#pre-game rantaro

[thatstroubling]

a celebratory repost of all the dr drawings I did in the last 4 months

I guess I just really love dang-it ronpa 💜

[deadlyrose9086]

Harukawa is looking at him like she’s disturbed, like she’s only just now realising that this isn’t a lie, her hands clenching and unclenching at her sides. “You…”

She doesn’t finish the thought, though, trailing off and looking slightly lost, and when he’s sure she won’t continue, he lifts a hand to rub the back of his neck, letting out a breath.

“Okay,” he says. He wants to know what Saihara means by sidekicks, but there’s so much that’s confusing to him right now, he doesn’t want to reach for excessive information and get his head even more muddled than it already is. Instead, he runs his hand through his hair, wrinkling his nose when it comes away sweaty, and reaches down to wipe it off on his hospital gown. “Uh, I got another question, if that’s okay?”

“Sure,” Saihara says, breathlessly, one of his hands lifted to cup his mouth. “What is it?”

“Who am I?”

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Momota wakes up from the killing game simulation with amnesia. All he knows is that there's one person in the world he can trust more than anyone else.

Unfortunately, that person is also Ouma Kokichi.

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[4aceclover]

I didn't forget about you guys how could I ever it's thanks to you that I'm even a part of this crazy fandom

A Forgotten Promise [V3 VR AU] (Spoilers!)

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[porkymoon]

"Hall of the Survivors"

I finally can drop this piece I made for @tsumugizine!

I love some pre-game Tsumugi and Rantaro theories <3 :D

[millidew]

random list of v3 opinions after experiencing all that again:

the death road of despair segment is the pre-trial highlight of ch1. so damn good. just a perfect microcosm of the game and kaede's flaws and conflicts

maki is funnier than i remember. but she’s at her funniest when she hits shuichi with a devastating insult, usually completely unprompted

ouma and maki parallels and foiling forever and ever. they HAAATE each other. but also it’d be cool to see them get along. the whole point is that they don’t see through the other and believe the other’s lies but still

maki saying she’ll work hard to make people trust her and her talent and that she wants to survive with everyone…ough…

ouma is so mad. he wishes that were him. also that moment where everyone ignores him and tries to comfort kaito after gonta's execution. he also wishes that were him but unfortunately he's been an asshole to everyone and no one likes him so

the only way i can enjoy saio/uma is one sided ouma->shuichi where shuichi is just not invested in the cop/robber dynamic ouma wants at all. it’s funnier this way + saimota inspires a visceral upset within him. he NEEDS to fumble both kaede and shuichi.

on that note i’ve been hcing ouma as bisexual for years partially out of spite

kaito’s obnoxious charm can’t be ignored. if you think you’ve successfully done it, it means it’s just entered an asymptomatic form. it'll hit you soon enough

ch2 pre-execution >>> KIRA BUCKLAND THE VOICE ACTRESS THAT YOU ARE. EVERYONE WONDERING IF THEY MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE BY VOTING FOR KIRUMI. KAITO GOING “IDC I WANT TO LIVE, OUR LIVES ARE IMPORTANT TOO!” KIRUMI INSULTING OUMA <3 EVERYONE CHEERING FOR KIRUMI TO RUN!!! TO LIVE!!!!!!!! GAHHHH SO COOL

kaito and himiko just blatantly lying through their teeth during their ftes. the liars who suppress their true problemsssss. also him shouting that he is NOT GIVING HER A PIGGY BACK RIDE!!! EVAR!!!!! is so funny

himiko I LOVE YOUUUUU. i love her getting overly familiar with people post-development and just accidentally completely overstepping boundaries by insulting kiibo and calling maki "maki roll." she's trying so hard you guys

KAITO IS SO FUCKING DRAMATIC. HE SHOULD’VE BEEN THE MALE LEAD IN A HIGH-SCHOOL THEATRE PRODUCTION AND ANNOYED EVERYONE IN THE CREW!!!! STOP BOTHERING MAKI SHE HAS A POWER DRILL

shuichi and maki doing sit ups and the camera slowly panning to show kaito laying there hands behind his head saying his usual bullshit is one of the funniest moments of the game

tenko and himiko agree that shuichi should transition into a woman. this is true.

I don’t accept tenko slander unless it’s specifically about her obsessiveness over himiko in ch1-2 in which case I can’t defend her

if kaito shaved he’d look 13. for this reason he is legally not allowed to do that.

tsumugi and the background of v3 are SO GOOD. ABSOLUTE PEAK. in execution there are lots of weak points but after thh, sdr2, udg, and the anime series, tell me a meta story about consumption, lies, and depression that ends with the cameos from entire main games’ previous casts doesn’t go hard

don’t deny that tsumugi loved her little ocs. do you not enjoy torturing your blorbos, putting them into situations, and giving them nice things just to take those away?? shipping them and dressing them up??? making silly aus (salmon mode, utdp, arguably dr:s)?

