History Characters / DanganRonpaZero

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The main heroine of the book, Ryouko suffers from anterograde amnesia, a condition that causes her to forget things shortly after they happen to her and requires a memory notebook to remember anything. She is also hopelessly in love with Matsuda, her doctor, and after meeting Enoshima (Who claims to of stolen her memories), she is sucked into a conspiracy. She can't actually remember her talent, but in times of peril she shows near supernatural analytical skills. In reality, "Ryouko Otonashi" isn't a real person and is actually the amnesiac identity of Junko Enoshima given to her by Matsuda in order to protect her and test the power of memory alteration. At the end, Enoshima's memories are restored which essentially deleted Ryouko from existence.

* AllThereInTheManual: Her talent of "Forgetful Girl" isn't actually given the book itself, just in her character sketch at back of the first volume. Mostly because it isn't actually a real talent.
* AmnesiacDissonance: It's a rather horrifying implication that this is the mind of girl whose experiences would eventually make her a mass murdering terrorist leader obsessed by despair.

* TheDitz: Another side-effect of her memory loss.
* EnemyWithin: It is implied that Ryouko temporarily regains her memories as Enoshima in certain scenes.
* EvilRedheads: It's implied that red is actually Enoshima's natural hair colour and she just dyes it blond.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Madarai goes after her because of this.

* JekyllAndHyde: Her connection to Enoshima. Certain scenes suggest she hallucinates Junko when she begins to reclaim her memories.

* ParentalIncest: Sorta. It's stated by Ikusaba at the end that Ryouko's appearance was based on Matsuda's late mother.

* RedHeadedHeroine: Played with. While Ryouko may qualify but the fact that she is a memory wiped Junko, the series BigBad, means that she is far from being a "hero" even if she is a natural red-head.

* SupportingProtagonist: About half of the story is narrated from her perspective and yet Ryouko takes an almost entirely passive approach to the events. Mostly because, to her own word, she doesn't care about other things besides Matsuda because she'll eventually forget about them.
* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Played with. While Ryouko does lose her condition at the end, she didn't actually have real Anterograde Amnesia, her memory condition instead being a side effect of the memory wipe put on her.
* TomatoInTheMirror: "In truth, the girl known as Ryouko Otonashi never even existed!"

* VillainProtagonist: In a way.

* {{Yandere}}: Spirals into this near the end, where she agrees to murder the Madarai brothers just to see Matsuda.

Ryouko's doctor, love target and (Implied) childhood friend, Matsuda is renowned for abilities on the human brain. He also happens to be aloof and overly rude. Matsuda is in fact the childhood friend and lover of Junko Enoshima, having created the identity of Ryouko in order to protect her from others including, to his own word, herself. This leads to him murdering Murasame and Kamishiro when they get too close to the truth. Eventually, he tries to kill Ryouko after realising Enoshima was using him as a pawn and is stabbed to death.

* AntiVillain: While the fact that Enoshima has been using him without him knowing may make him sympathetic he is still not one of the "good" guys.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: It is implied and eventually confirmed that he and Ryouko were childhood friends. Ryouko is very much in love with him, while he seems at best annoyed by her. He actually does return those feelings, which form the backbone of the true story.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: It's mentioned in the flashback dealing with his mother's death that he has no other friend or family. Convenient since it allows the school's committee to blackmail him without repercussions and no one will notice that he's working with a mass murderer.

* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Ryouko.

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Is killed just after realising than Enoshima was using him as an UnwittingPawn.

* ImprobableAge: Even when you factor in the sort of people that go to the academey, Matsuda is around 17-18 and yet is skilled at one of the hardest fields in medical science. A flashback outrights implies he's been studying to become one since elementary school.
* KilledOffForReal: Very, ''very'', brutally.
* KillTheOnesYouLove: Attempt this on Ryouko, having decided it to be his only option left. It earns him a knife to the gut.
* LovingAShadow: He just wanted Enoshima to go back to being the person she used to be and admits he can't stand the person she became. Realising this is what really causes him to break.
* MissingMom: His mother's death by brain condition is what led him to become a neurologist. Enoshima states as he's dying that she was responsible for her death, though how truthful she was is left ambiguous. Given the circumstances, she was probably lying.
* MoralityPet: In a way was this to Enoshima. Brutally deconstructed.
* NoKillLikeOverkill: After he's stabbed to death, Enoshima beats his corpse so badly its described as barely looking human.
* OfficialCouple[=/=]VictoriousChildhoodFriend: With Enoshima. Unfortunately for him, his girl has an out-of-control fetish for despair and misery. And what could make one feel more of either than murdering someone you love personally?
* SympatheticMurderer: He will do anything to protect the girl he loves... To bad that girl is ''Junko Enoshima''.

