#this was supposed to be about Gonta but oh well;;

[kiigoumiu-blog]

  I wish that more English Danganronpa V3 fans knew that in the original Japanese version, Gonta didn’t talk in caveman/Hulk speech. He spoke in normal polite Japanese, only struggling with the meaning of certain words from his lack of experience. He did however talk in third person but Tenko and Angie did as well. In Japanese 3rd person speech works and is used to make characters cute and childish. But in English none of this comes across and instead is just distracting. Its obvious that the NISA translators only kept Gonta in 3rd person to insert weird American humor into the series.

  I especially dislike this translation because Gonta is one of the most important characters in ndrv3, especially when it comes to Kokichi’s character arc. Now, instead of being the sweet and naive entomologist who allows the audience to see beneath Kokichi’s mask, he is now seen as nothing but a joke side character. 

  Which not only ruins Gonta’s entire character but also makes Kokichi’s character and intentions even more confusing.

(No wonder people are confused that Kokichi and Gonta got official Anniversary wine together haha)

  To make things worse, they also changed Kokichi’s character by making him more childish and aggressive.(even going as far as changing his sprites on scenes!) I’d say one of the worst mistranslations though was making his whiteboard have “trustworthy?” written below the photo of Shuichi. In Japanese it says something more along the lines of “dangerous?” or “untrustworthy?”. I really don’t know how they messed this up but it was likely because there was a translator who wanted Kokichi to be shipped with the protagonist. The translation error to me was strange because most of his interactions with Shuichi were negative so, to suddenly say that Shuichi was the only one he trusted would feel like a contradiction. It’s also frustrating because, the original whiteboard translation imo implies that Kokichi may have suspected that Shuichi was the mastermind which is SO INTERESTING and gives their dynamic so much more depth.

In conclusion: NISA ruined V3 lol

[theamityelf]

Because I'm in a Naeouma mood, I would like to know how a Makoto and Keebo swap would be like please

Wait, I missed this ask! 🤣

Swap as in Makoto is a robot? Or Makoto-the-person swaps with Keebo? (I'm going to assume the latter.)

If Makoto is just another human but happens to wake up in the same room as Kokichi instead of Shuichi or Kaede, a part of me still wants to imagine him doing some miraculously clumsy tumble out of his locker where he bumps his head and everything, just because I think it would be funny to have Kokichi react to that. (My initial thought is, he'd probably make fun of him to his face and then leave, but he'd make sure to tell someone– probably Kaede and Shuichi –that "Some dork died in there," to make sure someone goes to check on him.)

But supposing Makoto doesn't fumble right off the bat and they both make it out of the locker normally, I think (in the absence of a robot), Kokichi would process that he doesn't remember how he got here and this confusion would be externalized at Makoto's expense.

So Makoto goes, "What's going on? Where am I?"

And Kokichi pretends to be shocked, like, "You mean you don't remember?"

"Remember? I...I think I was being chased...? And then...I don't know. I just woke up here."

"You don't remember the trip here?" Basically, Kokichi asks a bunch of probing questions to see if Makoto's memories match his, and Makoto answers with complete honesty. And then, once Kokichi feels he's learned all he can from Makoto, he goes, "Oh jeez, this is bad! I can't believe my boyfriend lost all this memories!"

"Boyfriend?? Really?! I...Sorry, I...I really don't remember you at all! What's your name?"

Kokichi bursts into tears, and Makoto tries his best to console him, completely bewildered, but then Kokichi abruptly stops crying and says something to the effect of, "Oh well. If you don't even remember me, I guess that means I can start seeing other people. Unless you can win me over again, of course. Bring me gifts!"

Only then is Makoto like, "Wait, were we actually dating, or...?"

"Of course! You think I would lie about that?"

"Then...what's my name?"

Kokichi pauses, then smiles and says, "Oh, this is a good time to tell you: I lost my memory, too."

"Then...!"

Shuichi and Kaede walk in, and Kokichi introduces Makoto as his boyfriend, and that becomes one of his more consistent lies, alongside "My organization has a lot of people" and "I'm enjoying the killing game." He regularly calls Makoto his boyfriend, saying things like "Don't talk to my boyfriend like that!" and "Miu, are you accusing my boyfriend? (insert extreme, off-the-wall insult)" He still pairs off with Gonta a lot, and if Makoto ever expresses curiosity or concern about what they're up to, he'll make some joke about Makoto being jealous.

Heaven help Makoto if there's ever a situation where both he and Kokichi don't have an alibi, because Kokichi will be like, "Oh my gosh, sweetie, we're both suspects! Hashtag CuteCoupleThings."

[charlie-pippin-faraday]

my danganronpa v3 chapter 4 investigation and trial running commentary:

so it seems like i was correct to be worried about the fate of miu. man this is such a bummer this is the first time one of my faves has died i'm so upset. and i really thought miu would make it to the end tbh

i love having two purple boys fighting for my affections

did kokichi bring a bottle of poison from my lab as a red herring? wouldn't put it past him. big "byakuya altering chihiro's murder scene in DR1" vibes

i can't believe they would tell me that the poison can cause eyes to look bloodshot and then wouldn't let me investigate miu's eyes to see if they were bloodshot or not what the fuck

man i really just beamed kaito outta there with that cell phone huh

so someone was either trying to frame kaito, remove his ass from the equation, or clear out the rooftop area, yeah?

after more investigating it seems "clear out the rooftop area" is probably the right answer, given that miu and kokichi were supposed to have a secret meeting there

bro why won't shuichi investigate the very obvious lattice???? at miu's virtual body he was like "idk what this is doing here." and it was obviously in the storage room i looked at earlier but he didn't mention that. and then when i went back to the storage room he was like "something feels different from before. idk what tho. oh well" and i'm just screaming SHUICHI YOU IDIOT IT'S THE LATTICE bro wtf

i know they're setting up kaito to look super suspicious, but i actually think he's the least suspicious. sure, he could've done something to her real body, but i think miu died in-game. it said she had no visible injuries. miu died at 6:30, but kaito was forcibly logged out over an hour before that at 5:17. so he could not have killed her in-game, and i think she died in-game, so therefore i don't think kaito is the culprit. i think kokichi is gonna try VERY hard in the trial to convince me he is, though

when they said "there was a user error upon login" i immediately thought to myself "alright who didn't plug their cords in the right way?"

gonta has been very quiet through this whole investigation process. and i'm actually suspicious of himiko, who at the start was very vocal about not wanting to go in the virtual world, and then at the end was VERYYY vocal about not wanting to LEAVE the virtual world. what's going on there?

i'm still so fucking suspicious and confused about the creation of the virtual world in the first place. miu set it up, but kokichi has been talking behind the scenes and also to our faces about setting up some kind of trap? like what's happening here????

idk what kokichi was planning, but i honestly think miu was trying to murder kokichi. maybe that was the setup for this world the whole time. they were planning to meet up, and she edited his avatar so that he'd be paralyzed if she touched him. i think that was the plan and obviously something went wrong

is it possible that miu killed herself accidentally? himiko said there was a big crashing sound like something running into the wall of the chapel or something? maybe miu rammed herself against the wall of the chapel? idk that feels far-fetched but not out of the question

unrelated to the murder, but there's very clearly something going on with kaito health-wise, and he mentioned not being able to feel whatever that was in his avatar body. do you think whatever it is will get revealed in the trial? or next chapter, maybe?

so now that i think about it, i really didn't see a lot of gonta in the virtual world. he was either off on his own or with kokichi. if it turns out that gonta killed her or kokichi manipulated him into killing her, i'm fucking ending my own life

also bro why was there toilet paper just sitting outside

alright so miu added a wall that let non-human objects pass through and then classified herself as a non-human object - this was how she was able to get through to the mansion side without the bridge, right???

i still don't know about the scream they heard from keebo, that's still a mystery

and why are some people's visors still connected and some unplugged?

everyone is suddenly putting a LOT of pressure on me as a detective, this is weird. not just the members of my trio, but like himiko and tsumugi especially. this is strange

oh hey we kind of forgot about that motive key card right?? what happened with that?? does kokichi have it in his pocket?? i'm convinced it goes to the door behind the library bookcase

oh the VERY first thing in the trial, we establish her eyes weren't bloodshot, but you wouldn't tell me while i was investigating? oh come on, game

bro miu was strangled to death by toilet paper?? it's how she would've wanted to go tbh

and himiko agrees lol

lol i KNEW miu was trying to kill kokichi lol

oh MIU planted the poison? interesting

"people you trust and defend will ultimately betray you" kokichi i wanna know who hurt you in the past

bro is this gonna be strawberry tower/grape tower all over again with the weird placement mystery shit?

me to kokichi during this entire trial:

lmao were there billboards of miu in the taxi game? hilarious. wait but why were there then later billboards of tsumugi?

i would like to say i suspected the looping thing for awhile, and that the mansion and chapel were actually near each other in space

WAIT hang on hang on. did the culprit kill her on the locked rooftop and then CHUCK her body off what they thought was the edge of the world, but since her body can pass through the wall she actually slammed against the side of the chapel??

man i was pretty close, putting her on the lattice as a sled off the roof instead of throwing her

i don't like how this is turning out, the suspect list is really starting to point toward gonta and i do NOT like that

man tsumugi was this close to destroying my lie trap

i would just like to say.......i am VERY upset but how this trial is going

this is the most evil and unforgivable thing danganronpa has ever done wtf why would they do this i am SO upset

i'm sorry, alter ego gonta???????? the references to the previous games are becoming much too blatant to brush off, what's happening here

"don't blame kokichi anymore" i'm sorry gonta i will continue to blame kokichi as much as i fucking want

