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* GoodIsNotSoft: Unlike Miura, Azuki has no compassion or mercy for the blackened, although she does gradually come to sympathize with them.

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* GoodIsNotSoft: Unlike Miura, Azuki has no compassion or mercy for the blackened, although she does gradually come to sympathize with them. The latter part ends up becoming {{Foreshadowing}} for her own arc of inadvertently becoming a blackened herself.
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* AssholeVictim: With all the stuff mentioned below, it's surprising he wasn't killed any sooner.


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* HumiliationConga: After all his {{Jerkass}} behavior throughout the story, Chapter V has him hit with LaserGuidedKarma ''hard''. First he's beaten up by Nagato for insulting Azuki in front of her, then Monokuma reveals that he got into Talent High School through {{Nepotism}} via his uncle, and finally ends up becoming the chapter's victim alongside Karita, the one person he hates almost as much as Nagato.
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He is the second victim of Chapter V.

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He is one of the second victim victims of Chapter V.



He is the first victim of Chapter V, having been shot with an arrow in the gut.

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He is one of the first victim victims of Chapter V, having been shot with an arrow in the gut.
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* UnreliableExpositer: He engages in several {{Blatant Lie}}s during his lectures on the [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Hope's Peak]] and [[Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie Talent High]] killing games- namely the canon one about [[LightNovel/DanganronpaZero Kumakura being the one who killed the Hope's Peak student council when it was actually Junko]], that Mukuro was executed for attempting to betray Junko when she was actually loyal to Junko the entire time and was the one betrayed by her sister, that Kagami was a member of Ultimate Despair when he was actually just using Junko's philosophies for revenge against the Talent High staff, and that the survivors of both games slaughtered their respective masterminds.

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* UnreliableExpositer: UnreliableExpositor: He engages in several {{Blatant Lie}}s BlatantLies during his lectures on the [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Hope's Peak]] and [[Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie Talent High]] killing games- namely the canon one about [[LightNovel/DanganronpaZero Kumakura being the one who killed the Hope's Peak student council when it was actually Junko]], that Mukuro was executed for attempting to betray Junko when she was actually loyal to Junko the entire time and was the one betrayed by her sister, that Kagami was a member of Ultimate Despair when he was actually just using Junko's philosophies for revenge against the Talent High staff, and that the survivors of both games slaughtered their respective masterminds.

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He is the second victim of Chapter V.




He is the first victim of Chapter V, having been shot with an arrow in the gut.




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* UnreliableExpositer: He engages in several {{Blatant Lie}}s during his lectures on the [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Hope's Peak]] and [[Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie Talent High]] killing games- namely the canon one about [[LightNovel/DanganronpaZero Kumakura being the one who killed the Hope's Peak student council when it was actually Junko]], that Mukuro was executed for attempting to betray Junko when she was actually loyal to Junko the entire time and was the one betrayed by her sister, that Kagami was a member of Ultimate Despair when he was actually just using Junko's philosophies for revenge against the Talent High staff, and that the survivors of both games slaughtered their respective masterminds.
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* {{Nepotism}}: Played with. While Asakura assumes that Nagato got into high school due to being the teacher's daughter, Nagato and her mother insist that the latter's job played no role in Chiyuri getting in.

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* {{Nepotism}}: Played with. While Asakura assumes that Nagato got into high school due to being the teacher's daughter, Nagato and her mother insist that the latter's job played no role in Chiyuri getting in. However she is the illegitimate daughter of the chairman of the board via her father's side and was let into Talent High School in order to keep quiet about the scandal.

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* BrokenPedestal: To Kurogane. Kurogane had an unrequited crush on him, and trusted him as a friend, so he's shocked that Kojima would try to kill someone.

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* BrokenPedestal: BrokenPedestal:
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To Kurogane. Kurogane had an unrequited crush on him, and trusted him as a friend, so he's shocked that Kojima would try to kill someone.someone.
** The pedestal breaks down a bit further for Kurogane after Monokuma reveals that Kojima got into Talent High School via {{Nepotism}}.



* {{Nepotism}}: He was able to get into Talent High School because his mother's cousin was part of the board of directors.



* RightForTheWrongReasons: Azuki discovers that while Asakura was right about Nagato getting her position by way of familial connections, but realizes that he didn't know this for certain.

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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Azuki discovers that while Asakura was right about Nagato getting her position by way of familial connections, but realizes that he didn't know this for certain.she actually got in through her father's connections, rather than her mother's like Asakura believes.

