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* {{Narcissist}}: Has layers of this underneath his laid-back and optimistic attitude. [[spoiler:We never get to actually ''see'' him behave like a narcissist, however, because he pisses Monobear off before the mutual killing game even begins, and Monobear riddles him with bullets.]]
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* {{Fanservice}}: During chapter [[spoiler:5]]'s trial, when people strip to prove an alibi, Jaejin takes off his clothes and goes shirtless.
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* {{Fanservice}}: During chapter [[spoiler:5]]'s trial, when people strip to prove an alibi, Ryosuke takes off his clothes and goes shirtless.
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* {{Fanservice}}: During chapter [[spoiler:5]]'s trial, everyone has to strip in order to prove they weren't injured in a struggle with the victim. When Yukiko takes off her clothes, she's wearing a black camisole tied with a red ribbon.
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* {{Fanservice}}: This is a rare example of this trope that [[spoiler:''screws her over.'' In chapter 5's trial, people have to strip in order to prove they don't have an injury from the struggle with the victim. Marian is among those who takes off her clothes, revealing she's wearing a white and blue bra and panties...and also revealing that she has a cut on her hand that ''proves she's the culprit''!]]
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* [[spoiler:DoomMagnet]]: [[spoiler:Literally every close friend he has made died! His first best friend, who didn't even go here died as well. Can you say cursed?]]
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Tomoe started her career by improving her late father's formulas, but soon started forging her own paths and becoming famous in her own right. While her father's work in environmental science started her in the field, she chose the path of a chemist instead.
instead. [[spoiler:Responsible for murdering Hidehisa, and was correctly pinned as the culprit during the ninth trial.]]
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A narcissistic party animal who was desperate to escape from her controlling parents. As a child, she constantly feared her punishment-happy family, but managed to escape them in middle school when she was recruited by a Korean music company that relocated her to Japan.
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A narcissistic party animal who was desperate to escape from her controlling parents. As a child, she constantly feared her punishment-happy family, but managed to escape them in middle school when she was recruited by a Korean music company that relocated her to Japan.
Japan. [[spoiler:Is killed during a failed attempt to escape the park along with Himeji.]]
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He became famous for his looks and great fashion sense. His public persona is rather elegant and refined, but in reality Himeji is a vulgar and loud-mouthed egotist. Deep down though, he can be a good person. Deep, deep down.
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Hidehisa accidentally discovered his talent for the trapeze while playing at his parent's circus, Mallum's Wonder Emporium. Though he dreamed of being an Olympic gymnast, He began working at his parents instead.
instead. [[spoiler:The tenth victim of Doubt Academy White, killed by impalement with a pickaxe.]]
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* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Rigged up to a Rock-Em-Sock-Em-Robots parody, with a Monobear with a controller behind him, forcing the robotic arms to which he's chained to repeatedly punch a giant steel Monobear robot, which breaks Larry's arms. Then the giant steel Monobear robot counterattacks, repeatedly pummeling Larry before finally uppercutting Larry's head off.]]
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life. [[spoiler:In chapter 8, she gets herself executed in Larry's place for reasons that are not revealed...in vain, because afterwards Monobear executes Larry anyway.]]
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* [[spoiler:MurderByMistake]]: [[spoiler:He's chapter 8's murderer, but he wasn't actually gunning for Mitsuko, he was trying to kill ''Naoto'' instead. Unfortunately when Mitsuko showed up instead, he had to follow through on his murder plan or Mitsuko would tell someone about his intentions.]]
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Known as the "Golden Boy of Coney Island", Larry is an American raised in New York, who began to tour the world once he became famous. As a result his grades dropped, and taking the opportunity to enroll in a Japanese school while he was there on tour, Larry became eligible for acceptance into Hope's Peak.
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Known as the "Golden Boy of Coney Island", Larry is an American raised in New York, who began to tour the world once he became famous. As a result his grades dropped, and taking the opportunity to enroll in a Japanese school while he was there on tour, Larry became eligible for acceptance into Hope's Peak.
Peak. [[spoiler:Responsible for murdering Mitsuko, and was correctly pinned as the culprit during the eighth trial.]]
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* [[spoiler:MissingMom]]: [[spoiler: We find out in chapter 8 that she died sometime while Eiji was at school, thanks to a newspaper article in his room. His mom, Ishizu Oshirou, was the object of his obsessions since he was 12. He looked for her for a good 7 years.]]
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* RealMenWearPink: Is rather domestic and independent, considering the fact that his father is never home. He has to cook, clean and take care of his younger brother most of the time, if his talent/job didn't keep him busy enough!
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* [[spoiler:InterruptedSuicide]]: [[spoiler:Not his own. Manages to get to Eiji so Monomi can take him to the infirmary. He finds him thanks to Eiji's suicide note]]
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A polite and charming young lady who prefers to keep herself out of the public eye. She was born into a highly prestigious family, and her works have become well known around the country, although her name has not.
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A polite and charming young lady who prefers to keep herself out of the public eye. She was born into a highly prestigious family, and her works have become well known around the country, although her name has not.
not. [[spoiler:The ninth victim of Doubt Academy White, killed by asphyxiation.]]
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* XMustNotWin: In Chris Peril's case, it's "Monobear must not win." After [[spoiler:the students get chapter 2's culprit wrong, resulting in Monobear picking a student to cripple in lieu of an execution]], Chris Peril says Monobear won't win, Chris will die before he lets Monobear win.
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* XMustNotWin: In Chris Peril's case, it's "Monobear must not win." After [[spoiler:the students get chapter 2's culprit wrong, resulting in Monobear picking a student to cripple in lieu of an execution]], Chris Peril says Monobear won't win, Chris will die before he lets Monobear win.win.
!!The Mastermind
The currently unknown traitor responsible for Monobear's DeadlyGame.
* [[spoiler:BigBadFriend]]: [[spoiler:During a meeting, the Mastermind counters Monobear's concern about having 'hormonal relations' by claiming it just makes the others trust them more. This heavily implies they're very close to at least one of the others, or at least believe themselves to be.]]
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!!The Mastermind
The currently unknown traitor responsible for Monobear's DeadlyGame.
* [[spoiler:BigBadFriend]]: [[spoiler:During a meeting, the Mastermind counters Monobear's concern about having 'hormonal relations' by claiming it just makes the others trust them more. This heavily implies they're very close to at least one of the others, or at least believe themselves to be.]]
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* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Yukiko. However, this is cut short in chapter 7 when Yukiko is executed for murdering Kazuya. And Jun can't even be with Yukiko in death, because Jun murdered Jaejin and successfully won Monobear's "immunity" motive.]]
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* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler:A note found near his body implies he chose to kill himself in order to prevent anyone else from successfully winning immunity from Monobear's super motive. [[NeverSuicide Naturally]], this isn't the case.]]
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!!Jaejin Kinjo
!!!Super High-School Level Maknae
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The youngest member of the eight-member idol group '[=PLAN8=]'. Don't let his fresh face fool you, though; his quick feet, sharp tongue, and incredible passion make him one of the greatest male idols in the industry! [[spoiler:The eighth victim of Doubt Academy White, killed by epinephrine-induced heart failure.]]
* [[spoiler:BerserkButton]]: [[spoiler:When Larry tries to derail the vote in chapter 3 on the grounds of not enough evidence, this is the second time he's done this, and Jaejin finally ''blows up'' at him, Jaejin's face even turning red, and he screams at Larry that since Larry didn't do nearly as much investigation as Jaejin and the rest of the students did, how ''dare'' Larry presume they're all jumping to conclusions, maybe if he does some ''actual work'' next time Larry might have a good ''reason'' to delay the vote!]]
* [[spoiler:BewareTheNiceOnes]]: [[spoiler:In chapter 3's trial, Jaejin gives a nasty to speech to Kanon, because Jaejin believes Kanon is the culprit. Even Jaejin's sprites are drawn with angrier than usual expressions.]]
* [[spoiler:BlueWithShock]]: [[spoiler:His reaction to Monobear's first "motive", a threat to kill everyone's families unless someone dies.]]
* HeroicBSOD: A minor example: Monobear's second motive is to threaten to end a random student's career with an injury unless a murder takes place. Jaejin is the most badly affected by the announcement, because given his talent, ''any injury at all'' could ruin him, from a broken leg to even a broken finger!
* IdolSinger: He's a member of an idol group. But it's not his SHSL talent since, unlike [[VisualNovel/DanganRonpa Sayaka Maizono]]'s SHSL talent of being an Idol Singer, Jaejin isn't proficient at idol singing but rather is proficient at being "the youngest member of a group", which is what the Korean word "Maknae" means. Actually, he seems to be the most skilled at ''dancing''.
* ItWasAGift: His sister gifted him one of his two Pluto symbol necklaces before leaving for his idol training, which Jaejin claims is his GoodLuckCharm. He later gifts the necklace to Naoto Ueyama, and receives a scarf in return.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Naoto, until Jaejin is murdered in chapter 7.]]
* {{Omniglot}}: Fluently speaks both Japanese and Korean, since his father is Japanese and his mother is Korean. He also spent three years in Korea.
* [[spoiler:RantInducingSlight]]: [[spoiler:In chapter 2's trial, after Jun calls Yukiko "my lady" one too many times, Jaejin snaps at Jun that Yukiko's words shouldn't just be taken as faith, and then Jaejin angrily reminds everyone else, at length, that they are attempting to find someone to ''execute'', so anyone making baseless conjectures is not contributing to the group, since they are also there to fight for ''each other''.]]
* RealMenWearPink: He's wearing a pinkish-purple Pluto necklace, and his eyes are pinkish-purple.
* StepfordSmiler: A benign example, since he isn't always the cute maknae everyone loves, but can easily slip into that persona since "Made for TV" is one of his skills.
* [[spoiler:TheReasonYouSuckSpeech]]: [[spoiler:After the students incorrectly vote for Ritsuka in chapter 4, Jaejin tells all his classmates in a long speech that they suck, because one, Jaejin himself didn't vote for Ritsuka this round, and two, Jaejin has ''always voted correctly so far!'' He was right to vote for Fumiko in chapter 1, he was right to vote for Addy in chapter 2 (although the students overruled him and voted it a suicide), he was right to vote for Kanon in chapter 3, and he may or may not have been right about Yukiko being chapter 4's culprit, it has yet to be revealed. Regardless, Jaejin works hard and has correct instincts, so those should have been allowed to take precedence over the students throwing out evidence because they thought the evidence was circumstantial.]]
* [[spoiler:TheMatchmaker]]: [[spoiler:In Chapter 5, Eiji talks to Jaejin about relationship advice. Jaejin ends up giving him a big speech, telling Eiji that can can talk to Katsuya and share his feelings. He even trades a capsule item with Eiji so he can do it.]]
!!Marian Spiegelman
!!!Super High-School Level Winter Guard
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The star of her winter guard team, this energetic and eccentric young lady always wore a mask while performing, hiding her true appearance. Before entering Hope's Peak Academy, she gave one final performance wherein she removed this, revealing her face to the public for the first time. [[spoiler:Turns out to be the culprit in Chapter 5, having killed Adeline.]]
* [[spoiler:BlueWithShock]]: [[spoiler:Her reaction to the murder of Koemi, and after that, her reaction to the murder of Shinya.]]
* CloudCuckoolander: She sometimes engages in strange antics and has an unreadable demeanor, which can sometimes make her seem intimidating.
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Executed by being sent out into a snowy field with a flag, befitting her profession as Winter Guard. However, Monobear appears in a parka, grinning evilly and levelling a rifle at her. He repeatedly fires at her, but Marian gracefully dodges almost all of the bullets. However, one bullet finally hits her leg, causing her to accidentally throw her flag up into the air...and then the flag comes down and impales her to death.]]
* GenkiGirl
* GirlishPigtails: Styled in PrincessCurls.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Ryosuke. She even gives him a quick kiss on the lips before her execution.]]
* [[spoiler:RousingSpeech]]: [[spoiler:She unexpectedly gives one in Trial One after first Shinya offers to be executed, then Kazuya offers to be executed in Shinya's place. She angrily reminds everyone that they promised to ''avenge the murder victim'', which they can't do if they're dead, are they just going to give up easily because they were wrong a couple times?]]
* [[spoiler:StickyFingers]]: [[spoiler:Her DarkSecret is that she used to steal little objects knowing they wouldn't be missed. When confronted by this in Monobear's motive, she immediately confesses.]]
* [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask The Woman Wearing The Winter Guard Mask]]: Actually, she wears that mask for the ''public'', but ''we'' get to see what she looks like without the mask.
!!Arisa Sato
!!!Super High-School Level Microbiologist
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Born out of wedlock, Arisa grew up in the city slums. Excelling in her studies led to her parentage being made known and getting moved to Japan on the government's time, where she works with the World Health Organization. Her current project is the Disease Hybridization Forecast and Impact Committee. [[spoiler:Responsible for murdering Mimi, and was correctly pinned as the culprit during the sixth trial.]]
* AmericanAccents: Arisa was raised in Chicago and has an accent from it, [[spoiler:as is shown in Trial 4.]] This would be an Inland North accent.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: She's very analytical and can get through stacks and stacks of data very quickly, which is useful since she's created and is now the leader of the Disease Hybridization Forecast and Impact Committee.
* BadassBookworm: Downplayed, as Arisa admits to being phyically fit but 'not strong' [[spoiler:in Trial 4.]]
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Arisa is shrunk down and placed in a terrarium. There's a hole in the terrarium, so if she could get to it, she could escape. But to do so, she must climb on various bacteria that appear...and two frogs with Monobear-style eyes suddenly appear, devouring the bacteria one by one. Arisa manages to escape until she gets to the very last bacteria, but then has no other escape route, and one of the frog's tongues finally latches onto Arisa and ''eats'' her.]]
* DisappearedDad: Arisa's father, Masaru Sato, wasn't around when she was growing up.
* [[spoiler:EatenAlive]]
* HeroicBastard: She was born out of wedlock to a well-known male scientist and an unknown woman, and her parents never married, making her technically a "bastard". Now she's leading public-edge health research.
* HotScientist: This is subverted in a way, as Arisa not only dresses appropriately for being in a lab (Hot Librarian might come into play here), but also because it's In the Blood.
* InTheBlood: Inverted, as Arisa follows in the footsteps of her brilliant scientist father with no drive towards evil.
* [[spoiler:ManipulativeBastard]]: [[spoiler:Her fourth motive proves that this is a part of her, but it is as of yet unseen in character. Also, 'bastard' here is taken literally, as with the Heroic Bastard trope.]]
* PrimAndProperBun: Befitting her personality.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Hidehisa. Not that anything comes of it, however, since the love confession happens in the chapter 6 trial, which is also when Arisa is executed.]]
* [[SelfMadeMan Self Made Woman]]: Grew up in the slums, but excelled in her studies and consequently got moved to Japan to pursue microbiology further.
* SuperOCD: One of her skills, actually, since it makes her extremely detail-oriented.
* [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist]]: [[spoiler:In ''three different ways'', no less! One, to atone for her role in instigating chapter 4's mistrial. Two, so the person she killed could be with her deceased lover. Three, so she could win Monobear's "Mastermind information motive" and then share that information with all her peers in order to help them.]]
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Arisa is always approaching things with a mature attitude, and to date has not had a breakdown of crying, anger, or any particularly unsuitable behavior. Logic seems to be easy for her, and she's been seen to be calling out others on unsuitable behaviors. Likely invoked by DisappearedDad and growing up on the Wrong Side of the Tracks.
* WrongSideOfTheTracks: Used to be this, because she was raised in the city slums.
!!Ryosuke Shuuto
!!!Super High-School Level Sports Fan
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Growing up watching his father love soccer, he eventually encouraged him to try out for a team. Though his dad wasn't very good at first, his son supported and encouraged him to keep trying, and he's become a world-famous player who credits Ryosuke's unwavering support for everything.
* TheCheerleader: Sort of. His SHSL talent is to cheer people on, but it's exclusive to sports.
* EagleEyeDetection: So he could always follow his father on the field.
