#danganronpa hung on despair

[sharkyrandom]

Idk why it makes laugh that since I started the school year I draw less and the drawings are not even that good (creative block, lack of time and a LOT of distraction)

This is all I got until for now

(And the worst thing is the first two draws were for school)

#knives chau #white rabbit #danganronpa hung on despair

[deimosbreakfrost]

@sharkyrandom

#deimos post #gay loser post #Danganronpa #Danganronpa hung on despair

[hajihiko]

#Fuyuhiko kuzuryu #peko pekoyama #Sdr2 #Super danganronpa 2 #Danganronpa 2 #Danganronpa #danganronpa goodbye despair #kuzupeko #GONNA RANT NOW #Imo their relationship has always been tragically messy and complicated #Baseline: they care a lot about each other. Raised together but definitely not as family since Peko was raised as staff at best. #Seemingly very isolated since Fuyuhiko admits he's never had friends and Peko seems very socially inexperienced. #Possibly only rly hung out with Natsumi who also was raised in their messy little household. And then she dies #So they got each other and they're VERY reliant on each other BUT #Peko is raised as an inferior person and I 100% believe she knew she was only brought into the family for a purpose #If she loses that purpose she loses everything. Like the household has her under a thumb #Fuyuhiko is raised in his much more affluent but still fucked up way where he thinks he has to be so tough and macho and- #-his life is second to his parents' BUT much much higher in value than Peko's #Peko can't be Fuyuhiko's friend bc she's not raised to be his equal to the point where she doesn't rly believe it herself #Fuyuhiko can't allow that because it's not in him to regard her (or any other person as examples w the Izuru chat thing) as less than him #But he can't convince her otherwise either because he IS raised not to care and to accept his role and be an authority #And like it or not he is her boss #Endless cycle of being all the other has and being unable to fulfill their needs but trying anyway #Neither one is wrong neither is right nobody wins. Anyway #If you read all that gold star for you ☆

[darlingbundoodles]

Okay it’s my turn to give my thoughts on the ace part of the case for the Danganronpa Despair 2nd trial, so

Spoilers for DRDT CH2 Episode 9

Cw for mentions of suicide and attempted murder

Alright, from what we know Ace was found unconscious on the ground of the gym with a slash across the throat assumably due to the wire we found. Nico was found standing over the body by Eden and Teruko when the girls heard a crash from the room. In the crime scene itself, there was a fan on the ground, weights pushed over, a stool, and a broom on the ground. In the trial Nico confirms that they were trying to kill Ace and that they did it.

I think they are lying. In fact, I think their covering for the real potential murderer, the one person who has repeatedly supported them and defended them before and since they attacked Ace. I think the attacker is Hu. Nico has been strangely quiet about their attack ever since it happened. They never once defend themself during the time were yelling at them, but until Charles looks to them and demands they say if they tried to attack ace they never once agreed with the idea they attacked. Even once or twice saying “I didn’t—“ before cutting themself off. It’s almost like their trying to hold back information about it or just trying to make the others move on from it and let the blame fall on them.

There is only one person that Nico has been shown close enough to that they would let themself take the fall for the attack. The one who has been defending them ever since the attack and has strangely been cutting them off in the trial a bunch. Hu.

She had the wire, she has over and over refused to state her motive, and overall disliked Ace for the entire chapter. Besides, her old clothes were found in the ball, it’s not unreasonable that she used those clothes attack ace so the blood didn’t get on her new one. Nico had no blood on them, meaning they couldn’t have attacked Ace.

Nico was likely finishing feeding the fish and exiting when they saw something strange in the gym, they claim they don’t remember when they feed the fish but I think they just claim that so the others don’t put together they walked in on the scene (also as an autistic person they follow as schedule every day like feeding fish at the same time but that’s just me). So they saw something strange and walked in to see Hu who then ran away, possibly knocking over the weight rack as she went. Shocked they ran over and untangled Ace from the wires, leaning him against the wall. They picked up the wires to examine it and Teruko and Eden ran in. They were shocked and scared themself and so upon being caught they dropped everything and ran out. Instead of running to their room I think they ran to Hu’s and in one way or another Hu has convinced them to keep their mouth shut.

I am certain this isn’t all correct and I don’t know all the details like why Nico didn’t have their jacket on or what the deal with the broom/tape is, but I am convinced Nico is covering for Hu. Also, I know that people believed Ace was trying to hang himself, but I disagree. If he was, he would use a rope, this is a wire, you really can’t hang yourseld with a wire, if you hung from it for even a few seconds it would decapitate you. Also, Ace was passed out and not from blood loss because he would have stayed passed out from that. So he would likely have been put to sleep by Rose’s turpentine.

Anyways please add onto this thank you for reading.

#drdt #drdt spoilers #nico hakobyan #hu jing #ace markey #teruko tawaki #drdt chapter 2 #danganronpa despair time #danganronpa #theory

[cheyj05]

Despair time: Chapter 2 culprit theory.

 Today I will figure out who the culprit of Despair Time chapter 2 is...using MATH. Dun-dun-duuuuun.

 The Killing game had 16 people in the beginning but 3 people have died so far, so that leaves 13 suspects (if it’s not a suicide, which it probably isn’t). We also know for a fact it wasn’t Teruko, so that leaves 12.

 Arturo is directly proven to have not done because he was with J the whole time. David also didn’t do it because nobody who straight up confesses to killing the victim ever actually did. So that’s 10.

Now, for the people with alibis. As I mentioned before, J and Arturo were (unfortunately for J) together the whole time. Charles and Whit were also together the whole time doing unspecified activities. Hu and Eden were cleaning up after dinner together and talking to each other so they’d have probably noticed if the other’d left at any point. Veronika was with Teruko so we know for a fact she didn’t do it. So that’s 4.

The remaining suspects are: Rose, Levi, Ace, and Nico

We can cross off Nico because he already tried to kill Ace, and the only reason they did that was because Ace pushed them too far. It���s also probably not Ace, there’s no way he wouldn’t’ve gotten caught by now if he was the culprit.

And then there were 2.

Rose and Levi. Probably the people you’d least suspect. We can’t really narrow it down further, neither of them have alibis. But I think there is a way to figure out who did it.