* TragicVillain: He never wanted to hurt anyone or even cause despair, all he was actually trying to do was protect his girlfriend, the only emotional support he ever had since his mother died. For it, he got used as a pawn, killed two of his fellow students, tried to kill said girlfriend after realising it was the only option he had left and ended up stabbed, dying under the belief that his girlfriend might have actually been responsible for his mother's death. For a kicker, Enoshima beats his corpse to beyond recognition and steals his research. Ouch.
* UnreliableNarrator: Knows almost everything that's going on, something the narration goes to great lengths to hide.

* WalkingSpoiler: Big time. He was the initial reason for taking spoiler tags off this page.

A classmate of Matsuda's, Kamishiro has the voice and appearance of elementary school student, something perfect for hiding in crowd. Despite his appearance, Kamishiro conceals intense sexual lust and takes an interest in Ryouko. He is killed by Matsuda who breaks his neck near the end in order to conceal the truth.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Which is why Matsuda killed him.
* HiddenDepths: When he meets up with Ryouko towards the end Kamishiro shows a different side of himself; that being of someone who simply wishes to be seen as something other than a face in the crowd.

* NeckSnap: Snapped by being turned all the way around, so he is looking up at the ceiling despite his body facing the ground.

* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Ryouko takes a while to notice that based on his unnatural pose he was murdered and it happened without her noticing despite having a conversation with him at the time.

!!!Super High School Level Bodyguard/Super High School Level Octuplets

A defender of the academy with the appearance of a snake, Madarai is determined at any cost to find the perpetrator of The Worst, Most Despair Inducing Incident in the History of Hopes Peak Academy. This leads him to peruse Ryouko, who through circumstance is marked as danger. After the confrontation, he is subsequently attacked and killed by Enoshima. Later on, Madarai returns and it is revealed that "Isshiki Madarai" is actually the eight identical siblings Isshiki, Nishiki, Mishiki, Yoshiki, Goshiki, Rokushiki, Shichishiki, and Yasshiki who are renowned for their superhuman synchronization skills. They are all eventually killed by Ikusaba.

* AnimalMotifs: Is frequently compared to a [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent snake]] both in appearance and behaviour. They fact that there is [[MythicalMotifs 8 of them]] also makes them a reference to the {{Orochi}}, the eight headed serpent.
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Exaggerrated trope. Despite being Octuplets they are all identical.
* BackupTwin: And plenty of them.

* DeadAllAlong: The original Isshiki Madarai.
* TheDividual: An exaggerated example of Twindividual since either in order to keep up the illusion of Isshiki being alive (and immortal as they put it) or as a part of their normal MO as the SHSL Bodyguard/Octuplets they all act and tend to be treated as one character instead of eight.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: All eight of them.
* {{Expy}}: Visually of [[Anime/{{Naruto}} Orochimaru]], which makes sense since their designs are using the same motifs.

* FinishingEachOthersSentences: And they do it so well other people only notice that there really ''are'' more than one by them saying different names or that there is more than appears by the sentence being said three times instead of two.
* HiveMind: It's suggested that the Madarai brothers have this to a degree a la TwinTelepathy taken UpToEleven, like many of their TwinTropes are.
* ItsPersonal: Turns out that the original Isshiki was killed in the student council massacre. This just what drives the other brothers further.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: When they attempt to kill Kirigiri, the headmasters daughter, in order to prevent her discovering the details behind the Incident.

* MythicalMotifs: In addition to the snake motif they have {{Orochi}} and [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Onryo]] motifs based on JapaneseMythology.
* NeckSnap: How one of them dies.
* NumericalThemeNaming: The brothers first names are all spelt with the character for 1-8 followed by -shiki (or [[BilingualBonus "Ceremony"]]).
* RevengeBeforeReason: Their FatalFlaw, as their determination to avenge the academy leads them to peruse Ryouko, a frightened girl with no idea what's going on, with the intent to torture her for information.
* StringyHairedGhostGirl: While they are not a traditional example, being (several) living males who dress in black, they clearly have the core traits of Onryo: long hair black hair contrasting very pale skin, desire to avenge a wrongful death which ends up effecting everyone around them, and ultimately the target of their revenge is never really punished for what they did.