* HeroicResolve: Not him, but his SHSL talent is to ''invoke'' this in others.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After Marian is executed, Ryosuke's usual enthusiasm is no where to be found, it even led to having his outfit changed to a rather simple black hoodie.]]
* NoIndoorVoice: A deliberate example; he trained his voice to be really loud so he could make himself heard over an entire stadium.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Marian, though he wonders what on earth he did to deserve her affections since he wasn't able to help her. When Marian is set to be executed, Ryosuke promises that if he ever gets out of this place and meets his father again, he'll tell his father that he met someone he cared about as much as his father cared about his mother.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: His reaction to [[spoiler: Renée's death.]] Which was unusual, considering the fact that he wasn't one to swear ever at all.
* MissingMom: It seems that he has little, or no recollection of his mother ever having any thing to do with him.
* ThePowerOfFriendship ''and'' ThePowerOfTrust: His entire SHSL talent is to be able to motivate sports players to become superstars just by being their fan.
* SoMyKidsCanWatch: His SHSL talent is to ''invoke'' this; his soccer star father performs his best on the field because he knows Ryosuke will be watching and cheering him on.
!!Kazuya Hirayama
!!!Super High-School Level Card Player
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A gifted number cruncher. When his father realized this, he forced his son to apply himself harder in school; this backfired, the tests and stress becoming far too much for him. Poker and trading card games became an escape, the only thing he did outside of studying. Though he sees it as a 'worthless hobby', he was accepted into Hope's Peak for his skills, much to his shock. [[spoiler:The seventh victim of Doubt Academy White, killed by cyanide-induced hisotoxic hypoxia.]]
* CannotTalkToWomen
* DarkSecret: PlayedForLaughs. Much like Naegi, his 'dark secret' is more embarrassing than anything else: [[spoiler:farting in English Class]].
* [[EducationMama Education Papa]]: His father pushing him to excel is responsible for a lot of his issues.
* [[spoiler:EvilLaugh]]: [[spoiler:He fakes villainous laughter when trying to falsely confess to Shinya's murder in chapter 2's trial.]]
* GoodWithNumbers
* [[spoiler:HearingVoices]]: [[spoiler:As of chapter 3, Kazuya seems to be hearing a dark version of himself talking to him, though it sounds muffled to him. It wants him to kill himself.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Considers his talent to be nothing more than a 'worthless hobby', and thinks that the only reason his title is SHSL Card Player is because they couldn't call somebody a SHSL Loser.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kiyoshi.
* {{Hikikomori}}
* [[spoiler:OurHeroIsDead]]
* PeekABangs
* [[spoiler:PrecisionFStrike]]: [[spoiler:His reaction to finding Koemi's body is to say, ""W-what the fuck…. WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!"]]
* [[spoiler:ShoutOut]]: [[spoiler:In the third trial, when attempting to protect Kanon, he shouts at Mimi, "THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY CORRECT", but he is accompanied by a hand-drawn pose that makes him look like Makoto Naegi or Hinata Hajima shouting "YOU'VE GOT THAT WRONG!"]]
* [[spoiler:TakeMeInstead]]: [[spoiler:Near the end of Trial One, Kazuya tries to offer himself in Shinya's place after Shinya tries to get himself executed.]]
** [[spoiler:He does this ''again'' in Trial Two, after Kanon tries to do so first.]]
** [[spoiler:And continues to do so in subsequent trials. It really starts to get on his classmates' nerves after a while.]]
!!Ritsuka Hojo
!!!Super High-School Level Samurai
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She gained her samurai skills in her family's dojo at a very young age. Her tomboyish, rough-and-tumble attitude is hidden by her family's strictly traditional etiquette. She feels pressured to succeed so she can meet her family's expectations and not be overshadowed by her two successful older siblings. [[spoiler:Tragically, she was falsely convicted of Renee's murder.]]
* ActionGirl
* [[spoiler:AcquittedTooLate]]: [[spoiler:The first instance of a living classmate being falsely charged with murder.]]
* [[spoiler:AfraidOfBlood]]: [[spoiler:It's a spoiler because first, we only find this out after a murder has already occurred, and second, this is her reaction to Koemi being murdered.]]
* [[spoiler:BaitAndSwitch]]: [[spoiler:Her execution. It's set up so she, and therefore the audience, believes that the "method of execution" is whatever horrible monster is chasing her. Actually, she's executed by swords that pop out of the floor and wall. So what was chasing her, then? ''A remote-controlled toy car with a megaphone attached!'']]
* [[spoiler:BeautyIsNeverTarnished]]: [[spoiler:When Ritsuka aggravates Larry over him being so upset by Renèe's death, she receives a strong punch to the jaw from the boxer. When Mimi finds Ritsuka afterwards, she states, despite the bruise, "with such beautiful lines that if she didn’t know better, Mimi might think Ritsuka resembled a woman."]]
* {{Bifauxnen}}
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Chased barefoot across a stage littered by sharp pieces of glass before being impaled on multiple katanas that slide out from board in the floors and wall.]]
* DaddysGirl: Her father trained her in the samurai arts.
* [[spoiler:FaceDeathWithDignity]]: [[spoiler:Despite her false conviction, she gives an inspiring speech to her classmates, saying she doesn't blame her classmates for getting it wrong. She's angry about being judged, but only in an impersonal sense, and not that it's her classmates doing it.]]
* HalfBreedDiscrimination: Ritsuka keeps her half-Korean heritage a secret not because she's ashamed of it, but because she worries about how others will react.
* HeirToTheDojo
* [[spoiler:HumanPincushion]]
* LadyLooksLikeADude: In fact, there isn't a ''single character'' in the class that has realized that Ritsuka is a girl.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Mimi. She even gives Mimi a chaste kiss on the cheek, and after telling Mimi not to cry and that someone could be falling love with Mimi's smile, Ritsuka gives Mimi a kiss on the lips before being executed.]]
* PassionateSportsGirl
* {{Samurai}}
* SamusIsAGirl
* SiblingRivalry: Ritsuka feels overshadowed by her older siblings, resulting in her pushing harder for success.
* TomboyishPonytail
* TomboyishName: Ritsuka is an androgynous name in Japanese, as is her shortened name of Ritsu, only adding to the confusion surrounding her gender.
* [[spoiler:UnsettlingGenderReveal]]: [[spoiler:Does this to Mimi post-humously via her diary.]]
** [[spoiler:Later does this to Eiji via a dakimakura from the Mono Machine, which depicts her with her bra and panties exposed. Yes, really.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Kyo Otonomiya
!!!Super High-School Level Musician
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He came from a long line of renowned classical musicians and was classically trained since he was in diapers. Despite this, he gravitated toward metal music and was disowned by his family for betraying the classical ways. He proved himself by quickly becoming a highly successful musician, acquiring a large fanbase in Japan and steadily gaining listeners overseas. [[spoiler:He's the chapter 3 murder victim, killed by blood loss caused by multiple stab wounds.]]
* BerserkButton: Yakuza, people throwing away their lives and the mastermind.
* BlackSheep: In a family of classically trained musicians, Kyo loves metal. He loves metal a lot.
* [[ChairmanoftheBrawl Chairman of the Brawl]]: Loves threatening Monobear with the cafe's chairs.
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Subjected to heavy arsenic poisoning, vomits blood multiple times while confronting the perpetrator, and is riddled with stab wounds in his chest and abdomen, some of which were inflicted post-mortem.]]
* [[spoiler:[[DiesWideOpen Dies Wide Open]]]]: [[spoiler:His corpse is locked in a gaze of horror, until Yukiko closes his eyes.]]
* EagleEyeDetection: For body language.
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithABang]]: [[spoiler:Sort of. If Monobear was serious in his comment about Yukiko selfishly hiding away their "passionate necking", then apparently right before Kyo was murdered, he and Yukiko were making out. But then subverted; what ''actually'' turns out to have happened is that Kyo gave Yukiko a kiss after they bonded, but Yukiko still has feelings for Jun, so she left without doing anything else.]]
* GratuitousGerman: Breaks into this when angered. For one example, when Monobear's "third motive" turns out to just be a reminder of the fact that they'll be trapped for the rest of their lives, Kyo starts shouting at Monobear how ridiculous it is that they need another reminder, and then he says, "Ich werde einfach töten dich, du Stück Scheiße. I’ll find you soon enough, Bär." This means approximately "I'm just going to kill you, you piece of shit. I'll find you soon enough, bear."
* [[spoiler:HairTriggerTemper]]: [[spoiler:Almost attacks Monobear with a chair during the first motive announcement, then snaps at both Mimi and Shinya during the first trial. Later threatens to knock Kazuya out during the second trial in response to his attempt at self-sacrifice. Also throws a chair at Monobear during the third motive announcement.]]
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation:[[spoiler: Subverted, they're actually hearing aids; he's practically deaf without them.]]
* HeavyMetal: His preferred genre of music.
* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD]]: [[spoiler:Suffers from this upon discovering Shinya's corpse, rendering him unable to properly investigate for the second trial.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Becomes this with Shinya during chapter 2. [[spoiler:Too bad Shinya dies that week.]]
* [[spoiler:[[IllKillYou I'll Kill You!]]: Openly states that he will find and kill the person behind Monobear after it is declared that Jun will be crippled.]]
* MeaningfulName: The kanji for 'Otonomiya' translates to 'Palace of Sound'.
* ParentalAbandonment: Kyo's parents disowned him and forced him to live on the streets, all because he liked metal.
* RagsToRiches
* [[spoiler:RedStringOfFate]]: [[spoiler:It is never seen, but Kyo begins wearing a red string around his pinky finger after Shinya's trial in tribute to his dead brother.]]
* Self-Made Man
* ShoutOut: Shares his first name with Kyo of DirEnGrey fame.
* SlasherSmile: Starts sporting this during Chapter 3, whenever the subject of the mastermind is brought up.
* StreetMusician: Before becoming famous.
* StreetUrchin: Before Kyo became famous he lived on the streets and dumpster dived to eat.
* ThousandYardStare: Develops this after Chapter 2.
!!Mitsuko Iwasaki
!!!Super High-School Level Poetess
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A polite and charming young lady who prefers to keep herself out of the public eye. She was born into a highly prestigious family, and her works have become well known around the country, although her name has not.
* [[spoiler:BlueWithShock]]: [[spoiler:Mitsuko's reaction to Takahiro getting shot to death.]]
* BreastExpansion: Her new set of sprites is much more, ahem, ''flattering''.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* {{Fanservice}}
** BathtubScene
* EagleEyeDetection: Very meticulous with an eye for detail.
* {{Poetry}}: Her SHSL talent.
* ReclusiveArtist: Her poems are famous, but ''she'' is not. It's common for people to know her poems but not her ''name'', and she prefers it that way, keeping herself out of the public eye.
* {{Unishment}}: Monobear's third "motive" is simply to remind the students that if no killing occurs, they will spend the rest of their lives ''trapped'' here, instead of chasing their bright futures. But Mitsuko considers the motive to be this trope, since as she sarcastically muses to herself, "Oh, how awful! Being trapped in a beautiful and luxurious resort! What a horrific life we will lead...!"
* YamatoNadeshiko: She has a reputation as a "perfect young lady" due to her charming behavior.
!!Kiyoshi Takeda
!!!Super High-School Level Theologian
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The son of a minister, he studies many different religions and many of their different customs to the point of perfection. At the age of 12, he mastered meditation and claimed to have reached Enlightenment, and ever since has had an air of omniscience and gives spiritual advice to those who ask.
* BlushSticker: In his profile picture.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: He once [[spoiler:teased a girl about how much she loved peanuts. This led to him getting hospitalized.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* HermitGuru: People used to make pilgrimages to him to seek his advice, so his father eventually sent him to live in the countryside with an aunt, but he got recruited for Hope's Peak Academy anyway.
* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD]]: [[spoiler:Temporarily falls into this state when the students vote for the Mastermind in chapter 7, and get it wrong.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kazuya.
* {{Omniglot}}: To quote from his "Multilingual" skill on his profile, "Can read, write and speak in English, Latin, and French other than Japanese."
* PreachersKid: His father is a minister.
* WhereTheresAWillTheresAStickyNote: Scribbles down a will in his diary after Shinya's trial.
!!Lee Yoon-Ji
!!!Super High-School Level Rapper
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A narcissistic party animal who was desperate to escape from her controlling parents. As a child, she constantly feared her punishment-happy family, but managed to escape them in middle school when she was recruited by a Korean music company that relocated her to Japan.
* AmbiguouslyBi
* [[spoiler:TalkingToThemself: ...Or rather, she's begun to frequently talk to a wall (which she affectionately named "Swagwall-chan").]]
* BlindingBangs: She keeps them that way to "pique interest" in her fans and everyone else alike. As of chapter two, she no longer has them.
* [[spoiler:BlueWithShock: Her reaction to Renée's death, since Renée was eviscerated.]]
* CannotSpitItOut: When she attempts to defuse the DarkSecret motive by confessing it, she starts turning blue and can't finish.
* DelayedReaction:[[spoiler:During the first trial, when Shinya tells them he's a murderer.]]
* ImportantHaircut: She uses this as a way to try and "start from the beginning", even though she knows full well it's not going to change anything.
* LifeOfTheParty
* GirlGroup: Yoon-ji's the leader of a, you guessed it, girl group (who aren't girly in the slightest, apparently).
* {{Narcissist}}
* {{Omniglot}}: Fluent in English, Korean, and Japanese.
* StageNames: Her real name is Myung-hee Sang, apparently.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Grade A.
!!Himeji Sakakibara
!!!Super High-School Level Crossdresser
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He became famous for his looks and great fashion sense. His public persona is rather elegant and refined, but in reality Himeji is a vulgar and loud-mouthed egotist. Deep down though, he can be a good person. Deep, deep down.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: His media persona is refined and elegant, but in all actuality he is nothing like that.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: But deep, deep, deep down he really is a good person.
* [[spoiler:ClusterFBomb]]: [[spoiler:Himeji's reaction to Takahiro's death is to mumble "Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck" to himself.]]
* CrazyJealousGuy: He gets ''really'' angry when Hisae interrupts his conversation with Kiyoshi.
* DepravedHomosexual
* EffeminateMisogynisticGuy
* TheFashionista
* MulticoloredHair
* OnlyChildSyndrome
* SupernaturalGoldEyes
!!Hisae Kojima
!!!Super High-School Level Body Piercer
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Born into a family of body modifiers, Hisae obtained her license at the young age of 14. Many people seek her out to do their piercings, if only to say that they got a piercing from her.
* [[spoiler:AccidentalHero]]: [[spoiler:She did save Chris Peril's life in chapter 8.]]
* BandOfBrothers: With Naoto and Chris after chapter 8.
* DaddysGirl: Minor example: she became a SHSL Body Piercer because her father shared his trade with her.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: Everyone in Hisae's family has "learn a body modification trade" as practically a rite of passage. None of them have any problem with this, and in Hisae's case, her body modification trade turned out to be piercings, which she's Super High-School Level good at.
* HeavySleeper: She's capable of falling asleep in any position.
* [[spoiler:InelegantBlubbering]]
* LazyBum: After the body of [[spoiler:Kyo]] is announced, the sprites used depict Hisae wearing her pajamas. It becomes a common theme in the investigations following, [[spoiler:with the exception of Mimi's.]] It's also revealed that she normally wears contacts, but ceased wearing them in favor of her glasses.
* TheMedic: A minor example; in her profile, it says she can only cure infections, but it's revealed in chapter 8 that she is also trained in CPR.
* SendInTheSearchTeam: With Naoto and Chris. During chapter 8, Naoto brought Hisae and Chris together to search inside of a secret room in the morgue to look for clues about the Mastermind. [[spoiler:Things didn't go as planned, however, when Chris activated a tripwire that in turn started a fire. The search ends with Naoto and Chris unconscious and a blubbering Hisae.]]
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic: Breaks down in tears after a letter Kiyoshi gives her. [[spoiler:Does so again in chapter 8 when faced with Naoto and Chris's close call with death.]]
* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: With Kiyoshi on two occasions: once after the 2nd motive is announced, in his bedroom; and after the 4th motive is announced, in her bedroom.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Chapter 8 revealed that Hisae is afraid of [[spoiler:fire.]]
!!Tomoe Setzuko
!!!Super High-School Level Chemist
Tomoe started her career by improving her late father's formulas, but soon started forging her own paths and becoming famous in her own right. While her father's work in environmental science started her in the field, she chose the path of a chemist instead.
* BirdsOfAFeather: She and Arisa, the other scientist, seem to get along well.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: ''Started'' to follow in her father's footsteps of environmental science as she did an experiment to purify contaminated water, but ultimately chose to become a chemist instead since she got more interested in how substances interacted.
* HyperAwareness: Of her surroundings.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* ThrowItIn: One of her skills, actually; if she can't find exactly what she needs she's very good at improvising something else she can use that'll work.
!!Katsuya Matsushita
!!!Super High-School Level Journalist
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A rather intrepid journalist, Katsuya will do anything to get his story, even going so far as meddling into government affairs to gain evidence.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Had to develop very fast analytical skills by necessity, as reporters sometimes only get to talk to people for short periods of time.
* [[spoiler:BadDreams]]: [[spoiler:These have reoccurred throughout his time at Bright Side Spa & Resort, but were made more prominent in Chapter 4, when people were reminded of some of the big secrets they've kept. His dreams have included finding his mother and dogs dead in his home and his dead students asking why Katsuya didn't help them.]]
* [[spoiler:BlueWithShock]]: [[spoiler:His reaction to Takahiro's death-by-Monobear.]]
* EagleEyeDetection: Skilled at reading body language and moods.
* GoingForTheBigScoop: He considers the spa life of mutual killing to be the scoop of a lifetime.
* HotScoop: A rare male example.
* IntrepidReporter: Intrepid enough to be willing to meddle with the government so he can bring people the truth.
* {{Megane}}
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Eiji]]
* [[spoiler:StressVomit: His reaction to Renée's murder, since Renée was killed by evisceration.]]
* {{Workaholic}}: Katsuya has spent the entirety of chapter 3's extended normal days locked in his room, writing down everything he's seen.
!!Shinya Kagari
!!!Super High-School Level Hitman
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Born into a life of organized crime, Shinya was a young prodigy within his family until an accident convinced him to quit and pursue a more respectable life style. [[spoiler:He's the chapter 2 murder victim; someone slices him and he dies from loss of blood. In a private conversation with Yukiko, Adeline reveals that ''she'' was the one who killed him.]]
* ChildProdigy: Shinya proved to be one of the most promising in his field to show that, if he wanted to, he could become one of the best through determination and ruthlessness.
* {{Determinator}}: Never one to shy away from any confrontation or obstacle, Shinya faces them head-on regardless of his odds or the consequences that might follow. [[spoiler:Not that it helps, since he's murdered in chapter 2.]]
* EagleEyeDetection: His eyes are honed to the point of identifying objects and individuals at great distances. One of his skills.
* InnateNightVision: His eyes are incredible in that they can quickly adjust to dark environments to easily identify silhouettes. One of his skills.
* IAmNotMyFather: His father being one of the most infamous and well-known hired guns in the yakuza, has been a role-model for Shinya for quite some time. Until a certain incident occured which convinced Shinya to stray from his first intended path.
** FamilyHonor: His father and family in general take honor quite seriously. Shinya used to as well until the same incident changed his mindset. He no longer thinks the occupation to be honourable and considers it to be nothing more than murder.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Becomes this with Kyo during the chapter 2. [[spoiler: Too bad Shinya dies that week.]]
* HitmanWithAHeart: Enough of a heart to voluntarily quit his SHSL talent and try to pursue something more respectable.
** HiddenHeartOfGold: As much as it could be possible, in the least. Shinya takes no satisfaction in the act of taking another's life. When he does, he makes sure to do so quickly and even prays for their better fortune in another life.
* [[spoiler:MythologyGag]]: [[spoiler:His slit throat is unusually similar to the was Koemi was killed in the previous murder.]]
* NeverTellMeTheOdds[=/=]ILikeThoseOdds: He has discovered a certain fetish where he loves to take chances. The greater the risk, the greater his satisfaction. There is no gamble that he would shy from, although if there is nothing to be gained there would be no purpose in it at all and he understands this.
* TheClan
** BigScrewedUpFamily
* SelfMadeMan
* ThereAreNoCoincidences
** RedStringOfFate
* [[spoiler:ZeroApprovalGambit: Shinya attempts to pull one in chapter 1's trial: he feels the real murderer was justified in killing because they were afraid of what would happen if they didn't, so Shinya, believing himself more deserving to die due to his SHSL talent of being a Hitman, deliberately attempts to ''get himself executed in the murderer's place'', since he feels that would still mean someone more deserving than he would get to live.]]
!!Mimi Arakaki
!!!Super High-School Level Itamae
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Vain and haughty, Mimi was born into a very traditional Japanese family, who instilled proper views into their child from a young age. Despite her mother's wishes for her to become a maiko, Mimi insisted on working with her father, despite the fact that it was frowned upon for a woman to work in the kitchen. [[spoiler:The sixth victim of the mutual killing game, killed by asphyxiation.]]
* AgentScully: Never mind the whole being trapped in a spa by evil robotic stuffed animals or any of the other weirdness and horrors she's been subjected to. Mimi outright ''refuses'' to believe in [[spoiler:spirits and possession]].
* BerserkButton: Don't tell Mimi to her face that you think less of her for being a woman, whether in general or because you think the "Itamae" profession should be restricted to men.
* BrutalHonesty: Mimi will ''not'' mince words.
* DaddysGirl: Enough to take up her father's profession as an Itamae.
* [[spoiler:DidYouJustHaveSex?]]: [[spoiler:Not entirely true, but Mimi implies that she and Ritsuka spent the night together during Renèe's murder to help with Ritsuka's alibi. She even goes as far as to cry in front of everyone at the trial. However, while the other students are understandably in the dark, an observer of the roleplay would already know that Mimi and Ritsuka ''didn't'' have sex, because Mimi believes Ritsuka to be the wrong gender right up until Ritsuka's execution: if they had had sex, Ritsuka's particular "configuration of parts", as it were, would have given Ritsuka's gender away while Ritsuka was still alive.]]
* [[spoiler:EvenEvilHasStandards]]: [[spoiler:Well, more like Even Jerks Have Standards. Mimi can be haughty and arrogant, but when she sees the manner in which the chapter 4 murder victim was killed, she calls the murderer cowardly, repulsive, and despicable. Why was such an act of treachery necessary, when the victim was already a weak girl and easy to overpower in the first place?]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD]]: Following [[spoiler:Ritsuka's execution]]. It takes several days before [[spoiler:she ventures out of her room again]].
* InsufferableGenius: She can be this sometimes.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Mimi was never very popular among her peers, since she is arrogant and aloof.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Takes the mutual killing game very seriously, and isn't afraid to point out that trusting others in such an enviroment can lead to disaster.
* LonelyDollGirl: She was this as a child; she didn't mind being unpopular among her peers since she could play with her dolls instead.
* [[spoiler:LoveEpiphany]]: [[spoiler:Mimi finally realizes that her feelings for Ritsuka are ''love'' only after Ritsuka's already kissed her. Amusingly, it is ''not'' accompanied by any epiphany that Ritsuka, whom she thinks is a man, is actually ''female''.]]
* MyGirlIsNotASlut: This is why Mimi's mother wanted her to become a "maiko"; Mimi's mother believes that modern women lack self-respect or any sense of right and wrong, and are willing to bare their flesh like their flesh is something for the autumn wind to batter about. Meanwhile, Mimi is different since her mother made her wear much less revealing clothing.
** After getting slapped for sneering at a murder victim's corpse, Mimi retaliates by calling her assailant 'the filthiest woman in attendance' and implies she ReallyGetsAround. Yukiko responds by calling her a CovertPervert.
* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone]]: [[spoiler:Mimi indirectly helped Ritsuka and Yukiko get fingered as possible culprits. When the vote turns Ritsuka's way, and Monobear declares that they are about to execute an ''innocent'' Ritsuka, Mimi feels horrible because she has sentenced the one person she ''cared for'' to death. Amusingly, the seriousness of her remorse is mitigated somewhat by the fact that she still thinks Ritsuka is ''male''.]]
* [[spoiler:NoSympathy]]: [[spoiler:To the murder of Kyo in chapter 3's trial. She had despised Kyo, and might even have murdered him herself if there had been a stronger motive.]]
** [[spoiler:Also no sympathy to Kanon, after she turns out to be Kyo's murderer. When a spirit claims to have possessed Kanon and thus to be the true culprit, Mimi believes Kanon is merely lying to get out of punishment, making up a "pathetic" sob story, and Mimi thus gives Kanon an angry speech about fooling everyone and how she should just atone for her crime with a well-deserved execution. She even makes a point about how even though Kyo was a "hog", he at least deserves to have his death be atoned for.]]
* NotHelpingYourCase: Her reaction when accused of being the murderer in Chapter [[spoiler:4]]. More precisely [[UngratefulBastard the way she treats somebody trying to defend her]].
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Ritsuka, so she doesn't take it well when the innocent Ritsuka is incorrectly voted as the culprit in chapter 4.]]
* PetTheDog: For all her prickliness, she helped [[spoiler:Larry with his injuries]] after discovering them following the second trial.
* PickyEater: A necessary trait for her to have, actually, since it improves her palate and lets her prepare better food.
* {{Pride}}: Of the seven deadly sins, this is the one most prevalent in Mimi.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Fully capable of telling anyone at a moment's notice just how much she feels they suck, at length. Normally while keeping a serene expression.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Jeers at [[spoiler:Kyo Otonomiya]]'s corpse after their murder is discovered.
* StayInTheKitchen: A weird [[InvertedTrope ''inverted'']] example: her mother wanted her to be traditionally feminine and ''not'' work in the kitchen, but she insisted on taking up her father's profession as an Itamae to prove that women could cook in a Japanese kitchen and not ruin the food.
* SupremeChef: But unlike [[VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2 Teruteru Hanamura]], her SHSL talent is not "Chef" or "Cook" but "Itamae", so she's only a supreme chef if she's in a Japanese kitchen specifically.
* TranquilFury: She generally keeps a straight face while tamping down her anger, attacking others with barbed words.
* UngratefulBastard: During Chapter [[spoiler:4]]'s trial, [[spoiler:Arisa]] tries to defend her by stating she wasn't strong enough to kill [[spoiler:poor Renee]]. Mimi takes this as a personal slight and slings some papers at her would-be defender's head before going into a TranquilFury.
* WrongGenreSavvy: She fixates on [[spoiler:Kanon]] following their false confession to the second murder, convinced that they're actually responsible for what happened.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Borderline. She's graceful and conducts her work with great poise, she's devoted to her family (or at least her father), her speech is delivered in polite diction, she's devoted to a traditional Japanese profession, she dresses in traditional Japanese clothing, etc. The "borderline" part comes into play because she is neither submissive nor usually very nice.
* YouthfulFreckles: But without actually acting youthful. Also, at one point we briefly get to see Mimi in a towel, and it turns out she has freckles all over her body, not just her face.
!!Lawrence “Larry” Lang
!!!Super High-School Level Boxer
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Known as the "Golden Boy of Coney Island", Larry is an American raised in New York, who began to tour the world once he became famous. As a result his grades dropped, and taking the opportunity to enroll in a Japanese school while he was there on tour, Larry became eligible for acceptance into Hope's Peak.
* BadassBeard: On his profile picture.
* [[spoiler:BerserkButton]]: [[spoiler:When Renée is murdered in chapter 4, Larry spends three entire paragraphs screaming at his classmates for whoever the "coward" of a murderer is to show himself/herself so he can do nasty things to them.]]
* BigApplesauce: He was raised in New York.
* BigOlEyebrows
* BookDumb: In his backstory, but this was only temporary. His world tour of boxing caused his grades to slip while he was on the Japan leg of the tour, so he put himself in a Japanese school to fix his grades so they wouldn't disrupt his tour. This is what put him in the running for scouting by a prestigious academy...
* [[spoiler:DespairEventHorizon]]: [[spoiler:Renée's death in chapter 4 causes Larry to decide he won't be saving anyone this time, and it's going to feel so good when someday he tears Monobear apart and stomps on his corpse.]]
* FunnyAfro
** AfroAsskicker
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Eiji
* Important Haircut: Shaves off his afro in chapter 6.
* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone]]: [[spoiler:It turns out Larry was wrong about chapter 4's culprit...but the class voted for his incorrect guess largely thanks to a great deal of work ''he'' did in implicating who he thought was the culprit, and an innocent person was executed. This tropes is Larry's reaction both to this innocent execution, and to the fact that now that ''his'' best efforts to undo his own damage have been ignored, he now knows what ''he himself'' put Naoto and Jaejin through when he previously shunted ''their'' efforts aside.]]
* RousingSpeech: Gave one in the first trial in response to being accused. Everyone was so moved that he wasn't ever brought up as a suspect again.
* SherlockScan: Skilled at reading body language, since he's a "counter puncher" in boxing terms.
* SuperReflexes: One of his skills is an extremely fast reaction time, which improves his boxing.
* [[spoiler:ToThePain]]: [[spoiler:When Renée is murdered in chapter 4, Larry threatens that when he finds out who killed her, he is going to tear the murderer's head off, reach inside the bloody stump the murderer calls a neck, and turn the murderer inside out with his bare hands. Then he will tear the murderer into so many pieces that there won't be enough left for Monobear to execute.]]
* UnderdogsNeverLose: His backstory is that he was an underdog boxer, but he defeated a professional boxer in a three-round match for charity (it helped that he had already shown a natural aptitude for the sport in amateur tournaments). That's what got him started on touring the world and honing what was to be his SHSL talent: boxing.
!!Kanon Shinseiko
!!!Super High-School Level Medium
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Gifted with supernatural sensitivities from birth, Kanon has gained both positive and negative attention for her ability to commune with the dead. [[spoiler:Technically responsible for Kyo's murder -- or rather, the spirit Yuu Hideyoshi killed him while possessing her. Her classmates pinned it on her.]]
* BlindWithoutEm: Kanon has extremely poor vision, and should probably be wearing glasses at all times. She doesn't though.
* ChildProdigy: Kanon has been able to speak to the dead since birth.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Both her eyes and her hair are a purplish-white.
* CreepyDoll: Her stuffed rabbit definitely qualifies.
* CreepyGood: Kanon puts out a strange aura that creeps people out, but she's really not all that bad. [[spoiler:Then it's [[DoubleSubversion doubly subverted]]. One, it turns out Kanon is chapter 3's murderer, subverting the "good" part of "creepy good"...but two, ''that'' is subverted when it turns out the real murderer is the spirit who forcibly possessed Kanon; Kanon herself was innocent and had no knowledge of what her body did.]]
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Hers is set in a haunted house, in a room filling with poison gas. The only door out leads to ''something'' that pulls her inside and slams it shut behind her, leaving her stuffed bunny to soak in the blood seeping beneath the door. WordOfGod clarified that what's left of her body was stuffed into a ''second'' bunny that was tossed back into the room in the end.]]
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She carries around a stuffed bunny for undisclosed and mysterious reasons.
* HimeCut: A rather sloppy example though.
* ISeeDeadPeople
* [[spoiler:MotiveRant]]: [[spoiler:After Kanon's declared to be the murderer, Yuu takes over and reveals they were really responsible, and rants about how this was the only way to protect her.]]
* MysticalWhiteHair
* [[spoiler:NiceJobBreakingItHero]]: [[spoiler:Yuu decided the best way to save Kanon was to force her graduation by possessing her and murdering three students. This only succeeded in getting Kyo and Kanon killed. Whoops.]]
* [[spoiler:NothingIsScarier]]: [[spoiler:None of the witnesses get a clear view of what murders Kanon, as it takes place behind a closed door. They only have her screams, horrific sounds, and her blood seeping underneath the doorway to go by.]]
