

Protagonists

DR1 - Makoto Naegi

SDR2 - Hajime Hinata

NDRV3 - Shuichi Saihara

NDRV3 - Kaede Akamatsu (one chapter still counts!!)

Traitors/Moles

DR1 - Mukuro Ikusaba (as Junko Enoshima)

DR1 - Sakura Oogami

SDR2 - Chiaki Nanami

NDRV3 - K1-B0 (unknowingly)

Masterminds

DR1 - Junko Enoshima

SDR2 - Alter Ego Junko Enoshima

NDRV3 - Tsumugi Shirogane

De Facto Forensic Examiners

DR1 - Kyouko Kirigiri

SDR2 - Mikan Tsumiki

First Victims

DR1 - Sayaka Maizono

SDR2 - Byakuya Togami (Imposter)

NDRV3 - Rantaro Amami

First Killers

DR1 - Leon Kuwata

SDR2 - Teruteru Hanamura - SDR2

NDRV3 - Kaede Akamatsu (as scapegoat) - NDRV3

Framed/Suspected of Murdering Close Friend

DR1 - Aoi Asahina

SDR2 - Hiyoko Saionji - SDR2

NDRV3 - Himiko Yumeno

Victims of Double Murders

DR1 - Hifumi Yamada Kiyotaka Ishimaru 

SDR2 - Hiyoko Saionji Ibuki Mioda

NDRV3 - Tenko Chabashira Angie Yonaga

Double Murder Culprits

DR1 - Celeste Ludenberg

SDR2 - Mikan Tsumiki

NDRV3 - Korekiyo Shinguji

Self-Sacrificial

DR1 - Sakura Oogami** 

SDR2 - Byakuya Togami (Imposter)**

SDR2 - Peko Pekoyama*

SDR2 - Nagito Komaeda** 

NDRV3 - Ryoma Hoshi**

NDRV3 - Gonta Gokuhara*

NDRV3 - Kokichi Ouma**

(* = became culprit, ** = became victim)

Non-Culprit Tries to Misdirect Voting to Execute All Participants

DR1 - Aoi Asahina

NDRV3 - Maki Harukawa

Is Incited/Led by Antagonist to Murder

SDR2 - Teruteru Hanamura

SDR2 - Chiaki Nanami

NDRV3 - Gonta Gokuhara

NDRV3 - Kaito Momota

Sustained Injury/Death Not From Participant Murder or Own Execution

DR1 - Mukuro Ikusaba (as Junko Enoshima)

SDR2 - Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu  (from Peko’s execution, not own)

SDR2 - Nekomaru Nidai

NDRV3 - Kaito Momota

NDRV3 - K1-B0 (final explosion)

Mystery Victims

DR1 - Mukuro Ikusaba (Chapter 5 reappearance)

NDRV3 - Kokichi Ouma

Makes Plot & Trial-Relevant Technology

DR1 - Chihiro Fujisaki

SDR2 - Kazuichi Souda

NDRV3 - Miu Iruma

Most Notable Character Development

SDR2 - Hajime Hinata

SDR2 - Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu

NDRV3 - Shuichi Saihara

NDRV3 - Himeko Yumeno

NDRV3 - Maki Harukawa

Body Characteristics

Super Muscular

DR1 - Sakura Oogami

SDR2 - Nekomaru Nidai

NDRV3 - Gonta Gokuhara

Tan/Darker Skinned

DR1 - Aoi Asahina

DR1 - Yasuhiro Hagakure

SDR2 - Akane Owari

NDRV3 - Angie Yonaga

Fat/Chubby

DR1 - Hifumi Yamada

SDR2 - Byakuya Togami (Imposter)

SDR2 - Teruteru Hanamura

Tiny

SDR2 - Teruteru Hanamura

NDRV3 - Ryoma Hoshi

Small Girls

SDR2 - Hiyoko Saionji

NDRV3 - Himiko Yumeno

Small Boys

DR1 - Chihiro Fujisaki

SDR2 - Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu

NDRV3 - Kokichi Ouma

Breasted Boobily (reference to meme please don’t kill me lol)

DR1 - Aoi Asahina

SDR2 - Akane Owari

NDRV3 - Miu Iruma

Robots/Non-humans

DR1 - Alter Ego

SDR2 - Mechamaru Nidai

NDRV3 - K1-B0

Ahoge Havers

DR1 - Makoto Naegi

DR1 - Hifumi Yamada

SDR2 - Hajime Hinata

NDRV3 - Kaede Akamatsu

NDRV3 - Shuichi Saihara

NDRV3 - K1-B0

NDRV3 - Miu Iruma

Hat-wearers

SDR2 - Kazuichi Souda

NDRV3 - Shuichi Saihara

NDRV3 - Ryoma Hoshi

NDRV3 - Korekiyo Shinguji

NDRV3 - Himiko Yumeno

Different, Cartoonish Eyes/Features

DR1 - Hifumi Yamada

SDR2 - Teruteru Hanamura

NDRV3 - Ryoma Hoshi

Other patterns: 

At least one red-haired, one black-haired, one white-haired, and one blond character per game

At least one red-eyed and one same hair & eye color character per game

[review-anon]

Any survivors you think didn’t deserve their status?

Hagakure I always felt only lived because you needed someone to say stupid shit to argue away in the class trials. I roll my eyes in Chapter 5 when he thinks Kyoko is a ghost.

He also started the unfortunate trend where the lower your iq is, the greater the chances of survival.

