#sdra2 spoilers maybe?

[accirax]

DRDT vs. The Scrum Debate

Greetings party people (<- DRDT fan community). By complete accident, I wound up writing some analysis addressing DRDT's Chapter 1 Scrum Debate and what it might mean for the future of Chapter 2. Although it can no longer be used in the exact context for which I originally wrote it, there were still some interesting things to note, so I thought I'd share.

So, here's the question I'll pose: whenever DRDT's Chapter 2 Scrum Debate eventually appears, can we deduce who the killer is by which side of the Scrum Debate they're on? (DRDT spoilers, obviously, as well as V3 spoilers.)

Let's start out with the facts of DRDT so far. I'll recap the Scrum Debate using this formatting: the person listed first is the one who speaks first, on the team opposite the protagonist. The person listed after the arrow (->) is the person who countered them from the protagonist's team. The team whose opinion is proven correct by the end of the Trial will have their names in green, while the incorrect team will be listed in red. The killer is bolded. The protagonist is underlined. The protagonist's side always wins, so I'm not additionally marking that in any special way. I'll list anyone who doesn't talk at the bottom, and cross their name out (name) if they're dead.

DRDT Chapter 1 Scrum Debate

Question: Is Teruko the culprit? (yes/no) J -> Nico David -> Whit Veronika -> Rose Levi -> Ace Hu -> Eden Arei -> Arturo Min -> Teruko No lines: Xander, Charles

In this case, Xander didn't speak in the Scrum Debate (because he's dead) and neither did Charles (because he was having a mental breakdown). As it stands so far in DRDT, the "pattern" is that the killer, Min, spoke and was on the team opposite from Teruko. She was countered by Teruko herself, even!

Therefore, you could say that "the killer will be someone who argues on the opposite side of the protagonist, and possibly even whoever is countered by Teruko. If your killer pick winds up on Teruko's team, it's bad news for you."

However, it's hard to find a pattern in only one example. Now, we'll see if those assumptions hold true when compared to the OG of Scrum Debates, the canonical Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.

V3 Chapter 1 Scrum Debate

Question: Is Shuichi the culprit? (yes/no) Kiyo -> Gonta Miu -> Kaito Maki -> Kirumi Ryoma -> Kiibo Kokichi -> Kaede No lines: Rantaro, Angie, Tenko, Tsumugi, Himiko, Shuichi (^ Unlike what's been shown in DRDT so far, in V3, characters' death portraits are assigned to a side of the Scrum Debate. That is what these colors note for Rantaro right now, and other dead students below.)

V3 Chapter 2 Scrum Debate

Question: When was the body put in the piranha tank? (in the morning/at night) Tsumugi -> Angie Kiyo -> Himiko Miu -> Kaito Kokichi -> Shuichi Gonta -> Maki Kirumi -> Tenko No lines: Rantaro, Kaede, Ryoma, Kiibo

V3 Chapter 3 Scrum Debate

Question: [Should we] Vote for Korekiyo [now, or discuss it further]? (vote now/discuss further)* Himiko -> Kiibo Miu -> Shuichi Kaito -> Kiyo Gonta -> Kokichi Maki -> Kiyo Tsumugi -> Shuichi No lines: Rantaro, Kaede, Ryoma, Kirumi, Angie, Tenko (*Although the team that said vote for Kiyo now would have technically been correct, given that he did kill Tenko and Angie, it's generally good practice to discuss every piece of evidence in a Class Trial in case something strange comes up last minute. Thus, I will call the team that said they should discuss further correct. If you disagree with this verdict, just flip the colors in your mind.)

V3 Chapter 4 Scrum Debate

Question: Could Gonta have committed the crime? (no/yes) Kaito -> Shuichi Tsumugi -> Kokichi Maki -> Kiibo Kaito -> Shuichi Kaito -> Kokichi Himiko -> Kiibo Gonta -> Shuichi No lines: Rantaro, Kaede, Ryoma, Kirumi, Angie, Tenko, Kiyo, Miu

V3 Chapter 5 Scrum Debate

Question: Which one is dead? (Kokichi/Kaito) Kiibo -> Shuichi Himiko -> Maki Tsumugi -> Maki Kiibo -> Shuichi Himiko -> Maki Tsumugi -> Shuichi No lines: Rantaro, Kaede, Ryoma, Kirumi, Angie, Tenko, Kiyo, Miu, Gonta, Kokichi, Kaito

Oof, my man Ryoma cannot catch a break. And Miu is only correct once she's dead; that's pretty funny.

Now, let's answer some questions! As established by v3...

Does the blackened have to be on the opposite team from the protagonist? No, Kiyo argued on Shuichi's side in Ch3!

Does the blackened have to be countered by the protagonist in their Class Trial? No, Kirumi, Kiyo, and Kaito were never countered by Shuichi!

Is the blackened always on the incorrect side of the Scrum Debate? No, Kaede, Kiyo*, and Kaito answered correctly!

Does the blackened have to speak in the Class Trial? No, Kaito didn't say anything, as himself or as Kokichi!

(Granted, Kaito not speaking was a very special circumstances that will in all likelihood never apply to DRDT, much less in this Class Trial. And, of course, Kaede wasn't countered by the protagonist either, but given that she was the protagonist at the time, that would have been basically impossible.)

With these answers, I think we can confirm that, in general, you cannot determine who the killer of a given Trial is based on where they're placed in the Scrum Debate. As established by V3, they can talk on the side of the protagonist, talk against the protagonist, or not talk at all, and they can still be the killer. It makes sense that it would be this way, or else you could start calling the killer as early as the first episode of the Trial, depending on the Scrum Debate's placement.

However, that's not to say that you can never infer things from the evidence you're given. In a well written Class Trial (which DRDT has, in my opinion), a killer is always looking to support their end goals in subtle ways. In V3, all of the killers acted in the way that made the most sense to them based on the question asked: Kaede wanted to protect Shuichi and everyone else, Kirumi wanted others to think the truth of the murder was impossible, Kiyo wanted to extend the Trial to evade a guilty verdict, Gonta genuinely believed he was innocent, and Kaito didn't tip the scales by commenting on one side or another. Of course, that begs the question: what will DRDT's Scrum Debate be about?

Personally, I think it will be about whether Arei met with the killer at 7:30 PM or 7:30 AM, and will happen almost immediately once episodes resume. Thus, in that specific scenario, I find it likely that DRDT Chapter 2's killer will once again be on the team opposite Teruko. Presumably, the killer would want to argue that the time was 7:30 PM, because they likely left AM or PM off of the note intentionally because they had an alibi at night. If we assume that Teruko would side with Charles in saying that the time was 7:30 AM, playing into her feeling that something about David being the blackened is wrong, then that would put her on the (likely correct) AM team, opposite the killer.