* [[spoiler:SlasherSmile]]: [[spoiler:Yuu sports one while gloating about how good Kyo's blood felt on 'their' hands.]]
* [[spoiler:SympatheticMurderer]]: [[spoiler:Yuu may have been willing to kill, but ''Kanon'' wasn't, and is horrified upon realizing what happened.]]
* [[spoiler:TakeMeInstead]]: [[spoiler:Tries to take the rap for killing Shinya in chapter 2's trial.]]
* [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist]]: [[spoiler:Well, as far as Yuu's concerned, they killed for a damn good reason.]]
* [[spoiler:WhatDidIDoLastNight]]: [[spoiler:Does not recall what happened around the time the murder of Kyo occurred. Making matters worse, some of her beads were discovered in a trash can near the crime scene.]]
** [[spoiler:Then it turns out it's because a spirit possessed her and murdered Kyo, so from a certain point of view, she can't remember what happened because ''she was Kyo's murderer''.]]
* WillingChanneler: Kanon's specialty is possession-based communication with the dead.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Grade A.
!!Hidehisa Maruhashi
!!!Super High-School Level Trapeze Artist
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Hidehisa accidentally discovered his talent for the trapeze while playing at his parent's circus, Mallum's Wonder Emporium. Though he dreamed of being an Olympic gymnast, He began working at his parents instead.
* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: Hidehisa was almost considered as a Super High School Contortionist
* AmbiguouslyGay: We just don't know.
* [[spoiler:AnguishedDeclarationOfLove]]: [[spoiler:To Arisa Sato, just before Arisa is executed in chapter 6. At least he gets his feelings returned for a brief moment, though, because they kiss.]]
* CircusBrat: Hidehisa was born and raised in his parent's circus.
** [[JackOfAllTrades Jack Of All 'Circus' Trades]]: Out of [[ConstantlyCurious curiosity]], Hisa has worked in every performing aspect of the family business and has some skill in them.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: He actually wanted to be an Olympic gymnast, but he couldn't say no to his parents who owned a travelling circus, so he ended up becoming a SHSL Trapeze Artist.
* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: His profile, actually, not he himself. His profile reads, "As a showman by trade, Hidehisa is quite the charismatic character. That "dazzling” personality of his has gotten him places… ''if y’know what I mean''." This could be innuendo, or it could be referring to something completely innocent. It was deliberately left vague.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Arisa Sato. Not that anything comes of it, however, since the love confession happens in the chapter 6 trial, which is also when Arisa is executed.]]
* SkilledButNaive
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: His DarkSecret is [[spoiler:his fear of heights]].
!!Naoto Ueyama
!!!Super High-School Level Astrologist
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An enthusiast who claims to be able to see everything about a person in the stars, simply by knowing their birthday. He is often mistaken for some kind of cult leader.
* AHeroIsBorn: ''Maybe''. He claims his birth was the product of "three miracles in succession".
* [[spoiler:AlmostOutOfOxygen]]: [[spoiler:During chapter 8's morgue investigation with Chris and Hisae, Naoto passes out due to lack of proper ventilation in a room on fire.]]
* {{Astrologer}}: His SHSL talent.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He has the ability to "theorize from many different angles", thanks to astrology giving him an open mind.
* BandOfBrothers: With Chris and Hisae after chapter 8.
* [[spoiler:BerserkerTears]]: [[spoiler:When he finds Jaejin's body in the garden in Chapter 7. He makes a full out monologue about this]].
* [[spoiler:BrokenTears]]
* [[spoiler:InelegantBlubbering]]
* [[spoiler:ManOnFire]]
* [[HerHeartWillGoOn His Heart Will Go On]]: Despite [[spoiler:Jaejin's death in Chapter 7]].
* NervesofSteel: Has remained calm throughout all the trials, never blowing up at anybody. In fact, in [[spoiler:chapter 4]] in particular, Naoto stepped up to gather a lot of evidence.
** [[spoiler:But his nerves of steel took a hit when he found out that he had been instrumental in setting up a Mastermind vote that voted for the wrong person.]]
* [[spoiler:NeverGotToSayGoodbye]]: [[spoiler:To Jaejin]].
* NiceHat: Wears a sailor's cap in his profile picture.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Jaejin, until Jaejin is murdered in chapter 7.]]
* [[spoiler:ScamReligion]]
* OnlySaneMan: Shares this status with Tomiko; he's never been involved in his classmates' arguments.
** [[spoiler:Unfortunately subverted when he leads his classmates into voting for ''the wrong person'' as the Mastermind.]]
* SendInTheSearchTeam: With Chris and Hisae. During chapter 8, Naoto brought Hisae and Chris together to search inside of a secret room in the morgue to look for clues about the Mastermind. [[spoiler:Things didn't go as planned, however, when Chris activated a tripwire that in turn started a fire. The search ends with Naoto and Chris unconscious and a blubbering Hisae.]]
* SherlockScan: Can accurately read others' personalities based on their birthday, or if he doesn't know their birthday, on his own average intuition.
* [[spoiler:StarCrossedLovers]]: [[spoiler:Jaejin and Naoto's romance is a tragic one.]]
* [[spoiler:SurvivorGuilt]]
!!Koemi Takibana
!!!Super High-School Level Comedian
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Though coming from a very serious family, Koemi learned the art of telling the best horrible jokes from her neighbor, along with some other tricks.[[spoiler:She's the chapter 1 murder victim, dying from blood loss caused by a slashed throat.]]
* BreakTheCutie
* CrystalBall: Recently acquired one.
* [[GirlWithAPearlEarring Girl With A Heart Earring]]
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile]]
* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie]]
* PhotographicMemory
* PinkMeansFeminine: Her entire wardrobe seems to be filled with pretty much purely pink! Try saying that three times fast.
* PluckyComicRelief: Well... until recently.
* ThePollyanna: One of her special skills is to always see the best in any situation.
* PungeonMaster: Her SHSL talent, along with all other forms of comedy.
* PurelyAestheticGlasses: Okay, so the glasses are there mostly just because they run with her heart motif. But she really does need glasses! Honest!
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLamb]]: [[spoiler:Is the first murder victim, and the fact that it happened to a comedian sets the tone for the grim atmosphere of the mutual killing game.]]
* StandUpComedy: Her SHSL talent, along with all other forms of comedy.
* TechnicolorEyes
* TheCutie
* [[spoiler:TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]: [[spoiler:Everyone saw Koemi as a cute little girl (even some who only knew her as a stranger), so most of the students are royally pissed off that she was the first murder victim. The only ones who ''aren't'' pissed off are either the killer, or the ones who are calm enough to focus on finding out who the killer is and not care too much who it was who died ''specifically''.]]
!!Fumiko 'Fumi' Wakahisa
!!!Super High-School Level Food Critic
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The food snob to lead all food snobs, Fumiko adores all things food. She is feared all over the world by those in the culinary world, as a review from her is the ultimate authority. [[spoiler: She's the first culprit; she murders Koemi, but the students manage to correctly figure out it was her.]]
* AloofDarkHairedGirl
* BigEater: Which makes her better at her SHSL talent of being a food critic.
* CausticCritic: Which makes her better at her SHSL talent of being a food critic.
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Fumiko is executed as the first culprit by being sent to a giant table full of food, befitting her SHSL talent as Food Critic. There is a giant Monobear at the end of the table holding a knife and fork eagerly, as though anticipating his meal. Fumiko tries to get off the table, but the tablecloth suddenly becomes a "treadmill" and forcibly drags her over to the giant Monobear, who stabs her to death with his fork.]]
* TheEngineer: Very minor example, she can repair household appliances.
* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: [[spoiler:Her ultimate fate, because she's executed by a giant Monobear stabbing her to death with a fork.]]
* [[TheInspectorIsComing The Food Critic Is Coming]]
* PickyEater: [[RuleOfThree Which makes her better at her SHSL talent of being a food critic.]]
* SuperSenses: She has an exceptionally developed sense of taste. [[OverlyLongGag Which makes her better at her SHSL talent of being a food critic.]]
!!Jun Shinobu
!!!Super High-School Level Game Developer
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Mostly doing {{Role playing Game}}s and Visual Novels, Jun excels in storytelling more than technical gameplay, though he does create games for all genres. Despite being gifted with words, he often comes across as shy and not very talkative. [[spoiler:After the second trial ends with a mistrial over a mistaken suicide, Monobear declares he'll act out the motive and randomly cripple one of the students for life. Jun's the one chosen, and has his eyes gouged out. In chapter 7, Jun confesses to Jaejin's murder, but is exonerated due to someone else winning more votes than him, winning Monobear's "immunity" motive.]]
* [[spoiler:AnguishedDeclarationOfLove]]: [[spoiler:Upon learning that he's about to be crippled, he gives everyone a speech to inspire them...and included in that speech is a confession that he loves Yukiko, "Milady". He loves everything about her, would be willing to give her the sun and moon, and would she consider going out with him?]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He thinks in game tropes.
* [[spoiler:EyeScream]]: [[spoiler:When Monobear punishes the students after the second trial by crippling one of them, poor Jun ''gets his eyes pecked out by crows.'']]
* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD]]: [[spoiler:Following his blinding, he struggles with feeling useless and worthless.]]
* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini: He murders Jaejin in chapter 7, but because Yukiko received more "total votes" for Yukiko's separate murder, Jun wins Monobear's "immunity motive" and thus not only gets off scot-free for murdering Jaejin, but cannot become a victim for one more chapter.]]
* {{Megane}}
** SmartPeopleWearGlasses
* NakedFirstImpression: Minor example. Upon meeting Jaejin and going back to his room to clean up, Jun accidentally exposes himself to his new friend.
* PaintingTheFourthWall: His posts sometimes include graphics resembling game text windows. Making new friends is signified with "Congratulations!! A New Party Member Has Been Added!"; a death means "This Route Is Now Locked!!"; his interruption is "That option is unavailable!!"
* PlayfulHacker: Jun dabbles.
* [[spoiler:PrecisionFStrike]]: [[spoiler:His first reaction to Takahiro's death-by-Monobear.]]
* [[spoiler:StressVomit]]: [[spoiler:His second reaction to Takahiro's death-by-Monobear.]]
* TheStoryteller
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Eiji Oshirou
!!!Super High-School Level Show Host
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Eiji always loved to be the center of attention from childhood. He hosted his own extremely popular show, called "The Eiji O Show!" before quitting, desiring a normal school life. Instead, he was invited to Hope's Peak Academy.
* {{Adorkable}}
* [[spoiler:AngerBornOfWorry]]: [[spoiler: After trial 4, Eiji declares that he hates Larry and Kazuya the most after both offered to die (In Kazuya's case, YET AGAIN.). He then exits the area and punches the elevator out of anger.]]
* AnythingThatMoves
* AttentionWhore: In an unusual example of this trope, he's ''required'' to be this, since it helps him in his SHSL talent of being a host. He actually stopped doing this shortly before being invited to Hope's Peak so he could have a normal school life.
* BishieSparkle: This is mainly pertaining to his clothes and bright smile.
* [[spoiler:BlueWithShock]]: [[spoiler:His reaction to Shinya's death. He really thought the guy would help them leave.]]
** [[spoiler:And again to Kyo's death.]]
** [[spoiler:And the fourth motive.]]
* [[spoiler:BrokenPedestal]]: [[spoiler:It turns out Kanon was his idol, so he is extremely apologetic when Kanon turns out to be chapter 3's culprit and must be executed.]]
* CampGay
* [[spoiler:DarkAndTroubledPast]]: [[spoiler:Used to be part of a gang. Said gang once killed a girl.]]
* EternallyPearlyWhiteTeeth
* [[spoiler:GetAHoldOfYourselfMan]]: [[spoiler: At the end of trial 3, when Eiji slapped Kazuya for his continued offer to die for everyone.]]
* [[spoiler: HarmfulToMinors]]: [[spoiler: According to the read more Eiji posted during chapter 4, he watched his friend Genki as she was stabbed to death by his cult. He was supposed to be next. That was, until the police came. It was too late for Genki, however.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Larry.
* [[spoiler: HitMeDammit]]: [[spoiler:In order to repair his friendship with Larry, Eiji asked him to punch him in the face and let him do the same during Chapter 5's Abnormal Days.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:How he feels about his friend dying in front of him when he was 12 years old. The truth is, he was chained to a desk and forced to watch as his best friend at the time was murdered]].
** [[spoiler:At the end of trial 6, he blames himself again, for not being a good friend to Arisa and Hidehisa.]]
** [[spoiler:He blames himself before and after trial 7 as well, for not protecting Kazuya and Jaejin. He also believes that Jun and Yukiko killed because he wasn't a 'good enough friend']].
* {{Keet}}: Oftentimes this when least appropriate.
* LargeHam: About everything. Means what he says. When embarrassed, instead of saying something else or avoiding the subject, he'll talk about it in length, with more volume.
* NoIndoorVoice: He usually talks loud on the show, so he supposedly isn't used to talking normally.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Katsuya; they've even had a "night of passion" together, as we learn during Eiji's bout of survivor guilt after chapter 7's trial. Interestingly enough, however, a recent post has revealed that he very much cared about "his funny girl", meaning Koemi, and he still obsesses over her in his room and writes to her in his diary. It is possible that Eiji might have hooked up with Koemi instead if Koemi hadn't been the first murder victim.]]
* [[spoiler:ParentalAbandonment]]: [[spoiler: We find out when Himeji speaks to him in Chapter 3 that Eiji's mother left him, stating that she didn't need the family anymore. We find out in Chapter four that this was linked to why he joined the cult in the first place.]]
* PurelyAestheticGlasses: These come off before Chapter [[spoiler:5]]'s trial after Eiji asked [[spoiler:Larry to punch him in the face.]]
* [[spoiler:RousingSpeech]]: [[spoiler:Gives an angry one backing Marian up to Shinya and Kazuya when the latter two offer to sacrifice themselves in Trial One.]]
* [[spoiler:ScarsAreForever]]: [[spoiler: Eiji has scars down his back due to cult self infliction activities. This was to bring them 'closer to the spirits'.]]
* [[spoiler:SecurityCling]]: [[spoiler:Jumps into Larry's arms upon discovering Kyo's death.]]
* [[spoiler:SurvivorGuilt]]: [[spoiler:After chapter 7's trial, Eiji feels guilty because he was enjoying a "night of passion" with Katsuya while his friends were being murdered.]]
* TheMatchmaker: He seems to kind of take notice when two friends he is close to may or may not have romantic feelings for each other. This was evident in his last encounter with Tomiko and Kazuya in chapter [[spoiler:4.]]
* WideEyedIdealist
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Adeline "Addy" Martin
!!!Super High-School Level Sculptor
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Adeline is an energetic girl who became well-known after the sculptures collecting in her mother's backyard began to attract the attention of art collectors. [[spoiler:When confronted by Yukiko, Addy admitted to having killed Shinya in what she believed to be self-defense. She later becomes the chapter 5 murder victim, killed by blood loss from a slashed throat.]]
* ChildProdigy: Addy has been making figures nearly every day since childhood, and was first noticed professionally in middle school.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* GenkiGirl
* [[spoiler: DirtyCoward]]:[[spoiler:She lies during the second trial about the file so she wouldn't be excecuted, and only confesses to Yukiko to save her reputation among the other students.]]
* DisappearedDad: She states in one of her ask memes that her father left when she was a small child.
* DotingParent: Her mother provides for her every want.
* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini]]: [[spoiler:In reality, Shinya didn't kill himself, as the students incorrectly voted, ''Addy'' killed Shinya in what she believed to be self-defense. That it was self-defense ordinarily ''would'' excuse her Karma Houdini status, but she ''didn't confess'' until Yukiko confronted her privately, and thus Addy knowingly allowed Monobear to cripple Jun as a collective punishment for the students' failure to catch the true murderer.]]
