History Characters / AstralCabalAARoster

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* MulticoloredHair She has gradient hair, starting from light cherry wood brown on top dyed a lighter blonde at the tips.

%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Purple hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has dark blue hair. However, in Honoka's dorm, there is a photo of a little girl with a flower pot and her parents, and the little girl in the picture has black hair. Whether this is Honoka's real hair color, or whether the little girl is someone else, is unknown.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her hair is dyed a dark shade of purple.

%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Green hair.

* MulticoloredHair: It's a wig. After she's murdered in chapter 4, we get to see her real hair color because her wig has been removed. Her hair is black.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Magenta hair.

* MulticoloredHair: Her hair is green and black.

%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Green hair.

%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Green hair.

%%* FingerlessGloves

%%* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: She tends to get into these kinds of relationships.

* MismatchedEyes: One of Kiriko's eyes is brown, and the other is blue.

* {{Asexuality}}: Aimé's player has posted that Aimé is "demisexual". Aimé's player jokes that this means that Aimé will be attracted to you if you listen to him talk about bread for 3 weeks.

* {{Asexuality}}: She's demisexual. Not averse to sexual activity, but has stated that she hasn't found the right person yet.

* EmotionalFainting: The aftermath of chapter 2's trial is too much for Jaz.

* EmotionalFainting: Masayoshi faints after the culprit's execution in chapter 4, after shouting to the class that this happened because they weren't willing to trust each other.

* TheRainman: But a more positively-portrayed example of this trope than most. Hirashi is Super-High-School-Level talented at being a Talent Manager, but when Hirashi is not in his element, Hirashi's own player self-deprecatingly scolds Hirashi for having poor social skills. It should still be noted that Hirashi is positively portrayed as intelligent despite this deficiency.

%%* {{ZettaiRyouiki}}: Grade A.

%%* FlowerInHerHair

%%* FlowerInHerHair

* FlowerInHerHair: Haruka wears a yellow flower in her hair for the first 3 chapters, and a purple flower in her hair after chapter 3's trial.

* TheSouthpaw: He's left-handed, as seen when he pulls the gun on Monokuma in chapter two's trial. Comes more into play again when he's found dead with gunpower on his left hand, implying he may have injured the culprit.

* HairDecorations: Akemi almost always wears a blue hat with a skull on it, befitting her talent as an SHSL Ripperologist.

%%* DiesWideOpen
* HairDecorations: Andy wears a blue ribbon in his hair.

* HairDecorations: Four colourful beads.

%%* HairDecorations

* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: She always wears a flower in her hair.

* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: Mayoi is wearing a yellow headband.

* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: She has a bunny clip in her hair.

* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: She has a gold spade as a hair decoration.

%%* ManInWhite

%%* HeroicAlbino

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[[folder: Usami and Monokuma]]

'''Usami''', the self-dubbed [[spoiler:Base Manager]] in Astral Moon Base & Academia, is a Humanoid Rabbit that has one true goal and purpose in mind: To keep her group of 'students' safe and happy-- Hell, not only that, but also ''wants to keep them locked up forever''. Though with no bad intentions, all this little bunny girl wants is for everybody to get along; which we all know will somehow go horribly wrong. [[spoiler:In chapter 5, Monobear kills Monomi by punching his fist through her robotic chest and tearing out some wires, causing her to scream and presumably shut off for good. However, in chapter 8, Yasu uses his mechanical engineering SHSL talent to fix the hole in Monomi's chest, and Jaz uses her electronic engineering SHSL talent to reprogram Monomi back to life.]]

* BreakTheCutie: After Monokuma had appeared, she was held by her collar, pushed to the ground and kicked [[spoiler:only to be found out with the sound of machine wreckage and 'CLUNK!'-ing that she was an android-like robot of intelligence]]. Though she had tried to retaliate, it was of no use, and she ended up being dragged away by Monokuma, [[spoiler:who was also revealed to be an android]].
** [[spoiler: Literally in chapter five, when Monokuma punches through her chest and rips out some wiring]]
* BrutalHonesty: She had admitted from day one that nobody was allowed to leave until her "mission objectives" were complete. Even after so, she hadn't guaranteed the offer to go elsewhere. [[spoiler:This was later backed up when she hadn't denied the fact when Monokuma had stated "Monomi strictly said none of you were allowed to leave until her ‘mission objectives’ were complete. [...] Even if you had managed to complete objectives, you wouldn’t be able to leave!"]].

* ElmuhFuddSyndwome
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: Seems that way in chapter five, after Monokuma punches through her chest and rips out some wiring.]]
** [[spoiler: But then turns out to be NotQuiteDead, as she's broken but in a repairable state. She's fixed in chapter eight by Yasu and Jaz, when the former receives some wires from the monomachine.]]

* MeaningfulRename: She is re-titled "Monomi" after [[spoiler:Monokuma kicks her down and beats her up, 're-programming her' and changing her attire]].
* NotHelpingYourCase: Though she claims to be on the student's side, she doesn't exactly want to help them get out of the situation they're in, either. [[spoiler:She also refused on multiple occasions to answer certain student's questions about the place where they've been confined]].

* [[spoiler: TookALevelInBadass: After the execution of the mastermind, Monomi proceeds to give Monokuma a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech before ''ripping the other robot to pieces''.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: As directly quoted from her dialogue, ''"What was that question? ‘Is this a sick joke’? Well… The answer…" "Is no!"''. She had said this proceeding to say that Hope's Peak "didn't exist anymore" and that they would have to live the rest of their lives in outer space.

[[caption-width-right:250:Astral's Humanized Monokuma Who Appears To Look Like A Space Pirate]]
'''Monokuma''', the self-dubbed [[spoiler:Mission Director]] in Astral Moon Base & Academia, is a Humanoid Bear that lives and works towards one single goal: Striking despair and destruction into each and every person's lives he comes across. As expected, he comes in after things start to get settled within the group of student's new lives, imposing a '''mutual killing game''', deeming that living a normal, relaxed life ''"just isn't fun"''.

* BearsAreBadNews: When were they ever a good thing?
* BreakThemByTalking: Proven in his introduction speech, announcement speech, and pre/post trial monologue.

* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor:

* HangingJudge

* [[spoiler:OutOfCharacterMoment]]: [[spoiler:He will not usually tell classmates if they're about to vote for the wrong person as the culprit, so it really says something when Ginji falsely confesses to two murders in a row, and Monokuma gets so annoyed at Ginji that he ''personally confirms'' that Ginji is not the culprit and forbids the class from voting for Ginji.]]
* RulesLawyer
* SadisticChoice
* TookALevelInJerkass: If not apparent already by his blunt, rude, and forcible nature, he went as far as to [[spoiler:call Shinju a cripple]] and [[spoiler:denounce Hirashi when he tried to retaliate to Monokuma's unfair treatment]].
** He takes another level in jerkass, to put it mildly, in chapter 5 when he [[spoiler:kills Monomi.]]

[[folder: Students A-K]]
!! Aimé Archambault
!!! SHSL Pâtissier

Aimé is world famous in the culinary circle for his inventive and perfectionist baking. After providing pastries for his parents’ patisserie he slowly rose in popularity, become renowned in Paris, France and finally the whole of Europe as a prodigy for his generation. He decided to apply to Hope’s Peak in order to completely perfect his abilities before training as a professional pâtissier. Aimé dedicates his life to baking and hopes that he can one day popularize his creations for the whole world to enjoy. Perhaps he’s a little too obsessed with baking, though. He practically lives in the kitchen. [[spoiler: Survives to endgame.]]

* AlliterativeName
* BerserkButton: To quote from chapter 2's trial: "WHO USED CYANIDE IN MY— Z-ZA KITCHEN?!"
** Aimé also really doesn't like [[HeteronormativeCrusader heteronormative crusading]]. In chapter 1's trial, he harshly scolds Mikazuki for assuming that the culprit had to be a guy just because the culprit was strong and messy [[spoiler:and Aimé was right, the chapter 1 culprit turned out to be a girl]], and in chapter 3's trial, when Haruka says "Of course I have make-up! I’m a girl, after all! Ain’t we supposed to have make-up?", Aimé replies with a quiet, firm "Non"..
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He usually believes in giving people second chances, but in chapter 4, [[spoiler:Miwa's murderer chose such a horrible way to kill her that Aimé believes the murderer is out of their mind, and should probably be put out of their misery.]]
* BilingualBonus: In chapter 4's trial, as part of a handwriting test to prove he didn't write the note that lured [[spoiler:Miwa]] to be murdered, he writes, "Enchanté, je m'appelle Aimé" in both French and Japanese. It means, "Nice to meet you, my name is Aimé."

* [[{{Asexual}} Demisexual]]: Aimé's player has recently posted that Aimé is "demisexual". Aimé's player jokes that this means that Aimé will be attracted to you if you listen to him talk about bread for 3 weeks.
* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench

* ThePerfectionist
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Aimé wears predominantly blue clothing.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Minor example in chapter 6, but since [[spoiler:Akemi]] is murdered right after [[spoiler:she]] and Aimé talked about escape and seeing home again, it feels almost as though nothing they discussed was worth it, so Aimé decides he thinks he won't be investigating this time.

* [[spoiler:TenderTears]]: [[spoiler:After chapter 2's trial goes horribly wrong, Aimé quietly starts crying on behalf of the wrongfully-executed classmate.]]
* [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead Wearing a Flag On Your Apron]]: Very subtly done, but his apron matches the colors of the French flag.

Akemi grew up in Chuo-ku, Osaka, surrounded by lots of food, tourists, and the big city. Her mother is a cold case detective, and from a very young age Akemi became interested in the mystery and intrigue of those unsolved enigmas of history. Her mom taught her how to look for evidence no matter how long the crime scene has been gone for, and her newfound analytical skills soon became focused onto a topic she learned about as a kid in school: Jack the Ripper. She began to devote her skills to studying, theorizing, and attempting to solve the old infamous Victorian serial murder case. She's a happy-go-lucky kind of girl who doesn't exactly understand that not everyone understands her talent, and that not everyone actually cares. [[spoiler:Akemi herself is inadvertently chapter two's killer; after encountering Valentina in the kitchen and attempting to stop her from committing suicide, the two end up working together to attempt to ensure that only one person had to die, which didn't happen. Akemi is the chapter 6 murder victim, found in a locker having died of exsanguination from a stomach wound inflicted by Nikki.]]

* [[spoiler: BodyInABreadbox: Her body is found inside one of the lockers.]]

* [[spoiler: DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Akemi once revealed to Jaz that her father died when she was two years old.]]
* {{Fanservice}}: Not only does she take off her clothes during the [[spoiler: chapter 1 strip trial in an attempt to find an injured culprit]], but she's the one who ''suggests'' stripping in the first place.
** Also, the "pool party" that was held in chapter 2 was Akemi's idea, and even in chapter 1's trial, Akemi briefly muses at one point that sometimes she forgets other people are more private about their bodies than she is.
* FunPersonified

* [[spoiler: IDidntMeanToKillHim: A variation. In chapter two Akemi ''truly'' did not believe that she was Valentina's killer, as both her and Tina were sure that, with Akemi's help, Tina's death would count as suicide and only one innocent would be lost to the motive. That turned out to not be the case, as the mistrial showed. Overlaps with SympatheticMurderer.]]

* InnocentBlueEyes: [[spoiler:The "innocent" part is subverted in Chapter 2, when it's revealed that Akemi was the (albeit accidental and unknowing) killer.]]
* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini]]: [[spoiler:Subverted. Akemi is technically ruled as the chapter 2 murderer because she assisted Valentina's suicide by dealing the "final blow", but the class doesn't vote for Akemi, causing a mistrial and thus an innocent to be executed. However, Akemi later becomes a murder victim herself in chapter 6.]]

* MiniDressOfPower
* [[spoiler:NiceJobBreakingItHero]]: [[spoiler:Akemi assists Valentina in killing herself, but that meant Akemi dealt the "final blow" and thus is technically Valentina's killer...but Akemi keeps all this a secret during the trial, causing the class to mistrial. Then Monobear decides to execute a random innocent, so Akemi is (indirectly) responsible for the death of an innocent classmate even though Akemi thought Valentina's death would be ruled a suicide and thus ''prevent'' an execution.]]
* NoodleIncident: There's a little slip of paper under Akemi's bed that reads, "Don’t forget- September 25th!". It is unclear at this time what this means. [[spoiler: Recently her player has confirmed that it's actually her journal password, "925". [[WordOfGod Word of Mun]] states that the note is old, and in reference to the premier date of the anime for the manga the paper was closed in, [[{{LightNovel/StrawberryPanic}}]] Strawberry Panic!.]]
* OfficialCouple: With Jaz as of chapter 3.
** [[spoiler:However, this is unfortunately interrupted in chapter 6, as Akemi is that chapter's murder victim.]]
** [[spoiler: If you investigate the desk in Akemi's dorm, you find a photo of Akemi holding another girl very closely. There's a message on the back of the photo from "Hazuki"; the narration in the post notes that she may have been Akemi's girlfriend before. [[WordOfGod According to the mun]], "Hazuki" is her SHSL Haiku Poetess, Hazuki Harudori, with whom Akemi shared a relationship until shortly before entering Hope's Peak.]]
* [[spoiler: PleaseDontLeaveMe: Begs Jaz to not die yet after she volunteers to be executed in chapter two's trial. Fortunately for Akemi, Jaz doesn't die, because Monobear chooses to execute someone else entirely. Cruelly and ironically twisted in Chapter 6 when Akemi is the one who leaves via her own murder.]]
** [[spoiler: As an extension to this, Akemi's stated that she has "never been the one who leaves" to reassure Jaz that she would stay with her, alluding to the fact that all of her previous relationships were broken off by her partner. Combined with the above, it's quite the cruel twist.]]
* ShoutOut: During chapter 3's trial, Akemi channels Makoto Naegi from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' by saying, "You've got that wrong!" to [[spoiler:Miwa]].
** Also, in Akemi's dorm, there's a plushie of [[{{Music.Vocaloid}} Rin Kagamine]], though the plush's name isn't mentioned on the blog. Akemi also has figurines of Rin and [[{{Anime/PuellaMagimadokaMagica}} Homura]].
* SkewedPriorities: Constantly. For example, the first thing she does after being introduced to the moon base is ask to pet Usami's ears, after the first motive she decides to make food instead, and after the first execution she only briefly feels upset before deciding to throw a huge pool party. Also, [[spoiler:she decided that instead of immediately revealing her involvement with Valentina's death, she put priority on trying to lead her friends to the right conclusion without actually saying what happened (which she failed at).]]