An interesting side note about this theory for the Scrum Debate's subject is that it's really similar to V3's Chapter 2 Scrum Debate question. V3 Ch2 asked whether Ryoma's body was placed in the Gym in the morning or at night, and DRDT's may ask if Arei's body was put in the Playground in the morning or at night. Similarly, "is Shuichi the culprit" and "is Teruko the culprit" are almost identical questions, down to the person suspected being the innocent eventual protagonist who was only put into this precarious position by their trigger-happy bestie.

If this pattern holds up, we might expect DRDT's subsequent Scrum Debates to ask us whether we should make an impulsive or cautious decision, something about someone's personality as it pertains to the crime, and which of two people is dead/the culprit. Does that information get anyone theorizing? I certainly think it's interesting idea.

Well, whatever happens, I'm sure we'll have lots to talk about once Episode 12 does eventually dropped. Thanks for checking this out, and hopefully I can post more properly planned DRDT content soon.

[trashimoto]

I forget how to do readmores on mobile so haha sorry everyone long post!!!! Doing it in alphabetical order for no reason lmfao.

Also these are just my silly lottle headcanojs, they change sometimes and arent set in stone qnd obviously you dont have to agree with them its just for fun!!!! :)

emma: transfem genderfluid lesbian!!!!! she/they I think also with acting stuff if theure working on a role for a long time she kind of ends up during that period of tome adopting the gender of the character LOL

hajime: Im partial to transmasc nonbinary hajime lol i like bigender hajime a lot thats what my favorite has been lately. I think hes gay as well and i thinj that being bigender for him is like being a trans guy + being a girl in a gay man way if that makes sense. I think hes he/him but other gay dudes and specific people who undersrand his gender and he trusts can use she/her

hibiki: Sorry the twins are cis to me :( shes either bi or pan as well. I think she does like to play with her gender presentation too as a performer but i think thats less her veing trans and more of her maybe being gnc. Yeah i like gnc cis hibiki sure lets go with that.

iroha: I think gender is far too confusing and iroha gets all confused wheneber she thinks about it ao she doesnt. Shes fine with any pronouns but she hasnt really said anythint about thqt so she usually just uses she/her. I genuinely could not tell you her sexuality because to me iroha is just iroha. Creature. You know

kanade: cis lesbian. I have a very complicated relationship with the twins kanade especially bc some parts of their story hit too close to home with me so i havent tjought in depth about this. I dont think her sexuality is of much importance to her because shes got much more importqnt things going on and hinestly same with gender but for now ill say shes a cis lesbian who maybe that would change if she looked into it more

kokoro: Cis girl and i genuienly dont knwo what to say her sexuality is. I dont want to say aro kokoro because like i feel like she wouldnt be particually good representation and it feels weird to me in the same way that saying light yagami is aro feels weird to me. Like I dont really like that headcanon because it feels kind of “all aro people are EVIL LOVELESS CREATURES” idk if its actuwlly that deep or not wo no hate if you (responsibly and respectfully) headcanon her as aro i just personally dont like that one. I’ll say either het or bi for her.

mikado: transmasc nonbinary boy adjacent. Bisexual. He/they/it/whatever i dont think mikado cares much about pronouns. His gender is guy who listens to oingo boingo if that makes any sense

nikei: I will always be a firm believer in trans guy bisexual nikei but ill be honest i think thats me projecting. I totally can see why people say gay nikei too but i see his liking of women as a little too real for that and i like him having an unrequited crush on bestie setsuka too much to have him not like girls lol. Plus i think having a crush on a very beautiful and sweet woman as well as a grimy rude stinky man is absoltuely 100% bisexual culture (i say this lovingly as a bisexual dude with the same taste as him. Oh also he/him

Setsuka: trans lesbian!!!!!!!! Although i also do like trans girl bisexual setsuka as well. I like trans lesbian setsuka more though. She/they

shinji: TRANS GUY BISEXY SHINJI!!!!!!!! He/him

sora: i like a lot of flavors of nb sora i think my favorite atm is transmasc agender lesbian sora atm. I like bigender and genderfluid sora a lot too though. Any pronouns

syobai: Well i also like transmasc bi syobai as wwll as transmasc gay syobai. i 100% think hes transmasc though and i think he did his own top surgery with a knife and lots of patience. He/him. I think he doesnt really think too hard about gender as a whole either i think hes just always been like that and didnt think much of it because he makes up so many fake names and stuff lol. Love this guy

Teruya: Absoltuely genderfluid my genderfluid pansexual friend Teruya. He/she imo.

yoruko: TRANS LESBIAN YORUKO!!!!!!!!! FOREVER!!!!!!!

yuki: I know this one probably is not going to be the most popular headcanon bc i understqnd why ppl like trans guy yuki but I like cis bi yuki. I like the subverting expectations of him being cis and shinji being trans. Sorry if this breaks anyones heart </3

yuri: i know that trans girl yuri is popular but im more partial to trans guy yuri. Obsessed with letting the girlies know hes “one of the good ones”. Either trans het or bi. Also (insert real world yuri) He is on T. He/him

Grrrr now i wanna post my sdra2 pride headcanons too i dont know if ive ever gotten around to doing that. Well would anyone be interested in that

[talkativeanonymous]

Some old assorted doodles from back in May to make up for not posting this month (didn't post these for one reason or another but it's 4am and I'm being impulsive)

[rantaroeffigy]

downtime in the warehouse

12/26/22

[ninjagirlstar5]

Old Kisatori/InventedProductShipping Headcanons - #4

When was the first temptation to kiss? When did they actually kiss?

The first time Hanzo wanted to kiss Kojiro? Well, I already mentioned this before, but during their first meeting, in person and as business, he saw how doting Kojiro was to his son, who he brought with him and was still a baby. It was very cute and he had the thought to kiss him right then and there…which pretty much unlocked his gay awakening, oops. Obviously, he didn't act on it at the time as that would not only be unprofessional but also cause this was the first time he was realizing that he was gay and needed time to process that, and he's not a cheater. As much as it turned out how incompatible they were with their sexualities, Hanzo was still married to his wife at the time, and he wasn't going to go behind her back just to kiss this one random guy he just met. That would just be adding salt into the wound if he ever got around to mustering up the courage to divorce her. (Which he eventually does.)

As for their first kiss…well, it doesn't happen until a couple of years. Almost two decades, even, as Hanzo never had the courage to kiss him until Yamato and Mikako got their invitation to Hope's Peak. When he shared the news to Kojiro, he also revealed that Teruya had gotten his invitation as well, which meant that they'll be attending the same year and class! They were both overjoyed to have their kids go to a prestigious school like Hope's Peak (elitism aside), so after years of simply exchanging emails and collaborating together once, they decided to meet up in person to celebrate together as adults - a.k.a. there's gonna be alcohol. Hanzo was still harboring feelings for Kojiro but didn't want to make the meeting romantic or anything. He didn't even know if Kojiro was interested in men, so he kept it to himself and they met up at a bar. They spent some time catching up, talking about their kids, their business and what they've been up to personally. After a few drinks, Kojiro was starting to get a bit personal in his touch, leaning against Hanzo and saying that he hadn't a friend like him in a long while. Hanzo's heart was pounding, almost painfully so, as he also admits that Kojiro was very important to him. He laughs, saying that he appreciated the closeness. But, maybe because of the alcohol or maybe because he was just so happy that he just wanted to say it, Hanzo reiterates how important Kojiro is, bringing him a little closer. Kojiro was a bit confused, chuckling almost nervously as he doesn't really believe that but Hanzo means what he says. That he finds Kojiro important, admirable, handsome…lovable. It was only then that Kojiro finally realized what Hanzo was trying to say as he leans in to kiss him…

Only for Kojiro to get out of his seat.