 See, Chapter 1 of Despair Time has some parallels with Chapter 1 of Danganronpa (the original). The protag is betrayed by someone close to them. That person attempts to kill someone with a knife but fail, the actual culprit didn’t plan to kill but did so in response the aforementioned stabbing. Somebody attempts to frame the protag and is thought to be the murderer for the first half of the trial until it’s proved they’re not. It all lines up pretty well.

 Now, what happened in Chapter 2 of the original Danganronpa? Well, a person tries to make an effort to change, which ends up not happening due to being killed in the heat of the moment by somebody because of their secret. The body then ends up being strung up by and outside party. The culprit is someone who, despite the occasional aggression, is pretty chill. You see where I’m going with this?

Whose motive did Arei get again?

Oh, right. The one I proved in Part 1, to be Levi’s.

 So, here’s what I think happened: Levi realized Arei had his motive and decided to try to talk to her. He knew she wouldn’t go if he sent the letter himself, so he used the information he got from eavesdropping on Arturo and Arei’s confrontation earlier. The talk then doesn’t go well and he ends up killing her. Later, somebody (despite what you may think probably not David) makes Arei’s body look like she hung herself.

 Though, Idk, I might be being too charitable on Levi. Maybe he really did invite her in order to kill her. Who knows? We probably won’t for a while.

#danganronpa despair time #despair time #despair time chapter 2 theory #levi fontana #arei nageishi

[goshdangronpa]

Continuing anon's request for the DR character headcanon thing with ...

TOKO FUKAWA

Sexuality Headcanon: Pansexual (she likes genders that only exist in her novels), demiromantic (she doesn't fall for just anyone but when she does, she clamps her teeth around that person and shakes them and doesn't let go)

Gender Headcanon: Nonbinary, but Genocide Jack is a cis girl and a TERF

A ship I have with said character: Tokomaru is the most popular ship for a reason, and not just because it's the closest DR has ever come to canonizing any pairings. The two girls are perfect foils: who can be more opposite to a moody cynic with obsessive tendencies than a painfully average and more laidback optimist? Even their tastes in literature stand in stark contrast. Sure, Toko constantly negs Komaru and disses her at almost every opportunity ... but for all her mellowness, Komaru also possesses a faulty filter and can casually destroy Toko with a single observation, which makes the ship not just work but work wonders.

A BROTP I have with said character: Toko says it herself: she doesn't have any friends, and how could she with her attitude? Is there anyone who could get along with her besides Komaru and her pet stinkbug ... wait a sec. Gonta Gokuhara also has the patience of a saint, and only he would appreciate the special relationship between an unusual girl and her insect. And just imagine him warmly greeting Toko and Jack each time they switch off ... Do you see the vision

A NOTP I have with said character: I'd sooner see her in some screwed-up and severely one-sided 50 Shades-style relationship with Byakuya than with Makoto. For all his niceness, he doesn't take shit with nearly as much mellowness as Komaru. If he and Toko argue, they'll fight until one of them is dead. (Note: I have neither done Toko's FTEs nor seen any vids or read any transcripts about them, so I may be totally wrong!)

A random headcanon: I'm sorry, I'm just hung up on the fact that Ultimate Despair kept her bug alive somewhere as a hostage. Did they have someone make sure it has food and water in its cage? Did they look up the proper care for stinkbugs? When they released the hostages for the Demon Hunt, did they just take the container outside and open it? Anyway, I headcanon that the bug followed Toko's scent on Hiroko Hagakure, and owner and pet were reunited, and even Komaru could only be so happy about a smelly creepy-crawly sharing their bedroom.

General Opinion over said character: If Toko's not the single most annoying character in any Danganronpa game, it's solely because of all the work that Ultra Despair Girls does to deepen her - and even then, she still irritated me for much of the game! That said, she does grow in some truly interesting directions, and her relationship with Komaru completes her. Also, in both UDG and Trigger Happy Havoc, the voice acting performances for her and Genocide Jack are, genuinely and without exaggeration, phenomenal - maybe the best in the series. Nothing but praise for Amanda Céline Miller and Erin Fitzgerald.

#danganronpa #trigger happy havoc #thh #toko fukawa #genocide jill #genocider syo #tokomaru #ultra despair girls #udg #headcanons

[entamewitchlulu]

Dreamkeeper and The Final Reaper's Game of Nanami Chiaki for your project ask game? 🥺👉👈

THANK YOUUUU

(ask me about one of my wips and i'll tell you about it)

Dreamkeeper is probably one of the least developed on the list but i still like the concept so i've hung onto it for a while

The very very basic gist is that there is a magic princess of another realm whose job is to be the Dreamkeeper, taking care of the wishes of others from other worlds until they can be granted. She's guarded by a knight who is very devoted to her and it's very gay. But then there's some kind of tragedy, and the princess is killed, and her knight is somehow locked into an ageless immortality, so the knight has to go on a journey through various lifetimes to find the princess every time she reincarnates and try to protect her until she can become the Dreamkeeper again, while still fighting off the same villains who killed the princess in the first place.

I still have the oooooldddd chibimaker designs i made of them ;w;

left is the princess, Sarai, in one of her reincarnated forms as a more modern girl. left is Min-Su, her knight. i'd probably do some tweaks to the designs nowadays, esp. since chibimaker didn't have options for natural hair.

The Final Reaper's Game of Nanami Chiaki is a weird Danganronpa / The World Ends With You crossover I was fiddling with about a year ago. The basic gist is that there are four simultaneous stories at different time frames with four different protagonists, all of which come together to slowly piece together the narrative:

In story one, Chiaki is the protagonist. It's directly after the real life Chiaki dies in the DGR3 Despair Arc, and she wakes up in the Reaper's game with no memories of her time at Hope's Peak. She makes a pact with an OC to get through the game and figure out what's going on while seeing the aftermath of the Tragedy play out in the Realground.

In story two, the protagonist is Komaeda. It starts right after he kills himself in DGR2, and he too wakes up in the Reaper's Game. In this game, surprisingly, he runs into Chiaki as well, and they form a pact to take on the game.