"wait please, i don't want this! don't go, gonta!" kokichi YOU were the one who fucking did this YOU are responsible for this don't act all sad now

i can't believe he was responsible for both deaths that happened this chapter and he still gets to stick around

kokichi i hope you suffer endlessly for what you did to gonta. in fact, i am going to MAKE you suffer endlessly, and i will never ever ever EVER fucking forgive you

evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil evil boy

i once saw a post or something that listed the three "antagonists" of the DR games as byakuya, nagito, and kokichi. first of all, putting byakuya in the same category as the others feels laughable. byakuya was simply an arrogant douchebag that had trouble thinking about others. nagito...well, he was insane, and he sort of had a bit of logic, albeit very VERY twisted, like i can kind of see his thought process and what he's aiming for even though it's kind of fucked up. kokichi, though. that boy is just straightup evil and i don't understand

oof kokichi really exposed kaito's illness and maki's crush in one fell swoop huh

man everyone rushing to kaito's side has got to just be a slap in the face for kokichi. and kokichi deserves it

sooo next chapter is finally when keebo and kokichi are gonna have a showdown and beat each other up, right? it feels like the time. that rivalry has been building up and i need payoff

oh no i got gonta's empty insect cage??! oh that's just hurtful

guys, this chapter hurt me and it hurt my feelings, quite a lot. it took out two of my favorites in one fell swoop. why would they do that to gonta??? that's just mean. i am hugging keebo TIGHT to my goddam CHEST i cannot bear it if i lost him as well

and i have to say: i'm not sure in all of media i have ever consumed there has ever been a character i have understood less than kokichi oma. i will never be able to figure him out. his actions and motivations don't make sense to me. there have been certainly been characters i've hated more (square UP, dolores umbridge and holden caulfield), but none that have confused me more. and man i want some due comeuppance. get punched by a robot, you evil little shit

probably won't have time to continue the game until sunday at the earliest, but on to chapter 5! (eventually)

[ohwell-itsme-but-danganronpa]

Kokichi's fantasy (LHS analysis?)

I promised I would make a post about how I compromise my issues (which are easy to project onto Kokichi, for the most part they're already there) with his preferences. Some notes about the Love Hotel Suite itself first:

Shuichi assumes Kokichi's fantasy is going to be something crazy from the moment he gets there

he talks about trouble and being trapped by Shuichi, and Shuichi is confused about everything for a good portion of this, but the "Am I supposed to be chasing him?" and the immediate denial when Kokichi brings up torture, that he stands by even after being given the specific idea of bondage, and when Kokichi spells it out for him that he's talking about kinks. He only catches himself on that third denial, like wait, we shouldn't be arguing, I am supposed to go along with it, but he's just stumped by the idea of Kokichi wanting any of that, he can't make sense out of what is expected of him

and Shuichi's idea of playing along, getting in character, is to deny him again, he assumes Kokichi is saying all that as a distraction to rile him up and get away, he came to the conclusion that Kokichi wanting to submit has to be a ruse

then he's distracted from the honesty in "I was willing to let you do whatever you want to me" because of his name being used and he's again being distrustful "I can't help but think he means the opposite"

and that's when the switch happens "If you're not gonna do anything, then maybe I will."

"I stepped back reflexively. I had no idea what he was capable of..." he's no longer questioning the situation, now Kokichi is threatening to him and that aligns with how he sees him, so his reactions are no longer delayed

except, it's followed up by Kokichi telling him "no need to be scared" and that's again confusing Shuichi. "Having this kind of conversation only makes it harder to know why I am here..." idk, maybe if you didn't discard the time he told you straight up what he wanted as a lie

"Because you just do as you please, don't you, Kokichi?"

Kokichi: what if I wanted you to catch me? Shuichi: the most shocked gasp in the world. for some reason

after Shuichi's reaction doesn't satisfy him "I thought you would be more excited", he switches one more time, to the original plan "you can do whatever you want to me. And that's the truth.", just gives it a little push this time (literally), pretty ballsy that he even tried again, like, that's bold, and he's using that line on Shuichi's dead fish ass, Shuichi is giving nothinggg

the dissonance between "He pushed me hard on the bed." and "he sprinted toward the exit.", they way those are seconds apart.

"I'll think of a more exciting game for next time. So make sure you excite me too."

Actually, let's reference FTEs as well!

"I only act like a bad guy so you guys don't get too soft, y'know?" that line is interesting too, like yeah, it sums up the entire job he assigned himself in the game and he's throwing that at Shuichi immediately when approached, but also a pattern that keeps showing up, he plays a role that technically loses him credibility, but he's using it to control the situation, uses that subtle kind of manipulation that makes people think they're in control, or perhaps better than him, making their own choices

I am going to ignore Shuichi's attitude actually, for everyone's sake, especially mine

"Well, not as good as mine. I'll surprise you with a gift one of those days, Shuichi!" hmmm, am I reaching if I say that this is also kinda control freak behavior, cannot be indebted, cannot be bested like that, like this isn't just about reciprocation or gratefulness, it's I'll surprise you back and I'll do better

Kokichi: You wanna hang out with me? Hm, but I'm having a strategy meeting with Gonta right now. Gonta: Oh, then... Gonta can have strategy meeting later. AND YOU PEOPLE TRY TO SAY HE DOESN'T GET CUES, he knew where the priorities lay, doesn't need to be told, boss has to try to get some of that sheet cake

"Did you come to beg for your life?" tehehe "Get on the ground and beg like a dog!" kicking my feet even, and the comparison with other antags being condescending while he's just so. eager for it. even better

"I didn't see that one coming" but you know what's visible immediately when this choice is picked? That Shuichi gained a point, Kokichi can't help but be impressed by the rare moments when Shuichi is confident, he sees the man this thot could be

"Keep it interesting for me, kay?" be a good boy, Shuichi

and here it is, the reason I thought of including FTEs before considering salmon mode; "You only have three events left in your life, so you better entertain me until then!" and with the game they just played being rigged by him, that's four situations where he has something prepared for Shuichi, to simply put him in a situation that Kokichi devised, try to get Shuichi to understand, or at least remember him, but in a very specific, planned out way, welcome to control freak town

3rd event and "Then Gonta step aside like gentleman!" it happened again, I can't, Shuichi just came up to them, asked Kokichi to hang out and Gonta is pulling away before Kokichi can decide, this is sad actually, what about bros over hoes? what about the plan?

"Are we going to play more games today-" Nope, you're not allowed to predict shit, Shuichi. Perhaps he changed that one up, at least in order, just to subvert the expectation, or he expected that from Shuichi, it was pretty predictable, just like he could read from his face in the first fte

there is a lot more to point out about the FTEs that I will have to omit not to get sidetracked because the purpose of this is not full analysis, but of course, there is the iconic line "I reach out to him, but he doesn't take my hand. But in his own way... I think that helps me understand him a little." because you only get to hold his hand when he does the reaching out, it's his initiative, he's prepared for it, anything vulnerable or intimate has to happen on his terms, he's regulating the pace, he will run away or close in on himself if you push for it

and just to be throughout, the salmon mode before my conclusions:

okay, the reaction to comedy movie pick is a big one for the sub hc, this is exactly the kind of reasoning I see used to say why it'd be good for him

the Shuichi bullying continues, telling him to go to Tenko when he gets too bold, affirming what we already know about his walls being way up, he's not rushing into shit, he is not going to be disclosing anything vulnerable, no possible blackmail material, nothing casual, you're not learning his porn preference, Shuichi, you need to pass the five tests to hold his hand and enter the trust ranking where you can level up in your knowledge and privileges, you're not seeing him naked any time soon, don't even dream

(and it is not contradictory to say that they would fuck before establishing their relationship, talking about feelings can be a more difficult task than acting on them, and I love to see it, but like, canon universe Kokichi is definitely an inexperienced and manga inspired loser, so he will hold out on that, yearning until it explodes out of him)

finally, my part, so I just think that while Kokichi has the fantasy of submitting, he keeps it well hidden, as if it was one of those unrealistic kinks there's no point bringing up, because he can't bring himself to let go of control (and Shuichi, being as he is in canon, isn't showing much interest or capability to take over, really) he wants to work his way up to it, teases the idea, tries to get Shuichi to show more initiative, plans things out in hopes of tricking his brain into not activating the loss of control alarm, as he grows to trust Shuichi, he will learn to relax and let it go, eventually it'll stop being about control, "letting" something happen, no shifting power dynamics and vulnerability feeling like risking his life, it'll be simply reaching for pleasure together, in a cooperation that they managed to work out through learning each other's bodies and preferences.

but yeah, it's a long rocky road before they get there, and when they first get to intimacy they're both more comfortable with Kokichi taking the lead, it's easy, it doesn't require much discussing (and these bitches hate communicating like normal people), leaving the dynamic unchallenged but perhaps a little ungratifying, something that can't stay as is without eventually creating conflict, because Shuichi doesn't want to feel strung along and toyed with, but that's how it'll feel if Kokichi doesn't ease up his fearful grip on control, and he won't be happy either

[baenyth]

Bizarre V3 AU Explanations and More!

I wanted to explain a bit more about the ongoings of my Bizarre V3 AU a bit more and explain some behind-the-scenes stuff, so let's-a-go!

All of the main 16 characters have or will have superpowers! This was foreshadowed in Miu's, Maki's, Ryoma's, Kokichi's, Gonta's, Kirumi's, and Tenko's character descriptions. I don't know what everyone's will be, but a basic description of the power system is that they have the rareness and luck factor of Stands from Jojo but resemble the Devil Fruit users in One Piece more in that the abilities are physical and can be seen by anyone. Unlike Devil Fruits, abilities can be stacked and there can be multiples of the same ability, so two people could be elastic, but one can drain stamina and convert it into light while another can generate electricity and make metal and plastic float around.

There's also a second power system that's essentially Haki from One Piece. Willpower shaped into three different forms.

The Seven Holy Essences are one of the main things Bizarre V3 will be about aside from the characters themselves. Their inspirations are the infinity stones, the chaos emeralds, antiquated western and Japanese astronomy/mythology, and the general concept that plot coupons could be anything, really.