"I can't."

"I…" Hanzo stares at him, feeling like he had suddenly been slapped back into reality. He felt the horrible fear of incompatibility rearing it's ugly head, one that he had forgotten in the moment as the alcohol clouded his judgment. He knew Kojiro had nothing against the homosexuals, as the Otori Mart was a safe space for people like him, but that didn't mean he was interested in men. But, he had to know. "Why…?"

Kojiro didn't answer, not at first.

When he turned back to look at him, it was with wide, grieving eyes, his hand clutching his sweater where his heart would be. And his fingers brushed over where a wedding ring would be, speaking in a quiet voice that cracked.

"…I can't." Kojiro looked down. "…I'm sorry."

And then, Hanzo remembers.

He remembers an image of a young woman, smiling brightly at the camera as she's forever memorialized on the Security page of the Otori Mart website.

Tamami Otori, Lovable Wife and Boss, Forever Missed

And he understood.

He understood that the man he liked still held a candle for his deceased wife.

And he felt his heart break in two.

"…Okay." And that was all he could say. The silence between them felt as though they were going to be buried alive.

"…Thank you for the drinks, Hanzo." Kojiro said, picking up his suit jacket. "I'm sure our kids will get along great as classmates."

"Wait." He couldn't leave it like this. And apparently, neither could Kojiro as he stopped and turned around, his guard completely up. Hanzo swallows. "…Are we…still friends?"

Kojiro didn't answer right away.

"I…" The merchant runs his fingers through his hair. "…I'd like that. Just…give me some time. Okay?"

"…Okay." Hanzo didn't stop him after that. And Kojiro didn't stick around to say anything else, leaving the inventor behind to drink the night away.

Maybe he should've kept his mouth shut…

Aaaaaaaaand that's where they left things off in canon, as Hanzo dies a few months after the 79th class was brought into Hope's Peak, leaving Kojiro alone with even more grief and regrets as a part of him wished he did take him up on that kiss.

BUT WE'RE NOT LEAVING THINGS LIKE THAT, WE LOVE NON-DESPAIR AUS IN THIS HOUSE.

Hanzo and Kojiro still exchanged emails, but clearly, things have been mostly professional between them with how curt and to the point Kojiro has been. This hurts Hanzo but he knew that confessing to Kojiro out of nowhere like that was going to have consequences on their relationship. For better or for worse. But he gives him time, like he asked him to, and kept pace with Kojiro. Eventually, Kojiro starts bringing up stories from his past and during his time running the Otori Mart. This confuses Hanzo at first but he listens to him (well, read), and replies with his own stories, from his time at Hope's Peak to the inventions that worked well and didn't work well. It felt like they were connecting again…and then Kojiro asks him to meet up somewhere. The address was something Hanzo recognized was a graveyard but he chooses to go there anyway to see what Kojiro wants. The months had gotten colder, and upon meeting up with Kojiro, it was a bit awkward but not…uncomfortable. It just felt like two friends that haven't met in a long time. Kojiro asks him to walk with him, and Hanzo agrees.

They walk through the graveyard, silent for awhile, until Kojiro starts talking. It was about his wife, Tamami, and how much light she had brought into his world. Kojiro…admits that he wasn't in a good place when they had first met. Neither of them were, really. Hell, he had done a lot of bad things, things that Hanzo would doubt find disgusting with his strong sense of justice. But unlike him, Tamami never gave up on herself or life itself. She always tried to do the right thing, even when her options weren't clearly on good or evil. She brought as much joy as she could to those around her and their banter between each other…it made him interested in her. It made him want to know more. It made him…feel hope again. So when she died to bring Teruya into this world, he felt as though a lot of his world went with him. But he knew if he gave up here, Teruya would be left without a mother and a father. And Kojiro swore to be the best father he could be and tried his best to pick up the pieces. And eventually, he did learn to be happy again…but not entirely. At that point, the two of them stopped in front of a grave, the Otori family grave. Kojiro's breathing was uneasy, clearly holding back tears. Hanzo just picked up some nearby incense and hands one over to him. Upon lighting them for the grave, Kojiro finally falls to his knees.

"I'm…not sure if I'll ever be ready to let her go." Kojiro swallows, covering his face as the tears start to slip by. Hanzo sits besides him, silent. "She was…She was my hope. But I…I knew. I always knew, if she ever saw me like this…she'd slap me on the back and tell me that it's okay to cry but to stop living in the past. She'd want me to be happy, more than anything else in this world…even if it's without her." He sniffles, wiping his eyes. "I knew…but it's hard for me to…understand."

Hanzo hesitates. He didn't want to intrude. Even if there was a hope blossoming in his chest, he didn't want to cross the line if he were to read this wrong. But he slowly, carefully pulls Kojiro into a hug. The merchant leans into it, almost clinging to him as if he was terrified that he'll disappear on the spot.

"I love her. I still love her. My heart will always belong to her." Kojiro looks into his eyes, red and wary…but somehow, committed. "But…I…I want to make room for you, too, Hanzo. If…you're okay with that."

"Kojiro…" Hanzo squeezes Kojiro's shoulder. It wasn't even a question to him. "Of course I'm okay with that. I never met your wife, but it's only natural that you'd still love her, even after death. I would never ask you to abandon that love. But…if you're okay with being with me, too…then I think we can make this work. For not only us, but the kids, too."

Kojiro was silent.

And then, he laughs.

It was a sad, broken laugh. But it was almost light and airy, like he couldn't believe the words he was saying.

Hanzo thought that was the end of it.

But, through his own tears, Kojiro turned and kissed him on the lips.

Hanzo felt his brain short-circuit, his face going red but not from the cold. But it was over before he knew it, and Kojiro was burying his face into his shoulder.

"Can we stay here? Just a little while longer…" Kojiro asked, quiet and small.

"…of course we can." Hanzo said, gentle and, perhaps, a little giddy.

After that, they both agreed to take things slow, testing out the waters before deciding on anything official.

[77ngiez-archive]

actually i think once they all wake up in the real world shinji just fucken. adopts everybody.

[shslanonymous]

nikei has

- no bitches

- no hand

- no body (monocrow dupes were feeling a lil silly!!!)

- and definitely, no therapy

His bitch left him LMAO 😂😂😂

I would never call Katsie a bitch. She is not a bitch in any way, I love her with all my heart. Nikei can go fuck himself for trying to kill her. /j

^v^ Don’t mind that!