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* FirstNameBasis: She calls Himemiya "Himeno-sama." At the end of her Free Time Events, as well as just before her murder, she succeeds in switching to calling her "Himeno," without honorifics. She also eventually starts calling Sasaki "Sayuri-chan," and switches to calling Azuki "Akira-chan" at the end of her Free Time Events.

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She calls Himemiya "Himeno-sama." At the end of her Free Time Events, as well as just before her murder, she succeeds in switching to calling her "Himeno," without honorifics. She also eventually starts calling Sasaki "Sayuri-chan," and switches to calling Azuki "Akira-chan" at the end of her Free Time Events.Events.
** The White Day chapter of ''Where Talent Went to School'' reveals that she had also gotten around to just calling Himemiya "Himeno" by the time of the Tragedy.


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* {{Hypocrite}}: For all his complaining about Nagato getting into Talent High School through {{Nepotism}}, in the White Day chapter for ''Where Talent Went to School'', Miura reveals that Asakura benefited from it as well, as his mother was the headmistress' secretary while his uncle was on the school board.
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* ClearMyName: Is framed by Kirishima as Kumakura's killer, but manages to prove her innocence while exposing him in the process.


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* InfantImmortality: Oh, so very averted.
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* PetTheDog: Gives Nagato his journal of his personal observations from his time on the cruise before his execution in the hope that she'll be able to make use of them.

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* MistakenIdentity: Her strain of the Despair Disease causes her to mistake people she sees for someone else, with the person she sees them as changing intermittently.

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* MistakenIdentity: MistakenIdentity[=/=]RecognitionFailure: Her strain of the Despair Disease causes her to mistake people she sees for someone else, with the person she sees them as changing intermittently.



He is the fourth victim, having been smothered by a pillow while being treated for his strain of the Despair Disease at the fourth island's hospital

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He is the fourth victim, having been smothered by a pillow at Kirishima's hands while being treated for his strain of the Despair Disease at the fourth island's hospital



He is the fourth culprit, having smothered Kumakura with a pillow after paralyzing him with muscle relaxants. He is executed by being bombarded with massive doses of radiation.



* DoomedDefeatist: Like Hoshino in the previous fic, this turns out to be his reason for committing murder, as the increasing number of deaths convinced him that the only way to save himself was to attempt to graduate.
* FrameUp: Attempts to frame Nagato for Kumakura's death by taking advantage of her strain of the Despair Disease to chloroform her and leave her at the crime scene with no memory of how she got there while also taking advantage of Sasaki's strain by having her see him as Nagato and placing her at the scene and faking a checklist on how to kill Kumakura using the missing pages from Nagato's notebook.
* {{Hypocrite}}: When Nagato names him as Kumakura's murderer, he states that Azuki was more graceful facing her death than she'd ever be after previously dismissing Azuki's sacrifice as meaningless.



* SecretlySelfish: In his Free Time Events, it's hinted that he may not be in science out of a desire to improve humankind, but in order to leave his won mark on history.

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* SecretlySelfish: In his Free Time Events, it's hinted that he may not be in science out of a desire to improve humankind, but in order to leave his won mark on history. It's this selfishness that causes him to attempt to graduate by killing Kumakura, as he feels that as a scientist, he's the one who would benefit the human race the most by his survival.

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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The strain of the Despair Disease she's infected with prevents her from making new memories.




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* YourDaysAreNumbered: Tatsuki's strain of the Despair Disease will kill her in 72 hours (three days) unless a murder has been committed by then, at which point it passes to another student.
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* HandicappedBadass: His strain of the Despair Disease causes him to lose one of his senses, with the sense in question changing each day.
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* MistakenIdentity: Her strain of the Despair Disease causes her to mistake people she sees for someone else, with the person she sees them as changing intermittently.


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He is the fourth victim, having been smothered by a pillow while being treated for his strain of the Despair Disease at the fourth island's hospital


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* CanNotTellALie: His strain of the Despair Disease causes him to do this, though if he wrongly believes something to be true or doesn't know the answer to the question he's asked, he can still be wrong in his answer.
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* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Dismisses Azuki's sacrifice as "utterly meaningless" since all she's done is ensure that the Killing Game goes on until the next island.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Calls out Nagato for not voting for Azuki as the blackened during the third trial, feeling that Nagato not trusting Azuki when she was trying to ensure the other students wouldn't die for her mistake makes Himeno unable to trust Nagato to make the right decision when the next trial comes around.
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* TakeMeInstead: After Azuki's conviction in the third trial, Tatsuki offers herself up to be executed in Azuki's place, but Monokuma and Azuki refuse to allow it.
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* BreakTheCutie: The third trial and Azuki's conviction [[{{Understatement}} do not go easy on her]]. By the end, she's begging Monokuma not to go through with the execution.
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A talented geneticist who has a calm and rational mindset. He stays in Cabin M3 with Kojima.

