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* ActionGirl: Along with Peko, Akane is definitely the most physically-oriented girls in the game.
* HotBlooded: It doesn't take much to get Akane pumped up - especially if it involves fighting or food.
* KickTheDog: Granted Kazuichi's stalker-ish tendencies were being played up more than usual, but in the fourth trial Sonia says she's "disappointed" he's not a murderer (and we all know [[CruelAndUnusualDeath what happens to them]] in this game) ''to his face''.
* MoralMyopia: In the second trial, she [[WhatTheHellHero scolds Fuyuhiko for threatening Mikan]] when she agrees with Hajime that Hiyoko couldn't have moved Mahiru's body, saying that "Only a cowards threatens women", yet she says absolutely nothing to Gundham when he does something similar to her earlier on.
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* TheNicknamer: Prefers degrading and insulting nicknames, like calling Byakuya "Mr. Porkfeet" or Mikan "Dirty Bitch".
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* SweetTooth: Doesn't see anything weird about eating candy for breakfast. Her Free Time events reveal that she's quite particular about candy; she prefers Japanese sweets over imported ones.
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* WardrobeMalfunction: Sort of. Hiyoko's been wearing the same traditional Japanese dancing clothes for a long time, because the clothing is apparently so complicated she can't tie her obi by herself (which means if she were to take the clothing off she wouldn't be able to put it back on), which means she hasn't bathed in a while. In Chapter 2, Mahiru agrees to help Hiyoko take her obi off and on. This ends up contributing to her death, as in Chapter 3, having trouble tying it now that Mahiru's dead, she takes Sonia's suggestion to use the full-length mirror at the back of the stage, where Mikan was setting up the murder of Ibuki.
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* WardrobeMalfunction: Sort of. Hiyoko's been wearing the same traditional Japanese dancing clothes for a long time, because the clothing is apparently so complicated she can't tie her obi by herself (which means if she were to take the clothing off she wouldn't be able to put it back on), which means she hasn't bathed in a while. In Chapter 2, Mahiru agrees to help Hiyoko take her obi off and on. This helps clear her name in the second trial because she couldn't have showered Mahiru's blood off her if she cannot re-dress herself afterwards. This also ends up contributing to her death, as in Chapter 3, having trouble tying it now that Mahiru's dead, she takes Sonia's suggestion to use the full-length mirror at the back of the stage, where Mikan was setting up the murder of Ibuki.
* BoyishShortHair: Even shorter than the very tomboyish Akane's.
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* ButtMonkey: Gets it especially hard from [[{{Jerkass}} Hiyoko]].
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* NotSoDifferent: Her and Hajime both formed new identities that took them in different directions. Hajime started off as an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who admired Hope's Peak Academy more than anyone. He felt so insecure about his lack of talent that he volunteered for the Hope Cultivation plan, which [[TookALevelInBadass granted him incredible skill]] at the cost of his [[DeathOfPersonality original identity]], transforming him into the talented-but-apathetic Izuru Kamukura. Chiaki started off as an AI programmed to act as an observer inside the Neo World Program. Thanks to her interactions with Hajime and the group, she develops a curiosity for social activities, an anxious desire to learn more about the world, and a desire to protect her friends. She even manages to go against her orders by outing herself as the traitor if it means saving them from Nagito's trap, something Monomi considers a miracle. Her reappearance during the final trial could suggest she even grew beyond the simulation's rules.
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* BorrowedCatchphrase: Shouts '''"No! That's wrong!"''' alongside Hajime when destroying AI Junko's argument.
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* IWillWaitForYou: In her Dangan Island ending, she tells Hajime that she'll be waiting for the day he can teach her all kinds of new things. In her return, she promises that she'll learn more about dating.
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* HatesBeingAlone: She's willing to go to extremes, such as degrading herself in front of people, giving them her money, being exploited, and taking all kinds of abuse if it means she won't be alone.
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* BlondesAreEvil: Or at least, sadistic bullies.
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* BasedOnATrueStory: Even if it might be accidental, Mikan being called "Girl A" in the Twilight Syndrome game and her killing Hiyoko by slashing her throat is similar to a real-life murder known as the "Sasebo slashing" in which a Japanese schoolgirl, referred to as "Girl A" by the police, killed a classmate by slashing her throat.
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* BirdsOfAFeather: Oddly, her and Saionji Hiyoko both grew with only one parent they could rely on: the difference comes from one elder Saionji being cold and distant while the other protected her. Meanwhile Mahiru romanticized the image of her mother who was rarely around and grew dissatisfied with a father who was actually there but largely negligent of her needs.
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* FatalFlaw: Her assertive argumentative personality end up being this. Antagonizing the emotional unstable Ultimate Yakuza, who just found out that she had part in his sister's murder, wasn't her smartest move. Even worse, Fuyuhiko was planning on calling off the hit had she not called him out on his actions.
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Subverted and Inverted. During her execution, she mortally injures Fuyuhiko by accident and holds him before being pincushioned by an army of robot swordsmen. However, Fuyuhiko survives and Peko dies.
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* LeeroyJenkins: She's easily the most combative girl in the series and usually wants to start fights at some of the most inopportune times. This becomes an issue when Nidai has to save her from Monokuma.
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** BenevolentAI: And she's easily one of the sweetest characters in the game.
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* NoodleIncident: Neither the player, nor her fellow survivors learn what she meant when she says that she did disgraceful things that would never allow her to become queen. Byakuya's only response is "You... sure did." as all member of the Future Foundation are now aware of it.
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* CompositeCharacter: She has elements from all four original band-members in Manga/KOn: [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} she's loopy like Tsumugi]], [[FunPersonified fun-loving like Yui]], [[GenkiGirl boundlessly energetic like Ritsu]], and (when it comes to music) diligent and focused like Mio.
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* FreudianExcuse: Though its factuality is disputable (see UnreliableExpositor below), the backstory she reveals helps explain some of her bullying ways. Lots of literature on bullying talks about how the bully is trying to recapture a sense of power and agency they lost from being mistreated by mistreating others.
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* FreudianExcuse: Though its factuality is disputable (see UnreliableExpositor below), the backstory she reveals helps explain some of her bullying ways. Lots of literature Many studies on bullying talks about how show that the bully is trying to recapture a sense of power and agency they lost from being mistreated by mistreating others.
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!!!Ultimate Gamer
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->''"Don't you think there's something that's way more important than whether or not you have a talent?"''
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An absent-minded girl who loves video games of all genres (even bad games) and is skilled at playing them. She tends to become so absorbed whilst playing that it's hard to hold a conversation with her, and has a habit of pausing for long periods of time while she mentally composes what she wishes to say. She is the mole of the group, placed there as an inside observer by the Future Foundation. Nanami is actually an ArtificialIntelligence from the same cloth as Usami, acting as a NonPlayerCharacter within the New World program. She is the accidental culprit of Chapter 5, but foils Nagito's plot to kill all of the students (except her) by confessing to the "murder", forcing her execution alongside Usami. Despite this, she returns in final trial, giving Hajime the hope to continue forward.
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* AccidentalMurder: Played with. The fact that she killed Nagito is indeed an accident, but he was banking on his luck that the one who would kill him with the poisoned bottle would be the "traitor", and she is.
* {{Adorkable}}: Especially when she puffs up her cheeks to show she's angry like a child having a tantrum.
* AlwaysWithYou: Chiaki seemingly expresses this sentiment after Hajime and the others end the final trial.
* AnimalEaredHeadband: Wears a hoodie with bat ears.
* ArtificialIntelligence: Since she is really just an NPC in the Jabberwock simulation. It turns out that Chihiro Fujisaki, who created another artificial intelligence in the first game, created her as well.
* BerserkButton: She drops the space cadet routine and gets ''very'' serious when mutual killing is involved.
* BigDamnHeroes: Returns in Chapter 6 to give Hajime a much needed pep talk that allows him to overcome Junko's despair speech.
* CharacterTic: Chiaki will often pause for a moment before speaking, needing time to sort what she wants to say first.
** She also tends to say "I think" after a statement.
* CloudCuckoolander: Tends to be a little slow in responses when talking to her, often putting things in a gaming perspective. But when things get serious...
* TheConfidant[=/=]TheConscience: When the times calls for it, she will act as both to Hajime, most blatantly in Chapter 4: when he was about to go into the Final Dead Room, she talks him out it, reminding of how pointless it is and that he shouldn’t push himself. After the dispute with Nagito(after he revealed that Hajime was a reserve course student), he confides in her that regardless of how he’s feeling, he will continue to pursue investigating Nekomaru’s murder. Second most blatant example, is when hits his HeroicBSOD during Chapter Six. He lets out everything that has been dumped on him, and is at a loss of what to do. She talks him out of being indecisive, and gives him the strength to move forward.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Chiaki and the rest of the Usami/Monomi units are in a room with pixelated models, when Monokuma comes in with a tank and starts to shoot at them. Chiaki suddenly spots an exit and she and the Monomis run, followed by Monokuma in a Pac-Man-like vehicle that crushes all but one of the Monomi units. However, her and the last Monomi reach a dead end. With no more escape routes, Monokuma begins dropping Tetris blocks in the area, eventually crushing the last Monomi, and then Chiaki. The blocks then violently explode due to Monokuma forming three perfect lines.
* DeclarationOfProtection: During trial five, Chiaki states that she wanted to do was protect her classmates, and expresses sadness over not being able to protect them once she's executed.
* DesignatedLoveInterest: To Hajime, to an extent. This is lampshaded by Kazuichi in the fifth class trial, although the romance arguably never goes beyond ShipTease, as a result of Chiaki's death in the fifth chapter, and fading from existence after the shutdown of the program.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Similar to Kyoko in the first game. Which makes it all the more surprising when she turns out to be the "traitor", as well as the accidental "culprit" regarding (the other deuteragonist) Nagito's murder in Chapter 5.
* DisappearedDad: She speaks about her dad (a programmer) in the past tense, hinting that he died. Chapter 6 reveals that her "father" was Chihiro Fujisaki, the Ultimate Programmer who died in the original game.
* AFriendInNeed: Pulling a HeroicSacrifice doesn’t stop her from wanting to help out her friends again even after she was already supposed to be dead. Regardless that she would most likely be erased from existence, she talks Hajime into choosing accepting both hope and despair so that he can move on to create a future for he and the others. As long as they do that, she tells him that everything will be okay and that they’ll always be friends no matter what.
* FriendlessBackground: She implies that this is the case, indicating that she's never been to an amusement park with friends, not having any friends until she met the other students. The truth about this matter seems related to her status as an ArtificialIntelligence.
* GamerChick: Her talent is based on her being one.
* GeniusDitz: She's a savant when it comes to playing video games, and her wide experience of genres (murder mystery, edutainment, etc.) gives her an astonishing range of general knowledge, so much so that she's one of the best members of the group to talk to when you need insight into a murder case. In fact, there's only ''one'' genre of game that she's bad at: [[HilariousInHindsight dating sims]].
* GenreSavvy: Because of all the games that she plays. After the first murder, she is the first to suggest that someone be nominated to guard the body just because "that's the kind of thing that happens in closed-circle murder mystery games".
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Slaps Akane in Chapter 5 to bring her to her senses when she's freaking out over Nagito's plans, and trying to strangle Nagito to death.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Her free time with Hajime has her develop a curiosity for social activities. Monomi considers her willingness to defy her protocols and reveal her identity a "miracle."
* HairDecorations: Her hairclip is the shape of the spaceship from ''VideoGame/{{Galaga}}''. Fits well with her status as gamer and "space cadet".
* HeroicSacrifice: In Chapter 5, she works out that Nagito's plan was to kill everyone but the "traitor" (her). Instead she urges everyone to vote her as the murderer, relying that Nagito's good luck held and she ''was'' the one who accidentally killed him.
* HiddenDepths: She proves remarkably competent at the trial despite her sleepy demeanor, being the one to both expose Nagito's act and put forth the idea the killer wasn't under the table in the first trial. She also tells Khim to please stop talking, in a polite but firm tone, to finally interrupt his antics.
* HiddenBuxom: While even in casual clothing it is rather obvious that Chiaki has a fairly large bust (she ties with Tsumiki for having the second largest breasts among the cast of Danganronpa 2, and the two are only bested by [[GagBoobs Akane]]), her rather daring bikini in Chapter 2 of the game really shows off how big they really are. It is even lampshaded by Kazuichi in-game.
-->Kazuichi: "Seriously man...I never expected Chiaki to have such huge jugs..."
-->Chiaki: "...Jugs?"
* HopeBringer: Her actions throughout the game and even after her death push Hajime and the others to not give up on the future, even when things look bleakest.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Her video game experience makes her surprisingly useful for investigating the game's murders. For example, she maps out the Twilight Syndrome crime scene using her experience from dungeon crawler [=RPGs=].
* TheIllegible: The childish scrawl in the diary in Chapter 5 turns out to be hers.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: As an AI who is trying to help the former Ultimate Despair students rehabilitation process she is completely immune to any of Monokuma's motives since she can't be driven to kill any of them... Which is why Nagito had to use his luck to make her his murderer.
* KilledOffForReal: ...Possibly. Depends on whether you interpret her last words literally or just symbolically. Like most of the character's fates at the end, it's left ambiguous.
* LetsGetDangerous: When Nagito tries to get everyone to give up on the first trial by insisting there's no evidence and no way they can catch the killer, she suddenly stands tall and shoots back with a "'''''[[BorrowedCatchphrase You've got that wrong!]]'''''" Even though she softens it a moment later by adding "...I think", it signals the start of a devastating counterargument.
* TheLostLenore: The survivors, and Hajime especially, are not happy when they find out that she is the culprit for Nagito's death. The news of Chiaki just being a NPC devastated them because she cannot exist in the real world, despite being one of the nicest people out of the whole cast. As they return to the real world, they all want to remember their friendship with her, and keep the memory of Chiaki within them.
* TheMole: For the Future Foundation. However, in this case she has the students' best interests at heart.
* MsFanservice: If her fanbase is any indication. While she is much more modest than most examples, it is hard not to see why fans like this kind, adorkable, busty, gamer girl. Also, her daring bikini in Chapter 2 definitely won her some fanboys.
* NiceGirl: She's kind and good-natured to others. Her only killing ends up being accidental, as a result of someone who wanted her to end up as the culprit.
* NervesOfSteel: Just like Kyouko Kirigiri, she will hardly ever lose her calm personality even under intense pressure. Hajime even calls her this, and praises her for it.
* NonPlayerCharacter: What she really is in-universe, since the setting of the game is actually a virtual reality.
* NotAfraidToDie: She doesn't hesitate to sacrifice herself for the sake of the other students, though she does find the will to put up some resistance during her execution.
* NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay: Gives a much needed pep talk to Hajime in Chapter 6 (see BigDamnHeroes above), after her execution.
* ShoutOut: Chiaki carries on Hifumi's legacy of regularly making video game references.
* SignificantBirthDate: Her birthday is on March 14. March 14 was also Chihiro Fujisaki's birthday, since he created her.
* {{Sleepyhead}}: She has a habit of falling asleep in the middle of sentences. A free-time conversation reveals that she frequently plays video games for so long that she forgets to sleep.
* SpiritAdvisor: Becomes this in the final trial.
* TheSpock: To Hajime's TheKirk and Nagito's TheMcCoy. She [[NervesOfSteel always keeps her cool]] during the trials and tends to think the most logically out of the three. Chiaki also upholds a strong "needs of the many, outweighs needs of the few" belief, or in this case, sacrificing one student to save the others, will always be a better outcome than sacrificing all the students to save just one life, even if that "one life" happens to be her own.
* SympatheticMurderer: Can't get more sympathetic than being the murderer because you accidentally grabbed the wrong bottle in a 1 in 16 chance. Then pulling a HeroicSacrifice to ensure that your friends would continue to live.
* TerribleArtist: The colorful drawings she keeps in her diary could be mistaken for a preschooler's.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: She's a NiceGirl who bares no ill towards anyone, and when she was made into Nagito's murder, without any second thoughts she proceeds to pull a HeroicSacrifice to save her remaining friends.
* VerbalTic: Has a habit of adding "...I think." to the end of her sentences.
* WhamLine: Midway through the fifth trial, she says that all Nagito's efforts, up to and including arranging his own death, were intended to draw out the traitor, but the traitor is unable to reveal their identity. Hajime then realizes that she is indirectly admitting to being the traitor.
* WhatWouldXDo: She asks Hiyoko what she would think Mahiru would say in response to Fuyuhiko attempting {{Seppuku}}.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Sort of. It turns out that there is exactly ''one'' genre of video games that Chiaki ''isn't'' good at playing, as Hajime finds out during her first free time event. It's dating sims.
* ZettaiRyouki: Grade A.
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[[folder:Akane Owari]]
[[WMG:Akane Owari]]
!!!Ultimate Gymnast
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->''"Can I solve this by hitting it hard enough?"''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RomiPark (Japanese), Creator/WendeeLee (English)
A superb athlete with an unusually large bust for a high-school girl. She has a remarkable talent for inventing her own moves, but tends to under-perform when she's in a bad mood. A brash and argumentative girl with a love of food and fighting, Akane isn't quite the sharpest thinker on the island. She survives the final trial and escapes to the real world with the other survivors.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Because her chest is too big to button her top up all the way.
* BattleAura: One of her poses is accompanied by one of these.
* BigEater: She loves food, and was one of the only ones who had a chance to eat Teruteru's cooking because of it.
* BloodKnight: A minor example - she just can't resist getting into fights.
* BoobsOfSteel: Has the largest chest of all the female students coupled with impressive physical strength.