i just wish the writers utilized her more bc i love that so much. she should've wanted to get to get more involved with everyone (giddily see her ocs up close). she should've made even more thh/srdr2 references. players assume the writers are making for cheap nostalgia points, and they are, but it's true in-universe too...she should've been so overconfident that she'd get sloppy with the situational irony... tsumugi you little freak ily

she and rantaro were 100% s52's survivors and you can pry this from my cold dead hands. her dr fangirl self can be her pre-game personality

speaking of pre-game personalities, pre-game content is at best boring to me. how they write ouma is my litmus test. if he's not enough of a nuisance, just in a different way, then it's gotta go

maki is down for a training trio polycule, shuichi is in denial about everything and fears becoming an awkward third wheel, and kaito has been trying unsuccessfully to wink-wink nudge-nudge shuichi and maki into “realizing their feelings for each other” for ages

i still think maki should have short hair. initially I thought just shorter pigtails would be ok but I’m now in the firm camp of a pixie cut with one of her scrunchies on her wrist, with her orphanage-age flashback self maintaining the pigtails. she had to cut them off for practicality’s sake but one of her hidden desires is to be able to regrow it one day. another show of her loss of identity and past life, and how every aspect of her is controlled? such a simple desire at first glance but because hair is such a simple show of autonomy…even more tragic… maybe her doomed childhood friend yuri used to do her hair …hrm…

ultimates are public, influential figures. maki’s had to assassinate friends before (rip her yakuza friend that I didn’t know she had up until recently). maki went back to being an assassin in utdp after graduating. the hope’s peak class roster MIGHT just be a hit list

for someone who includes miu in her top 3 I haven’t talked about her at all huh. it’s been maki central up in here

miu is AWFUL but when her jokes hit, they hit good and hard just like she’d want them to. she’s completely insufferable and deserves to hit ouma (also insufferable) with 3000 hammers. kiibo too but he wouldn’t want to

look just because ouma said he was doing everything for a good reason, do NOT forget that at his core he is a little dipshit. he’s a JERK!!!

brief dip into maki time again. one of my favorite aus is that maki’s doomed childhood friend is actually miu. i'll expand on this in another post

once again: drv3 and rgu are shaking hands about exiting the narrative and the follies of playing hero. read my utenanthy!kaemugi post

v3 is FARRRR from a masterpiece, but it's a solid and fitting Ending to the main games, plus it's got an insane cast with infinite dynamics and a premise which i love to bits <33 and it was the game that got me into dr, so it'll always be special in my heart. also kaito momota luminary of the stars debuted in it which gives it 5/5 stars

[lazysublimeengineer]

Everybody talking about Blue Lock is similar to Squid Game but in reality it's quite more similar to Danganronpa V3 minus the killing game.

The plot twist of they're being filmed for entertainment is a dead giveaway.

You see the fandom in that franchise commenting the best boy, best ship blah, blah on BLTV and we have that in last chapter of that game as well.

Rin Itoshi is a male tsundere personified of Maki Harukawa with "Do you wanna die?" "I'll kill you" schitck.

Imagine Kunigami in the Wild Card section and saw a lot of crazy shit before he came back as a player in BM? Crazy ass shit. Reminds me of Rantaro whose memories get fucked up before he was thrown in the game again in Saihara's edition.

Also Blue Lock Isagi is just pre game Saihara Shuichi who is just fucking obsessed with Danganronpa itself before he got his personality rearranged as the infamous Ultimate Detective in the game itself.

[charlie-pippin-faraday]

my danganronpa v3 chapter 4 pre-investigation running commentary:

once again, i knew we weren't done with rantaro!

who did rantaro leave this message to? himself?

are we like, stuck in a time loop?

i am now suspicious that the tiny bugs gonta has been seeing are something else. surveillance cameras?

i'm so confused about the robot lab. keebo clearly hates it, and there was nothing i could even interact with in there. and why was it attached to miu's lab?

"do you want to live in a fictional world?" something about this line piqued my interest and made me suspicious

bro did tsumugi get me mocktail drunk?

that classroom set in tsumugi's lab looks suspiciously like the classrooms in the first game

oh it's my lab!!!!!!!! we finally got to my lab!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why is the music here called "living in a lazy parallel world"? that feels incredibly suspicious

"this doesn't feel like an ultimate detective's lab. more like a criminal lab." is this implying that i am a criminal?

lmao didn't this game come out before covid? they're certainly predicting it in this flashback light bit

"the computer is surrounded by capsules big enough to fit a person inside." huh??? they didn't tell me that part before. what is this??? the plot of DR2 all over again??

bro WHERE is the caged dog village document??? i went back to kiyo's lab looking for money and it's not there anymore that is highly worrying

hm hang on. if we're following the structure from the previous games, chapter 4 murder is gonna feel sacrificial, isn't it? and then chapter 5 murder is gonna feel convoluted and heavily overarching plot-related?

shuichi was really judgemental that kaito's reasoning for becoming an astronaut was "because it's cool" but like i'm pretty sure that's the reason most people become astronauts

hmm so maki asked shuichi if he like-liked kaede, wondering if it's possible to like someone you didn't know after such a short period of time.......hmmm methinks someone is trying to sort out her OWN feelings

"then why did you bring it up?" because she's got it bad for kaito and she doesn't know how to deal with it

he did it, gang. after a couple failed tries, kaito FINALLY punched kokichi in the face

what did miu find in the computer?

the "training" scene with himiko and gonta and shuichi talking to tenko in his mind was really sweet. "you've reached her, tenko."