* WalkingSpoiler: Yup, another one... Well another eight, which is part of what makes ''them'' this.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Killed by Enoshima in the first volume shortly after Ryouko escapes. Subverted when it turns out he, or rather they, aren't quite finished yet.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Initially they just wanted to find out what happened to the student council (and their brother) since they were meant to protect them and avenge their deaths before things started escalating out of control.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Of the eight brothers, Isshiki died prior to the stories events, One has their neck broken by Fake!Enoshima (Nishiki or Mishiki), the one Ryouko knocked out in the shed (which ever of the previous two Ikusaba didn't kill) is implied to of been killed and four are defeated in combat by Ikusaba (Yo, Go, Shichi and Ya) before being killed by her and Ryouko. What happened to Rokushiki is never explained or shown, even though its implied in the epilogue that all the brothers died since he/they were "expelled" from the school like Matsuda was.

!!Mukuro Ikusaba
!!!Super High School Level Soldier

A former member of infamous mercenary group Fenrir notorious for not receiving a single wound in her three years of service, Ikusaba is the older twin sister of Junko Enoshima and is working with her. She only appears in the second volume.

* ActionGirl: As a female soldier she ''has'' to be this.
* {{Badass}}: Completely ''obliterates'' the Madarai Brothers, all of whom are twice her size.
* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Ryouko and Naegi from Madarai with a single knife throw.
* ChildSoldier: Her SHSL talent.
* IncestSubtext: Displays some rather... disturbing behaviour when talking about her sister.
* PlotArmour: Being in the original game, Ikusaba naturally has this.
* ShipTease: The crush she was established to have on Naegi in ''IF'' gets a reference here.
* SuperSpeed: Shows this during her fight with the Madarai Brothers. Its a big hint to her impersonation of sister.
* TwinSwitch: Turns out that, as part of Enoshima's plan, she impersonated her sister.

The BigBad of original, Enoshima continues to be completely intoxicated in despair. She claims that she is responsible for Ryouko's missing memories and her plans include killing Matsuda. In actuality, "Enoshima" is Ikusaba in disguise, working under a script as part of her sisters plan.

* ActionGirl: Puts up a very good fight against Madarai. Mostly because it's actually Ikusaba fighting.

* BigBad: Sorry, not the real one.

* CharacterExaggeration: The book essentially turns Enoshima's already over the top personality UpToEleven. This makes sense, given that's its not the real her.

* TwinSwitch: Once again this is "Munko" instead of "Junko" Enoshima.

* LoveFreak: Well, "Talent Freak". It's not obvious, but he ''really'' likes talent. The end spells out that, because of his love for talent, Jin Kirigiri outright let Enoshima preform her plans until it was too late because he saw despair as viable talent.

* WalkingSpoiler: You literally can't state who they are without revealing the ending. ''She'' is the final reason why spoiler tags can't work here... Again.

* TragicVillain: He never wanted to even hurt anyone or cause despair, all he was actually trying to do was protect his girlfriend, the only emotional support he ever had since his mother died. For it, he got used as a pawn, killed two of his fellow students, tried to kill said girlfriend after realising it was the only option he had left and ended up stabbed, dying under the belief that his girlfriend might of actually been responsible for his mothers death. For a kicker, Enoshima beats his corpse to beyond recognition and steals his research. Ouch.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Was a very reliable and decent child prior to his mothers death.

* HiddenDepths: When he meets up with Ryouko towards the end Kamishiro shows a different side to himself; that being of someone who simply wishes to be seen as something other than a face in the crowd.

!!Ryouko Otanashi

The main heroine of the book, Ryouko suffers from anterograde amnesia, a condition that causes her to forget things shortly after they happen to her and requires a memory notebook to remember anything. She is also hopelessly in love with Matsuda, her doctor, and after meeting Enoshima (Who claims to of stolen her memories), she is sucked into a conspiracy. She can't actually remember her talent, but in times of peril she shows near supernatural analytical skills. In reality, "Ryouko Otanashi" isn't a real person and is actually the amnesiac identity of Junko Enoshima given to her by Matsuda in order to protect her and test the power of memory alteration. At the end, Enoshima's memories are restored which essentially deleted Ryouko from existence.

* EvilRedheads: It's outright implied that red is actually Enoshima's natural hair colour and she just dyes it blond.