* BrilliantButLazy: She hates hard work (it even says so in her profile) but is undoubtedly talented in what she does.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Sort of. See DarkAndTroubledPast below.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Grew up in rough circumstances and had to deal with perverts throughout her life, such as being expected to work without wearing panties at her waitress job (though she seems rather oblivious to how perverted her admirers were). The reason she has such trouble remembering names is she saw people dying around her so often she didn't see much point in getting to know them better. Akane's family life wasn't any better either; she had 7 siblings and an unemployed father and had to constantly work part time to support them until she started doing gymnastics. She also states that who her mom or dad were tended to "change", along with an increase in the number of siblings. Take that as you will.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: She threatens to kill Monomi until she dies from it, apparently.
* DumbMuscle: Physically, she's very strong and athletic. Mentally, though, she is a bit of a lightweight.
* {{Expy}}: Seems to be one of Aoi Asahina, from the first game. Her friendship with Nekomaru is very similar to Aoi's relationship with Sakura. Right down to ''surviving all the cases'', since she's one of the few people who is never either murdered or executed as a murderer, just like Aoi was. Her love for food in general can be seen in a similar light to Aoi's love for donuts and food.
* ForgetfulJones: She struggles to remember Hajime's name.
* FragileFlower: Her OutOfCharacterMoment when Nekomaru gets shot to protect her. Actually caused by Despair Fever.
* GutFeeling: Perhaps her greatest asset is her keen intuition.
* HeroicBSOD: After Nekomaru takes a bullet for her, she begins to lose it and sinks into a deep depression. Subverted in that the real cause of her shift in personality is a despair disease released by Monokuma.
** Also, upon finding out that not only are she and her the remnants of Ultimate Despair, but that if she pulls the plug as Makoto intends for them to do, Hajime Hinata will revert to the much less pleasant [[BrokenAce Izuru Kamukura]].
* HugeSchoolgirl: At 176 cm (5' 9") she is very tall for her age and nationality.
* IdiotSavant: Hopeless deduction skills, but considered a genius as a gymnast.
* IndyPloy: Her preferred method of doing gymnastics is just to go out there and ''make up a routine on the spot''. She is actually incredibly talented at coming up with innovative new moves (hence her Super High-School Level Talent) but the main reason she does this is because she hates the hard work and tedium that would come with composing and practicing a routine beforehand.
* InappropriateHunger: Food is still the only thing on her mind even as her friends argue over murder suspects.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Treads the line between this and ShamelessFanserviceGirl; she doesn't understand why most of the others think it's a bad idea for her to go swimming without a suit, nor does she ''care''. This extends to the attention she got from perverted admirers as well.
* {{Irony}}: Most gymnast are small and petite, she is not.
* IsItSomethingYouEat: During Chapter 1's trial, at one point Akane asks what "aspersion" is and whether or not it's something you eat. This annoys Hiyoko enough for her to suggest Akane should try also eating asbestos.
* ItsAllMyFault: Blames herself for Nekomaru having to perform a HeroicSacrifice and [[WeCanRebuildHim being turned into a robot]].
* ItsPersonal[=/=]IOweYouMyLife: She vows to find Nekomaru's murderer, as he had saved her. Despite that, she's relatively understanding once she realizes that Gundam killed Nekomaru because he wasn't content with everyone starving to death.
* LeParkour: She mentions that she did quite a bit of it back in the slums, apparently to elude perverts.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: One of her Free Time events reveals that she has 7 siblings and that she had to work hard to support them because her father was unemployed.
* MoodSwinger: She can bounce between bored, to happy, to angry, and to happy again very quickly.
* MundaneLuxury: She thinks the lousiest room in the fun house is dream-like compared to her last home.
* TheNoseKnows: In Chapter 1, this is how she discovers Byakuya's stabbed-to-death body underneath the table, since she was able to smell Byakuya's spilled blood. At the beginning of the next chapter, she's the first person to notice how bad Hiyoko smells.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: If Akane is a Ultimate ''Gymnast'', why does she like ''battles'' so much? Her Free Time events reveal she only became a gymnast in order to win lots of money from competitions by setting records, and the Ultimate part is because even though she only does gymnastics for the money, she also happens to be really good at it.
* OreOnna: She [[JapanesePronouns refers to herself]] with the very masculine and informal "ore", a sign of the poor conditions she grew up in.
* PerpetualPoverty: Her family lived in terrible living conditions and often had little food. Akane alone provided support for her family, working anywhere she could and sometimes even stealing.
* PluckyGirl: Even after losing Nekomaru a second time, Akane picks herself up in no time at all, knowing the only thing she can do is keep moving on.
* ThePollyanna: She actually seems to be so clueless that the tragedies around her don't faze her. Nekomaru's death is what finally breaks her carelessness, but she still manages to move on, believing moving on is part of what it means to live.
* ShipTease: Lots of it with Nekomaru, who takes her under his wing as a manager and quickly becomes her closest friend on the island. ''Both'' times he dies deeply affect her emotionally, despite her tough outer shell, and she ends up carrying around "Minimaru" as a memento of him for the rest of the game.
* SlasherSmile: When she gets a Battle Aura as described above, she also has this kind of smile.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Her figure has attracted plenty of unwanted attention from local perverts.
* TooDumbToLive: Tries to attack Monokuma in spite of being outmatched, resulting in Nekomaru having to perform a HeroicSacrifice to save her.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Sonia's girly girl. While Sonia is refined and tries to keep a strong reputation, Akane does not bother with such things.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Her first reaction to problems tends to be "Can I solve this by hitting it hard enough?"
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Hajime learns during Akane's fourth Free Time event that she's afraid of ghosts, and she threatens to kill him if he ever tells anyone about it.
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[[folder:Sonia Nevermind]]
[[WMG:Sonia Nevermind]]
!!!Ultimate Princess
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->''"It is a pleasure to make your esteemed acquaintance! May we endeavor to maintain a lasting friendship!"''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MihoArakawa (Japanese), Natalie Hoover (English)
A royal princess from the small European country of Novoselic, who has come to Hope's Peak Academy as an exchange student. Sonia has all the beauty and grace that her title implies. However, she can be a bit naive and overly trusting, and her grasp of the native language is a bit... tenuous. She survives the final trial and escapes into the real world with the other survivors.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Heavily implied to have done this on 2 separate occasions.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Played with in the main game, where she develops a close relationship with Gundham and is one of the few people who treats his overlord status semi-seriously. However, she seems to be attracted to his [[FriendToAllLivingThings positive]] [[IJustWantToHaveFriends qualities]] more than his ominous persona.
* BreakTheCutie: Gundham being found as the culprit of Chapter 4 causes her to break into a fit of tears. She also takes Chiaki turning out to be the traitor quite hard, even going so far as to make arguments suggesting that she herself is suspicious.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: She becomes attached to Gundham, finding charm in him and his pets despite his bizarre and supposedly evil persona.
* ClusterFBomb: Breaks into one in Chapter 5, entirely in GratuitousEnglish.
* CovertPervert: While there was subtly hints of this throughout the story, the less-than subtly final trial reveals her as this. During the final trail, Monokuma reveals that he does not need cameras to spy on the students and proves this by explaining how he knows that one of Sonia's trip to the bathroom took "a little longer than usual". Sonia's reaction was begging Monokuma not to tell others of what she did or as she puts it [[DoesThisRemindYouofAnything "will never be able to become queen"]]. Kazuichi's reaction further cements the implication.
** Further evidence of this also occurs during the final trial when Sonia finds out the Future Foundation was watching the students through the cameras and to Sonia's horror she blurt out how she did some "disgraceful" things in front said cameras. Byakuya's laconic reply to her statement: "You...sure did."
* CutenessProximity: Starts cooing over Gundham's Four Dark Devas the moment she sees them.
* CrazyCulturalComparison: Once in awhile she'll do this when talking to Hajime, such as getting a little mad at him for not arriving to their meeting spot 13 minutes early because that is the expected time in Novoselic, or questioning why he doesn't know how to handle a tank because in Novoselic you start learning how to use such things in ''elementary school''.
* DitzyGenius: She's able to make smart deductions when the time calls for it, is capable of complex political analysis, and has admitted to being able to speak and read over 30 different languages. The ditz part is more or less due to the language barrier, and her limited knowledge of Japanese culture, or society, in general.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Her talent, and it shows... Well, considering she was a Ultimate Despair she was actually subversion only to become a double subversion by the game's end.
* ForeignExchangeStudent: From (the supposedly militaristic) Novoselic.
* FunnyForeigner: Her grasp on slang, cultural norms and sayings are a bit shaky in some areas, leading to humorous attempts to bond with her fellow classmates.
* HairDecorations: A lacy, rhinestone-studded, black bow.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: In contrast to all the other blondes in the series who are jerkasses or evil.
* HeroicBSOD: Upon finding out that not only are she and her classmates the remnants of Ultimate Despair, but that if she pulls the plug as Makoto intends for them to do, Hajime Hinata will revert to the much less pleasant [[BrokenAce Izuru Kamukura]]. In her case, she's particularly bothered by the idea that if they lose all their memories from the game, it will negate the meaning of everything they've done so far.
* HiddenDepths: Early in the game, she proves she is capable of complex political analysis when she gives a speech about how power and wealth gradually lead to the ruin of civilizations, and when she wants someone to take her seriously she strikes a dramatic pose and speaks with an "aura" of absolute authority. She also has no intention of either killing anyone ''or'' meekly being killed. She gets her wish: by the end of the game she hasn't killed anyone and no one has killed her.
* IHaveComeTooFar: In the end, she resolves to keep marching towards the future so that there is meaning to everyone's deaths. She does this despite being told she won't be allowed to keep her memories.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: She is expected to put up the front of a strong and infallible princess back in her home country, and though she's more than willing to do that for the sake of her countrymen, she admits that it would be nice to experience life as a normal high school girl and be treated as one.
* JapanesePronouns: Uses ''watakushi'' on herself, reflecting her being extremely polite.
* LethalChef: What a bit of bonus art in the manga shows her to be.
* MeatOVision: Comes down with a bad case of Dessert-O-Vision when Monokuma is starving everyone to death in the fun house; she starts hallucinating that the other students are delicious desserts and asks them (politely, of course) if she can eat them.
* MicroMonarchy: Her native land of Novoselic appears to be one of these.
* ModestRoyalty: That dress in the above picture is not what she normally wears, preferring ordinary school clothes. Her swimsuit is also a wet suit, and the most modest of the girls'.
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Sonia is one of the students who shows great respect to those who have died, and doesn't like it when their deaths are disregarded or they are insulted. A primary example of this is in Chapter 5 when she becomes upset with Nagito for insulting Gundham and Byakuya, and demands he apologize.
* NiceGirl: She's polite and charming and gets along well with almost everyone. Which is probably why she's one of the few students who survives the entire game, since she provokes no one into killing her and she never has any desire to kill anyone so she isn't executed. Subverted with Kazuichi since she can be quite hostile to him though more in a passive-aggressive way.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In Chapter 3, Sonia suggests that Hiyoko use the full-length mirror at the back of the stage to help her put her kimono on. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to Sonia, a murderer was waiting at the back of the stage and Hiyoko dies because of it.
* NightmareFetishist: According to her profile she enjoys the occult, which is rather unexpected of a prim and proper princess. She admits in chapter 1's trial that she watches ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' with a gleam in her eye, and also has an avid admiration for serial killers, to the extent that when she talks about Genocider Syo she calls him ''splendid'' and that he represents the hope of the young generation.
* {{Omniglot}}: She can read, write and speak in over 30 different languages.
* ProperLady: One of the most refined women on the island, if not the franchise.
* RapunzelHair: Past her knees, slightly longer than Ibuki's.
* SelectiveObliviousness: In regards to Kazuichi, who she ignores many of his attempts of grabbing her attention.
* SeriousBusiness: In Sonia's first Free Time event, Hajime learns that Japanese "TV dramas" are this to her. This seems to be the case for her whole country: at one point, Hajime learns that a popular Japanese MagicalGirl anime for kids got a rating of ''90%'' (that's 90% of the ''[[PeripheryDemographic entire]] [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff population]]'') in Sonia's country.
* ShelteredAristocrat: Seems like this at first, but as time goes on there are more indications that she's smarter than she lets on.
* ShoutOut: A walking {{Homage}} to the band Music/{{Nirvana}}. Sonia's home country is named after the bassist, Krist Novoselic, and her last name is also the title of the band's second album, Nevermind.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Sonia talks using very formal and polite language, as expected of a princess... except in addition to that, she also sometimes peppers her speech with informal slang such as "hella" or "you betcha", as well as lots of references to outdated popular culture.
* StatuesqueStunner: The third tallest female student in the series, who happens to not be an athlete, unlike Pekoyama and Owari. Also one of the second game's most charming girls.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girly girl to Akane's tomboy. While Sonia is refined and tries to keep a strong reputation, Akane does not bother with such things.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In Chapter 3, she comes across Hiyoko struggling to put her kimono on after Mahiru's death and suggests she use the full-body mirror in the Titty Typhoon. This leads to her walking in on a murder in progress and getting her throat slit.
* WackyMarriageProposal: In the alternate universe mini-game scenario "Dangan Island," if you get Sonia's ending Hajime and she make plans to get married according to the customs of her people, by fighting and defeating a creature called a Makango. Which is the marriage custom for normal people in Sonia's culture, but if it's Sonia specifically, then since she's a princess it has to be a ''golden'' Makango on top of that.
* WasItAllALie: Asks this of Chiaki after Chiaki is revealed as TheMole, wondering if all the time they spent together meant nothing, but soon concludes that Chiaki did not betray them.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Not a ruler yet, but as a member of the royal family she's used to hiding her fears. In Free Time she reveals that she's already been kidnapped twice, and she eventually breaks down crying in front of Hajime.
* YouRemindMeOfX: In her free time events and Dangan Island ending, it turns out that because Hajime is wearing a white shirt and has his hair done in an antenna, he fits the description of a legendary hero in Sonia's culture, which is why Sonia wants the two of them to get married.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Grade B.
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[[folder:Hiyoko Saionji]]
[[WMG:Hiyoko Saionji]]
!!!Ultimate Traditional Dancer
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->''"I seriously love traditional dancing, Japanese candy, and Japanese food. And as much as I love these... I seriously love stomping on disgusting things!"''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SuzukoMimori (Japanese), Creator/KiraBuckland (English)
A rising star in the art of traditional Japanese dancing. Hiyoko is popular for her youthful appearance and grace, but conceals an abrasive personality and a nasty mean streak. She is the first victim of Chapter 3, after she walks in on Mikan staging a murder and is silenced by having her throat slit.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Even if she can obtain a romantic ending with Hajime in Dangan Island, she also acts extremely clingy and affectionate around Mahiru, to the point that she outright drags Mahiru away to have a shower with her. The LesYay implications aren't lost on Ibuki.
* AssholeVictim: Somewhat downplayed. While she did try to [[CharacterDevelopment change her attitude]], her treatment of Mikan and everyone else can count her as this.
* BlondesAreEvil: Or at least, sadistic bullies.
* BlushSticker: Like Fuyuhiko's to make her appear more child-like and cutesy. They suit her about as much as they do him when she starts showing her [[JerkAss true colors]].
* BrattyHalfPint: Even though she's just as old as the rest of the cast, she certainly appears this way physically, and her attitude more than qualifies her. In reality, Hiyoko only physically looks like a child because that's what she looked like when she entered the academy.
* TheBully: Snipes at everyone, but particularly Mikan and Kazuichi, who also tend to react the most.
* CrocodileTears: She has a tendency to fake crying at times, but actually genuinely cries other times, making it hard to tell which is which. To make things even more confusing, in her final free time event, she openly claims to have been manipulating Hajime by crying, but Hajime says there are still tears in her eyes.
* DaddysGirl: Her father is the only close relative she has whom she doesn't hate with a passion, because he married into her clan.
* DeathByIrony: A non-execution example. She got murdered by Mikan, the one Hiyoko most frequently abused.
* DeclarationOfProtection: Surprisingly, she makes this in her Dangan Island ending, promising to protect Hajime and her father.
* DueToTheDead: In Chapter 3 Hiyoko takes the time to build a memorial in the dining hall for Mahiru after she is murdered, such as putting all the pictures she took up on a board so everyone can see them and placing rows of candles on an altar. Though the memorial doesn't look very...[[NightmareFuel Inviting]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: She's introduced as a seemingly cute little girl...who's casually crushing ants for fun, which gives you some idea of the contrast between her appearance and her personality.
* ExpressiveHair: The bottoms of her pigtails have a tendency to morph in her different expressions.
* FaceFramedInShadow: A telltale sign that she's showing her true, nasty character is a shadow falling over the upper half of her face and her eyes [[UhOhEyes taking on a certain intensity]].
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: She's so cute that she has legions of young male fanboys. But in terms of personality, she's cruel and sadistic.
* TheFakeCutie: She uses her cute appearance and childish mannerisms to gain popularity as a traditional Japanese dancer, but her personality is anything but cute.
* FreudianExcuse: Though its factuality is disputable (see UnreliableExpositor below), the backstory she reveals helps explain some of her bullying ways. Lots of literature on bullying talks about how the bully is trying to recapture a sense of power and agency they lost from being mistreated by mistreating others.
* GirlishPigtails: Tied back with [[HairDecorations cute little kitty bows]].
* GoodOldWays: Going with [[KimonoIsTraditional her preferred outfit]] and talent, her Free Time events reveal that she has a lot of respect for traditional Japanese customs and feels that they need to be kept alive. Of course, this is followed by her expressing contempt for those who like anything western.