** [[spoiler:Karma finally catches up with her several chapters later, as she becomes the chapter 5 murder victim.]]
* [[spoiler:ManslaughterProvocation]]: [[spoiler:She killed Shinya in what she believed to be self-defense.]]
* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: According to her profile, "She is also very personable and is good at making people like her in order to get a sale." [[spoiler:But ''not'', apparently, nice enough to confess to being the second murderer to avoid Monobear crippling a random student as punishment for the students getting it wrong.]]
* TrueBlueFemininity
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
* YoungEntrepreneur
!!Renée Petit
!!!Super High-School Level Ballerina
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Renée was introduced to ballet at a young age due to her mother, a world-famous ballerina. When her mother retired due to injury, Renée quickly proved herself even more skilled and she had been. She generally performs solo, without a company. [[spoiler:She's the chapter 4 murder victim, killed by eviscration.]]
* [[spoiler:AbusiveParents]]: Implied. A talentswap AU on her journal features [[spoiler:her mother constantly berating her for not having enough skill to become a dancer, and deriding her when she discovers another talent]]. During the [[spoiler:third]] trial, she has a {{Flashback}} to somebody calling her a 'stupid, useless girl', and nearly responds automatically with "[[spoiler:Yes mama, I'm sorry]]."
* {{Ballet}}: Her SHSL talent.
* BobHaircut
* CareerEndingInjury: Not her, but her mother, Noémi, who used to be a world famous ballerina before an ankle injury forced her to retire (and put her in a wheelchair to boot).
* ChildProdigy: Renée has always been excellent at ballet even when she was a child.
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Her murderer posed her as if she was dancing, with her hands tied up over her head... and then savagely beat her and ripped her intestines out.]]
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Not a major example, but Renée's sprites are always drawn with really dull-looking eyes, as if she's always really tired.
* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: Renée is French, and her SHSL talent is a profession that usually requires the women practicing it to be at least slightly attractive in the looks department for the sake of the performance, hence this trope.
* ExtremeDoormat
* GratuitousFrench: Employed whenever Renée is freaked out or embarrassed.
* [[spoiler:GuttedLikeAFish]]
* [[spoiler:HearingVoices]]: [[spoiler:It seems to be her mother, who insults her and tells her to stop being weak and kill someone, especially when Renée is stressed.]]
* ObliviousToLove: It takes Renée a long time to figure out that Larry is flirting with her. When she does? Cue the CrushBlush.
* {{Omniglot}}: Because of her travels around the world, she is fluent in English, Japanese, and French, and at least pretty good at several other European languages.
* PunnyName: Renée's last name is French for small.
* [[spoiler:RiddleForTheAges]]: [[spoiler:We still don't know who murdered Renée in chapter 4, and we likely never will. Ritsuka was voted as the culprit, but Ritsuka was innocent. The second biggest suspect was Yukiko, but Yukiko is eventually executed for a different murder, and before being executed Yukiko screams that she didn't kill Renée. It isn't revealed whether or not Yukiko was telling the truth, so it looks like Renée's murderer will remain a mystery for the ages.]]
* StageMom: Minor example; Renée has been a member of several companies, but the arrangements never lasted long because her mother was never satisfied with them.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Renée is a ballet prodigy, just like her mother was, and she's world-famous, just like her mother...but in her profile Renée is actually described as being ''better'' at ballet than her mother ever was.
* SurpassedTheTeacher: Well, surpassed her ''mother'' anyway. Renée's mother used to be a world-famous ballerina, and now her daughter is a more skilled ballerina than she is.
* SwitchToEnglish: Renée employs this trope ''alot'', as she feels more comfortable speaking English than Japanese.
* TrueBlueFemininity
!!Tomiko Kawasaki
!!!Super High-School Level Voice Actress
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Despite being born into a family of actors and actresses, Tomiko proved to be rather camera-shy, and so chose to pursue voice-acting instead, and has had a prolific career. Despite her calm demeanor, Tomiko has been quite sheltered for most of her life.
* [[spoiler:BlueWithShock]]: [[spoiler:Her reaction to Koemi being murdered.]]
* [[spoiler:InnocentInaccurate]]: [[spoiler:After chapter 6's trial, after Tomiko enters the elevator, she ''passes out'', and doesn't wake up until ''the next chapter's trial'' is already over, meaning she slept through most of chapter 7. When she wakes up, she asks Monomi if Monomi can please bring Kazuya to Tomiko, not being privy to the fact that Kazuya is one of chapter 7's two ''murder victims.'']]
* [[spoiler:LoveConfession]]: [[spoiler:In chapter 7, as Tomiko is talking to Monomi upon waking up from having been passed out, Tomiko blushes and confesses that she loves Kazuya, so could Monomi bring Kazuya to Tomiko? Well no, because Kazuya had previously been ''murdered''.]]
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Shares this status with Naoto. Tomiko's remained calm throughout all the trials, and in the [[spoiler:chapter 4]] trial in particular she has expressed annoyance that her classmates keep getting into fights and arguments. She's one of the few classmates so far who has never been shown shouting, or with an unusually angry expression, or threatening another classmate, or some combination of the above.
* PhotographicMemory: For scripts and dialogue.
* PrincessCurls: Although not a princess.
* SailorFuku: She's wearing a white and pink sailor fuku in her profile.
* ShrinkingViolet: She belongs to a family of regular actors and actresses, but Tomiko herself is "camera shy" and thus chose to become a voice actress instead.
* SpoiledSweet: Described as "sheltered" with no idea how the world really works, but takes a genuine interest in others' day-to-day-lives as a result.
* [[spoiler:TenderTears]]: [[spoiler:While apologizing to Ritsuka in chapter 4, believing herself to be foolish, naive, and worthless for inadvertently having contributed to the innocent Ritsuka being voted as the culprit. Tears roll down her eyes as she claims that she is no better than the culprit, for having brushed Jaejin aside even though Jaejin was right about the culprit not being Ritsuka.]]
* [[ManOfAThousandVoices Woman of a Thousand Voices]]: Her SHSL talent.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Has a reputation for having a calm, mature personality, but in reality is a very sheltered individual.
!!Yukiko Asahara
!!!Super High-School Level Mangaka
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Yukiko's manga career started after winning a contest in a popular magazine. Her family then reluctantly agreed to allow her to write manga, provided that she used an alias. Antisocial and stone-faced, Yukiko comes off much harsher than she actually is. [[spoiler:Following Jun's blinding/punishment, Yukiko has cut out one of her own eyes. She later murders Kazuya Hirayama and is correctly pinned as the culprit during the seventh trial. Unfortunately, she was also falsely accused of being the Mastermind, and their first Vote was spent only to prove her innocence.]]
* [[spoiler:AcquittedTooLate]]: [[spoiler:Despite all the suspicion, she was not the Mastermind. In a brutal twist of {{Irony}}, the first Mastermind Vote proves her innocence shortly before her scheduled execution for murdering Kazuya.]]
* AloofDarkHairedGirl
* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]: She became a SHSL Mangaka after first becoming a fan of Junji Ito's Uzumaki, and then winning a popular manga contest, which caused publishers to pick her up and her to become a successful mangaka.
* BeautyMark: Under the corner of one eye.
* BerserkButton: Mimi punches hers with her SpeakIllOfTheDead moment and gets slapped for it.
* BunniesForCuteness: As her hair clip shows, she likes rabbits. She even thinks Monomi is cute. Following Chapter [[spoiler:3]], she starts wearing a [[spoiler:Monomi eyepatch]], and [[spoiler:claimed Kanon's stuffed rabbit]].
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Her execution involves a large Monobear dressed like the Queen chasing her into a rosebush maze with an axe, and then he makes Yukiko think she's lost him...only to reappear cornering Yukiko in a dead end, and finally cutting off Yukiko's head.]]
* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: She wears a "bunny hairclip".
* [[spoiler:EyeScream]]: [[spoiler:Self-inflicted.]]
** [[spoiler:EyepatchOfPower]]: Eventually. [[spoiler:Goes through several different versions: a medical patch, a frilly Monomi one, and a black one with a Monokuma slash.]]
* FanDisservice: Shortly after Monobear's second motive announcement, we get to see Yukiko in a towel because she's in the changing room...but it's not played for titillation, because for some reason her glasses are missing, and Yukiko freaks out over this.
* [[spoiler:GoodScarsEvilScars]]: [[spoiler:Her left eye socket is sewn shut after she removed her own eye.]]
* HiddenDepths: Part of the reason her mangaka abilities are SHSL is the fact that she's not just great at ''drawing'', she's great at ''writing'', too.
* [[spoiler:HowDareYouDieOnMe]]: [[spoiler:This is her reaction to discovering that chapter 3's murder victim is Kyo, since Kyo had earlier promised to teach Yukiko how to live for herself and find her own happiness.]]
* ImportantHaircut: During Chapter [[spoiler:5]]'s Abnormal Days, she cuts her hair to about shoulder length as part of a makeover.
* {{Meganekko}}
* [[spoiler:NiceJobBreakingItHero]]: [[spoiler:By successfully convincing the others that Shinya killed himself, she inadvertantly caused Jun's blinding.]]
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:Subverted with Kyo. Monobear makes an off-hand comment about how selfish it is of Yukiko to hide away her "passionate necking" with Kyo. What ''actually'' turns out to have happened is that Kyo kissed Yukiko after they bonded over similar backgrounds, but then Yukiko left in self-disgust to meditate on her feelings for Jun.]]
** [[spoiler:Mimi later notices marks on Yukiko's neck and exposes them, calling her 'the filthiest girl [there]'. However, during the trial, Yukiko states that all they did was kiss, nothing more.]]
* [[spoiler:OffWithHisHead]]: [[spoiler:Or rather, ''her'' head, since she's executed in an Alice in Wonderland parody with Monobear-as-the-Queen cutting her head off with an axe.]]
* ReclusiveArtist: By the age of 13.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: {{Averted}} with her [[SweaterGirl initial look]]. Interestingly, as of Chapter [[spoiler:5]], Monokuma seems to be trying to invoke this by demanding she wear [[spoiler:an eyepatch]] patterned after him.
* [[spoiler:RedHerring]]: [[spoiler:She's an excellent "Mastermind" candidate. She's emotionally unstable, she's rude to the others, and in chapter 4 Monobear even makes Yukiko wear red-and-white-and-black, the colors of a traditional Dangan Ronpa mastermind, complete with a friggin' ''Monobear eyepatch'' just to complete the "duality" look...nice try, because as Naoto found out the hard way when pushing for a vote, Yukiko is actually ''not'' the Mastermind.]]
* [[spoiler:RedStringOfFate]]: During Chapter [[spoiler:4]]'s Trial, she reveals [[spoiler:the red string she started wearing around her neck is a reference to this, as a memorial to Shinya.]]
* [[spoiler:SanitySlippage]]: [[spoiler:Because cutting out your own eye and giving it to another person as a threat usually doesn't bode well for one's general mental state.]]
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic: The mutual killing game has NOT [[TraumaCongaLine been kind to her]].
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Which is not a spoiler because even her profile explains that she has a soft interior though being outwardly emotionless.
* SuperOCD: Which helps her be very detail-oriented as she's drawing manga, but sometimes it can make her a control freak regarding her projects.
* [[spoiler:TakeMeInstead]]: Her reaction when [[spoiler:Monobear declares he'll cripple Jun]].
* [[spoiler:TragicKeepsake]]: [[spoiler:Kanon's stuffed rabbit.]]
* UnlimitedWardrobe: Has several different distinct outfits.
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Downplayed example, but her parents were initially against her being a mangaka, but then relented as long as she promised to publish under an alias so as not to "dirty the family name".
!!Takahiro 'Hiro' Hirano
!!!Super High-School Level Choreographer
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Hiro has traveled all around Southeast Asia, perfecting different styles of dance. He deals primarily with idol and pop groups, and is best known for his hip-hop group [=BULL3T=], which gained popularity on the internet. He's easygoing and optimistic, as well as flirtatious and slightly narcissistic. [[spoiler:Physically assaults Monobear after his takeover and is killed as a result.]]
* [[spoiler:DeathByIrony]]: Takahiro was right during Trust Academy, things could be ''much'' worse. [[spoiler:Also, his dance troupe's name is ''[=BULL3T=]''.]]
* TheFellowshipHasEnded: Takahiro's group has apparently broken up, and if we can trust Monobear's word, [[ItsAllMyFault it was Takahiro's fault]].
* NerdGlasses
* {{Narcissist}}: Has layers of this underneath his laid-back and optimistic attitude.
* {{Omniglot}}: He was born in Seoul, South Korea; spent some time in Los Angeles, California; and now lives in Japan. So now he's fluent in Japanese, English, and Korean.
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion]]
* [[spoiler:TheresNoKillLikeOverkill]]
** [[spoiler:MoreDakka]]
!!Chris Peril
!!!Super High-School Level Stunt Driver
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* [[spoiler:AlmostOutOfOxygen]]: [[spoiler: In chapter 8's morgue investigation with Naoto and Hisae, he passes out due to smoke inhalation.]]
* AscendedExtra: A weird "meta-example" of this trope. Chris Peril was not originally accepted into the Doubt Academy White roleplay, but the creator of Barclay, the SHSL Deep-Sea Diver, unexpectedly had to resign from the roleplay for personal reasons, so Chris Peril was the lucky (or, given the subject matter of the roleplay, should that be unlucky?) guy chosen from previously submitted applications to take Barclay's place.
* BadassDriver: Is very talented behind the wheel of a car, as well as a few other vehicles. Began doing more dangerous stunts at age 15 and has upped the danger since.
* BandOfBrothers: With Naoto and Hisae after chapter 8.
* CoolMask: What does he look like under his helmet? We just don't know.
* CoolHelmet
* [[spoiler:DramaticUnmask]]: [[spoiler:When the students get chapter 2's culprit wrong, Chris Peril gets so frustrated that he throws off his helmet, revealing his face for the first time. He has brown hair, blue eyes, and freckles on his nose.]]
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Picked up his love for driving from his father, who was a famous stock car racer at one point.
* [[spoiler:NearDeathExperience]]: [[spoiler: During chapter 8's morgue adventure, Chris inhales enough smoke to the point of his inner monologue quality beginning to degrade. It scared Hisae to a good degree.]]
* SendInTheSearchTeam: With Naoto and Hisae. During chapter 8, Naoto brought Hisae and Chris together to search inside of a secret room in the morgue to look for clues about the Mastermind. [[spoiler:Things didn't go as planned, however, when Chris activated a tripwire that in turn started a fire. The search ends with Naoto and Chris unconscious and a blubbering Hisae.]]
* StageNames: His real name is Hideki Takahashi.
* TheMechanic: Has alright knowledge on how to fit a car together.
* XMustNotWin: In Chris Peril's case, it's "Monobear must not win." After [[spoiler:the students get chapter 2's culprit wrong, resulting in Monobear picking a student to cripple in lieu of an execution]], Chris Peril says Monobear won't win, Chris will die before he lets Monobear win.
!!!Super High-School Level Maknae
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The youngest member of the eight-member idol group '[=PLAN8=]'. Don't let his fresh face fool you, though; his quick feet, sharp tongue, and incredible passion make him one of the greatest male idols in the industry! [[spoiler:The eighth victim of Doubt Academy White, killed by epinephrine-induced heart failure.]]
* [[spoiler:BerserkButton]]: [[spoiler:When Larry tries to derail the vote in chapter 3 on the grounds of not enough evidence, this is the second time he's done this, and Jaejin finally ''blows up'' at him, Jaejin's face even turning red, and he screams at Larry that since Larry didn't do nearly as much investigation as Jaejin and the rest of the students did, how ''dare'' Larry presume they're all jumping to conclusions, maybe if he does some ''actual work'' next time Larry might have a good ''reason'' to delay the vote!]]
* [[spoiler:BewareTheNiceOnes]]: [[spoiler:In chapter 3's trial, Jaejin gives a nasty to speech to Kanon, because Jaejin believes Kanon is the culprit. Even Jaejin's sprites are drawn with angrier than usual expressions.]]
