#mukuro won't show up in the rewrite of trigger happy havoc

[review-anon]

Thoughts on the 16th student hidden somewhere in this building? Aka Mukuro Ikusaba.

Its often said Danganronpa fans have only two jokes. This and 11037.

Unfortunately there isn't much to talk about with Mukuro. In Trigger Happy Havoc she is disguised as her sister and while there is a few signs her cosplay isn't perfect (Makoto noticing that her face doesn't look like in the magazines, Mukuro being a bit too into Makoto and liking physical activites oh and saying she lived on the streets even though models generally come from affluent backgrounds) and then she dies in a rule violation.

The only funny thing I can say about that is when I was playing this with a friend, she thought Junko was gonna be a survivor since lots of people cosplay as her, and so when she "died" my friend is now very confused and wondering why someone who dies in the opening acts is such a good cosplay material.

Of course we learn more about Mukuro in Chapter 5 and naturally she's the twin sister of Junko but we don't know more about her. Danganronpa Zero gives us a bit more about Mukuro as someone who is loyal to her sister but certainly has her own agenda.

Naturally the go to for Mukuro's characterisation is Danganronpa IF where she's the main character. This really dives into her as a complex character which loves her sister dearly but also struggles with the loyality and love of her friends, espeically Makoto. Eventually she decides to side with the students as in her eyes, she just wants Junko to be happy and since betraying her sister would make her feel despair, that would make her happy.

So if Mukuro is so good in IF, why is she so low on my tier list? Well two reasons for that. Firstly as fanastic as IF is, its technically non canon so this might not be a accurate model for who Mukuro is. And second is Danganronpa 3.

Danganronpa 3 basically ruined Mukuro and turned her into a incest minion who kills and tortures because she's hard on for her sister. I wish I was making that up, but I'm not. Another character ruined by the mistake that is Danganronpa 3.

A Student of Time hasn't had Mukuro show up yet but when she does it will be a very interesting moment since a big question for Season 3 is if she can be redeemed or not. Hajime says no, Iroha says yes. Despair to Future Arc portrays Mukuro as the lackery of Junko she is but also not a one dimensional villain either. Survivors naturally is Mukuro's best characterisation since she's completely redeemed in that and her path going forward is a big character arc for her. She has good chemstry with Makoto and her classmates, and of course she's like Kuripa's little sister. Its very interesting to see how she progresses as a character there.

But while Mukuro gets great fan reception, canon wise, she's fucked in many ways and yes you can blame Danganronpa 3 for that one. Sorry but that anime completely ruined her.