* GreenEyedMonster: One of her free times implies she's jealous of Sonia, and she tries to recruit Hajime into some RevengeByProxy by targeting Kazuichi first. When he refuses, she just thinks he wants to cut straight to the 'main event' and go after Sonia directly.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Just as it seems she may be ''finally'' getting some much needed positive character development she winds up dead.
* HypocriticalHumor: She tells Mikan that she has no right to privacy when she complains about being "Girl A" in Twilight Syndrome, but when it turns out that Hiyoko is "Girl B", a character who used the insult Hiyoko just made against Mikan, she says the game is "taking way too much creative liberty."
* KidsAreCruel: Subverted, she looks like a kid and her introduction features her squishing ants just because, but she is actually the same age as everyone else. This makes her behavior come off as quite unsettling.
* KimonoIsTraditional: Since she's a traditional dancer. However, it's later revealed that she doesn't know how to tie her obi by herself.
* {{Jerkass}}: To the point she outright bullies Kazuichi and Mikan, who are not only almost twice her size but both have had very bad experiences with bullying in the past.
* JerkassHasAPoint: After the first murder occurs, she's one of the few to keep her head on straight, and keeps bluntly reminding everyone that no matter how upset they are or how much they're freaking out, they ''need'' to investigate and solve the case if they want to live.
* LaserGuidedKarma: The girl (Mikan) who was always the target of Hiyoko's cruel bullying ends up being the one who murders her. And yet, it's averted by the fact that her treatment of Mikan had nothing to do with her murder.
* LittleMissSnarker: She tends to be this when she's not being an outright {{Jerkass}}.
* ManipulativeBitch: Big on PsychologicalCombat and CrocodileTears, as she repeatedly demonstrates during her free times.
* MegaTwintails: Held up with little kitty heads to go with her child-like appearance.
* MetaGuy: On rare occasions. She refers to Mikan's clumsy tripping as "fanservice", refers to Kazuichi as the sort of person who's one of the first to die in "kill 'em all" scenarios, and at the party after Hajime reassures Hiyoko that Byakuya physically searched everyone, not just her, Hiyoko bets that maybe Byakuya was "extra sticky" with her since "someone like her" is in "high demand" (she doesn't specify what she means, but it's obviously a reference to her "cute girl appearance").
* TheNicknamer: Prefers degrading and insulting nicknames, like calling Byakuya "Mr. Porkfeet" or Mikan "Dirty Bitch".
* NoSympathy: The day after the first trial, she halfheartedly concedes that Byakuya's death was "sad," but then says that Teruteru, as a murderer, was "human waste," that she enjoyed his execution and that she wishes they could have spat on his body. Mahiru is the only dead student she actually mourns for.
* NotHelpingYourCase: In the second trial, she spends much of the early discussion of the actual murder drawing suspicion to herself, such as falsely claiming that she never went to the beach house.
* NotSoDifferent: Much like Monokuma, she thinks that the executions just 'even out' the score and are what the murderers deserve.
* OlderThanSheLooks: Yes, she really is just as old as the other students. Subverted, however, when it turns out that she only looks so young in the game because that's what she looked like when she first entered the academy. Her real appearance is more in line with her age.
* PetTheDog: Mahiru is the only other student who Hiyoko seems to have any respect for, calling her "big sis" and acting very affectionate and clingy around her.
* PungeonMaster: How the English dub handles a lot of her snarking.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Near the end of the game, the survivors find [[http://images.wikia.com/dangan-ronpa/images/a/a1/Adult_Hiyoko.png a picture of her where she appears to be a young adult.]] Her grown up appearance is her real appearance, but because the erasure of the main cast's memories, Hiyoko's avatar in the game proper is what she looked like when she first entered the academy.
* SlashedThroat: How she's killed.
* SweetTooth: Doesn't see anything weird about eating candy for breakfast. Her Free Time events reveal that she's quite particular about candy; she prefers Japanese sweets over imported ones.
* TheyDiedBecauseOfYou: Says that Mahiru and Peko died because of Fuyuhiko. He agrees.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: She absolutely ''refuses'' to forgive those that murder others, but especially Fuyuhiko since he was involved in a murder that planned to pin the blame on her. However, she softens after Fuyuhiko attempts suicide as penance, a sign (Hajime notes) that she is attempting to [[CharacterDevelopment change for the better]].
* TemptingFate: She teases Kazuichi by calling him a 'background character' who's doomed to suffer an early death. She is killed in Chapter 3, while Kazuichi is one of the survivors.
* TokenMiniMoe: In appearance only, since she's the same age as the rest of the cast and the "moe" aspect is deliberate on her part.
* TookALevelInKindness: This is implied to happen in Island Mode, even if you don't get her ending. She actually refrains from bashing Mikan and agrees with her that she also enjoyed the island life, suggesting that she's on better terms with all of her classmates.
* TroubledAbuser: Hiyoko's Free-Time Events reveal that her family has treated her miserably out of jealousy regarding her dance talent, and the only person who ever treated her kindly was her father. It goes a long way in explaining her cruelty towards others.
* {{Tsundere}}: Extreme type A example to Hajime, during Free Time events and Dangan Island.
* UnreliableExpositor: Exploits this by telling Hajime that she's been bullied and targeted by her own family out of jealousy for her position, that her father went mad trying to protect her, and that she's been raised by her grandmother without having any chance to even see her parents... before laughing and leading him to think she was lying about all or part of it. That said, she shows visible anger when Hajime calls her by her last name (since she hates her family ''that'' much) and genuinely starts tearing up when mentioning her father, implying that at least some of it ''wasn't'' a lie.
* WardrobeMalfunction: Sort of. Hiyoko's been wearing the same traditional Japanese dancing clothes for a long time, because the clothing is apparently so complicated she can't tie her obi by herself (which means if she were to take the clothing off she wouldn't be able to put it back on), which means she hasn't bathed in a while. In Chapter 2, Mahiru agrees to help Hiyoko take her obi off and on. This ends up contributing to her death, as in Chapter 3, having trouble tying it now that Mahiru's dead, she takes Sonia's suggestion to use the full-length mirror at the back of the stage, where Mikan was setting up the murder of Ibuki.
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[[folder:Mahiru Koizumi]]
[[WMG:Mahiru Koizumi]]
!!!Ultimate Photographer
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->''"You should really listen to what people say, you know! Otherwise you’ll miss the important details! Like that, just now!"''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuuKobayashi (Japanese) Creator/CarrieKeranen (English)
A promising young photographer who has won many awards for her portraits. Though she can be a bit critical at times, Mahiru is one of the more sensible and level-headed students on the island. She is the victim of Chapter 2, bludgeoned to death by Peko on behalf of Fuyuhiko.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Her relationship with both Satou and Hiyoko can suggest this due to the fact that, like most of the girls, Hajime can still romance her in Dangan Island.
* BrutalHonesty: She is very blunt.
* CoolBigSis: While they're the same age, she acts as one toward Hiyoko such as helping her with her clothes and taking baths with her. She is also one of the very few students that Hiyoko doesn't insult and the one who she seems to genuinely adore.
* DeclarationOfProtection: Inverted; she's the one who outright ''demands'' that Hajime promise to protect her. Not that it does any good, since she is murdered in Chapter 2.
* DestroyTheEvidence: She's girl "D" in Monokuma's game, the "motive" he provided for the second chapter, whose photos could prove that girl "E" (named Satou) murdered another girl. Rather than tell the police, she cleaned up the evidence that could have pointed to Satou and confronted her directly. She decides to not turn her in upon listening to her (Satou killed the girl because she bullied Mahiru). What does this have to do with the motive? The girl who Satou killed is Fuyuhiko's sister, and because Fuyuhiko completed the game first, he received the photos that Mahiru took, and upon seeing a photo of his dead sister (and possibly piecing together who "D" was in the game) he got angry and sent the photos to Mahiru, who felt guilty once she saw them. This is why Mahiru is murdered in Chapter 2: Peko kills her for Fuyuhiko's sake.
* FieryRedhead: She can get a bit pushy and argumentative when people don't live up to her standards.
* FirstNameBasis: She tends to call the other female students by their first name and "-chan", possibly because she tends to get along with them better than the male students.
* HeroesWantRedheads: If you get her ending in "Dangan Island", Hajime and Mahiru end up together.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be short-tempered and impatient with boys, but her relationship with Hiyoko and free time events reveal she has a gentle heart. She also is greatly affected by Byakuya's death, aids the investigation as much as she can, and genuinely believes that revenge is wrong and second-chances are important.
* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: In her free time events and her Dangan Island ending, Hajime learns her mother was also a great photographer, and she briefly wonders whether or not she can become like her mother just by taking photos of whatever she likes. Is taking photos all she can do...? Hajime cheers her up by pointing out Mahiru has lots of other good points.
* MoralityPet: In a sense, she's Hiyoko's; while Hiyoko isn't a villain, she's still a sadistic bully to everyone else but Mahiru, who she's very clingy and affectionate towards.
* OnlySaneWoman: Tends to react to situations in a more predictable manner, and is the only student without an obvious quirk.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Well, not really of course since she's an Ultimate Photographer, but she is this trope in spirit, if not on the letter. Notably, her pose in her official art is a lot more casual and normal compared to the rest.
* PetTheDog:
** She can be a bit abrupt and somewhat critical, but she's capable of being nice: when she finds out Hiyoko isn't taking baths because she can't re-tie her obi properly, Mahiru offers to help.
** Despite not getting along with Teruteru and being horrified and angry to learn about his decision to commit murder, she, reflecting upon what he said before his death, sympathizes with his desire to see his mother.
* ShowerScene: In Chapter 2 with Hiyoko.
* TapOnTheHead: A lethal example of this trope, as she dies from being bashed in the head with a baseball bat.
* TeamMom: Mahiru has a tendency to act very motherly, doing her best to look after everyone and scolding them for things like not doing their laundry. While this means she's good at nagging, particularly with the boys, it also means she has a gentle and kind heart beneath her initially brash exterior, and she genuinely does care very much about the well being of her classmates. She thinks it is very important for all of them to get along and work together.
* {{Tsundere}}: Harshly critical towards men in general, and keeps upbraiding people like Hajime and Kazuichi for not acting the way she feels they should, but she does have a softer side. She also acts the classic tsundere towards Hajime in her free time events and Dangan Island ending.
* TrueArtIsAngsty: [[invoked]] Discussed, as she worries that her pictures of happy subjects don't have as much merit as her mother's war photography.
* WhatTheHellDad: Her negative opinion of men stems from her lazy bum of a father. But she still loves him regardless.
* WhatTheHellHero: Does this on two occasions.
** She angrily asks Teruteru why he felt he needed to try to kill Nagito in order to stop his murder plot.
** When meeting with Fuyuhiko, she asks him if he killed Satou, before telling him that "Revenge... is just wrong!" This leads to her death, as Fuyuhiko gets angry, and goes for the bat to try to kill her, but Peko kills her first, believing she's doing his bidding.
* YouthfulFreckles: Across her nose to match her red-hair.
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[[folder:Mikan Tsumiki]]
[[WMG:Mikan Tsumiki]]
!!!Ultimate Nurse
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->''"U-Um... Other than dying, I can pretty much do anything! Please order me around whenever you want!"''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AiKayano (Japanese) , Creator/StephanieSheh (English)
A talented nurse who can treat any injury. Painfully shy and clumsy, Mikan can hardly hold a conversation without bursting into tears and apologizing. She is the culprit of Chapter 3, having been infected by the Despair Disease, which caused her to regain some of her lost memories (as a part of Ultimate Despair) and completely lose her mind. She goes on to murder Ibuki and Hiyoko, and is executed by Monokuma after being found guilty, shot into space on a giant arm injected with rocket fuel.
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* AbusiveParents: Implied in her third Free Time event; Mikan says she was beaten up at home as well as at school.
* ApologizesALot: Due to her ''very'' low self-esteem.
* AccompliceByInaction: Accuses the other students of this before her execution, stating that it was mostly their fault she became what she was, because no one would come to her aid when she was ridiculed and humiliated by her peers.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Sort of. In the second chapter's Twilight Syndrome game, she is the "A" girl, who serves as the player character.
* AxCrazy: From what we see of her Ultimate Despair self in chapter three, how she murdered Hiyoko and Ibuki without remorse, and her behaviors during the trial itself we can safely say she used to be one of these. Before he execution, all she does is start giggling and seems a little too calm to be executed
* BandageBabe: Possibly due to her clumsiness or her history of being bullied, or perhaps a PointlessBandAid aesthetic.
* BeneathSuspicion: When Hajime accuses her of being the murderer of Chapter 3, the others find it unlikely that she could have done it- both in that she doesn't seem to have it in her to do something so terrible, and that she doesn't seem capable of it. Her initial strategy is to be even more self-deprecating than usual.
-->'''Gundham''': Hmmm... to think there are people killed by a woman as thickheaded as she... it's beyond difficult to believe.
-->'''Sonia''': We could do without the "thickheaded" part...
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Played with. She committed murder largely because she caught the despair fever, which drove her insane from suddenly regaining her memories of being part of Ultimate Despair, but there is a very messed-up side to her that's so desperate for attention that she's willing to kill; she claims she did it for the sake of a person she loved, and it's later revealed that this person was Junko Enoshima, who likely manipulated her.
** On a lighter note, before all that she had a disturbing enthusiasm for giving out shots, and one of her free time flavor texts involves her chasing Hajime with a syringe.
* BigDamnHeroes: Surprisingly, she does this during Chapter 1's trial. The others are about to vote for Nagito as the culprit, but since his murder plan ''failed'', if they'd actually voted for him they all would've been executed for voting for the wrong guy. So Mikan saves all their lives by suddenly screaming out to wait, the wounds on the victim's body don't match the supposed murder weapon!
* BiTheWay: Chapter 3's trial heavily implies that she was madly in love with Junko Enoshima, and it's outright confirmed in the final Chapter. Mikan claims that Junko was the only person who showed her "love and affection" hence her extreme devotion to her. She can fall in love with Hajime in her Dangan Island ending as well, which might imply a case of BecauseYouWereNiceToMe.
* ButtMonkey: Gets it especially hard from [[{{Jerkass}} Hiyoko]].
* ChekhovsGag: Her fanservice shots with her... interesting poses ended up being important. The first one is important because Teruteru made a lecherous comment about Mikan, but when the second one occurred, he was nowhere around to do so, which was proof against Teruteru and helped everyone figure out that he was the culprit. And later in Chapter 3, it's done to show that Mikan too, was suffering from the despair fever, thus raising her body temperature, something of which Hajime noted since she was on top of him and felt her hot body. Finally, her Free Time events reveal that she actually makes some of these poses on purpose, since she's convinced that the only way people will pay her any attention is if she humiliates herself in front of them.
* TheCoroner: Examines the victims for their cause of death, which often provides useful information (such as that Byakuya was not killed with the knife, and that since Mahiru died instantly, the killer would have had to move her body to block the door). She makes use of her knowledge by using the air conditioner to disguise her victims' time of death. This also rouses Nagito's suspicion, as she claims Ibuki was definitely hanged while he's seen evidence indicating that Ibuki was strangled--and after being so accurate before, why would she be wrong ''here?''
* CuteAndPsycho: While her shy and nervous nature is genuine, that doesn't mean she's completely harmless. Aside from her already existing {{Yandere}} tendencies, she also enjoys horror movies for how helpless the victims are, tries to chase down an unwilling Hajime to give him an injection in her Free Time events, and implies that she became a nurse at least partly so she could have power and control over sick and injured people.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Or at least an overblown parody of one. It's implied that she exaggerates some of her clumsiness for attention, making her a rather depressing {{Deconstruction}} of this trope.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Unlike the other executions, the "cruel" part is debatable since Mikan doesn't actually suffer on-screen, but the "unusual" part definitely isn't. Mikan is laying in a hospital bed, but Monokuma runs in wearing a nurse's outfit and injects something into the bed, which causes the bed to transform into a rocket that carries Mikan all the way out into space. She doesn't actually die on-screen since she's last seen holding onto the rocket for dear life, but it can be assumed that she died up there from lack of oxygen.
* DesperatelyCravesAffection: She was bullied so severely throughout her life that she's convinced that the only way people will pay attention to her is to humiliate herself in front of them, so she deliberately plays up her CuteClumsyGirl tendencies for this reason. When she's infected by the despair fever, a much darker side of her comes out; she commits murder in order to impress "someone she loves", who is most likely Junko Enoshima.
* DissonantSerenity: After being pinpointed as the murderer, she accepts her impending execution as a way to reach her lost love.
* TheDogBitesBack: Averted. Mikan kills Hiyoko because she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, not because she constantly bullied her.
* ExpressiveHair: Her locks of hair grow more numerous and stick out at wilder angles based on her emotional state. When she has regained her Despair persona, her hair becomes even more wild.
* ExtremeDoormat: Her free-time events reveal she pretty much lets anyone do anything they want to her, specifically mentioning people stamping cigarette butts out on her or drawing on her. She lets people do these things because she believes it's the only way she can get attention, since in her mind being everyone's ButtMonkey is at least better than being ignored.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: She's the third culprit. Unlike Teruteru and Peko, she doesn't resist her punishment, but she doesn't face her death with dignity so much as she accepts her fate [[DissonantSerenity with a calmness that's actually unsettling]].
* FragileFlower: She's pretty much incapable of speaking to anyone without being on the verge of tears. Except during Chapter 1's trial, where she asserts herself and gets everyone to focus on figuring out what the true murder weapon was, and when she freaks out upon being exposed as Chapter 3's murderer, upon which she goes from "fragile flower" to "psychotic woman" to "accepting her fate way too calmly".
* FreakOut: She snaps when exposed during her trial, but calms down to an unnerving degree afterward.