The "smaller, lesser essences" are based on the fixed stars and are a pretty important part in the overall backstory.

I don't have too much of a plot laid out so far, but I want it to be five "seasons" of sort. All I have is season 1 (basically what the character introductions set up,) season 2 (Idabashi lore, maybe take inspiration from Sonic Adventure 2? Add in the Purple People Eater somewhere, first final boss fight, etc.) and season 3 (version 3 of Star-Hunter Squadron: Elite Rangers!)

Characters do wear alternate outfits, including day-by-day clothes (well, most of them have day-by-day clothes.) Shuichi has clothes on and off the job, Kaede has a variety of sweater vest-related combos, Miu wears various outfits that are not lab-safe, etc.

Ships I'll feature are as follows: Saimatsu, Harukaito, Tenmiko and maybe even polyamory with Angie, Irumatsu (in the form of awkward and bitter exes,) ambiguous and possibly one-sided Saioma, Omota, and Omeno, Kokichi x some original character that appears in season 2 and is supposed to have a ludicrous amount of chemistry with him, and Kirumiu (is that the name for Kirumi x Miu? Miurumi?), mostly because I like it and my idea for it is that two women trying to get information out of eachother end up bonding over a lot of similarities between the two.

Writing-wise, the hardest part for me is trying to fit the Himiko plots into everything else. Himiko's busy with her overprotective girlfriend, joining what may be a cult, and serial killers while the other three-fourths of the cast is trying to figure out what the hell is going on with displacements and blue glows. Maybe Gonta gets depressed and exhausted from finding no results and goes to see one of Himiko's shows or even invites Himiko and her lovely assistant over, but Tenko gets involved in said displacements and blue glows.

To explain what I mean by "disappearances, reappearances, and displacements," here's some of the mysteries described: "Help! I can't find my husband" solved as "Oh! There's my husband! At a restaurant we went to once and hated? And he doesn't know how he got there?", "I couldn't find my keys, but they were in the attic. I wasn't in the attic since five years ago.", and "What the heck is the TV remote doing in my neighbor's front lawn?"

Danganronpa will appear as an in-universe franchise, but non-V3 characters will appear. It'll make sense when it comes up. Also fake memories implanted into vessels may show up.

There will be a fight scene between Maki and Kirumi in season 1 where they both use their powers because 1. They are on opposing sides and 2. Cool strong women fighting.

My idea of "Ryoma heavily interacting with DICE" partly came due to my desire to do something unique with Ryoma. I'm honestly getting tired of him being paired up with Kirumi and Gonta. I think there'll be a scene between Ryoma and Kirumi in season 2 and possibly onward, but in general I want Kokichi and Kirumi to interact, maybe a few Kokichi-Gonta interactions too, but little-to-no Ryoma-Gonta interactions. Also it makes sense to pair up the criminals and the gentleman and maid together.

The Gokuhara manor's description of vegetation growing in and around it is supposed to be similar to how there was vegetation growing in the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles.

Rantaro has to be the green ranger because his western VA played The green ranger. I had a power rangers hyperfixation when I was 10.

[kkatastrophic]

DR VA Tierlist:

I made a Daganronpa Tierlist based on their Voice Actors performance, (THIS IS NOT MY OFFICIAL RANKING FOR THE CHARACTERS AND NOT HATING TOWARDS THE VOICE ACTORS AT ALL!!!) this is probably quite biased, and I haven't finished V3 so I don't have too much to say about that game! :)

SPOILERS FROM HERE ON OUT!

Here we go! (quick notes bc alot of characters)

I COUNTED WRONG THERE ARE ONLY 50 BUT I'M NOT BOTHERED TO CHANGE THE NUMBERS SORRY GUYS.

Did not hear you talk once blud:

51: Twogami: did not hear him talk once. Probs same as Togami.

50. Mechamaru: Same as last but with Nekomaru.

49. Kiyondo: Augh bb they gave you nothing before killing you off...

48. Rantaro: Not many voice lines, but his voice is satisfying when they are delivered. Ult. Wasted Plot Potential.

Nothing too noticeable:

47. Peko: I love her, but tbh her voice was quite bleh. Suited her character well though.

46. Sonia: I love Sonia but she was kinda mid tbh.

45. Keebo: Nothing much other than "ROBOPHOBIC!" but that might change I'm not sure.

44. Chiaki: I love her, her voice suited her, but there were no powerful lines.

43. Akane: I love her sm, one of the best DR girls, but she didn't have much going tbh.

42. Hifumi: I like how his VA portrayed the otaku thing e.g "booblust" which was funny, but honestly nothing noticeable.

Overrated:

41. Sakura: I like her, she's okay, I just don't think she did too much yk?

40. Toko: When she stutters she sounds like that one mf from "It" and that kills me every time I hear it.

39. Makoto: I dislike Makoto anyway, but saying "SHIT!" once is not a worthy performance Bryce.

38. Kyoko: Eh, her VA is good, but didn't do it for me ig

Wait I just realised I forgot to put Mukuro in the last section oopsies. And Junko should be in decent performance, mb guys don't come at me.

37. Mukuro: LOOK THIS IS WHERE SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE OKAY? Cool concept, good lines from what we heard, meant to put her in "didn't hear blud talk once"

36. Byakuya: Cool VA, nice delivery of the lines, I just think it's overrated.

Didn't Cut it For Me:

35. Yasuhiro: He was in 6 trials... and what did he give me? "OH NOOOOOO" sorry, he didn't cut it for me.

34. Chihiro: I like him (her, them? UGHH CHIHIRO GENDER DISCOURSE SUCKS BRO) but it didn't GIVE yk?

Decent Performance:

33. Ryoma: Very talented VA, but that's his normal range (a bit lower) and not many POWERFUL lines were delivered (unlike Tanaka's.)

32. Kazuichi (bc I alr did Mukuro): Ay I love Kazuichi, his performance was nice, just not the best yk?

31. Tsumugi: Haven't finished V3, I love Tsumugi but her performance is like her catchphrase. Just "Plainly-Plain" (might change later idk bro.)

30. Maki: I've grown to like her, (I'm up tp CHP.4 yippers!) but I'm WAITING for her to have her MOMENT where she's crying and screaming. I know she will. C'mon DR LET HER CRYYY-

29. Mahiru: She's decent, I like her, just not much giving yk?

28. Ibuki: Very talented VA, amazing and fun range, nice energy. Nothing jaw dropping, I enjoyed it.

27. Hajime: He drops some banger ass lines bro like goddam lil bro chillax buddy. I quite like it... I like when he realises it's Nanami and is in denial. Good job VA.

26. Mondo: AUGH HIS VOICE IS SO SATISFYING IMMA BE REAL- It's not the usual stuff his VA does but I enjoyed his performance.

25. Gonta: Ay better performance than his counter-part (same va) Hiro. He's pretty good so far, innocent too.

24. Aoi: I don't really remember trial 4 that well tbh... I didn't like it though. But I do kinda enjoy Aoi. She has nice pitch, and when she gets mad her VA puts alot into it, almost top of her tier gj.

23. Same VA as Aoi, I enjoy her performance. Her voice is fun and different, contrasting the rest of the cast with her accent. Bonus points for going from Aoi to Angie in 5 seconds.

NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH!!!

22. Teruteru: Augh I love this stupid litte man for his stupid little voice. Even though he's a creep his lines are delivered VERY well, and even his accent is great. That's some talent that we NEED to talk about more often.

21. Sayaka: Babes talked three times in official-art moments and does NOT get enough credit. I enjoyed her scenes and wish that she was in a class trial.

20. Leon: Omg leosaya order?! /hj. Y'all sleeping on Grant George, like goddam. When he gets mad, he gets mad. Talk about Leon more, give this man some credit his performance was excellent!

19. Miu: Augh I don't know how to explain the itch Miu scratches whenever she speaks. Even her "VIRGIN WHORE" moment voice lines just AUGHHH. The VA was picked SO well here, it suits her perfectly and I'm tired of pretending Miu = Hifumi because they're both pervy characters. GODDAMIT MIU WAS USEFUL!

18. Hiyoko: I do not care what you say, she ATE. She fucking devoured that second trial bro, my respect went up when she did all'at. God bro I find Hiyoko mid, one of my least favourite characters, but god her VA is so talented.

17. Shuichi: I don't think I need to explain too much, but god SHUICHI!!! When Grant George is given the time to develop... augh. "Kaede... that's just so cruel..." YOU CAN HEAR THE PAIN. TALK ABOUT THIS MAN MORE!!!

16. Jill/Syo: I know she has tiktok sounds, but she did so well. She ate every single line up, she used all of her screentime so well! I genuinely love her performance, and I don't even like her!

15. Tenko: So talented... you guys please hear me out (I'M NOT BIASED AT ALL.) but when she gets official art and moments in trials that's when she flourishes. "QUICK! OPEN THE CURTAIN, ALREADY!" like so satisfying Idc what y'all say she ate it up.

14. Himiko: After Chapter 2 she just... utilised the rest of her screentime. SHE CRIED, SHE SCREAMED, SHE USED HER EMOTIONS LIKE TENKO SAID!!! I love Himiko, and she is super underrated.

13. KOREKIYO: <- THIS DUDE IS THE REASON I MADE THIS TIER LIST. GOD HE IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH!!! I don't care about the incest plot, his FANTASTIC voice acting lets him off the hook.Not just when he snaps, but when he screams!

Listen to this exact moment. HE LITERALLY USES SO MUCH OF HIS VOICE, YOU CAN HEAR HOW WELL HE DOES IT OH MY GOD. "THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE WAS THERE, SHUICHI?!" LIKE PLEASE CAN WE TALK ABOUT HIM???

He can also speak like a girl he gets bonus points for that. Holy shit. I just love this so much. "No. I will not acknowledge it." like yes bbg u ate.