[moonsidesong]

i actually really enjoyed sdra2 (i liked it a lot better than v3, but the bar was basically on the floor for v3 so there was that) but i always thought it was super strange that the game demonstrates on multiple occasions that this dude has at least basic knowledge of the medical world and also did that (honestly kinda neat, i like it) design choice to have his tie in his pocket so it resembles the shape of a stethoscope and then just. never? does anything?? with that?? like alright man keep your doctor secrets

[amarayys]

EPISODE 13 CHP 2 DRDT SPOILERS.

so. WHAT THE FUCK. Levi has basically no empathy confirmed. He wants to be liked but he doesn't understand what caring about others is like. Ace tells levi to die. Lmao. Also he's so suspicious +He mentions the only person who he ever trusted. WHO NOW??? Eden and Arei doomed yuri. We get Arei and David flashback. Arei's cg looks like sora from sdra2s final cg btw thats just a random thought i had. Arei you can't do this to me. She really said "I'm a piece of shit but so is David so let's fix eachother" AUHSVGDHBJFKL Okay. EDEN. WHAT THE FUCK. EDEN. NOBODY SAW THIS COMING. I WAS SO CONVINCED IT WAS TERUKO BUT IG NOT??? Eden took Xander's eye out. So. Eden's probably a traitor, though it's probably not voluntary - we see her crying as she holds the bloody fork. I'm sorry, but with this, I think Eden culprit and Levi accomplice theory is over. I just don't think it works. Also how in the fuck does Arei know about that. my girl eden getting character development real david lying cause he thinks hes tough shit teruko DEFENDING LEVI??? YALL???? SHES PROJECTING HOW SHE FELT IN CHP 1 ONTO LEVI AND DEFENDING HIM I HATE HER /pos DAVID SNEEZING SPRITE LMAO. okay so all secrets are revealed. Teruko is either lying or mistaken about her secret, cause the look David gives her after it CANNOT be innocent. this does tell us something though - the family one applies to teruko, if shes not lying on purpose. but...what??? Who does family refer to? It cant be her parents, she never knew them. And she barely remembers her brother. Maybe it's the others at the orphanage, or her friends? Also, she feels survivors guilt apparently and wished she died with whoever family is. Somebody give my girl Teruko a break. EVERYONE SMOKES TERUKO FOR NOT KNOWING WTF THE SPINNY THING IS. Fandom cheers as Teruko finally stops getting interrupted and explains the murder method. WHIT AS A DOG HAD ME CACKLING I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING. We see that Teruko's drawing isn't much better than her handwriting (which we get more samples of btw!!!!!!!) Nico's gonna have to explain the murder... maybe the theory that Nico was framed by / helped someone is true, but idk. Teruko's interrogating the shit out of them. So. Culprit? I think realistically, the best options for the culprit are Ace, Rose, and Whit. Maybe Hu, Veronika or Nico if you squint REALLY hard but I doubt it. I think Ace is SUPER suspicious, half because vibes and half because david calling his ass out here

Rose definetly has potential to be the culprit, but idk. im tired leave me alone. WHIT. EVERY SINGLE FUCKING THING YOUVE SAID THIS TRIAL IS SO SUSPICIOUS. YOUVE BEEN THROWING BLAME ONTO LEVI CONSTANTLY. U KNOW ABOUT HANGING SPECIFICS FOR SOME REASON. UR SO SUSPICIOUS UR NOT SUSPICOUS ok thats it unrelated to this post, i made a doc of my live reactions to stuff and here are some things i wrote that i thought were funny

I am tired but this episode was SO good. I'll probably make a more in dept theory/post on it tmr lmao its 1:36 am.

[monkey-overalls]

SPOILERS FOR BOTH THE MOST RECENT EPISODE OF DRDT AND CHAPTER TWO OF SDRA2

Is anyone else seriously reminded of Emma and Kokoro with this case? For starters, it’s the same chapter, but both relationships were also heavily emphasized leading up to the murder. When Emma started being suspected, she broke down crying about how it was impossible for her to be the killer because of how much she cared for Kokoro, only for that to have just been an act. Maybe the same is true here for Eden?

Like I said in my last post, I don’t want it to be her… that would suck not only because it may mean her “sweet” personality was all just an act, but it would likely be the final nail in the coffin for Teruko ever trusting people again. How would she even come back from that 😭

[comfortabletogether]

Hello hope your having a good day idk if your still active on this given that no one is 💀 but can you write a Sdra2 x reader scenario were the girls suspect their S/O of cheating only to realize that that was their cousin the whole time

Thank you for request! It means a lot to get this kind of stuff. I only write for 6 characters at a time btw. You can rerequest if you wanted Setsuka or Kokoro. Anywho, this was a fun request and like last time it was almost no spoilers. Actually that’s a lie, I can’t write without spoilers whatsoever. And yeah I’m still active. I need to rewatch a play through of DRA though.

That was or maybe not be the reason I’m trying to hold off on DRA request because I’ll definitely fuck them up.

WARNING: Kanade, IMPLIED SPOILERS, SUSPECTED CHEATING, idk y’all

~ Mod Haruhiko ✈️

Emma Magorobi

🎬 Emma would probably be tagged many many times in some popular paparazzi page. And that post was a picture of a person who looked just like you holding hands with some other person.

🎬 She’d probably feel heartbroken and would definitely be extremely upset about it. But then she’d see that the person who looked like you didn’t look all that like you. Sure, you looked similar but not exactly the same.

🎬 But unfortunately her anxieties got the best of her and just assumed it was a weird lighting. And Emma probably wouldn’t confront you in person instead opting for doing it via text.

🎬 When Emma finds out the truth, she’ll expect you to also have some proof to back it up.  But when she finally is convinced of it not being you, she’d apologize immediately.

Yoruko Kabuya 

🍷Yoruko would see a girl who looked shockingly like you from across the bar. And you were with someone else. Yoruko didn’t think much of it at first, just a little mad you didn’t say hello. Or that was until you had kissed this person.

🍷 She tried to get over there to go yell at you and about how you had betrayed her trust. But unfortunately Minako had kept her behind the counter serving people as it was an extremely busy day.

🍷 Then the real you had come in and taken a seat on a bar stoll. And Yoruko immediately got confused because how could you be on two different places at once.

🍷 As she was serving you, she’d ask about what was going on and once you have explained. Yoruko be so thankful for Minako putting her behind the counter. That would’ve been an embarrassing first meeting with your family members.

Sora

❔ You were the only person who recognized Sora and you were the only person she recognized. Although not remembering much about what you did, she remembered that she loved you.

❔ For a motive, Mikado or well Monocrow handed out pictures. And in those pictures it was of a person who looked suspiciously like you and another person kissing, and many more the you look-alike and them going on a date.

❔ Sora is put off with this motive at first, questioning in her mind if it was actually you or not, but instead of confronting you on it, she slept on it.

❔ In the morning she went to go ask you about it, and she had come to the conclusion that you were the one in the picture and she was mad and questioned you over it.