* ThatOneCase: Relating to the trope above, and in Akemi's circumstance, the only case.
* [[spoiler: TheKillerBecomesTheKilled]]
* ThePromise: [[spoiler: After the reveal of the chapter two motive, Akemi promises Jaz that no one is going to die. Not only is this promise broken, but the killer turns out to be ''Akemi herself''.]]
* [[spoiler: TomatoInTheMirror: Due to her body being moved from the crime scene, Akemi fails to realize she's dead (and why she's having such a hard time touching things) until she sees the body announcement for her own murder.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:Akemi comes up with a plan in chapter 4's trial that exposes the true culprit; she compares everyone's handwriting to the fake note that lured Miwa to her death, and only Lukas' handwriting matches.]]
** Again in the [[spoiler: chapter 5's trial, Akemi produces one of the two clues that, taken together, prove who the culprit is. Akemi notices during chapter 5's trial that Toru has been covering his shoulder with his ID tag for some reason, and asks Toru to strip, revealing that he has a bullet wound in his shoulder that only the murderer could have received, since Ginji got off a shot at the murderer before dying.]]
* WingdingEyes: Sorta. She has little plus-sign/cross type symbols in her eyes.

!![[spoiler:Ryuzaburo]] 'Akuma' [[spoiler:Shinozuka]]

Within a year he had abandoned the church and taken over the research group as his own. Their research expanded further and further into the field of Demonology. He was quickly dubbed with the name ‘Akuma’ by his followers. He even claims that he can serve as a gateway for the demons to enter our world, by letting him possess his body. But nobody is sure whether or not he’s just putting on an act, or if he’s serious. Either way, he is really intense about demons. [[spoiler: Survives to endgame.]]

* [[spoiler:AbusiveParents]]: [[spoiler:In Akuma's own words, as he unintentionally lets slip his own past after chapter 3's execution: "Families aren’t there to help you… they’re there to chain you down… to force you down the same path as them… and if you dare defy, they’ll beat you without regards to their own morals. Th-that’s all family is. We’re all better off without them, so we can grow and blossom on our own…"]]
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Akuma personally views it as a ''good'' thing that [[spoiler:Monobear kills Monomi in chapter 5.]]
** He does this again when [[spoiler:Ginji and Nakunaru, both of whom Akuma disliked, end up as chapter 5's murder victims.]]
** [[spoiler:This trope is subverted in Akemi's case. When it was revealed that chapter 2's trial was a mistrial because Akemi was keeping secrets, Akuma said Akemi deserved to die for it at the time. However, by the time Akemi actually ''does'' die in chapter 6, Akuma isn't rejoicing because by then he's come to regret being so mad at her.]]
** [[spoiler: Again subverted in chapter eight, when Akuma is actually upset over Yasu's death- the first person he'd had a normal conversation with, and considered a friend.]]
* AscendedFanboy: Sort of. Originally he was an intern for a biblical research group, but upon discovering what the group was researching, he became infatuated with the idea of having demons and related knowledge at his disposal, and so he developed his talents to the point where he took over the research group and gained followers of his own, and thus became a SHSL Demonologist.

* [[spoiler:CharacterDevelopment]]: [[spoiler:Akuma begins the game in agreement with Monobear's ideals, since in Akuma's opinion, Monobear's mutual killing game is necessary to weed out the selfish people who can be pushed into murders. Then after Monobear provides a series of motives that are simply threats to kill ''everyone'', innocent and guilty alike, Akuma turns against Monobear in chapter 6 since Akuma realizes that Monobear doesn't care about justice, Monobear just wants to take as many lives as possible.]]
* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Demonologists Have Standards]]: Invoked. After the first culprit is revealed, Akuma's response is, "Boo fucking hoo. You killed someone, so you deserve to die. That’s as simple as it gets. Hell, I know everyone here dislikes me, but I’m not as awful as disgusting scum like you."
** This continues to be a theme as of chapter 2: Monokuma threatens to execute two innocents as the chapter 2 "motive" unless someone commits murder. When someone finally does, Akuma's actually relieved, because this way Monokuma will have to kill another murderer and not an innocent, and thus avoid becoming as "gross" and "selfish" as [[spoiler:Heather]] was.
* [[spoiler: HowDareYouDieOnMe: A variation; he calls the dead Yasu out on dying after everything Jaz has been through.]]
-> [[spoiler: '''Akuma''': 'Miss Jaz and you were also starting to become friends too, right? Don’t know what she’s been through the last few weeks? And you still have the nerve to die with a smile on your face?']]

* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Played with. Akuma firmly believes that the worst sorts of people are those who would kill innocents...which is why he ''approves'' of Monobear's mutual killing game, because Monobear is only "weeding out the worst", his game just provides the opportunity for murderers to reveal themselves, so Monobear can then execute the murderers. [[spoiler:So when Akemi keeping a secret results in an innocent being executed in chapter 2's trial, Akuma goes berserk and yells at Akemi, "''Miss Sekai''...'''I HATE YOU!!!'''"]]
** [[spoiler:Akuma finally drops his sympathy for Monobear after chapter 6's execution, upon realizing that since most of the motives so far have been threatening everyone's lives rather than asking murderers to kill out of selfishness, Akuma now realizes that Monobear doesn't really care about justice, he just wants people to die.]]

* RedEyesTakeWarning: As befitting a SHSL Demonologist talented enough to be dubbed "Akuma" by his followers, Akuma has red eyes. But so far averted, Akuma hasn't yet killed anyone. [[spoiler: Eventually averted for good: Akuma doesn't kill anyone, and survives to endgame.]]
* ShoutOut: In chapter 4, among the items Akuma wins from the Monomachine is a record of "What's New Pussycat" by Tom Jones.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: When the first body is discovered, he states that he's relieved someone was finally murdered, as things might finally get interesting. [[spoiler:He stops speaking ill of the dead after chapter 6, upon realizing that Monobear is not the agent of justice Akuma thought he was.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Akuma gives one to the first culprit; the first culprit took Monokuma's bait, thinking it was worth it to kill [[spoiler:Kiriko Kurosawa]] just to get back what the culprit had lost. The first culprit is not innocent, they chose this, so now the first culprit will die for their sins.
** He gives another one in chapter 2 to [[spoiler:Akemi, because he's convinced that Akemi wouldn't have kept secrets about the circumstances of Valentina's death if Akemi wasn't involved, and now the class is about to execute an innocent person instead. Akuma feels that all Akemi deserves is a dagger to the chest.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:He names Heather as a suspect to the rest of the class, which eventually leads to Heather being caught as the first culprit.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Tamago Gohan.

Andy Dime is a foreigner, but has lived in Japan most of his life. He’s African American. He’s a pretty unenthusiastic guy, really. Except for pinball. He’s the only professional pinball player in Japan. Since he’s the only professional pinball player, he is automatically SHSL Extremist Professional Pinball Player (EPPP, for short.) In reality, he actually sucks at Pinball. His extreme and passionate playing was intense enough to be invited into Hopes Peak Academy, although. [[spoiler:Andy Dime is the chapter 3 murder victim, killed by Naohiro using blunt force trauma.]]

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* [[spoiler: DiesWideOpen]]

* [[{{UsefulNotes/JapaneseEducationSystem}} Japanese School Uniform]]: Andy Dime wears a traditional male Japanese school uniform or ''gakuran'', which as written in the SailorFuku trope page is a "a black ensemble with a high collar, based on Prussian officer uniforms"; this is the "traditional school uniform" for boys in Japan, the "male counterpart" of the female SailorFuku.

** NotSoStoic: After the first execution, Andy's voice briefly cracks as he muses about how crazy this is.
* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe]]: [[spoiler:This is the reaction of a few of Andy's classmates to his death in chapter 3 (and Ryouko's relationships page literally says, "We hardly knew ye"), but notably the same classmates also muse that despite not having known Andy very well, Andy was obviously a good guy and he didn't deserve this.]]

Upon moving out of where he used to live, he met his future robotics partner, which then they'll both rise to fame, and one out of the two getting an acceptance letter from Hope's Peak Academy. During their rise to fame, they competed in various robotics competitions together, often times Yasu had strayed off from being affixed to competitions, and designed his own mechanisms, which caught the academy's eye quickly after he had revealed them in an interview with a reporter. [[spoiler: He is one of the victims of Chapter 8, killed along with Hirashi. He dies of severe blood loss from a wound in his stomach.]]

* [[BrutalHonesty Brutal Honesty]]: He has a tendency to say things directly to a person if he has to inform them of something, such as say, ''someone died.''
* [[ComplexityAddiction Complexity Addiction]]: This shows up in his very complex Rube Goldberg machines he has taken a fancy to make to pass the time.
* [[FamousAncestor Famous Ancestor]]: His brother, Fumio Akira, being a famous military historian. This may include his parents who are politicians.
* [[spoiler: GoOutWithASmile]]
* [[IntelligenceEqualsIsolation Intelligence Equals Isolation]]: He has difficulty going ahead and talking to people casually, the conversations always end into an awkward air around it.
* [[KindnessButton Kindness Button]]: Upon pushing too far into a topic he's slightly unprepared to ask, this comes up. It's hard to tell when this occurs however, depending on what personality the person he's talking to has.

* [[NeatFreak Neat Freak]]: It appears to be visible in his room, the furniture is all at a specific angle, and most of the objects he has are in pairs, excluding one drawer.

* [[NoSenseofPersonalSpace No Sense of Personal Space]]: He's known to take someone else's hand in the middle of one of his ramblings that could go on for a long time.
* [[NotSoWeak Not So Weak]]: He appears weaker than he really is, even though in his about page, he's able to lift things that are heavier than himself with ease- more with just a little more effort.
* OfficialCouple: With Hirashi, as of Chapter 5.
** [[spoiler: This becomes TogetherInDeath in Chapter 8, when Hirashi and Yasu both being the victims of this chapter.]]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Helps fix Monomi in chapter 8.]]
* [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Eyes Take Warning]]: He has red-violet eyes, one being a little bit lighter than the other. However, he hasn't killed anyone yet, so the "take warning" part of this trope has so far been averted. [[spoiler: Averted for good in chapter eight, as he's one of that chapter's victims.]]
* [[SweetTooth Sweet Tooth]]: Loves sweets a lot. Lollipops are his favorite.
* [[spoiler:TakeMeInstead]]: [[spoiler:Attempts to volunteer for chapter 5's motive of torturing people to death until a murder occurs; Yasu attempts to volunteer so no one else gets hurt. Monobear doesn't give a definite yes or no, he just says "You're all depraved. Ew."]]
* [[spoiler:TenderTears]]: [[spoiler:After chapter 3's trial ends, Yasu discovers to his own surprise that he's ''scared'', scared of dying to be precise, and he starts to cry.]]
* TheEngineer: Naturally. [[spoiler: He gets to use his talent in chapter eight to help fix Monomi.]]
* [[TranquilFury Tranquil Fury]]: It's difficult to tell if someone has ticked him off too much, which then he proceeds to either use a sneak attack or aim right for the gut with a quick kick. Most likely while being composed and smiling.

He has avoided multiple times being imprisoned for his job, as he has both served for illegal causes, for patriotism and for the government. He does not have any principles, he just follows what people tell him he should do without judging the pros and cons. Some people may say he is ignorant, that he doesn’t know what is good nor what is evil, he is often described as a ‘tool’ of humanity. [[spoiler:After the class votes for the wrong person in chapter 2's trial, Ginji stands up to Monobear by pointing a gun at him, but Ginji's gun malfunctions and sprays oil and sparks on him, setting him on fire. However, under care of Monomi, he survives this and returns in chapter four. However, he is murdered in chapter 5 by being shot in the chest by Toru and thus is KilledOffForReal.]]

* AlliterativeName
* [[spoiler: DevilsAdvocate: Plays this in the chapter one case, going so far as hurting himself to make a blood trail in his room and frame himself in a SelfSacrificeScheme.]]
* {{Expy}}: He bears some coincidental similarities to [[spoiler:Nagito Komaeda from ''VisualNovel/{{Super Danganronpa 2}}''. His sprite "poses" are based off Komaeda's, which wouldn't count on its own. However, Ginji also thinks of himself as lowlier than his classmates (though in Ginji's case he calls himself "just a murderer" rather than "just trash"), thinks his classmates are all awesome and immensely talented, tries to cover for the first culprit to encourage the first culprit's hope, but then gives up on the first culprit in disgust when the culprit gets caught anyway. And just like Komaeda, Ginji eventually wishes everyone else would die, though in Ginji's case this is after he recovers from being treated for burns by Monomi. Finally, just like Komaeda, Ginji is specifically the chapter 5 murder victim, as Komaeda was the chapter 5 victim in Super Dangan Ronpa 2.]]
* ExtremeDoormat
* JustFollowingOrders: A very big part of his talent, and his character.
* [[spoiler:ManOnFire]]: [[spoiler:After his gun malfunctions in chapter 2's trial while trying to use the gun against Monobear. However, he survives the ordeal and eventually recovers thanks to Monomi's treatment.]]

* [[spoiler: NotQuiteDead: Eventually confirmed to be alive, just badly burnt from the gun malfunction. Unfortunately, after that he becomes chapter 5's murder victim.]]
* OfficialCouple: With Nakunaru. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this is cut short when Ginji is murdered in chapter 5.]]
** [[spoiler: TogetherInDeath]]
* [[spoiler: PsychologicalTormentZone: This is what Ginji appears to expect from the afterlife upon waking up there- he sits frozen in place, waiting for all those he's killed as part of his job to fulfill their last words to him such as 'See you in Hell' and 'I'll be waiting for you'. Luckily for Ginji, with the nature of the afterlife in the game, it's subverted.]]