* [[spoiler:BlueWithShock]]: [[spoiler:His reaction to Monobear's first "motive", a threat to kill everyone's families unless someone dies.]]
* HeroicBSOD: A minor example: Monobear's second motive is to threaten to end a random student's career with an injury unless a murder takes place. Jaejin is the most badly affected by the announcement, because given his talent, ''any injury at all'' could ruin him, from a broken leg to even a broken finger!
* IdolSinger: He's a member of an idol group. But it's not his SHSL talent since, unlike [[VisualNovel/DanganRonpa Sayaka Maizono]]'s SHSL talent of being an Idol Singer, Jaejin isn't proficient at idol singing but rather is proficient at being "the youngest member of a group", which is what the Korean word "Maknae" means. Actually, he seems to be the most skilled at ''dancing''.
* ItWasAGift: His sister gifted him one of his two Pluto symbol necklaces before leaving for his idol training, which Jaejin claims is his GoodLuckCharm. He later gifts the necklace to Naoto Ueyama, and receives a scarf in return.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Naoto, until Jaejin is murdered in chapter 7.]]
* {{Omniglot}}: Fluently speaks both Japanese and Korean, since his father is Japanese and his mother is Korean. He also spent three years in Korea.
* [[spoiler:RantInducingSlight]]: [[spoiler:In chapter 2's trial, after Jun calls Yukiko "my lady" one too many times, Jaejin snaps at Jun that Yukiko's words shouldn't just be taken as faith, and then Jaejin angrily reminds everyone else, at length, that they are attempting to find someone to ''execute'', so anyone making baseless conjectures is not contributing to the group, since they are also there to fight for ''each other''.]]
* RealMenWearPink: He's wearing a pinkish-purple Pluto necklace, and his eyes are pinkish-purple.
* StepfordSmiler: A benign example, since he isn't always the cute maknae everyone loves, but can easily slip into that persona since "Made for TV" is one of his skills.
* [[spoiler:TheReasonYouSuckSpeech]]: [[spoiler:After the students incorrectly vote for Ritsuka in chapter 4, Jaejin tells all his classmates in a long speech that they suck, because one, Jaejin himself didn't vote for Ritsuka this round, and two, Jaejin has ''always voted correctly so far!'' He was right to vote for Fumiko in chapter 1, he was right to vote for Addy in chapter 2 (although the students overruled him and voted it a suicide), he was right to vote for Kanon in chapter 3, and he may or may not have been right about Yukiko being chapter 4's culprit, it has yet to be revealed. Regardless, Jaejin works hard and has correct instincts, so those should have been allowed to take precedence over the students throwing out evidence because they thought the evidence was circumstantial.]]
* [[spoiler:TheMatchmaker]]: [[spoiler:In Chapter 5, Eiji talks to Jaejin about relationship advice. Jaejin ends up giving him a big speech, telling Eiji that can can talk to Katsuya and share his feelings. He even trades a capsule item with Eiji so he can do it.]]
!!Marian Spiegelman
!!!Super High-School Level Winter Guard
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The star of her winter guard team, this energetic and eccentric young lady always wore a mask while performing, hiding her true appearance. Before entering Hope's Peak Academy, she gave one final performance wherein she removed this, revealing her face to the public for the first time. [[spoiler:Turns out to be the culprit in Chapter 5, having killed Adeline.]]
* [[spoiler:BlueWithShock]]: [[spoiler:Her reaction to the murder of Koemi, and after that, her reaction to the murder of Shinya.]]
* CloudCuckoolander: She sometimes engages in strange antics and has an unreadable demeanor, which can sometimes make her seem intimidating.
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Executed by being sent out into a snowy field with a flag, befitting her profession as Winter Guard. However, Monobear appears in a parka, grinning evilly and levelling a rifle at her. He repeatedly fires at her, but Marian gracefully dodges almost all of the bullets. However, one bullet finally hits her leg, causing her to accidentally throw her flag up into the air...and then the flag comes down and impales her to death.]]
* GenkiGirl
* GirlishPigtails: Styled in PrincessCurls.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Ryosuke. She even gives him a quick kiss on the lips before her execution.]]
* [[spoiler:RousingSpeech]]: [[spoiler:She unexpectedly gives one in Trial One after first Shinya offers to be executed, then Kazuya offers to be executed in Shinya's place. She angrily reminds everyone that they promised to ''avenge the murder victim'', which they can't do if they're dead, are they just going to give up easily because they were wrong a couple times?]]
* [[spoiler:StickyFingers]]: [[spoiler:Her DarkSecret is that she used to steal little objects knowing they wouldn't be missed. When confronted by this in Monobear's motive, she immediately confesses.]]
* [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask The Woman Wearing The Winter Guard Mask]]: Actually, she wears that mask for the ''public'', but ''we'' get to see what she looks like without the mask.
!!Arisa Sato
!!!Super High-School Level Microbiologist
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Born out of wedlock, Arisa grew up in the city slums. Excelling in her studies led to her parentage being made known and getting moved to Japan on the government's time, where she works with the World Health Organization. Her current project is the Disease Hybridization Forecast and Impact Committee. [[spoiler:Responsible for murdering Mimi, and was correctly pinned as the culprit during the sixth trial.]]
* AmericanAccents: Arisa was raised in Chicago and has an accent from it, [[spoiler:as is shown in Trial 4.]] This would be an Inland North accent.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: She's very analytical and can get through stacks and stacks of data very quickly, which is useful since she's created and is now the leader of the Disease Hybridization Forecast and Impact Committee.
* BadassBookworm: Downplayed, as Arisa admits to being phyically fit but 'not strong' [[spoiler:in Trial 4.]]
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Arisa is shrunk down and placed in a terrarium. There's a hole in the terrarium, so if she could get to it, she could escape. But to do so, she must climb on various bacteria that appear...and two frogs with Monobear-style eyes suddenly appear, devouring the bacteria one by one. Arisa manages to escape until she gets to the very last bacteria, but then has no other escape route, and one of the frog's tongues finally latches onto Arisa and ''eats'' her.]]
* DisappearedDad: Arisa's father, Masaru Sato, wasn't around when she was growing up.
* [[spoiler:EatenAlive]]
* HeroicBastard: She was born out of wedlock to a well-known male scientist and an unknown woman, and her parents never married, making her technically a "bastard". Now she's leading public-edge health research.
* HotScientist: This is subverted in a way, as Arisa not only dresses appropriately for being in a lab (Hot Librarian might come into play here), but also because it's In the Blood.
* InTheBlood: Inverted, as Arisa follows in the footsteps of her brilliant scientist father with no drive towards evil.
* [[spoiler:ManipulativeBastard]]: [[spoiler:Her fourth motive proves that this is a part of her, but it is as of yet unseen in character. Also, 'bastard' here is taken literally, as with the Heroic Bastard trope.]]
* PrimAndProperBun: Befitting her personality.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Hidehisa. Not that anything comes of it, however, since the love confession happens in the chapter 6 trial, which is also when Arisa is executed.]]
* [[SelfMadeMan Self Made Woman]]: Grew up in the slums, but excelled in her studies and consequently got moved to Japan to pursue microbiology further.
* SuperOCD: One of her skills, actually, since it makes her extremely detail-oriented.
* [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist]]: [[spoiler:In ''three different ways'', no less! One, to atone for her role in instigating chapter 4's mistrial. Two, so the person she killed could be with her deceased lover. Three, so she could win Monobear's "Mastermind information motive" and then share that information with all her peers in order to help them.]]
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Arisa is always approaching things with a mature attitude, and to date has not had a breakdown of crying, anger, or any particularly unsuitable behavior. Logic seems to be easy for her, and she's been seen to be calling out others on unsuitable behaviors. Likely invoked by DisappearedDad and growing up on the Wrong Side of the Tracks.
* WrongSideOfTheTracks: Used to be this, because she was raised in the city slums.
!!Ryosuke Shuuto
!!!Super High-School Level Sports Fan
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Growing up watching his father love soccer, he eventually encouraged him to try out for a team. Though his dad wasn't very good at first, his son supported and encouraged him to keep trying, and he's become a world-famous player who credits Ryosuke's unwavering support for everything.
* TheCheerleader: Sort of. His SHSL talent is to cheer people on, but it's exclusive to sports.
* EagleEyeDetection: So he could always follow his father on the field.
* HeroicResolve: Not him, but his SHSL talent is to ''invoke'' this in others.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After Marian is executed, Ryosuke's usual enthusiasm is no where to be found, it even led to having his outfit changed to a rather simple black hoodie.]]
* NoIndoorVoice: A deliberate example; he trained his voice to be really loud so he could make himself heard over an entire stadium.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Marian, though he wonders what on earth he did to deserve her affections since he wasn't able to help her. When Marian is set to be executed, Ryosuke promises that if he ever gets out of this place and meets his father again, he'll tell his father that he met someone he cared about as much as his father cared about his mother.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: His reaction to [[spoiler: Renée's death.]] Which was unusual, considering the fact that he wasn't one to swear ever at all.
* MissingMom: It seems that he has little, or no recollection of his mother ever having any thing to do with him.
* ThePowerOfFriendship ''and'' ThePowerOfTrust: His entire SHSL talent is to be able to motivate sports players to become superstars just by being their fan.
* SoMyKidsCanWatch: His SHSL talent is to ''invoke'' this; his soccer star father performs his best on the field because he knows Ryosuke will be watching and cheering him on.
!!Kazuya Hirayama
!!!Super High-School Level Card Player
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A gifted number cruncher. When his father realized this, he forced his son to apply himself harder in school; this backfired, the tests and stress becoming far too much for him. Poker and trading card games became an escape, the only thing he did outside of studying. Though he sees it as a 'worthless hobby', he was accepted into Hope's Peak for his skills, much to his shock. [[spoiler:The seventh victim of Doubt Academy White, killed by cyanide-induced hisotoxic hypoxia.]]
* CannotTalkToWomen
* DarkSecret: PlayedForLaughs. Much like Naegi, his 'dark secret' is more embarrassing than anything else: [[spoiler:farting in English Class]].
* [[EducationMama Education Papa]]: His father pushing him to excel is responsible for a lot of his issues.
* [[spoiler:EvilLaugh]]: [[spoiler:He fakes villainous laughter when trying to falsely confess to Shinya's murder in chapter 2's trial.]]
* GoodWithNumbers
* [[spoiler:HearingVoices]]: [[spoiler:As of chapter 3, Kazuya seems to be hearing a dark version of himself talking to him, though it sounds muffled to him. It wants him to kill himself.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Considers his talent to be nothing more than a 'worthless hobby', and thinks that the only reason his title is SHSL Card Player is because they couldn't call somebody a SHSL Loser.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kiyoshi.
* {{Hikikomori}}
* [[spoiler:OurHeroIsDead]]
* PeekABangs
* [[spoiler:PrecisionFStrike]]: [[spoiler:His reaction to finding Koemi's body is to say, ""W-what the fuck…. WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!"]]
* [[spoiler:ShoutOut]]: [[spoiler:In the third trial, when attempting to protect Kanon, he shouts at Mimi, "THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY CORRECT", but he is accompanied by a hand-drawn pose that makes him look like Makoto Naegi or Hinata Hajima shouting "YOU'VE GOT THAT WRONG!"]]
* [[spoiler:TakeMeInstead]]: [[spoiler:Near the end of Trial One, Kazuya tries to offer himself in Shinya's place after Shinya tries to get himself executed.]]
** [[spoiler:He does this ''again'' in Trial Two, after Kanon tries to do so first.]]
** [[spoiler:And continues to do so in subsequent trials. It really starts to get on his classmates' nerves after a while.]]
!!Ritsuka Hojo
!!!Super High-School Level Samurai
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She gained her samurai skills in her family's dojo at a very young age. Her tomboyish, rough-and-tumble attitude is hidden by her family's strictly traditional etiquette. She feels pressured to succeed so she can meet her family's expectations and not be overshadowed by her two successful older siblings. [[spoiler:Tragically, she was falsely convicted of Renee's murder.]]
* ActionGirl
* [[spoiler:AcquittedTooLate]]: [[spoiler:The first instance of a living classmate being falsely charged with murder.]]
* [[spoiler:AfraidOfBlood]]: [[spoiler:It's a spoiler because first, we only find this out after a murder has already occurred, and second, this is her reaction to Koemi being murdered.]]
* [[spoiler:BaitAndSwitch]]: [[spoiler:Her execution. It's set up so she, and therefore the audience, believes that the "method of execution" is whatever horrible monster is chasing her. Actually, she's executed by swords that pop out of the floor and wall. So what was chasing her, then? ''A remote-controlled toy car with a megaphone attached!'']]
* [[spoiler:BeautyIsNeverTarnished]]: [[spoiler:When Ritsuka aggravates Larry over him being so upset by Renèe's death, she receives a strong punch to the jaw from the boxer. When Mimi finds Ritsuka afterwards, she states, despite the bruise, "with such beautiful lines that if she didn’t know better, Mimi might think Ritsuka resembled a woman."]]
* {{Bifauxnen}}
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Chased barefoot across a stage littered by sharp pieces of glass before being impaled on multiple katanas that slide out from board in the floors and wall.]]
* DaddysGirl: Her father trained her in the samurai arts.
* [[spoiler:FaceDeathWithDignity]]: [[spoiler:Despite her false conviction, she gives an inspiring speech to her classmates, saying she doesn't blame her classmates for getting it wrong. She's angry about being judged, but only in an impersonal sense, and not that it's her classmates doing it.]]
* HalfBreedDiscrimination: Ritsuka keeps her half-Korean heritage a secret not because she's ashamed of it, but because she worries about how others will react.
* HeirToTheDojo
* [[spoiler:HumanPincushion]]
* LadyLooksLikeADude: In fact, there isn't a ''single character'' in the class that has realized that Ritsuka is a girl.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Mimi. She even gives Mimi a chaste kiss on the cheek, and after telling Mimi not to cry and that someone could be falling love with Mimi's smile, Ritsuka gives Mimi a kiss on the lips before being executed.]]
* PassionateSportsGirl
* {{Samurai}}
* SamusIsAGirl
* SiblingRivalry: Ritsuka feels overshadowed by her older siblings, resulting in her pushing harder for success.
* TomboyishPonytail
* TomboyishName: Ritsuka is an androgynous name in Japanese, as is her shortened name of Ritsu, only adding to the confusion surrounding her gender.
* [[spoiler:UnsettlingGenderReveal]]: [[spoiler:Does this to Mimi post-humously via her diary.]]
** [[spoiler:Later does this to Eiji via a dakimakura from the Mono Machine, which depicts her with her bra and panties exposed. Yes, really.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Kyo Otonomiya
!!!Super High-School Level Musician
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He came from a long line of renowned classical musicians and was classically trained since he was in diapers. Despite this, he gravitated toward metal music and was disowned by his family for betraying the classical ways. He proved himself by quickly becoming a highly successful musician, acquiring a large fanbase in Japan and steadily gaining listeners overseas. [[spoiler:He's the chapter 3 murder victim, killed by blood loss caused by multiple stab wounds.]]
* BerserkButton: Yakuza, people throwing away their lives and the mastermind.
* BlackSheep: In a family of classically trained musicians, Kyo loves metal. He loves metal a lot.
* [[ChairmanoftheBrawl Chairman of the Brawl]]: Loves threatening Monobear with the cafe's chairs.
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Subjected to heavy arsenic poisoning, vomits blood multiple times while confronting the perpetrator, and is riddled with stab wounds in his chest and abdomen, some of which were inflicted post-mortem.]]
* [[spoiler:[[DiesWideOpen Dies Wide Open]]]]: [[spoiler:His corpse is locked in a gaze of horror, until Yukiko closes his eyes.]]
* EagleEyeDetection: For body language.
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithABang]]: [[spoiler:Sort of. If Monobear was serious in his comment about Yukiko selfishly hiding away their "passionate necking", then apparently right before Kyo was murdered, he and Yukiko were making out. But then subverted; what ''actually'' turns out to have happened is that Kyo gave Yukiko a kiss after they bonded, but Yukiko still has feelings for Jun, so she left without doing anything else.]]