"that person has to be special. it has to be someone like kaito" "only someone like kaito could help me" shuichi plz

"i shouldn't be talking about another boy like that" hahahaha i knew he dug him. shuichi it's okay you can be bi

kokichi meeting privately with monokuma can only lead to good things

why was there a curtain that said "the end" after the morning announcement???

the reveal that himiko is a soap opera fan and actually was invested in the monokub drama/nonsense was the biggest twist of the game tbh

"we were completely unaware that an unspeakable malice was brewing" what an ominous start to free time!

i gave keebo a laser gun and he said "you understand me...i feel...happy" keebo i love you so fucking much

this free time event is wild. me and keebo are role playing as a caregiver out in the middle of the dorm hallway. and keebo threw out his back. keebo, i threw out MY back a few months ago, i understand you!

i love that in the final climactic free time event with kaito, shuichi tells him the story he already told kaede wayyyy back in chapter 1 lol

"he does so much for me...i could never turn my back on that. i will never break my bond with kaito!" bro shuichi just Kiss him you clearly want to

"kaito's smile was bright as starlight. i couldn't help but smile back" shuichi good lord keep it together

bro the way shuichi talks about kaito is so funny he is literally a teenage girl on his bed kicking his feet and giggling

this computer isn't the neo world program from 2, is it?

this virtual world is actually super cute ngl

of course the first thing kokichi does in the virtual world is punch keebo. when will keebo stand up for himself and beat the fuck out of kokichi? i've been waiting for it so patiently

okay that definitely said neo world program. and mirai falls? this is getting real fishy. and then all the references to murders/trials from the previous games, the gyoza in the shape of someone's face [i spend WAY too much time thinking about this particular object]. there gets to be a point when it stops being references to previous games and starts becoming incredibly suspicious

keebo is implying that we are ALREADY in a virtual world. i did have this thought previously

ah so kokichi DOES have a crush on me

MIU NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

i said i wasn't gonna handle it well when one of my faves died, and i was right. i'm not handling it well

also, after much running around looking for coins and grinding in salmon fishing, i did end up buying the key of love, but i think i bought it literally one free time slot too late. i was under the impression that when you go to bed that night after buying it it'll trigger the event. i knew i was on the last free time availabilities of the chapter, but if i remember correctly in the previous chapters we went to bed and then the murder stuff happened the next day. but this time these assholes NEVER actually WENT to bed. they just collected me to go to the computer room right after free time and we pulled an all-nighter in the virtual world like a bunch of freaks smh. and i don't have a convenient save file in this chapter i can go back to unless i wanted to restart the chapter, so i guess i'll wait and see if the key activates in chapter 5? or i'll have to wait and play this game again. damn, that sucks. ah well.

well, on to the investigation!

[starlightshadowsworld]

How do you think the V3 cast would feel about their pregame selves if they were in the same room with them? (mainly Shuichi because at the least the fans gave him a personality. Like...I don't know if it's canon, but it's something to work with)

I know pretty much nothing about the pregame characters.

Cept Kaede.

Soo... These are all my headcannons.

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Kaede: Creeped out, is just like "I wouldn't say that."

I feel like Pre Kaede just teases her for being "soft and pathetic."

Mimics what she says in a high pitched squeaky voice.

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Shuichi: Both just stare uncomfortably for a while.

Before Pre Shuichi, noticing Shuichi's hair, straightens up and asks if his pitch to take out Kaede worked.

Shuichi, horrified shoots all that down that he would never.

Pre Shuichi just rolls his eyes like "God your lame, it's just a game man. And now, I'm the star of it."

Shuichi just slowly shakes his head and leaves to find his friends.

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Kaito: Pre game Kaito is cocky, loud and even more boisterous than Kaito.

Keeps asking what their earnings are but Kaito doesn't know what he's saying.

It's a bit off putting but they appear to get along.

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Kokichi: Pre game Kokichi is a nerd about the show.

Kokichi is slowly getting answers out of his more serious counterpart.

Both keep talking about how cool Monokuma is...

And everyone's thinking of ways to seperate em.

Kirumi: Pre game Kirumi just kinda looks at Kirumi like dirt. Just ugh they made me the maid?

Kirumi smiled politely... And murderously.

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Gonta: Both cinnamon rolls, both gentleman.

Pre is more articulate but they are both bonding.

It's adorable.

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Miu: The opposite of Kaede, Pre Miu is a sweetheart so she's getting teased by Miu for being "a soft prude with no tits."

Keebo likes her well enough, to Miu's annoyance.

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Angie: Pre just looks at Angie in annoyance like "... I made one mention of my god and they made it my whole personality...."

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Korekiyo: Pre instantly quizzes him on various topics in anthropology.

Just to make sure he's as smart as him.

They have fun with it...than Korekiyo mentions sister and Pre looks at him all werid.

"I don't have a sister..."

Awkward.

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Tenko: Pre takes one look at her and just walks away.

Mumbling about needing to have some words with the development team... Because what is that?

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Himiko: Himiko just takes a nap and Pre just nods, mood and takes a nap as well.

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Rantaro: Both get on pretty well.

Rantaro makes the mistake of asking why Pre would do this...more than once.

"For my family man, they're all watching me follow my dreams."

And Rantaro is both aw but also... Tf kind of dreams u having boy?

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Keebo: Keebo was excited to meet his Pre self but... He's very rudemantary.

Can't really say much other than a few phrases so... Its just a bit awkward.

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Maki: Pre Maki finds Kaito annoying and hates the whole romance plot shoved in.

Just rants about it but she's happy they let her be a kick ass assassin "and not some dumb child carer."

Maki is just silently listening, couldn't get a word in even if she tried.

Is pissed about the not liking Kaito thing.

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Ryoma: Just silently vibe with each other.

Tsumugi: Both squeal when they see each other.

Clasping hands and whispering details, just all excited and secretive.

"Wait don't tell me, you're gonna write unheard lines.

"You know it!"

Pre is very happy with Tsumugi, and the more extroverted of the duo.

Both are just fangirling each other.

[tobiasdrake]

What do you think happened exactly in the intro of V3 when their memories weren't downloaded right? Cus they would have known they signed up for danganronpa, right? So why did only Rantaro have any ideas about what was going on?