*Chefs kiss!*

11. (I KNOW I SKIPPED A NUMBER I JUST NEED IT TO BE CORRECT!!!) Nagito: He goes insane, there's no reason for me NOT to put this here. He does so well, he went from Mako-Hoe to NAGI-HOEEE!!! He ate, I fear.

10. Mikan: WHEN SHE SNAPS AND GOES INSANE, OH MY GOD SHIVERS. SHE DID SO WELL. "WHY DOESN'T ANYBODY FORGIVE ME?!?!!?!?" LIKE I CAN HEAR IT SO CLEARLY SHE DID SO GOOD BRO AUGHHHH.

9. Nekomaru: "THIS IS NEKOMARU NIDAI'S FINAL FIREWORK!" "AIR CONDITIONERS?!?!?!?" "SHIIIIIIIITTTTTT!!!" He put so much power and energy into every. single. line. EVEN HIS SINGLE-FILE VOICE LINES!!! He made it sound so natural like he talks like that every day, and props to the VA for such dedication. Respect for Neko-Nation.

8. Gundham: Augh he delivers every line so beautifully in his trial. "THIS IS FOR THE TANAKA EMPIRE!" the power behind his voice and his hero-complex make me so happy. Every time he lost it in his trial I got LITERAL CHILLS. A fantastic perfect performance oh my goddd.

7. Kaede: I don't care what y'all say she WAS SO GOOD. "I'm nothing but a cold-blooded killer!" and that scream at the end of argument anament was FIREEE! I love her sm, and her VA did so much better as Kaede then as Kyoko.

6. Celestia: I dislike Celestia, but oh my god she did so well. The quiet reserved character snaps is definetely a chapter 3 trope favourite. I hate Trail and Chapter 3 THH, but that just shows how well Celes performed, her VA went INSANE for this role, and I love that she ate it.

5. Kokichi: He deserves this spot, he does so well, every single trial, every single performance, every voice line, every interaction. It truly embodies the spirit of "chaos" yk? (Just finished trial 4 and he deserves to be 3rd on the list.)

4. Kaito: LUMINARY OF THE STARS! I don't need to say more do I? (I'm lazy pls send helppp)

YOU POURED YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS PERFORMANCE!!!:

3. Fuyuhiko: AUGH SO SATISFYING, ESPECIALLY IN THE SECOND TRIAL. He does an amazing job, has fantastic range and AUGHHHHH HIS VOICE IS SO SATISFYING.

2. Ishimaru: The amount of sheer power in every voice line astounds me every time he speaks. From "I assert that the one who was murdered was Miss Sayaka Maizono!" to "Why are you all trying to frame him?!" and everything in between, he deserves this spot on the list.

Kirumi: All we see of her is calm and reserved until she snaps. She KEEP FIGHTING until the very end. You can hear the pain in her voice, how she IS BREACHING HER LIMIT during her "I WILL NOT DIEEEE segment." also, YOU CAN HEAR HER SCREAMING IN HER EXECUTION, let me show you.

This exact moment is where you can hear her scream. JESUS CHRIST GIRL I CAN'T EVEN-

[thelyingjoke]

something i’ve always found confusing is the way some people will criticize kokichi by saying “well if he REALLY hates murder why did he cause two deaths” when like…aren’t half the culprits in dr people who would’ve otherwise considered murder bad???

i think some people blow the significance of DICE’s no murder rule way out of proportion. it wasn’t a “oh kokichi would never in a million years ever consider murder, he’d be a strict pacifist 100% of the time no matter the situation, he wouldn’t ever hurt another person. this will never fail”. it was used to show that he wasn’t a remnant of despair—that despite everything, he wasn’t a mega evil person. he wasn’t a senseless killer, he had morals. normal morals, like killing is bad.

i don’t know if i’m really explaining this right, but for example let’s compare him with kaede. kaede, outside of the killing game, would’ve never even thought about murdering another person. when they’re first told about the game, she swears that she’d never participate in something like that. and yet she’s the first one to do so, because she feels like it’s the only thing she can do. and there are tons of examples of this aside from her—gonta, sayaka, teruteru, etc. the killing game takes good people and puts them in a horrible situation where they feel like they have to sacrifice their morals and do something they’d otherwise never do. (i’d also write a whole thing about kokichi/kaede parallels but that’d be getting sidetracked…if someone wants to hear about it i will)

and it’s kinda strange to me that people expect kokichi to be a special case? i mean, for the record, he did do his absolute best not to give into monokuma, and only caused miu’s death because she was going to kill him and he didn’t have many other options. gonta also has agency in this situation and was the one who agreed to kill miu. kokichi also felt so guilty about it he made himself the next victim. but only looking at the point that i mentioned at first, somehow to those people having a specific rule for his organization that murder isn’t allowed somehow means he’s supposed to stand by that more than other people that condemn murder? it makes sense why it’d be a rule—he runs a petty crime prankster group, and it’d be good to have regulations in place so that no one gets carried away. not liking murder is normal people behavior and he’s just as prone to emotional turmoil as everyone else

[plaindangan]

Futa!Angie, did you really use your cock to hypnotize all those students into joining your Student Council?

Disclaimer: R18 material! If not to your liking then please do not view!

"Whaaat? What are on Earth are you talking about?~ I would never do that! I merely just show them that, with Atua, you'll be able to be pierced with love --"

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""NYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH!!! A--a-angieeeee!!! M-my asss, it's stretching out my assssssssss!!!" Himiko gasped, moaning the loudest she's ever had. She had been pressed against her dorm wall, her doughy wobblewagon being exposed to the elements thanks to Angie ripping her leggings and panties to pieces.

All for the sake of her dripping fuckrod to penetrate her ass again to make her squeal~

--

"That it can quench the thirst that you have been needing all your life!"

--

"Sllllllllllrrrrrrrrrrrp!! S-s-s-s-soooooo goooooodddddd!! So damn...good!! S-such a filtyh, degenerate, sllllllllrppp, cooccccccccck!! Sllllllllllllrrrp!!" With one hand fingering her pussy, Tenko was eagerly sucking at Angie's cock, eyes mixed between total haze and a incredulity.

All while Angie looked down at her with a look of smug dominance.

--

"He can really give your the essence needed to reach nirvana~"

--

"OHHHH! OHHHH GODDDDDD!!! THIS IS BEYOOOND R-RATTEEED!! WE-WEE'LL BE C-CAN-OOOOHHHH~" What was Tsumugi trying to say? Oh well!~ It's probably just the ramblings of a cock drunk geek. A geek that was currently bent over her bed and getting her womb filled with the artist's cream and losing her senses over it~

--

"But, of course, it also requires some...hands on help~"

--

"So this is a...cock? It's...warmer than expected? Does it...feel good when I stroke it? I...I need more data!!" H0P3, otherwise known as Hope, said the fembot is utter awe at Angie's thicc, tall, shaft and her mushroom leaking pre-cum. The fembot's's sensors were going wild with curiosity, and had taken to really rub at dick to see the extent of how much pleasure she can bring to her soon to be president...

For data purposes of course~

--

"Though, I suppose a 'demonstration' works just as well, too~...Right, Gonta?~ My beloved Tarzan~"

It was kind of mean of her. To tie up Gonta to a chair. Stripped down to his boxers. His dick exposed at the front. Currently helpless as he watched Angie do quite the exotic dance in front of him. A dance that her voluptuous hips and ever so enticing cock swaying in the wind for him~

But it was necessary. For when he finally snapped and turned feral, it would be Angie getting her just rewards from Atua. In the form of a new loyal follower. In the form of a cock that was blessed to be as nearly as big and girthy as her's~

[righteousness-and-tea]

shuichi + 🍷 for the event pls?

also I'm sorry I didn't say this earlier but congrats on 200!! you def deserve it your work is amazing and I'm so excited to see what else you create!! 🫂

-🍋anon

Thank you so much for your kindness, 🍋 anon! It's been a joy to write for everyone. Also, I'm super excited to write this one... Shuichi is one of my favorites, actually. I'm not sure if I've said much about what characters I like! Anyway, I hope you enjoy it :)

-Mod Celeste

200+ Followers Event: Drunken confession from Shuichi!

(For the sake of clarity, everyone mentioned is of legal drinking age! Also, Mod Celeste says to drink responsibly!)

Shuichi is not usually a drinker. He'll join Kaito and Rantaro at the bar every so often, though he's the designated driver pretty much every time. Not that he minds, of course. He'd hate to lose his inhibitions.

Last time the guys got together, Kaito told him about the annual class reunion in a few weeks. Despite the... quirkiness of his graduating class, Shuichi does still like seeing them every so often. Also, you would be there-- and he's been thinking about catching up since you are often out of the county for work.

"I know you'll be there dude-- y/n already RSVP'd." Kaito laughed as he smacked him in the shoulder.

So, once the day came, there he was. The reunion was usually held at a nice hotel's convention center. A fairly dressy event, but that didn't stop Gonta from not wearing shoes... "you have to admire his consistency," Shuichi thought. It put him at ease to see old friends.

He was making small talk with Maki when you arrived. Dressed sharply and beautiful as ever, his heart stopped at the sight of you. But it had been so long... what would you even talk about? Heck, would you remember him? The anxiety filled his mind.

Kokichi, observant as ever, saw him in this state. He scampered over, mischievous intentions clear, and struck up a conversation. "Heeeeey buddy, cat got your tongue?"

Startled, Shuichi stuttered out a response. "O-oh, uh... yeah, I suppose. Just a bit out of my element, haha." That was an understatement.

"Well... I think I know just the thing. Loosen up, will ya?" With his devious little smile, he passes Shuichi a glass of champagne. In a moment of weakness, he downed the whole thing. Though, it did help.

Looking for some better solace than Kokichi, the detective found Kaito and Maki once again. He saw you talking to the hotel staff, friendly and warm. They could tell Shuichi was a bit shaken, so the pair sat him down and tried to help.

