History Characters / TheLionsDen

* {{All Loving Hero}}: As in canon. It turns out to be one of his most important traits [[spoiler:and why, unlike Kamukura, he's able to combat Enoshima's lingering influence.]]
* {{Arch Enemy}}: Despite trying to save Enoshima's life during DR1, Naegi thinks this way of her after Komaeda is through with him.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Komaeda makes a big deal of how Naegi seems to love everyone. [[spoiler: Turns out that's the main reason he kidnapped Naegi, and it wasn't because of his hope.]]

* {{Its All About Me}}: [[spoiler: Kamukura calls Komaeda out for kidnapping Naegi not to help him, but to satisfy his own loneliness and thirst for revenge.]]

* {{Foil}}: To Kirigiri. Both are very intelligent, stoic characters who keep information close to their chests and have a hard time getting close to others. Both also act as the {{Chessmaster}} for their respective groups. Unlike Kirigiri however, Kamukura never learns to trust and bring others into his plans. [[spoiler: The result is that Kamukura's plan initially fails and is only salvaged by Kirigiri, whose plan to locate and reach Naegi succeeded.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Kamukura's first appearance has him declare that he intends to take a neutral position in the Naegi vs. Ultimate Despair fight. However, observant readers will notice that Kamukura does interfere from time to time and it's usually for Naegi's benefit. [[spoiler: This is a major clue that Kamukura was lying, and that he's actually on Naegi's side and possibly the {{Big Good}} of the story.]]
* {{The Friend Nobody Likes}}: With the exception of Komaeda, Ultimate Despair tolerates him at best. This is due to Kamukura's arrogant behavior when he first met them and [[spoiler:because they believe he killed Nanami.]]

* {{Unwitting Instigator of Doom}}

* {{Foil}}: To Naegi later on. Alter Ego's attitude resembles how Naegi originally behaved, making the ways his time with Ultimate Despair has changed him more obvious.

* {{Supporting Leader}}: While the rest of the Survivor Six (barring Kirigiri) believe he is {{The Captain}}, in reality Kirigiri is in charge of their group.

* {{Lost Lenore}}: She is this for Kamukura. In a rare gender reversal, Hinata plays this role for her. [[spoiler: Her inability to accept Hinata has been replaced by Kamukura ends up getting her killed.]]

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[[folder:Others]]

!!Chiaki Nanami

Ultimate Gamer. Was part of Class 77 and is dead when the story begins.

* {{The Heart}}: For the trio formed by her, Komaeda and Kamukura.
* {{Lost Lenore}}: She is this for Kamukura. In a rare gender reversal, Hinata plays this role for her. [[spoiler: Her inability to accept Hinata has been replaced by Kamukura ends up getting her killed.]]
* {{Posthumous Character}}: Nanami is dead, but her memory is still important to characters such as Kamukura and she plays an important role in his backstory.

!!Torio Iwata

One of Ultimate Despair's prisoners. A member of the Future Foundation's 7th division.

* [[spoiler:{{Cynicism Catalyst}}]]: [[spoiler:His death plays a part in driving Naegi to despair.]]
* {{Only Sane Man}}: He's one of the only people in Ultimate Despair's hideout that Naegi can trust, and he does better at keeping it together than some of the other prisoners.
* {{Voice of Reason}}
* [[spoiler:{{You Have Outlived Your Usefulness}}]]: [[spoiler:Done to him by Munakata after helping Naegi find their search party.]]

!!Komaru Naegi

Makoto Naegi's little sister. Starts the story being held hostage in Towa City.

* {{Spanner In The Works}}: Along with her canon actions in Another Episode, she also [[spoiler: prevents Super Dangan Ronpa 2 from happening by destroying Enoshima's A.I.]]

!!Kuma

A grizzly bear given to Naegi by Tanaka in order to guard him and act as a companion.

* {{A Dog Named Dog}}
* {{Big Eater}}
* [[spoiler:{{Cynicism Catalyst}}]]: [[spoiler:Kuma's death plays a part in Naegi finally falling into despair.]]

!!Naegi's Parents

Makoto and Komaru Naegi's parents. It's unknown what happened to them after the world ended.