* SelfDeprecation: [[spoiler: He shows in the chapter one trial that he feels he doesn't deserve to be around the other students, as their talents are ones that bring hope whereas his just makes him a murderer.]]
* ShoutOut: Ginji's shirt coincidentally resembles Captain America's shield. Honoka even nicknames him "America-kun" for this reason. [[spoiler:Eventually after his ManOnFire moment detailed above, all his clothes are completely burned, including his Captain America shirt, so he ties an American flag bandanna around his arm instead.]]
* TakeMeInstead: [[spoiler:Ginji does this ''twice''. He tries to cover for Heather in chapter 1, and in chapter 2 he confesses to murdering Valentina. But since his confession turned out to be false in chapter 1, the class doesn't take his chapter 2 confession seriously. Also, in chapter 2's trial Monobear gets so annoyed that he ''overrules Ginji'' and confirms personally that Ginji isn't the culprit, ''before'' the vote takes place (usually Monobear will keep silent if the class is about to vote wrong, so this is an unusual move for him).]]
* ThePromise: He insists to Jaz after she tells him she was convinced he was dead that he will always be there for her, along with Nakunaru and Akemi. It's horribly broken in chapter five, when both Ginji and Nakunaru are found dead.]]
* TheSouthpaw: He's left-handed, as seen when he pulls the gun on Monokuma in chapter two's trial. Comes more into play again when [[spoiler: he's found dead with gunpower on his left hand, implying he may have injured the culprit.]]

* TranquilFury: He accomplishes his missions without with extreme peace of mind, shooting down a person will not alarm him, and being in a dangerous situation is neither a problem for him as long as he can swiftly escape from it. He most likely remains calm when a situation takes a wrong turn, like finding a dead body or watching someone's execution.
* [[spoiler: WallSlump: The state his body is found in in the hallway.]]

Haruka Arishima is a happy, energetic, and sweet seventeen year old who came from a rural town in Japan. After helping her parents renovate and redesign their house at the age of eleven, she realized her true knack for handiwork and helpfulness. Taken in by many various designing companies and put into the business at the age of fourteen, she spent her next years working as hard as she could to help others and give everybody a taste of the creativity she had to offer. She was drafted into Hope's Peak after pulling off many famous renovations that had made their way onto the television and once at the academy was even asked to help with designing new dorm rooms for a potential campus renovation. [[spoiler: She's chapter seven's victim, dying from blood loss caused by wounds to her neck. The class votes on her due to the lack of a suspect, despite this case obviously not being a suicide. Of course, this is wrong, and Shika is executed.]]

* [[spoiler:BewareTheNiceOnes]]: [[spoiler:When Jaz indirectly accuses Naohiro (and Toru directly accuses Naohiro) of chapter 3's murder, Haruka, while still smiling nicely, goes on a huge verbal spiel about what a liar Jaz is, and then accuses Jaz of being the culprit. This is all done with stars in her eyes, an anime device normally associated with happiness.]]

* [[{{Determinator}} Determinator]] As expected, she contains a lot of determination. You can't get her hopes down no matter what the situation.
* [[spoiler:DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch]]: [[spoiler:Intentional example. Haruka almost uses the word "fuck" in one post during chapter 3's trial, but she thinks that would make everyone hate her, so she uses "bloody" instead, even though "bloody" is a curse word in England...however, this is intentional on Haruka's part, as since no one in the class is from England, no one would recognize the word "bloody" as a swear.]]
** [[spoiler:However, in Haruka's next post after that one, she gets angry enough at Toru to use the word "fuck" anyway.]]
* [[spoiler: DyingMessage: The word 'JAZ' is found near Haruka's body, suggesting she wrote it in [[CouldntFindAPen her blood]] before she died. During the trial it's discussed that the culprit wrote the message themselves to try and frame Jaz. In chapter eight, Jaz confesses to killing Haruka and 'framing herself', so really both were right.]]

* {{Expy}}: Haruka's "poses" are based off Sonia Nevermind's poses from ''VisualNovel/{{Super Danganronpa 2}}'', which wouldn't ordinarily count on its own, but Haruka also has Sonia's "nice girl" personality, tries to get along with all her classmates and is thus as friendly and outgoing as Sonia, and she even has Sonia's capacity for an aura of leadership when necessary. [[spoiler:All of this is intentional, so that the later subversion comes as more of a shock: unlike Sonia, Haruka's friendly personality is an act, she's really a StepfordSmiler.]] Also, one important difference between Haruka and Sonia is that, unlike Sonia, [[spoiler:Haruka doesn't survive; she's murdered in chapter 7.]]

* NiceGirl: She's nice to everybody. What's the point in being mean and creating enemies? Because of this trait, Haruka [[spoiler:hugs Akemi after chapter 2's trial and tells Akemi that Haruka doesn't hate her, providing a source of relief for Akemi that at least one classmate doesn't hate her.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler:The third trial, in ''spades''. When the students start to blame Naohiro, Haruka's sweet act is revealed to be just that- an act.]]
* [[spoiler:PetTheDog:]] [[spoiler:Hugging Akemi in chapter 2's trial and saying she doesn't hate her.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: She has pinkish-red eyes, but has not yet killed anyone. [[spoiler: And doesn't kill anyone- she's chapter seven's victim.]]
** Mildly comes into play during [[spoiler: chapter one's trial, when she rather loudly accuses Nakunaru of being a liar. All with her standard, sweet smile sprite. She does it again during chapter two's trial, when Ginji tries to falsely confess to the murder.]]
*** [[spoiler: And then it hits ''hard'' in the third trial, when Haruka goes completely berserk while trying to insist Nao isn't the murderer. [[http://media.tumblr.com/23bdeb0c7b3100f7bd7b1546b98ec4fe/tumblr_inline_n6i4zlgBvD1sxpmu3.png Holy shit, Haruka]].]]
* [[spoiler:StepfordSmiler]]: [[spoiler:A recent post reveals Haruka is actually loud and brash; her laughter is just an act.]]
* [[spoiler:TakeMeInstead]]: [[spoiler:Confesses to chapter 3's murder because, as it turns out, she was trying to take the fall for Naohiro. It doesn't work; the class manages to figure out who the true culprit was.]]

Heather moved to Japan in order to pursue her dream of being a professional wrestler, figuring the women are treated better in Japan than in the popular American federations. She joined an all-female league with a mixed wrestling side-league and quickly rose to the top with her unorthodox high-flying style. She dominated the leagues and was soon seen as one of, if not the best to grace the squared circle. However, all this had her neglect her schooling, invited to Hope’s Peak for her talent to make up for those years and be granted all she missed, which is why she’s entering at such an old age. [[spoiler: She becomes the first culprit in killing Kiriko, though the students correctly pin her as the murderer.]]

* [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant Pro Wrestler Girl]]: When interacting with new people, she usually puts on a front of always being the best.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* [[spoiler: CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Heather is chained by her ankles to a device that's rolling her down an entrance ramp in a mockery of a pro wrestling entrance. The device then extends to thousands of feet in the air, as the "ring" underneath is suddenly lit on fire. Finally, the mechanism catapults Heather off, so Heather falls to her death, dying on impact as her body hits the flames.]]
* [[spoiler:DarkAndTroubledPast]]: [[spoiler:Heather has no memory of anything before she was 16, so her pro wrestling was all she had. Fortunately for her, Natasha took her in and cared for her, but Natasha died because of a "stupid accident" that Heather caused, in Heather's words.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: According to WordOfGod, she cares very very much for the people she gets close to and can tend to have quite the sensitive emotions.

* [[spoiler:IJustWantToBeSpecial]]: [[spoiler:The chapter 1 motive was a guarantee to restore a student's former status at the top of their field if they can create the "perfect murder". This is what motivates Heather to kill Kiriko, since if she got away with it she would be restored to the top of the professional wrestling field and she'd get all her fans back. Unfortunately for her, she doesn't create the perfect murder, because the other students manage to figure out it was her.]]
* [[spoiler:OrphansOrdeal]]: [[spoiler:According to WordOfGod, her parents died to a rare virus, making her an orphan. She was then taken in by a facility conducting tests on offspring of virus carriers, and those tests turned her hair purple. Then at age 15 she was finally declared virus-free, so the facility drugged her to erase all of her memories before finally giving her up for adoption. This is why she has no memory of anything before she was 16. However, after being adopted things got much better for Heather from there, as Heather's new adoptive brother was already doing well as a wrestler and Heather trained hard to do what he could do, eventually creating her own moveset.]]
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion]]: [[spoiler:Heather is the first culprit to be executed, and thus it's Heather's execution that drives home to the class how serious executions are.]]
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]

Hirashi’s career as a talent manager began with him helping a friend that was a member of a rising idol group, who were having difficulties with business affairs and their public image. After the media discovered it was him who had cleaned up the group’s act, it didn't take long for companies to come to him, almost begging him to get some of those rowdy young adults under control, which he agreed to do, almost too happily. His frequent appearances with celebrities and their continuous praise of him for turning their careers around caught the attention of Hope’s Peak, and he was eventually invited to attend the school. [[spoiler: He is one of the victims of Chapter 8, alongside Yasu. He dies of strangulation.]]
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* ActualPacifist
* AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler:After chapter 5, Hirashi no longer remains "ambiguous", and openly pursues a relationship with Yasu, another male.]]
* ApologizesALot: Though as noted under YesMan below, this is actually a useful skill in Hirashi's line of work.
* ArmourPiercingQuestion: Towards [[spoiler: Jaz in the fifth trial, shocking her out of her tirade towards his friend Toru.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Hirashi:''' You out of everyone should know what it’s like to have ''innocent'' friends die. Why are you so eager for it to happen again, to someone else?]]
** [[spoiler:Hirashi's armor piercing question to Jaz is subverted later however, as Toru ''does'' turn out to be guilty, so Jaz was not accusing an innocent after all.]]
* BerserkButton: Do NOT use derogatory slurs in front of him, or make fun of disabled people. Actually, don't be rude to people in general. Seen when [[spoiler: Monokuma calls Shinju a cripple]]. Also seen [[spoiler: during the first trial, when Nakunaru was criticizing Yasu]]. He actually yells across the room.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* [[spoiler: DiesWideOpen]]
* [[spoiler: FriendlessBackground]]
* FromBadToWorse: Possibly his backstory, if his player has been giving accurate hints. Applies more to his time in space: he begins unable to understand Monomi, being trapped in space, not knowing anyone, and believing he was there by mistake- and then Monokuma shows up. [[spoiler: And, after all of this happens, he is murdered alongside his boyfriend in Chapter 8.]]

* ItsAllMyFault: Seen immediately after [[Ginji's is set on fire during the aftermath of the second trial]]. He actually repeats this aloud.
* KidsAreCruel: Briefly elaborated on during a conversation with Yasu, as well as in the narration. In exact words, [[spoiler: "Yeah, I get you. I, ah, won’t go into detail, but my darling classmates weren’t too fond of me. They liked to let me and K— I- I mean, they liked to let me know that. Daily."]], as well as [[spoiler: 'Then, as he knew all too well, he’d sound like a (as his middle school classmates so eloquently put it) “fucking freak”.']]
* {{Omniglot}}: See Bilingual Bonus above.
* OfficialCouple: With Yasu as of Chapter 5.
** [[spoiler: This becomes TogetherInDeath in Chapter 8, when he and Yasu are killed.]]
* SelfDeprecation: On his "Friends" page, he describes ''himself'' in the following words: "Pathetic pathetic pathetic pathetic pathetic. Why aren't you dead yet."
* SharpDressedMan
* ShoutOut: His room is full of shout-outs to his friends on his indie blog. A more meta example is that all of his posts are titled quoting Music/FallOutBoy lyrics.
** The red sweater Hirashi wears in chapter 3 bears the "I Got A Boy" logo, from Girls Generation. Additionally, the pink sweater he has worn from chapter 4 onward bears a Kyary Pamyu Pamyu logo.
* ShyFingerTwiddling: Sort of. He fingerspells (using sign language letters to spell words).
* SophisticatedAsHell: Seen in the first trial. [[spoiler: "Unless you’re going to actually say anything useful, I think it’d be helpful if you just stayed quiet like every-fuckin’-one else who’s too useless to provide anything important."]]

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives a short one to [[spoiler: Nakunaru]] during the first trial.
* TraumaCongaLine: See FromBadToWorse above.
* TroubledFetalPosition: [[spoiler: After discovering Valentina's body in chapter two and dealing with it, he pulls one of these.]]
* UnableToCry: After [[spoiler: Valentina]]'s murder in [[spoiler: chapter 2]], he ends up like this. Until he's alone, that is.

Later in Honoka’s career, she got an idea that just doing some simple events wouldn’t get the job done. She had to go bigger, fly higher, go up to the stars where no one been before. She started to study things like Ecology, Environmental Law, and Environmentalism. She started to discover new ways to help nature. Very shortly soon, Honoka’s career began to bloom as she would start to do things that she could never imagine she could do to help save nature. [[spoiler:At the beginning of chapter 6, Honoka falls asleep in the Green House--but this breaks one of Monobear's rules about where the students can sleep, so Monobear kills her by impaling her with spears.]]

* [[AccidentalHero Accidental Heroine]]: Honoka suggests to [[spoiler:Heather that Heather should strip, which reveals an incriminating wound that proves Heather is chapter 1's culprit. However, this was accidental, as Honoka actually thought Heather was innocent, and only suggested stripping so Heather could prove said innocence.]]

* BlushSticker: Sports this in her sprites.
* TheCutie

* FlowerInHerHair

* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD]]: [[spoiler:Naohiro being caught and executed in chapter 3's trial drives Honoka into this.]]
* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: [[spoiler:At the beginning of chapter 6, Honoka falls asleep in a place where it's forbidden for students to sleep, so Monobear kills her by impaling her with spears for breaking a rule.]]
* InnocentBlueEyes
* InnocentFlowerGirl

* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie]]: [[spoiler:Honoka is killed at the beginning of chapter six.]]
* [[spoiler:MadnessMantra]]: [[spoiler:Only in her mind, and not spoken aloud, but when chapter 3's motive is announced and it's a threat that everyone's families are missing, Honoka mentally screams, with spaces inserted for word wrap purposes, "PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!! IM BEGGING HERE!! PLEASE BE OKAY!"]]