* GigglingVillain: During her calmer phase after she is revealed to have her Ultimate Despair memories back.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: It's hard for her to accept that anyone would be interested in talking to her or getting to know her at all.
* HiddenDepths: A very minor example, but it counts. During a Free Time event, Hajime learns that Mikan became a Ultimate "Nurse" in the first place because sick and hurt people are even weaker than her, and Mikan can be strong enough, not to mention knowledgeable enough, to help them so they won't die. Of course, it's strongly hinted that this isn't so much out of kindness as it is for her to have actual power over someone for once, since a sick or injured person would have to depend on her completely.
* HospitalHottie: It would seem this way at first, what with her dressing in a semi-short nurse's uniform, being wrapped in bandages, and having a large bust size. However, her hair is disheveled and cut oddly, she's constantly crying or shrieking, or tripping and getting tangled in things and, in Chapter one, covered in food.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Accidentally outs herself as a culprit with this, speaking about the details of Ibuki's "suicide video" even though Hajime was supposedly the only one who viewed it. As a bonus, in the segue to Panic Talk Action she starts arguing about the impossibility of a "one-of-a-kind" bag being used in the video and then being found on the real victim's head, telling Hajime she remembers it even if he doesn't.
* KickTheDog: Her Despair self seems to enjoy doing this based on her mockingly expressing pity for Nagito when she claims he could never understand her "love" based motive because he has never had anyone to love or love him in return, which leaves him in a minor state of shock. She also plays up her tragic image as much as she can during the trial to cause her former friends as much distress as possible before making it sound as though they are to blame for how she turned out.
* LeaveNoWitnesses: She kills Hiyoko by slitting her throat, since Hiyoko walked in on her staging Ibuki's murder.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Claims that she murdered because it would have pleased the only one who ever truly loved her. It's implied that this person was [[BigBad Junko Enoshima]].
* MadnessMantra: "Forgive me."
* TheMedic: To the best of her ability. She's actually quite knowledgeable about human biology, which makes her essential for compiling autopsies about how the murder victims died. Which is why she knows, in Chapter 1's trial, that Nagito isn't the one who killed Byakuya: Nagito used a knife, but the victim was killed with something much longer and thinner than a knife.
* MoodSwinger: After being identified as the culprit during the trial, she undergoes a FreakOut, beginning to rapidly switch between manic sobbing, furious screaming, and a sinister calm.
* NeverFoundTheBody: A unique example in the series. While we see the bodies of all other victims and executed murderers in the series, Mikan was shot on a rocket at a peculiarly horizontal angle. Considering the virtual nature of the world and Mikan being the only character shown to fully re-embrace Ultimate Despair, it's plausible she was allowed to survive offscreen.
* NightmareFetishist: She likes horror movies because of how helpless the victims are in them.
* PantyShot: Subverted; the embarrassing poses she often ends up in are shown at an angle that could easily display a panty shot, but it's always [[SceneryCensor conveniently censored in some way by a nearby object]].
* RapunzelHair: Not as obvious as the other girls due to her choppy haircut but it goes past the edge of her skirt and a bit past the top her socking-like bandages on her leg.
* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Parodied with how her klutziness results in her ending up in amazingly embarrassing poses... with others [[LampshadeHanging pointing out how odd that is]]. Also {{Deconstructed}}, as she's extremely uncomfortable with this, and yet is painfully used to that being the only way she got any sort of attention.
* SchoolBullyingIsHarmless: Ahahaha, '''[[{{Subverted}} no]]'''. Mikan's been systematically abused by her peers ever since childhood, and learned that the only way anyone would be willing to pay her the slightest bit of mind was to utterly humiliate herself in front of them. In her Free Time events, if she feels Hajime's getting bored by her company, she'll offer to perform degrading acts like stripping or imitating a sea turtle laying eggs.
* SecretKeeper: At the end of trial 3, after she's found as the culprit, Mikan admits she knows who's TheMole, and the fact that she strongly hinted that she most likely knew about Hajime being part of Ultimate Despair as Izuru. [[PragmaticVillainy Though she chooses not reveal any of this because she could honestly care less.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: So timid, she can hardly hold a conversation without bursting into tears. At least, until she's revealed as Chapter 3's murderer, at which point she ''freaks''. She also breaks "Shrinking Violet" character very briefly in Chapter 1's trial, when she shouts to her classmates that voting for Nagito as the culprit would be premature.
* ShutUpHannibal: When Komaeda tries to call her out for murdering only for "Despair", she states she did it out of love... and suggests he can't understand because he's never been loved.
* SympatheticMurderer: An odd ''retroactive'' example of this, since when she's first revealed as a murderer in Chapter 3 it's presented as her just going nuts upon recovering lost memories, trying to impress "someone she loves", which isn't very sympathetic. However, in the last Chapter, it's heavily implied that the person she loved was Junko Enoshima; though all of the students had been slavishly devoted to her, Mikan was probably one of the most devoted due to Junko's manipulations and her own desperate need for affection.
* ThatCameOutWrong: She says that she "pleaded with (Fuyuhiko) in many ways" to get him to help her look for Ibuki, prompting Fuyuhiko to tell her "[[LampshadeHanging Don't say anything that'll make people take it the wrong way...]]"
* UnreliableExpositor: Her explanation of the 'Destroyers of the World'/the Future Foundation is true... but only FromACertainPointOfView.
* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: Implied.
* WhosLaughingNow: After spending the first two chapters being a ReluctantFanserviceGirl who's constantly picked on by Hiyoko, it's revealed in Chapter 3 that she murdered two people. Though she was infected by the despair fever to prompt her into action, there really is a darker side to her that's willing to kill if it means impressing someone she loves.
* {{Yandere}}: She shows shades of this, both in Chapter 3 after revealing that she killed for the sake of someone she loved and towards Hajime in her Dangan Island ending, in which she openly contemplates rendering him an invalid so she can take care of him forever. It's hinted that she could become a fully-fledged yandere if she's pushed too far.
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[[folder:Ibuki Mioda]]
[[WMG:Ibuki Mioda]]
!!!Ultimate Musician
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->''"It's terrible! So terrible Ibuki has no time to capitalize her lines!"''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AmiKoshimizu (Japanese), Creator/JulieAnnTaylor (English)
A girl from an all-girls high school who played guitar in a popular "light-music club" school band, whose hit single "After-School Poyoyon Hour" sold a million copies. However, she left the band due to creative differences and is now pursuing a solo career. Despite her punk-ish appearance, Ibuki is a very friendly and energetic person whose antics sometimes border the limits of comprehensibility. She is the second victim of Chapter 3, strangled to death by Mikan and then hung.
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* ACupAngst: After seeing Peko in a bikini and comments on her breast size, Ibuki considers getting implants.
* AnimeHair: Dark purple-black with streaks of white, neon pink, and blue, along with ''cones''.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Shows elements of it in her second free time event, where a self-initiated discussion of her hobbies sees her jumping through about 5 different topics seemingly at random.
* BiTheWay: She can get together with Hajime in Dangan Island, but says some very... suggestive things pertaining to Mikan (and to a lesser extend Chiaki and Peko) and is stated in the artbook to 'like cute girls'. In [[http://stillnotalterego.tumblr.com/post/54384555620/sonia-neverminds-character-profile-though-her this]] character profile she expresses a desire to see Sonia in a bikini.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Although it could be her quirkiness, Ibuki makes frequent remarks suggesting that she is aware that she is in a video game.
* CloudCuckoolander: She has a tendency to go off on strange tangents at times.
-->''"Ibuki learnt that most murder investigations involve a lot of legwork. So she's been walking her legs up and down this corridor all day!"''
* CompositeCharacter: She has elements from all four original band-members in Manga/KOn: [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} she's loopy like Tsumugi]], [[FunPersonified fun-loving like Yui]], [[GenkiGirl boundlessly energetic like Ritsu]], and (when it comes to music) diligent and focused like Mio.
* CovertPervert: Less so than some of the others, but still has her moments when Mikan is concerned.
* CreativeDifferences: InUniverse, she left her group due to these. Her Free Times and an official AlternateUniverse manga by Spike reveal that they had a falling out when they learned a talent scout was going to be watching one of their performances, and she refused to play more traditionally appealing pop music.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: A non-murderer example; while the other murder victims in this game get killed using methods that cause almost instant death (e.g. stabbed with a knife, bashed in the head, cut in the throat, death-by-really-high-fall), Ibuki is unlucky enough to be killed by being slowly ''strangled to death with a rope''. Her corpse is then hung from that same rope. That couldn't have been much fun.
* DeathMetal: Her preferred genre of music. And her performances are ''terrifying''.
* DumbassHasAPoint: Of the "coincidentally correct" variant, when she suggests that the murder victim in Twilight Syndrome was killed by being hit on the head.
* [[EatingtheEyeCandy Eating the Eye Candy]]: Was just a aroused as Kazuichi and Hajime when she saw Chiaki and Peko in their bikini, she wasn't even subtle about it.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Her stockings are different colors, one pink and one blue. She also wears an arm warmer on only one arm.
* FirstNameBasis: She calls everyone by their first names and with [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics the affectionate honorific "-chan"]].
* FunPersonified: The word "boring" just doesn't exist with Ibuki!
* GenkiGirl: Oh hell yes. Ibuki never does ''anything'' half-way.
* HiddenDepths: If her Free Time Events are done, Ibuki will show a startlingly wise and contemplative side of her personality, giving Hajime some extremely profound advice about being himself, and speaking about the inner workings of group dynamics in a very emotionally intelligent way.
* HornedHairdo: While her strange hairstyle does resemble horns, it's not because she's secretly evil; rather, it's supposed to make her resemble an [[{{Youkai}} oni]].
* InsertSong: She holds a concert during the game's third chapter. It's... [[DeathMetal special.]]
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Becomes this for Hajime after enough free time events, where it gets revealed that all her goofing off and playing silly games was an attempt to help him recover his memories of his talent. When he still can't seem to remember, she convinces him to just be happy as himself in a [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming Moment]] that becomes more effective with [[FridgeLogic later revelations about his character]] (this also gives her one of the odd final free time events in which the student helps Hajime through his insecurities instead of the other way around).
* {{Metalhead}}: Though a conversation outside the hotel implies that her current musical stylings are just a recent GenreShift done on a whim.
* MulticoloredHair: Thanks to (presumably) hair dye, her hair is a bizarre combination of black, white, blue, and pink.
* NiceGirl: Perverted tendencies aside, she's one of the most upbeat and kind of the students.
* PinocchioNose: Since Ibuki's design is meant to resemble an [[{{Youkai}} oni]], her bragging sprite gets this kind of nose to match.
* TheQuincyPunk: Subverted. Despite her bizarrely dyed hair, torn stockings, many piercings and taste in music, she's a very cheerful and friendly person.
* RapunzelHair: It goes down past her skirt and the top of the stockings, almost reaching her ''knees''.
* TheRockStar: What her title basically makes her.
* ScaryMusicianHarmlessMusic: Considering that Ibuki is a walking {{Homage}} to ''Manga/KOn'' (where the main band mostly play light and fluffy J-Pop), you would expect this to be the case. Nope, it is actually full-on inverted. She's really closer to ''Sawako'' from that series: she's a delightful and peppy person to speak to but her repertoire (mostly DeathMetal) is ''terrifying''.
* ShoutOut:
** Ibuki is basically a walking {{Homage}} to ''Manga/KOn''. The kanji that spell out her name are each taken from the names of the four main characters (not including [[SixthRanger Azusa]]), and she used to be part of a light music club band.
** Her name and design may also be a reference to Suika Ibuki from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', an oni girl with horns similar to her hairstyle. Some elements of her design were also inspired by oni.
* ShooOutTheClowns: She was one of the most upbeat characters in the cast, so at the midway point in the game, of course, she had to go. Turns out this was being invoked by Mikan to boot as she says her whole motive was to cause a motive [[KillTheCutie that would make everyone despair]] and Ibuki is one of the most universally liked students both in and out of universe ''because'' of how her normal attitude helps keep morale up.
* TheStoic: When infected by Despair Fever.
* SuperGullible: Sadly PlayedForDrama, unlike most examples. The extent of her gullibility brought on by the despair disease made her an exceedingly easy kill.
* SuperSenses: Super ''hearing'', to be precise. Ibuki has the most talented "ears" of any of the cast. This proves instrumental to solving chapter 1's murder since she overhears what everyone's saying during a "blackout", causing them to realize that Byakuya pushed Nagito away and got to the knife first, meaning that Nagito couldn't have killed them.
* TheCuckooLanderWasRight: Ibuki has a habit of going off on bizarre, unrelated tangents during trials. The funny thing is, sometimes she's ''right'' or her tangents lead to a critical breakthrough in the case. In Chapter 2, her sudden attempt to change the subject ("Let's talk about how she got hit with gravel instead.") turns out to be the breakthrough point of that Non-Stop Debate. Ibuki admits straight afterwards that she was just throwing stuff out there. Later on in the same trial, she also asks why Fuyuhiko is getting upset when Peko has been identified as the killer.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Instead of saying "I" or "me", she says "Ibuki". It's somewhat downplayed in the English version, since she only calls herself "Ibuki" on occasion.
* VerbalTic: Sometimes when she talks, she an odd tendency to [[SelfDemonstratingArticle trail off like thiiiiiiiiiiiiiis!!!]] It's meant to symbolize her enthusiasm.
* ZettaiRyouki: An A with mismatching stockings.
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[[folder:Peko Pekoyama]]
[[WMG:Peko Pekoyama]]
!!!Ultimate Swordswoman
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->''"My destination has already been decided. Protect who I must protect, cut who I must cut. That alone is the original purpose of the sword. Wielding a blade in its truest sense in my aim... That is my reason for existing."''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KotonoMitsuishi (Japanese), Creator/JaniceKawaye (English)
A master swordswoman and kendo champion whose skill at swordplay surpasses even the strongest adult fighters. A stern yet polite woman, Peko carries herself with an intimidating aura. She was an orphan taken in by the Fuyuhiko family, and serves Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu as a bodyguard to repay their generosity. She is the culprit of Chapter 2, beating Mahiru to death with a baseball bat on behalf of Fuyuhiko. Though she implicates herself so that Fuyuhiko can claim responsibility and win freedom from the island, she is found to be the sole guilty party and is stabbed to death by an army of samurai.
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* AbusiveParents: She was raised by Fuyuhiko's parents who drilled into her mind the outlook of being not more than a tool whose purpose is to be Fuyuhiko's hitman. Her birth parents weren't much better as they abandoned her as a baby.
* AllForNothing: Peko's effort and death do not save Fuyuhiko as she had hoped, though she didn't care much for her own life either way.
* AlliterativeName[=/=]RepetitiveName[=/=]MeaningfulName: Alliterative since both her first and last names start with the term "peko" since when it is repeated ("Pekopeko", just like what her name forms when said western style) it can mean obsequious/servile, and Kuzuryuu's family raised her to be his tool.
* AnimalsHateHim: In her Free Time events she reveals that animals are frightened of her since they can sense her fierce nature. Unfortunately, she just wants to pet them and be friends with them.
* {{Badass}}: Even during her execution (being controlled by Monokuma), she was able to prove [[MasterSwordsman her title]] by slicing several Monokuma robots sent to fulfill her gruesome execution. [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Up to a point.]]
* BatterUp: She swings a bat just as well as a sword as Mahiru finds out.
* BodyguardBabes: One for Fuyuhiko.
* BodyguardCrush: What her Dangan Island ending more or less reveals her to have towards Fuyuhiko. It just makes the surrounding Chapter 2 all the more tragic.
* BraidsOfAction: Which makes sense because of her talent and job.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Fuyuhiko.
** ChildhoodFriendRomance: In her last free time event, she tells Hajime that she intends to ask Fuyuhiko out once they get off the island.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: She's the second culprit. And she gets a cruel and unusual death both physically ''and'' emotionally: she is literally controlled like a puppet by Monokuma and made to slash through an army of samurai, then he releases control of her ''just'' long enough for her instincts to kick in and accidentally slash Fuyuhiko, the boy she had sworn to protect.
* DeclarationOfProtection: Towards Fuyuhiko, as she is his sworn bodyguard and self-proclaimed "tool". This comes back to bite her ''hard'': instead of attempting to calm Fuyuhiko when he discovers a powerful motive for him to kill Mahiru, she ''actively plots a murder on his behalf'', seeing herself as no more than an extension of his will. Her intention was to allow Fuyuhiko to escape the island by sacrificing herself and everyone else, but what she doesn't understand (under it's too late) is that Fuyuhiko did not see her as a "tool", but a cherished childhood friend he would never want to sacrifice.
* EvilAlbino: Sympathetic as she is, she ''did'' kill one student and attempt to condemn the others to death for the sake of her beloved master, Fuyuhiko, who didn't even want her to go through all that trouble. She even has the red eyes to go with her pale skin and white hair.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: She attempts this, declaring that she accepts her fate, which Monokuma mocks as TemptingFate. However, she's left distraught upon hearing Fuyuhiko's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove, and is shocked when she accidentally injures him as he tries to save her.
* HairDecorations: She wears white ribbons to hold up her BraidsOfAction.
* JustFollowingOrders: The lynchpin of her ThanatosGambit, as the "mastermind" of a murder is considered the true culprit and she claims zero responsibility because she considers herself a "tool" without will of her own.
* LastRequest: After it becomes clear that only she will be executed, she asks the others to forgive Fuyuhiko, and ensure that there will not be any more murders.
* TheLostLenore: Kuzuryuu always keeps her in his thoughts, and he really wants to see her again. Her death is what motives him into becoming a better person.
* MasterSwordsman: She's Ultimate Swordswoman for a reason.