* [[spoiler:{{Anti-villain}}: Kamukura is one of Naegi's primary kidnappers and goes out of his way to ensure Naegi stays imprisoned, but as unbelievable as it seems, he has good intentions.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Kamukura's first appearance has him declare that he intends to take a neutral position in the Naegi vs. Ultimate Despair fight. However, observant readers will notice that Kamukura does interfere from time to time and it's usually for Naegi's benefit. [[spoiler: This is a major clue that Kamukura was lying, and that he's actually on Naegi's side and possibly the {{BigGood}} of the story.]]

* {{I Work Alone}}: Deconstructed. This is arguably Kamukura's {{Fatal Flaw}}.
* {{Jerkass}}: Early Kamukura. However, his {{CharacterDevelopment}} with Nanami helped him shed most of this by the story's start - not that anyone realizes it.

* {{Only Sane Man}}: Pekoyama is the 'only' member of Ultimate Despair who hasn't actually fallen into despair. [[spoiler: Even when Kamukura is considered.]]

* {{One Scene Wonder}}: Gekkogahara appears once to speak once with Naegi over the phone.

* {{Hes Back}}: [[spoiler: Naegi manages to bounce back from falling into despair after getting a hug from [[KnightInShiningArmor Kirigiri]], something that [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe vexes Kamukura to no end.]]

* [[spoiler: {{Driven to Suicide}}: In the penultimate chapter, Komaeda, terrified that he will remain {{Always Chaotic Evil}}, tries to get [[Suicide By Cop Naegi to kill him.]]]]

* {{Unwilling Instigator of Doom}}

* {{Benevolent Ruler}} She ''believes'' she's this. It's quite the opposite in reality.

* {{Hidden Depths}}: There are multiple occasions where Hanamura seems to have a breakdown over his actions as Ultimate Despair, suggesting he is {{FightingFromTheInside}}.

* {{UnwillingInstigatorOfDoom}}: Hagakure's cowardice played a major role in Komaeda successfully kidnapping Naegi.

* {ArchEnemy}}: Despite trying to save Enoshima's life during DR1, Naegi thinks this way of her after Komaeda is through with him.
* {{BerserkButton}}: Mid-late story Naegi goes ballistic if he's accused of feeling despair.

* {{AlasPoorVillain}}
* {{BlessedWithSuck}}

* [[spoiler: {{Driven to Suicide}}: In the penultimate chapter, Komaeda, terrified that he will remain {{Always Chaotic Evil}}, tries to get [[SuicideByCop Naegi to kill him.]]]]

* {{BerserkButton}}: Questioning her relationship with Enoshima. At least until the character development sets in.

* {{OnlySaneMan}}: Pekoyama is the 'only' member of Ultimate Despair who hasn't actually fallen into despair. [[spoiler: Even when Kamukura is considered.]]

* {{KickTheMoralityPet}}: Kuzuryuu orders [[spoiler: Kuma to be killed]] after Naegi causes a group vote to swing against him, even though Naegi himself was not present at the vote and never knew anything about it.

* {{BenevolentRuler}} She ''believes'' she's this. It's quite the opposite in reality.
* {{BerserkButton}}: Being accused of tyranny.

* {{HiddenDepths}}: There are multiple occasions where Hanamura seems to have a breakdown over his actions as Ultimate Despair, suggesting he is {{FightingFromTheInside}}.

* {{HiddenDepths}}: Surprisingly, Saionji is the only character who actively tries to teach Naegi how to defend himself against Komaeda. It's implied she drew a parallel with her past self.

* {{TheGadfly}}: To the Future Foundation.

* {{OneSceneWonder}}: Gekkogahara appears once to speak once with Naegi over the phone.

* {{Black and White Morality}}: Naegi starts falling into this as his sanity wanes.

* {{The Friend Nobody Likes}}: With the exception of Komaeda, Ultimate Despair tolerates him at best. This is due to Kamukura's arrogant behavior when he first met them and [[spoiler:because they believe he killed Nanami.]]