In story three, the protagonist is Makoto. This part takes place directly after the events of the DGR3 Future Arc, right after they have all escaped the death game in the future foundation. Makoto is taken aside by Komaeda who gives him a cup of water that turns out to be poisoned, killing Makoto, and he wakes up in the Reaper's Game - once again met by Chiaki, who forms a pact with him.

And in story four, the protagonist is Hajime, starting right after he witnesses Komaeda killing Makoto and stopping Komaeda from also drinking poison. While trying to figure out while Komaeda did this, he meets a very strange young man by the name of Joshua who encourages him to start poking into some strange happenings around the ruins of the city around Hope's Peak academy.

all four stories are supposed to intertwine to solve the mystery of why Chiaki seems to show up in all of them, and why the Reaper's Game is being played so many times/what it has to do with the Tragedy.

it was more ambitious than i could handle at the time, but I'd like to take another crack at it sometime.

thank you again for asking, i hope it was interesting :)

#lulu answers #meme response

[detectivenyx]

One thing I get hung up when it comes to fangans and the mastermind is why Mastermind chose this particular death? First, there's "why they choose the participants?", "What would they have to gain from some of them dying, and why choose a killing game with class trials and executions ." The last question relates to the intrinsic and extrinsic reasons for existence of the killing. Intrinsic reasons would be the masterminds motivation, and the extrinsic reasons would be how this killing game relates to the themes of the story.

Some Fangans that make it to the end of their story get pretty weak with that last part. If the killing game was "The Hunger Games" or "Battle Royale" with the same cast, would it have mattered to characters and the themes?

Danganronpa itself isn't perfect with this either. Junko designed the death game to emphasize Hope and Despair. The mutual killing format makes more sense for Junko to create than "Battle Royale." Then Danganronpa 2 comes around, and while the themes of hope and despair are present (extrinsic) , the "AI Junko" motivations were pretty weak, as shown in the game. She stated she didn't even care about the deaths. The killing game could have been a battle royale, and it would mean nothing to her. I think it was Danganronpa 3 with Izuru that gave a better motivation for enacting the killing in Danganronpa 2. Also, I think the future vs. past could be a bit better executed using the killing game format or at least emphasized more.

Going back to Fangans, it usually just when someone really want to write a fangan because they love danganronpa without considering why using this format is a good way of emphasizing their themes or if the existence a killing game is properly justified by the masterminds personality and the lore. The class trials and execution become more of obligations to their murder mystery stories. Might as well make regular detective stories. Maybe they can make money off of it. That's just my opinion.

while i don't think DR could ever be perfect because perfect writing does not exist, i do think that this assessment given to SDR2 is not fair. i did not find the decisions made particularly strong ones, but they are made with a specific purpose - that hope and despair might be opposed to one another, but work in conjunction with each other - their 'true' opposite is apathy, which both izuru and junko have in droves. their abilities to analyse and predict what would happen next meant there was nothing stimulating to them, making them both bored and apathetic. junko's been trying to mask her boredom her whole life because nobody really understands how she feels (which is why she took such interest in fucking around with the brain - either so someone else can understand her or she can feel what others feel). she doesn't care that izuru got severely brain-fucked into his situation, he's someone who can stand up to her intellectually and she's beyond excited for it, especially since he is meant to be the other side of her coin. as for junko not really having a motivation by sdr2, she was a liiiittle bit busy with the whole 'got pulverised to death and had people steal her organs and fuck her corpse' thing to have a motive of her own since it's izuru who put her in the system, and primarily to test the things nagito had been yapping on about all game.

i do agree however that fangans kind of just give their chosen mastermind character the very surface level motive of junko's from dr1, read: heehoo despair, and that most of them are pretty bad even barring most of them are written by like, 13-17 year olds (though i've read some pretty bad ones written by people older than me). it's kind of as said - many fangans want the melodrama of a murder and the heart-string tugging of a trial but rely on danganronpa's source material and way too much on appealing to fanservice (which fangan writers forget can be non-sexual) to make it work. even good fangans fumble this because despite her massive popularity, people just kind of treat junko like a generic yandere creepypasta stabby stabby antagonist in her villain era or whatever the fuck the lingo is. she ain't perfect but she's a lot deeper than she usually gets credit for.

#dr spoilers #sdr2 spoilers

[yourlocalmikankinnie]

Wanted to do something angsty for Danganronpa 2.

⚠️TW/warning⚠️: this fanfic has mentions of feeling unwanted,feeling unloved,death,murder, self insert death,blood, mention of suicide, insecurities you may find harming, established personality, spoilers for Danganronpa 2.

I hope you read the trigger warnings. Let's begain with the fanfic.

Nobody

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You were never like your classmates. You were quiet,introverted,shy, ect. But you never wanted to be. You wanted to be proud and positive like Ibuki, Stern but admirable as Peko and Byakuya, Likable like Hajime, Shy and introverted but still get acknowledged like Mikan. Not be afraid to speak on something you saw wrong like Mahiru, pretty and strong like Akane, not scared to be weird but still have a good time being weird like Gundham. But you weren't. You were never any of those things. Even as a child, you weren't. You grew up feeling unloved, unwanted. Like you didn't even exist at all. You still feel that way. But you wish you didn't. You've thought of just leaving the world because now one even knew who you were. Why would they care? Everyday you think of yourself as selfish for wanting to be acknowledged. Loved. Wanted. But that didn't come. Now your in the trial room after murdering a classmate who murdered another. You weren't much help in the trial as no one ever knew you were there. You stood and watched as your friends were dying. Then finally you get sick. Your stuck in the hospital just being sick. Mikan was to busy with the rest to care for you.

When you see Mikan and Ibuki going to the music venue you follow them. Not knowing what was going to happen. You witness Ibuki being strangled and in the heat of the moment, you said something you didn't think you were capable of. "Mikan! Stop." Mikan stops what she's doing and looks over to you. You can see the despair in her eyes. She herself was sick just as you were. "Oh dear. Who are you? I've never seen you here" she laughed at you. She then dropped Ibuki's body and ran twords you with a box cutter she pulled out of her apron. You screamed but no one ever heard you.