Iroha is also another survivor I didn’t like as I always thought the only reason she lived is due to LINUJ being too biased towards her and not having it in his heart to kill her off. Oh really? You say you can’t kill Kanata but you did but Iroha gets a free pass? Especially as due to how he views masterminds I thought everyone related to the Voids would be killed off.

Kazuichi was the odd one out as all the other survivors lost someone. Fuyuhiko lost Peko. Akane lost Nekomaru. Sonia lost Gundham and while everyone was hurt by Chiaki dying, Hajime was the most affected. Kazuichi? He didn’t really do anything past Chapter 3. Not to mention his simping for Sonia gets creepy af after a while.

Those are the ones who I felt didn’t deserve to live.

[brainfilehasstoppedworking]

More Mastermind Takaaki stuff. This is like, post everything. After he's had revenge and shit. (This is also in clone Taka's P.O.V.) The person that helped me with some of the story (@artz16) talked about maybe having Takaaki ask (kidnap) Kazuichi to make a cloning machine to bring back all the students that died. Including Hifumi and Celeste (who has personal business with.) And like, it can make some good ass angst.

Just Taka trying to grasp everything, trying to just process what he's just…woken up to. He's not really himself and he's terrified of the man his father became. His father murdered and harmed others to just have some sort of vengeance for him. The sheer insanity that his father was overcome with. And most of all, he joined those who started all of this. The reason him and others have died. He's terrified of his father, scared of his actions. His behavior. His murder spree. He doesn't know what to do, his father has gone absolutely mad. But he can't just leave him. He doesn't know what he's capable of.

And Takaaki, he's completely fucked up. He's so happy to have his son back. But he just notices the look of absolute fear in his son's face. Then the realization just hits him like a bunch of bricks. That he's killed people. He killed, he hurt, he manipulated, etc. All just for one goal. And it just fucks him up completely and eats away at him. And the fact he scared his son. That he's scared many of the people he cared for all because of his actions. It just echoes in his brain. But he couldn't help it and he can't just stop. He can't turn back time. He did the damage. And that's it. But he's terrified of himself and the fact he could hurt Taka as he did to those who stuck by him.

He wonders if Taka hates him.

[fatherfigurefusion]

Randomly generating Ultimate Talents for the DRDT cast and ranking them on how fitting they are (DR2 Edition):

Teruko Tawaki- Ultimate Swordswoman

10/10: Fun fact: I've seen a theory on DRDT's TVTropes page that claims that the DRDT characters based off the canon blackened, with Teruko being based on Peko. And honestly? I can see it! Also strengthens the Kagami allegations.

Xander Matthews- Ultimate Chef

7/10: Admittedly, the only reason this is ranked so high is because Xander acting like Gordon Ramsey is a funny concept.

Eden Tobisa- Ultimate Musician

9/10: She'd basically just be Kasumi Toyama.

Hu Jing- ???/Reserve Course Student/Ultimate Ultimate

8/10: This could actually work well with her desire to be useful to others. In a setting like this talentswap 'verse, this could very easily be played for angst.

J Moreno- Ultimate Yakuza

7/10: Mariabella can easily be turned into a criminal mastermind that J is trying to escape, so this talent is rather fitting. Also, just imagine J in Fuyuhiko's suit. Maybe JRuko could have a FuyuPeko-esque relationship.

Veronika Grebenshchikova- Ultimate Gymnast

9/10: Considering her canonical love for extreme sports, this talent would work really well. Also, just imagine a buff Veronika.

David Chiem- Ultimate Animator

4/10: Can't really picture it. Don't know why.

Arturo Giles- Ultimate Team Manager

5/10: Maybe he could simp for athletes? No idea how to work with that talent.

Levi Fontana- Ultimate Gamer

6/10: Can't exactly picture Levi as being a skilled gamer (he'd probably break the controller by accident), but I'm upping the ranking thanks to the concept of Hinanami/HuVi. I'm tearing up, just thinking about Gamer!Levi's execution and IzurHu's reaction to it.

Ace Markey- Ultimate Mechanic

7/10: He does have the Kazuichi energy, but there's something missing that prevents me from giving this idea a higher ranking.

Min Jeung- Ultimate Traditional Dancer

9/10: Just imagine Min in traditional Korean clothes.

Whit Young- Ultimate Nurse

9/10: Honestly, the concept of Whit as a nurse is INCREDIBLY adorable and heartwarming.

Charles Cuevas- Ultimate Lucky Student

8/10: Ironic that the elitist logical snob gets the supernatural commoner talent, but this could actually work (especially in combination with Nurse Whit). I'd imagine that a Charles with Nagito-level luck would further reject help from others (much like Teruko) so others won't get hurt by his luck, but would eventually allow Whit to get a little bit close to him.

Arei Nageishi- Ultimate Animal Breeder

8/10: Considering her whole deal with "survival of the fittest", I'd imagine that she'd breed adorable yet vicious dogs that she'd sic onto people she doesn't like.

Nico Hakobyan- Ultimate Photographer

8/10: Their wallflower attitude would owe surprisingly well to photography. They'd probably specialize in nature photography.

Rose Lacroix- Ultimate Princess

5/10: Well, Rose's name definitely sounds fancy and royal. Maybe there could be some political intrigue between Rose's kingdom and the Spurlings.

[artistchamp]

Just to note I am still including teruteru, but unfortunately this isn't enough space. But I am good at maths so comment if you want him.

Just to note this is everything stays the same roles wise e.g Major antagonist and support but the protagonist changes.

[nomel-artz]

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