* GratuitousGerman: Breaks into this when angered. For one example, when Monobear's "third motive" turns out to just be a reminder of the fact that they'll be trapped for the rest of their lives, Kyo starts shouting at Monobear how ridiculous it is that they need another reminder, and then he says, "Ich werde einfach töten dich, du Stück Scheiße. I’ll find you soon enough, Bär." This means approximately "I'm just going to kill you, you piece of shit. I'll find you soon enough, bear."
* [[spoiler:HairTriggerTemper]]: [[spoiler:Almost attacks Monobear with a chair during the first motive announcement, then snaps at both Mimi and Shinya during the first trial. Later threatens to knock Kazuya out during the second trial in response to his attempt at self-sacrifice. Also throws a chair at Monobear during the third motive announcement.]]
* HeadphonesEqualIsolation:[[spoiler: Subverted, they're actually hearing aids; he's practically deaf without them.]]
* HeavyMetal: His preferred genre of music.
* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD]]: [[spoiler:Suffers from this upon discovering Shinya's corpse, rendering him unable to properly investigate for the second trial.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Becomes this with Shinya during chapter 2. [[spoiler:Too bad Shinya dies that week.]]
* [[spoiler:[[IllKillYou I'll Kill You!]]: Openly states that he will find and kill the person behind Monobear after it is declared that Jun will be crippled.]]
* MeaningfulName: The kanji for 'Otonomiya' translates to 'Palace of Sound'.
* ParentalAbandonment: Kyo's parents disowned him and forced him to live on the streets, all because he liked metal.
* RagsToRiches
* [[spoiler:RedStringOfFate]]: [[spoiler:It is never seen, but Kyo begins wearing a red string around his pinky finger after Shinya's trial in tribute to his dead brother.]]
* Self-Made Man
* ShoutOut: Shares his first name with Kyo of DirEnGrey fame.
* SlasherSmile: Starts sporting this during Chapter 3, whenever the subject of the mastermind is brought up.
* StreetMusician: Before becoming famous.
* StreetUrchin: Before Kyo became famous he lived on the streets and dumpster dived to eat.
* ThousandYardStare: Develops this after Chapter 2.
!!Mitsuko Iwasaki
!!!Super High-School Level Poetess
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A polite and charming young lady who prefers to keep herself out of the public eye. She was born into a highly prestigious family, and her works have become well known around the country, although her name has not.
* [[spoiler:BlueWithShock]]: [[spoiler:Mitsuko's reaction to Takahiro getting shot to death.]]
* BreastExpansion: Her new set of sprites is much more, ahem, ''flattering''.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* {{Fanservice}}
** BathtubScene
* EagleEyeDetection: Very meticulous with an eye for detail.
* {{Poetry}}: Her SHSL talent.
* ReclusiveArtist: Her poems are famous, but ''she'' is not. It's common for people to know her poems but not her ''name'', and she prefers it that way, keeping herself out of the public eye.
* {{Unishment}}: Monobear's third "motive" is simply to remind the students that if no killing occurs, they will spend the rest of their lives ''trapped'' here, instead of chasing their bright futures. But Mitsuko considers the motive to be this trope, since as she sarcastically muses to herself, "Oh, how awful! Being trapped in a beautiful and luxurious resort! What a horrific life we will lead...!"
* YamatoNadeshiko: She has a reputation as a "perfect young lady" due to her charming behavior.
!!Kiyoshi Takeda
!!!Super High-School Level Theologian
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The son of a minister, he studies many different religions and many of their different customs to the point of perfection. At the age of 12, he mastered meditation and claimed to have reached Enlightenment, and ever since has had an air of omniscience and gives spiritual advice to those who ask.
* BlushSticker: In his profile picture.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: He once [[spoiler:teased a girl about how much she loved peanuts. This led to him getting hospitalized.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* HermitGuru: People used to make pilgrimages to him to seek his advice, so his father eventually sent him to live in the countryside with an aunt, but he got recruited for Hope's Peak Academy anyway.
* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD]]: [[spoiler:Temporarily falls into this state when the students vote for the Mastermind in chapter 7, and get it wrong.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kazuya.
* {{Omniglot}}: To quote from his "Multilingual" skill on his profile, "Can read, write and speak in English, Latin, and French other than Japanese."
* PreachersKid: His father is a minister.
* WhereTheresAWillTheresAStickyNote: Scribbles down a will in his diary after Shinya's trial.
!!Lee Yoon-Ji
!!!Super High-School Level Rapper
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A narcissistic party animal who was desperate to escape from her controlling parents. As a child, she constantly feared her punishment-happy family, but managed to escape them in middle school when she was recruited by a Korean music company that relocated her to Japan.
* AmbiguouslyBi
* [[spoiler:TalkingToThemself: ...Or rather, she's begun to frequently talk to a wall (which she affectionately named "Swagwall-chan").]]
* BlindingBangs: She keeps them that way to "pique interest" in her fans and everyone else alike. As of chapter two, she no longer has them.
* [[spoiler:BlueWithShock: Her reaction to Renée's death, since Renée was eviscerated.]]
* CannotSpitItOut: When she attempts to defuse the DarkSecret motive by confessing it, she starts turning blue and can't finish.
* DelayedReaction:[[spoiler:During the first trial, when Shinya tells them he's a murderer.]]
* ImportantHaircut: She uses this as a way to try and "start from the beginning", even though she knows full well it's not going to change anything.
* LifeOfTheParty
* GirlGroup: Yoon-ji's the leader of a, you guessed it, girl group (who aren't girly in the slightest, apparently).
* {{Narcissist}}
* {{Omniglot}}: Fluent in English, Korean, and Japanese.
* StageNames: Her real name is Myung-hee Sang, apparently.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Grade A.
!!Himeji Sakakibara
!!!Super High-School Level Crossdresser
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He became famous for his looks and great fashion sense. His public persona is rather elegant and refined, but in reality Himeji is a vulgar and loud-mouthed egotist. Deep down though, he can be a good person. Deep, deep down.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: His media persona is refined and elegant, but in all actuality he is nothing like that.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: But deep, deep, deep down he really is a good person.
* [[spoiler:ClusterFBomb]]: [[spoiler:Himeji's reaction to Takahiro's death is to mumble "Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck" to himself.]]
* CrazyJealousGuy: He gets ''really'' angry when Hisae interrupts his conversation with Kiyoshi.
* DepravedHomosexual
* EffeminateMisogynisticGuy
* TheFashionista
* MulticoloredHair
* OnlyChildSyndrome
* SupernaturalGoldEyes
!!Hisae Kojima
!!!Super High-School Level Body Piercer
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Born into a family of body modifiers, Hisae obtained her license at the young age of 14. Many people seek her out to do their piercings, if only to say that they got a piercing from her.
* [[spoiler:AccidentalHero]]: [[spoiler:She did save Chris Peril's life in chapter 8.]]
* BandOfBrothers: With Naoto and Chris after chapter 8.
* DaddysGirl: Minor example: she became a SHSL Body Piercer because her father shared his trade with her.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: Everyone in Hisae's family has "learn a body modification trade" as practically a rite of passage. None of them have any problem with this, and in Hisae's case, her body modification trade turned out to be piercings, which she's Super High-School Level good at.
* HeavySleeper: She's capable of falling asleep in any position.
* [[spoiler:InelegantBlubbering]]
* LazyBum: After the body of [[spoiler:Kyo]] is announced, the sprites used depict Hisae wearing her pajamas. It becomes a common theme in the investigations following, [[spoiler:with the exception of Mimi's.]] It's also revealed that she normally wears contacts, but ceased wearing them in favor of her glasses.
* TheMedic: A minor example; in her profile, it says she can only cure infections, but it's revealed in chapter 8 that she is also trained in CPR.
* SendInTheSearchTeam: With Naoto and Chris. During chapter 8, Naoto brought Hisae and Chris together to search inside of a secret room in the morgue to look for clues about the Mastermind. [[spoiler:Things didn't go as planned, however, when Chris activated a tripwire that in turn started a fire. The search ends with Naoto and Chris unconscious and a blubbering Hisae.]]
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic: Breaks down in tears after a letter Kiyoshi gives her. [[spoiler:Does so again in chapter 8 when faced with Naoto and Chris's close call with death.]]
* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: With Kiyoshi on two occasions: once after the 2nd motive is announced, in his bedroom; and after the 4th motive is announced, in her bedroom.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Chapter 8 revealed that Hisae is afraid of [[spoiler:fire.]]
!!Tomoe Setzuko
!!!Super High-School Level Chemist
Tomoe started her career by improving her late father's formulas, but soon started forging her own paths and becoming famous in her own right. While her father's work in environmental science started her in the field, she chose the path of a chemist instead.
* BirdsOfAFeather: She and Arisa, the other scientist, seem to get along well.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: ''Started'' to follow in her father's footsteps of environmental science as she did an experiment to purify contaminated water, but ultimately chose to become a chemist instead since she got more interested in how substances interacted.
* HyperAwareness: Of her surroundings.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* ThrowItIn: One of her skills, actually; if she can't find exactly what she needs she's very good at improvising something else she can use that'll work.
!!Katsuya Matsushita
!!!Super High-School Level Journalist
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A rather intrepid journalist, Katsuya will do anything to get his story, even going so far as meddling into government affairs to gain evidence.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Had to develop very fast analytical skills by necessity, as reporters sometimes only get to talk to people for short periods of time.
* [[spoiler:BadDreams]]: [[spoiler:These have reoccurred throughout his time at Bright Side Spa & Resort, but were made more prominent in Chapter 4, when people were reminded of some of the big secrets they've kept. His dreams have included finding his mother and dogs dead in his home and his dead students asking why Katsuya didn't help them.]]
* [[spoiler:BlueWithShock]]: [[spoiler:His reaction to Takahiro's death-by-Monobear.]]
* EagleEyeDetection: Skilled at reading body language and moods.
* GoingForTheBigScoop: He considers the spa life of mutual killing to be the scoop of a lifetime.
* HotScoop: A rare male example.
* IntrepidReporter: Intrepid enough to be willing to meddle with the government so he can bring people the truth.
* {{Megane}}
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Eiji]]
* [[spoiler:StressVomit: His reaction to Renée's murder, since Renée was killed by evisceration.]]
* {{Workaholic}}: Katsuya has spent the entirety of chapter 3's extended normal days locked in his room, writing down everything he's seen.
!!Shinya Kagari
!!!Super High-School Level Hitman
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Born into a life of organized crime, Shinya was a young prodigy within his family until an accident convinced him to quit and pursue a more respectable life style. [[spoiler:He's the chapter 2 murder victim; someone slices him and he dies from loss of blood. In a private conversation with Yukiko, Adeline reveals that ''she'' was the one who killed him.]]
* ChildProdigy: Shinya proved to be one of the most promising in his field to show that, if he wanted to, he could become one of the best through determination and ruthlessness.
* {{Determinator}}: Never one to shy away from any confrontation or obstacle, Shinya faces them head-on regardless of his odds or the consequences that might follow. [[spoiler:Not that it helps, since he's murdered in chapter 2.]]
* EagleEyeDetection: His eyes are honed to the point of identifying objects and individuals at great distances. One of his skills.
* InnateNightVision: His eyes are incredible in that they can quickly adjust to dark environments to easily identify silhouettes. One of his skills.
* IAmNotMyFather: His father being one of the most infamous and well-known hired guns in the yakuza, has been a role-model for Shinya for quite some time. Until a certain incident occured which convinced Shinya to stray from his first intended path.
** FamilyHonor: His father and family in general take honor quite seriously. Shinya used to as well until the same incident changed his mindset. He no longer thinks the occupation to be honourable and considers it to be nothing more than murder.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Becomes this with Kyo during the chapter 2. [[spoiler: Too bad Shinya dies that week.]]
* HitmanWithAHeart: Enough of a heart to voluntarily quit his SHSL talent and try to pursue something more respectable.
** HiddenHeartOfGold: As much as it could be possible, in the least. Shinya takes no satisfaction in the act of taking another's life. When he does, he makes sure to do so quickly and even prays for their better fortune in another life.
* [[spoiler:MythologyGag]]: [[spoiler:His slit throat is unusually similar to the was Koemi was killed in the previous murder.]]
* NeverTellMeTheOdds[=/=]ILikeThoseOdds: He has discovered a certain fetish where he loves to take chances. The greater the risk, the greater his satisfaction. There is no gamble that he would shy from, although if there is nothing to be gained there would be no purpose in it at all and he understands this.
* TheClan
** BigScrewedUpFamily
* SelfMadeMan
* ThereAreNoCoincidences
** RedStringOfFate
* [[spoiler:ZeroApprovalGambit: Shinya attempts to pull one in chapter 1's trial: he feels the real murderer was justified in killing because they were afraid of what would happen if they didn't, so Shinya, believing himself more deserving to die due to his SHSL talent of being a Hitman, deliberately attempts to ''get himself executed in the murderer's place'', since he feels that would still mean someone more deserving than he would get to live.]]
!!Mimi Arakaki
!!!Super High-School Level Itamae
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Vain and haughty, Mimi was born into a very traditional Japanese family, who instilled proper views into their child from a young age. Despite her mother's wishes for her to become a maiko, Mimi insisted on working with her father, despite the fact that it was frowned upon for a woman to work in the kitchen. [[spoiler:The sixth victim of the mutual killing game, killed by asphyxiation.]]
* AgentScully: Never mind the whole being trapped in a spa by evil robotic stuffed animals or any of the other weirdness and horrors she's been subjected to. Mimi outright ''refuses'' to believe in [[spoiler:spirits and possession]].
* BerserkButton: Don't tell Mimi to her face that you think less of her for being a woman, whether in general or because you think the "Itamae" profession should be restricted to men.
* BrutalHonesty: Mimi will ''not'' mince words.
* DaddysGirl: Enough to take up her father's profession as an Itamae.
* [[spoiler:DidYouJustHaveSex?]]: [[spoiler:Not entirely true, but Mimi implies that she and Ritsuka spent the night together during Renèe's murder to help with Ritsuka's alibi. She even goes as far as to cry in front of everyone at the trial. However, while the other students are understandably in the dark, an observer of the roleplay would already know that Mimi and Ritsuka ''didn't'' have sex, because Mimi believes Ritsuka to be the wrong gender right up until Ritsuka's execution: if they had had sex, Ritsuka's particular "configuration of parts", as it were, would have given Ritsuka's gender away while Ritsuka was still alive.]]
* [[spoiler:EvenEvilHasStandards]]: [[spoiler:Well, more like Even Jerks Have Standards. Mimi can be haughty and arrogant, but when she sees the manner in which the chapter 4 murder victim was killed, she calls the murderer cowardly, repulsive, and despicable. Why was such an act of treachery necessary, when the victim was already a weak girl and easy to overpower in the first place?]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD]]: Following [[spoiler:Ritsuka's execution]]. It takes several days before [[spoiler:she ventures out of her room again]].
* InsufferableGenius: She can be this sometimes.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Mimi was never very popular among her peers, since she is arrogant and aloof.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Takes the mutual killing game very seriously, and isn't afraid to point out that trusting others in such an enviroment can lead to disaster.
* LonelyDollGirl: She was this as a child; she didn't mind being unpopular among her peers since she could play with her dolls instead.
* [[spoiler:LoveEpiphany]]: [[spoiler:Mimi finally realizes that her feelings for Ritsuka are ''love'' only after Ritsuka's already kissed her. Amusingly, it is ''not'' accompanied by any epiphany that Ritsuka, whom she thinks is a man, is actually ''female''.]]
* MyGirlIsNotASlut: This is why Mimi's mother wanted her to become a "maiko"; Mimi's mother believes that modern women lack self-respect or any sense of right and wrong, and are willing to bare their flesh like their flesh is something for the autumn wind to batter about. Meanwhile, Mimi is different since her mother made her wear much less revealing clothing.