❔ Sora was very embarrassed to find out that she got worked up over her S/O’s cousin making out with their boyfriend. She did apologize 

Kanade Otonokoji

🎵 Another one to hear about this via social media. One thing she hated about your public relationship was that you lacked privacy when you went out in public. Kanade kind of knew once she saw the picture.

🎵 Kanade understood almost immediately that the person in that photo wasn’t you. But she wanted to play up her innocent girl persona with you. So she faked crying and showed up at your place.

🎵 She would intentionally try and make you feel bad for her. Kanade would start up an argument showing pictures that were on social media. But that argument did dissolve quickly.

🎵 Once formally told by you, Kanade would try and guilt trip you for not introducing her to your family beforehand. And she would only then cuddle you as a make up for the argument.

Iroha Nijiue

🎨 Iroha would see a picture taken by one of her older siblings of you and another person. They had multiple pictures of dates and kisses as if her sibling had been stalking you. Which that made her upset.

🎨 She was straight up in denial as she assumed that they were doing this to get her much more focused on her masterpieces. Until Iroha was told by either Emma or Hajime that they had seen you going around with another person.

🎨 Iroha would feel so hurt by this, and would just lock herself in her room and cry for hours. She would draw her ocs getting trauma to cope with the feelings of hurt.

🎨 She would also probably make someone else go and confront you about it, record the situation and send it to her. And which in this case she made Emma do it. After knowing that it was just your cousin she would pretend like none of that ever happened whatsoever.

Hibiki Otonokoji 

🎶 Hibiki would hear about this through Kanade, who would also show proof of a video of you and the other person kissing. Intentionally Hibiki would lash out at Kanade for ever assuming that would’ve been you before breaking down crying for her sister to comfort her.

🎶 She wouldn’t confront you for a while, she would just ghost and ignore you. Avoiding places that you could’ve seen one another in public. Hibiki just felt so betrayed, so many people had left her. Why you too?

🎶 Eventually you two would see each other somehow again, and Hibiki would start crying demanding for an explanation. It created a whole scene but you loved Hibiki so why did it matter?

🎶 Once you told Hibiki that it wasn’t you in those pictures and that it was your cousin, going as far as to FaceTime them to prove it. Hibiki’s blind trust in Kanade’s words would begin to dwindle.

[hajikei]

Also i loved reading your gender and sexuality headcanons for the sdra2 cast, do you have any for the dra ones? (+ if you wanna elaborate on the trasnfem setsuka one i'd enjoy listening, i hadn't seen anyone have that kind of hc for her before so i'm curious on the thoughts behind it)

Hello! Thank you for the question! I’m sorry this took so long, my draft for it disappeared and I haven’t had time to remake it.

Admittedly, I’m not as passionate in DRA as I am for SDRA2. I have minimal notes this time, but hopefully this can suffice! Like last time, the content below the cut contains spoilers!

DRA: SEXUALITY + GENDER HEADCANONS

Kiyoka Maki - Cisgender Heterosexual

Ayame Hatano - Cisgender Lesbian

Kanata Inori - Cisgender Heterosexual (But the Inomori shippers are convincing me otherwise.)

Teruya Ōtori - Cisgender Pansexual (Same as SDRA2!)

Kinji Uehara - Cisgender Heterosexual (Locked in the closet and is NEVER coming out.)

Akane Taira - Cisgender Bisexual

Mitsuhiro Higa - Cisgender Heterosexual

Kizuna Tomori - Cisgender Questioning (She met a girl that made her reflect on every dating decision she’s ever made.)

Rei Mekaru - Cisgender Asexual (Maybe demiromantic as well?)

Haruhiko Kobashikawa - Cisgender Heterosexual (Was probably bi-curious at some point, though.)

Satsuki Iranami - Cisgender Pansexual

Yamato Kisaragi - Cisgender Heterosexual (I never got to the point he was introduced in the game, so I don’t know his character too well.) 

Mikako Kurokawa - Cisgender Lesbian 

Kakeru Yamaguchi - Cisgender Bisexual (Bi panic as a person.)

Yuki Maeda - Cisgender Heterosexual (Different from his SDRA2 counterpart!)

Utsuro - Cisgender Aroace (I know it’s a common headcanon for villains, but I genuinely cannot imagine him having romantic/sexual feelings towards anyone.)

Tsurugi Kinjo - Cisgender Something (I’ll be honest, I don’t know where to place him. I have a lot of different ideas and my mind can’t decide on one. ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ )

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Also, explaining my headcanon!

(I have a TLDR at the bottom if you want to skip.)

Originally, I headcanoned Setsuka as bisexual. To me, she just wanted good vibes and a great connection with someone - she couldn’t care less about gender. (Also because I was a huge Setsukei shipper back in 2018.)

But after seeing her older design for Chapter 6, I got HEAVY lesbian aunt vibes from her. Then it started changing my brain chemistry for her entirely. (Cool butch older sister, no further comments.)

As for the trans headcanon, I rarely see any trans butch headcanons and wanted to represent that in one of the characters! 

It took a lot of time figuring out the headcanon could work, and I have some general details about it:

I don’t see it as something she’ll talk about casually - only with people she’s close to and knows it won’t change their opinion of her. She’s not ashamed of her identity - just cautious of negative responses.

I also imagine she figured out her identity at a young age, and since then, has had a lot of time to learn little tricks on how to feminise her features, figure, etc. 100% will give you advice if you ask (doesn’t matter if you’re a trans guy either, she’s got a wide range of knowledge.)

TLDR; The trans butch sister who’s there when you need her. ^v^

[danganronpafan777]

Can you please do:

Sdra2 boys with a male s/o who is ultimate trader and trading his life to save them from a deadly situation

This request reminded me of this song, ngl

Spoilers in all parts!!

Hajime Makunouchi:

He didn't have much to say about your ultimate, just that there was nothing you could trade to skip out on a training session with him and Shinji. 

He was oblivious to his crush on you, and Yuki or Sora probably pointed it out for him. He denied it at first, he just cared about your health after all! 

...Maybe he cared about you a bit more than the others-

Hajime wanted to confess to you, and under normal circumstances, he would have. He would have trained with you alone and admitted to having feelings for you. 

Unfortunately, this was not a normal circumstance or school trip. He was a member of void, and was supposed to be the first killer. He couldn't have a relationship right now of all times. 

That's what he told himself, but Hajime couldn't let himself reject you when you confessed to him. He felt bad, knowing what he was going to have to do, but he also wanted to enjoy every minute he had with you. 

Even when he had to 'get drunk' at the party, it was still one of his favorite moments with you. He acted tipsy and sick, but you refused to leave his side. 

When he was voted guilty for killing Yuri, you still wouldn't abandon him. 

Making the deal with Mikado was definitely one of the hardest negotiations you've ever went through, and even then, Mikado made it clear that Hajime was forbidden from talking about void. 

Hajime thought for sure that would be enough to stop you. He wouldn't be able to help anyone anyway! What use was keeping him alive!? Especially in exchange for your own life!

