#therefore we come to the conclusion that oumaeda is of utmost importance

[starlingbowels]

I think about it every day: if kokichi were in sdr2 or if nagito were in v3, they would have such a disastrous time trying to one-up each other's plans. Or nagito would volunteer to act as a stepping stone for kokichi bc of seeing his hope.

my delusional shipper brain tells me they could probably save each other in the end.

To me it seems like kokichi's "hope" - not only to end the killing game and the suffering of all, but also to obtain the ultimate victory over the mastermind - would be just perfect by nagito's standards, because nagito is always about hope triumphing over despair, right? They both wanna win.

and when nagito wanted to change course bc of knowing about the remnants of despair, kokichi could just do his lie speech and make nagito see how truth could bring despair. But nagito won't give up easily, so just like kodaka said in this tweet, the two would probably end up having a fight over who gets to end the killing game properly.

the two being so similar in their somewhat self-deprecating belief of needing to play a self-sacrificing role, kokichi could probably guess what nagito is going to do. he would be smart enough to stall nagito on his suicidal path, if only bc kokichi despises killing & the ultimate luck should make things more fun.

he would manipulate or rope nagito into helping with his own plan - if they put their heads together I'm sure they could create a perfect crime - but then nagito would be too smart to fall under his influence, so 100% try to sabotage that plan as well; besides, nagito wants to be the ultimate hope and he couldn't possibly pass that opportunity onto kokichi.

So in the end they'll probably just prevent each other from dying tragically while having the biggest battle of wits that over time just evolves into more and more convoluted, batshit crazy "make each other survive" schemes. It's a thought that amuses and comforts me.