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A talented geneticist who has a calm and rational mindset. He stays in Cabin M3 with Kojima.
Higurashi.
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* AccidentalMurder[=/=]UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Her accidentally stepping on the pressure plate on the prison ground floor triggered the dart trap in the second floor office as Mihama was examining it, resulting in her death.
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* TakeUpMySword: Azuki entrusts her to continue solving the mysteries and find the truth of the Killing Game following her execution.

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* HeroicSacrifice: She willingly names herself as the blackened in order to ensure the safety of her fellow students.



** Once she realizes that she's Mihama's killer, she willingly reveals herself as the only one who could have done it, explaining exactly how the death went, not willing to sacrifice her fellow classmates to save herself.

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** Once Unlike Akamatsu, who relied on Saihara to reveal her crime, once she realizes that she's Mihama's killer, she willingly reveals herself as the only one who could have done it, explaining exactly how the death went, not willing to sacrifice her fellow classmates to save herself.


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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Doesn't understand why Azuki would willingly sacrifice herself as the blackened in order to save her fellow students.
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* HumanPincushion: In her execution, she's repeatedly shot with crossbow bolts.

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* HumanPincushion: In her execution, execution in the "Desperate Measures" side story, she's repeatedly shot with crossbow bolts.



* WilliamTelling: In her execution, an apple is placed on her head. She's turned into a HumanPincushion by Monokumas wielding crossbows, who shoot everywhere except the apple. After she's dead, the last Monokuma shoots the apple.

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* WilliamTelling: In her execution, execution in the "Desperate Measures" side story, an apple is placed on her head. She's turned into a HumanPincushion by Monokumas wielding crossbows, who shoot everywhere except the apple. After she's dead, the last Monokuma shoots the apple.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After Azuki is convicted as Mihama's killer, Himeno apologizes for not being able to do anything for her. Since Himeno tends to view apologies as hollow and insincere, Azuki immediately takes note of it.

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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Akira Azuki is this to [[Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie Kaori Miura]]. While Miura was [[NiceGirl a mild-mannered]] GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak who only swears ''[[PrecisionFStrike once]]'' in the entire fic, Azuki is a {{tomboy}}ish JerkWithAHeartOfGold with [[SirSwearsALot a foul mouth]]. Miura had a "talent" she wasn't particularly proud of and looked up to Edogawa, eventually falling in love with her (a feeling Edogawa reciprocated). Azuki, however, has the highly desirable Ultimate Actress talent, and has two admirers- Nagato, whose feelings for her are platonic, and Kojima, who has an unrequited and unwanted crush on her. While Miura was quite uncomfortable with the notion of executing the blackened, Azuki has no qualms against it, being willing to sacrifice anyone who'd let the others die just to save themselves. While Miura eventually becomes TheLeader in Chapter III, Azuki admits she has no talent for that.

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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Akira Azuki is this to [[Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie Kaori Miura]]. While Miura was [[NiceGirl a mild-mannered]] GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak who only swears ''[[PrecisionFStrike once]]'' in the entire fic, Azuki is a {{tomboy}}ish JerkWithAHeartOfGold with [[SirSwearsALot a foul mouth]]. Miura had a "talent" she wasn't particularly proud of and looked up to Edogawa, eventually falling in love with her (a feeling Edogawa reciprocated). Azuki, however, has the highly desirable Ultimate Actress talent, and has two admirers- Nagato, whose feelings for her are platonic, and Kojima, who has an unrequited and unwanted crush on her. While Miura was quite uncomfortable with the notion of executing the blackened, Azuki has no qualms against it, being willing to sacrifice anyone who'd let the others die just to save themselves. While Miura eventually becomes TheLeader in Chapter III, Azuki admits she has no talent for that. While Miura serves as an {{Expy}} of [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Makoto Naegi]], Azuki serves more of one to [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Kaede Akamatsu]], being a DecoyProtagonist who gets executed as a blackened while providing CharacterDevelopment for the true protagonist (Shuichi for Kaede, Nagato for Azuki).



* FaceDeathWithDignity[=/=]GoOutWithASmile: After being convicted, she willingly accepts the punishment Monokuma's got planned, not willing to give him the pleasure of seeing her in fear before her death. Azuki even smiles during her execution, knowing that thanks to Monokuma giving her executors the faces of her classmates, she won't be dying alone.