* MotherlySidePlait
* MrImagination: Kinda, she just has a large imagination, thats all.

* NiceGirl: She's nice to everyone she meets, well almost everyone.

* [[spoiler:PrecisionFStrike]]: [[spoiler:When the class starts accusing Naohiro for chapter 3's murder, Honoka screams, "'''CAN EVERYONE IN THIS DAMN COURTROOM SHUT THE FUCK UP'''!!!!"]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has dark blue hair. [[spoiler:However, in Honoka's dorm, there is a photo of a little girl with a flower pot and her parents, and the little girl in the picture has black hair. Whether this is Honoka's real hair color, or whether the little girl is someone else, is unknown.]]

Raised by her—incredibly popular rapper—uncle since birth, Mikazuki had always shown signs of being an aspiring rapper. Taking interest in topics such as how fast she could rap along to songs, she grew more talented by the minute. There wasn’t anything about the mere topic of rap music that didn’t interest her—even topics such as deaths caused by rap fueds simply motivated her to try and prevent them from happening—and, by age 10, she was about as skilled as any highly experienced rapper. Freestyling, rap battles, even simple portrayals of her skills—you name it, she could do it. One of her most impressive feats was holding the world record for fastest rapping; 900 syllables rapped in under a minute. At age 16, she was one of the—if not the—most talented rappers on planet Earth. With intricate verses, and songs about topics that actually needed recognition that wasn’t downplayed with derogatory meanings, Mikazuki was a favorite of rap fans everywhere. [[spoiler: Survives to endgame.]]

* [[spoiler:AccidentalKiss]]: [[spoiler:After chapter 3's trial ends, Mikazuki jumps forward to hug Miwa, but their lips touch by accident.]]

* AWildRapperAppears: Mikazuki's SHSL talent.
* BoastfulRap: Mikazuki's SHSL talent.
* BoyishShortHair
* ClusterFBomb: When reacting to Monokuma's sudden appearance.
* CrushBlush: During the third trial, although it is unknown who she is crushing on. [[spoiler:During a funeral service in her room in chapter 5, she finally admits who it was, by saying that she was "full goddamn lesbian" for Miwa, and she wants to tell her uncle about this sweet girl she knew and adored.]]
* CuteBruiser: [[spoiler:Punches Hirashi during the third trial.]]
* [[{{Asexual}} Demisexual]]: Not averse to sexual activity, but has stated that she hasn't found the right person yet.
* DoesNotLikeMen: One of the first things she says to everyone is a statement declaring that if any boys were to go near her, she would punch them in either the face or the...nuts. It's eventually revealed that she has "androphobia".

* FlippingTheBird: During [[spoiler:chapter 6's trial; as she flips off Nikki while voting for them.]]

* FunetikAksent: Portrayed literally in the dialogue. For example: "If anyone says anythin’ ‘bout m’ chest, I swear t’ fuck ‘m gonna rip y’ a new asshole. We clear?"
* GamerChick
* HeteronormativeCrusader: Has a very brief slip-up into this during chapter 1's trial, when she insists that men are stronger than girls (so the culprit, who used physical strength to kill the victim, has to be a guy), and that women clean better than men (so since the culprit did a lousy clean-up job, again it has to be a guy). Aimé calls her out on this, causing her to apologize and retract her argument. [[spoiler:And it turns out the first culprit is a ''female'' classmate, further invalidating the argument.]]

* InnocentBlueEyes

* KidsAreCruel: [[spoiler:During the first trial, Mikazuki backs up her reasoning as to why she dislikes men so much. Her reason? In 9th grade, she was physically assaulted by three male classmates.]]
* LesbianJock: Mikazuki did wrestling in middle school, a sport commonly associated with this trope. [[spoiler:Confirmed to have feelings for Miwa in chapter 3, breaks down in tears at Miwa's death in chapter 4, and during the funeral service she holds for Miwa in chapter 5, Mikazuki confirms aloud that she was "full goddamn lesbian", in her own words, for Miwa. And through all of this Mikazuki maintains an assertive, take-no-nonsense jock personality.]]
* LittleMissBadass: Prior to the events of Astral Academia, Mikazuki was in a gang known as Bitch Rebellion. Some of her notable feats from those days include tracking down and setting a man's house on fire, because she caught him catcalling. [[spoiler:Also, Mikazuki is badass enough to survive all the trials.]]

* MusclesAreMeaningless: See Pint-sized Powerhouse, below.

* OddFriendship: With Miwa. [[spoiler:Mikazuki confirms in chapter 5 that if Miwa hadn't been murdered in chapter 4, Mikazuki would have tried to move from "friendship" to "relationship" with Miwa.]]
* {{Omniglot}}: In addition to her native Japanese, Mikazuki can understand Spanish--only one phrase, however. What phrase does she know? How to ask where to find a ''strip club''. It also appears that she knows a fair bit of Korean, seeing as [[spoiler:during the first trial, she gives her reason as to why she dislikes men, in--you guessed it--Korean.]]

* SheCleansUpNicely
* ShoutOut: At one point during chapter 3's trial, Mikazuki plays "Fuck You" by Lily Allen on her iPod, which at the moment she plays it summarizes Mikazuki's feelings about [[spoiler:Haruka]].
* SirSwearsALot

* [[spoiler:TalkingToTheDead]]: [[spoiler:During chapter 4, Mikazuki often talked to Miwa's body, iterating how she was sorry and how she shouldn't have died.]]
* [[spoiler:ThePromise]]: [[spoiler:Mikazuki promises Miwa--well, Miwa's ''dead body''--that she will bring her killer to justice. And she succeeds; the class votes for the correct person as the culprit, and Miwa's murderer is executed, just as Mikazuki promised.]]
* TinyTyrannicalGirl: The tyrannical portion has yet to be seen, however. [[spoiler:It never will be seen, since Mikazuki doesn't murder anyone and in fact survives the whole game.]]
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Miwa's girly-girl.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Root beer.
* [[spoiler:TragicKeepsake]]: [[spoiler:After Miwa is murdered in chapter 4, Mikazuki asks Monobear for Miwa's wig.]]

Jasmine 'Jaz' Hayes had been building small circuits and designing much larger ones for several years before her talent was recognised by the world at large. When a school project she took much, much further than was required of her starting gaining large interest on the blog she uses to showcase her efforts, it only took a short while longer of posting to attract the attention of Hope's Peak. She's since even sold some of her now much larger designs and projects to production companies as she continues to develop her talent. A girl only just starting to come out of her shell from a strict upbringing, Jaz is much more energetic and enthusiastic than her formal stance initially suggests, desperate to learn everything she possibly can about everything and discover herself. [[spoiler:In chapter 8's trial, Jaz confesses to having murdered Haruka in chapter 7 and let Shika take the fall, but she confesses to being a murderer to avoid being suspected of being the mastermind. Survives to endgame.]]

* BlueWithShock: A few times in the chapter five trial. [[spoiler: And again during the final trial when a mastermind vote goes through, due to Monokuma saying the vote passed 'with help from their dead friends'.]]

* [[spoiler: ConfessToALesserCrime: During chapter eight's mastermind discussion, Jaz confesses to murdering Haruka to try and prove she's not the mastermind of the mutual killing; responsible for ''all'' the murders and despair rather than just one death. It works; Jaz isn't executed for the murder she committed because the class succeeds in catching the mastermind.]]
* CryIntoChest: Towards Akemi after [[spoiler: discovering the second body in chapter five.]]
* [[spoiler:DespairEventHorizon]]: [[spoiler:After Akemi is murdered in chapter 6, as Jaz breaks down, she shouts "YOU WIN!" to the air, and then asks Ginji and Nakunaru to look after Akemi from "up there" before hugging herself the way Akemi had held her.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Jaz is generally barefoot. If she HAS to wear shoes, for example in the labs, she'll wear ballet pumps that leave as much of her feet exposed as possible.
* DueToTheDead: She leaves flowers in [[spoiler: Ginji, Nakunaru and Toru's dorms after the fifth trial.]]
* [[spoiler:EmotionalFainting]]: [[spoiler:The aftermath of chapter 2's trial is too much for Jaz.]]

* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD]]: [[spoiler:Chapter 2's trial drives Jaz into this.]]
** [[spoiler: Even more so in chapter five, when both Ginji ''and'' Nakunaru are found dead.]]
** [[spoiler: And even ''more'' so in chapter six, when Akemi is found dead.]]
* HumanNotepad: Is fond of doodling on her hands and arms to concentrate, or alternatively, using them as paper when she's lacking some. It helps that the sleeves of her usual jacket leave most of her arms bare. She turns up to chapter three's trial with all the evidence she found written up and down her arms. Overlaps with NoteToSelf.
* ItsAllMyFault: Feels this about [[spoiler: a good portion of chapter two's events, namely, the deaths.]]
** And again after she thinks of the possibility that [[spoiler:her helping to turn the lights back on may have helped chapter 4's culprit kill Miwa.]]
* ItsPersonal: Very much so in [[spoiler: chapter five's case, to the point where Jaz actually becomes ''scared'' of how she starts acting in the trial.]]
* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini]]: [[spoiler:Jaz confessed during chapter 8's trial to being the one who killed Haruka in chapter 7, but this confession comes too late to have any consequences for Jaz, since Shika already took the fall instead. Also, Jaz survives the game.]]

* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone]]: [[spoiler:Feels this way after helping to turn the lights back on in chapter 4, only for Monobear to announce that the lights coming back on may have helped the culprit check what they were doing to their victim.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Feels this when [[spoiler: Haruka starts accusing her of being the culprit during chapter three's trial, on the grounds that Jaz was the only person to find and bring up what turned out to be crucial evidence.]]
* OfficialCouple: With Akemi as of chapter 3. [[spoiler: Unfortunately cut short when Akemi is killed in Chapter 6.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: Up until Ginji's apparent death in the aftermath of chapter two's trial, Jaz had never used curse words , which is why it's shocking for her to scream at the trial room to 'PLEASE- just- ''FUCKING''- STOP!']]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Helps fix Monomi in chapter 8.]]
* PleaseWakeUp: Towards [[spoiler: Nakunaru and Ginji in chapter five.]]
* ShoutOut: When going through Jaz's room, one of the options is 'Squawk like an imbecile and shit on the desk'. Clicking it takes you to a disgruntled picture of Jane Crocker.

* [[spoiler: TakeMeInstead: Offers to be the innocent executed after chapter two's mistrial, on the grounds that she truly believes she should be because of her suggesting the wrong culprit, and the fact that Monokuma had already suggested they execute her anyway. It doesn't work; Monobear chooses to execute someone unrelated to the murder entirely.]]
* TalkingToTheDead: Slips into this a few times during the fifth trial, apologising to [[spoiler: Ginji and Nakunaru]] whenever she feels she can't carry on and asking them whether they would think she was 'doing good enough'.
** Again after finding [[spoiler: Akemi's body in chapter six, tearfully begging Ginji and Nakunaru to take care of her in the afterlife and apologising that she never told Akemi she loved her.]]
* TheEngineer: Naturally. She gets to use her talents in [[spoiler: chapter four, when Monomi takes her to fix the power after Monokuma shuts it off for a motive, and again in chapter 8 in a collberation with Yasu to fix the broken Monomi.]]
* TheKetchupTest: Performed during chapter eight's investigation, with the watered down pink substance near [[spoiler: Yasu's]] body. She's said to question her life and choices just before doing it.
* ThePerfectionist: Jaz has to make her work - and anything she does, really - the best it can be. She has to know everything and she has to be able to do everything, to the point where she honestly seems ''terrified'' if something goes even slightly wrong.
* TookALevelInBadass: In chapter 5's trial, Jaz [[spoiler:produces one of the two clues that, taken together, prove who the culprit is. Before the trial, Jaz found the murder weapon in Toru's room and took it from the room before Toru could get rid of it. Jaz then reveals during the trial where the weapon was found.]]
* [[spoiler: TragicKeepsake: When both her best friends Ginji and Nakunaru are murdered in chapter five, she takes both their bandannas and ties them around her arm.]]
** [[spoiler: And again in chapter six, taking Akemi's hat. Investigating her dorm also shows a black zippered sweatshirt that used to belonged to Akemi there, borrowed and never returned.]]
** [[spoiler: Yasu provides her with another one in chapter eight: a Captain America t-shirt from the Monomachine identical to the one Ginji used to wear. She receives it somewhat emotionally.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler: While nothing had directly happened to Jaz, she felt responsible for many of the events happening around her up to the aftermath of chapter two's trial. First she swears to show her roommate that she doesn't have to be scared of the people in the base, only for Kiriko to be the first victim. During the chapter two trial she is determined to prove herself good enough and pushes votes towards Lukas, only for him to be revealed as innocent and another innocent to eventually be executed instead. Not only that, her crush was the scared killer. Her good friend Ginji then (presumably) burns to death in front of her after he reacts to Monokuma's earlier threat to Jaz, so Jaz feels responsible for that and Nakunaru breaking at the loss of Ginji due to provoking Monokuma. Considering a good portion of these events happens within the space of presumably mere hours, it's no wonder Jaz blacks out at the end of the trial.]]
** It only extends in [[spoiler: chapter five with the deaths of Ginji and Nakunaru, Jaz's best friends in the base.]]
** It extends even further in [[spoiler:chapter six with the death of Akemi, Jaz's girlfriend as of chapter three.]]
* UnusualEuphemism: While she does swear often, Jaz prefers to replace curse words with her own... variations, somewhat spelling out the word ('half a double s') or just replacing it with another word entirely ('pigging') .
** As of the chapter five trial, however, these seem to have been dropped entirely.

* [[spoiler: YouLeaveHimAlone: Gives this on behalf of Ginji after Monokuma berates him for being 'hopey'. It backfires somewhat when Monokuma threatens to execute Jaz instead, and she then ends up feeling ''incredibly'' guilty when she starts considering that Ginji's threat to Monokuma partly came from this defence and led to his apparent death.]]

