Dangan Rompa Discussion

togami is both somebody i tremendously respect and hate at the very same time.

he’s a condescending elitist who cares little for anybody other than himself unless caring for them benefits him personally. and whilst yes i can empathise with him being like that in a dog eat dog mutual killings scenario, i hate the excuse most of the fandom throw out to try and justify his attitude - the one about how he “always had to be perfect there was no room for error, seeing other people on the same level was a weakness blah blah" because quite frankly i think that’s bs? he wasn’t exactly going to get thrown out onto the street for failing to claim the title of heir, it was his own ambition that made him the way he is. he doesn’t have an excuse and for the most part, i don’t like how scathing and rude he is to everyone. again yes, i can understand him not wanting to mix with the others, work with them or trust them in the mutual killings but there’s a difference between that and being a butt.

however, i do like, or rather, respect his other traits. i like his composure, his intelligence, his good thinking when it comes to playing the game in a way that benefits him the most and his lack of emotional vulnerability (he never caves under any of the pressures and kills someone) and his observational skills. i REALLY like his no-nonsense attitude and ability to just get shit done, something that was lacking from many of the others in sdr2. those are all admirable traits in my book. i’ll admit he’s also a pretty funny guy when he tries to be witty.

that said, he’s not as perfect as he lets on. i’m pretty convinced that he wasn’t aware of who the real murderer was in ch2, but rather legitimately convinced that syo was at fault and so attempted to make it easier for the other students to implicate her, with the intention of later taking the credit for solving the case. he said the stuff about “seeing mondo" at the end just to save perfect face. also interesting was how he was completely stumped in the chapter 4 trial and i think this highlighted the fault of his narcissism well: togami is so so so proud of his existence, that he simply fails to understand that people may be anything short of content with theirs. the notion of “suicide" just did not exist within his mindset, hence why for all of his intelligence, togami was tripped up in ch4. he’s definitely not perfect, but this lacking trait makes for a very solid character imo.

i think the writers did a good job of keeping him realistic too - somebody that proud just does not change and become friendlier within a couple of high-pressure days but that kind of change is exactly what you’d expect from most media.  but not togami. he more or less stays the same, only warms up the slightest fraction near the very end, and when he does begin to work with the other students it’s because that was the option that yielded the greatest personal gain, not because of any sort of “friendship". and that was very, very solid imo and respectable because it’s a guy sticking to his values. still makes him an unlikeable though, lol.

Okay, how do I start. I guess with Naegi from dr1.

First of all, I sympathize with him, for being picked to go to the academy.
I feel that without Naegi, nobody would have survived at Hope's Peak. He might just be a regular teenager with no special talent, but he just has that motivation to bring everybody together. For example, in chapter two, Sakura Oogami complained about being at the academy, but getting weaker and weaker. But Naegi told her that she was getting stronger physiologically. Also, he is a great listener. Naegi never jumps to conclusions, in almost all of the trials. Of course, you are playing (or in his point of view), but you can see how much patience Naegi has.
Naegi isn't the sharpest knife in the knife box (he is flawed in that way), though. But he has the willpower and the hope to survive. He's almost the strongest, in a way.
I'm sorry, this one sucked.

I personally thought that Celes would survive. I mean, she was one of the more "brighter" ones (for example, for the murder of Yamada, Celes was incredibly clever by using her real name and motivating him.) , and she is a talented liar. Also, Celes was really intimidating, but what shocked me most was how she hid everything about her inside. Celes was the once who said that the class needed to adapt to their surroundings, but she was the one who wanted to get out the most. Also, Celes is very bipolar, and she can show her weakness at times.

One con about Celes is how she expects to win all the time. Of course, she is shsl gambler. In gambling, you have to win some and lose some. I am surprised that she did not learn this fact, after all these years of experience. Even other students know that you have to expect defeat sometimes to stand up. I am beginning to sound cheesy I'm sorry ;w;

In conclusion, Celes was definitely not one of my least favorite characters, but not my favorite. I believe that the game designed her very well. Of course, she wins for having the cutest outfit.

i don't understand why they made him look so feminine *shudders* and I don't even understand why he wasn't shot walking into the women's locker room if he was male, as much as he wanted to cover it up with his girly skirts and voice and such. I was attracted to his talent and the feminine aura he gave off when I learned about him for the first time, it was very interesting. 
In the raw footage, he was thinking, but since I can't understand Japanese, I couldn't tell what he waa thinking. But I did read that episode in the visual novel, so I already know who did what and where...but I didn't know it took place in the girls locker room. Fujisaki's card must've been agender, because he was apparently able to access both rooms.

she seems to always have this look in her blood red eyes...this look of despair, the look Junko would kill to see. Yamada also has this way of looking up to her, she must have some type of "enchantment trick", because it seems like she can make people fall under a spell and do whatever they're told to do by her. 
The Queen of Liars does live up to her name, though. But making Yamada kill Ishimaru, then murdering the murderer himself wasn't a great idea, for (i haven't read her execution yet), she should've been blamed double for at least "planning' the murder, and having someone else do the dirty work for her. Not a good move, Ludenberg.

I see Junko's past: she was obviously a really wonderful person. A horrible incident must've happened that ruined her career, especially because she turned evil. I admire her in a way. Not that I'd want to be her, but there's something about her that definitely turns me on. This habit of hers... I don't know what, but I know more about her than I do any other character, without having to even read the manga or wiki. 
She has this poetic way of speech. How she says she wanted to "paint the world with despair"...that's true poetry, my dears. true depth and creativity. The true meaning of life. I feel sympathy for her, the fact that only lunatics of men liked her... she definitely deserved more than that. She put a lot of thought into it before making a decision to change the world, to "decorate it with such beautiful despair". She makes me feel so sympathetic for her past life, how her sister impersonated, and frankly offended her.
I look up to her for the fact she was able to get through 2 years of sane lunacy, until she went to Hope's Peak. Then, she punished herself for being so evil...no one so truly great and amazing would pay for their sins in that way, because that's what a good person should do.... except for the fact that the punishment MAY have been suicide...

chihiro is so feminine because he was always called weak so he just dressed+acted like a girl. :v

i feel sympathy for him, and how he dealt with it...he must have been depressed for awhile until he made his decision...