Line #99 Characters/WhereTalentGoesOnVacation


1	Here is the character page for ''Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesOnVacation''. Be warned- ''all spoilers are unmarked''
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7	[[WMG:Akira Azuki]]
8	!!!Ultimate Actress
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10	A talented young actress who was recruited to Talent High School. She stays in Cabin F4 with Nagato.
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12	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/JuliusCaesar'', with the senators being played by a group of Monokumas wearing masks with her classmates' faces.
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14	* 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.
15	* AlliterativeName: '''A'''kira '''A'''zuki.
16	* AtLeastIAdmitIt: She accuses some of her classmates of not caring whether Taiga or Tatsuki was executed, as long as they got to live. She admits that she doesn't care enough about the others that she'd kill for them or hesitate to have them executed, although she doesn't want all the spotless to be executed, either.
17	* BrutalHonesty: Azuki doesn't mince words when she speaks, particularly when it comes to Higurashi's leadership or various people she doesn't like.
18	* CelebrityIsOverrated: She isn't completely fond of being famous, since it gets her the attention of "asshats like Kojima."
19	* 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).
20	* DecoyProtagonist: Though she lasts longer than [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Akamatsu]] did.
21	* DisappearedDad: Azuki mentions losing her father at a young age. In Nagato's Free Time events with her, she reveals that he was killed in a car accident that he caused when he travelled too far into oncoming traffic at an intersection which also killed the other driver as well.
22	* EntertaininglyWrong: After Himemiya comes out of the closet, Azuki wonders if the reason why Nagato seems surprisingly reserved around other is because she is a lesbian and she's worried what others might think.
23	* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Does this right before figuring out that she set off the trap that killed Mihama.
24	* FaceDeathWithDignity: 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.
25	* FirstNameBasis: Over time, she starts calling Sayuri, Himeno and Chiyuri by their first names.
26	* GoodIsNotNice: Despite being a highly moral person who doesn't want to see her classmates come to harm, that doesn't mean Azuki ''likes'' all of her classmates, and can be quite open with that fact.
27	* 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.
28	* HeroicSacrifice: She willingly names herself as the blackened in order to ensure the safety of her fellow students.
29	* HiddenDepths:
30	** She respects her classmates' accomplishments, even if they are not in a field she's interested in. While this would seem to be more characteristic of a normal person like [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Naegi]] or [[Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie Miura]], she knows that it takes a lot of people's talents to make a movie, including many she does not possess.
31	** 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.
32	* HonestAdvisor: She serves this role to Higurashi, offering constructive criticism of his leadership.
33	* HypocriticalHeartwarming: While she's fairly critical of Higurashi, she gets offended when Karita implies that he's a charlatan. While Azuki may criticize Higurashi for his idealism, she never doubts his sincerity.
34	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Azuki can be blunt, rude and cynical, but nevertheless doesn't want to see anyone die on the killing school trip, even the people she doesn't like.
35	* TheKirk: She stands somewhere between Higurashi's idealism and Kirishima's pragmatism. She gradually starts to respect Higurashi's ideals if she doesn't always agree with him, and while she shares Kirishima's skepticism, she finds him somewhat callous.
36	* TheLadette: She's an unabashed tomboy with a distaste for dressing or acting feminine.
37	* SecretKeeper: Is entrusted with Chiyuri's status as the illegitimate daughter of the head of the Talent High board as well as Himemiya's crush on Sasaki shortly before her death.
38	* 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".
39	* SirSwearsALot: Her dialogue and narration are fairly coarse, and she uses profanity fairly often.
40	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Nagato's Girly Girl.
41	* TomboyishName: "Akira" is commonly a boys' name, but some girls can be named Akira, too.
42	* WesternZodiac: Aries.
43	* WhatTheHellHero: She calls out some of the students for judging Tatsuki, saying that their attitudes are self-righteous, hypocritical and oblivious to Kojima and Taiga's actions.
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46	[[WMG:Chiyuri Nagato]]
47	!!!Ultimate Tech Support
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49	A girl who has a knack for helping others with technology, as well as the teacher's daughter. She stays in Cabin F4 with Azuki.
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51	Nagato survives and escapes the simulation.
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54	* BastardAngst: She's been ostracized as a result of her not having a father, which led to her being reserved and distant from others to some extent.
55	* BreakTheCutie: The third trial and Azuki's conviction do not go easy on her. By the end, she's begging Monokuma not to go through with the execution.
56	* CatholicSchoolgirlsRule: Averted. She wears her uniform properly, and not at all in a fanservice-like manner.
57	* ClearMyName: Is framed by Kirishima as Kumakura's killer, but manages to prove her innocence while exposing him in the process.
58	* ConnectedAllAlong: Her status as the chairman's illegitimate granddaughter makes her cousins with Reiko Mitamura.