Not necessarily. Going off the fact that the audition tapes are, well, "auditions", there were probably a lot of people who auditioned for the show most of whom would not make the cut. This was a casting call, and most people who respond to a casting call get the Better Luck Next Time.

I tend to take the Monokubs' fuck-ups at face value. There is an interpretation of them where they were secretly fucking up on purpose as part of Tsumugi's 4-D chess game where every single line and every single choice and every single reaction was pre-scripted in advance.

And. Like. That is a valid interpretation of V3. It's just not my interpretation. I think the Monokubs are sincerely a bunch of useless fuck-ups and left Tsumugi pulling her hair out. They're more fun that way.

There's a lot of stuff in the prologue that's really interesting when you go into it with the lens of who these kids really are.

Like. Kaede's personality in particular is really interesting because she sincerely is the misanthrope that her audition tape would later reveal her to be.

So, everyone auditioned for a new season of Danganronpa and then, some amount of time later, sixteen candidates were selected to be the ones. A reasonable person might send out letters or make a phone call or shoot them an email to go "HEY YOU'RE SELECTED" but Danganronpa being Danganronpa, Tsumugi had more thematically appropriate ideas for how to make her job offers.

This was probably like weeks or months after her audition. Nobody was wearing Danganronpa 53 crew shirts, nobody said "You're hired, let's go shoot Danganronpa 53." She auditioned for the show, a bunch of time passed, and then one day a bunch of people kidnapped her.

Shuichi testifies to the same.

It seems like this is just Standard Practice for the new season's hiring policy.

As they continue talking, it's clear that Kaede thinks she was. Like. Sincerely kidnapped for kidnapping reasons.

She's not really thinking about TV shows right now. She's thinking about how scary and dangerous it is to be kidnapped by strange men and isolated in a mysterious location.

And this does not help.

That is not a brand-recognizable mascot. That is a war mech here to commit violence.

Which is, itself, another one of the Monokubs' fuck-ups.

It's exclamations like "I told you we should have read the script" that make me want to take the Monokubs at face value. If you pay attention to the shit coming out of their mouths, they are actually super bad at hiding the fact that this is a TV show and it's hilarious every time.

It's easy to overlook the first time you play as just Goofy Monokuma Stuff, but Goofy Monokuma Stuff always means something. And with the Monokubs, lines like "We should have read the script" mean... that there was a script, and they didn't read it. The big subversion with the Monokubs is that there is no hidden meaning, they're just fucking dumbasses saying things they aren't supposed to say on-camera. XD

In any case....

A fun thing to note is how completely out-of-place Tsumugi honestly looks here if you're looking for it. Like, she is wearing the most bog-standard anime seifuku. Everyone else is here in a variety of interesting designs but Tsumugi's somewhere between Sailor Mercury and Haruhi Suzumiya.

Among all the more complicated getups, she's giving off mad

energy. But, again, only if you already know to look for it. It's subtle. Keebo, Kokichi, and Gonta's outfits aren't any more complicated than hers.

Once they arrive, it's indeed Rantaro who first starts to clue in. "Oh, shit, this is the Danganronpa we signed up for."

The rest of the kids are slow on the uptake, but Kaede does start to figure things out too.

She recognizes "Monokub" as a derivative of Monokuma and keeps trying to clarify that point, but they cut her off before she can ask.

At this point, she's not so much confused about what this is as she is confused about. Like. What she's supposed to do here.

The Monokubs have fucked up so bad that Kaede's just lost in the plot. She reacts as if she knows what an Ultimate Talent is and what it's meant to signify. But she answers honestly that she doesn't have one.

No one else seems confused by what an Ultimate Talent is either.

This room of Danganronpa nerds are all familiar with the concepts. They're standing in what is now clearly a Danganronpa building talking to Danganronpa characters but they aren't. The characters. Even though they're being treated like they are. What do you even say or do here?

Monosuke, to his credit, attempts to salvage this 'cause the cameras are rolling, we're live, and we need an explanation for what the audience is seeing onscreen.

Nicely improvised, Monosuke. Monotaro is less good at this.

"According to the backstory" are actual words that leave his robot bear lips when attempting to whitewash over this flub with a lore-dump. I still can't get over that. This is one of my favorite Monokub lines.

Then, from here, they dress the kids up in costumes, knock them out, program their characters in like they were supposed to from the start, and then take a mulligan on the first act of the show.

I do think this was sincerely a screw-up, and I also think they all did gradually start to realize "Oh shit, this is the Danganronpa show." But for the sake of not giving the twist away to the player, they aren't able to be super obvious about it.

[g0nta-g0kuhara]

Hey! You!

Your Gonta post game headcanons! Now! /nf

POST GAME HCS... Let me see...

I always get hung up on talking about this kind of thing cause there's so many little details for how post game might work that alter how I think characters might deal with things that its kinda hard to nail down. But there is some general stuff that stays the same.

I think Gonta's desire to be useful would not have changed with his death. He's probably just as eager as before to help anyone who needs him. I headcanon that he's one of the first ones back on their feet after waking up from the simulation (just because he was physically very very fit before) so he tries to dote on anyone who lets him.

Gonta isn't the kind of person to avoid someone because he feels guilty or awkward. He would Immediately try to find Miu and apologize profusely, crying and all. Im not sure how she would react to all this... I've seen some people say she would be hesitant around him or flat out reject any of his apologies, and some say that she wouldn't blame him much and instead put most of it on Kokichi. Regardless, I don't think they'd be close post-game.