Images of Kiriko first started circulating the web a year prior to her admittance to Hope’s Peak when a link to her personal blog was posted on the Japanese textboard, 2ch. Noted for her “doll-like facial features,” “fetishized outfits” and “clumsily-cute text posts,” she attracted many followers to her blog—more than she could have possibly imagined. With roughly 0.9% of Japanese Internet users viewing her blog each day, Kiriko’s blog was one of the most viewed websites in Japan. Most posts on her blog include pair pictures of herself dressed in cosplay with encouraging text, with the intention to encourage others to work just as hard as she is. [[spoiler: She's the first victim of the mutual killing game, strangled by Heather.]]

* AlliterativeName

* {{Cosplay}}: Only to appeal to her online fans.
* TheCutie
* [[spoiler: DiesWideOpen]]
* [[spoiler: EasilyForgiven: In the dead blog, unlocked after the game's end, Kiriko is shown to forgive her murderer on the grounds that what's done is done; they're both dead, nothing can bring them back, and she'll be strong for both of them.]]

* GirlishPigtails
* HairDecorations
* {{Hikikomori}}: Albeit trying her hardest to recover.
* [[spoiler: KillTheCutie]]: [[spoiler:Kiriko is the first student to be murdered.]]

* {{Meganekko}}

* NoSocialSkills: [[spoiler:And as the recently-opened "dead blog" reveals, this is something Kiriko regrets and would have tried to change if she wasn't murdered.]]
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLamb]]: [[spoiler:Kiriko doesn't appear to have a mean bone in her body, but to drive it home that AnyoneCanDie, she's the first murder victim.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: Kiriko has an incredibly hard time reaching out to others, and prefers to keep by herself. [[spoiler:The recently opened "dead blog" reveals that Kiriko actually regrets this, and would have liked to finally reach out to others if she hadn't been killed first.]]
* [[spoiler: SkewedPriorities: And she's very aware of this- upon Nakunaru's arrival to the afterlife, Kiriko realises she should be showing the recently dead a little more respect, but she's more concerned with why he removed her glasses from her body.]]
* [[spoiler: TomatoInTheMirror: At first she doesn't realise that the dead body on the floor is ''her'' dead body, crying as she's convinced she's woken up at the scene of a murder. Monomi has to confirm that yes, the body under Kiriko's feet is hers.]]
* {{ZettaiRyouiki}}: Grade A.

[[folder: Students L-Z]]

Lottie Yukimura became the hero of the countryside. There was such a frenzy that she was quickly noticed and became the target of newspapers and reporters in the cities. When Lottie received an invitation to Hope’s Peak, there was no way she could refuse. [[spoiler: Survives to endgame.]]

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: It's learnt in chapter 5 that Lottie didn't actually know Monobear and Monomi were robots until [[spoiler:Monobear demonstrates it by killing Monomi and ripping out her wires through her chest.]]
* DoesNotLikeGuns

* AHeroToHisHometown

* NiceGirl: She's a heroine to her fellow countrymen, as detailed in other tropes. Also, in chapter 4, when Tyrone is afraid to sleep alone after [[spoiler:Miwa]] is murdered, and asks to sleep in Lottie's room, Lottie cheerfully invites Tyrone in so he'll be safe.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Tangerines.
* TrueCompanions: Lottie becomes this with Tyrone.

!! Lukas Breivik
!!! SHSL Paediatrician

After quite some hard work through his months and natural skills, he achieved his dream much earlier than originally planned. Now, he was not only proud with himself, everyone was too- a fourteen year old globe-famous paediatrician, perhaps a genius- he was ready to move on his short life and settled down in Japan after his life in Norway, for job opportunities. After some years of working with very high pay, he achieved the pristine white card entitled ‘Hope’s Peak’ along light receipts and letters from his parents. [[spoiler:He's voted as the culprit in chapter 2's trial, but Monobear confirms that Lukas didn't do it. Lukas isn't executed, though, since Monobear executes a random classmate instead. However, Lukas murders Miwa in chapter 4, but the class correctly figures out it was him, and this time he's executed.]]

* AlphaBitch

* CoatCape
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Lukas is the chapter 4 culprit, but the class correctly figures out was him, and he's executed. He's strapped to a doctor chair in a hospital, and a 7 foot tall man in a Monobear mask walks in. He picks up a bread knife instead of the numerous medical instruments laying around, and starts cutting up Lukas' stomach. He then just leaves Lukas there with a hole in his stomach, and Lukas eventually dies from blood loss.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* DrJerk

* FourEyesZeroSoul: Many may think that. [[spoiler:Subverted; even though he murders Miwa in chapter 4, it's because of a bad side effect, not because he really has zero soul.]]

* ImNotHereToMakeFriends
* {{Jerkass}}: Anyone can capture that, really.
** JerkassHasAPoint: Despite the hostile way he often puts things, they are often correct.
* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: Though, this one is peppered with colorful animal clip-ons.

* NoSocialSkills
* PrecisionFStrike: His reaction to Honoka touching him in chapter 4's trial is, "…Get your grimy fucking hands off of me. You’re polluting me with the scum of your hands. If you ever touch me again, I’ll-"
* [[spoiler:TheScapegoat]]: [[spoiler:The class votes for Lukas as Valentina's murderer, but Monobear confirms that Lukas is innocent. However, Lukas is not executed, since Monobear decides to execute someone at random.]]
** [[spoiler:Subverted when the class votes for him ''again'' in chapter 4's trial--except this time he really ''is'' guilty.]]
* SharpDressedMan

* [[spoiler:SympatheticMurderer]]: [[spoiler:Played straight and subverted. Played straight in that he kills Miwa in chapter 4 while not of sound mind; he takes Prozac to deal with the stress of the motive but the Prozac gave him dementia as a side effect, and while under dementia he kills Miwa. Subverted in that the class originally thought the murderer used a sedative to knock Miwa out so her death would be painless. It turns out the sedative was just to keep Miwa there; Lukas started cutting off her face ''after she'd already woken up'', so she felt all of it.]]
* TallDarkAndSnarky

* YouthfulFreckles

Upon being accepted into Hope’s Peak, Masayoshi didn’t want to go since he was so connected to his ōenbu. They encouraged him to go for it, and Masayoshi eventually complied. He misses them dearly but keeps in contact with them often. [[spoiler:Survives to endgame.]]

* BadassCape
* [[spoiler:EmotionalFainting]]: [[spoiler:Masayoshi faints after the culprit's execution in chapter 4, after shouting to the class that this happened because they weren't willing to trust each other.]]

* NoIndoorVoice: It's part of his talent.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Masayoshi wears a big blue cape as part of his outfit.
* [[spoiler:TakeMeInstead]]: [[spoiler:When chapter 2's motive is revealed to be a threat to execute two innocent people unless a murder occurs, Masayoshi attempts to volunteer to be one of the "innocently executed", and in fact, he volunteers to be executed ''twice'' so nobody will have to murder anyone. Monobear tells Masayoshi that he's busy, so Masayoshi should leave his "bullshit" for after the beep.]]
** [[spoiler:Then when the class mistrials, he volunteers to be the random execution, but Monobear picks someone else.]]
** [[spoiler:He volunteers again in chapter 5, when Monobear threatens to start torturing random students to death. Masayoshi ''demands'' that Monobear choose him to be tortured as the public example, since Masayoshi will never give in to Monobear. It doesn't work; Monobear finds Masayoshi's "self-deprecation" unbearable so Monobear decides to make sure it's anyone ''but'' Masayoshi.]]
* TrueCompanions: With his ōenbu. [[spoiler:Eventually Masayoshi also becomes true companions with Ryouko, and they become the co-captains of "Team Usami".]]

Born into a family of travelers, the young Max was brought fame through the expeditions of their parents and siblings. Renowned as a child born into a busy life of hitchhiking and backpacking through various countries, their fame became known to Hope’s Peak at the ripe age of sixteen. Despite their small appearances in media as a spritely young kid, little evidence could be brought to prove that they’re as much as the perky toddler their old photographs show. Standing with a hunch and sighing every so often, Max seems to be a low energy individual. Maybe if the heavy backpack came off…? [[spoiler: Survives to endgame.]]

* BerserkButton: Never either ask Max to take their jacket off or even imply that they must do so. At one point in chapter 1's trial, Max [[spoiler:threatens: "If anyone touches me, I will personally slam your head into the podium. I guarantee it." (They immediately regret this, though, since they know threats aren't necessary.)]]

* TheStoic: Usually, as a low-energy individual. However, see BerserkButton above.
* YouthfulFreckles

She also makes sure to take risks and using it to her advantage, money wise and life wise. Actuaries are all about risk taking and making profit out of it, which she has clearly mastered. Anything insurance wise, she can do. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, while the class voted for Lukas in chapter 2's trial, Lukas didn't do it--and instead of executing Lukas, Monobear executes a random classmate instead. Mayoi is the one he picks, so Mayoi is executed in chapter 2.]]

* BigSisterInstinct: With those who are less fortunate than her, of course.
* BigFancyHouse
* [[spoiler:BloodFromTheMouth]]: [[spoiler:After her execution is over, Mayoi falls to the floor coughing up blood before finally expiring.]]
* [[spoiler: CigaretteOfAnxiety: Lights up after waking up in the afterlife and musing on how ''stressed'' and in ''pain'' she was and is.]]
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Mayoi is chosen at random to be executed when the class mistrials in chapter 2. Two gray figures are holding Mayoi prisoner in a museum in front of a painting of a white emperor butterfly. The figures begin throwing knives at the painting, and every time they hit the butterfly, something invisible slices up Mayoi's insides. The final knife goes through the butterfly's heart, and Mayoi's heart is also stabbed by something invisible. Mayoi keels over, coughing up blood, and finally dying.]]

* [[spoiler: ForcefulKiss: Grabs Nakunaru upon his arrival to the afterlife and performs this. He's not happy about it.]]
* FriendToAllChildren
* LonelyRichKid
* [[spoiler:MiscarriageOfJustice]]: [[spoiler:Chosen at random to be executed after the chapter 2 mistrial.]]
* [[spoiler:TheNicknamer]]: [[spoiler:As the recently opened "dead blog" reveals, Mayoi sometimes affectionately refers to Nakunaru as her "son". They are not related; rather, Mayoi and Nakunaru are friends and it is a term of affection Mayoi uses for him.]]

* [[spoiler: SacrificialLamb: The first victim of a mistrial, executed after the students failed to pinpoint the correct culprit in chapter two.]]

* [[spoiler: TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Upon waking up in the afterlife after her wrongful execution, Mayoi's first course of action is an internal monologue about her classmates and how it's their fault that she's dead and in pain, that they all deserve to die, and how 'NO-ONE FUCKING KNEW' about how painful her execution was.]]
* [[spoiler:TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]: [[spoiler:As a few classmates muse after Mayoi is wrongfully executed, Mayoi did absolutely nothing wrong and was a good and innocent girl.]]
* TrueBlueFemininity: Mayoi's outfit includes a blue shirt.
* YouthfulFreckles

Have you heard of The Cyanide Rabbits? A fearsome girl gang with members spread all over Tokyo, part of the threat coming from being unable to detect their appearances — they all look like ordinary high school girls. Don’t let their looks fool you, however — they’re all quite tough. The head honcho herself, Minatsuki Amagi, is a woman of fearsome presence in spite of her small stature, with a powerful temper and a large chip on her shoulder. Y’know, in spite of being the size of a small child. [[spoiler: Minatsuki is one of five students 'woken up late' and introduced in chapter 5. Minatsuki is killed by blood loss from non-lethal shot-at wounds at the beginning of chapter 8 as one of two victims, killed for breaking the rules imposed at the time.]]

* CoolMask: The lower part of Minatsuki's face is covered by a gray mask. A recent post of Minatsuki's even jokes about it in the narration: "She stared at the astrologist from her podium, arms crossed, a frown not so visible on her face. Y’know, lower half of it constantly covered up and all."
* [[spoiler:DiesWideOpen]]: [[spoiler:Her death report at the beginning of chapter 8 describes her body as looking "shocked and horrified".]]
* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Delinquents Have Standards]]: She finds Monobear [[spoiler:killing Monomi for kicks in chapter 5]] to be "cruel" and "disgusting".

* FingerlessGloves

* JapaneseDelinquent: Super high school level.

* OlderThanTheyLook

* PintSizedPowerhouse: 'Pint' being 4'6.
* SirSwearsALot
* TrueBlueFemininity: She's wearing a blue outfit.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
* YouthfulFreckles

Miwa Miyagi had always been a brat. It’s just who she was. But even though she was a brat, she was immeasurably cute and rich, so she always had people lining up at the doors for a chance to be her friend. But alas, she would rather be away from all those peasants and continue to lead her passionless life. That was before she found Lolita fashion. That very fashion helped shape her into the confident princess she is today. She went to a BTSSB tea party and not only did she win ‘Best Dressed’, their representatives even scouted her to be a Lolita Model for the brand. She became the new face of Baby and even though she’s only 16, she is one of the most wanted Lolita Models. [[spoiler:Miwa's the chapter 4 murder victim; she's discovered tied to a chair with a burlap sack over her head and her heart is found outside her chest. Her file lists her as having died from blood loss.]]

* [[spoiler:AccidentalKiss]]: [[spoiler:After chapter 3's trial ends, Mikazuki jumps forward to hug Miwa, but their lips touch by accident. This prompts Miwa to start crying, because she wanted her first kiss to be against the setting sun.]]
* AlliterativeName
* AllWomenLoveShoes: But only tea party shoes, not "ugly ass sneakers". [[spoiler:However, just to screw with the people she thinks of as "dense ratfaces", during chapter 3's trial, she intentionally tries the ugly sneakers on her own feet, and they're a perfect match.]]

* CrocodileTears: Can cry on command. [[spoiler:However, her tears during chapter 3's trial are real.]]
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:But not by execution. She's murdered in a cruel and unusual way, tied to a chair with a burlap sack over her head, and her heart is found outside her chest; she dies from blood loss.]]

* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Bratty Half Pints Have Standards]]: Miwa's a brat, but when the first culprit is revealed, even Miwa thinks they did something disgusting.
* FaceFramedInShadow: Literally one of her sprites.
* [[spoiler:ForTheEvulz]]: [[spoiler:Miwa confesses to being chapter 3's culprit, just to "screw with you dense ratfaces", but when this puts her only friend Mikazuki in danger of being accused instead, Miwa stops claiming to be the killer and starts crying, saying she didn't do it, but neither did her friend Mikazuki.]]

* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie]]: [[spoiler:The cutie part being appearance-wise, however.]]

* MulticoloredHair: It's a wig. [[spoiler:After she's murdered in chapter 4, we get to see her real hair color because her wig has been removed. Her hair is black.]]
* NoodleIncident: [[spoiler:Recently, after chapter 4's motive turns out the lights, Miwa starts crying and thinks about the last time she felt scared, alone, and betrayed, and she remembers someone named Hiroko. It hasn't yet been revealed who Hiroko is or what role she played in Miwa's life.]]
** [[spoiler:However, according to Miwa's player, who has given permission to write this in spoilers, Hiroko was Miwa's first love, or she would have been had she accepted Miwa's confession. Instead, Hiroko angrily rejected Miwa's confession on the grounds that Miwa was a horrible brat. Then Hiroko called in her friends so all of them could beat Miwa up, but Miwa was able to fight them off. Miwa was crying during chapter 4 not because she remembered the beating but because she was remembering Hiroko rejecting her confession and making her feel alone.]]
* NotSoWeak: She's in a gang for goodness sakes!
* PetTheDog: She's usually bratty, but there's a few of her classmates she likes. She approves of Aimé dismantling gender roles, her Relationships page on her personal blog calls Yasu "Fumio-nii-chan", she thinks Hirashi is "Okay", she got upset at [[spoiler:Kiriko]]'s death, she's best friends with Mikazuki, and she thinks Ryouko is "fucking radical".
* [[spoiler: PleaseIWillDoAnything: In her first few moments in the afterlife, Miwa begs to be taken back to the land of the living, saying she'll do anything to see her family, friends, and 'her' again.]]

* SourPrudes: Absolutely hates romance and sexual endeavors, to the point where she gets disgusted if someone even mentions it. [[spoiler:She warms up to Mikazuki enough to make an exception, though; according to Miwa's player, who has given permission for this to be written in spoilers, the reason Miwa's murderer was able to get her alone was because Miwa was expecting Mikazuki to come and confess to her.]]

* [[spoiler:TearsOfRemorse]]: [[spoiler:In chapter 3's trial, after realizing that her screwing around almost caused the class to vote for Mikazuki, her only friend.]]

** [[spoiler:And again after she gets her first kiss by ''accident'', instead of against the setting sun.]]
** [[spoiler:And again when chapter 4's motive turns off the lights and subtly threatens to have monsters close in on everyone.]]
** [[spoiler: Also after waking up in the afterlife.]]

!! Nakunaru Kieru
!!! SHSL Illusionist

What does he do now a days? Why, he runs around the world using his magic to scam the rich and the proper out of their money and objects...boy would his parents be proud. He truly became the scamming 'doctor' they wanted him to be...[[spoiler:Nakunaru becomes the second of two murder victims in chapter 5, killed by Toru with blunt force trauma]]

* [[spoiler:AffectionateNickname]]: [[spoiler:As the recently opened "dead blog" reveals, Nakunaru is sometimes addressed affectionately by Mayoi as her "son". They are not actually related; this is a term of affection on Mayoi's part since they're friends.]]
* ConsummateLiar
* [[spoiler: CoolDownHug: Gives one to Ginji in the afterlife, as the other male sits there terrifed of ghosts from his past showing up.]]

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* [[spoiler: DiesWideOpen: Not seen as his face is covered with a book, but underneath the covering is a 'shocked expression']]
* FlippingTheBird: To Haruka in chapter 3's trial.

* HatesBeingTouched: He tries his best to keep all physical contact with others to a minimum. He won't even touch someone's hand...unless it involves taking a diamond ring.
* IHaveManyNames: He never usually gives people his real name, preferring to ask them to pick a card from a pack with each card having a different alias on. He does this with his talent too, leading to strange combinations such as Mimu Ryoushu, SHSL ''Neck Model''.
** He even lies about his talent during the [[spoiler: chapter one trial when people are introducing themselves and their talents to determine which most involve physical strength.]]. He doesn't make everyone play his card game, rather, straight up introduces himself with the ridiculous 'talent' of SHSL ''Social Outcast Messiah''.

* OfficialCouple: With Ginji. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this is cut short when Nakunaru is murdered in chapter five, though Ginji is murdered not long after, making them TogetherInDeath]]
* PetTheDog: During chapter 1's trial, he [[spoiler:tries to persuade Ginji not to sacrifice himself.]]

* TheNicknamer: Towards everyone except Ginji.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He at first seems fine with [[spoiler: Heather's execution, even making a snarky comment about her burning in hell... and then fire ''actually'' becomes involved, and he drops that manner entirely.]]

!!! SHSL Meteorologist

While forecasting for Kyoto is her main job, Nami’s website has become a hit with the international crowd, and she’s become accustomed to posting worldwide weather trends and forecasts, including her famed “Storm of the Week” posts. The number of storms, droughts, and floods she has predicted with on-the-dot accuracy impressed Hope’s Peak enough to offer her a spot at their academy, and the number of radar and Doppler systems the school’s science department has convinced her to come. [[spoiler: Survives to endgame.]]

* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]: Nami became enthralled with the weather after a storm-chasing road trip, and went on to become a SHSL Meteorologist.

* ConstantlyCurious: According to her "Personality" on her personal blog, "if someone or something they’re doing catches her attention, she’ll usually come up and ask them about it (her curiosity tends to get the best of her)."

* FaceFramedInShadow: Upon discovering [[spoiler:Haruka]]'s body in chapter 7, since [[spoiler:Haruka the only person who considered Nami a friend.]]

* ItsAllMyFault: Feels this way after [[spoiler:she isn't able to protect Haruka from being killed in chapter 7 or discover who Haruka's murderer is, even though Haruka was Nami's one opportunity for companionship.]]

* NoodleIncident: When chapter 3's motive, a threat that everyone's families are missing, is announced, Nami briefly becomes worried that "Hana's gang violence" may have caught up with Nami's sister, but she then dismisses this as being too long ago and her sister is always careful. It has not yet been revealed who Hana is or why her gang violence "would catch up" to Nami's sister or how her sister being careful would keep that at bay, making the incident this trope.
* OrangeIsTheNewBlack: During chapter 3's trial, Nami temporarily wears an orange shirt with black shorts. This is the least frequent outfit she wears; she usually wears either the blue outfit she began the game with or the purple outfit depicted as her sprite on this page.
* PrecisionFStrike: After the events of chapter 7's trial, Nami promises the Mastermind, "M-mastermind…you…you need to watch out…! I will not let a…a <shit stain>…like you win, ever!"

* ShoutOut: In Nami's dorm, in addition to books on the universe and on meteorology, she has a [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Magic School Bus]] book. She also has a poster of [[{{VisualNovel/FATESTAYNIGHT}} Fate Stay Night]].
* [[spoiler:TenderTears]]: [[spoiler:After chapter 7 ends in a mistrial.]]

* TrueBlueFemininity: In her first outfit, but recently Nami has switched to a purple outfit.

Born to a model of a mother and manager of a father, Naohiro was involved in the world of the beauty industry since he was young. He first began working with makeup at eight, when he would practice on his younger sister in his free time. After getting even more practice with his mother’s cosmetologists over the years, he eventually went to cosmetology school at 15, graduating with a proper cosmetology license at 17. From then on, he would work with many models and actors, making them look their best for whatever audience or camera they would be showcased for. His name has become particularly renowned throughout international beauty pageants, where he has played a significant role with the cosmetology team for those participating. [[spoiler:He's chapter 3's culprit; he bludgeons Andy to death with a pot after a strangling attempt failed. However, the class correctly manages to figure out it was him.]]

* BlueWithShock: After seeing [[spoiler: Kiriko's body]].
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:He's chapter 3's culprit, but is caught and executed. Naohiro is strapped to a chair in front of a table full of cosmetics. Monobear first uses the cosmetics to do an intentionally poor make-up job on Naohiro's face, and then starts spraying him with perfume. Only it's not really perfume--it's a deadly poisonous gas, and Monobear sprays Naohiro with ''five entire bottles'' of it, finally killing Naohiro with the fifth.]]
* ExpressiveHair: Depending on how he's feeling, it'll curl up when happy, deflate when sad, and even turn into a ''heart when he's blushing''.
* {{Fainting}}: After seeing [[spoiler: Kiriko's body]]. He recovers quickly afterwards, but he refuses to return to the room where [[spoiler: she]] was found.
** He faints again after seeing [[spoiler: the results of Ginji's gun malfunction]] and [[spoiler: Mayoi's execution]]
** He faints again after seeing [[spoiler: Andy Dime's body in chapter 3, since it has so much "blood" all over it. Despite having been the one to kill Andy, the crime scene was tampered with by Miwa with blood-colored paint, and Naohiro is led to believe the body is covered with blood, causing him to faint at the sight of his own victim.]]
* ForeignCussWord: Comes out with "Sólo quiero volver a mi habitación y masturbarse ya.” in the middle of the chapter two trial. It's seemingly random until [[spoiler:the next post stated that he had a good reason for saying something so outlandish- he wanted to see if anyone reacted, therefore identifying themselves as a possible culprit due to the possibly fake suicide note written in Spanish.]]

* IdiotHair

* LonelyRichKid: See NoSocialSkills below.
* {{Mangst}}: Falls into a bit of this after [[spoiler: Heather's execution]]. He's been hesitant to leave his room and speak with others since.

* NiceGuy: Would prefer to get along with others rather than start a fight, and is usually polite and respectful to his fellow classmates. At least, until they push him over the edge for one reason or another. [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out he's the chapter 3 culprit, although he did it because chapter 3's motive said everyone's families were missing.]]

* PeekABangs
* PurpleIsPowerful

* RealMenDontCry: See below.

* [[RealMenWearPink Real Men Wear Purple]]

* [[spoiler:TakeMeInstead]]: [[spoiler:A successful example. Haruka tries to cover for him during chapter 3, but Naohiro doesn't want Haruka to die, so he finally reveals the scratches on the back of his hands and reveals he's the real murderer, so Haruka doesn't have to die.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Strawberries.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: Averted so far; he has yellow eyes, but he hasn't done anything to seem sneaky. [[spoiler:Finally the trope is played straight in chapter 3, because he does something sneaky--he murders Andy.]]

They’re quite tired, spending their nights studying alone and improving their knowledge on astrology and the differents aspects. Nikki also sometimes suffers from joint pain due to their gigantism. [[spoiler: They're the culprit of chapter six, executed for the murder of Akemi.]]

* {{Astrologer}}: Nikki's SHSL talent.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Not Nikki, but Nikki notices this about their classmates. As they point out to their classmates in chapter 6, "I really don’t get how you guys are so used to this cycle by now… Except for one person right now… ”You win.” Heh… Maybe all of you… are just as sorrowful as her… Yet, you all have different ways to deal with it…"
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:They're chapter 6's culprit, but Nikki decides to confess to the murder so the class executes the right person. Monobear places Nikki in a garden with a campfire and leaves a magazine for them to read, complete with horoscope section. Nikki looks up their own sign, "Scorpio," and reads that a series of bad luck incidents will cause their death. Two such incidents insure their fate: first, the campfire spreads out of control and starts setting everything else on fire, including Nikki's shoes. So they run to a nearby lake and jump in it to put the fire out. Second, the "lake" is made not of water, but of ''oil'', which ignites the flames on their shoes and sets the whole lake on fire, burning Nikki to death.]]
* FaceFramedInShadow: On some of Nikki's sprites, when they're feeling afraid.
* [[spoiler: HopeSpot: Presented to them in their execution: they catch sight of a lake after their feet are set on fire and run towards it, only for it to be filled with ''oil''.]]
* [[spoiler:[[KillItWithFire Kill Them With Fire]]]]: [[spoiler:How they're executed.]]

* TheQuietOne: They choose to remain quiet during chapter 6's trial, since in their opinion they had suggested a wrong theory last time. The first time they speak during chapter 6's trial, it's to confirm that they don't know either what room number they were assigned or who their roommate is.
** [[spoiler: Potentially invoked deliberately; Nikki was that chapter's culprit.]]

* WesternZodiac: An important part of astrology, Nikki Hera's SHSL talent. [[spoiler:We even learn Nikki's sign, "Scorpio", which is a spoiler because we only learn this during their execution.]]
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Magenta Hair]]

!! Oolong Giichi
!!! SHSL Gardener

Oolong took interest in gardening and planting from his mother who did it as a hobby, He helped her around the garden. Day after day for 10 years, His mother eventually got bed ridden in the hospital for a couple of weeks. When he heard the news it depressed him, constantly calling up about her and visiting her. The garden was looking worse and worse so he decided for the day she comes home he’ll redo the garden and surprise her. With rows of flowers, and nicely cut grass. There was a small patch of tomatoes and a Large patch of her favorite flowers. It was livlier than it ever was in the span of 2 days. The neigbors saw their lovely garden and thought it was so fascinating they called him to do theirs. More and more calls, He eventually got known enough to do the town’s park gardening work, The mayor’s backyard and the hospital his mother was at. His mother was so proud when he got called to go to Hope’s peak academy when his gardening work was put in magazines and newspaper articles for being so unique it was seen as artwork, This wouldn’t have happened without his mother’s support. [[spoiler: He is killed in chapter three for breaking an unspecified rule, seemingly stabbed and slashed by several knives.]]

* AmbiguouslyBrown

* [[spoiler:KilledOffScreen]]: [[spoiler:He's killed in chapter 3 for breaking a rule, but out-of-character, the mods made a public service announcement that the players' characters "in-universe" are not yet actually supposed to know what's happened to Oolong. However, during chapter 3's trial, Ryouko manages to figure out "in-universe" that something's wrong, because there's only one person in the center of the trial when there should be two, so someone's missing besides the victim! Then Max confirms that Oolong is the one missing, and finally Aimé gets Monobear to confirm that Oolong is dead because he made Monobear angry, so now the characters know "in-universe" what happened.]]