"Listen, man. I know you've got the hots for y/n, so you should be honest!" Kaito was a pretty straightforward guy, for better or worse.

"Now now, Kaito. It's not always that simple..." Maki, the more thoughtful of the two, chimed in.

Shuichi sat at their table, dejected. "I'd love to, but... what if they don't reciprocate? What if I do something wrong?"

Kaito knows when he gets like this, positivity is the remedy. "Have some confidence! You're a really cool guy, and they know it. Just show them that and you can't go wrong! That's how I got Maki-roll, you know." She rolls her eyes, but can't deny it either.

He takes the advice to heart. Trying to embrace the night in stride, he has a few more drinks and makes the rounds to talk to everyone. Shuichi had planned on saving you for last, in the hopes maybe he'd catch you alone. However, the nerves got to him, as did the alcohol. By the time he walked his way over to you (it was more of a stagger, actually), his cheeks were flushed and he had an unusual expression.

"Uh, hey there... y/n." He attempted the charm of a movie star, albeit poorly. "How's it been?" He enquired.

He was clearly a bit inebriated. You thought it was cute, though. The entire night you'd seen him steal glances, only to turn away shyly. He wanted to impress you, and you knew it. You'd had some chemistry back in school, after all. You humored him and answered, with the same "cool-person" attitude.

In his state, he saw this as a win. So, he kept going. Maybe not being held back by his rational side was a good thing? "Let's say we go over the balcony, you and I... I'd like some more alone time with you, if you don't mind," He winked as he took your hand and guided you to the secluded spot. The guardrails were strung with twinkling lights and the view was just stunning.

You asked what his intentions were, and he finally came clean. "So, uh... as it turns out, I'm in love with you. Crazy, right? I have since Hope's Peak, really. I'm sure you've got an awesome partner already though, so this... this is without hope or agenda, okay?" Even in his drunken state, some genuine thoughts slipped through.

Hearing the words after all this time brought you peace. You hugged him tightly, reassuring him you had nobody else. His red face turned redder.

"Huh? Wait, you actually--- huh. I didn't plan this far..." you both shared a laugh at that. The night had worn on very long, however, and it was time to get going. You drove him home, and tucked him in. By that point, he was passed out. What a night!

In the morning, he was greeted with a horrible headache and a note on his bedside table. It read: "Hope you're up for some dinner tonight-- I have an extended stay here at home. Plus, it's about time for a first date, don't you think?" Signed with your name.

The shock finally hit him. "What did I do last night?" Shuichi was partly mortified, but...

Seems Kokichi was right about loosening up.

[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.

[the-ouma-mansion]

A Taste Of Kimchi

The class learn about Kokichi's twin brother, Kimochi.

[Hope's Peak Academy AU, Non Despair, Humor]

It was a normal day at Hope's Peak Academy. Miu was being her usual loud self, Kaede was trying unsuccessfully to get everyone to calm down, Kokichi had stolen something off of Maki's desk resulting in both her and Kaito trying to chase him down with many casualties in the process. Tenko had picked Himiko up and moved her bodily out of the way of the way of the chase, while Shuichi had been knocked over, Kaito throwing a "sorry" over his shoulder without stopping.

It was during this mad dash around the classroom that Kiibo noticed something falling to the classroom floor. A picture, it seemed, and a quick examination of the ten individuals shown revealed it to belong to Kokichi. The picture was quickly taken out of Kiibo's hands though, as Kaito noticed the picture and helped himself to it.

"Yo, Kokichi! What the hell is this?" Kaito asked, waving the picture around to get his attention.

Kokichi looked at him cautiously, waiting until Maki had stopped chasing him before looking at Kaito. "How am I supposed to see it if you keep waving it around?"

Miu, was close enough that she barely had to lean over to see, let out a loud laugh. "Heh, just a bunch of clowns."

That statement drew the rest of the class forward. Realization seemed to dawn on Kokichi's face as he grinned and moved closer to them. "Oh, that. That's just a picture of the loyal followers of my secret organization."

"Bullshit," Kaito said immediately.

"Oh, you're in this picture, too," Kaede said when she got a look at it.

"What?" Kokichi moved closer, snatching the picture from Kaito's hands to look at it himself. "Oh, that's just Kimchi."

"Who?" 

"My twin," Kokichi answered with a shrug. He put the picture into his pocket where it was assumed to have come from.

"No way there's two of you!" Kaito said immediately, rejecting the idea. "You would have said something by now."

"Nishishi," Kokichi grinned at him. "Sure, that's a lie. Just like my organization and my talent, right?"

"W-well..."

"You can't blame us for being a bit skeptical," Korekiyo spoke up. "You have a reputation for stretching the truth, after all."

"I tell the truth all the time," Kokichi objected. "It's not my fault that none of you believe me." With that said, Kokichi ran out of the classroom. 

No one realized that that was just the beginning.

OoOoOoOo

It was nearly two weeks later that Miu came rushing into the classroom with a manic grin on her face. "Holy shit, guys! I just saw Bakamatsu and Cockichi holding hands!"

"What?" Kiibo questioned, blinking at her. 

"No way," Kaito said, moving across the room to her desk. "You must have seen that wrong. There's no way Kaede would hold hands with that little freak."

"Maybe Kokichi and Kaede like each other more than we think?" Gonta pondered out loud.

"It's not really any of our business," Kirumi pointed out.

"Bullshit it's not my business," Miu replied, glaring at the maid. "If my classmates are getting busy behind my back, I wanna know about it."

"Your curiosity doesn't make you entitled to the knowledge," Kirumi said with a small frown.

"Maybe we should just ask them?" Shuichi suggested.

"That little runt would just lie!" Miu complained.

Maki rolled her eyes. "Then ask Kaede."

Miu took her advice to heart, cornering Kaede as soon as the girl entered the classroom. "Why were you holding hands with Kokichi, huh?"

Kaede took taken aback. "W-what?"

Kiibo placed a hand on Miu's shoulder, trying to calm her down. "Miu thinks she saw you and Kokichi holding hands."

"Um, no," she answered with a confused expression on her face. After a moment, recognition flooded her face and she smiled at them. "Oh, that must have been our twins. They've been hanging out lately." With that seemingly settled, Kaede went to her desk. 

The rest of the class was much less convinced. 

Kaito sighed. "What? Now she has a secret twin? That little gremlin must have gotten to her."

"I bet they're secretly dating," Miu cackled. "That's why they came up with this super lame lie."

"We shouldn't assume that," Shuichi said.

"If Kaede and Kokichi dating, Gonta happy for them!"

"I... agree with Shuichi," Kiibo said. "It's wrong to assume."

Miu rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Be in denial if you want."

They were quiet by the time Kokichi showed up, except for Gonta's well meaning cry of, "Congratulations, Kokichi! Gonta happy if you happy." That left the Supreme Leader confused.

OoOoOoOo

It was Shuichi that eventually asked, "Do you really have a twin, Kokichi?"

The Supreme Leader grinned widely at him. "Sure do! We're completely identical! He's always copying my style, can you believe it!"

"I don't believe it," Kaito insisted, butting into the conversation from two desk away.

"Nyeh, what's your twin like?" Himiko asked.

"Believe it or not, he's the evil twin," Kokichi answered with a smile.

"More evil than your annoying ass?" Miu asked.

Kokichi glared at her. "No one was talking to you, slut!"

"Eh!"

"Forgive me for saying so," Kirumi said. "But I find it hard to believe that your twin could be more difficult to deal with than you."

Kokichi teared up immediately. "Wh-what? M-mom... doesn't love me anymore... Wahh!"

Kirumi looked pained as Kokichi wailed at her loudly, regret written all over her face.

Rantaro placed a hand on Kokichi's head, which seemed to work as a switch since Kokichi stopped crying instantly. "Hey, I'm sure Kirumi didn't mean it that way."

"Yay!" Kokichi said, throwing his arms around Rantaro. "I knew someone here loved me!"

"I still don't believe it," Kaito insisted. "You haven't mentioned having a twin once before now. This has got to be some kind of prank."

Kokichi rolled his eyes. "It's not my fault that none of you ever cared enough to ask."

"He has a point," Tsumugi spoke up. "We've never really asked before, so..."

"Prove it," Maki demanded. "If your twin is real, there should be proof, right?"

Kokichi's expression went blank. "Are you all sure? I've protected you all from him so far, but if I let you meet him, then you're all on your own."

"I can't imagine him being worse than a degenerate male like you," Tenko said. "Not that I believe you in the first place."

"Well, you all asked for it." Kokichi said. "Tomorrow I'll let you all meet Kimchi!"

"What kind of name is Kimchi, anyway?" Kaito questioned.

"Short for Kimochi," Kokichi told them. "I call him Kimchi and Dice call him Mochi. Wars have been fought over his name, you know."

"Sounds made up to me," Miu grumbled.

"The only thing made up around here is your dignity, whore!"

The conversation devolved into bickering from there.

OoOoOoOo

The next day, Kokichi came to school wearing a hat, cape, and bright smile. "Good morning my dear classmates," he called out to them.

"You seem to be in a good mood today," Kiibo noted.

Kokichi skipped over to Kiibo, placing himself on the robot's desk. "Of course I'm in a good mood when I get to see all my wonderful friends."

"What the hell is this?" Miu asked, flinching away from Kokichi where she stood beside Kiibo. "The twerp is acting weird."

Kokichi frowned. "Hey now, there's no need for name calling."

Kirumi removed her glove and placed the back of her hand on his forehead. "He doesn't feel warm."

"I'm not feeling the love today," he told them. "I thought I would be welcome here."

Gonta stood up from his seat at that. "Ah, Kokichi no be sad. Gonta happy to see him!"

Kokichi smiled again. "I knew someone would be happy to see me. I missed you too, Gonta!"

"Wait a minute," Kaede said, walking over to Kokichi and staring him down. "You're... You're Kimchi, aren't you?"