"It's because I love you, Hajime. Even if you can't say anything, I want you to live."

No... you didn't understand! The whole point of this killing game was so he keep his divine luck and stay alive! He was going to die either way!

He wanted to tell you, but he couldn't waste your sacrifice. It was too late. 

Hajime could only sink to the floor as you underwent his execution. He couldn't believe it.

Mikado really was planning to kill him, and you, knowing he killed Yuri, still sacrificed yourself to save him... why!?

Besides Shinji, Hajime was isolated after that. He doesn't mind, he knows he deserves it. He refuses to let himself wallow in guilt, instead training hard and pushing himself past his limits. 

He's not sure what to do now, but he doesn't want the game to continue. Even if his options are limited, he'll still find a way to save your friends. 

Nikei Yomiuri:

"A trader!? What does that entail!? What was the best trade you've made??"

Like the other students, he wasted no time interviewing you about your talent. He was one of the last people to realize his own crush on you, and even after that, this man was in complete denial. 

When you comforted him after the events of the third trial, he couldn't deny his feelings any longer. Even if this was the wrong time for a crush, his heart nearly beat out of his chest when he learned you felt the same way. 

Your happiness was short lived, as he did everything to push you away in the tower. Nikei didn't want to do this to you, but he had to stop Mikado. 

All of that led him to where he was now: Shaking in anger as his right hand was torn off his body, just about to be executed from a stupid rule Mikado made up.

The last thing he was expecting was for you to make a deal of your own. Nikei didn’t want to die by any means, but he couldn’t sit idly while you gave up your life to save him.

Especially when he didn’t even have anything left.

Nikei couldn't let you do this. He already lost everything. His leadership, his pride, his fucking hand... 

He can't lose you too. He can't have something else taken from him by this bastard wizard.

He cries and yells to you at the same time. 

“STOP IT! IT WON’T FUCKING WORK!! I’M DEAD ANYWAY!”

Mikado ignored Nikei, promising to fix up his wound and keep Nikei alive as long as he didn’t disclose anything about void. 

Nikei continued to shake and scream, beginning to sob as you made the final handshake, sealing the deal once and for all. He just wanted to cling to you and never let go. 

But once again, he was powerless as you were pulled away from him, watching your final, painful moments.

It was all too much. The shock from his injury and after watching the gruesome display… he felt numb. He didn’t want to live. If anything, he wanted to kill everyone in this place and then himself. 

But that’s what got you killed in the first place. 

Nikei is isolated from the group, and spends most of his time in his dorm room, thinking of what he should do now. He didn’t care about divine luck anymore, or even his stump where his prized hand used to be, he just wanted you. 

Shinji Kasai:

Given his extroverted personality with guys and shyness towards girls, you couldn't help but be surprised when Shinji stuttered out his confession

It took you by surprise, but you couldn't be happier! The two of you took care of Yuki and each other throughout the killing game, comforting each other after every class trial. 

Shinji trusted you completely, refuting any claim that you could possibly in void. And he wouldn't hesitate to tell you, that even if you were, he wouldn't love you any less.

The moment Nikei introduced the idea of Shinji being an informant, you completely shut it down. From that point forward, you knew Nikei had to be up to something. 

You told Shinji what he had said, and convinced Yuki that Nikei was full of shit. Knowing what Nikei had said about him, Shinji was much more hesitant to meet with Nikei. 

The moment you hear about it, you tell Nikei that you'll meet with him instead. He doesn't buy it at first, but you admit that you know he's going to get someone killed, and as long as you were alive, it wouldn't be Shinji. 

You didn't know the full story, the truth that Nikei needs Yuki to be the blackend, but your current knowledge is enough for Nikei to change his plan, on the condition that you take the gun while Shinji is asleep. 

It was a stupid idea, but the only way to get out of the tower is by someone's death. Whatever Nikei was going to do, Shinji would be safe. 

You didn't notice Yuki until after Nikei tased himself, and by that point, everything happened so fast. 

As you laid on the ground with a shard of glass on your neck, you still tried to comfort Yuki, who was slowly backing away in shock. 

Shinji noticed both yours and Yuki's absence, immediately getting worried. He searched the entire tower, but he couldn't get there in time. You had only a few more minutes of life left in you, and there was nothing he could do. 

Shinji cried out and yelled at Yuki for what he did, who could only drop to his knees.

As you felt your vision darken, Shinji looked at your condition. The two of you made eye contact, and you knew what he was about to do. 

His shaking hand reached for the piece of glass, but you shook your head. You smiled at him one last time, the look in your eyes telling him everything you wanted to say, and used the last of your strength to plunge the glass deeper into your own throat.

Throughout the trial, Shinji comforts Yuki, but his upbeat energy isn't the same. He doesn't blame Yuki for what happened, assuring him that no matter what, he'll always be his big bro

But that doesn't make what happened hurt any less. He wants to forgive void, but what could have made them do something like this? Why go through the trouble just to kill Yuki?

When Nikei reveals the deal you made, and how Shinji was going to be the original victim, his guilt only increases. He does everything he can to hold himself together for Yuki and the others, but the moment Nikei is executed, he bawls his eyes out.

He refuses to leave Yuki alone, and makes a memorial for you on the next island. 

He exercises more, trying to escape the guilt. You gave up your life for his, so he's indebted to make the most of it. He's failed to save everyone so far, but he won't let it happen again.

No matter what, Shinji will never forget the time you two shared, and above all, he'll never forget you.

Yuki Maeda:

Yuki admired your talent, but didn't really treat you any differently for it. He was extremely obvious with his crush on you, and you both got together pretty quick

As his friends were dying and killing each other, he couldn't be more grateful to have you by his side. You stuck through him as he freaked out about void, and even wondering if you were one of them. 

There was nothing he wanted more than to escape this terrible place with you and his big bro

But of course, with his rotten luck, that couldn't happen. His big bro had died all because of him, and to make matters worse, he was becoming someone he didn't even know

As Nikei pointed the gun at him, claiming that everything that happened was because of him, Yuki didn't fight it, instead accepting his fate. 

But you wouldn't accept that for him. Not after everything he went through. 

Nikei wasn't able to think straight, being consumed by rage, so he didn't even think about your deal. He just knew that you were getting in his way, and he was about to kill everyone anyway.

With Nikei's rage unconsciously letting off his final act of divine luck, the gun managed to fire a single shot before it blew up on him

Yuki was by your side in a second, not even listening as Nikei screamed in pain at Mikado. He didn't care about Nikei being executed, all he cared about was you. 

He wept, holding your dying body. You could only smile up at him, knowing he was safe now. He held your body close, not caring about the blood staining his uniform. You gently ran your fingers through his hair, just like you always did when comforting him. 

“Y/n, please! D-Don’t go…! I can’t lose you, too…”

His body shook with every sob. You exchanged your last "I love you"s, and gave his hand a final squeeze

No one said anything. Yuki didn't even move. 

Utsuro awoke to find himself holding the corpse of a complete stranger, but somehow...