** Once she realizes that she's Mihama's killer, she willingly reveals herself as the only one who could have done it, explaining exactly how the death went, not willing to sacrifice her fellow classmates to save herself.



* DecompositeCharacter: She and Himemiya represent different aspects of Fuyuhiko. In Tatsuki's case, she, like Fuyuhiko, kills someone for her younger sister's sake, resulting in the person she values most being executed.

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* DecompositeCharacter: She Tatsuki and Himemiya represent different aspects of Fuyuhiko. In Tatsuki's case, she, like Fuyuhiko, kills someone for her younger sister's sake, resulting in the person she values most being executed.




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* MaliciousMisnaming: After Taiga and Tatsuki's TwinSwitch allows the former to be executed in the latter's place, Monokuma begins to start referring to Tatsuki as "Taiga-san."

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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Does this right before figuring out that she set off the trap that killed Mihama.



* SignificantBirthDate: She, a fan of ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'', was born on March 15, the Ides of March.

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* SignificantBirthDate: She, a fan of ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'', was born on March 15, the Ides of March. Naturally, Monokuma's execution for her is titled "The Ides of March".
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She is the third culprit, having accidentally activated the trap that would kill Mihama. She is executed in a recreation of the death scene from ''Theatre/JuliusCaeser'', with the senators being played by a group of Monokumas wearing masks with her classmates' faces.

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She is the third culprit, having accidentally activated the trap that would kill Mihama. She is executed in a recreation of the death scene from ''Theatre/JuliusCaeser'', ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'', with the senators being played by a group of Monokumas wearing masks with her classmates' faces.
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She is the third culprit, having accidentally activated the trap that would kill Mihama. She is executed in a recreation of the death scene from ''Theatre/JuliusCeaser'', with the senators being played by a group of Monokumas wearing masks with her classmates' faces.

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She is the third culprit, having accidentally activated the trap that would kill Mihama. She is executed in a recreation of the death scene from ''Theatre/JuliusCeaser'', ''Theatre/JuliusCaeser'', with the senators being played by a group of Monokumas wearing masks with her classmates' faces.
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She is the third culprit, having accidentally activated the trap that would kill Mihama. She is executed in a recreation of the death scene from ''Theatre/JuliusCeaser'', with the senators being played by a group of Monokumas wearing masks with her classmates' faces.


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* DecoyProtagonist: Though she lasts longer than [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Akamatsu]] did.

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* NiceGirl: Played with. Nagato is outwardly polite and pleasant to a fault, but there are small hints that she may not be completely nice to everyone.

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* NiceGirl: Played with. Nagato is outwardly polite and pleasant to a fault, but there are small hints that while she may not gets along with most people, she can't stand Asakura. Part of her politeness is simply a façade, out of a desire to be completely nice to everyone.accepted.






* DecompositeCharacter: She and Tatsuki represent two aspects of Fuyuhiko from the second game. In Himeno's case, she represents Fuyuhiko's close bond with a ChildhoodFriend who is duty-bound to serve him.



* HeroicSacrifice: In Chapter III, she volunteers to kill Tatsuki and be executed so the others can escape the island.
* HumanPincushion: In her execution, she's repeatedly shot with crossbow bolts.




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* WilliamTelling: In her execution, an apple is placed on her head. She's turned into a HumanPincushion by Monokumas wielding crossbows, who shoot everywhere except the apple. After she's dead, the last Monokuma shoots the apple.



* DecompositeCharacter: She and Himemiya represent different aspects of Fuyuhiko. In Tatsuki's case, she, like Fuyuhiko, kills someone for her younger sister's sake, resulting in the person she values most being executed.



* FamousLastWords:
** Taiga, while posing as Tatsuki, before her own execution
-->"Take care of yourself, sis, and never forget- I'll always love you."
** Tatsuki before her own hanging in the "Desperate Measures" side story.
-->"I'm ready, Himemiya-san. It may be difficult to accept that this was our only solution, but please remember- this was my decision."



* HeroicSacrifice: Taiga takes her Tatsuki's place and allows herself to be executed to save her sister's life.

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Taiga takes her Tatsuki's place and allows herself to be executed to save her sister's life.life.
** Tatsuki offers to be killed in order to allow the others to escape the island. She accepts this fate in the "Desperate Measures" omake.


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* NeckSnap: When Tatsuki is hanged in "Desperate Measures," the noose breaks her neck.

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