* [[spoiler:NoodleIncident]]: [[spoiler:It's not revealed what rule Oolong broke causing Monobear to kill him. Even when Monobear finally confirms Oolong is dead, all Monobear will confirm is that Oolong made Monobear angry.]]
* [[RealMenWearPink Real Men Wear Pink And Are Talented Gardeners]]

Ishikawa is most well-known as the infamous leader of the girl gang, The Spade Crusaders. The gang covers quite a lot illegal activity, but it was all founded on Ishikawa’s own actions. She was a rebellious young girl who despised consumerism. She thought it damaged people’s mentalities and self-esteem too much, and she thought it was too corrupt for her to just sit idly. The meek girl took all of her rage at the system by first making an almost poetic speech. She managed to inspire other girls to admire her and follow her ideals. It lead to the almost accidental creation of the girl gang that became diverse and broad across the nation. Some of her members were smarter and kept a typical schoolgirl-look whilst others would look outrageous and follow after previous known sukebans in appearance. Nevertheless, with the wide range of member types, the gang ended up committing illicit activities nationwide. While Ishikawa usually could not keep an iron grip, it only served to strengthen the fame of the gang. Ishikawa would steal from corporations, leak business plans, and ruin advertisements in the name of her beliefs and gang. The gang almost always left a calling card— a spade at the scene they were last. Ishikawa became the poster-girl for her gang, and it helped Hopes Peak recognize her and send an invitation. [[spoiler: WordOfGod confirmed her to be chapter eight's killer, murdering both Hirashi and Yasu. Survives to endgame.]]

* ApologeticAttacker: Screaming the following during chapter three's trial as she knees [[spoiler:Nakunaru]].

* GirlyBruiser
* GroinAttack: To [[spoiler:Nakunaru, to get the class's attention in chapter 3's trial so she can tell them someone's missing that's not the murder victim.]]
* HeroicAlbino
* JustLikeRobinHood: Played with. She doesn't exactly "steal from the rich to give to the poor", but her thefts from corporations and leaking of their business plans are intended to help the poor anyway, but through a different route (by attacking the materialist mentality that ruins people's self-esteem). [[spoiler:However, Ryouko has an ulterior motive in addition to the selfless one: Ryouko's albinism "caused her to be more fearful about sunlight exposure than was necessary", and eventually Ryouko grew jealous of the girls in advertisements who could confidently show off a lot more skin.]]
* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini: She gets away with killing Yasu and Hirashi though no MiscarriageOfJustice occurs like the previous mistrials; the class became more focused on using what they knew at that stage to find the mastermind among them.]]
* [[spoiler: LeaveNoWitnesses: WordOfGod confirms that Hirashi was not the intended victim, but in fact spotted Ryouko covered in blood and holding a weapon, so she had no choice but to kill him.]]
* LuminescentBlush: As seen in a couple of her sprites.
* NoIndoorVoice: Occasionally in trials, and when [[spoiler: placing her mastermind vote.]]
->[[spoiler: '''Ryouko:''' I... um... LET A PITEOUS FOOL SUCH AS I CAST MY FINAL DAMNING VOTE UPON TOKIE, PLACING AN ACCUSING FINGER AT HER FELL BODY TO STATE THAT SHE IS THE WRETCHED MASTERMIND BEHIND THESE SINISTER EVENTS AND THAT I YEARN TO SEE HER ICHOR STAIN THIS REALM BEFORE WE SEND HER TO THE ABYSS!]]
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:After Masayoshi faints in reaction to the chapter 4 execution, Ryouko drags Masayoshi's unconscious form to her room so he can rest.]]

* Music/RageAgainstTheMachine: The trope, rather than the song. Ryouko was inspired to develop her SHSL Sukeban talent out of rebellion against society's corrupt, overly-materialistic values. [[spoiler:According to Ryouko's player's recently-posted endgame notes, however, Ryouko's rage against society was inspired (in part) by her jealousy of girls who could confidently show off their skin, while Ryouko is afraid of exposing her skin to sunlight due to her albinism.]]

* ShoutOut: A recent post of Ryouko's is titled "Following Queen Mab's Guidance". Queen Mab is a fairy, one responsible for bringing dreams, who's alluded to in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
* ShrinkingViolet: Not shown too excessively, [[{{InformedAttribute}} but mentioned in her monologues and her backstory.]]

* [[spoiler:TrueCompanions]]: [[spoiler:Eventually Ryouko becomes true companions with Masayoshi, and they become the co-captains of "Team Usami".]]

At the age of ten, she ran away with her dog to join the circus. This is perhaps where her most impressive feat took place, when she tamed the white tiger there that was deemed otherwise “untrainable” by the staff. Word of her prowess spread quite a bit, as the circus that she travels with is quite a well-known one, and this probably how she was discovered by Hope’s Peak. As a side note, Shika never harms the animals she trains. She goes against the stereotype stating that circuses abuse their animals, and finds it disgusting. [[spoiler:In chapter 7, the class incorrectly votes for a suicide, so as punishment Monobear decides to execute a random student. Shika Sayuri is the unlucky student chosen to be wrongfully executed.]]

* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Wrongfully executed after being picked at random in chapter 7 as the result of a mistrial. She's in a circus with an empty audience, when animals appear. Shika uses her crop to try to drive them back, but discovers to her horror that these animals are unfazed by the crop so her SHSL talent of animal taming isn't working. She manages to dodge an attack by a dog, but a tiger knocks her to the floor, and she is soon torn to pieces by all of the animals. Nothing remains of her but a small pool of blood and a broken trainer's crop.]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Her SHSL talent.

* [[spoiler:MiscarriageOfJustice]]: [[spoiler:Chapter 7's trial ends with an incorrect suicide vote, so Monobear chooses a student at random to execute instead, and Shika's the unlucky student chosen.]]

* PrecisionFStrike: Upon learning of Monobear's mutual killing game, she says, "What kind of fucked person do you have to be to do something like this?"
* TheRunaway: How she became an animal tamer for the circus.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Shika Sayuri's outfit is blue.

!! Shinju Shibutani
!!! SHSL Shisho

She was enrolled in Hope’s Peak Academy as a Shisho- Essentially as a librarian. Shisho is, however, the official title for a librarian eligible to manage a public library. Her excellent work to better the school libraries in elementary and junior high schools and a pledge from Japan Library Association itself gave her an exempt to get formal education, despite the status of a shisho can usually be only gotten after reaching university age. Her advice has been sought to better libraries and librarian mindsets all over Japan. All of this made her eligible to get a Super High School Level and nowadays she manages Hope’s Peak Academy’s Library. [[spoiler: Survives to endgame.]]

* AlliterativeName

* BrainyBrunette: A smart brunette

* HotLibrarian: She is hopelessly oblivious about matters related to romance.

* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Shinju sometimes feels this way, since the trials sometimes devolve into shouting matches while Shinju herself tries to maintain a calm demeanor.

* SilkHidingSteel: She always keeps her composure, no matter what, such as in Chapter One when [[spoiler: Monokuma calls her a cripple and informs he has broken her old library card.]]
* SweetTooth: She loves sweet stuff, and it's a shame she has to so closely monitor what she eats!
* WheelChairAntics: Can you pop a wheelie?

[[spoiler: Survives to endgame.]]

* AndYouThoughtItWasAGame: Upon learning of Monobear's mutual killing game, Spinda believes he has accidentally wandered onto a horror set and is just seeing really good special effects. So he obligingly says "aaaaaaaaaaah" and wonders if that's good enough. [[spoiler:Upon seeing two murder victims in chapter 5, Spinda ''still'' thinks it's a game. He even mistakes the blood for ketchup, since he still thinks people are just having him on. However, at the beginning of chapter 8, it finally sinks in that yes, all these people are really dying. Spinda doesn't take it well.]]
* CutenessProximity: When meeting all the other students, Spinda's reaction is to grin and say, "AHHHHHHH! Y’all are such tiny tykes! I just want to throw ya in the air and wave ya ‘round like I just don’t care!"
* [[spoiler:DarkHorseVictory]]: [[spoiler:Sort of, given that in a mutual killing game, "surviving" is a victory. Spinda was one of five "new students" introduced in chapter 5. However, the other "new students" are killed off or executed, making Spinda the only "newly introduced student" to survive the whole game.]]
* [[spoiler:FaceFramedInShadow]]: [[spoiler:At the beginning of chapter 8 after realizing that the mutual killing game is real.]]
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Spinda has lots of sharp teeth when he grins, a la Souda from ''VisualNovel/{{Super Danganronpa 2}}''.

* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: When Spinda opens his eyes, they're yellow. Averted, however, because he hasn't killed anyone yet.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
* YouthfulFreckles

Gadgets, gizmos and widgets aplenty made this young girl a household name - well, depending on the household. Brilliant at maths and having an uncanny talent for invention, Tokiko was considered a genius from a young age. Skipping two years of school forward, this young smartypants was already designing and building her very first robotic bag carrier while most children her age were struggling through their times tables. While Tokiko is eccentric, and many of her inventions are just as strange as her, she is an unquestioned prodigy so the invitation to Hope’s Peak that came at the end of her second year of highschool came as no surprise. Perhaps what did was her peculiar choice to return to first year, rather than join a third year class and finish her education. [[spoiler: In chapter eight she is discovered as the mastermind, and is executed.]]

* [[AnswersToTheNameofGod Answers To The Name Of Genius Or Sensei]]: According to Tokiko's quote on her personal page: "My name is Tokiko Tokie. You could call me either Tokiko or Tokie, if that strikes your fancy, but you could also call me genius or sensei. I answer to both."
* BrainyBrunette

* DeadpanSnarker: Tokiko has very slight shades of this, but is much more polite than most examples of this trope.

* GadgeteerGenius
* GeniusSweetTooth Averted. She doesn't like sweet stuff at all, and her favourite snacks are vegetable juice and cheese sticks.

* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD]]: [[spoiler:The combination of chapter 3's culprit killing to protect his family and what chapter 4's motive turns out to be drives Tokiko into this.]]
* [[spoiler:MaddenIntoMisanthropy]]: [[spoiler:Downplayed example, but after Lukas' execution and Masayoshi's fainting, Tokiko advises everyone that it would be wiser not to trust anyone; she certainly isn't planning to.]]
* {{Meganekko}}

* ProperLady: Tokiko has slight shades of this. She's polite at ''all'' times. Notably, she remembers her manners so she can greet the new students in chapter 5 even after [[spoiler:seeing Monomi killed in front of her.]]

* TheQuietOne: Tokiko is described by the narration as having a voice that's as childlike as her stature, but also really quiet and monotone.
* TeenGenius Started as a BrainyBaby and ChildProdigy. She's already been acknowledged as being among the best minds of her generation.

!!! SHSL Post-Harcore Drummer

Tomi has always enjoyed music. When she was about two, her parents started taking her to a music class for toddlers, it was the part of her week that she most looked forward to. In school though she was always that kid who would not stop tapping; give her a hard surface and she’d start tapping on it. She’d have her pencils taken if she was doing this while the teacher was talking, but then would just start tapping with her hands. She’s well-known for being kind of stupid, easily confused by large words and quick to do stupid things for petty cash because she really doesn’t have the best common sense. In small doses she’s considered to be quite funny and her behavior is mostly considered endearing. Drummer of Chasing the Stars, a post-hardcore band with a cult following. [[spoiler:Tomi is killed by impalement at the beginning of chapter 8 as one of two victims, and the mods have declared that her death, as well as the death of the other victim, is "not to be investigated".]]

* ACupAngst: Partially averted, she’s usually pretty cool with her body but if someone actually says something negative about her chest - or lack thereof - she does tend to get a little self conscious about it

* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]: She's just a girl who likes rock music and happened to end up in a band

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Aime explains what's going on he compares the situation to Battle Royal and Tomi simply replies that it was a really good movie, her narration points out that that wasn't the point.
* [[spoiler:DiesWideOpen]]: [[spoiler:Her death report at the beginning of chapter 8 describes her body as looking "shocked and horrified", and her eyes are open in the artwork.]]

* DumbAndDrummer: She’s pretty stupid.

* FunetikAksent

* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: [[spoiler:By a tree, according to the artwork since Monobear's forbidden the students from investigating further.]]
* InJoke: [[spoiler: After Monokuma broke Monomi she tells him that "...tha’s no’ very punk rock ‘f ya...", a reference to a Adventure Time comic]]
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: {{Averted}}, given that she’s a yuri joke and she fits within the {{Tomboy}} character stereotype yet she refuses to remove her bandeau under any sort of circumstances.

* OneGenderSchool: She attended one before Hope’s Peak

* ProudBeauty: When she tells Aime that he's cute and he says that she is her reply - in her narration - is that damn straight she's cute.
* RiddleForTheAges: We never find out why [[spoiler:Minatsuki and Tomi are killed at the beginning of chapter 8, because Monobear forbids the students from investigating their deaths for a reason that, itself, is never explained either.]]
** [[spoiler: WordOfGod confirms that both were killed due to breaking a rule of the base; leaving its confines by exiting into the outside areas.]]
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: She tends to get into these kinds of relationships
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After finding [[spoiler: Ginji's dead body]] she ended up just saying fuck that shit and leaving.
* ShoutOut: See In Joke. There are also references littered in her narration, such as when her narration mentioned Aime but since she had not asked his name he was referred to as "...the guy with the outrageous accent" which is a reference to the taunting French guard from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. She also has a little trouble operating the stove and almost starts a fire, her narration makes note of how it's good she hadn't ended up "burning down the base" and then linked to the Talking Heads song, Burning Down The House. She also makes note in her narration of how she can't find her drum kit and may need to end up making a new makeshift one, saying that she might be able to "[tim gunn voice] make it work". She also ended up pronouncing Aime's last name as Arkham Vault, a reference to Batman.
* SirSwearsALot: Especially shit, which seems to be her favorite word.
* TheNicknamer: As she never got Max's name she ends up calling them Blushy [=McGee=] in her narration, it's unknown yet if she'll continue using the nickname until she learns their actual name. They also ended up calling Aime "sexy accent guy" as she didn't know his name.