Somehow, his smile got brighter. "You got me! So Kokichi really did tell you about me? That makes me soo happy! And I'm really glad to see you, Kaede."

Kaito got to his feet. "That's enough, Kokichi. We're not gonna fall for your little trick. Now knock it off. You're weirding me out."

He shook his head. "Kaito, Kaito, Kaito. Always such a disbeliever. Weren't you the one that wanted to see me in the first place?"

"Um," Shuichi spoke up. "Technically, Maki was the one that wanted proof."

His eyes brightened as he hopped off Kiibo's desk. "And where is our lovely Maki? I've wanted to meet her most of all."

Maki sighed  from her desk, glaring at Kokichi. "You really think I'm gonna believe you're someone else just because you're acting a little differently. You look exactly the same, even if you are wearing a different outfit."

Kokichi frowned as he looked down at his clothes. "You don't like my cape?"

"I like the cape," Himiko said.

Kokichi smiled at her. "You were always my favorite."

Tenko pulled Himiko into her arms and shielded her from his sight. "Don't you get any ideas, degenerate!"

He laughed. "You're all just as much fun as Kokichi said you would be." He skipped closer to Maki. His back was to the rest of the class, so she was the only one that could see how his face became progressively darker. "I've heard that you're the most fun of all, Maki. Is that true? Do you play with my brother as much as he says?" He was standing right in front of her now and his voice dropped from the cheerful tone he'd ben using into something dark and threatening. Worse than anything they'd heard from Kokichi before. "Or was that just a lie to cover up how poorly you treat him. Are you a problem that I need to handle without him knowing, Maki Harukawa?"

Maki actually looked taken aback, prompting Kaito to step towards them. "Hey, what are you doing to Makiroll?" He grabbed Kokichi by the shoulder and spun him around. By that point, he was already wearing the bright expression from earlier again.

"Something wrong Kaito?"

Kaito picked him up by his cape. His eyes widened in surprise, feet kicking out beneath him. "Hey, what are you doing?"

"What is wrong with you today?"

Kokichi's eyes began to water, but rather than the wail they were used to, trails of tears began to roll down his face. "Why... are you doing this to me?" he asked them. "I just... wanted to be your friends..."

"H-hey..."

And then the real Kokichi walked into the room, pausing as he took in the sight before him. "What the hell are you doing to Kimchi!" Kokichi ran toward Kaito, pushing him and making him lose his grip on Kimochi. Kokichi leaned over his twin, wiping his tears. "Hey, what happened? What did they do?"

Kimochi shook his head. "N-nothing, they were great..."

"You don't have to lie to me, Kimchi," Kokichi said. "If they were mean to you, I'll make their life hell for the next three years."

"They weren't... all bad," Kimochi said. "Gonta was nice. And Himiko."

Kokichi glared around the room. "Do you guys really hate me that much?" he asked. "Kimchi was here for five minutes and you already..." He took his twin brother's hand, pulling him toward the door. "We're leaving. I don't want to see any of your faces."

As they left the classroom, Kimchi looked back at them. His expression was twisted and his grin was manic as he looked at them. "Goodbye class."

Everyone was silent until they were out of sight.

"Holy shit!" Kaito said. "What the hell was that?"

Kaede sighed. "That was Kimchi."

"That little shit really does have a twin!" Miu exclaimed.

"I don't know why you doubted it," Kaede said. "I told you guys."

"Well, yeah, but we didn't believe you," Kaito admitted, scratching the back of his head. "We thought you were just embarrassed to be caught holding his hand or whatever."

Kaede wrinkled her nose. "Why would I be embarrassed?" she asked. "I'm not the type to lie about stuff like that."

"She has a point," Rantaro pointed out.

"I suppose we should have taken Kokichi's words of warning to heart," Korekiyo said. 

"Guys, there's something else I think we should worry about," Shuichi spoke up. He ducked his head a bit when all eyes were on his, but he continued, "Kimochi lied to Kokichi and Kokichi has no idea."

They all paused, absorbing the fact that Kokichi knew his twin was, in his own words evil, and still fell for the trick that the class had been able to make him cry. 

Miu summed it up nicely when she loudly exclaimed, "Fuck!"

"Guess Kokichi has a blind spot where his brother is concerned," Rantaro said. 

"Do you think he meant it when he said he would make our life hell?" Kiibo asked.

"Angie thinks that some of you should start praying to Atua before Kokichi returns to class."

For once, the class thought that maybe she was right.

Read more about the twins here!

[anrasparadise]

Sooo, I’ve been thinking...

GONTA MASTERMIND/ KOKICHI FORCED ACCOMPLICE AU

"It’s not surprising you caught me out of all of them, after all" He looks at Kokichi, who seems to be forcing his tears to not come out " I wrote you that way, like a lie detector "

"But what it is surprising is that, well, it's waaay to early. "

"Ah, you thought you were that good of an actor." Kokichi forces out the insult, but it comes out with way less force than he intended to.

"Mmm, no, I thought you were way more stupid." Gonta smiles -grimaces- and puts his hands behind his back, upright posture.

"Fuck you."

"Yeah, you might not want to waste the chance of a deal, you know. "

"What do you mean, a deal? I don't wanna have anything to do with you, bastard. " Kokichi's face was hard, but not hard enough to hide away from Gonta the hint of pain that his words caused him. After all, his brain was still trying to digest the fact that sweet old Gonta was, in fact, a cruel, cold, psychotic prick.

"Ah, look, it'll be way more easy and less of a headache for me to just, kill you " He moved his hands around as he explained, not missing the way the boy shiver at that "But ugh, I can't a afford to do so, you see, I've got people to please, and they won't be pleased if you died."

Kokichi gripped the fabric of his trousers, containing his rage. "That's my own fault, though. I shouldn't have written you so damn interesting. " he whispered.

Ouma scoffs "What does it have to do with me? From what I undertand that's a you problem, I do NOT fucking care if you kill me, I'd rather die than anything you might propose for me to not tell the others"

"Ah, Ouma, Ouma, you are way more naive than I remember writing you as" he didn't waste time trying to tell the other that the rest of the cast would not believe him, he wanted to get over this problem fast even though he would love to mess with him " I don’t plan on doing anything to you" he leans closer "Oh but to your beloved Saihara-chan..." The boy hardens his expression. "Oh to him, the things I could do to him, " he smiled as the other looked away from his eyes.

"I could easily think of thousands of ways to kill him! The Ultimate detective... tragically killed, oh dear, what a good plot!"

"you wouldn't dare..." Kokichi whispered, trying to convice himself "he's... he's the--"

"And in a hundred of those ideas, you are found guilty." That silenced the short boy, who was now looking down to his shoes.

"But, maybe I could keep your dear, dear detective safe, if you work for me. I could use a little assistance. Being the mastermind is more work than people think"

"For you? Don't even dream about it. " Kokichi's face demonstrated his fatigue, but he didn’t give in.

"What's you other choice? Tell the others? Who would believe you? After all..." He smiled, the sweet, fake smile he putted on everyday" I'm good old, innocent Gonta."

"If I don't accept--"

"Shuichi Saihara will be found dead tomorrow" his smiled was erased as fast as light and a blank uncharacteristic expression was left on his face" And don't think of killing yourself off, I will know, also, that's very not fun"

"Fuck you."

"You said it twice already, c'mon, your insults should be better " he rolled his eyes.

"... I won't kill anyone " he whispered, not looking at his face.

"I won't ask you to, don't worry, you'll have other duty. But besides that, you can have you high school love with Saihara all you want" Kokichi's shoulders relaxed just a bit, oh, he couldn’t allow that "Or well, all you can afford"

"I wrote him so he wouldn't fall in love with you." Kokichi's shoulders tensed again, but he didn’t show any expression on his face, lips tight in a line. "But you? Ha! Eventually, you will be bewitched by him if you aren't already, and even if you try not to, unrequited love is by far more interesting than a real romance. Oh, people eat that up!"

" I hate you " for the first time, Kokichi's voice sounded shaky. That wasn't supposed to happen, so it caught Gonta of guard. Though he didn't overthink it, the joy of hearing the despair in his voice was worth the technical issue. He didn't wighted the consequences of it.

"I know." Satisfaction ran through his body as he lifted a hand, and Kokichi shaked it, agreeing to their little alliance. He felt even more overjoyed when he thought that his hand was the only one Ouma was going to grab even if someone else -- Shuichi Saihara-- offered his to him.

After all, he wrote them that way, hadn't he?

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That's it, it would do a good fic, I think

[vespertin-y]

liveblog time - here’s the first part of the third trial! OH BOY

-monokuma spends a long time insisting that he does NOT lie about motives and that the dead can be revived, but *only in the ultimate academy*. this...still doesn’t tell us how exactly they’re being revived (character backstory put into a new body VS the og person being put back into the simulation), but it’s at least interesting!

-”i dunno about tenko, but i’m pretty fuckin’ sure kiyo murdered angie!” miu calling the murderer themselves but then proceeding to be completely wrong about *how* the murder happened happens in nearly every trial and it’s always hilarious. love u queen.

-”you mean one of those *two* people! cuz a robot ain’t people, jack!” MIU! after all that maintenence together!?

-again with the ‘no-one could have opened that door but kokichi’! i get why it was written like this, but it’s still such a stupid assumption for the characters to make. they don’t even ASK if the others can lockpick, let alone consider that’s something easily lied about.

-”yeah, i did it. i killed angie.” [...hm.] HPDSHDDGHSGD SHUICHI YOU COULD AT LEAST *PRETEND* TO CONSIDER IT YOU’RE GONNA HURT HIS FEELINGS!! he even pulls out his blank, serious face for this one!!

-can irouma be normal. for FIVE MINUTES-

-”silence, outsider! only the Suspect Rangers are allowed to speak!” HPRGGDGDGDGFHFH. go go suspect rangers cartoon when...