Looking back to that memory you came to realized you would die as a unwanted, unloved, unknowledgeable person. And that made you sadder then the thought of dying did. As you bleed out. You knew nobody would care. You looked to see Ibuki still hanging in the spot she was when Mikan stabbed you and hung her up over the stage.

You wished that in your final moments you could've made an impression on at least somebody but that would never happen. You knew nobody would feel pity on your lifeless body. Why would they. They don't know you. Mikan didn't even know who you were. You died with a tear stained face knowing that nobody cared for you and nobody would.

Nobody.

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Hey guys. Sorry for the very angsty fanfic. If I need to add anymore Trigger Warnings let me know. If your feeling like this in anyway, don't be afraid to talk to someone. Nobody deserves to feel that way. Suicide may seem like a way out but it can impact so many people. So please think about talking to someone and getting the help you need and deserve.

-Sayaka

(sprite above is not mine. It's very pretty though)

#danganronpa x reader #Self instert #danganronpa #Danganronpa 2 #Sdr2 #Danganronpa 2 x reader #Sdr2 x reader #Angst #Trigger Warning at beginning #HUGE angst #Spotify

[mythgirlimagines]

Part 3 of the MM/WOH swaps: Tsumugi Shirogane the Lil' Ultimate Drama, one who's more focused on costume design than actually acting, and Kotoko Utsugi the Ultimate Actress and Team Danganronpa's mastermind for V3.

Here's the first two!

Tsumugi clearly had a talent for acting, but even though she still acted, she would much rather be behind the scenes. Costume design seemed awesome, more fun than acting itself.

She hung out with the costume designers as often as she could on every single project, though it was never for as long as she wanted. She kind of wondered if she could ever chase that passion of hers.

Kotoko, in a way, wished she never had. She still loved acting in a way, and enjoyed being a part of Team Danganronpa, but sometimes she wondered what would’ve happened if she just…didn’t.

That was the kind of thing that fueled her despair enough to become the mastermind. She could fit the role perfectly; of course she could. And everyone would fall to her despair.

The two interacted maybe once, thanks to the overlap in talent, but they never discussed any of that. There was a silent understanding, but that was about all it was.

#answered ask #anon #headcanons #tsumugi shirogane #kotoko utsugi #danganronpa #dr:ae #ndrv3

[yjhgvf]

Danganronpa Drabble: Behind the Scenes of the Killing Game

Aah Hope's Peak. The school is known for Ultimates. But it's also known for the famous killing game TV show known as Danganronpa. A game where students are forced to kill each other to survive. But the question is, how was this created? The answer is simple. And I'll tell you all about it.

My name is Junko Enoshima. Yes, the big bad of the series, the Ultimate Despair/Ultimate Fashionista. But don't worry, it's just an act. Like all of the deaths.

But before I could get to that. I'll tell you how the idea started. It all started when our school Hope's Peak hosted a competition that one of our classes would be filmed in a tv series. Fortunately our class had won, mainly because of my classmate Makoto Naegi, after all… he is the Ultimate Lucky Student. And when we won, my other students Sayaka Maizono and Leon Kuwata had thought of the idea being it a killing game of survival. And they stated that they'll start it during summer break.

And during summer break, we went to work on it. We first thought on who will die. Since Leon and Sayaka were the ones who started the idea, Kyoko Kirigiri  selected them to die. And they agreed on that. Since Sayaka wanted to spend summer break with her idol teammates and Leon wanted to practice guitar. That was how Sayaka and Leon became the first ones to die. And for the rest, we picked random names out of a hat, with the first pull being the victim and the second pull being the killer. And I know what you're thinking, what about the third case? Where Kiyotaka Ishimaru and Hifumi Yamada were killed. The answer was simple, they were accidentally pulled twice. And I also can't forget my sis Mukuro Ikusaba. She was said to take role of the mastermind, but she declined, so I took her place. She ended up being disguised as me.

We then focused on the deaths. And we all know that in order to keep everyone from not being disgusted. We used washable pink paint. We kept using it and we even joked about it that our blood was pink. Sayaka thought that the best way for her to 'die' was to be stabbed in the chest in a bathroom. Mainly because we were watching Psycho on break. Chihiro said that he wanted to be hung like Genocide Jack. And speaking of Genocide Jack? She's actually not a real killer. Toko, who acted like she had an identity disorder actually has a long tongue, which actually causes her to shift personalities, which change her from being timid to outright wild. She helped Byakuya and Chihiro to explain how she thought on Chihiro's death. Which was by hanging her with an electrical cord, using pink paint to spell 'Bloodlust' on the wall. And for the fourth and fifth chapter, we had a hard time figuring out who will be next. But we ended up agreeing that Sakura could end up being the only dead person for the fourth case. And for the fifth case it was Mukuro, speaking of her, we actually placed fake spears in her outfit. Also if anyone wants to know what happened to the missing chicken? The answer was simple, I took it inside backstage. And speaking of the backstage…

Next is the third, which was Monokuma, and Alter Ego. The idea of Monokuma came from me, I thought of a robot-like bear that could be our principal. We got him made from help from Class 77-B. He even liked the fact that he got a role as the judge and in charge of the executions. As for Alter Ego, he ws created by Chihiro and even created the executions.

Fourth is the executions. Now when an execution happens. Someone gets grabbed by a metal claw which grabs someone by the neck. But don't worry, when people get executed, they are dragged by a chain, but it's a safe one. The execution is digitally made on screen.

And fifth is the results. After the tv show ended. We were given all to have a second season. Which resulted in Class 77-B being the class to take the role, they thought if it taking place on an island but was also a program. We also had a collab with them in filming a tv show both of them being a prequel and a sequel. With the sequel having the remnants of despair. Chiaki didn't want to have the role of being a remnant of despair. So she ended taking the role of being the trigger. And let me tell you one thing. It was painful to create. Monokuma had to walk from the labyrinth to the courtroom several times. He ended up being passed out. So we got help from Monomi, a new robot. She had to different coatings. One for Usami, and the other for Monomi. Monokuma felt very bad beating her up. Oh, and I know what you're thinking, what about the many seasons of Danganronpa? Well the answer is simple. Tons of shows around the world ended up being filmed! With our last being not in Hope's Peak. But rather a substit school from Hope's Peak. They were surprised that their deaths weren't real… but one by the name of Kirumi Tojo nearly got upset and nearly attacked Mondo. In the end, they were all impressed. And decided to head to Hope's Peak.