* TomatoInTheMirror: "In truth, the girl known as Ryouko Otanashi never even existed!"

Ryouko's doctor, love target and (Implied) childhood friend, Matsuda is renowned for abilities on the human brain. He also happens to be aloof and overly rude. Matsuda is in fact the childhood friend and lover of Junko Enoshima, having created the identity of Ryouko in order to protect her from others including, to his own word, herself. This leads to him murdering Marasame and Kamishiro when they get too close to the truth. Eventually, he tries to kill Ryouko after realising Enoshima was using him as a pawn and is stabbed to death.

* AntiVillain: While the fact that Enoshima has been using him without him knowing may make him sympatric he is still not one of the "good" guys.

* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: It's mentioned in the flashback dealing with his mothers death that he has no other friend or family. Convenient since it allows the schools committee to blackmail him without repercussion and no one will notice that he's working with a mass murderer.

* OfficialCouple[=/=]VictoriousChildhoodFriend: With Enoshima.

* UsedToBeSweetKid: Was a very reliable and decent child prior to his mothers death.

* AllThereInTheManual: Her talent of "Forgetful Girl" isn't actually given the book itself, just in her character sketch at back of the first volume.

* EnemyWithin: It is implied that Ryouko temporarily regains her memories as Junko in certain scenes.

* JekyllAndHyde: Her connection to Junko. Certain scenes suggest she hallucinates Junko when she begins to reclaim her memories.

* MissingMom: His mother's death by brain condition is what led him to become a neurologist. Enoshima states as he's dying that she was responsible for her death, though how truthful she was is left ambiguous.

* TragicVillain: After learning his history and why he is doing this.

* LovableSexManiac: His profile notes him as having "Uncontrollable Sexual Desire" and ''it shows''. His official artwork is even visibly sprouting an erection.

* RevengeBeforeReason: His FatalFlaw, as his determination to avenge the academy leads him to peruse Ryouko, a frightened girl with no idea what's going on, with the intent to torture her for information.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Of the eight brothers, Isshiki died prior to the stories events, One has their neck broken by Fake!Enoshima (Nishiki or Mishiki), the one Ryouko knocked out in the shed (which ever of the previous two Munko didn't kill) is implied to of been killed and four are defeated in combat by Ikusaba (Yo, Go, Shichi and Ya) before being killed by her and Ryouko. What happened to Rokushiki is never explained or shown, even though its implied in the epilogue that all the brothers died since he/they were "expelled" from the school like Matsuda was.

* AntiVillain: While the fact that Junko has been using him without him knowing may make him sympatric he is still not one of the "good" guys.

* SympatheticMurderer: He will do anything to protect the girl he loves... To bad that girl is ''Junko''.

* OlderThanHeLooks: He is in High school and looks 10.

* TheDividual: An exaggerated example of Twindividual since either in order to keep up the illusion of Isshiki being alive (and immortal as they put it) or as a part of their normal MO as the Ultimate Bodyguard/Octuplets they all act and tend to be treated as one character instead of eight.

* AbsurdlyYouthfulFather: Has teenage daughter despite only being in his mid to late thirties.

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* EvilRedheads: Its outright implied that red is actually Enoshima's natural hair colour and she just dyes it blond.

* MissingMom: His mothers death by brain condition is what led him to become a neurologist. Enoshima states as he's dying that she was responsible for her death, though how truthful she was is left ambiguous.

* NeckSnap: How he's killed.

* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Via NeckSnap.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: A seemingly endless supply of bread he gets from his "Hansel and Gretal" bag.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Initially they just wanted to find out what happened to the student they were meant to protect and avenge them before things started escalating due to the incident.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Of the eight brothers, Isshiki died prior to the stories events, One has their neck broken by Fake!Enoshima (Nishiki or Mishiki), the one Ryouko knocked out in the shed (which ever of the previous two Munko didn't kill) is implied to of been killed and four are defeated in combat by Ikusaba (Yo, Go, Shichi and Ya) before being killed by her and Ryouko. What happened to Rokushiki is never explained or shown, even though its implied in the epilogue that all the brothers died since he was "expelled" from the school like Matsuda was.

A defender of the academy with the appearance of a snake, Madarai is determined at any cost to find the perpetrator of The Worst, Most Despair Inducing Incident in the History of Hopes Peak Academy. This leads him to peruse Ryouko, who through circumstance is marked as danger. After the confrontation, he is subsequently attacked and killed by Enoshima. Later on, Madarai returns and it is revealed that "Isshiki Madarai" is actually eight identical siblings renowned for their superhuman synchronization skills. They are all eventually killed by Ikusaba.