Now this depends on if they all woke up together or woke up concurrently and watched the game as it continued without them. In my headcanon, they woke up all together. In which case, Gonta would not hate Kokichi. Based on their last interactions before his death, Gonta would probably feel closer to him than ever. But (as I kinda got into in the fic I wrote) I don't think Kokichi could stand being around him At All after everything. I think after baring himself a bit in ch5 he would wall himself off completely. And that means cutting Gonta off. I think Kokichi would lash out and say whatever cruel things he would need to to get him to stay away from him. Which of course would really hurt and confuse Gonta, especially having never seen the ch4 post-execution.

I've talked about it before but I also don't really think Gonta wouldn't have many places to go when it comes to joining the others? My post-game friend groups (read: lunch groups) kind of look like this:

•Shuichi, Maki, Kaede, Kaito •Himiko, Tenko, Angie (wary truce between tenko and angie) •Miu, Kiibo (who wanders a bit) •Kirumi, Rantaro (also wanders, especially to shuichi's group), Ryoma (also wanders) •Korekiyo (solo) •Kokichi (largely absent) •Tsumugi (SOMEWHERE ELSE)

Gonta could join almost any of these groups and be welcomed with open arms, but it really doesn't feel to me like he fits neatly into one consistently. The groups that exist are tight, and despite being close with one or two of their members he's not like. explicitly invited I feel. If Gonta didn't show up, no one would really question it.

Post-game Korekiyo... is complicated. If he wasn't actually a serial killer, then I think him and Gonta could hang out a bit. But Kiyo has always preferred to be an outside observer who appreciates his alone time, and Gonta would respect that.

Basically, I just feel Like Gonta would be pretty lonely postgame. The major threat of the killing game (that he can face with his physical strength) is gone, so he would really struggle to find his place in the group. It would probably worsen his pre-kg and post-kg related self esteem problems.

One last thing: I like to think that Gonta still doesn't remember the virtual world, but a strong trigger could cause the memories to come back. For angst purposes, of course. Regardless, he would have a complicated relationship with the snow. I think he would just feel this inexplicable sense of dread at the sight of it.

[aparticularbandit]

...tsumugi how do you feel about miu

like

pre-game miu

...tsumugi do you even like any of the people you hired

....

tsumugi what happens to the people who win the game

rantaro was a survivor but it's implied he sacrificed himself so that some other two might continue on; the sacrifices are punished by having to play again, so like

what happens with the last two that don't have to play again

also what's with this only two thing

junko didn't do that

why are you enforcing that so strictly

[raspbeyes]

my v3 pregame hcs

another quick one while my wrist still dies

Kaede Akamatsu - A popular girl who conceals her more cynical side. Her classmates adore her for her confident and extraverted personality, and can motivate anyone to follow her strong and calm leadership. However, what people dont notice behind her level-headed fascade is that she is quite dubious and suspicious of others, often trying to find the true hidden despair humanity has so she can never be blind sighted by any harm

Shuichi Saihara - Known online as one of the most deductive arg detective, in real life, shuichi is nothing more than a danganronpa obsessed fan boy. Though a sweet albeit very awkward person, he can get a bit obssessive about talking about danganronpa, leaving non fans speechless by how much a nobody like him can talk abt the topic. He's intrigued by the thrill of murder mysteries danganronpa provides, and tries to apply said detective skills with args he finds online

Kaito Momota - The bully with a smile, Kaito has an odd reputation. Not outright aggressive, but definitely your average jock kind of character who would get violent if push comes to shove. But usually, he gives off a laid back attitude around his friends, which somehow makes him more formidable somehow with how confident he is. But behind the manly exterior, Kaito secretly wishes to find a true passion in life, fearing he is doomed to be nothing more than a high school has-been

Rantaro Amami - Returning after his successful run of season 52, Rantaro is a world wide celebrity for his heroic sacrafice in the final trial. But, he has no recollection of it, nor does he want to see any of the footage of the game. He is far more drained, tired of the constant media attention following him and talking about events he cannot even remember. Compared to his considerate pre-52 self, Rantaro is determined to stay alive and while he preached hope on tv, he has lost faith in others and acts like an aloof celebrity behind his dry smile

Maki Harukawa - Maki is a cool-headed girl, very unlike her aggressive in game self. nothing much can phase her, and while she has a calm smile, maki is truly seeking out her next thrill that can actually make her truly feel alive. As such, maki is quite atheltic, working out and very active in the school tennis club

Himiko Yumeno - Even by pg shuichi standards, himiko is quiet. Most take her for as mute since outside of the occassional peep, himiko refuses to talk. Himiko doesn't want to let others in, scared that others can hurt her, and she tries her best to stay in the sidelines and not draw attention to herself. She has a low opinion of herself, and she is just hoping that someone can be the one to reach out to her first

Angie Yonaga - The student activist of the school and class president known as a buzzkill, those outside her inner circle don’t tend to like Angie for her outspoken opinions on a variety of topics. Due to her religious values, she personally finds the idea of Danganronpa detestable, choosing to go to the interview in order to personally confront its creators and demand it be shut down. But to clarify angie doesn't believe her religous beliefs are above others, she simply wants to create a more peaceful world and has dreams of helping everyone

Gonta Gokuhara - Heir of the wealthy Gokuhara bloodline, Gonta has a lot of expectations placed onto him, and as such, he too has high expectations of the people around him as well. Composed and somewhat stoic, he is typically found reading a book in the courtyard, studying, or working out. He is a man of strict schedule imposed by his family, and as such, many find it best to ignore him. He is very perfectionistic and can be quick to criticize other. But in truth, little see how much Gonta applies those standards to himself, never believing himself to be enough for his prestigious family. In truth, Gonta is intimidated by others and feels himself not worthy to speak with them.