* NotSoStoic: She finally cracks after hearing Fuyuhiko's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her biological parents abandoned her as a baby, only to be taken in by the Kuzuryuu clan.
* PlatonicLifePartners: What her route in Dangan Island ultimately ends with. Hajime can't end up with her at all. Instead, they merely shake hands as a sign of friendship which is something that tends to happen often in the guy routes. The reason Peko's the only female exception is because Peko already ''has'' a childhood acquaintance she likes, but Hajime never finds out who it is. Since in Dangan Island Peko brings up having originally felt like this person's "tool", and given what you learn in chapter 2 of the main game about why Peko would ever think of herself as a tool, it's most likely that she is talking about Fuyuhiko.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: Fitting her personality and action-oriented talent.
* PsychoticSmirk: After the students vote her as the culprit, as she hoped they would, as she believes that Fuyuhiko is the true culprit and they can't go back and vote for him.
* SingleTargetSexuality: She only has eyes for her young master Fuyuhiko. She's also the only girl who can't obtain a romantic ending with Hajime at all.
* TheStoic: Very straight-faced and calm.
* StoicSpectacles: Even during the trials she remains cool and collected, pretend split-personality notwithstanding.
* SubordinateExcuse: Aside from gratitude, her loyalty to Fuyuhiko is all but stated to be fueled by romantic feelings.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Peko starts off serious and reserved, but as Hajime spends more free time with her, she opens up and even smiles a little.
* SympatheticMurderer: Was doing what she had thought was JustFollowingOrders, as she had done her whole life. She even asks Hajime to prevent anymore murders from happening.
* TakingYouWithMe: If Monokuma ruled her just a tool and that Fuyuhiko was the true murderer, everyone else would be executed for getting it wrong and he would've won the game.
* ThanatosGambit: Waited until the others officially voted her the murderer before revealing that she was Fuyuhiko's tool, knowing that if Monokuma ruled he was the true "mastermind" behind the murder, he would get to graduate while everyone else was executed. It ultimately fails, because while Fuyuhiko ''was'' about to kill Mahiru in a fit of rage, he didn't expect Peko to step in and do it herself. He also had nothing to do with the resulting cover-up. Monokuma was never going to accept Peko's arguments, rightfully claiming that a mere "tool" would never be so meddlesome.
* UnreliableExpositor: After her conviction, she declares that Fuyuhiko ordered the hit, and flashes back to him smiling and congratulating her. When her gambit fails, another flashback shows him horrified and shocked.
* TheUnsmile: She rarely smiles, so when she tries to force it, her face becomes intense and scary.
* VigilanteMan: Claims that she's the murderous superheroine Sparkling Justice when exposed as a murderer. However, this is a calculated lie to prevent the others from suspecting her ''true'' motive until it's too late.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: She will do anything to protect Fuyuhiko, even if it means committing murder, and plotting to get the rest of the students executed...[[TakingYouWithMe even going down with them.]]
* WasItAllALie: Asked by the other students when she reveals her true identity. In the end, she states her loyalty will always be to Fuyuhiko, and no one else.
* WhenSheSmiles: In her final free time event.
* {{Yakuza}}: Raised from birth to serve one.
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[[folder:Chiaki Nanami]]
[[WMG:Chiaki Nanami]]
!!!Ultimate Gamer
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->''"Don't you think there's something that's way more important than whether or not you have a talent?"''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaHanazawa (Japanese), Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos (English)
An absent-minded girl who loves video games of all genres (even bad games) and is skilled at playing them. She tends to become so absorbed whilst playing that it's hard to hold a conversation with her, and has a habit of pausing for long periods of time while she mentally composes what she wishes to say. She is the mole of the group, placed there as an inside observer by the Future Foundation. Nanami is actually an ArtificialIntelligence from the same cloth as Usami, acting as a NonPlayerCharacter within the New World program. She is the accidental culprit of Chapter 5, but foils Nagito's plot to kill all of the students (except her) by confessing to the "murder", forcing her execution alongside Usami. Despite this, she returns in final trial, giving Hajime the hope to continue forward.
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* AccidentalMurder: Played with. The fact that she killed Nagito is indeed an accident, but he was banking on his luck that the one who would kill him with the poisoned bottle would be the "traitor", and she is.
* {{Adorkable}}: Especially when she puffs up her cheeks to show she's angry like a child having a tantrum.
* AlwaysWithYou: Chiaki seemingly expresses this sentiment after Hajime and the others end the final trial.
* AnimalEaredHeadband: Wears a hoodie with bat ears.
* ArtificialIntelligence: Since she is really just an NPC in the Jabberwock simulation. It turns out that Chihiro Fujisaki, who created another artificial intelligence in the first game, created her as well.
* BerserkButton: She drops the space cadet routine and gets ''very'' serious when mutual killing is involved.
* BigDamnHeroes: Returns in Chapter 6 to give Hajime a much needed pep talk that allows him to overcome Junko's despair speech.
* CharacterTic: Chiaki will often pause for a moment before speaking, needing time to sort what she wants to say first.
** She also tends to say "I think" after a statement.
* CloudCuckoolander: Tends to be a little slow in responses when talking to her, often putting things in a gaming perspective. But when things get serious...
* TheConfidant[=/=]TheConscience: When the times calls for it, she will act as both to Hajime, most blatantly in Chapter 4: when he was about to go into the Final Dead Room, she talks him out it, reminding of how pointless it is and that he shouldn’t push himself. After the dispute with Nagito(after he revealed that Hajime was a reserve course student), he confides in her that regardless of how he’s feeling, he will continue to pursue investigating Nekomaru’s murder. Second most blatant example, is when hits his HeroicBSOD during Chapter Six. He lets out everything that has been dumped on him, and is at a loss of what to do. She talks him out of being indecisive, and gives him the strength to move forward.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Chiaki and the rest of the Usami/Monomi units are in a room with pixelated models, when Monokuma comes in with a tank and starts to shoot at them. Chiaki suddenly spots an exit and she and the Monomis run, followed by Monokuma in a Pac-Man-like vehicle that crushes all but one of the Monomi units. However, her and the last Monomi reach a dead end. With no more escape routes, Monokuma begins dropping Tetris blocks in the area, eventually crushing the last Monomi, and then Chiaki. The blocks then violently explode due to Monokuma forming three perfect lines.
* DeclarationOfProtection: During trial five, Chiaki states that she wanted to do was protect her classmates, and expresses sadness over not being able to protect them once she's executed.
* DesignatedLoveInterest: To Hajime, to an extent. This is lampshaded by Kazuichi in the fifth class trial, although the romance arguably never goes beyond ShipTease, as a result of Chiaki's death in the fifth chapter, and fading from existence after the shutdown of the program.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Similar to Kyoko in the first game. Which makes it all the more surprising when she turns out to be the "traitor", as well as the accidental "culprit" regarding (the other deuteragonist) Nagito's murder in Chapter 5.
* DisappearedDad: She speaks about her dad (a programmer) in the past tense, hinting that he died. Chapter 6 reveals that her "father" was Chihiro Fujisaki, the Ultimate Programmer who died in the original game.
* AFriendInNeed: Pulling a HeroicSacrifice doesn’t stop her from wanting to help out her friends again even after she was already supposed to be dead. Regardless that she would most likely be erased from existence, she talks Hajime into choosing accepting both hope and despair so that he can move on to create a future for he and the others. As long as they do that, she tells him that everything will be okay and that they’ll always be friends no matter what.
* FriendlessBackground: She implies that this is the case, indicating that she's never been to an amusement park with friends, not having any friends until she met the other students. The truth about this matter seems related to her status as an ArtificialIntelligence.
* GamerChick: Her talent is based on her being one.
* GeniusDitz: She's a savant when it comes to playing video games, and her wide experience of genres (murder mystery, edutainment, etc.) gives her an astonishing range of general knowledge, so much so that she's one of the best members of the group to talk to when you need insight into a murder case. In fact, there's only ''one'' genre of game that she's bad at: [[HilariousInHindsight dating sims]].
* GenreSavvy: Because of all the games that she plays. After the first murder, she is the first to suggest that someone be nominated to guard the body just because "that's the kind of thing that happens in closed-circle murder mystery games".
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Slaps Akane in Chapter 5 to bring her to her senses when she's freaking out over Nagito's plans, and trying to strangle Nagito to death.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Her free time with Hajime has her develop a curiosity for social activities. Monomi considers her willingness to defy her protocols and reveal her identity a "miracle."
* HairDecorations: Her hairclip is the shape of the spaceship from ''VideoGame/{{Galaga}}''. Fits well with her status as gamer and "space cadet".
* HeroicSacrifice: In Chapter 5, she works out that Nagito's plan was to kill everyone but the "traitor" (her). Instead she urges everyone to vote her as the murderer, relying that Nagito's good luck held and she ''was'' the one who accidentally killed him.
* HiddenDepths: She proves remarkably competent at the trial despite her sleepy demeanor, being the one to both expose Nagito's act and put forth the idea the killer wasn't under the table in the first trial. She also tells Khim to please stop talking, in a polite but firm tone, to finally interrupt his antics.
* HiddenBuxom: While even in casual clothing it is rather obvious that Chiaki has a fairly large bust (she ties with Tsumiki for having the second largest breasts among the cast of Danganronpa 2, and the two are only bested by [[GagBoobs Akane]]), her rather daring bikini in Chapter 2 of the game really shows off how big they really are. It is even lampshaded by Kazuichi in-game.
-->Kazuichi: "Seriously man...I never expected Chiaki to have such huge jugs..."
-->Chiaki: "...Jugs?"
* HopeBringer: Her actions throughout the game and even after her death push Hajime and the others to not give up on the future, even when things look bleakest.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Her video game experience makes her surprisingly useful for investigating the game's murders. For example, she maps out the Twilight Syndrome crime scene using her experience from dungeon crawler [=RPGs=].
* TheIllegible: The childish scrawl in the diary in Chapter 5 turns out to be hers.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: As an AI who is trying to help the former Ultimate Despair students rehabilitation process she is completely immune to any of Monokuma's motives since she can't be driven to kill any of them... Which is why Nagito had to use his luck to make her his murderer.
* KilledOffForReal: ...Possibly. Depends on whether you interpret her last words literally or just symbolically. Like most of the character's fates at the end, it's left ambiguous.
* LetsGetDangerous: When Nagito tries to get everyone to give up on the first trial by insisting there's no evidence and no way they can catch the killer, she suddenly stands tall and shoots back with a "'''''[[BorrowedCatchphrase You've got that wrong!]]'''''" Even though she softens it a moment later by adding "...I think", it signals the start of a devastating counterargument.
* TheLostLenore: The survivors, and Hajime especially, are not happy when they find out that she is the culprit for Nagito's death. The news of Chiaki just being a NPC devastated them because she cannot exist in the real world, despite being one of the nicest people out of the whole cast. As they return to the real world, they all want to remember their friendship with her, and keep the memory of Chiaki within them.
* TheMole: For the Future Foundation. However, in this case she has the students' best interests at heart.
* MsFanservice: If her fanbase is any indication. While she is much more modest than most examples, it is hard not to see why fans like this kind, adorkable, busty, gamer girl. Also, her daring bikini in Chapter 2 definitely won her some fanboys.
* NiceGirl: She's kind and good-natured to others. Her only killing ends up being accidental, as a result of someone who wanted her to end up as the culprit.
* NervesOfSteel: Just like Kyouko Kirigiri, she will hardly ever lose her calm personality even under intense pressure. Hajime even calls her this, and praises her for it.
* NonPlayerCharacter: What she really is in-universe, since the setting of the game is actually a virtual reality.
* NotAfraidToDie: She doesn't hesitate to sacrifice herself for the sake of the other students, though she does find the will to put up some resistance during her execution.
* NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay: Gives a much needed pep talk to Hajime in Chapter 6 (see BigDamnHeroes above), after her execution.
* ShoutOut: Chiaki carries on Hifumi's legacy of regularly making video game references.
* SignificantBirthDate: Her birthday is on March 14. March 14 was also Chihiro Fujisaki's birthday, since he created her.
* {{Sleepyhead}}: She has a habit of falling asleep in the middle of sentences. A free-time conversation reveals that she frequently plays video games for so long that she forgets to sleep.
* SpiritAdvisor: Becomes this in the final trial.
* TheSpock: To Hajime's TheKirk and Nagito's TheMcCoy. She [[NervesOfSteel always keeps her cool]] during the trials and tends to think the most logically out of the three. Chiaki also upholds a strong "needs of the many, outweighs needs of the few" belief, or in this case, sacrificing one student to save the others, will always be a better outcome than sacrificing all the students to save just one life, even if that "one life" happens to be her own.
* SympatheticMurderer: Can't get more sympathetic than being the murderer because you accidentally grabbed the wrong bottle in a 1 in 16 chance. Then pulling a HeroicSacrifice to ensure that your friends would continue to live.
* TerribleArtist: The colorful drawings she keeps in her diary could be mistaken for a preschooler's.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: She's a NiceGirl who bares no ill towards anyone, and when she was made into Nagito's murder, without any second thoughts she proceeds to pull a HeroicSacrifice to save her remaining friends.
* VerbalTic: Has a habit of adding "...I think." to the end of her sentences.
* WhamLine: Midway through the fifth trial, she says that all Nagito's efforts, up to and including arranging his own death, were intended to draw out the traitor, but the traitor is unable to reveal their identity. Hajime then realizes that she is indirectly admitting to being the traitor.
* WhatWouldXDo: She asks Hiyoko what she would think Mahiru would say in response to Fuyuhiko attempting {{Seppuku}}.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Sort of. It turns out that there is exactly ''one'' genre of video games that Chiaki ''isn't'' good at playing, as Hajime finds out during her first free time event. It's dating sims.
* ZettaiRyouki: Grade A.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Akane Owari]]
[[WMG:Akane Owari]]
!!!Ultimate Gymnast
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->''"Can I solve this by hitting it hard enough?"''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RomiPark (Japanese), Creator/WendeeLee (English)
A superb athlete with an unusually large bust for a high-school girl. She has a remarkable talent for inventing her own moves, but tends to under-perform when she's in a bad mood. A brash and argumentative girl with a love of food and fighting, Akane isn't quite the sharpest thinker on the island. She survives the final trial and escapes to the real world with the other survivors.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Because her chest is too big to button her top up all the way.
* BattleAura: One of her poses is accompanied by one of these.
* BigEater: She loves food, and was one of the only ones who had a chance to eat Teruteru's cooking because of it.
* BloodKnight: A minor example - she just can't resist getting into fights.
* BoobsOfSteel: Has the largest chest of all the female students coupled with impressive physical strength.
* BrilliantButLazy: She hates hard work (it even says so in her profile) but is undoubtedly talented in what she does.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Sort of. See DarkAndTroubledPast below.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Grew up in rough circumstances and had to deal with perverts throughout her life, such as being expected to work without wearing panties at her waitress job (though she seems rather oblivious to how perverted her admirers were). The reason she has such trouble remembering names is she saw people dying around her so often she didn't see much point in getting to know them better. Akane's family life wasn't any better either; she had 7 siblings and an unemployed father and had to constantly work part time to support them until she started doing gymnastics. She also states that who her mom or dad were tended to "change", along with an increase in the number of siblings. Take that as you will.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: She threatens to kill Monomi until she dies from it, apparently.
* DumbMuscle: Physically, she's very strong and athletic. Mentally, though, she is a bit of a lightweight.
* {{Expy}}: Seems to be one of Aoi Asahina, from the first game. Her friendship with Nekomaru is very similar to Aoi's relationship with Sakura. Right down to ''surviving all the cases'', since she's one of the few people who is never either murdered or executed as a murderer, just like Aoi was. Her love for food in general can be seen in a similar light to Aoi's love for donuts and food.
* ForgetfulJones: She struggles to remember Hajime's name.
* FragileFlower: Her OutOfCharacterMoment when Nekomaru gets shot to protect her. Actually caused by Despair Fever.
* GutFeeling: Perhaps her greatest asset is her keen intuition.
* HeroicBSOD: After Nekomaru takes a bullet for her, she begins to lose it and sinks into a deep depression. Subverted in that the real cause of her shift in personality is a despair disease released by Monokuma.
** Also, upon finding out that not only are she and her the remnants of Ultimate Despair, but that if she pulls the plug as Makoto intends for them to do, Hajime Hinata will revert to the much less pleasant [[BrokenAce Izuru Kamukura]].
* HugeSchoolgirl: At 176 cm (5' 9") she is very tall for her age and nationality.
* IdiotSavant: Hopeless deduction skills, but considered a genius as a gymnast.
* IndyPloy: Her preferred method of doing gymnastics is just to go out there and ''make up a routine on the spot''. She is actually incredibly talented at coming up with innovative new moves (hence her Super High-School Level Talent) but the main reason she does this is because she hates the hard work and tedium that would come with composing and practicing a routine beforehand.
* InappropriateHunger: Food is still the only thing on her mind even as her friends argue over murder suspects.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Treads the line between this and ShamelessFanserviceGirl; she doesn't understand why most of the others think it's a bad idea for her to go swimming without a suit, nor does she ''care''. This extends to the attention she got from perverted admirers as well.
* {{Irony}}: Most gymnast are small and petite, she is not.
* IsItSomethingYouEat: During Chapter 1's trial, at one point Akane asks what "aspersion" is and whether or not it's something you eat. This annoys Hiyoko enough for her to suggest Akane should try also eating asbestos.
* ItsAllMyFault: Blames herself for Nekomaru having to perform a HeroicSacrifice and [[WeCanRebuildHim being turned into a robot]].
* ItsPersonal[=/=]IOweYouMyLife: She vows to find Nekomaru's murderer, as he had saved her. Despite that, she's relatively understanding once she realizes that Gundam killed Nekomaru because he wasn't content with everyone starving to death.