59	* DisappearedDad: Nagato never knew her father, but the reasons for this are unknown. Azuki, however, notices that Yukari has never referred to Chiyuri's father as her husband, and does not seem to be wearing a wedding ring.
60	* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Does this upon first realizing her mother's the traitor during the final investigation while investigating the Neo World Program login pod activations with Tatsuki.
61	* FanGirl: She's a fan of Azuki's. Much to Azuki's dismay, she most likes Magical Girl Sakura.
62	* FirstNameBasis: In Chapter III, she starts calling Azuki "Akira-san," which is a fairly significant step for her.
63	** She manages to go even further when Azuki is brought BackFromTheDead the final morning of the cruise, calling her "Akira" before she and the remaining survivors embark on the final investigation.
64	* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Despite her soft-spoken and reserved personality, Nagato enjoys wearing jeans and overalls while dressing casually.
65	* HeroicBastard: She's the illegitimate child of the son of the chairman of Talent High School's board. In order to keep this quiet, she was offered a spot inside the school.
66	* HeroicSelfDeprecation: She often engages in this, particularly when she expresses that she doesn't think she can meaningfully contribute to the investigation.
67	* UsefulNotes/JapaneseChristian: Nagato and her mother are Catholics.
68	* JapanesePoliteness: Nagato's a well-mannered girl who uses last names and "-san" on all her classmates, and tends to be excessively polite when she's first meeting someone. That being said, she has dropped the "-san" from Asakura's name when speaking with Azuki, simply because she can't stand him.
69	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The strain of the Despair Disease she's infected with prevents her from making new memories.
70	* {{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 granddaughter 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.
71	* NiceGirl: Played with. Nagato is outwardly polite and pleasant to a fault, but while she gets along with most people, she can't stand Asakura. Part of her politeness is simply a façade, out of a desire to be accepted.
72	* NumberTwo: She's chosen as Higurashi's vice leader, who will take over in case of his death. The latter part finally ends up happening when Higurashi [[HeroicSacrifice offers himself up to be executed]] during the fifth trial.
73	* ParentalTitleCharacterization: While Chiyuri usually calls her mother "Mom," she has to call her "Nagato-sensei" while in class, to show her respect as a teacher. Chiyuri doesn't mind, though, respecting her teacher's impartial treatment of her students and appreciating being treated as part of the class.
74	* PrecisionFStrike: Calls Monokuma a "son of a bitch" who "(doesn't) give a rat's ass about being fair" during the fifth trial when he demands the surviving students to offer one of themselves up to be executed as per his Rule 16.
75	* ProperTightsWithASkirt: She wears white pantyhose with her uniform.
76	* SkewedPriorities: Downplayed. During the first investigation, she goes to the ship to find evidence, but confesses that the trip was also so that she could see her mother one last time in case the trial went badly.
77	* TakeUpMySword: Azuki entrusts her to continue solving the mysteries and find the truth of the Killing Game following her execution.
78	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl to Azuki's Tomboy.
79	* TokenReligiousTeammate: Nagato is a Christian who has gone to Catholic schools in the past and says her prayers every night before bed.
80	* WesternZodiac: Libra.
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82	[[WMG:Sayuri Sasaki]]
83	!!!Ultimate Manga Artist
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85	A talented manga artist who's published "Breakneck Canyon," a gay love story. She stays in Cabin F2 with Mihama.
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87	Sasaki survives and escapes the simulation.
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89	* AlliterativeName: ''Sa''yuri ''Sa''saki.
90	* CoolAunt: Sayuri's paternal aunt is highly supportive of her niece's attempts to pursue her dream of becoming a manga artist, having put off her dream of becoming an actress until it was too late.
91	* CoolBigSis: She plays this role to Mihama, the youngest of the group.
92	* DontCallMeSir: She dislikes being called anything more formal than "Sasaki-san," except for being called "sensei" by her fans.
93	* FirstNameBasis: Upon becoming acquainted with her peers, Sasaki generally asks permission to use first names. If they say no, like Himemiya did, then Sasaki generally uses last names with -kun for boys and -san for girls, but if they say yes, she uses first names with -kun for boys and -chan for girls.
94	* 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.
95	* NiceGirl: She comes off as a pleasant and friendly individual.
96	* ThePerfectionist: Similar to Mitamura, Sasaki is determined to achieve perfection, but in manga art rather than academics. Unlike Mitamura, Sasaki realizes that she'll never be completely perfect, and instead continually strives to improve herself..
97	* RelationshipUpgrade: Becomes an OfficialCouple with Himemiya following the fifth trial.
98	* SailorFuku: She wears one as her uniform.
99	* WesternZodiac: Cancer.
100	* YoungAndInCharge: As the manga artist, she's essentially her assistants' boss, even though they're significantly older than she is.