Kirumi Tojo - Kirumi Tojo is poor, but her suck-up and stuck-up attitude sure makes it hrd to have such an impression. Top of her grade in terms of academic test scores, Kirumi pushes herself to rise above her low family income to pursue greater things. She works incredibly hard and dedicates herself greatly to give the appearance of a refined student and student council vice president, growing an ego that she will rise above her class. Though well liked by teachers, some people can find her a tad egotistical underneath her high class demeanor. Her constant comparisons with others can be especially grating. 

Kokichi Oma - A quiet class representative, Kokichi Oma does a lot to help his class out however he can. Through his wide smiles and numerous good deeds, he is often in charge of a lot of responsibilities, almost to his detriment. Never one for confrontation, he hides himself behind lies to appear more likable and helpful than he is: A classic person pleaser to the highest degree. But he’s not stupid, aware that he is often used, but he can’t push himself to say no to any requests. Behind all his non-judgemental words, he tries to suppress his more joke-ish attitude, sometimes seen stifling an immature laugh to himself. 

Korekiyo Shinguji - Kind, studious, but reserved, Korekiyo has many walls up, especially with the fact that nobody has seen the second half of his face. Whispers surround the boy, all of which point to a headline from years ago of an unfortunate tragedy occurring with the death of an upcoming idol that shared the surname of shinguji. Many are convinced Korekiyo is the girl’s younger brother, but without being able to see half of his face and usually hiding behind his hair, there can be no confirmation. But when confronted with such rumors, Korekiyo’s usual collected attitude sours, and he would excuse himself. He appears to be haunted from a ghost of his past. 

Miu Iruma - “The blonde, bimbo chick” is what most think when the name, Miu Iruma, is brought up. Popular and surrounded by numerous shallow friends, Iruma is known for her feisty, playful attitude, especially around the boys. But deep down, her aggression stems from her own perceived inferiority, despising that everybody assumes her as stupid and objectify her. It frustrates her to no end that she can’t be seen for anything past her looks, but with her fake friends surrounding her, she doesn’t feel like she can make such an odd complaint to anyone. More than anything, she wish she was spoken to, rather than treated as a joke. 

Tenko Chabashira - Energetic and hyper, Tenko is sort of a weird one, always chattering about her latest obsession eagerly. She is not as popular as Miu or Kaede nor is she as smart as Kirumi, but she is just a girl with her own passions who wants to hang out with her friends with similar interests. She adores girl idol groups and devours discussion threads and Twitter posts, and just wants to nerd out about it.

Ryoma Hoshi - A delinquent with not a lot going for him, Hoshi is isolated from others with his jaded attitude. As they say, he’s been on the wrong side of the tracks, and usually doesn’t show up to class, typically skipping or found loitering on school grounds. Not many people give him a chance, his reputation exceeding him but he doesn’t seem to mind it. But, when you get to know him, he shows to give good advice and likes any company he can crack a good joke with.

Keebo - Keebo is created by Team Danganronpa and doesn't know about much of life outside of that. He is only loyal and can obey what he is told to do.

Tsumugi Shirogane - A stressed out DR writer in dire who finally has managed to score the role as lead producer for the latest season after her success with season 52. She is dedicated to her job both as a part of its creation but also as a fan, belieivng that her sole purpose is to continue the danganronpa legacy.

[ohwell-itsme-but-danganronpa]

The age-old question: Is Kokichi the villain?

Ves: this one whiplashes back and forth from objectively correct to SO SO WRONG so much idk how to feel

Me: well, they're right on their main point and simplified some things to get there and at the end he's an anti-hero, not a villain

Ves: i get being frustrated with woobfication but acting like the cast NEVER treated him unfairly is. UHHHHH Kokichi Is An Asshole, But! - my thesis statement also "bragging about how he got two people killed without a hint of genuine remorse" not a HINT!? NOTHING?? YOU CAN'T REMEMBER A SINGLE THING FROM THAT POSTTRIAL THAT SEEMED REMORSEFUL TO YOU!? 'start looking at him as a villain instead of a clueless victim' this is NOT a zero sum game both of those options r wrong

Me: they treated him Like That before he earned it and in his speech at the end of the 4th trial there's a portion when he says he's just stepping up to what's expected from him

Ves: NO LITERALLYYY THE SCENE IN THE DEATH ROAD LIKE….

Me: he was asking to be executed too, but sure, no remorse

Ves: what are we defining as remorse?? because that seems like literally the most remorseful a person could get to me oohhh i forgot remorse can mean REGRET yeah he's not very regretful neither is gonta! they're both crushed w guilt but that's not the same i guess

Me: the whole. everyone believing him when the lies fit what they want to see. bullshit he's a liar until he's saying he's evil, until he's taking something back, because surely he wouldn't lie about lying without saying the catchphrase

Ves: yeag like,,,when it's 'half my lies are told with good intentions' and 'i'm just trying to give gonta good advice, he'll get killed being so naive' and 'monokuma is going to make you suffer for cooperation like he did kaede' and so on and so on…. that's DEFINITELY a lie guys

Me: he left room to be seen through, he gave hints, he gave so many opportunities for them to get it, that he can't be doing it openly, but they went in with pre-packaged distrust specifically for him I love the theory that Tsumugi had them brainwashed to be opposed to him as a default to push him into his role