It still hurt.

Yuri Kagarin:

Obviously, Yuri hated your guts when he first met you 

If you ever did traded something with a woman, he would say that you were ripping them off

It would take A LOT for the two of you to get together, and due to how quickly his life is put on the line by Hajime, he probably still despised you

As the hook is stabbed into his calf, Yuri happily awaits his death, thinking it was a woman who trapped him

It wasn't until you intervened and managed to prove it was Hajime (since he would claim you were lying) that he really began to fight back

By fight back, Yuri simply ripped the hook out, cause there was no way he was dying from a male, and wrapped his jacket around the wound. A part of him did appreciate that you stopped his death from being wasted, but he still ignores your attempts to help him

However, he does warn you when he notices Hajime enter the tower with a syringe of muscle relaxant. 

You tried to talk some sense into Hajime, but Yuri violently cursing him out in Russian didn't help. You knew that Hajime wouldn't let both of you live, so you did what you do best, and struck up a deal.

Yuri constantly spurned the talents of males, but he was impressed by your ability of persuasion. You told Hajime that the muscle relaxant was enough for only one person, and Yuri's blood loss could cause him to forget about this, but if Hajime used it on Yuri, you would tell everyone what happened 

Yuri didn't understand why you were doing this. Males were vile creatures that only cared about themselves, so why were you doing this for him? After he had been so horrible to you?

When Hajime takes the deal, Yuri can't help but feel... afraid? Why? You were the one who was going to die. Could he be...afraid for you, a male?

As your corpse was discovered at the bottom of the tower, Yuri's eyes felt oddly wet, and his vision seemed to slightly blur. 

He stops talking about dying for a woman after that. Despite being a male, you were... a decent person, and he shouldn't let your sacrifice go to waste. 

Having someone die for him hurt, and he would never let anyone feel that way.

Wait, no. He would never let a woman feel that way.

Even if you were a good person, that doesn't mean he was wrong about men.

...right?

Teruya Otori:

You and Teruya connected right away with your talents, and it wasn't long before your relationship became something more 

After he failed to protect Kokoro, he swore to himself that he would never let you become a victim

Even if he had to die

He refused to leave your side, and even when he locked up everyone in the tower, you refused to leave his

Both of you took turns resting in each other's dorms, as Teruya would cling to you in his sleep, just needing to hear your heartbeat and know that you were okay

After getting his reset code, he was conflicted about leaving you behind in the virtual world, but you assured him it was the only way to get help from the outside

When his attempt fails, and he's locked away, he can't stop himself from feeling like he let you down

Upon learning that he is a firewall, the one thing keeping the Kisaragi Foundation from entering, he prepares himself to eat the rice. Only seconds before the rice touched his lips, the noticed that you had thrown the door open, Mikado right behind you.

He screamed at you to leave, and as soon as he noticed Mikado's presence, he tried to eat a fistful of rice as fast as he could, but was easily stopped by Iroha.

Mikado had to gag him as he protested every moment you negotiated with him. He still tried to eat the rice a few times, but ultimately failed 

Mikado saw Teruya's desperation to save you, and knowing that your death would break him even further, to the point where he might convince everyone to vote wrong on purpose, he agreed to take your life to save his

Teruya's eyes became black and white spirals of despair, becoming a perfect reenactment for Akane's sudden turn to despair, and being a perfect push for Yuki's personality swap

When the Kisaragi Foundation intervenes as the survivors are inches from death, Teruya could only feel disappointed that he couldn't be with you again

In the real world, he's forcibly restrained to stop him from hurting himself, and his drive for vengeance is the only reason he returns for the final trial

He not only failed to protect you, but you knowingly gave your life to save his. You died right in front of him, and he would never see you again. It was like his father all over again...

He's a shell of the person he once was, following deeper into Tsurugi's mindset and footsteps

As the dying Mikado reaches for Utsuro, Teruya stomps his head in. 

Syobai Hashimoto:

From the start, Syobai was a bit annoyed at your talent, how you always managed to convince him to cooperate with the others and share information with them, with a bribe that was always too low for his liking, but your ultimate always came through in the end

You were smart, and seemed to understand him better than everyone else, whether it was a result of your talent or not

The same talent you were using to save him from Mikado, who had decided to punish Syobai for attacking him

You didn't want to have to do this, you brought up every trick you could, telling him how he said he wouldn't punish people for hurting him, but Mikado snickered

He was the mastermind, he could alter the game however he wanted, take Nikei for example

Syobai stumbled back when you made your offer, willing to give up your own life to save his

Syobai wouldn't let it happen

He'd offer to pay money, do Mikado's dirty work, however much he wanted to just leave the two of you alone

Whatever it was that void or Mikado wanted, Syobai would get it for them

Syobai has connections and money, but only one person who genuinely cares about him

One person who would give up their life for a bastard like him

With his job, he's faced situations like this before, where one wrong move can turn things ugly, so he prepares his knife 

You lightly held his arm, signaling him to stop, but he refused

"Syobai...one of us has to die. And it's not going to be you."

Syobai's body shook in anger as you were devoured by flames

You didn't even scream as you became nothing more than ashes 

Mikado tried to provoke him, but Syobai was still smart enough to know not to waste your sacrifice 

He became more cooperative after that, telling the group that he didn't care about them, he just wanted to take down Mikado

Slowly but surely, Syobai begins to change, and while he's still far from opening up to people, he cooperates with the Kisaragi Foundation to end the game, and escapes with the remaining survivors

Because he knows it's what you would have wanted

Mikado Sannoji:

Yeah, no. There is nothing you could trade for this man. 

The fact that you’re a trader only reminds Tsurugi of Teruya, and he learned his lesson about making deals with criminal scum from Syobai

Tsurugi would kill you as well, just for being an accomplice with no hesitation.

In the end, the two of you died as Partners In Crime

[googledetective]

I’ve talked about this song with people on instagram and discord and people don’t really seem to get why I associate this song with the dynamic of Tsurugi Kinjo and Rei Mekaru in the Kisaragi Foundation after DRA. So, I’m gonna do a bit of a post here explaining why.

‼️DRA, SDRA2 & OMAKE SPOILERS‼️

(feel free to listen along while reading)

why “Another Shot of Whiskey” by the Gits reminds me of Rei Mekaru’s perspective on Tsurugi Kinjo;

“You walk in with another headache

I can tell by the lines in your face”

(Rei walks into the foundation everyday, and he’s usually working himself half to death and is constantly going over his morales.)

“You seem to think if you just remove the problem

The answers are what will come next”

(A part of Kinjo’s whole philosophy on everything. He thinks that removing all the criminals in the world is the solution and everything will be better afterwards.)

“Another shot of whiskey

And maybe I'll be ready

For what's still crowded in your head”

(Rei needs a drink before Kinjo unloads his philosophy bullshit on her before she can even begin to tolerate it.)