-”it’s not meaningless!” [himiko?] “tenko’s death was meaningless? how dare you! poor tenko...how could you do this to her!?” “h-himiko...” “himiko, stop it with your crappy lies.” “lies...?” “everything you said is total bs. you didn’t give two shits about tenko when she was alive...but now you’re like, “oh no! poor tenko!” after she’s dead. c’mon, really?” “kokichi! enough!” ok first of all the voice acting here is so fucking good. himiko’s first shout before she dissolves into tears made me flinch in my seat, and kokichi is so low and cold and vicious. it’s also personally satisfying to me that’s it’s *gonta* who tells kokichi to stfu here, and that kokichi *listens* - he won’t bring this up again until after the trial, when he’s significantly gentler about it.

-”alright! i’ll put a silencing curse on whoever calls tenko’s death meaningless! the name of the curse is...Death Curse!” “i, um...suppose being dead would silence someone pretty good.” himiko and tsumugi r such a funny duo, they should’ve been besties

-”no, even if it was a different culprit, we need to know how tenko died. if we don’t find out who killed her, we won’t be able to work together. not now, not ever.” kaito is correct here however pls consider: me and tsumugi would really enjoy the paranoia and angst of knowing one of the group is a blackened!!

-”finally, you noticed! geez, you’re so slow...” “huh? did kokichi want us to notice-” FUCK now i really wish i transcribed it, but there was a bit early on in the trial where shuichi proves miu wrong and she claims she was just doing a bit to lead them to the right answer, and gonta says that’s really smart of her - he’s clearly applying the same concept here, and it makes me wonder how often he does so. tracking the thought processes of v3 characters is always so fascinating...

-”let us talk about tenko’s case, then. perhaps that will provide us a clue.” “y-yeah, maybe...” [i don’t mind going over tenko’s case, but...that was an abrupt change of topic. was that...intentional...?] HOLY SHIT WE ARE HALF AN HOUR INTO A FOUR HOUR TRIAL AND SHUICHI’S ALREADY CAUGHT ON. the serial killer backstory is definitely bullshit, kiyo literally cannot hide a murder to save his life.

-”well, that’s probably just a coinky-dink. the most suspicious out of us four is really...kiyo!” i’m starting to feel bad for the guy this is so embarrassing 😭

-”kehehe...it’s appearing before me...ooooh! i can see it clearly! the true identity of tenko’s killer!” bro you are laying it on WAY TOO THICK

-”maybe the floor and the hole have nothing to do with this case.” ”then why was floorboard under tenko lined up funny? gonta think that was so culprit could stab tenko from under floor...” “ooohh! nice observation, gonta! are you finally getting used to the class trials?” “uh-huh. thank you.” no offense but v3′s resident clown act obliterated me and then had a picnic on my grave i would simply quit murder.

-the entire rebuttal showdown is just miu correctly singling out kiyo - again - but being completely wrong about the method, so you have to disprove her. i’m in TEARS.

[dawnxblade]

Highfive Gonta AU Mastermind

Kokichi was reading files in his lab when Miu busted down the door dragging Gonta with her shouting nonsense about how short people are always the mastermind, looking up from the file he sighed before putting on a big wide goofy grin. "Miu how can I help you this time with your kinky fantasies of getting into Kiibo's metal pants!" Miu blushed before shaking off her thoughts but she'll think about it later. "Oi! Kokichi, I'm right when saying that Gonta would look cool as the mastermind? He's got the built!" Kokichi looks Gonta up and down before shaking his head in shame "But not the brain of one, If he can stop saying his name before every sentence he utters then I'll believe it." Miu gasps before huffing "I bet you that Monokuma can find a way to fix that!" Kokichi snorts and Gonta finally speaks after a while of watching them talk to each other

"Gonta thinks being Mastermind bad, Gonta go back to searching for insects." Gonta tries to leave but Miu pushes him into a chair and points at him her aura spiking to intensity. "Gonta stays there or else I'll squash every insect that crosses paths with me! Kokichi go get Monokuma, They need a better mastermind and Gonta is the one!" Kokichi goes to object but before he can Monokuma appears with a Flashback Light, "Did I hear about a new Motive~ well here you go! oh and before I forget The killing game will have two masterminds which means more killings will happen and boost the ratings! ta-ta" with that Monokuma left Miu, Kokichi and Gonta alone in the Supreme Leader's lab.

Miu looks at the flashback light on the ground and picks it up grinning like a mad person, she goes to flash Gonta but is stopped by Kokichi who was shaking his head in Desperation, "Miu think clearly for once! If you use this what's gonna happen to Gonta and what is gonna happen to everyone if we have a double Mastermind in the roster! WE can't risk that!" Miu pushes Kokichi off and presses the button making the room shine bright with a white light when the light is gone Gonta sits there for a moment before looking up at Miu his stare was serious and made Kokichi nervous.

"Miu tell me why are you causing such a ruckus when you're supposed to be in your Lab making the Ultimate Killing Machine." Gonta's voice held malice and Miu started jumping in Happiness shouting about how it was a success and that she was a genius before stopping in her tracks and picking up on what Gonta said, "G-Gonta I just wanted to test if we can have our own Mastermind for the game and-" before she could say anymore Gonta was in her face his eyes piercing red with rage and he pulled on her hair roughly before dragging her into the hallway and pushing her out shouting, "GET TO WORK MAKING THAT VIRTUAL WORLD OR ELSE YOU'LL BE THE NEXT BODY DISCOVERY ANNOUNCEMENT"

Gonta turns to See Kokichi backing away from him, taking a step forward he smiled at Kokichi before that smile Fell and he brought Kokichi close to him by pulling on his bandana "We're both gonna play this killing game and we're gonna win. Tell anyone that I'm the Mastermind and I swear my Insects are gonna enjoy feasting on your tongue...Oh but that's right no one believes a liar like you. so I'm safe to roam as I please" Pulling away and dropping Kokichi on the ground Gonta heads toward the door before turning back to look at him with a Smile filled with no remorse

"Gonta can't wait to play with everyone! Oh, Kokichi should be careful because Miu is trying to murder him....But Gonta will protect his Friend." The word friend coming from his mouth held no warmth and it made Kokichi gulp before hearing the door shut behind Gonta. Kokichi sat on the floor breathing hard grasping his throat "He could've easily killed me by snapping my neck...Miu head is gonna be sore..." Kokichi looked down at the file he was reading and how Ironic that it was about past victims of Killing games who were turned into the mastermind by just a simple lie.

Now everyone had to be careful around two masterminds in the shadows except Kokichi already knew one...and so did Miu.

[leafdottxt]

randomized danganronpa fics 3

Chihiro Fujisaki - Kokichi Ouma [I really like the concept I had for this one ngl, I may do more with this in the future. For now, here's just the brief starting interaction.

Hm, what a bother…

If there was one complaint Kokichi had with his arrangement to attend Hope’s Peak, it was how frustratingly boring it could be. When he wasn’t in class and there was no trouble to insert himself into, the options felt limited, even with so much at his disposal. While he spent as much free time as he could with D.I.C.E., those were only the days he had the chance to leave campus, meaning even his typical way of killing the hours was out of the question right now. 

The courtyard was large, and since it was fairly sunny Kokichi chose to start looking for inspiration there, hands behind his head as he walked the paved paths like he owned them, ears pricked and eyes scanning. Most everything he passed by didn’t interest him - couples (gross), people studying (boring), and he’s pretty sure he saw Gonta pursuing a bug of some sort; no thank you! Kokichi continued on, eventually stumbling upon another familiar face, sitting at a table - an upperclassman, but one who at least wasn’t totally boring.

“Hey hey, Fujisaki-chaaaan!”

Chihiro looked up from their laptop, surprised to be addressed so suddenly and cheerfully. Not waiting for them to catch up, Kokichi slipped into the seat opposite them and got right to business.

“Whatcha up to? Anything interesting? Government secrets? Nuclear launch codes?”

“Not today,” Chihiro replied, giggling in amusement. When he wasn’t being rude, Kokichi could be fun to talk to… “I’m working on improving my AI from last year!”

“Ohhhh, Artificial Intelligence, my natural enemy,” Kokichi declared, shaking his fist at the sky dramatically. “I can’t let AI take over the world, Fujisaki! There’s only room for one evil dictator of all humanity, and that’s me! So I’m going to have to ask you to throw your laptop in the ocean, sorry!” 

Chihiro laughed, admittedly a little nervously - thankfully, the boy’s grin seemed lighthearted and playful enough that they could play along.

“I don’t think they’ll be taking over the world anytime soon. I’m still working to get them to fully understand human speech and the way we talk…” Almost as soon as they’d finished talking, however, a lightbulb seemed to go off in the programmer’s head. “Actually, would you like to talk to it for a bit?”

“Would I?!” Kokichi stood up and slammed his hands on the table in excitement, causing Chihiro to jump. “Absolutely! I’m gonna confuse your AI so much it’ll turn it stupid!”

“Eheheh… well, I suppose if you can, that itself would be good to know,” Chihiro reasoned, silently making sure they’d backed up their progress. “But um, I’d like to save the conversation, if that’s alright!”

“Oh?” Kokichi tilted his head, curiosity piqued. “Well, I suppose that’s alright… but you’ll owe me those nuclear launch codes!” Relaxing his energy, the SHSL Supreme Leader dropped back into his seat and relaxed, waiting expectantly.

Chihiro turned the laptop sideways so it was facing between the two of them, scooting it backwards for a better view, and loaded up Alter Ego.

“Hello?”

“Hello! I have someone new to introduce to you!”

“What’s up AI-chan?”

“Oh! Hello! You can call me Alter Ego. Are you Master’s friend?”

“Oh yeah, we’re besties,” Kokichi informed. 

“Alter Ego, this is Kokichi Ouma. He’s the SHSL Supreme Leader!”

“SHSL Supreme Leader… That sounds like an impressive talent! Would you mind telling me about the structure of your organization? Is it a company or a country?”