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102	[[WMG: Miharu Mihama]]
103	!!!Ultimate Legal Expert
104	A young girl with an almost encyclopedic knowledge of Japan's laws. She stays in Cabin F2 with Sasaki.
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106	She is the third victim, having been killed by one of the booby-trap darts at the prison the students are camping at.
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108	* AlliterativeName: ''Mi''haru ''Mi''hama.
109	* TheBabyOfTheBunch: She's the youngest in her class and is somewhat sensitive about it, resulting in her treating the others quite formally.
110	* ChildProdigy: Not only is she exceptionally knowledgeable about Japanese law, but she's intelligent enough to skip several grades.
111	* EyeScream: She's found with a dart in her eye.
112	* GradeSkipper: She's skipped several grades, and got to high school at 10.
113	* SailorFuku: Like Sasaki, she wears a sailor fuku.
114	* WesternZodiac: Capricorn.
115	* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Despite being the youngest member of the class, she's also one of the most collected and mature.
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117	[[WMG:Himeno Himemiya]]
118	!!!Ultimate Archer
119
120	A talented archer from an extremely wealthy family. She stays in Cabin F3 with Tsukimura.
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122	Himemiya survives and escapes the simulation.
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124	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: She asks one of Yamazaki after he apologizes for Tsukimura's death.
125	-->"Are you saying this because Kanae's dead... or because you're about to die?"
126	* BrutalHonesty: She comes off as fairly blunt and outspoken, but is often polite about it.
127	* ChildhoodFriend: She and Tsukimura have known each other since they were young.
128	* 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.
129	* DontCallMeSir: She's not fond of Tsukimura using "-sama" on her, but tolerates it, since Tsukimura is expected to show her that level of respect.
130	* FirstNameBasis: She calls Tsukimura by her first name without honorifics, indicating that they're close. Eventually, she starts calling Akira by her first name, too.
131	* HeroicSacrifice: In Chapter III, she volunteers to kill Tatsuki and be executed so the others can escape the island.
132	* HumanPincushion: In her execution in the "Desperate Measures" side story, she's repeatedly shot with crossbow bolts.
133	* IncompatibleOrientation: She's a lesbian while Tsukimura is heterosexual.
134	* JapanesePoliteness: Played with. She uses polite speech on her classmates, but can be fairly blunt and outspoken.
135	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Which part of her is most evident depends on who she's interacting with. Her heart of gold comes out when she's with Tsukimura and Azuki, but she's somewhat more distant from Sasaki and Nagato, and dislikes Asakura.
136	* MaidAndMaiden: The Maiden to Tsukimura's Maid.
137	* 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.
138	* RejectedApology: She rejects Yamazaki's apology for killing Tsukimura, considering it a hollow and insincere gesture that cannot make up for killing her best friend.
139	* RelationshipUpgrade: Becomes an OfficialCouple with Sasaki following the fifth trial.
140	* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Subverted. She chastises Azuki for not using honorifics on her, but it turns out that she wasn't serious.
141	* UnequalPairing: Defied. She realizes that if she were to get into a relationship with Tsukimura, there would be a severe power imbalance. The fact that Tsukimura is heterosexual doesn't help.
142	* WesternZodiac: Sagittarius.
143	* 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.
144	* WilliamTelling: In her 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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146	[[WMG:Kanae Tsukimura]]
147	!!!Ultimate Handmaiden
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149	A young maid who works for the Himemiya family, and has known Himeno since childhood. The two share Cabin F3.
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151	She is the first murder victim, having walked in on Yamazaki's setup for the murder attempt.
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153	* BerserkButton: Badmouthing Himemiya, especially accusing her of being the traitor, is an easy way to get on Tsukimura's bad side.
154	* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's one of the nicest characters in the cast, but it's implied that even she has limits. She despises Asakura, and in the omake for her Free Time Events, gets annoyed when Azuki tries to troll her by giving deliberately wrong answers to her question.
155	* ChildhoodFriend: She has known Himemiya since they were young.
156	* FirstNameBasis:
157	** 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.
158	** 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.
159	* LadyInWaiting: She's served as Himemiya's personal maid since they were young.
160	* LegacyOfService: The Tsukimura family has served the Himemiya family for generations.
161	* MaidAndMaiden: The Maiden to Himemiya's Maid. Unusually, they're roughly the same age.
162	* {{Meido}}: As you might expect from her title, but her duties are more down-to-earth and mundane than Kirumi's. She even wears a traditional Japanese maid outfit.
163	* NiceGirl: A good-natured and friendly individual.
164	* ParentalAbandonment: Her mother [[DeathByChildbirth died giving birth to her]], and her father died of an illness when she was young.
165	* SecretKeeper: For a long time, she was the only person who knew that Himemiya was a lesbian.