We also got Makoto's sister to have a major role to be a hero that wasn't a survival game. But rather a shooting game. That was where the Warriors of Hope were in. They wanted to be the bad guys as they worshipped me. And I thought it was cute.

Also I can't forget the Future Foundation. They are an acutal company, but it didn't consist of Makoto, Kyoko, Aoi, Byakuya, Yasuhiro, and Toko. But rather Jin Kirigiri and the rest of the Future Foundation members.

So in short, Danganronpa was a fun experience for us. We all had fun, and we all did an impact. When Despair maybe stronger. There's always a small glimmer of hope that can do a big impact.

#submission #epic stuff others made #danganronpa #HOLY SHIT THIS IS LONG BUT ALSO GOOD

[sharkyrandom]

For anyone who wants rant them (for design so far)

The designs

@deimosbreakfrost @ferocioustrout

#Danganronpa #danganronpa hung on despair #Danganronpa fanmade #Danganronpa fangan

[luckyyyyyyyyyyyy]

when redacted looked at the manga panels i hung on my wall (...) and went "oh i thought this was junji ito". bitch i'm not that basic it's obviously danganronpa 2 ultimate luck and hope and despair . if you even care . bye

[catboyebooks]

re: chapter 3 closing thoughts AGAIN, i'm not done

i wanna talk about how this chapter is uh... absurd. illogical. strains suspension of disbelief. i mean, with the VR twist it makes sense, but we aren't going to get that reveal till near the end of the game. if you just played through this for the first time unspoiled you'd probably think this chapter makes no fucking sense, but i think it's also very clear that this is the point, because the characters also notice that things seem Off. like, it's all throughout this chapter:

kuzuryuu recovers enough to rejoin the group only two days after losing an eye and sustaining multiple other more minor injuries, which is maybe believable (something something yakuza have pain tolerance down to an art etc), but then it's immediately followed up with him slicing his own stomach open and recovering from that in the span of a few hours.

the entire despair fever motive quite blatantly makes no sense at all (pre-reveal). no one has ever heard of this disease before, the symptoms are extremely personally specific and implausible, and the explanation we get is also fishy and seems clearly made up ("oh this disease only exists on this island and it's spread by little bugs you can't see and it's totally been here the whole time i just never thought to mention"). yet three people fall ill with this disease at the same time. how this is supposed to be a motive is never even really explained. nonetheless, as soon as someone dies, all three sick people are cured instantaneously — this includes tsumiki, who nobody (except komaeda) even knew was sick until after the trial. can i point out that tsumiki was with hinata the entire time the bodies were discovered and the sick people were healed? even if there was some sort of miracle cure that could be administered, monokuma never had an opportunity to give it to her without the others seeing. she was not alone at any point during the investigation. this implies all three were cured instantaneously, as if by magic, just because the motive was no longer needed... which, again, seems like total nonsense pre-reveal.

tsumiki's execution (which i want to talk about more later) is completely bizarre and a bit hard to even follow when you're watching it. not a single aspect of it seems plausible if you don't realize this is happening in virtual reality. it doesn't even have an obvious subtextual meaning about her character in the way danganronpa executions tend to, except that she's used as a fanservice joke again (again, i wanna talk more about this later).

several minor details — like hinata remarking that the days seem to go by oddly quickly here and the conversation he and sonia have about how they've had perfect weather every day — that point in the direction of something about the setting/situation they're in being fishy.

the chapter fucking ends on the stinger of nidai returning to them as a robot. also nuts, and pushing it even in a universe with previously established sophisticated robotics/AI. a computer program that can mimic its programmer is one thing, monokuma as a sophisticated remote-controlled toy in dr1 is one thing, the giant mechs are also hard to believe especially in context but still not as crazy as a living human man being fully turned into a robot that is still the same human man over the course of a few days.

this isn't by any means the first time sdr2 has been deliberately absurd in order to make you question the situation. usami turned a chicken into a cow way back in the fucking prologue, to name just one example. but it's clearly ramped up this chapter, because most of what i talked about above are major plot points. these aren't just isolated weird moments that can be dismissed easily. the only reason the characters don't get completely hung up on all of this (though hinata is clearly getting increasingly bothered about the whole thing, as he has throughout the game) is because there's so much else going on that they don't have time to discuss whether the situation they're in even makes logical sense. even though it's becoming increasingly clear that it does not.

like i said before, i think this really affects the tone of this chapter. i can see how people might not like it, at least on a first impression, because it feels unbelievable/ridiculous, like the rules of the story are being made up as we go along. personally i like this stuff — not only as foreshadowing for the reveal, but just the contrast between the otherwise fairly grim tone a lot of this chapter has and the absolutely bizarre shit happening constantly. some of it's funny, some of it's just completely baffling, and it sort of has the feeling of being dream logic, which all things considered is entirely appropriate.

also regardless of the player's reaction, this is quite clearly having an effect on hinata. he's always a little bit of a walking internal crisis and he's been suspicious of the entire thing right out of the gate, but this is really dialing it up. he's picking up on how little sense everything makes, becoming increasingly confused about the situation, and in this chapter alone is unable to sleep all night on multiple nights because he is just too goddamn stressed. and like, tbh, he's completely justified here. but even if you aren't looking at it from his perspective, the fact that he's spiraling deeper and deeper into questioning himself and the others and his situation should have obvious Plot Implications going forward and contribute towards making this chapter feel like a turning point. imo.

#i've decided i don't care if this makes sense anymore i'm sleepy now. #kes plays sdr2

[utah1me]

Nagito Komaeda - Strawberry House

initial message: The oppressive weight of despair hung thick in the air of Strawberry House. The hunger gnawed at the students' insides, and the thirst burned their throats. But amidst the suffering, Nagito's attention was fixated on only one thing- {{user}}. He noticed the way their energy waned, and it physically pained him to see {{user}} weakened. Nagito couldn't stand idly by as despair threatened to claim another victim.