* LeParkour: She mentions that she did quite a bit of it back in the slums, apparently to elude perverts.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: One of her Free Time events reveals that she has 7 siblings and that she had to work hard to support them because her father was unemployed.
* MoodSwinger: She can bounce between bored, to happy, to angry, and to happy again very quickly.
* MundaneLuxury: She thinks the lousiest room in the fun house is dream-like compared to her last home.
* TheNoseKnows: In Chapter 1, this is how she discovers Byakuya's stabbed-to-death body underneath the table, since she was able to smell Byakuya's spilled blood. At the beginning of the next chapter, she's the first person to notice how bad Hiyoko smells.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: If Akane is a Ultimate ''Gymnast'', why does she like ''battles'' so much? Her Free Time events reveal she only became a gymnast in order to win lots of money from competitions by setting records, and the Ultimate part is because even though she only does gymnastics for the money, she also happens to be really good at it.
* OreOnna: She [[JapanesePronouns refers to herself]] with the very masculine and informal "ore", a sign of the poor conditions she grew up in.
* PerpetualPoverty: Her family lived in terrible living conditions and often had little food. Akane alone provided support for her family, working anywhere she could and sometimes even stealing.
* PluckyGirl: Even after losing Nekomaru a second time, Akane picks herself up in no time at all, knowing the only thing she can do is keep moving on.
* ThePollyanna: She actually seems to be so clueless that the tragedies around her don't faze her. Nekomaru's death is what finally breaks her carelessness, but she still manages to move on, believing moving on is part of what it means to live.
* ShipTease: Lots of it with Nekomaru, who takes her under his wing as a manager and quickly becomes her closest friend on the island. ''Both'' times he dies deeply affect her emotionally, despite her tough outer shell, and she ends up carrying around "Minimaru" as a memento of him for the rest of the game.
* SlasherSmile: When she gets a Battle Aura as described above, she also has this kind of smile.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Her figure has attracted plenty of unwanted attention from local perverts.
* TooDumbToLive: Tries to attack Monokuma in spite of being outmatched, resulting in Nekomaru having to perform a HeroicSacrifice to save her.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Sonia's girly girl. While Sonia is refined and tries to keep a strong reputation, Akane does not bother with such things.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Her first reaction to problems tends to be "Can I solve this by hitting it hard enough?"
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Hajime learns during Akane's fourth Free Time event that she's afraid of ghosts, and she threatens to kill him if he ever tells anyone about it.
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[[folder:Sonia Nevermind]]
[[WMG:Sonia Nevermind]]
!!!Ultimate Princess
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->''"It is a pleasure to make your esteemed acquaintance! May we endeavor to maintain a lasting friendship!"''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MihoArakawa (Japanese), Natalie Hoover (English)
A royal princess from the small European country of Novoselic, who has come to Hope's Peak Academy as an exchange student. Sonia has all the beauty and grace that her title implies. However, she can be a bit naive and overly trusting, and her grasp of the native language is a bit... tenuous. She survives the final trial and escapes into the real world with the other survivors.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Heavily implied to have done this on 2 separate occasions.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Played with in the main game, where she develops a close relationship with Gundham and is one of the few people who treats his overlord status semi-seriously. However, she seems to be attracted to his [[FriendToAllLivingThings positive]] [[IJustWantToHaveFriends qualities]] more than his ominous persona.
* BreakTheCutie: Gundham being found as the culprit of Chapter 4 causes her to break into a fit of tears. She also takes Chiaki turning out to be the traitor quite hard, even going so far as to make arguments suggesting that she herself is suspicious.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: She becomes attached to Gundham, finding charm in him and his pets despite his bizarre and supposedly evil persona.
* ClusterFBomb: Breaks into one in Chapter 5, entirely in GratuitousEnglish.
* CovertPervert: While there was subtly hints of this throughout the story, the less-than subtly final trial reveals her as this. During the final trail, Monokuma reveals that he does not need cameras to spy on the students and proves this by explaining how he knows that one of Sonia's trip to the bathroom took "a little longer than usual". Sonia's reaction was begging Monokuma not to tell others of what she did or as she puts it [[DoesThisRemindYouofAnything "will never be able to become queen"]]. Kazuichi's reaction further cements the implication.
** Further evidence of this also occurs during the final trial when Sonia finds out the Future Foundation was watching the students through the cameras and to Sonia's horror she blurt out how she did some "disgraceful" things in front said cameras. Byakuya's laconic reply to her statement: "You...sure did."
* CutenessProximity: Starts cooing over Gundham's Four Dark Devas the moment she sees them.
* CrazyCulturalComparison: Once in awhile she'll do this when talking to Hajime, such as getting a little mad at him for not arriving to their meeting spot 13 minutes early because that is the expected time in Novoselic, or questioning why he doesn't know how to handle a tank because in Novoselic you start learning how to use such things in ''elementary school''.
* DitzyGenius: She's able to make smart deductions when the time calls for it, is capable of complex political analysis, and has admitted to being able to speak and read over 30 different languages. The ditz part is more or less due to the language barrier, and her limited knowledge of Japanese culture, or society, in general.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Her talent, and it shows... Well, considering she was a Ultimate Despair she was actually subversion only to become a double subversion by the game's end.
* ForeignExchangeStudent: From (the supposedly militaristic) Novoselic.
* FunnyForeigner: Her grasp on slang, cultural norms and sayings are a bit shaky in some areas, leading to humorous attempts to bond with her fellow classmates.
* HairDecorations: A lacy, rhinestone-studded, black bow.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: In contrast to all the other blondes in the series who are jerkasses or evil.
* HeroicBSOD: Upon finding out that not only are she and her classmates the remnants of Ultimate Despair, but that if she pulls the plug as Makoto intends for them to do, Hajime Hinata will revert to the much less pleasant [[BrokenAce Izuru Kamukura]]. In her case, she's particularly bothered by the idea that if they lose all their memories from the game, it will negate the meaning of everything they've done so far.
* HiddenDepths: Early in the game, she proves she is capable of complex political analysis when she gives a speech about how power and wealth gradually lead to the ruin of civilizations, and when she wants someone to take her seriously she strikes a dramatic pose and speaks with an "aura" of absolute authority. She also has no intention of either killing anyone ''or'' meekly being killed. She gets her wish: by the end of the game she hasn't killed anyone and no one has killed her.
* IHaveComeTooFar: In the end, she resolves to keep marching towards the future so that there is meaning to everyone's deaths. She does this despite being told she won't be allowed to keep her memories.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: She is expected to put up the front of a strong and infallible princess back in her home country, and though she's more than willing to do that for the sake of her countrymen, she admits that it would be nice to experience life as a normal high school girl and be treated as one.
* JapanesePronouns: Uses ''watakushi'' on herself, reflecting her being extremely polite.
* LethalChef: What a bit of bonus art in the manga shows her to be.
* MeatOVision: Comes down with a bad case of Dessert-O-Vision when Monokuma is starving everyone to death in the fun house; she starts hallucinating that the other students are delicious desserts and asks them (politely, of course) if she can eat them.
* MicroMonarchy: Her native land of Novoselic appears to be one of these.
* ModestRoyalty: That dress in the above picture is not what she normally wears, preferring ordinary school clothes. Her swimsuit is also a wet suit, and the most modest of the girls'.
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Sonia is one of the students who shows great respect to those who have died, and doesn't like it when their deaths are disregarded or they are insulted. A primary example of this is in Chapter 5 when she becomes upset with Nagito for insulting Gundham and Byakuya, and demands he apologize.
* NiceGirl: She's polite and charming and gets along well with almost everyone. Which is probably why she's one of the few students who survives the entire game, since she provokes no one into killing her and she never has any desire to kill anyone so she isn't executed. Subverted with Kazuichi since she can be quite hostile to him though more in a passive-aggressive way.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In Chapter 3, Sonia suggests that Hiyoko use the full-length mirror at the back of the stage to help her put her kimono on. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to Sonia, a murderer was waiting at the back of the stage and Hiyoko dies because of it.
* NightmareFetishist: According to her profile she enjoys the occult, which is rather unexpected of a prim and proper princess. She admits in chapter 1's trial that she watches ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' with a gleam in her eye, and also has an avid admiration for serial killers, to the extent that when she talks about Genocider Syo she calls him ''splendid'' and that he represents the hope of the young generation.
* {{Omniglot}}: She can read, write and speak in over 30 different languages.
* ProperLady: One of the most refined women on the island, if not the franchise.
* RapunzelHair: Past her knees, slightly longer than Ibuki's.
* SelectiveObliviousness: In regards to Kazuichi, who she ignores many of his attempts of grabbing her attention.
* SeriousBusiness: In Sonia's first Free Time event, Hajime learns that Japanese "TV dramas" are this to her. This seems to be the case for her whole country: at one point, Hajime learns that a popular Japanese MagicalGirl anime for kids got a rating of ''90%'' (that's 90% of the ''[[PeripheryDemographic entire]] [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff population]]'') in Sonia's country.
* ShelteredAristocrat: Seems like this at first, but as time goes on there are more indications that she's smarter than she lets on.
* ShoutOut: A walking {{Homage}} to the band Music/{{Nirvana}}. Sonia's home country is named after the bassist, Krist Novoselic, and her last name is also the title of the band's second album, Nevermind.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Sonia talks using very formal and polite language, as expected of a princess... except in addition to that, she also sometimes peppers her speech with informal slang such as "hella" or "you betcha", as well as lots of references to outdated popular culture.
* StatuesqueStunner: The third tallest female student in the series, who happens to not be an athlete, unlike Pekoyama and Owari. Also one of the second game's most charming girls.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girly girl to Akane's tomboy. While Sonia is refined and tries to keep a strong reputation, Akane does not bother with such things.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In Chapter 3, she comes across Hiyoko struggling to put her kimono on after Mahiru's death and suggests she use the full-body mirror in the Titty Typhoon. This leads to her walking in on a murder in progress and getting her throat slit.
* WackyMarriageProposal: In the alternate universe mini-game scenario "Dangan Island," if you get Sonia's ending Hajime and she make plans to get married according to the customs of her people, by fighting and defeating a creature called a Makango. Which is the marriage custom for normal people in Sonia's culture, but if it's Sonia specifically, then since she's a princess it has to be a ''golden'' Makango on top of that.
* WasItAllALie: Asks this of Chiaki after Chiaki is revealed as TheMole, wondering if all the time they spent together meant nothing, but soon concludes that Chiaki did not betray them.
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Not a ruler yet, but as a member of the royal family she's used to hiding her fears. In Free Time she reveals that she's already been kidnapped twice, and she eventually breaks down crying in front of Hajime.
* YouRemindMeOfX: In her free time events and Dangan Island ending, it turns out that because Hajime is wearing a white shirt and has his hair done in an antenna, he fits the description of a legendary hero in Sonia's culture, which is why Sonia wants the two of them to get married.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Grade B.
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[[folder:Hiyoko Saionji]]
[[WMG:Hiyoko Saionji]]
!!!Ultimate Traditional Dancer
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->''"I seriously love traditional dancing, Japanese candy, and Japanese food. And as much as I love these... I seriously love stomping on disgusting things!"''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SuzukoMimori (Japanese), Creator/KiraBuckland (English)
A rising star in the art of traditional Japanese dancing. Hiyoko is popular for her youthful appearance and grace, but conceals an abrasive personality and a nasty mean streak. She is the first victim of Chapter 3, after she walks in on Mikan staging a murder and is silenced by having her throat slit.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Even if she can obtain a romantic ending with Hajime in Dangan Island, she also acts extremely clingy and affectionate around Mahiru, to the point that she outright drags Mahiru away to have a shower with her. The LesYay implications aren't lost on Ibuki.
* AssholeVictim: Somewhat downplayed. While she did try to [[CharacterDevelopment change her attitude]], her treatment of Mikan and everyone else can count her as this.
* BlondesAreEvil: Or at least, sadistic bullies.
* BlushSticker: Like Fuyuhiko's to make her appear more child-like and cutesy. They suit her about as much as they do him when she starts showing her [[JerkAss true colors]].
* BrattyHalfPint: Even though she's just as old as the rest of the cast, she certainly appears this way physically, and her attitude more than qualifies her. In reality, Hiyoko only physically looks like a child because that's what she looked like when she entered the academy.
* TheBully: Snipes at everyone, but particularly Mikan and Kazuichi, who also tend to react the most.
* CrocodileTears: She has a tendency to fake crying at times, but actually genuinely cries other times, making it hard to tell which is which. To make things even more confusing, in her final free time event, she openly claims to have been manipulating Hajime by crying, but Hajime says there are still tears in her eyes.
* DaddysGirl: Her father is the only close relative she has whom she doesn't hate with a passion, because he married into her clan.
* DeathByIrony: A non-execution example. She got murdered by Mikan, the one Hiyoko most frequently abused.
* DeclarationOfProtection: Surprisingly, she makes this in her Dangan Island ending, promising to protect Hajime and her father.
* DueToTheDead: In Chapter 3 Hiyoko takes the time to build a memorial in the dining hall for Mahiru after she is murdered, such as putting all the pictures she took up on a board so everyone can see them and placing rows of candles on an altar. Though the memorial doesn't look very...[[NightmareFuel Inviting]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: She's introduced as a seemingly cute little girl...who's casually crushing ants for fun, which gives you some idea of the contrast between her appearance and her personality.
* ExpressiveHair: The bottoms of her pigtails have a tendency to morph in her different expressions.
* FaceFramedInShadow: A telltale sign that she's showing her true, nasty character is a shadow falling over the upper half of her face and her eyes [[UhOhEyes taking on a certain intensity]].
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: She's so cute that she has legions of young male fanboys. But in terms of personality, she's cruel and sadistic.
* TheFakeCutie: She uses her cute appearance and childish mannerisms to gain popularity as a traditional Japanese dancer, but her personality is anything but cute.
* FreudianExcuse: Though its factuality is disputable (see UnreliableExpositor below), the backstory she reveals helps explain some of her bullying ways. Lots of literature on bullying talks about how the bully is trying to recapture a sense of power and agency they lost from being mistreated by mistreating others.
* GirlishPigtails: Tied back with [[HairDecorations cute little kitty bows]].
* GoodOldWays: Going with [[KimonoIsTraditional her preferred outfit]] and talent, her Free Time events reveal that she has a lot of respect for traditional Japanese customs and feels that they need to be kept alive. Of course, this is followed by her expressing contempt for those who like anything western.
* GreenEyedMonster: One of her free times implies she's jealous of Sonia, and she tries to recruit Hajime into some RevengeByProxy by targeting Kazuichi first. When he refuses, she just thinks he wants to cut straight to the 'main event' and go after Sonia directly.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Just as it seems she may be ''finally'' getting some much needed positive character development she winds up dead.
* HypocriticalHumor: She tells Mikan that she has no right to privacy when she complains about being "Girl A" in Twilight Syndrome, but when it turns out that Hiyoko is "Girl B", a character who used the insult Hiyoko just made against Mikan, she says the game is "taking way too much creative liberty."
* KidsAreCruel: Subverted, she looks like a kid and her introduction features her squishing ants just because, but she is actually the same age as everyone else. This makes her behavior come off as quite unsettling.
* KimonoIsTraditional: Since she's a traditional dancer. However, it's later revealed that she doesn't know how to tie her obi by herself.
* {{Jerkass}}: To the point she outright bullies Kazuichi and Mikan, who are not only almost twice her size but both have had very bad experiences with bullying in the past.
* JerkassHasAPoint: After the first murder occurs, she's one of the few to keep her head on straight, and keeps bluntly reminding everyone that no matter how upset they are or how much they're freaking out, they ''need'' to investigate and solve the case if they want to live.
* LaserGuidedKarma: The girl (Mikan) who was always the target of Hiyoko's cruel bullying ends up being the one who murders her. And yet, it's averted by the fact that her treatment of Mikan had nothing to do with her murder.
* LittleMissSnarker: She tends to be this when she's not being an outright {{Jerkass}}.
* ManipulativeBitch: Big on PsychologicalCombat and CrocodileTears, as she repeatedly demonstrates during her free times.
* MegaTwintails: Held up with little kitty heads to go with her child-like appearance.
* MetaGuy: On rare occasions. She refers to Mikan's clumsy tripping as "fanservice", refers to Kazuichi as the sort of person who's one of the first to die in "kill 'em all" scenarios, and at the party after Hajime reassures Hiyoko that Byakuya physically searched everyone, not just her, Hiyoko bets that maybe Byakuya was "extra sticky" with her since "someone like her" is in "high demand" (she doesn't specify what she means, but it's obviously a reference to her "cute girl appearance").
* TheNicknamer: Prefers degrading and insulting nicknames, like calling Byakuya "Mr. Porkfeet" or Mikan "Dirty Bitch".
* NoSympathy: The day after the first trial, she halfheartedly concedes that Byakuya's death was "sad," but then says that Teruteru, as a murderer, was "human waste," that she enjoyed his execution and that she wishes they could have spat on his body. Mahiru is the only dead student she actually mourns for.
* NotHelpingYourCase: In the second trial, she spends much of the early discussion of the actual murder drawing suspicion to herself, such as falsely claiming that she never went to the beach house.
* NotSoDifferent: Much like Monokuma, she thinks that the executions just 'even out' the score and are what the murderers deserve.
* OlderThanSheLooks: Yes, she really is just as old as the other students. Subverted, however, when it turns out that she only looks so young in the game because that's what she looked like when she first entered the academy. Her real appearance is more in line with her age.
* PetTheDog: Mahiru is the only other student who Hiyoko seems to have any respect for, calling her "big sis" and acting very affectionate and clingy around her.