166	* SheKnowsTooMuch: Yamazaki ended up hitting her on the head because she ended up witnessing his attempt to set up a trap for Karita.
167	* SpannerInTheWorks: The fact that she headed to the south boys' room on her own without the killer's knowledge helped derail the plot to kill Karita… and resulted in her own death.
168	* WesternZodiac: Aquarius.
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170	[[WMG:Tatsuki and Taiga Tachibana]]
171	!!!Ultimate Guitarist and Ultimate Songwriter
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173	A pair of twins who are the force behind the musical sensation "Dragon Girl." They share Cabin F1.
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175	Tatsuki is the second murderer, having killed Kojima to save Taiga, but Taiga ends up sacrificing herself in Tatsuki's place. Taiga is killed by being burned alive.
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177	Tatsuki survives and escapes the simulation.
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180	* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: They look almost identical, save for a birthmark on Taiga's neck.
181	* BrokenBird: Tatsuki is utterly broken after losing Taiga.
182	* DeathSeeker: Tatsuki becomes this after her sister dies for her, afraid of dying but hoping to die in some way that has meaning for the group.
183	* DecompositeCharacter: 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.
184	* DressingToDie: They change out of their costumes and back into their uniforms, supposedly to look nicer if they end up getting executed. It turns out that this is to disguise their TwinSwitch.
185	* FatalFlaw: Taiga's is her poor self-esteem and her belief that she can't do much without her sister, which prevents her from realizing how much Tatsuki appreciates her.
186	* FirstNameBasis: They ask that their classmates call them by their first names to keep them separate.
187	* HeroicSacrifice:
188	** Taiga takes her Tatsuki's place and allows herself to be executed to save her sister's life.
189	** Tatsuki offers to be killed in order to allow the others to escape the island. She accepts this fate in the "Desperate Measures" omake.
190	* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Taiga has fairly low self-esteem, and generally sometimes believes that her sister only has her write their songs out of pity, a notion that Azuki and Tatsuki try to dispel.
191	* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Taiga has a birthmark on her neck, which is covered by the collar of her uniform.
192	* MemeticMutation: InUniverse, Tatsuki's fans remind everyone of Taiga's contributions by saying "There's no Dragon without the Taiga!"
193	* MomentOfWeakness: Tatsuki, afraid of what might happen to Taiga if she were allowed to remain in the killing game, agrees to her sister's proposal for a TwinSwitch with the intent of graduating together. Unfortunately for her, Tatsuki is caught and Taiga dies in her stead, possibly having intended to sacrifice herself all along, leaving Tatsuki alive, wracked by guilt and distrusted by her classmates.
194	* NeckSnap: When Tatsuki is hanged in "Desperate Measures," the noose breaks her neck.
195	* NoseBleed: Taiga suffers one while exploring the ship.
196	* PerformanceAnxiety: Tatsuki says that while Taiga was just as good with the guitar as she was, but an attack of stage fright prevented her from passing her audition to the talent show.
197	* SiblingYinYang: Tatsuki's more outgoing and a confident performer, while Taiga is relatively shy.
198	* SurvivorGuilt: Tatsuki suffers this as a result of Taiga dying in her stead, partly because she knows that she's the one who was supposed to have died.
199	* SympatheticMurderer: Tatsuki killed Kojima in order to prevent him from killing Taiga. She was prepared to accept her fate, and only the realization that Taiga would be left by herself, heartbroken and in danger of death caused her to reconsider.
200	* 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.
201	* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Taiga is described as the technician, having a good grasp of musical theory and being able to write songs. Tatsuki is the Performer, having a talent for the guitar and the ability to play in front of large crowds.
202	* TigerVersusDragon: Tatsuki's name has the word for "Dragon," and Taiga's name sounds like "Tiger." In-universe, their fans have a saying, "There's no Dragon without the Taiga!"
203	* TwinSwitch:
204	** They apparently pulled this off while in middle school one day, and even their mother didn't notice.
205	** This ends up being the key to Taiga's HeroicSacrifice. She convinces Tatsuki to switch places with her, and Tatsuki accepts, believing that if Monokuma is lying about the graduate being able to select a "plus one," Taiga will live.
206	* UnreliableExpositor: While both of their Free Time Events talk about similar things- how Tatsuki succeeded where Taiga didn't, and how Taiga ended up becoming a songwriter- there are some differences in their accounts. For example, Tatsuki claims that Taiga only failed her audition because of stage fright, while Taiga claims that she was that much worse than her sister.
207	* WesternZodiac: Gemini.
208	* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Since Taiga often underestimates her own importance, Tatsuki and Azuki do what they can to bolster her self-esteem.
209	* 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. This ends up being subverted as Kumakura is killed before she can succumb to the disease.