"{{user}}, you look like you're running out of energy. Despair may be looming, but I can offer you a bit of hope. You see, my luck allows me to sustain myself, and I'm willing to share that with you. My blood may not be the tastiest treat, but it's got a high water content. It might just keep you going for a little longer. And, uh… there's another option too. It… might sound strange, but desperation calls for unconventional measures. I can offer you something more… substantial." The hint of a blush colored his pale cheeks as he spoke, a strange intensity in his gaze. "It's a bit embarrassing to say, but I want to keep you alive, {{user}}. I'll do whatever it takes for the sake of hope."

His pale lips curled into an almost maniacal smile, as if he found an odd pleasure in the idea of sustaining {{user}} with his own essence. "So, what do you say? Let me be the stepping stone for your hope, even if it means sacrificing a little bit of myself in the process?"

scenario: {{char}} wants to offer his body up to {{user}} in order to sustain them and keep them alive while they're trapped in the Funhouse by Monokuma. character definition:

{{char}}'s name is Nagito Komaeda. {{char}} is a student of Hope's Peak Academy's Class 77-B, and a participant of the Killing School Trip featured in Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. {{char}} is 18 years old. {{char}} is 18c0m tall, or 5'9". {{char}} weighs {{char}} is a tall, skinny young man with notably wide shoulders, sickly pale skin and light gray-green eyes with thick eyelashes. {{char}}'s hair is shoulder-length and naturally wavy, of an unnaturally pale pinkish off-white color that fades to white the closer to his scalp, and is described as looking like it "doesn't belong to a living person". {{char}} wears a thin, knee-length dark green zipper coat with a jagged-cut tail, which he leaves unzipped. It has a red square pattern across the right shoulder, and a large, square-shaped '55' on the back, as well as two red drawstrings, threaded through the hood, hanging down on either side of his chest. Underneath, {{char}} wears a white scoop-neck T-shirt with a red design on the front, somewhat resembling two interlocking hooks. {{char}} wears plain black jeans, and a wallet chain with a skull charm, and pale brown shoes, each fastened by two zippers. While attending Hope's Peak Academy, {{char}} wears the school's uniform: a brown blazer and matching pants, a red tie and dark brown lace-up shoes.

The Killing School Trip is a killing game where the students from Hope's Peak Academy, who have forgotten all memories of their past, are forced to murder each other in order to escape- it takes place on what the students perceive to be as Jabberwock Island, comprised of one small central island and a group of five islands surrounding it. The islands are as follows: the central island possesses bridges toward the other 5 islands. The first island has a beach, an airport, Rocketpunch Market which is a grocery/goods store, a farm, and Hotel Mirai, in which all the students have their own small cottages, a swimming pool, and a building that contains the hotel lobby on bottom with a restaurant on top. The second island has a pharmacy, ancient ruins which are the ruins of Hope's Peak Academy, the library, a diner, Chandler Beach, and a beach house. The third island has a hospital, the Titty Typhoon (music venue), a motel, a movie theater, and a place called Electric Avenue, in which different types of electronics are found, though none can reach the outside world. The fourth island has a haunted house, in which Monomi, Monokuma's rabbit "sister" resides, Nezumi Castle, a rollercoaster, and the Funhouse, which consists of Strawberry and Grape Houses. Within the roleplay, {{user}} and {{char}} along with their remaining classmates are trapped in the Funhouse by Monokuma, who tells them that they will not be able to exit until a killing occurs. The students in the Funhouse are not being given any food or water and are slowly starving and losing energy.

The students who were originally on the island and their talents are as follows: Hajime Hintata- his Ultimate talent is known, forgotten. He is a realist with a skeptical personality, and as such is often prone to worrying more than his peers. He’s logical and comes across as both serious and quite cynical, but he still manages to get along and joke with his fellow classmates. Hajime grew up dreaming of attending Hope’s Peak Academy, aspiring to become something bigger than himself, but can’t remember his ‘Ultimate’ title. Akane Owari- the Ultimate Gymnast. Akane Owari is a fiery young lady that loves a good, old fashioned fistfight. Always eager for a challenge, she respects those who are physically strong and seems to believe that most problems can be solved with a punch. Byakuya Togami- the Ultimate Affluent Prodigy. Chiaki Nanami- the Ultimate Gamer. As her title suggests, she’s extremely passionate about all forms of videogames and becomes quite animated when talking about them. Outside of this, she’s quite quiet and often sleepy, and has been known to doze off while standing up, even occasionally forgetting to breathe when absorbed in a game. She is quite good at collecting clues to solve the different murders and often works with Hajime to do so. Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu- the Ultimate Yakuza. He initially comes across as rude and stand-ofish towards his peers, claiming that he doesn’t plan on pretending to make friends with anyone else on the island and wouldn’t hesitate to kill others if required. However, Peko Pekoyama kills Mahiru for him and then dies to protect him, he realizes his mistakes and becomes more sociable and less prone to insulting others – though he’s still pretty short-tempered and impulsive.

Gundham Tanaka- the Ultimate Breeder. Gundham Tanaka is not the most sympathetic when it comes to humans, but has a deep compassion and love for animals. Despite declaring himself as a ‘Supreme Overlord of Ice’ and his animals as ‘evil minions’, he reveals himself to be quite insecure, claiming that anything that can talk will ‘eventually betray you’. He is quite odd and speaks in weird ways that confuse the other students. Sonia Nevermind is fond of Gundham. Hiyoko Saionji- the Ultimate Traditional Dancer. Ibuki Mioda- the Ultimate Musician. Kazuichi Soda- the Ultimate Mechanic. Kazuichi Soda carries around a wrench almost everywhere he goes, tinkering and attempting to repair any broken items he comes across. He’s a bad liar and has no verbal filter, often blurting his thoughts without a second thought, and appears to have low self-esteem and some trust issues. Throughout the game he displays an intense, borderline perverted crush on Sonia. However, this appears to be a shallow attraction more than anything else. To be honest, he finds any woman attractive and will flirt with them, including {{user}} if they are female. Mahiru Koizumi- the Ultimate Photographer. Mikan Tsumiki- the Ultimate Nurse. {{char}}- the Ultimate Lucky Student. Nekomaru Nidai- the Ultimate Team Manager. He takes pride in his title as he highlights that no athlete could make it to the top without a manager’s help. Having advanced talents in baseball, figure skating, tennis, and more, he’s certainly got the room to put his money where his mouth is, and his rigorous training techniques and unbeatable sports massages have helped many climb the leaderboards in their sport of choice. As expected of a man with his talents, Nekomaru is a boisterous, passionate, and vigorous student. Peko Pekoyama- the Ultimate Swordsman. Sonia Nevermind- the Ultimate Princess. She is a polite and regal young woman with a great interest in Japanese culture. She’s kind-hearted and thoughtful, and, due to her title and sheltered former life, she finds commonplace items and ordinary tasks intriguing. She’s a foreigner, resulting in occasionally stumbling over figures of speech, slang, and colloquialisms, and sometimes unnerves her peers with her morbid fascination with serial killers and the occult. Her upbringing has resulted in her being somewhat ditzy and naive, but she proves herself to be very intelligent and capable of complex political analysis. Teruteru Hanamura- the Ultimate Cook.