The heir to a home in the countryside, the rather recently matured Toru has become something of a legend with his cat ranch, and with his skills in dealing with felines. His aunt, a zoologist who specialized in the care of ‘big cats’, tried to guide him in becoming a veterinary doctor like herself. Alas, his passions laid within the realm of ordinary house-cats, and his communications with them. He currently has 23 cats in his home, and has written three books regarding how to properly communicate with one’s cat. [[spoiler:He's chapter 5's culprit; he kills Nakunaru with blunt force trauma under the assumption that Nakunaru would've killed him first, but is then surprised by Ginji, so he kills Ginji by shooting him to silence him.]]

* AnimalEyes: Not a literal example of this trope, but Toru's eyes coincidentally resemble the eyes of a cat.
* BerserkButton: Was set off by someone forcefully viewing his [[spoiler:empty eye socket]].

* [[spoiler:ClusterFBomb]]: [[spoiler:During chapter 3's trial, Toru finally gets fed up with Miwa and yells at her, "If you have the '''fucking''' information you '''fucking asshole''', then give us the '''FUCKING INFORMATION''' about the '''FUCKING SHOES''' you '''FUCKING PRICK!!'''" Then, since chapter 3's trial becomes chaotic, Toru becomes frustrated enough that he liberally uses the word "fuck" in several of his other posts.]]
* CrazyCatLady: He had collected cats before Hope's Peak, gaining twenty-three separate adult cats before his receiving his acceptance letter.
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:He's chapter 5's culprit, but is caught and executed. A couple of Monobears strap a jetpack and oversized Pop Tart on him and send him careening into space in a parody of the Nyan Cat video. However, Toru's jetpack eventually runs out of fuel and then ''explodes'', taking Toru with it.]]
* FaceFramedInShadow: A few of Toru's sprites.

* [[spoiler: KillingInSelfDefense: What Toru believed was about to occur when he ran into Nakunaru in the early morning- as the two disliked each other, he believed Nakunaru was about to kill him and retaliated.]]
* [[spoiler: LeaveNoWitnesses: Ginji becomes Toru's second victim after finding him with Nakunaru's body.]]
* [[spoiler: NowOrNeverKiss: He grabs and kisses Hirashi just before he is executed.]]

* ParrotPetPosition: His cat, Cream, is seen on his shoulders in some of his sprites. [[spoiler:After Toru's death, Cream has to be taken care of by the other students, and will sometimes even cast a vote. Unlike Toru, Cream survives the game.]]
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Toru wears predominantly blue and white in his outfit.

* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: So far, this has been averted; Toru has yellow eyes, but hasn't killed anyone. [[spoiler:Then it's played straight in chapter 5, when Toru murders Nakunaru and Ginji.]]

The human mind is the most complex puzzle in existence - and Toshio Shirota’s well on his way to solving its mysteries. A born genius, Toshio initially took to studying psychology to be better equipped against the hostile and unforgiving environment he and his mother were in. Self-taught by the age of ten, his career was kickstarted after meeting his foster father who supported him greatly by providing him proper education and providing him all the funds to carry out his experiments. Garnering nationwide attention for discovering a major breakthrough in the research of the ever growing phenomenon of hikikomoris or shut-ins in his blog posts, Toshio attracted the eye of both the government and the Academia, solidifying his status of Super High School Level Experimental Psychologist. His findings have caused a ripple effect in the field of therapy, making the total of Japanese hikikomori have a 20% decrease. Logical, direct and most of all, inquisitive, Toshio became a much sought-after researcher despite his absurdly young age. But upon getting his letter of invitation, he abandoned all prior engagements and confirmed his acceptance, eager to be in an environment where he could learn more. [[spoiler: Survives to endgame.]]

* {{Expy}}: Slightly of L from [[Manga/DeathNote Death Note]], [[spoiler:but unlike L, Toshio never dies. He survives the whole game.]]

* ManInWhite

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Though if he ends up actually doing something malicious is meant to be seen. [[spoiler:He doesn't; trope averted. Toshio never kills anyone, and in fact he survives the whole game.]]
* SharpDressedMan

!! Tyrone "Remix" Myrone
!!! SHSL Remixer

T.M. Remix has high respect for street musicians and always gave money to them when he sees them preforming. In the beginning, he sometimes would begin remixing on the spot where the performer is playing. He was able to attract a horde’s attention and was able to earn money for both the performer and himself. Sooner or later he began to do it frequently. He went around in places and would remix next to the performer using their notes and beats. Every time more and more people would come and watch him and the street musicians, donating money to both musicians. The word about him began to spread; videos of him were posted up on sites.[[spoiler: Survives to endgame.]]

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Upon discovering [[spoiler:Valentina]]'s body in chapter 2, Tyrone misunderstands and thinks the class has a strawberry smoothie party without him. How could they? Tyrone thought they were ''friends''!
* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD]]: [[spoiler:Tyrone is driven into this upon seeing Monomi being killed in chapter 5.]]

* ShoutOut: During chapter 6's murder investigation, Tyrone sniffs the body, causing Monobear to comment, "Smells like teen spirit." This is a shout-out to Smells Like Teen Spirit, a song by the American rock band "Nirvana" on their album "Nevermind."
* [[spoiler:TheStoner]]: [[spoiler:Downplayed example and it's not a central point of his character, but sometimes he looks for weed when he's stressed.]]
** [[spoiler:EruditeStoner]]: [[spoiler:However, he remains a brilliant, talented, self-made remixer despite this habit.]]
* TrueCompanions: Tyrone becomes this with Lottie.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]

Tina is a very strange girl, to say the least. She isn’t very used to people other than her two “companions” who she calls Grimm and Arachne. In case you didn’t know they’re puppets, skeletons respectively. No one is really sure if Tina is aware whether or not her puppets and inanimate objects, because really she switches from both, although she prefers if the person she’s currently conversing with refers to both as real. She may come off as strange at first but if you get to know her Valentina is a good person at heart. [[spoiler:She's the second victim of the mutual killing game, killed through blunt force trauma.]]

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* [[spoiler: FlippingTheBird: In the deadblog, unlocked post game, Valentina is shown to be flipping Haruka off during chapter three's trial during her 'confession'.]]
* FlowerInHerHair
* [[spoiler: InterruptedSuicide: In chapter two, Valentina was about to take sodium cyanide when Akemi found her and tried to talk her down. However in the end, Valentina gets her wish with Akemi assisting in her death (specifically, Valentina poisoned herself with cyanide, and Akemi hit her over the head after the poisoning)... though it then counts as a murder.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: So far, this has been averted; Valentina has red eyes, but hasn't killed anyone. [[spoiler:Finally averted for good; Valentina's the chapter 2 murder victim.]]

[[folder: Other]]
!! The mastermind [[spoiler: Tokiko Tokie]]
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Tokiko is strapped into a chair on a mock pilots deck with two buttons before her: a simple red one and one with a warning symbol on it. When she presses the blank button the rocket starts to lift and shoots away. A screen shows a calm Tokiko pressing the warning button, which blows up the rocket and takes Tokiko with it.]]
* [[spoiler:DespairEventHorizon]]: [[spoiler:This is why Tokiko started the mutual killing game and became its Mastermind. Tokiko was informed that the Earth has gone to hell because of a power struggle, and Tokiko concluded that HumansAreBastards, so instead of using the information to make things right like the person who told her this expected she would, Tokiko decided out of sheer despair to reprogram everything into the mutual killing game.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilGenius]]: [[spoiler:Well, for a given value of "evil", anyway. Tokiko technically counts as "evil" since she set the mutual killing game into motion, but Tokiko was motivated by falling into despair rather than by malice.]]
* [[spoiler:FaceDeathWithDignity]]: [[spoiler:Tokiko doesn't fight during any stage of being led to her execution, and is even responsible for blowing up the rocket ship featured in the event.]]
* [[spoiler:HumansAreBastards]]: [[spoiler:Tokiko came to this conclusion after being informed that Earth is now a hellzone given the massive war/power-struggle taking place there now. Whether Tokiko is right in this setting is up to the reader.]]
!! [[spoiler: Astral]]
[[spoiler: A mysterious character that appears at endgame, Astral claims to be responsible for waking the students up. Astral is the one to give the surviving students the keycard to escape the base; xis exact actions during the game of mutual killing are unknown.]]
* [[spoiler: CassandraTruth: Astral claims to have noticed the mastermind's despair as soon as the students woke up, but no-one listened.]]
* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: The dialogue seems to imply Astral went through this; after no-one listened to xyr warnings about the mastermind, Astral became their protector instead.]]
* WalkingSpoiler
[[/folder]]

* [[spoiler: NotQuiteDead: Eventually confirmed to be alive, just badly burnt from the gun malfunction.]]
** [[spoiler:Unfortunately, after that he becomes chapter 5's murder victim.]]

* SubmissiveBadass: He is very good in what he does, but he doesn't act on his own will. He lets the others take decisions for him and lead him by the nose.
* [[spoiler:TakeMeInstead]]: [[spoiler:Ginji does this ''twice''. He tries to cover for Heather in chapter 1, and in chapter 2 he confesses to murdering Valentina. But since his confession turned out to be false in chapter 1, the class doesn't take his chapter 2 confession seriously. Also, in chapter 2's trial Monobear gets so annoyed that he ''overrules Ginji'' and confirms personally that Ginji isn't the culprit, ''before'' the vote takes place (usually Monobear will keep silent if the class is about to vote wrong, so this is an unusual move for him).]]
* [[spoiler: ThePromise: He insists to Jaz after she tells him she was convinced he was dead that he will always be there for her, along with Nakunaru and Akemi. It's horribly broken in chapter five, when both Ginji and Nakunaru are found dead.]]
* TheSouthpaw: He's left handed, as seen when he pulls the gun on Monokuma in chapter two's trial. Comes more into play again when [[spoiler: he's found dead with gunpower on his left hand, implying he may have injured the culprit.]]

* EvilLaugh: He has the same laugh as the original Monokuma of the VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa}} franchise; that being 'Upupu'.

* ShoutOut: During chapter 3's trial, Akemi channels Makoto Naegi from VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa}} by saying, "You've got that wrong!" to [[spoiler:Miwa]].

* {{Expy}}: He bears some coincidental similarities to [[spoiler:Nagito Komaeda from VisualNovel/{{Super Danganronpa 2}}. His sprite "poses" are based off Komaeda's, which wouldn't count on its own. However, Ginji also thinks of himself as lowlier than his classmates (though in Ginji's case he calls himself "just a murderer" rather than "just trash"), thinks his classmates are all awesome and immensely talented, tries to cover for the first culprit to encourage the first culprit's hope, but then gives up on the first culprit in disgust when the culprit gets caught anyway. And just like Komaeda, Ginji eventually wishes everyone else would die, though in Ginji's case this is after he recovers from being treated for burns by Monomi. Finally, just like Komaeda, Ginji is specifically the chapter 5 murder victim, as Komaeda was the chapter 5 victim in Super Dangan Ronpa 2.]]

* {{Expy}}: Haruka's "poses" are based off Sonia Nevermind's poses from VisualNovel/{{Super Danganronpa 2}}, which wouldn't ordinarily count on its own, but Haruka also has Sonia's "nice girl" personality, tries to get along with all her classmates and is thus as friendly and outgoing as Sonia, and she even has Sonia's capacity for an aura of leadership when necessary. [[spoiler:All of this is intentional, so that the later subversion comes as more of a shock: unlike Sonia, Haruka's friendly personality is an act, she's really a StepfordSmiler.]] Also, one important difference between Haruka and Sonia is that, unlike Sonia, [[spoiler:Haruka doesn't survive; she's murdered in chapter 7.]]

* ShoutOut: To Makoto Naegi of VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa}} in chapter 4's trial, when he has a take-off of Naegi's "You've got that wrong" artwork.

* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Spinda has lots of sharp teeth when he grins, a la Souda from VisualNovel/{{Super Danganronpa 2}}.

* GreenEyes

* NoNudityTaboo: Averted, given that she’s a yuri joke and she fits within the tomboy character stereotype yet she refuses to remove her bandeau under any sort of circumstances.

* ShoutOut: His room is full of shout-outs to his friends on his indie blog. A more meta example is that all of his posts are titled quoting FallOutBoy lyrics.

* [[RedHeadedHero Red Headed Heroine]]

* [[RedHeadedHero Red Headed Heroine]]

* BlondeGuysAreEvil: Lukas is portrayed, as written below, as a Jerkass, albeit sometimes a [[JerkassHasAPoint jerkass who has a point]]. [[spoiler:His murder of Miwa in chapter 4 also counts as the "evil" part of this trope, although subverted in that Lukas was not of sound mind at the time.]]

* RageAgainstTheMachine: The trope, rather than the song. Ryouko was inspired to develop her SHSL Sukeban talent out of rebellion against society's corrupt, overly-materialistic values. [[spoiler:According to Ryouko's player's recently-posted endgame notes, however, Ryouko's rage against society was inspired (in part) by her jealousy of girls who could confidently show off their skin, while Ryouko is afraid of exposing her skin to sunlight due to her albinism.]]

* [[HometownHero Hometown Heroine]]

* [[spoiler:WaterWorks]]: [[spoiler:Upon discovering that chapter 6's murder victim is Akemi, Jaz breaks down in sobs while punching a nearby locker door.]]

* [[spoiler: WaterWorks: Upon realising she's been killed.]]

* [[spoiler:WaterWorks]]: [[spoiler:Upon learning in chapter 5 that Monomi has been killed.]]

* [[spoiler:WaterWorks]]: [[spoiler:During Mayoi's wrongful execution.]]

* [[spoiler:WaterWorks]]: [[spoiler:After she realizes that her ForTheEvulz moment detailed above is in danger of getting her only friend Mikazuki suspected of murder instead.]]

* [[spoiler: WaterWorks: Upon waking up in the afterlife after his execution.]]

* [[spoiler:WaterWorks]]: [[spoiler:At the beginning of chapter 8 after realizing that the mutual killing game is real.]]

* [[spoiler:WaterWorks]]: [[spoiler:Mikazuki starts crying upon discovering that chapter 4's murder victim is Miwa]].

* [[spoiler:WaterWorks]]: [[spoiler:Chapter 3's motive, a threat that everyone's families are missing, causes Honoka to break down in tears while screaming in her mind.]]