Ves: you're right but i wouldn't even describe it as HINTS, he has TWO SEPARATE MONOLOGUES about the danger of public cooperation that honestly monokuma should've clocked [sob emoji] but that's getting more into danganronpa writing than kokichi's morals i love giving him stuff that makes them inherently unnerved by him from the beginning

Me: this is also related to how much of "script" I believe there was for the game, I think they were given cues for how they're supposed to feel, little unconscious suggestions, a vague outline set with motives, nothing actually set in stone, the flashback making machine wouldn't need multiple options if there was a whole defined script that's expected to be executed to a t

Ves: i always thought tsumugi's claim that everything was scripted didn't. make sense. but i can never really feel out how much of it was

Me: she gave them roles, and then left them to improvise, she also has a lot of lines that cue you in on what she wants you to think of other characters, she wouldn't need to be doing that if she already controlled what you thought of them, but she's checking in, if you'll agree

Ves: truuuuee the way she talks about gonta always makes me shudder and the way she talks about kokichi always makes me giggle SNDJBHSHF she's sooo bitchy about him i love her

Me: she wants to shoehorn him into being a classic antagonist so bad and he just doesn't fit, like, I could swear she makes a reference to Nagito at least once when talking about him

Ves: THE WAY SHE TALKS ABT RANTAROU FITS THAT REALLY WELL TOO she KEEPS bringing up him being the fanservice character a playboy and he keeps shooting her down

Me: She fucking hates Rantaro and it's so funny, what did he dooo that finally puts her calling him a normie in a context, he ruined a cliché she was trying to pull, that's punishable by death

Ves: it's like when she yells at shuuichi in the FTEs for trying to say she isn't plain

Sini: I will say this, even though he did in fact show remorse in that instance I can’t blame the others for still being bitchy and pissed with him. Even if he had a good reason, which he did, what he did was still majorly fucked up. He was an asshole throughout the whole trial, an asshole to Gonta until that one moment, and then led him to his brutal death. I’m not saying how they treated him at that moment was good, but they aren’t really going to be thinking too rationally after all that. Ig one thing you could say is that they tend to not treat other culprits like Kirumi that way, but in that case I’d say they should’ve overall had written the characters reactions post trial or what not differently in general

Ves: oh no i absolutely think how the characters treat kokichi after ch4 is justified. i just think the op's casual dismissal is. UHHHH shoulda specified i was talking abt them and not the cast, sorry! kokichi was absolutely an asshole and deserved to get treated like one, but i think op fell too in line with the characters

Me: it was a situation where everyone sucked, nobody ever could begin to be equipped to deal with this shit, and so, nobody handled it well the end of the world was involved

Sini: Yeah, like, he’s a liar. Everyone only assumed he must be lying when trying to be helpful or didn’t mean well when he was spitting straight facts. No one bothered to listen to him. I get he’s an asshole, but fuck man, they cozied up to Maki. Wth is her excuse?

Ves: maki is the wall i always run into here maki is just as mean as he is and FARRR more dangerous but. her being an assassin was added later than her being a waifu

Mauri: i love maki. but in canon why the fuck did everyone love her she choked him out after he revealed that she was a fucking TRAINED KILLER and no one was worried abt that ??? kodaka dont make every single female character waifu bait challenge (almost impossible bc miu my love my life)

Ves: they literally cut to the next day when they're all looking through her lab and not ONCE do they comment on how that debacle…ended. DID ANYONE HELP HIM???

Sini: If Kokichi was a girl, I swear, things would’ve been a little different

Ves: if kokichi was a girl but written the same ppl'd say he EATS BABIES if he was written like kodaka likes to write women he WOULD eat babies but it'd be like, fine

Sini: Kokichi literally revealed a threat to the cast. And yet they still treat him like he’s this big villain….WHAT? Okay, but literally people treat Celeste better than Kokichi. Celeste is worse than Kokichi in everyway (personality wise)

Me: Celeste is evil in such a simple way, it's easy to brush over she's just greedy, a materialistic girl in a materialistic world, who could blame her? murder? god forbid women do anything

Sini: She’s very slay, but it’s just shitty cause you know people only excuse her cause she’s a cute girl

[danggirlronpa]

17. List five headcanons for your favorite characters!

Ultimate Imposter is transmasc he/they. He was AFAB, and generally doesn't imitate women, because it brings about their dysphoria - except when in despair, where he intentionally dresses as Junko to incite it.

I've mentioned this on my main blog before, but Akane having a terrible, terrible outfit has always read to me as extremely in character, because her family wouldn't have had the money to properly support her interests, and god knows Hope's Peak wasn't providing any financial support. I imagine she has a lot of chronic pain because of working her body so hard in so many ways (fighting without training HURTS, and she's hitting, like, The Best Swordsman Who's Ever Existed).

I like to think that, in IF-Verse, Mukuro and Mondo end up as a power duo. There's nothing I love more than M/F friendships with absolutely no inclination of anything deeper. We don't get enough of that. Also they're literally a driver and a gunner. They would've played so much GTA pre-game.

Rantaro is also transmasc! And gay. Rantaro's fashion and piercings remind me a whole lot of gay trans friend I used to have and miss a lot, and it makes me really happy to think of him as carrying other aspects of him, too. Also, the chapter one scene where Tsumugi is like "are you...You Know......?" and Rantaro gives her a winky emoji and nothing else is SO funny.

Komaru reads yuri. She reads SO much yuri. But like. You can't Tell other girls you read yuri. There Are Yuris About Not Telling Other Girls You Read Yuri. What's Komaru going to do? Reveal that she has an interest in something that isn't popular with at least 70% of the larger population of Japan? No thank you, she is sitting her happy ass down and reading Sasameki Koto at 3 AM.