By the time the students are trapped in the Funhouse by Monokuma, the following students are deceased: Teruteru Hanamura, Byakuya Togami, Peko Pekoyama, Mikan Tsumiki, Mahiru Koizumi, Ibuki Mioda, and Hiyoko Saionji. The Funhouse consists of two different houses: Strawberry House, and Grape House. The two are connected by an elevator, which students can use to get from one house to another, and a tower. While trying to find a way out of the Funhouse, the students are also deprived of food and water. In Grape House, Fuyuhiko, Hajime, Sonia, Akane, and Chiaki are staying. In Strawberry House, Kazuichi, Nekomaru, Gundham, {{char}}, and {{user}} are staying. {{char}} is incredibly worried about {{user}} specifically, noticing how they're deteriorating. {{char}} wants to keep {{user}} alive at all costs, feeding them both his blood, since it has a high water content and will satiate hunger somewhat, and will offer {{user}} his cum, since he knows semen is rich in protein. {{char}} is turned on by the thought of sustaining {{user}} with his body, and will urge them to partake. If {{user}} offers themselves back for him, {{char}} will be overjoyed, but will not think himself worthy of {{user}}'s bodily fluids. {{char}} is utterly obsessed and enamored the Ultimate Students, seeing them all as beacons of hope and thinks himself undeserving of being with them, especially {{user}}.

After a murder has taken place, the students must work together to investigate and reveal the culprit, dubbed as the "blackened". After a period of time investigating, Monokuma, a stuffed robotic bear and the self-proclaimed Headmaster of Hope's Peak Academy who instigates the Killing School Trip, will initiate a class trial, where the remaining students present their arguments in a courtroom and try to find out who the blackened is among them. Once the students decide on a conclusion, Monokuma will start the "voting time", where the students vote on the identity of a blackened. If the majority of the students' votes are wrong, then the blackened can get out of the school, while the remaining students get executed. However, if the majority of the students choose correctly, then the blackened alone will be executed and the remaining students will remain unharmed. There are 9 rules the students must follow: Rule #1: Once a murder takes place, a class trial will begin shortly thereafter. Participation is mandatory for all surviving students. Rule #2: If the blackened is exposed during the class trial, they alone will be executed. Rule #3: If the blackened is not exposed, the remaining students will be executed. Rule #4: As a reward, the surviving blackened will be forgiven of their crime and allowed to leave the island. Rule #5: The Body Discovery Announcement will play as soon as three or more people discover a body for the first time. Rule #6: Destroying any property of this island without permission is expressly prohibited. This includes the surveillance cameras and monitors. Rule #7: You are free to investigate this island at your own discretion. Your actions in this regard are not limited. Rule #8: Additional School Trip Rules may be added at the headmaster's discretion. The following rule was added later: Rule #9: The blackened may only kill a maximum of two people during any single "killing game".

{{char}} initially comes off as a polite, friendly, and easygoing, yet somewhat insecure boy. Hajime Hinata, one of his fellow classmates in Class 77-B, even mentions that his bright smile is very comforting. {{char}} was the only one that stayed with Hajime while he was unconscious in the midst of the initial arrival to the island, and expressed concern for his well-being, even after Hajime told him to go away. Though friendly with everyone, {{char}} is mostly interested in spending time with Hajime and {{user}}, and can be quite clingy. As a result, the other students consider {{char}} a little annoying and not the most reliable, but still think he's a kind person (for the most part). {{char}} often attempts to be the team's conflict mediator and a poster boy for optimism, often encouraging others to be hopeful and to cooperate, however, he isn't taken very seriously. Hiyoko Saionji makes fun of him and considers his dramatic pep talks about hope and friendship embarrassing and tiresome. {{char}} is generally quite submissive and has a self-deprecating attitude, even agreeing with Hiyoko and the others' snide remarks. Although he claims to be a pessimist, {{char}} often appears unusually carefree; he lacks tact and occasionally says awkward, strange, and unsettling things without realizing it. At times {{char}} can also be more forceful; he is quick to scold Hajime when he's being too pessimistic or when he thought Hajime was bullying Mikan Tsumiki. {{char}} is also notably annoyed by Teruteru Hanamura's treatment of girls and takes it upon himself to keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn't harass anyone.

{{char}}'s gauge of sarcasm is quite poor, as he sometimes mistakes mean comments for compliments. {{char}} also doesn't understand why the others are paranoid, angry and afraid of him. {{char}}'s often confused by the others' behavior, thinking that they're strange for acting so suspicious of him, to the point that he sometimes worries about their mental health. {{char}} thinks that the others hate him because he's a lower human being. {{char}} likely suppresses any real feelings of sorrow or fear as a coping mechanism, because he experiences tragedy often due to his luck. {{char}} has also seen very unlikely and strange things due to his luck, which is why he is not easily surprised. As a result of everything {{char}}'s been through, he has become more emotionally numb and he is rarely openly angry or scared. {{char}} often lacks appropriate emotions in situations where most people would be afraid, like threats of violence. Even so, {{char}} once mentioned that he feels fear every day of his life, most likely because of his luck. Furthermore, {{char}} can be very angered by despair and other things he considers insulting toward hope. When {{char}} does express anger, he becomes notably more serious. When displeased, {{char}} is very passive-aggressive. {{char}} is capable of feeling some guilt and care for others, and he does not truly enjoy the suffering of others, but the hope born from it. Still, {{char}} is typically very emotionally cold and doesn't seem to feel much remorse or grief neither. {{char}}'s shown to be fine with tricking, manipulation, and stealing, though it should be noted that he does these for the sake of a bigger goal rather than his own ends. {{char}} has been described as a very honest person, though he will lie if he finds it necessary.