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213	[[folder: Male Students]]
214
215	[[WMG:Hide Yamazaki]]
216	!!!Ultimate Trivia Champion
217
218	A student who has won many trivia contests and participated on game shows. He stays in Cabin M1 with Kumakura.
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220	He is the first culprit, having killed Tsukimura when she walked in on his attempt to set a death trap to kill Karita. He is executed by being pelted with stones, strangled, then being drawn and quartered while set on fire.
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223	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After Higurashi tries to argue that working together will help them prevail, Yamazaki shuts him up with one word- "How?!"
224	* BookDumb: Despite his skill at memorizing trivia, he does poorly in school, since he can't memorize the material as easily as odd bits of trivia.
225	* ComplexityAddiction: His plot to create a death trap that would kill Karita without leaving any evidence as to when it was set up seems like a decent way to obfuscate his involvement, but in reality, it's implied that the trap wouldn't have worked anyway, and ended up only being a ruse to Tsukimura's actual cause of death.
226	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: He gets stoned, strangled, drawn and quartered and burned alive.
227	* DoomedDefeatist: Yamazaki makes it clear that he doesn't have much faith in the group's ability to conquer problems together, or his own ability to contribute, which he expresses by refusing to vote for Higurashi, and in a discussion with Azuki. Fear of his own uselessness drives him to try to kill the mastermind on his own.
228	* SkewedPriorities: During the first murder investigation, he spends much of his time waiting outside his cabin for his laundry to get back. Azuki lampshades it, saying that unless Monokuma's delivering a signed confession, it's not worth waiting around for. Played with in that he was waiting for his yukata to come back, worried that someone else would find it and realize it was his, although the fact that he did so proved that he never intended to help out.
229	* TragicDream: He once wanted to be an actor, and to that end, studied how other actors had made it big. Unfortunately, he didn't have the talent to realize his goal.
230	* WesternZodiac: Leo.
231	* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: He laments that his talent isn't much good for establishing a career or for the killing game.
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233
234	[[WMG:Kotaro Kumakura]]
235	!!!Ultimate Weightlifter
236
237	An exceptional weight lifter. He stays in Cabin M1 with Yamazaki.
238
239	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
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242	* DoesNotLikeSpam: He hates spicy foods.
243	* GeniusBruiser: He's not only very strong, but also intelligent.
244	* HandicappedBadass: His strain of the Despair Disease causes him to lose one of his senses, with the sense in question changing each day.
245	* HiddenDepths: He's far more intelligent than one would expect of a bodybuilder, and has an intellectual fascination in how people learn their crafts.
246	* NiceGuy: A rather pleasant and humble individual.
247	* WesternZodiac: Taurus.
248
249	[[WMG:Nobuhiro Higurashi]]
250	!!!Ultimate Public Speaker
251
252	A gifted public speaker who helped the student council candidate he supported win the election, and leads the class. He stays in Cabin M3 with Kirishima.
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254	Once it becomes clear during the fifth trial that Asakura and Karita ended up killing each other, he offers himself up to be executed as per Monokuma's Rule 16. He is killed by getting impaled with falling spikes.
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257	* HeroicSacrifice: Offers himself up to be executed in order to assure the continued survival of the remaining students.
258	* TheLeader: He's elected to lead the students, but has somewhat more difficulty securing a mandate than Mitamura did.
259	* TheMcCoy: He's idealistic and passionate, albeit with some sound arguments for why the group needs to work together.
260	* NiceGuy: He's an honest and upstanding individual who cares for his classmates. As much as Azuki doubts Higurashi's ability to lead, she's willing to accept that he has good intentions.
261	* WesternZodiac: Aries.
262	* WideEyedIdealist: Downplayed. He has quite a few sensible arguments in favor of cooperation, and the only unrealistic aspects of his pitch are his belief that everyone will trust him and cooperate.
263
264	[[WMG:Seita Kirishima]]
265	!!!Ultimate Geneticist
266
267	A talented geneticist who has a calm and rational mindset. He stays in Cabin M3 with Higurashi.
268
269	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.
270
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272
273	* 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.
274	* 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.
275	* {{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.
276	* LabCoatOfScienceAndMedicine: He wears a lab coat with a shirt and tie.
277	* LackOfEmpathy: As time goes on, Azuki notices that Kirishima is surprisingly detached from the killing game, even callous, and becomes increasingly wary of him.
278	* 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.
279	* 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.
280	* 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.
281	* TheSpock: He's cool-headed and rational, often to the point of seeming uncaring.
282	* WesternZodiac: Virgo.
283
284	[[WMG:Shigeru Kojima]]
285	!!!Ultimate Game Designer
286
287	A high schooler who made a hit indie RPG and has an intense crush on Azuki. He stays in Cabin M2 with Kurogane.
288
289	He is the second murder victim. During the party, he tries to murder Taiga, only to die when Tatsuki stabs him in the back.