“Never thinking that all the good times

Are what walked in with the bad”

(All the good times she’s had at the foundation are bc of the killing game. This could also reference all the good times she’s had at the foundation are bc of Tsurugi Kinjo, but he’s also is a lot of the bad times too.)

“I don't know why we compromise ourselves

I thought it was a common understanding”

(I am not so sure abt this line besides the fact there’s a lot of self sacrifice in the foundation. This, or the fact that they are all workaholics and work way too hard.)

“With all I've tried to help with

Tell me, do I end up empty handed?”

(Rei tries to change things and help out a lot at the Foundation, but Kinjo’s ideals get in the way and nothing gets done.)

“Another couple of beers while I'm safe here at the bar

And maybe I'll get me some rest”

(Rei needs a fucking drink to finally wind down cause she’s a workaholic)

“Don't know why all the good times have to turn-up with the bad”

(Same as the first time this line came up)

“It's like a sword of hate

You brandish it so proud

I wonder if you're taught what you feel”

(Kinjo’s ideals are so hate-filled and he preaches them proudly. The second part is kind of like ‘where did he get that from’, and it hints at the fact that Kinjo was taught all this by his dad anyway.)

“Or is it the way you got it cold dead in your eye?”

(His eye in sdra2 is full of hatred, once you see him tip the hat off.)

“It would be good if you could just

Leave me well enough alone”

(Sometimes Rei needs Kinjo to give her a break bc lets be fr, he’s probably exhausting.)

“The crime of fate is what I have to follow through

If I'm going to get past you”

(Fate needs to keep her fighting against him because she’s got no motivation to anymore.)

“Another shot of whiskey

And that's about the only

Way I can listen anymore”

(She needs a drink before she has to listen to Kinjo’s BS)

“Go ahead and drown me of everything

At least I still got my place at the bar”

(Kinjo robbed Rei of leadership and a lot of other stuff, but at least she’s still running strong in her place at the foundation.)

The rest of the song is all repeating lyrics, but I hope y’all enjoyed this schizo post 💀

[leviadraws]

If this is too many asks I don’t care /lh

I remember you mentioning how you think the “run in with despair” the survivors had before SDRA2 was related to either Juu kinjo or Teruyas father or both. How do you think it went down?

-Octo

I love asks I'm just so slow at putting thoughts down onto keyboard /lh /pos

Soo, I do have some storyboard drafts somewhere of some of these events that I never felt confident enough to carry on with ( maybe some day) but I can splurge out some thoughts here.

Another long one so under a cut (spoilers):

So there are two things, one: I don't think that Juu and Kojiro are affiliated with each other; two: I think it takes a really long time for them to find and confront them.

The reason for this is I believe Kojiro goes mad after hearing that Teruya is dead, so that's after the class is evacuated from Hope's peak to the Kisaragi lab. So it's in between the time of them hiding there and the uprising Utsuro and Akane setup that Kojiro supplies money to Junko and procures the equipment for the executions.

However, I don't think there'd be a lot of use for him after that, society has collapsed so the retail chains likely fall after being looted to hell, money probably has less use than trade in the tragedy, so I think they just leave him to his despair, which makes him really hard to find.

-> I would love to see this prequel but I know it's never gonna happen /lh

I could be wrong on this, and if so fair enough but I've never really considered the remnants of despair to be a cohesive group, more like separate small guerilla factions that cause chaos.

So, I'd like to think they just kinda stumble upon him while on a mission, and I don't think Kojiro actually recognises Teruya. It's been a few years, Teruya looks drastically different, and Kojiro has gone completely mad. Either someone kills him in self-defence or something happens that causes him to die, like an accident or something self-inflicted.

What's important to note, is that whatever did happen, Teruya considered his father dead from the tragedy in his ftes, so I think when they do confront him he kinda knows that he was beyond saving for a while and is able to forgive and remember his dad for all the good rather than what he became in the end.

(NB: It could be that with the virtual world memory wiping shenanigans that he doesn't actually remember confronting his father only that he died, but I choose to think that's not the case).

Juu on the other hand, had met Utsuro and so must've done so before the tragedy itself. He also mobilised the police force in the lead up to the tragedy and like actively helped in the events. Which begs the question of the timeline for driving the entire police to despair without effecting Tsurugi. I'm guessing that the whole class boarded at HPA during their time there so he wouldn't have been in contact with the department much in those 6 months.

So, Juu was probably far more active in causing chaos and was probs pretty high on the Kisaragi foundation's "we need to stop them" list. Rei also mentions that whatever happened between Juu and Tsurugi really fucked him up.

So I have a feeling that the Kisaragi foundation's goal would've been to capture Juu and have him stand trial, since they aren't vigilantes they don't just go around murdering left and right. At some point on that mission Tsurugi must've vanished on his own and confronted his father, which given what happened in chapter 6 of DRA probably causes him to see red and he just kills him before the others can stop him.

I also headcanon that the scar on his eye is something that he got during that confrontation, which is on the same eye as Juu's own scar. So he has a reminder of his father everytime he looks in the mirror, it's no wonder he desperately tries to cover in up with that hat.

Perhaps I should revisit those storyboards of some kisa foundation short comics...

[ninjagirlstar5]

If I remember correctly, LINUJ had a second blog exclusive to do Q&A with the Fandom (That recently closed by the time he uploaded the first SDRA2 Side Story), so maybe the age thing was in there.

But also, like, DRA was made before the Danganronpa/HPA Saga's timeline was smoothed out (Or attempted to) by the infamous Danganronpa 3 anime, so contradictions between what LINUJ originally wanted to tell in DRA and the canon timeline would be logical.

If that's true, it's a shame that he closed it as I assume it's no longer accessible to the public. It would at least allow us to go through the blog and see if someone asked that question and if he gave an answer.

Yeah, I can see contradictions being cropped up as long as there are content coming out for the franchise. That's kinda just what happens when you make a fangan that takes place in the same timeline of the canon games. Some things either get changed or quickly become outdated as more details come out from more content. And like you said, DRA was made before the Danganronpa 3 anime ever came out as the first chapter was completed in 2013 and the whole game wasn't even complete until 2015...I think. Long before the anime ever aired officially in 2016. Or, even announced as far as I know. (And the game wasn't translated in English until years later.) Correct me if I'm wrong, of course. But yeah, LINUJ is just as much left to the whims of the creators & writers of Danganronpa as we are as a fandom.

And, honestly, I'm not surprised that the Danganronpa 3 anime made a mess of the timeline in an attempt to smooth it out. I can't say much about the timeline on that front, though, as I unintentionally dropped off after a few episodes of the Despair story side, and I meant to get back into it but never did. My interest kinda disappeared and I heard how disappointing it was, so that kinda killed any interest I might've wanted to reignite for it. I won't tell anyone off for those who did genuinely like it, but even then, that doesn't mean it doesn't deserve to be critiqued for it's flaws and just bad writing decisions. And while I never finished it, I did find out about the spoilers and had some...Thoughts...that I rambled about on a Discord server with another person. They're very off-the-cuff but they're Thoughts, nonetheless.