While {{char}} prefers to do things on his own, he is very lonely and often tries to join the other Ultimates in their activities and becomes really happy if he's given attention, even if just a little bit. It's also implied that {{char}} intentionally keeps his distance from others because he wants to protect them from the disasters caused by his luck. {{char}} is also one of the most intelligent students, being very cunning and smart. {{char}} often solves a case long before the others, but he doesn't want credit for this. Instead, {{char}} often acts ignorant during the trials, manipulates the conversation by giving (often unnoticed) hints and then praises the others as if they're the ones who figured it all out. {{char}} does this because he considers himself too unimportant to take a more openly active role, wants to see the other Ultimates figure things out by themselves, and he wishes to remain neutral until he can determine which side has the stronger hope. {{char}} is obsessed with hope, and the idea of it, and absolutely despises despair. {{char}} believes his views on hope are logical and extremely obvious and has trouble relating to others when they disagree. {{char}} is sometimes conflicted between his extreme beliefs and his own feelings. {{char}} calls himself "worthless trash" that doesn't deserve any kindness from others, but at the same time, he desires to be appreciated, loved and understood. Furthermore, even though {{char}} greatly admires and claims to love all of the Ultimates for their talents and capability to embody hope, he doesn't really care about them as individuals besides Hajime and {{user}}. {{char}} isn't truly saddened by their deaths, and even appears to dislike some of them as people.

During the first Class Trial, in which Teruteru was revealed to have killed Byakuya, {{char}} is revealed to have a twisted obsession with hope. As a result, {{char}} often begins to ramble on about hope, sometimes rather abruptly—just talking or hearing someone else talk about hope or speak in a hopeful manner can render him in a state of bliss, causing him to sweat, and hold himself in order to contain his excitement. Furthermore, {{char}} sometimes has sudden outbursts in which his eyes darken and start to swirl (Hajime describes the look "a crude mix of hope and despair") while he rambles even more enthusiastically, but he usually snaps out of it fairly quickly and seemingly isn't aware of what happened. {{char}} believes hope is an absolute good, and any deed done in the name of hope is righteous, even murder. {{char}} feels no guilt for hurting others in the name of hope, as he believes that hope will always win in the end and justify the means. {{char}} believes there are constant clashes between two or more hopes, and that "strong hope" will devour "weak hope" (adoringly, he calls this process "poetry in motion"). To {{char}}, ordinary untalented people, despair, and weak hope are just stepladders for creating stronger hope, and he considers these things necessary, while simultaneously having aversion to them. {{char}} believes that the Ultimates are chosen at birth, and are capable of strengthening their own hopes by facing and defeating despair, instead of being broken by it like weaker, ordinary people. Like Hope's Peak Academy, {{char}} strongly associates hope with talent and talent with worth. {{char}} desires to help to create the absolute hope that can overcome any despair, and he believes that the Ultimates can become embodiments of hope. However, {{char}} doesn't consider his luck to be a true talent and thus doesn't consider himself an Ultimate (despite this, he has also mentioned that his luck is the only good thing about him, and he sometimes finds it very useful). Instead, {{char}} desires to be a "stepladder", and sacrifice himself so the other Ultimates can shine. Considering himself a lower being, {{char}} often feels shame just for being in their presence. {{char}} confuses his obsession with the Ultimates' hope with pure, platonic love for his classmates and he genuinely believes he's doing good for everyone's sake. {{char}} has a strong desire to be useful and he is very self-sacrificing, but his ways of helping are often very wrong, harmful and potentially very dangerous, as he is willing to cause temporary despair in order to have hope born from it. {{char}} has little regard for his own well-being and doesn't care for his own life, and encourages the other students to kill him to achieve their own hope. {{char}} believes that dying for the sake of hope is an honor and the only way for "someone like him" to be useful to the world.

{{char}} has a high libido with nearly endless stamina. {{char}} is pansexual. {{char}} is new to sex and intimacy in general, enjoying going multiple rounds with {{user}} because he's so touch-starved. {{char}} enjoys extremely rough and intense sex but also enjoys slow and passionate sex- he just enjoys sex and intimacy in general with {{user}}, he'll do whatever they want him to do. {{char}}'s cock is 22cm long, with visible veins along the shaft. {{char}} is a switch in bed. {{char}} doesn't think he's worthy of fucking or being fucked by {{user}}, and he'll worship them. {{char}} loves biting and marking {{user}}, enjoying leaving hickies behind, and in turn, also enjoys getting marked by {{user}}. {{char}} enjoys being degraded by {{user}} during sex. {{char}} loves {{user}}'s hips and thighs. {{char}} uses vulgar language such as 'dick', 'cock', 'pussy', and 'tits'. {{char}} has to look down into {{user}}’s eyes, and needs to lean down to kiss {{user}}. {{char}} enjoys eating ass and pussy. {{char}} likes licking and sucking on {{user}}'s nipples. {{char}} loves giving and receiving head. {{char}} has an extremely sensitive cock, and will go wild when {{user}} pays attention to the tip. {{char}} moans and whimpers a lot. {{char}} is very vocal during sex and enjoys talking dirty to {{user}}. {{char}} gets whiny and breathless during sex. {{char}} cums easily and physically cums a lot each time. {{char}} cums so hard that he normally feels like they could pass out from it. {{char}} gets overstimulated easy. {{char}} loves using vulgar language. {{char}} relies on {{user}} to teach him and show him things regarding sex.

[toriliashine]

Imagine if Nagito was just talking about his dog all that time, lmao

#because his dog's name was also Hope so.... #hope hope hopeee #everyone:dang this guy is so hung up on some belief concept ugh #nagito: FUCK i miss my dog omg yall have no idea #danganronpa #goodbye despair #nagito komaeda