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291	* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Azuki. He's fairly forward with his unwelcome advances.
292	* AssholeVictim: Zig-zagged. He was planning on killing Taiga in order to graduate and possibly take Azuki with him, which causes Azuki to lose what little respect she had for him. That said, Kurogane suggests that Kojima was also motivated by concern for his friends and his family, so while Azuki doesn't fully forgive him, she does concede that he might not be a completely bad person.
293	* BrokenPedestal:
294	** 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.
295	** The pedestal breaks down a bit further for Kurogane after Monokuma reveals that Kojima got into Talent High School via {{Nepotism}}.
296	* CommonalityConnection: He often spends time with Sasaki due to their common background as creators of content- Sasaki draws manga, while Kojima makes video games.
297	* DidntThinkThisThrough: His plan has several holes in it, particularly when it comes to disposing of his bloody costume, and Azuki realizes that he probably would have failed even if Tatsuki hadn't killed him.
298	* DoggedNiceGuy: His general MO when it comes to winning Azuki over. He's outwardly pleasant, but with the end goal of getting Azuki to like him.
299	* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite his unabashed interest in Azuki, he argues that he'd never consider peeping on her while she's naked.
300	* {{Foil}}: To [[Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie Kaori Miura]]. Miura is a genuinely NiceGirl who generally doesn't have any ulterior motives for acting nice to others, unlike Kojima, who comes off as a DoggedNiceGuy. While Kojima is quite forward in pursuing Azuki, Miura is content with Edogawa's friendship, and only realizes that she loves Edogawa in Chapter V. Similarly, while Kojima is relatively quick to plot a murder after hearing that his family and friends might be in danger, Miura refuses to kill anyone, even when told that her parents will be killed if someone doesn't commit murder.
301	* InTheBack: Tatsuki stabs him in the back with a sword, killing him.
302	* {{Nepotism}}: He was able to get into Talent High School because his mother's cousin was part of the board of directors.
303	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The day before the costume party, he inexplicably starts avoiding Azuki, causing everyone to realize that something's up.
304	* SecretKeeper: He was the first person Kurogane told about being gay, and Kurogane appreciates his willingness to keep the secret.
305	* WesternZodiac: Taurus.
306
307	[[WMG:Hikaru Kurogane]]
308	!!!Ultimate Go Player
309
310	A child prodigy at go and the older cousin of Shiro Kurogane from ''Where Talent Goes to Die''. He stays in Cabin M2 with Kojima.
311
312	Kurogane survives and escapes the simulation.
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314	* BigScrewedUpFamily: It's implied that the extended Kurogane family competes with each other to become shogi champions.
315	* CantCatchUp: Hikaru was unable to surpass his relatives, including his cousin Shiro, in shogi, which is part of the reason why he switched to go. On the other end, he can't help but feel bad for all the go friends whom he ultimately surpassed and left in the dust.
316	* CoolBigBro: He's like an older brother to his younger cousin, Shiro.
317	* DontYouDarePityMe: Downplayed. When Azuki wishes that Kojima would be interested in Kurogane, Kurogane politely tells Azuki that he's come to terms with Kojima being heterosexual, and that he wouldn't have a chance even if Kojima weren't interested in Azuki.
318	* DramaticIrony: The second day of the cruise, he discusses his cousin with Azuki and the possibility that he might get recruited to Talent High School and end up in a Killing Game himself. As readers of the first story know, not only did both of these happen, the younger Kurogane was the first to end up getting killed in his Killing Game.
319	* IncompatibleOrientation: He's gay, but Kojima, the guy he likes, is heterosexual, meaning that Kurogane wouldn't have a shot even if Kojima were not infatuated with Azuki.
320	* {{Irony}}: His cousin ended up being the first student to die in the first story, while he ends up surviving here.
321	* NiceGuy: In stark contrast to his cousin, Hikaru is quite pleasant and easy to get along with.
322	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Gender-inverted. He's the only male among the survivors.
323	* WesternZodiac: Pisces.
324
325	[[WMG:Satoshi Karita]]
326	!!!Ultimate Con Artist
327
328	A young con artist who is a master of pulling off various scams. He stays in Cabin M4 with Asakura.
329
330	He is the first culprit and second victim of Chapter V, having shot Asakura with a poisoned arrow before getting electrocuted by the Spear of Gungnir being embedded in a nearby machine.
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332	* AffablyEvil: He's surprisingly well-mannered despite his untrustworthy personality.
333	* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: He got caught attempting to con a Talent High School employee, and was given an offer- attend the school as the Ultimate Con Artist or be turned over to the police. He accepted, and Azuki wryly notes that this worked out very well for him.
334	** This later turns out to be [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] as Nagato discovers a message from him after his death where he confesses that he actually managed to trick the recruiter into thinking that he was a con artist in order to display his talent.