[spontaneousglitterbees]

Might I ask for 📓 about Kokichi?

[For this ask meme]

📓 A headcanon about their hobbies

I think he liked tabletop games pre-game, both popular and more obscure. The likes of Mysterium, Timeline, and Codewords next to things like Clue; lacking anyone to actually play with, no siblings and a hard time making close friends, the only one on a physical shelf was a good dozen handwritten sets of Apples-to-Apples flashcards held together with a rubber band. Social deduction games like Werewolf or Mafia were his favorite, and on the rare occasion he found himself with enough people willing to play, he would get Incredibly Immersed in the role. A bit too much for a party game.

He used to read through games of Mafia on message boards, one post at a time, where ‘day’ and ‘night’ phases last several IRL days at a time and in most games half the players are kicked partway through for inactivity. But once in a while you get a truly wild game that makes for a fascinating read.

They ah. Aren’t the same, anymore.

Besides games? He has a dedicated junk drawer in his room for interesting bits and bobs he finds around campus, coins and zippers and neat-looking rocks from the courtyard; things he’s decently sure nobody will care to look for.

Things people probably will care about, though, he either doesn't touch or actively tries to give back. He first really spoke to Rantaro after trying to stealth-return a ring he'd found in the gym by sliding it under his door... and getting caught, because he'd underestimated how good Amami is at staying covert. Kokichi insisted that he'd stolen it earlier in the day just to watch him squirm, and now he wanted to see if he could convince Rantaro it'd been in the first place he'd looked the entire time for his reaction.

Rantaro knows for a fact he had that ring twenty minutes ago, and hasn't seen Kokichi since breakfast. Haste makes you sloppy, alright?

But Amami didn't yell at him for it. No shouting, no swearing, just a smile and shrug. This man has younger siblings. He can see through Kokichi too much for comfort, could easily hurt him with that, and chooses not to. "Guess you got me, huh?"

Thus, almost immediately, he became beloved Amami-chan.

[unrealization]

⭐ !! / give me all the combos, no matter how out there they may be :D

@truethes MULTIMUSE MEME | Accepting!

[WELL there are a ton of possibilities with our muse lists! Obviously ANY DR muse will work with mine, but I'll list out a few specific ones I'd be very down to do! This... Is gonna be a long one I'm afraid. You did say ALL the combos, so I'm going to oblige!]

Normal picks:

Mukuro and Junko

This is the most obvious one, I think. Mukuro's dynamic with Junko is easily the most important one to her character. Ironically it makes it REALLY REALLY HARD TO GET INTERACTIONS WITH THEM GOING because of how far into headcanons their actual past tends to be. Definitely one I'd love to discuss or just mess around with at some point. I do absolutely guarantee it will HURT though.

Mukuro and Makoto

I jokingly said that I was considering offering a salary for someone who would do this one with me. Danganronpa If introduced a really interesting dynamic between them and I have ALWAYS wanted to explore it more. I don't even mean, like, as a romantic ship or anything. I have SO MANY plot ideas for this one that I've been rotating in my mind for ages.

Izuru and Hajime

Ok, hear me out. I know they're the same guy and all, but there are some interesting possibilities here. Hajime faces the thing he became. I even have a rough idea for a way to make them both technically exist after the ending of SDR2 as an addendum to my horrible postgame verse.

Tsumugi and Kaede

There are a lot of angles here, actually. A more direct confrontation between them in the early game? An AU where Kaede is around for the later parts of the killing game? A lot of interesting things we could do.

Tsumugi and Rantaro

Same as above. I am quite partial to the theory that they knew each other from a previous iteration of Danganronpa, but I'm not married to it if you're not fond of that angle.

Out there pick:

Sayori?

You asked for out there, so here you go. I have a Danganronpa verse for Sayori I've never really gotten to use. I've never even written it out on tumblr before so I'm technically debuting it here! I can't think of a specific combo for her at the moment, but if you wanted to do something very out of left field, I'd be very happy to.

The self-indulgent section where I talk about OCs:

Akira

So, quick note: I will literally write my OC Akira with any character. I'm kind of obsessed with this character and I very rarely get the opportunity to use her. A few ideas for interesting match ups:

Akira and Imposter

I think they would be interesting, especially pre-tragedy. Imposter's talent is actually pretty similar to hers, and more importantly I honestly think she might be unable to mimic him since he's able to change his whole identity so easily. One of the rare individuals she could probably have a face-to-face conversation with without her talent causing problems. Post-Tragedy I don't know how well that would go for either them.

Akira and Junko

Pre-Tragedy, Akira would probably pick up a bit of Junko's more sinister nature due to her talent working the way it does. Post-tragedy... Yeah, Akira has more or less stolen Junko's identity and is pretending to be her in order to run an Ultimate Despair splinter cell/cult. Junko being around and still alive would complicate her narrative quite a bit.

Etsuko

I'd feel bad if I didn't mention her. I'm kind of in the process of reworking Etsuko a bit, but the core ideas are still there. Anxiety-riddled Reserve Course student who's mind was shattered in a failed attempt to create Izuru Kamakura shortly before Hajime did it. Really dangerous post-tragedy as she's driven by an insatiable desire to feel and inflict the only emotion she's still capable of feeling. Namely, fear. Really dark character that will most likely inflict extreme violence upon anyone she meets post-tragedy or just avoid a social interaction pre-tragedy. If this basic description interests you I can talk about her a bit more, but I feel like it might be better to hold off until I'm happier with where she's at as a character first.