* HiveMind: It's suggested that the Madarai brothers have this to a degree.

* MeaningfulName: "Madarai" is spelled with the characters for "uneven" and [[TheRing "Well"]] (as in where you get water from) and plays off the Madara/[[GratuitousEnglish "Murderer"]] pun.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Of the eight brothers, Isshiki died prior to the stories events, one has their neck broken by Fake!Enoshima, the one Ryouko knocked out in the shed is implied to of been killed and four are defeated in combat by Ikusaba before being killed by her and Ryouko. What happened to final one is never explained or shown, even though its stated in the epilogue that all the brothers died.

* {{Expy}}: Visually of [[Anime/Naruto Orochimaru]], which makes sense since their designs are using the same motifs.

The main heroine of the book, Ryouko suffers from anterograde amnesia, a condition that causes her to forget things shortly after they happen to her and requires a memory notebook to remember anything. She is also hopelessly in love with Matsuda, her doctor, and, after meeting Enoshima (Who claims to of stolen her memories), is sucked into a conspiracy. She can't actually remember her talent, but in times of peril she shows near supernatural analytical skills. In reality, "Ryouko Otanashi" isn't a real person and is actually the amnesiac identity of Junko Enoshima given to her by Matsuda in order to protect her and test the power of memory alteration. At the end, Enoshima's memories are restored, essentially deleting Ryouko from existence.

* TomatoInTheMirror: "In truth, the girl known as Ryouko Otanashi never even existed!".
* UnreliableNarrator: Comes with her condition. Notably, chapters from perspective are narrated from a first person narrative whereas the others aren't.

Ryouko's doctor, love target and (Implied) childhood friend, Matsuda is renowned for abilities on the human brain. He also happens to be aloof and overly rude. Matsuda is in fact the childhood friend and lover of Junko Enoshima, having created the identity of Ryouko in order to protect her, including, to his own word, herself. This leads to him murdering Marasame and Kamishiro when they get too close to the truth. Eventually, he tries to kill Ryouko after realising Enoshima was using him as a pawn and is stabbed, dying.

* SympatheticMurderer: He will do anything to protect the girl he loves.

A classmate of Matsuda's, Kamishiro has the voice and appearance of elementary school student, something perfect for hiding in crowd. Despite his appearance, Kamishiro conceals intense sexual lust and takes an interest in Ryouko. He is killed by Matsuda near the end in order to conceal the truth, his neck being twisted.

A defender of the academy with the appearance of a snake, Madarai is determined at any cost to find the perpetrator of The Worst, Most Despair Inducing Incident in the History of Hopes Peak Academy. This leads him to peruse Ryouko, who through circumstance is marked as danger. After the confrontation, he is subsequently attacked and killed by Enoshima. Later on, however, Madarai returns, as it is revealed that "Isshiki Madarai" is eight identical siblings renowned for their superhuman synchronization skills. Ultimately, however, they are all killed by Ikusaba.

* AnimalMotifs: Is frequently compared to a snake both in appearance and behaviour. They fact that there is [[MythologyMotifs 8 of them]] also makes them a reference to the {{Orochi}}, the eight headed serpent from JapaneseMythology.

* NumericalThemeNaming: The brothers first names are all spelt with the character for 1-8 followed by -shiki.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He just wants to keep his students safe.

* AnimalMotifs: Is frequently compared to a snake both in appearance and behaviour. They fact that there is 8 of them makes them a reference to the {{Orochi}}, the eight headed serpent from JapaneseMythology.

* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: Of the eight brothers, Isshiki died prior to the stories events, one has their neck broken by Fake!Enoshima, the one Ryouko knocked out in the shed is implied to of been killed and four are defeated in combat by Ikusaba before being killed by her and Ryouko. What happened to final one is never explained or shown, even though its stated in the epilogue that all the brothers died.

* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse?: Of the eight brothers, Isshiki died prior to the stories events, one has their neck broken by Fake!Enoshima, the one Ryouko knocked out in the shed is implied to of been killed and four are defeated in combat by Ikusaba before being killed by her and Ryouko. What happened to final one is never explained or shown, even though its stated in the epilogue that all the brothers died.