Chihiro scrambled to interject, a little embarrassed on Alter Ego’s behalf.

“H-hey, Don’t-”

“Oh absolutely!” Kokichi didn’t even let them start. “You see, my organization has over ten thousand members, and we rule the entire world from the shadows! That’s why I’m monitoring your progress - Artificial Intelligence is the natural enemy of my authoritarian regime, so I gotta make sure you’re not up to any fishy business.”

“I see… So you’re a secret dictator! That is quite deserving of the title SHSL Supreme Leader… But, um, typically speaking, any society in which power is too focused on the top is bound to fall if the people being ruled aren’t content. So you must be a benevolent ruler, is that correct?”

“Huh?” Kokichi sat up straight, as though completely shocked. “Me? Benevolent? Absolutely not! I’m as evil as they come! In fact, I’m gonna cart Fujisaki-chan off to my labor camps in Siberia if you cross me, Alter Ego-chan!”

“What?!” Chihiro’s eyes shot wide open.

“Oh, that’s a shame… well, be wary of guillotines Ouma-san!”

“What the heck?” Kokichi couldn’t help but let a light laughter creep into his voice. “Fujisaki-chan, your AI’s a real piece of work! It just threatened me! We’re taking it to the ocean!”

“Ah, I’m.. sure this is just a misunderstanding,” Chihiro mumbled, the corners of their lips turned upwards as they tried not to laugh. “Um. Alter Ego, Ouma-kun is also a very notorious liar. So you have to be mindful of the things he says…” Now they couldn’t help but smile, looking across the table at their companion. Kokichi, meanwhile, was finally starting to piece together the motives at play and got a cheeky grin of his own. 

So that’s the game we’re playing, hm?

“A liar? I see… I’ll try to be reasonably suspicious!”

“Hey Alter Ego-chan! Tell me who Fujisaki-chan has a crush on or I’ll set them on fire!”

“What?!”

“Oh dear! Well, in that case, my calculations sugges-”

Thankfully, Chihiro slammed the laptop shut and stared at Kokichi, horrified, while he doubled over laughing.

“Oh man! It’s got a long way to go, Fujisaki-chan!”

“W-Well! Until it’s ready, don’t ask it stuff l-like that,” they muttered, face a bright shade of red as they pouted indignantly. After another moment to collect themself, Chihiro opened the laptop once more.

“...Master? You are not on fire, are you?”

“No, Alter Ego,” Chihiro assured with a weary sigh. “There was no fire. He was tricking you.”

“...Oh, I see. And I fell for it, Didn’t I…”

“You suuuure did,” Kokichi gloated, still clearly amused by Chihiro’s misfortune. 

“...It’s okay! We’ll.. Just have to practice,” the programmer eased. “Okay, let’s try a different approach…”

[wisheduponastar]

WIP Wednesday

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5 + 1 Love Languages -- Kaito/Maki -- Canon compliant

One thing that Kaito was determined to figure out before the end of this game was Maki’s love language. Acts of service seemed like a big no, especially considering her past… and Kaito was trying to make her feel welcome, he wanted to set up a relationship more based on equality and being on the same level. And surely acts of service would tip the balance one way or another?

At least, that was what Kaito thought. But it was the first love language he had been recommended, so Kaito decided it was worth a shot. Thinking for a while, he eventually ended up in Kirumi’s room, staring at all of her appliances and poking one of them while looking at it dubiously. Kaito could work washing machines, who couldn’t, but he wasn’t sure about this one. It had too many buttons, and when he’d turned around to try and find another one it beeped at him. Which totally wasn’t freaking him out, definitely. Yet Kaito was nothing if not determined.

After almost an hour of going around and looking at various machines, he finally found instructions. They were simple, in a language he understood, and so he decided to start working. Except for one problem, he still needed to go and get Maki’s uniforms to wash them. Was it better to steal, or better to bribe? Bribing Maki’s clothes off her might be a bit weird…. so with that thought Kaito decided to become a thief.

Bringing his student Monopad, Kaito began to move to the dorm rooms while keeping an eye on everyone. Most people had dispersed, Shuichi, Himiko, and Tenko were all in the dining room. Gonta was outside, near the shrine of judgement - with Angie oddly close by. But Kokichi and Miu were both near the dorms. Oh well, Kaito could handle the two of them - he was the luminary of the stars. So Kaito kept walking, all the way up to the dormitories.

Finally inside, he took a second to look around - both for other students and for Maki’s room. He couldn’t see anyone, although he heard a crash from inside one of the (presumably Miu’s) rooms. He located Maki’s door pretty quickly as well, it had a large, pretty cute pixel art above it.

Looking around one last time, Kaito quickly tried the door. To his surprise, it fell through easily - not even being locked. He supposed that was a good thing, in the end. After all, he couldn't have really done much otherwise, because there was no way in hell he would ask Kokichi for any of this. To try and minimise the time spent in her room, he kept his eyes down and headed to where the closet was in his room. Before realising all of the clothes in there would be clean. Biting the inside of his cheek, Kaito decided looking around would be for the greater good, and quickly put his head up. But there was nothing, or practically nothing at least. It almost looked like no-one lived here.

But he found a basket of dirty laundry at least, and quickly took it in his arms - careful not to jolt himself or push himself too hard. The last thing he wanted was to cough blood all over Maki’s clothes - he knew just how hard that was to clean out. Shuffling at light speed, or as fast to light speed as he could go with the current situation, Kaito made his way out of the room, closing it with his foot and breathing a small sigh of relief as he realised that no-one was in front of the door.

He made it maybe half way across the dormitory's empty floor before hearing a yell, “Hey, pervert - the hell are you doing?”

Letting out a not very manly shriek, Kaito felt the basket plummet to the floor as he dropped it in shock, turning around while hearing laughter. He heard who it was before he saw her, and his very unimpressed gaze dropped on Miu; she was clutching the door-frame and laughing, almost doubling over before eventually straightening herself and staring at him. “Bet you enjoyed the show while I was lent over, right?”

“E-Excuse me?” Kaito felt himself begin to blush at the accusation, “And no - of course not!”

“Yeah, yeah. I bet you’re too busy fantasising about killer girl!”

“I am NOT!”

“Sure, but care to explain the clothes?” “They-” Kaito’s tongue suddenly felt heavy, and he was unsure of what to say, “-I…”

“Caught ya’ red fuckin’ handed.” Miu exclaimed, looking a little too happy, “I always knew you were a filthy pervert!”

“Who's a filthy pervert?”

Great. Just when Kaito thought the day couldn’t get any worse, a question came from above - in an obnoxiously cheerful tone. Grinning while leaning slightly over the balcony, Kokichi looked down at the two of them - his eyes sparkling with mischief. “No, surely not our heroic Kaito?”

“I am not a pervert!”

“Heh, sure you aren’t, and Kokichi over there is always honest.”

“But I am always honest.” Kokichi interjected, before moving towards the steps and eagerly throwing himself down them, sliding off the bars and landing eagerly, “You wound me, Miu.”

“Fuckin’ slug.” She looked him up and down, eyes glaring venom before turning back to Kaito, “And you’re just as bad. If you wanted panties so badly you could’ve just asked me.”

“Don’t worry, no-one wants your disgusting panties Miu,” Kokichi said, somehow lacing it with the innocence of a young child, “But yeah, you’re prettttttty creepy spaceman.”

His eyes suddenly lit up, “Oh, oh! Are you secretly an alien, and don’t understand the earth-customs of not taking people’s clothes like a miserable pervert!”

“I am not an alien,” Kaito weakly protested, now more worried about his reputation than anything nice he was trying to do for Maki.

“So just a miserable pervert then,” Miu cackled, “I should set Tenko on you!”

“You know Miu, you’re a pretty miserable perverted bitch as well,” Kokichi suddenly said, all the while innocently smiling.

“H-huh?” Miu looked shocked, although there was… some blush on her face, “I thought you were on my side!”

“Who would side with you?”

“Who wouldn’t want to side with me. Especially if you’re the other party!”

“That’s sooooooo meannn!” Kokichi begins to cry, and then he darts to Kaito, “Hey - beat her up for me and I’ll forget you’re a perv!”

“I am NOT a perv.” Kaito denies for the last time, but their argument did give him some time to think, “I’m cleaning everyone’s clothes, I thought it’d be nice. Guess I was wrong but…”

“Non, non,” Kokichi immediately grins, “You can clean my clothes too.”

The despair must show on Kaito’s face, because Kokichi pounces on it, “Unless you were lying just then?”

Resigning himself, Kaito signs, “You can bring me your spare uniforms.”

“Ha - suck it space-idiot!” Miu says, “I’ll get mine now, and feel free to take one or two home with you!”

Kaito doesn’t bother to dignify that with a response, instead accepting his fate. And all he had done was try to get closer to Maki-roll…

Walking back from Kirumi’s room with the last laundry basket (that coincidentally contained Maki’s clothes) Kaito wondered how his beautifully thought-out plan had gone so wrong. It was probably Kokichi, he decided. Maybe he could also blame Miu as well, but Kokichi was the driving force in all this chaos. So lost in his own thoughts, Kaito didn’t even realise Maki was there until she spoke.

“I heard you were washing everyone’s clothes, are those mine?”

He looked up, and instantly a small amount of blush flew onto his cheeks while a smile pulled at his face, “Yeah, d’you want me to put them anywhere?”

“I can carry them.”

Moving quickly, Maki bridged the distance between the two of them until there was only the clothes basket separating the two of them. Holding out her hands, she placed them around the basket firmly - almost unbothered by the way her fingers briefly brushed over Kaito’s. Blushing, he swallowed and tried to think of something to say, “Are you gonna be ok carrying them?”

“Of course-” taking the basket from him, Maki turned away and began to move before turning around briefly, “Um… thank you, by the way.”

It was those words that suddenly made everything worth it, as well as her slightly embarrassed smile, “Of course!”