* {{Last Lenore}}: She is this for Kamukura. In a rare gender reversal, Hinata plays this role for her. [[spoiler: Her inability to accept Hinata has been replaced by Kamukura ends up getting her killed.]]

* {{I Work Alone}}: Deconstructed.

[[spoiler: {{Killed Off For Real}}: Komaru destroys her after she taunts Komaru over ordering Naegi's death.]]

* {{Character Development}}: Learning to disobey Kuzuryuu is a major character arc for her [[spoiler and turns out to be the key to breaking him out of despair.]]

* {{Broken Ace}}: As in canon, he because super talented at the cost of his personality and memories. [[spoiler:He's also aware of what was done to him, and has some past issues surrounding Chiaki Nanami. On a positive note, he's been trying to get himself and others out of despair, and at some point Hinata resurfaced.]]

* {{Neutral No Longer}}: Kamukura has several of these over the course of the story, including [[spoiler: after the Steering Committee murder Nanami, when he realizes Enoshima took advantage of him and turned his class into Despair and when he realizes Naegi is actually <i>succeeding</i> at reforming Ultimate Despair.]]

* {{Even Evil Has Standards}}: Despite arguably being the most depraved of Ultimate Despair, Kuzuryuu still refuses to [[spoiler:gives into his urge to murder Peko Pekoyama.]]
* {{Sadist}}: Out of everyone, Kuzuryu seems to enjoy torture the most. Considering [[AxeCrazy whom he's surrounded by,]] it says a lot.

* {{Insane Troll Logic}}: Members engage in this from time to time.

* {{Hate Sink}}: Invoked by Togami toward the Future Foundation in order to keep their attention off his scheming classmates.

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* {{Dressing as the Enemy}}: She appears after taking over a Monokuma robot.

[[spoiler:It's later revealed that he's both Izuru Kamukura AND Hajime Hinata, though the exact nature of his identity is still unexplained.]]

* {{Broken Ace}}: As in canon, he because super talented at the cost of his personality and memories. [[spoiler:He's also aware of what was done to him, and has some past issues surrounding Chiaki Nanami. On a positive not, he's been trying to get himself and others out of despair, and at some point Hinata resurfaced.]]

* {{The Kindnapper}}

* {{Big Good}}

* {{Good is not Soft}}

!!Iwata

* {{Broken Pedestal}}

* {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}

!!Toko Fukawa

!!Aoi Asahina

!!Yasuhiro Hagakure

Ultimate Fortune Teller.

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[[folder:Future Foundation]]

The largest organization tasked with fighting Ultimate Despair.

!!Tropes common to the Future Foundation:

* {{Broken Pedestal}}
* [[spoiler:{{Cynicism Catalyst}}]]: [[spoiler:Naegi's altercation with them and feeling like he can't trust them is part of what drives him into despair.]]
* {{Hope Bringer}}: The purpose of their organization.
* {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}

!!Kyosuke Munakata

!!Juzo Sakakura

!!Chisa Yukizome

!!Miaya Gekkogahara

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Others]]

!!Iwata

One of Ultimate Despair's prisoners. A member of the Future Foundation's 7th division.

* [[spoiler:{{Cynicism Catalyst}}]]: [[spoiler:His death plays a part in driving Naegi to despair.]]
* [[spoiler:{{You Have Outlived Your Usefulness}}]]: [[spoiler:Done to him by Munakata after helping Naegi find their search party.]]

!!Komaru Naegi

Makoto Naegi's little sister. Starts the story being held hostage in Towa City.

!!Kuma

A grizzly bear given to Naegi by Tanaka in order to guard him and act as a companion.

* [[spoiler:{{Cynicism Catalyst}}]]: [[spoiler:Kuma's death plays a part in Naegi finally falling into despair.]]

!!Naegi's Parents

Makoto and Komaru Naegi's parents. It's unknown what happened to them after the world ended.

* {{Heart is an Awesome Power}}: [[spoiler:He manages to drag some members of Ultimate despair out of despair, ''[[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome without any prior knowledge on how to do so!]]''

* {{Red Eyes, Take Warning}}

!!Izuru Kamukura

!!Kyouko Kirigiri