The main heroine of the book, Ryouko suffers from anterograde amnesia, a condition that causes her to forget things shortly after they happen to her and requires a memory notebook to remember anything. She is also hopelessly in love with Matsuda, her doctor, and, after meeting Enoshima (Who claims to of stolen her memories), is sucked into a conspiracy. She can't actually remember her talent, but in times of peril she shows near supernatural analytical skills. [[spoiler:In reality, "Ryouko Otanashi" isn't a real person and is actually the amnesiac identity of Junko Enoshima given to her by Matsuda in order to protect her and test the power of memory alteration. At the end, Enoshima's memories are restored, essentially deleting Ryouko from existence.]]

* AmnesiacHero

* TheDitz
* [[spoiler:EvilRedheads: Its outright implied that red is actually Enoshima's natural hair colour and she just dyes it blond.]]

* [[spoiler:ParentalIncest: Sorta. It's stated by Ikusaba at the end that Ryouko's appearance was based on Matsuda's late mother.]]

* RedHeadedHeroine

* [[spoiler:ThrowingOffTheDisability: Played with. While Ryouko does lose her condition at the end, she didn't actually have real Anterograde Amnesia, her memory condition instead being a side effect of the memory wipe put on her.]]
* [[spoiler:TomatoInTheMirror: "In truth, the girl known as Ryouko Otanashi never even existed!".]]

* [[spoiler:VillainProtagonist: In a way.]]

Ryouko's doctor, love target and (Implied) childhood friend, Matsuda is renowned for abilities on the human brain. He also happens to be aloof and overly rude. [[spoiler:Matsuda is in fact the childhood friend and lover of Junko Enoshima, having created the identity of Ryouko in order to protect her, including, to his own word, herself. This leads to him murdering Marasame and Kamishiro when they get too close to the truth. Eventually, he tries to kill Ryouko after realising Enoshima was using him as a pawn and is stabbed, dying.]]

* [[spoiler:AntiVillain]]
* [[spoiler:ChildhoodFriendRomance]]: It is implied and eventually confirmed that he and Ryouko were childhood friends. Ryouko is very much in love with him, while he seems at best annoyed by her. [[spoiler:He actually does return those feelings, which form the backbone of the true story.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* {{Deuteragonist}}
* DrJerk
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceDoorSlam: Is killed just after realising than Enoshima was using him as an UnwittingPawn.]]
* HotScientist

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Very, ''very'', brutally.]]
* [[spoiler:KillTheOnesYouLove: Attempt this on Ryouko, having decided it to be his only option left. It earns him a knife to the gut.]]
* MissingMom: His mothers death by brain condition is what led him to become a neurologist. [[spoiler:Enoshima states as he's dying that she was responsible for her death, though how truthful she was is left ambiguous.]]
* [[spoiler:MoralityPet: In a way was this to Enoshima. Brutally deconstructed.]]
* [[spoiler:NoKillLikeOverkill: After he's stabbed to death, Enoshima beats his corpse so badly its described as barely looking human.]]
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple / VictoriousChildhoodFriend: With Enoshima.]]
* [[spoiler:SympatheticMurderer]]
* TeenGenius
* [[spoiler:TragicVillain]]
* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler:Knows almost everything that's going on, something the narration goes to great lengths to hide.]]
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn: To Enoshima. He doesn't take realising it well.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Big time.

A classmate of Matsuda's, Kamishiro has the voice and appearance of elementary school student, something perfect for hiding in crowd. Despite his appearance, Kamishiro conceals intense sexual lust and takes an interest in Ryouko. [[spoiler:He is killed by Matsuda near the end in order to conceal the truth, his neck being twisted.]]

* [[spoiler:HeKnowsTooMuch]]
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:When he meets up with Ryouko towards the end Kamishiro shows a different side to himself; that being of someone who simply wishes to be seen as something other than a face in the crowd.]]

* [[spoiler:NeckSnap: How he's killed.]]

* OlderThanHeLooks
* [[spoiler:SurprisinglySuddenDeath]]
* TeenSuperSpy

!!!Super High School Level Bodyguard/[[spoiler:Super High School Level Octuplets]]

A defender of the academy with the appearance of a snake, Madarai is determined at any cost to find the perpetrator of The Worst, Most Despair Inducing Incident in the History of Hopes Peak Academy. This leads him to peruse Ryouko, who through circumstance is marked as danger. [[spoiler:After the confrontation, he is subsequently attacked and killed by Enoshima. Later on, however, Madarai returns, as it is revealed that "Isshiki Madarai" is eight identical siblings renowned for their superhuman synchronization skills. Ultimately, however, they are all killed by Ikusaba.]]