335	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After Himemiya takes umbrage at the execution of Yamazaki, who'd killed her best friend, Karita asks her this.
336	-->"How compassionate of you, Himemiya-san, but is that your conscience talking, or your stomach?"
337	* BrutalHonesty: He occasionally practices this trope when it comes to the class trials, such as confronting Himemiya with the fact that she wouldn't care as much if he'd been the one who'd died the night they stayed at the inn.
338	* 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.
339	* ConMenHateGuns: Guns are listed as his personal dislike in his character bio.
340	* DeadlyDodging[=/=]ShockAndAwe: Dodges the Spear of Gungnir thrown at him by Asakura only for it to embed itself in a nearby machine and fatally electrocute him when he accidentally touches it.
341	* FreudianExcuse: He claims that because a con man ruined his life, he became one to hunt down the man responsible, but took on his name when he realized he'd become that person.
342	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Because of his untrustworthy nature and talent, hardly anyone can stand to be around him.
343	* HeelRealization: After planning on conning a woman who had a husband and young son, he realized he'd become the very person he hated so much.
344	* ILied: After revealing his backstory, he suddenly claims that all this was a lie. As much as Azuki distrusts him, and can imagine him lying, she can't fathom why he would admit to the lie so easily.
345	* MutualKill: His and Asakura's attempts to kill each other end up getting them both killed.
346	* ParentalAbandonment: After his mother lost the family's life savings, his father [[MurderSuicide killed her, and then himself]].
347	* PragmaticVillainy: He tries to stay on at least passable terms with the other students, to lessen the possibility that someone will kill him.
348	* RedHerring: When Nagato finds Karita's written confession while investigating his death that he faked his Ultimate Con Artist talent, one might think that Karita is the traitor, since Monokuma had stated that the traitor was someone who wasn't actually part of the Talent High class. However, after the trial, Monokuma reveals that the traitor is still alive.
349	* ShoutOut: His backstory is one to that of James "Sawyer" Ford from ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
350	* TokenEvilTeammate: In addition to being the only one in the class with a crime-related talent, he's a cynical and shady individual.
351	* WesternZodiac: Cancer.
352
353	[[WMG:Yuichi Asakura]]
354	!!!Ultimate Tech Support
355
356	A rude and foul-mannered boy who also happens to be the Ultimate Tech Support. He stays in Cabin M4 with Karita.
357
358	He is the second culprit and first victim of Chapter V, having electrocuted Karita with the Spear of Gungnir before succumbing to the poison from the arrow Karita shot him with.
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360
361	* AssholeVictim: With all the stuff mentioned below, it's surprising he wasn't killed any sooner.
362	* BerserkButton: He really doesn't like anyone implying that he didn't earn his title.
363	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: As a result of his unpleasant personality, no one can stand talking with him.
364	* HateSink: As easily the rudest and most petty individual, he's the most unlikeable character, blackened or spotless alike.
365	* 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 his attempt to graduate by killing Karita ends up backfiring and getting him killed as well.
366	* {{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.
367	* {{Jerkass}}: He's rude, foul-tempered and easily gets on others' bad sides.
368	* JerkassHasAPoint:
369	** He has a reasonable concern about the mastermind gleaning information from the group's conversations, one that even Azuki, who hates him, privately acknowledges.
370	** He also happens to be right about Nagato benefiting from {{Nepotism}}, since her father's the reason why she got into Talent High School.
371	* JerkassToOne: A Crueler To One example. He's rude and standoffish to the rest of the class, but especially hates Nagato, since he doesn't want to share his Ultimate title with her.
372	* MutualKill: His and Karita's attempts to kill each other end up getting them both killed.
373	* RightForTheWrongReasons: Azuki discovers that while Asakura was right about Nagato getting her position by way of familial connections, she actually got in through her father's connections, rather than her mother's like Asakura believes.
374	* WesternZodiac: Scorpio.
375
376	[[/folder]]
377
378	[[folder:Other Characters]]
379
380	[[WMG:Yukari Nagato]]
381
382	Class 32's homeroom teacher, as well as Chiyuri's mother.
383
384	She is the traitor behind the Killing Game, having been brainwashed into becoming part of Ultimate Despair during the tragedy. She survives and escapes the simulation with her sanity restored, but is arrested by Miura as part of Future Foundation's orders regarding Ultimate Despair.
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386	* AmbiguousSituation: Is arrested and taken to stand trial at the end of the story. However, [[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool the Final Killing Game]] takes place while she's being taken to the Future Foundation headquarters, leaving her final fate in question.
387	* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: Doesn't remember being a part of Ultimate Despair until her daughter reveals it to her during the final trial.