* PungeonMaster: How the English dub handles a lot of her snarking.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Near the end of the game, the survivors find [[http://images.wikia.com/dangan-ronpa/images/a/a1/Adult_Hiyoko.png a picture of her where she appears to be a young adult.]] Her grown up appearance is her real appearance, but because the erasure of the main cast's memories, Hiyoko's avatar in the game proper is what she looked like when she first entered the academy.
* SlashedThroat: How she's killed.
* SweetTooth: Doesn't see anything weird about eating candy for breakfast. Her Free Time events reveal that she's quite particular about candy; she prefers Japanese sweets over imported ones.
* TheyDiedBecauseOfYou: Says that Mahiru and Peko died because of Fuyuhiko. He agrees.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: She absolutely ''refuses'' to forgive those that murder others, but especially Fuyuhiko since he was involved in a murder that planned to pin the blame on her. However, she softens after Fuyuhiko attempts suicide as penance, a sign (Hajime notes) that she is attempting to [[CharacterDevelopment change for the better]].
* TemptingFate: She teases Kazuichi by calling him a 'background character' who's doomed to suffer an early death. She is killed in Chapter 3, while Kazuichi is one of the survivors.
* TokenMiniMoe: In appearance only, since she's the same age as the rest of the cast and the "moe" aspect is deliberate on her part.
* TookALevelInKindness: This is implied to happen in Island Mode, even if you don't get her ending. She actually refrains from bashing Mikan and agrees with her that she also enjoyed the island life, suggesting that she's on better terms with all of her classmates.
* TroubledAbuser: Hiyoko's Free-Time Events reveal that her family has treated her miserably out of jealousy regarding her dance talent, and the only person who ever treated her kindly was her father. It goes a long way in explaining her cruelty towards others.
* {{Tsundere}}: Extreme type A example to Hajime, during Free Time events and Dangan Island.
* UnreliableExpositor: Exploits this by telling Hajime that she's been bullied and targeted by her own family out of jealousy for her position, that her father went mad trying to protect her, and that she's been raised by her grandmother without having any chance to even see her parents... before laughing and leading him to think she was lying about all or part of it. That said, she shows visible anger when Hajime calls her by her last name (since she hates her family ''that'' much) and genuinely starts tearing up when mentioning her father, implying that at least some of it ''wasn't'' a lie.
* WardrobeMalfunction: Sort of. Hiyoko's been wearing the same traditional Japanese dancing clothes for a long time, because the clothing is apparently so complicated she can't tie her obi by herself (which means if she were to take the clothing off she wouldn't be able to put it back on), which means she hasn't bathed in a while. In Chapter 2, Mahiru agrees to help Hiyoko take her obi off and on. This ends up contributing to her death, as in Chapter 3, having trouble tying it now that Mahiru's dead, she takes Sonia's suggestion to use the full-length mirror at the back of the stage, where Mikan was setting up the murder of Ibuki.
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[[folder:Mahiru Koizumi]]
[[WMG:Mahiru Koizumi]]
!!!Ultimate Photographer
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->''"You should really listen to what people say, you know! Otherwise you’ll miss the important details! Like that, just now!"''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuuKobayashi (Japanese) Creator/CarrieKeranen (English)
A promising young photographer who has won many awards for her portraits. Though she can be a bit critical at times, Mahiru is one of the more sensible and level-headed students on the island. She is the victim of Chapter 2, bludgeoned to death by Peko on behalf of Fuyuhiko.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Her relationship with both Satou and Hiyoko can suggest this due to the fact that, like most of the girls, Hajime can still romance her in Dangan Island.
* BrutalHonesty: She is very blunt.
* CoolBigSis: While they're the same age, she acts as one toward Hiyoko such as helping her with her clothes and taking baths with her. She is also one of the very few students that Hiyoko doesn't insult and the one who she seems to genuinely adore.
* DeclarationOfProtection: Inverted; she's the one who outright ''demands'' that Hajime promise to protect her. Not that it does any good, since she is murdered in Chapter 2.
* DestroyTheEvidence: She's girl "D" in Monokuma's game, the "motive" he provided for the second chapter, whose photos could prove that girl "E" (named Satou) murdered another girl. Rather than tell the police, she cleaned up the evidence that could have pointed to Satou and confronted her directly. She decides to not turn her in upon listening to her (Satou killed the girl because she bullied Mahiru). What does this have to do with the motive? The girl who Satou killed is Fuyuhiko's sister, and because Fuyuhiko completed the game first, he received the photos that Mahiru took, and upon seeing a photo of his dead sister (and possibly piecing together who "D" was in the game) he got angry and sent the photos to Mahiru, who felt guilty once she saw them. This is why Mahiru is murdered in Chapter 2: Peko kills her for Fuyuhiko's sake.
* FieryRedhead: She can get a bit pushy and argumentative when people don't live up to her standards.
* FirstNameBasis: She tends to call the other female students by their first name and "-chan", possibly because she tends to get along with them better than the male students.
* HeroesWantRedheads: If you get her ending in "Dangan Island", Hajime and Mahiru end up together.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be short-tempered and impatient with boys, but her relationship with Hiyoko and free time events reveal she has a gentle heart. She also is greatly affected by Byakuya's death, aids the investigation as much as she can, and genuinely believes that revenge is wrong and second-chances are important.
* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: In her free time events and her Dangan Island ending, Hajime learns her mother was also a great photographer, and she briefly wonders whether or not she can become like her mother just by taking photos of whatever she likes. Is taking photos all she can do...? Hajime cheers her up by pointing out Mahiru has lots of other good points.
* MoralityPet: In a sense, she's Hiyoko's; while Hiyoko isn't a villain, she's still a sadistic bully to everyone else but Mahiru, who she's very clingy and affectionate towards.
* OnlySaneWoman: Tends to react to situations in a more predictable manner, and is the only student without an obvious quirk.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Well, not really of course since she's an Ultimate Photographer, but she is this trope in spirit, if not on the letter. Notably, her pose in her official art is a lot more casual and normal compared to the rest.
* PetTheDog:
** She can be a bit abrupt and somewhat critical, but she's capable of being nice: when she finds out Hiyoko isn't taking baths because she can't re-tie her obi properly, Mahiru offers to help.
** Despite not getting along with Teruteru and being horrified and angry to learn about his decision to commit murder, she, reflecting upon what he said before his death, sympathizes with his desire to see his mother.
* ShowerScene: In Chapter 2 with Hiyoko.
* TapOnTheHead: A lethal example of this trope, as she dies from being bashed in the head with a baseball bat.
* TeamMom: Mahiru has a tendency to act very motherly, doing her best to look after everyone and scolding them for things like not doing their laundry. While this means she's good at nagging, particularly with the boys, it also means she has a gentle and kind heart beneath her initially brash exterior, and she genuinely does care very much about the well being of her classmates. She thinks it is very important for all of them to get along and work together.
* {{Tsundere}}: Harshly critical towards men in general, and keeps upbraiding people like Hajime and Kazuichi for not acting the way she feels they should, but she does have a softer side. She also acts the classic tsundere towards Hajime in her free time events and Dangan Island ending.
* TrueArtIsAngsty: [[invoked]] Discussed, as she worries that her pictures of happy subjects don't have as much merit as her mother's war photography.
* WhatTheHellDad: Her negative opinion of men stems from her lazy bum of a father. But she still loves him regardless.
* WhatTheHellHero: Does this on two occasions.
** She angrily asks Teruteru why he felt he needed to try to kill Nagito in order to stop his murder plot.
** When meeting with Fuyuhiko, she asks him if he killed Satou, before telling him that "Revenge... is just wrong!" This leads to her death, as Fuyuhiko gets angry, and goes for the bat to try to kill her, but Peko kills her first, believing she's doing his bidding.
* YouthfulFreckles: Across her nose to match her red-hair.
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[[folder:Mikan Tsumiki]]
[[WMG:Mikan Tsumiki]]
!!!Ultimate Nurse
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->''"U-Um... Other than dying, I can pretty much do anything! Please order me around whenever you want!"''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AiKayano (Japanese) , Creator/StephanieSheh (English)
A talented nurse who can treat any injury. Painfully shy and clumsy, Mikan can hardly hold a conversation without bursting into tears and apologizing. She is the culprit of Chapter 3, having been infected by the Despair Disease, which caused her to regain some of her lost memories (as a part of Ultimate Despair) and completely lose her mind. She goes on to murder Ibuki and Hiyoko, and is executed by Monokuma after being found guilty, shot into space on a giant arm injected with rocket fuel.
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* AbusiveParents: Implied in her third Free Time event; Mikan says she was beaten up at home as well as at school.
* ApologizesALot: Due to her ''very'' low self-esteem.
* AccompliceByInaction: Accuses the other students of this before her execution, stating that it was mostly their fault she became what she was, because no one would come to her aid when she was ridiculed and humiliated by her peers.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Sort of. In the second chapter's Twilight Syndrome game, she is the "A" girl, who serves as the player character.
* AxCrazy: From what we see of her Ultimate Despair self in chapter three, how she murdered Hiyoko and Ibuki without remorse, and her behaviors during the trial itself we can safely say she used to be one of these. Before he execution, all she does is start giggling and seems a little too calm to be executed
* BandageBabe: Possibly due to her clumsiness or her history of being bullied, or perhaps a PointlessBandAid aesthetic.
* BeneathSuspicion: When Hajime accuses her of being the murderer of Chapter 3, the others find it unlikely that she could have done it- both in that she doesn't seem to have it in her to do something so terrible, and that she doesn't seem capable of it. Her initial strategy is to be even more self-deprecating than usual.
-->'''Gundham''': Hmmm... to think there are people killed by a woman as thickheaded as she... it's beyond difficult to believe.
-->'''Sonia''': We could do without the "thickheaded" part...
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Played with. She committed murder largely because she caught the despair fever, which drove her insane from suddenly regaining her memories of being part of Ultimate Despair, but there is a very messed-up side to her that's so desperate for attention that she's willing to kill; she claims she did it for the sake of a person she loved, and it's later revealed that this person was Junko Enoshima, who likely manipulated her.
** On a lighter note, before all that she had a disturbing enthusiasm for giving out shots, and one of her free time flavor texts involves her chasing Hajime with a syringe.
* BigDamnHeroes: Surprisingly, she does this during Chapter 1's trial. The others are about to vote for Nagito as the culprit, but since his murder plan ''failed'', if they'd actually voted for him they all would've been executed for voting for the wrong guy. So Mikan saves all their lives by suddenly screaming out to wait, the wounds on the victim's body don't match the supposed murder weapon!
* BiTheWay: Chapter 3's trial heavily implies that she was madly in love with Junko Enoshima, and it's outright confirmed in the final Chapter. Mikan claims that Junko was the only person who showed her "love and affection" hence her extreme devotion to her. She can fall in love with Hajime in her Dangan Island ending as well, which might imply a case of BecauseYouWereNiceToMe.
* ButtMonkey: Gets it especially hard from [[{{Jerkass}} Hiyoko]].
* ChekhovsGag: Her fanservice shots with her... interesting poses ended up being important. The first one is important because Teruteru made a lecherous comment about Mikan, but when the second one occurred, he was nowhere around to do so, which was proof against Teruteru and helped everyone figure out that he was the culprit. And later in Chapter 3, it's done to show that Mikan too, was suffering from the despair fever, thus raising her body temperature, something of which Hajime noted since she was on top of him and felt her hot body. Finally, her Free Time events reveal that she actually makes some of these poses on purpose, since she's convinced that the only way people will pay her any attention is if she humiliates herself in front of them.
* TheCoroner: Examines the victims for their cause of death, which often provides useful information (such as that Byakuya was not killed with the knife, and that since Mahiru died instantly, the killer would have had to move her body to block the door). She makes use of her knowledge by using the air conditioner to disguise her victims' time of death. This also rouses Nagito's suspicion, as she claims Ibuki was definitely hanged while he's seen evidence indicating that Ibuki was strangled--and after being so accurate before, why would she be wrong ''here?''
* CuteAndPsycho: While her shy and nervous nature is genuine, that doesn't mean she's completely harmless. Aside from her already existing {{Yandere}} tendencies, she also enjoys horror movies for how helpless the victims are, tries to chase down an unwilling Hajime to give him an injection in her Free Time events, and implies that she became a nurse at least partly so she could have power and control over sick and injured people.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Or at least an overblown parody of one. It's implied that she exaggerates some of her clumsiness for attention, making her a rather depressing {{Deconstruction}} of this trope.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Unlike the other executions, the "cruel" part is debatable since Mikan doesn't actually suffer on-screen, but the "unusual" part definitely isn't. Mikan is laying in a hospital bed, but Monokuma runs in wearing a nurse's outfit and injects something into the bed, which causes the bed to transform into a rocket that carries Mikan all the way out into space. She doesn't actually die on-screen since she's last seen holding onto the rocket for dear life, but it can be assumed that she died up there from lack of oxygen.
* DesperatelyCravesAffection: She was bullied so severely throughout her life that she's convinced that the only way people will pay attention to her is to humiliate herself in front of them, so she deliberately plays up her CuteClumsyGirl tendencies for this reason. When she's infected by the despair fever, a much darker side of her comes out; she commits murder in order to impress "someone she loves", who is most likely Junko Enoshima.
* DissonantSerenity: After being pinpointed as the murderer, she accepts her impending execution as a way to reach her lost love.
* TheDogBitesBack: Averted. Mikan kills Hiyoko because she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, not because she constantly bullied her.
* ExpressiveHair: Her locks of hair grow more numerous and stick out at wilder angles based on her emotional state. When she has regained her Despair persona, her hair becomes even more wild.
* ExtremeDoormat: Her free-time events reveal she pretty much lets anyone do anything they want to her, specifically mentioning people stamping cigarette butts out on her or drawing on her. She lets people do these things because she believes it's the only way she can get attention, since in her mind being everyone's ButtMonkey is at least better than being ignored.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: She's the third culprit. Unlike Teruteru and Peko, she doesn't resist her punishment, but she doesn't face her death with dignity so much as she accepts her fate [[DissonantSerenity with a calmness that's actually unsettling]].
* FragileFlower: She's pretty much incapable of speaking to anyone without being on the verge of tears. Except during Chapter 1's trial, where she asserts herself and gets everyone to focus on figuring out what the true murder weapon was, and when she freaks out upon being exposed as Chapter 3's murderer, upon which she goes from "fragile flower" to "psychotic woman" to "accepting her fate way too calmly".
* FreakOut: She snaps when exposed during her trial, but calms down to an unnerving degree afterward.
* GigglingVillain: During her calmer phase after she is revealed to have her Ultimate Despair memories back.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: It's hard for her to accept that anyone would be interested in talking to her or getting to know her at all.
* HiddenDepths: A very minor example, but it counts. During a Free Time event, Hajime learns that Mikan became a Ultimate "Nurse" in the first place because sick and hurt people are even weaker than her, and Mikan can be strong enough, not to mention knowledgeable enough, to help them so they won't die. Of course, it's strongly hinted that this isn't so much out of kindness as it is for her to have actual power over someone for once, since a sick or injured person would have to depend on her completely.
* HospitalHottie: It would seem this way at first, what with her dressing in a semi-short nurse's uniform, being wrapped in bandages, and having a large bust size. However, her hair is disheveled and cut oddly, she's constantly crying or shrieking, or tripping and getting tangled in things and, in Chapter one, covered in food.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Accidentally outs herself as a culprit with this, speaking about the details of Ibuki's "suicide video" even though Hajime was supposedly the only one who viewed it. As a bonus, in the segue to Panic Talk Action she starts arguing about the impossibility of a "one-of-a-kind" bag being used in the video and then being found on the real victim's head, telling Hajime she remembers it even if he doesn't.
* KickTheDog: Her Despair self seems to enjoy doing this based on her mockingly expressing pity for Nagito when she claims he could never understand her "love" based motive because he has never had anyone to love or love him in return, which leaves him in a minor state of shock. She also plays up her tragic image as much as she can during the trial to cause her former friends as much distress as possible before making it sound as though they are to blame for how she turned out.
* LeaveNoWitnesses: She kills Hiyoko by slitting her throat, since Hiyoko walked in on her staging Ibuki's murder.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Claims that she murdered because it would have pleased the only one who ever truly loved her. It's implied that this person was [[BigBad Junko Enoshima]].
* MadnessMantra: "Forgive me."
* TheMedic: To the best of her ability. She's actually quite knowledgeable about human biology, which makes her essential for compiling autopsies about how the murder victims died. Which is why she knows, in Chapter 1's trial, that Nagito isn't the one who killed Byakuya: Nagito used a knife, but the victim was killed with something much longer and thinner than a knife.
* MoodSwinger: After being identified as the culprit during the trial, she undergoes a FreakOut, beginning to rapidly switch between manic sobbing, furious screaming, and a sinister calm.
* NeverFoundTheBody: A unique example in the series. While we see the bodies of all other victims and executed murderers in the series, Mikan was shot on a rocket at a peculiarly horizontal angle. Considering the virtual nature of the world and Mikan being the only character shown to fully re-embrace Ultimate Despair, it's plausible she was allowed to survive offscreen.
* NightmareFetishist: She likes horror movies because of how helpless the victims are in them.
* PantyShot: Subverted; the embarrassing poses she often ends up in are shown at an angle that could easily display a panty shot, but it's always [[SceneryCensor conveniently censored in some way by a nearby object]].
* RapunzelHair: Not as obvious as the other girls due to her choppy haircut but it goes past the edge of her skirt and a bit past the top her socking-like bandages on her leg.
* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Parodied with how her klutziness results in her ending up in amazingly embarrassing poses... with others [[LampshadeHanging pointing out how odd that is]]. Also {{Deconstructed}}, as she's extremely uncomfortable with this, and yet is painfully used to that being the only way she got any sort of attention.
* SchoolBullyingIsHarmless: Ahahaha, '''[[{{Subverted}} no]]'''. Mikan's been systematically abused by her peers ever since childhood, and learned that the only way anyone would be willing to pay her the slightest bit of mind was to utterly humiliate herself in front of them. In her Free Time events, if she feels Hajime's getting bored by her company, she'll offer to perform degrading acts like stripping or imitating a sea turtle laying eggs.
* SecretKeeper: At the end of trial 3, after she's found as the culprit, Mikan admits she knows who's TheMole, and the fact that she strongly hinted that she most likely knew about Hajime being part of Ultimate Despair as Izuru. [[PragmaticVillainy Though she chooses not reveal any of this because she could honestly care less.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: So timid, she can hardly hold a conversation without bursting into tears. At least, until she's revealed as Chapter 3's murderer, at which point she ''freaks''. She also breaks "Shrinking Violet" character very briefly in Chapter 1's trial, when she shouts to her classmates that voting for Nagito as the culprit would be premature.
* ShutUpHannibal: When Komaeda tries to call her out for murdering only for "Despair", she states she did it out of love... and suggests he can't understand because he's never been loved.
* SympatheticMurderer: An odd ''retroactive'' example of this, since when she's first revealed as a murderer in Chapter 3 it's presented as her just going nuts upon recovering lost memories, trying to impress "someone she loves", which isn't very sympathetic. However, in the last Chapter, it's heavily implied that the person she loved was Junko Enoshima; though all of the students had been slavishly devoted to her, Mikan was probably one of the most devoted due to Junko's manipulations and her own desperate need for affection.
* ThatCameOutWrong: She says that she "pleaded with (Fuyuhiko) in many ways" to get him to help her look for Ibuki, prompting Fuyuhiko to tell her "[[LampshadeHanging Don't say anything that'll make people take it the wrong way...]]"
* UnreliableExpositor: Her explanation of the 'Destroyers of the World'/the Future Foundation is true... but only FromACertainPointOfView.
* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: Implied.
* WhosLaughingNow: After spending the first two chapters being a ReluctantFanserviceGirl who's constantly picked on by Hiyoko, it's revealed in Chapter 3 that she murdered two people. Though she was infected by the despair fever to prompt her into action, there really is a darker side to her that's willing to kill if it means impressing someone she loves.
* {{Yandere}}: She shows shades of this, both in Chapter 3 after revealing that she killed for the sake of someone she loved and towards Hajime in her Dangan Island ending, in which she openly contemplates rendering him an invalid so she can take care of him forever. It's hinted that she could become a fully-fledged yandere if she's pushed too far.
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[[folder:Ibuki Mioda]]
[[WMG:Ibuki Mioda]]
!!!Ultimate Musician
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->''"It's terrible! So terrible Ibuki has no time to capitalize her lines!"''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AmiKoshimizu (Japanese), Creator/JulieAnnTaylor (English)
A girl from an all-girls high school who played guitar in a popular "light-music club" school band, whose hit single "After-School Poyoyon Hour" sold a million copies. However, she left the band due to creative differences and is now pursuing a solo career. Despite her punk-ish appearance, Ibuki is a very friendly and energetic person whose antics sometimes border the limits of comprehensibility. She is the second victim of Chapter 3, strangled to death by Mikan and then hung.
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* ACupAngst: After seeing Peko in a bikini and comments on her breast size, Ibuki considers getting implants.
* AnimeHair: Dark purple-black with streaks of white, neon pink, and blue, along with ''cones''.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Shows elements of it in her second free time event, where a self-initiated discussion of her hobbies sees her jumping through about 5 different topics seemingly at random.
* BiTheWay: She can get together with Hajime in Dangan Island, but says some very... suggestive things pertaining to Mikan (and to a lesser extend Chiaki and Peko) and is stated in the artbook to 'like cute girls'. In [[http://stillnotalterego.tumblr.com/post/54384555620/sonia-neverminds-character-profile-though-her this]] character profile she expresses a desire to see Sonia in a bikini.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Although it could be her quirkiness, Ibuki makes frequent remarks suggesting that she is aware that she is in a video game.
* CloudCuckoolander: She has a tendency to go off on strange tangents at times.
-->''"Ibuki learnt that most murder investigations involve a lot of legwork. So she's been walking her legs up and down this corridor all day!"''
* CompositeCharacter: She has elements from all four original band-members in Manga/KOn: [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} she's loopy like Tsumugi]], [[FunPersonified fun-loving like Yui]], [[GenkiGirl boundlessly energetic like Ritsu]], and (when it comes to music) diligent and focused like Mio.
* CovertPervert: Less so than some of the others, but still has her moments when Mikan is concerned.
* CreativeDifferences: InUniverse, she left her group due to these. Her Free Times and an official AlternateUniverse manga by Spike reveal that they had a falling out when they learned a talent scout was going to be watching one of their performances, and she refused to play more traditionally appealing pop music.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: A non-murderer example; while the other murder victims in this game get killed using methods that cause almost instant death (e.g. stabbed with a knife, bashed in the head, cut in the throat, death-by-really-high-fall), Ibuki is unlucky enough to be killed by being slowly ''strangled to death with a rope''. Her corpse is then hung from that same rope. That couldn't have been much fun.
* DeathMetal: Her preferred genre of music. And her performances are ''terrifying''.
* DumbassHasAPoint: Of the "coincidentally correct" variant, when she suggests that the murder victim in Twilight Syndrome was killed by being hit on the head.
* [[EatingtheEyeCandy Eating the Eye Candy]]: Was just a aroused as Kazuichi and Hajime when she saw Chiaki and Peko in their bikini, she wasn't even subtle about it.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Her stockings are different colors, one pink and one blue. She also wears an arm warmer on only one arm.
* FirstNameBasis: She calls everyone by their first names and with [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics the affectionate honorific "-chan"]].
* FunPersonified: The word "boring" just doesn't exist with Ibuki!
* GenkiGirl: Oh hell yes. Ibuki never does ''anything'' half-way.
* HiddenDepths: If her Free Time Events are done, Ibuki will show a startlingly wise and contemplative side of her personality, giving Hajime some extremely profound advice about being himself, and speaking about the inner workings of group dynamics in a very emotionally intelligent way.
* HornedHairdo: While her strange hairstyle does resemble horns, it's not because she's secretly evil; rather, it's supposed to make her resemble an [[{{Youkai}} oni]].
* InsertSong: She holds a concert during the game's third chapter. It's... [[DeathMetal special.]]
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Becomes this for Hajime after enough free time events, where it gets revealed that all her goofing off and playing silly games was an attempt to help him recover his memories of his talent. When he still can't seem to remember, she convinces him to just be happy as himself in a [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming Moment]] that becomes more effective with [[FridgeLogic later revelations about his character]] (this also gives her one of the odd final free time events in which the student helps Hajime through his insecurities instead of the other way around).
* {{Metalhead}}: Though a conversation outside the hotel implies that her current musical stylings are just a recent GenreShift done on a whim.
* MulticoloredHair: Thanks to (presumably) hair dye, her hair is a bizarre combination of black, white, blue, and pink.
* NiceGirl: Perverted tendencies aside, she's one of the most upbeat and kind of the students.
* PinocchioNose: Since Ibuki's design is meant to resemble an [[{{Youkai}} oni]], her bragging sprite gets this kind of nose to match.
* TheQuincyPunk: Subverted. Despite her bizarrely dyed hair, torn stockings, many piercings and taste in music, she's a very cheerful and friendly person.
* RapunzelHair: It goes down past her skirt and the top of the stockings, almost reaching her ''knees''.
* TheRockStar: What her title basically makes her.
* ScaryMusicianHarmlessMusic: Considering that Ibuki is a walking {{Homage}} to ''Manga/KOn'' (where the main band mostly play light and fluffy J-Pop), you would expect this to be the case. Nope, it is actually full-on inverted. She's really closer to ''Sawako'' from that series: she's a delightful and peppy person to speak to but her repertoire (mostly DeathMetal) is ''terrifying''.
* ShoutOut:
** Ibuki is basically a walking {{Homage}} to ''Manga/KOn''. The kanji that spell out her name are each taken from the names of the four main characters (not including [[SixthRanger Azusa]]), and she used to be part of a light music club band.
** Her name and design may also be a reference to Suika Ibuki from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', an oni girl with horns similar to her hairstyle. Some elements of her design were also inspired by oni.
* ShooOutTheClowns: She was one of the most upbeat characters in the cast, so at the midway point in the game, of course, she had to go. Turns out this was being invoked by Mikan to boot as she says her whole motive was to cause a motive [[KillTheCutie that would make everyone despair]] and Ibuki is one of the most universally liked students both in and out of universe ''because'' of how her normal attitude helps keep morale up.
* TheStoic: When infected by Despair Fever.
* SuperGullible: Sadly PlayedForDrama, unlike most examples. The extent of her gullibility brought on by the despair disease made her an exceedingly easy kill.
* SuperSenses: Super ''hearing'', to be precise. Ibuki has the most talented "ears" of any of the cast. This proves instrumental to solving chapter 1's murder since she overhears what everyone's saying during a "blackout", causing them to realize that Byakuya pushed Nagito away and got to the knife first, meaning that Nagito couldn't have killed them.
* TheCuckooLanderWasRight: Ibuki has a habit of going off on bizarre, unrelated tangents during trials. The funny thing is, sometimes she's ''right'' or her tangents lead to a critical breakthrough in the case. In Chapter 2, her sudden attempt to change the subject ("Let's talk about how she got hit with gravel instead.") turns out to be the breakthrough point of that Non-Stop Debate. Ibuki admits straight afterwards that she was just throwing stuff out there. Later on in the same trial, she also asks why Fuyuhiko is getting upset when Peko has been identified as the killer.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Instead of saying "I" or "me", she says "Ibuki". It's somewhat downplayed in the English version, since she only calls herself "Ibuki" on occasion.
* VerbalTic: Sometimes when she talks, she an odd tendency to [[SelfDemonstratingArticle trail off like thiiiiiiiiiiiiiis!!!]] It's meant to symbolize her enthusiasm.
* ZettaiRyouki: An A with mismatching stockings.
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[[folder:Peko Pekoyama]]
[[WMG:Peko Pekoyama]]
!!!Ultimate Swordswoman
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->''"My destination has already been decided. Protect who I must protect, cut who I must cut. That alone is the original purpose of the sword. Wielding a blade in its truest sense in my aim... That is my reason for existing."''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KotonoMitsuishi (Japanese), Creator/JaniceKawaye (English)
A master swordswoman and kendo champion whose skill at swordplay surpasses even the strongest adult fighters. A stern yet polite woman, Peko carries herself with an intimidating aura. She was an orphan taken in by the Fuyuhiko family, and serves Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu as a bodyguard to repay their generosity. She is the culprit of Chapter 2, beating Mahiru to death with a baseball bat on behalf of Fuyuhiko. Though she implicates herself so that Fuyuhiko can claim responsibility and win freedom from the island, she is found to be the sole guilty party and is stabbed to death by an army of samurai.
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* AbusiveParents: She was raised by Fuyuhiko's parents who drilled into her mind the outlook of being not more than a tool whose purpose is to be Fuyuhiko's hitman. Her birth parents weren't much better as they abandoned her as a baby.
* AllForNothing: Peko's effort and death do not save Fuyuhiko as she had hoped, though she didn't care much for her own life either way.
* AlliterativeName[=/=]RepetitiveName[=/=]MeaningfulName: Alliterative since both her first and last names start with the term "peko" since when it is repeated ("Pekopeko", just like what her name forms when said western style) it can mean obsequious/servile, and Kuzuryuu's family raised her to be his tool.
* AnimalsHateHim: In her Free Time events she reveals that animals are frightened of her since they can sense her fierce nature. Unfortunately, she just wants to pet them and be friends with them.
* {{Badass}}: Even during her execution (being controlled by Monokuma), she was able to prove [[MasterSwordsman her title]] by slicing several Monokuma robots sent to fulfill her gruesome execution. [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Up to a point.]]
* BatterUp: She swings a bat just as well as a sword as Mahiru finds out.
* BodyguardBabes: One for Fuyuhiko.
* BodyguardCrush: What her Dangan Island ending more or less reveals her to have towards Fuyuhiko. It just makes the surrounding Chapter 2 all the more tragic.
* BraidsOfAction: Which makes sense because of her talent and job.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Fuyuhiko.
** ChildhoodFriendRomance: In her last free time event, she tells Hajime that she intends to ask Fuyuhiko out once they get off the island.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: She's the second culprit. And she gets a cruel and unusual death both physically ''and'' emotionally: she is literally controlled like a puppet by Monokuma and made to slash through an army of samurai, then he releases control of her ''just'' long enough for her instincts to kick in and accidentally slash Fuyuhiko, the boy she had sworn to protect.
* DeclarationOfProtection: Towards Fuyuhiko, as she is his sworn bodyguard and self-proclaimed "tool". This comes back to bite her ''hard'': instead of attempting to calm Fuyuhiko when he discovers a powerful motive for him to kill Mahiru, she ''actively plots a murder on his behalf'', seeing herself as no more than an extension of his will. Her intention was to allow Fuyuhiko to escape the island by sacrificing herself and everyone else, but what she doesn't understand (under it's too late) is that Fuyuhiko did not see her as a "tool", but a cherished childhood friend he would never want to sacrifice.
* EvilAlbino: Sympathetic as she is, she ''did'' kill one student and attempt to condemn the others to death for the sake of her beloved master, Fuyuhiko, who didn't even want her to go through all that trouble. She even has the red eyes to go with her pale skin and white hair.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: She attempts this, declaring that she accepts her fate, which Monokuma mocks as TemptingFate. However, she's left distraught upon hearing Fuyuhiko's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove, and is shocked when she accidentally injures him as he tries to save her.
* HairDecorations: She wears white ribbons to hold up her BraidsOfAction.
* JustFollowingOrders: The lynchpin of her ThanatosGambit, as the "mastermind" of a murder is considered the true culprit and she claims zero responsibility because she considers herself a "tool" without will of her own.
* LastRequest: After it becomes clear that only she will be executed, she asks the others to forgive Fuyuhiko, and ensure that there will not be any more murders.
* TheLostLenore: Kuzuryuu always keeps her in his thoughts, and he really wants to see her again. Her death is what motives him into becoming a better person.
* MasterSwordsman: She's Ultimate Swordswoman for a reason.
* NotSoStoic: She finally cracks after hearing Fuyuhiko's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her biological parents abandoned her as a baby, only to be taken in by the Kuzuryuu clan.
* PlatonicLifePartners: What her route in Dangan Island ultimately ends with. Hajime can't end up with her at all. Instead, they merely shake hands as a sign of friendship which is something that tends to happen often in the guy routes. The reason Peko's the only female exception is because Peko already ''has'' a childhood acquaintance she likes, but Hajime never finds out who it is. Since in Dangan Island Peko brings up having originally felt like this person's "tool", and given what you learn in chapter 2 of the main game about why Peko would ever think of herself as a tool, it's most likely that she is talking about Fuyuhiko.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: Fitting her personality and action-oriented talent.
* PsychoticSmirk: After the students vote her as the culprit, as she hoped they would, as she believes that Fuyuhiko is the true culprit and they can't go back and vote for him.
* SingleTargetSexuality: She only has eyes for her young master Fuyuhiko. She's also the only girl who can't obtain a romantic ending with Hajime at all.
* TheStoic: Very straight-faced and calm.
* StoicSpectacles: Even during the trials she remains cool and collected, pretend split-personality notwithstanding.
* SubordinateExcuse: Aside from gratitude, her loyalty to Fuyuhiko is all but stated to be fueled by romantic feelings.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Peko starts off serious and reserved, but as Hajime spends more free time with her, she opens up and even smiles a little.
* SympatheticMurderer: Was doing what she had thought was JustFollowingOrders, as she had done her whole life. She even asks Hajime to prevent anymore murders from happening.
* TakingYouWithMe: If Monokuma ruled her just a tool and that Fuyuhiko was the true murderer, everyone else would be executed for getting it wrong and he would've won the game.
* ThanatosGambit: Waited until the others officially voted her the murderer before revealing that she was Fuyuhiko's tool, knowing that if Monokuma ruled he was the true "mastermind" behind the murder, he would get to graduate while everyone else was executed. It ultimately fails, because while Fuyuhiko ''was'' about to kill Mahiru in a fit of rage, he didn't expect Peko to step in and do it herself. He also had nothing to do with the resulting cover-up. Monokuma was never going to accept Peko's arguments, rightfully claiming that a mere "tool" would never be so meddlesome.
* UnreliableExpositor: After her conviction, she declares that Fuyuhiko ordered the hit, and flashes back to him smiling and congratulating her. When her gambit fails, another flashback shows him horrified and shocked.
* TheUnsmile: She rarely smiles, so when she tries to force it, her face becomes intense and scary.
* VigilanteMan: Claims that she's the murderous superheroine Sparkling Justice when exposed as a murderer. However, this is a calculated lie to prevent the others from suspecting her ''true'' motive until it's too late.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: She will do anything to protect Fuyuhiko, even if it means committing murder, and plotting to get the rest of the students executed...[[TakingYouWithMe even going down with them.]]
* WasItAllALie: Asked by the other students when she reveals her true identity. In the end, she states her loyalty will always be to Fuyuhiko, and no one else.
* WhenSheSmiles: In her final free time event.
* {{Yakuza}}: Raised from birth to serve one.
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