* AnimalMotifs: Is frequently compared to a snake both in appearance and behaviour.
* [[spoiler:BackupTwin: And plenty of them.]]

* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong: The original Isshiki Madarai.]]

* [[spoiler:HiveMind: It's suggested that the Madarai brothers have this to a degree.]]
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:Turns out that the original Isshiki was killed in the student council massacre. This just what drives the other brothers further.]]
* [[spoiler:JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: When they attempt to kill Kirigiri, the headmasters daughter, in order to prevent her discovering the details behind the Incident.]]
* [[spoiler:NeckSnap: How one of them dies.]]
* [[spoiler:NumericalThemeNaming: The brothers first names are all spelt with the character for 1-8 followed by -shiki.]]

* [[spoiler:WeHardlyKnewYe: Killed by Enoshima in the first volume shortly after Ryouko escapes. Subverted when it turns out he, or rather they, aren't quite finished yet.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist
* [[spoiler:WhateverHappenedToTheMouse?: Of the eight brothers, Isshiki died prior to the stories events, one has their neck broken by Fake!Enoshima, the one Ryouko knocked out in the shed is implied to of been killed and four are defeated in combat by Ikusaba before being killed by her and Ryouko. What happened to final one is never explained or shown, even though its stated in the epilogue that all the brothers died.]]

* ActionGirl
* {{Badass}}: [[spoiler:Completely ''obliterates'' the Madarai Brothers, all of whom are twice her size.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Ryouko and Naegi from [[spoiler:Madarai]] with a single knife throw.
* ChildSoldier

* SuperSpeed: Shows this during her fight with [[spoiler:the Madarai Brothers]]. [[spoiler:Its a big hint to her impersonation of sister.]]
* [[spoiler:TwinSwitch: Turns out that, as part of Enoshima's plan, she impersonated her sister.]]

The BigBad of original, Enoshima continues to be completely intoxicated in despair. She claims that she is responsible for Ryouko's missing memories and her plans include killing Matsuda. [[spoiler:In actuality, "Enoshima" is Ikusaba in disguise, working under a script as part of her sisters plan.]]

* ActionGirl: Puts up a very good fight against Madarai. [[spoiler:Mostly because it's actually Ikusaba fighting.]]
* AxCrazy
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Sorry, not the real one.]]
* BlondesAreEvil: [[spoiler:Just a wig.]]
* CharacterExaggeration: The book essentially turns Enoshima's already over the top personality UpToEleven. [[spoiler:This makes sense, given that's its not the real her.]]

* [[spoiler:TwinSwitch]]

* [[spoiler:BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Threatens his daughter with expulsion should she continue investigating the incident, doing so in order to save her.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* [[LoveFreak Talent Freak]]: It's not obvious, but he ''really'' likes talent. [[spoiler:The end spells out that, because of his love for talent, Jin Kirigiri outright let Enoshima preform her plans until it was too late because he saw despair as viable talent.]]
* [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist: He did some pretty terrible things, including shielding a murderer and approving of the way Kamukura was raised (Made worse when VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2 revealed just ''how'' Kamukura was created) but did it all out of his sincere love of the academy.]]

* GreatDetective
* [[spoiler:HeKnowsTooMuch: Nearly becomes victim to this.]]

The head of the student council [[spoiler:and one of two survivors of the original School Life of Mutual Killing, having been rendered comatose by a head wound. He actually recovered a while ago, but has faked his continued condition out of shell shock. Matsuda eventually manages to get a reaction out of him and, upon realising what Marasame knows, chokes him to death.]]

* [[spoiler:HeKnowsTooMuch]]
* [[spoiler:MadnessMantra: Starts screaming for Enoshima to be killed over and over before he dies.]]
* [[spoiler:ShellShockedVeteran: So much so that, after coming to, he's only referred to as "That thing".]]
* StudentCouncilPresident
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:His role reveals both what the incident everyone is talking about is and Matsuda's true motives.]]