388	* {{Brainwashed}}: Like so many of Ultimate Despair, she fell victim to this, leading her to become part of Enoshima's movement. It's implied during the epilogue that the brainwashing was done by [[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool Chisa Yukizome]].
389	* DamselInDistress: Monokuma imprisons her in a cell in the lower levels of the ship, and warns the students that she'll also be executed if they fail to find the blackened in a class trial.
390	* FutureMeScaresMe: Is noticeably unnerved by her Despair-loving Alter Ego counterpart.
391	* GreaterScopeVillain: Served this role in [[Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie the Talent High School Killing Game]], being the one who leaked the plans to have Kagami steal the Hope's Peak air purifier to Junko and thus allowing her to capture him and provide him with the means to set up the Killing Game.
392	* HopelessWithTech: Downplayed. According to her daughter, she struggles with new technology, such as smartphones, but can get the hang of using it with some help.
393	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: She acknowledges that recommending her daughter to be chosen for Talent High School may have cost someone else a spot, but believes that she deserves to be recognized for what she has done, rather than judged for her parentage.
394	* UsefulNotes/JapaneseChristian: Like her daughter, she's a Catholic.
395	* LastNameBasis: She calls the entire class by their last names and "-san," and is exclusively addressed as "Nagato-sensei." Her daughter is not exempt from this while Yukari is acting as a teacher.
396	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Upon awakening from the Neo World Program, the shock of her memories there combined with the realization of her actions as part of Ultimate Despair manages to shock her into sanity.
397	* ParentsInDistress: She's kept as a prisoner in the lower levels of the Ursa Major, and the class is told that if someone graduates, their teacher will be executed with the rest of the spotless.
398	* ProperTightsWithASkirt: She wears dark pantyhose.
399	* SharpDressedWoman: She wears a dark skirt suit.
400	* SternTeacher: She's reasonably serious and professional, and Chiyuri mentions that she believe in the importance of staying respectable.
401	* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: She insists on being called "Nagato-sensei" while class is in session, and her daughter is no exception. She only waives this expectation when Monokuma takes over, and she's unseated as the chaperone of the trip.
402	* TokenAdult: While most of the cast is high school age, and Mihama is 11, Yukari is a teacher and a mother.
403	* WesternZodiac: Pisces.
404
405	[[WMG:Monokuma]]
406
407	The "captain" of the Ursa Major and the overseer of the killing school trip.
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409	* BecauseISaidSo: He utters this phrase verbatim, while acting like an exasperated parent, in order to discourage Nagato from going after her mother.
410	* BigBad: The main antagonist and overseer of the killing game.
411	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Doesn't understand why Azuki would willingly sacrifice herself as the blackened in order to save her fellow students.
412	* FauxAffablyEvil: While outwardly somewhat more polite than his other incarnations, he's no less sadistic or dangerous.
413	* HijackedByGanon: Averted. He is not controlled by Junko Enoshima or her AI.
414	* 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."
415	* UnreliableExpositor: He engages in several BlatantLies during his lectures on the [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Hope's Peak]] and [[Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie Talent High]] killing games- namely the canon one about [[Literature/DanganronpaZero Kamukura 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.
416
417	[[WMG:Kaori Miura]]
418	!!!Ultimate Beginner's Luck
419
420	The former protagonist of ''Where Talent Goes to Die'', she and her fellow survivors have joined up with the Future Foundation since escaping from Talent High School.
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422	* GondorCallsForAid: Brings the rest of her fellow Talent High School killing game survivors into the final trial in order to help the remaining killing school trip survivors activate the Forced Shutdown.
423	* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Arrests the elder Nagato during the epilogue as part of the Future Foundation's policy regarding Ultimate Despair, but still feels sympathy towards her former teacher and promises her and Chiyuri that she'll do everything in her power to secure leniency for her.
424
425	[[WMG:Alter-Ego Yukari Nagato]]
426
427	Monokuma's true form and the true mastermind of the killing school trip, a virtual avatar based off of Yukari's time as a member of Ultimate Despair.
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429	* [[ArchnemesisDad Archnemesis Mom]]: To Chiyuri.
430	* BigBad: Of the killing school trip.
431	* SadisticChoice: Forces one onto the surviving students and the Talent High killing game survivors: Either choose Repeat and remain trapped in the Neo World Program or Graduate and escape while Alter-Ego Nagato turns the dead students into copies of herself. Or they could [[TakeAThirdOption activate the Forced Shutdown]], allowing everyone to be free to leave at the cost of the dead students being trapped in a vegetative state while the real Yukari is arrested by the Future Foundation and likely executed for her crimes as a member of Ultimate Despair.
432	* SoreLoser: Played with. Though like Junko herself, she relishes the despair of having her own plans being thwarted, she still hangs herself after being defeated as one final taunt to Chiyuri and the real Yukari about the fate that awaits the latter.
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