!![[spoiler:The Real Junko Enoshima]]
!!![[spoiler:Super High School Level Despair]]

[[spoiler: AKA; the real personality of Ryouko Otanashi and lover of Yasuke Matsuda, Enoshima is driven by her plan to induce the world into despair, having locked the student council in the old school building and driven them to kill each other before indoctrinating the Reserve Course with the footage of the massacre. She deliberately gave herself amnesia as Ryouko Otanashi, both to test the ability to erase memories as well as grant herself ultimate despair. She succeeds, murdering her love Matsuda and stealing his research, all in her plan to create the true "School Life of Mutual Killing".]]

* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins]]
* [[spoiler:BeYourself: What Matsuda wanted her to be and what she genuinely tried to be. It didn't go well.]]
* [[spoiler:BigBad: The real one.]]
* [[spoiler:BlondesAreEvil: She's probably not a natural one though.]]
* [[spoiler:DarkAndTroubledPast: Strongly implied by Ikusaba to have this.]]
* [[spoiler:HiddenDepths: The book is in a way retroactively about giving her this. To put it bluntly, its inferred that, minus the memory problems, Ryouko is essentially what Enoshima would of been like had she not became despair.]]
** [[spoiler:Also, while she's still incredibly fucked up, Enoshima notably doesn't rapidly switch through personalities in the chapters from her perspective. This more or less confirms that she really is just acting when she puts on her personalities.]]
* [[spoiler:InsaneTrollLogic: As the ending narration inclines, Enoshima's world view is self contradicting, something that gives her further despair.]]
* [[spoiler:KillTheOnesYouLove: Does this to Matsuda before proceeding to beat his corpse to a pulp.]]
* [[spoiler:MysteriousPast: Big time. Everything about Enoshima and her history is contradictory. Namely, she claimed in the original game that she was born into despair, when both the things Ikusaba says concerning her and Ryouko's very existence infer this isn't the case. She also claims she caused the brain disease that killed Matsuda's mother, something that doesn't sound very plausible, given that she was around 6 years old when that happened and it flies in the face of both the flashback that dealt with that detail and the her statement that her love for Matsuda was stronger that despair.]]
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple: With Matsuda]]
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown: After murdering Matsuda '''she flips out'''.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: You literally can't state who they are without revealing the ending.

* BigEater: Is always seen eating.

* PluckyComicRelif: His antics provide much of the comedy in an over wise extremely bleak story.

* TalkativeLoon

* [[spoiler:WhateverHappenedToTheMouse?: Of the brothers, Isshiki died prior to the stories events, one has their neck broken by Fake!Enoshima, the one Ryouko knocked out in the shed is implied to of been killed and four are defeated in combat by Ikusaba before being killed by her and Ryouko. What happened to final one is never explained or shown, even though its stated in the epilogue that all the brothers died.]]

* UnreliableNarrator: Comes with condition. Notably, chapter from perspective are narrated from a first person narrative whereas the others aren't.

* [[spoiler:BlondesAreEvil: She's probably not natural one though.]]

* ImprobableAge: Even when you factor in the sort of people that go to the academey, Matsuda is around 17-18 and yet is skilled at one of the hardest fields in medical science. A flashback outrights implies he's been studying to become one since elementary school.

* [[LoveFreak Talent Freak]]: It's not obvious, but he ''really'' likes talent. [[spoiler:The end spells out, that because of his love for talent, Jin Kirigiri outright let Enoshima preform her plans until it was too late because he saw despair as viable talent.]]
* [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist: He did some pretty terrible things, including shielding a murderer and approving of the way Kamukura was raised (Made worse when VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2 revealed just ''how'' Kamukura was created) but did it all out of is sincere love of the academy.]]

* SupportingProtaganist: About half of the story is narrated from her perspective and yet Ryouko takes an almost entirely passive approach to the events. Mostly because, to her own word, she doesn't care about other things besides Matsuda because she'll eventually forget about them.

* SingleTargetSexuality: Matsuda, and that's putting it mildly.
* [[spoiler:TomatoInTheMirror: Big time.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: Comes with condition. Notably, chapter from perspective are narrated from a first person narrative whereas the others aren't.

* IdiotHair: Has per franchise tradition, has one, though he's far from stupid.
* ImprobableAge: Is around 17-18 and yet is skilled at one of the hardest fields in medical science.

* ActionGirl: Puts up a very good against Madarai. [[spoiler:Mostly because it's actually Ikusaba fighting.]]

* CloudCuckoolander: Even factoring in her condition, Ryouko doesn't think much like normal person. At one she even dreams about going to America with Matsuda to start a corn farm...''on the moon''.