** After getting slapped for sneering at a murder victim's corpse, Mimi retaliates by calling her assailant 'the filthiest woman in attendance' and implies she ReallyGetsAround. Yukiko responds by calling her a CovertPervert.
* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone]]: [[spoiler:Mimi indirectly helped Ritsuka and Yukiko get fingered as possible culprits. When the vote turns Ritsuka's way, and Monobear declares that they are about to execute an ''innocent'' Ritsuka, Mimi feels horrible because she has sentenced the one person she ''cared for'' to death. Amusingly, the seriousness of her remorse is mitigated somewhat by the fact that she still thinks Ritsuka is ''male''.]]
* [[spoiler:NoSympathy]]: [[spoiler:To the murder of Kyo in chapter 3's trial. She had despised Kyo, and might even have murdered him herself if there had been a stronger motive.]]
** [[spoiler:Also no sympathy to Kanon, after she turns out to be Kyo's murderer. When a spirit claims to have possessed Kanon and thus to be the true culprit, Mimi believes Kanon is merely lying to get out of punishment, making up a "pathetic" sob story, and Mimi thus gives Kanon an angry speech about fooling everyone and how she should just atone for her crime with a well-deserved execution. She even makes a point about how even though Kyo was a "hog", he at least deserves to have his death be atoned for.]]
* NotHelpingYourCase: Her reaction when accused of being the murderer in Chapter [[spoiler:4]]. More precisely [[UngratefulBastard the way she treats somebody trying to defend her]].
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Ritsuka, so she doesn't take it well when the innocent Ritsuka is incorrectly voted as the culprit in chapter 4.]]
* PetTheDog: For all her prickliness, she helped [[spoiler:Larry with his injuries]] after discovering them following the second trial.
* PickyEater: A necessary trait for her to have, actually, since it improves her palate and lets her prepare better food.
* {{Pride}}: Of the seven deadly sins, this is the one most prevalent in Mimi.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Fully capable of telling anyone at a moment's notice just how much she feels they suck, at length. Normally while keeping a serene expression.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Jeers at [[spoiler:Kyo Otonomiya]]'s corpse after their murder is discovered.
* StayInTheKitchen: A weird [[InvertedTrope ''inverted'']] example: her mother wanted her to be traditionally feminine and ''not'' work in the kitchen, but she insisted on taking up her father's profession as an Itamae to prove that women could cook in a Japanese kitchen and not ruin the food.
* SupremeChef: But unlike [[VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2 Teruteru Hanamura]], her SHSL talent is not "Chef" or "Cook" but "Itamae", so she's only a supreme chef if she's in a Japanese kitchen specifically.
* TranquilFury: She generally keeps a straight face while tamping down her anger, attacking others with barbed words.
* UngratefulBastard: During Chapter [[spoiler:4]]'s trial, [[spoiler:Arisa]] tries to defend her by stating she wasn't strong enough to kill [[spoiler:poor Renee]]. Mimi takes this as a personal slight and slings some papers at her would-be defender's head before going into a TranquilFury.
* WrongGenreSavvy: She fixates on [[spoiler:Kanon]] following their false confession to the second murder, convinced that they're actually responsible for what happened.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Borderline. She's graceful and conducts her work with great poise, she's devoted to her family (or at least her father), her speech is delivered in polite diction, she's devoted to a traditional Japanese profession, she dresses in traditional Japanese clothing, etc. The "borderline" part comes into play because she is neither submissive nor usually very nice.
* YouthfulFreckles: But without actually acting youthful. Also, at one point we briefly get to see Mimi in a towel, and it turns out she has freckles all over her body, not just her face.
!!Lawrence “Larry” Lang
!!!Super High-School Level Boxer
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Known as the "Golden Boy of Coney Island", Larry is an American raised in New York, who began to tour the world once he became famous. As a result his grades dropped, and taking the opportunity to enroll in a Japanese school while he was there on tour, Larry became eligible for acceptance into Hope's Peak.
* BadassBeard: On his profile picture.
* [[spoiler:BerserkButton]]: [[spoiler:When Renée is murdered in chapter 4, Larry spends three entire paragraphs screaming at his classmates for whoever the "coward" of a murderer is to show himself/herself so he can do nasty things to them.]]
* BigApplesauce: He was raised in New York.
* BigOlEyebrows
* BookDumb: In his backstory, but this was only temporary. His world tour of boxing caused his grades to slip while he was on the Japan leg of the tour, so he put himself in a Japanese school to fix his grades so they wouldn't disrupt his tour. This is what put him in the running for scouting by a prestigious academy...
* [[spoiler:DespairEventHorizon]]: [[spoiler:Renée's death in chapter 4 causes Larry to decide he won't be saving anyone this time, and it's going to feel so good when someday he tears Monobear apart and stomps on his corpse.]]
* FunnyAfro
** AfroAsskicker
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Eiji
* Important Haircut: Shaves off his afro in chapter 6.
* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone]]: [[spoiler:It turns out Larry was wrong about chapter 4's culprit...but the class voted for his incorrect guess largely thanks to a great deal of work ''he'' did in implicating who he thought was the culprit, and an innocent person was executed. This tropes is Larry's reaction both to this innocent execution, and to the fact that now that ''his'' best efforts to undo his own damage have been ignored, he now knows what ''he himself'' put Naoto and Jaejin through when he previously shunted ''their'' efforts aside.]]
* RousingSpeech: Gave one in the first trial in response to being accused. Everyone was so moved that he wasn't ever brought up as a suspect again.
* SherlockScan: Skilled at reading body language, since he's a "counter puncher" in boxing terms.
* SuperReflexes: One of his skills is an extremely fast reaction time, which improves his boxing.
* [[spoiler:ToThePain]]: [[spoiler:When Renée is murdered in chapter 4, Larry threatens that when he finds out who killed her, he is going to tear the murderer's head off, reach inside the bloody stump the murderer calls a neck, and turn the murderer inside out with his bare hands. Then he will tear the murderer into so many pieces that there won't be enough left for Monobear to execute.]]
* UnderdogsNeverLose: His backstory is that he was an underdog boxer, but he defeated a professional boxer in a three-round match for charity (it helped that he had already shown a natural aptitude for the sport in amateur tournaments). That's what got him started on touring the world and honing what was to be his SHSL talent: boxing.
!!Kanon Shinseiko
!!!Super High-School Level Medium
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Gifted with supernatural sensitivities from birth, Kanon has gained both positive and negative attention for her ability to commune with the dead. [[spoiler:Technically responsible for Kyo's murder -- or rather, the spirit Yuu Hideyoshi killed him while possessing her. Her classmates pinned it on her.]]
* BlindWithoutEm: Kanon has extremely poor vision, and should probably be wearing glasses at all times. She doesn't though.
* ChildProdigy: Kanon has been able to speak to the dead since birth.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Both her eyes and her hair are a purplish-white.
* CreepyDoll: Her stuffed rabbit definitely qualifies.
* CreepyGood: Kanon puts out a strange aura that creeps people out, but she's really not all that bad. [[spoiler:Then it's [[DoubleSubversion doubly subverted]]. One, it turns out Kanon is chapter 3's murderer, subverting the "good" part of "creepy good"...but two, ''that'' is subverted when it turns out the real murderer is the spirit who forcibly possessed Kanon; Kanon herself was innocent and had no knowledge of what her body did.]]
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Hers is set in a haunted house, in a room filling with poison gas. The only door out leads to ''something'' that pulls her inside and slams it shut behind her, leaving her stuffed bunny to soak in the blood seeping beneath the door. WordOfGod clarified that what's left of her body was stuffed into a ''second'' bunny that was tossed back into the room in the end.]]
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She carries around a stuffed bunny for undisclosed and mysterious reasons.
* HimeCut: A rather sloppy example though.
* ISeeDeadPeople
* [[spoiler:MotiveRant]]: [[spoiler:After Kanon's declared to be the murderer, Yuu takes over and reveals they were really responsible, and rants about how this was the only way to protect her.]]
* MysticalWhiteHair
* [[spoiler:NiceJobBreakingItHero]]: [[spoiler:Yuu decided the best way to save Kanon was to force her graduation by possessing her and murdering three students. This only succeeded in getting Kyo and Kanon killed. Whoops.]]
* [[spoiler:NothingIsScarier]]: [[spoiler:None of the witnesses get a clear view of what murders Kanon, as it takes place behind a closed door. They only have her screams, horrific sounds, and her blood seeping underneath the doorway to go by.]]
* [[spoiler:SlasherSmile]]: [[spoiler:Yuu sports one while gloating about how good Kyo's blood felt on 'their' hands.]]
* [[spoiler:SympatheticMurderer]]: [[spoiler:Yuu may have been willing to kill, but ''Kanon'' wasn't, and is horrified upon realizing what happened.]]
* [[spoiler:TakeMeInstead]]: [[spoiler:Tries to take the rap for killing Shinya in chapter 2's trial.]]
* [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist]]: [[spoiler:Well, as far as Yuu's concerned, they killed for a damn good reason.]]
* [[spoiler:WhatDidIDoLastNight]]: [[spoiler:Does not recall what happened around the time the murder of Kyo occurred. Making matters worse, some of her beads were discovered in a trash can near the crime scene.]]
** [[spoiler:Then it turns out it's because a spirit possessed her and murdered Kyo, so from a certain point of view, she can't remember what happened because ''she was Kyo's murderer''.]]
* WillingChanneler: Kanon's specialty is possession-based communication with the dead.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Grade A.
!!Hidehisa Maruhashi
!!!Super High-School Level Trapeze Artist
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Hidehisa accidentally discovered his talent for the trapeze while playing at his parent's circus, Mallum's Wonder Emporium. Though he dreamed of being an Olympic gymnast, He began working at his parents instead.
* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: Hidehisa was almost considered as a Super High School Contortionist
* AmbiguouslyGay: We just don't know.
* [[spoiler:AnguishedDeclarationOfLove]]: [[spoiler:To Arisa Sato, just before Arisa is executed in chapter 6. At least he gets his feelings returned for a brief moment, though, because they kiss.]]
* CircusBrat: Hidehisa was born and raised in his parent's circus.
** [[JackOfAllTrades Jack Of All 'Circus' Trades]]: Out of [[ConstantlyCurious curiosity]], Hisa has worked in every performing aspect of the family business and has some skill in them.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: He actually wanted to be an Olympic gymnast, but he couldn't say no to his parents who owned a travelling circus, so he ended up becoming a SHSL Trapeze Artist.
* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: His profile, actually, not he himself. His profile reads, "As a showman by trade, Hidehisa is quite the charismatic character. That "dazzling” personality of his has gotten him places… ''if y’know what I mean''." This could be innuendo, or it could be referring to something completely innocent. It was deliberately left vague.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Arisa Sato. Not that anything comes of it, however, since the love confession happens in the chapter 6 trial, which is also when Arisa is executed.]]
* SkilledButNaive
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: His DarkSecret is [[spoiler:his fear of heights]].
!!Naoto Ueyama
!!!Super High-School Level Astrologist
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An enthusiast who claims to be able to see everything about a person in the stars, simply by knowing their birthday. He is often mistaken for some kind of cult leader.
* AHeroIsBorn: ''Maybe''. He claims his birth was the product of "three miracles in succession".
* [[spoiler:AlmostOutOfOxygen]]: [[spoiler:During chapter 8's morgue investigation with Chris and Hisae, Naoto passes out due to lack of proper ventilation in a room on fire.]]
* {{Astrologer}}: His SHSL talent.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He has the ability to "theorize from many different angles", thanks to astrology giving him an open mind.
* BandOfBrothers: With Chris and Hisae after chapter 8.
* [[spoiler:BerserkerTears]]: [[spoiler:When he finds Jaejin's body in the garden in Chapter 7. He makes a full out monologue about this]].
* [[spoiler:BrokenTears]]
* [[spoiler:InelegantBlubbering]]
* [[spoiler:ManOnFire]]
* [[HerHeartWillGoOn His Heart Will Go On]]: Despite [[spoiler:Jaejin's death in Chapter 7]].
* NervesofSteel: Has remained calm throughout all the trials, never blowing up at anybody. In fact, in [[spoiler:chapter 4]] in particular, Naoto stepped up to gather a lot of evidence.
** [[spoiler:But his nerves of steel took a hit when he found out that he had been instrumental in setting up a Mastermind vote that voted for the wrong person.]]
* [[spoiler:NeverGotToSayGoodbye]]: [[spoiler:To Jaejin]].
* NiceHat: Wears a sailor's cap in his profile picture.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Jaejin, until Jaejin is murdered in chapter 7.]]
* [[spoiler:ScamReligion]]
* OnlySaneMan: Shares this status with Tomiko; he's never been involved in his classmates' arguments.
** [[spoiler:Unfortunately subverted when he leads his classmates into voting for ''the wrong person'' as the Mastermind.]]
* SendInTheSearchTeam: With Chris and Hisae. During chapter 8, Naoto brought Hisae and Chris together to search inside of a secret room in the morgue to look for clues about the Mastermind. [[spoiler:Things didn't go as planned, however, when Chris activated a tripwire that in turn started a fire. The search ends with Naoto and Chris unconscious and a blubbering Hisae.]]
* SherlockScan: Can accurately read others' personalities based on their birthday, or if he doesn't know their birthday, on his own average intuition.
* [[spoiler:StarCrossedLovers]]: [[spoiler:Jaejin and Naoto's romance is a tragic one.]]
* [[spoiler:SurvivorGuilt]]
!!Koemi Takibana
!!!Super High-School Level Comedian
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Though coming from a very serious family, Koemi learned the art of telling the best horrible jokes from her neighbor, along with some other tricks.[[spoiler:She's the chapter 1 murder victim, dying from blood loss caused by a slashed throat.]]
* BreakTheCutie
* CrystalBall: Recently acquired one.
* [[GirlWithAPearlEarring Girl With A Heart Earring]]
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile]]
* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie]]
* PhotographicMemory
* PinkMeansFeminine: Her entire wardrobe seems to be filled with pretty much purely pink! Try saying that three times fast.
* PluckyComicRelief: Well... until recently.
* ThePollyanna: One of her special skills is to always see the best in any situation.
* PungeonMaster: Her SHSL talent, along with all other forms of comedy.
* PurelyAestheticGlasses: Okay, so the glasses are there mostly just because they run with her heart motif. But she really does need glasses! Honest!
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLamb]]: [[spoiler:Is the first murder victim, and the fact that it happened to a comedian sets the tone for the grim atmosphere of the mutual killing game.]]
* StandUpComedy: Her SHSL talent, along with all other forms of comedy.
* TechnicolorEyes
* TheCutie
* [[spoiler:TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]: [[spoiler:Everyone saw Koemi as a cute little girl (even some who only knew her as a stranger), so most of the students are royally pissed off that she was the first murder victim. The only ones who ''aren't'' pissed off are either the killer, or the ones who are calm enough to focus on finding out who the killer is and not care too much who it was who died ''specifically''.]]
!!Fumiko 'Fumi' Wakahisa
!!!Super High-School Level Food Critic
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The food snob to lead all food snobs, Fumiko adores all things food. She is feared all over the world by those in the culinary world, as a review from her is the ultimate authority. [[spoiler: She's the first culprit; she murders Koemi, but the students manage to correctly figure out it was her.]]
* AloofDarkHairedGirl
* BigEater: Which makes her better at her SHSL talent of being a food critic.
* CausticCritic: Which makes her better at her SHSL talent of being a food critic.
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Fumiko is executed as the first culprit by being sent to a giant table full of food, befitting her SHSL talent as Food Critic. There is a giant Monobear at the end of the table holding a knife and fork eagerly, as though anticipating his meal. Fumiko tries to get off the table, but the tablecloth suddenly becomes a "treadmill" and forcibly drags her over to the giant Monobear, who stabs her to death with his fork.]]
* TheEngineer: Very minor example, she can repair household appliances.
* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: [[spoiler:Her ultimate fate, because she's executed by a giant Monobear stabbing her to death with a fork.]]
* [[TheInspectorIsComing The Food Critic Is Coming]]
* PickyEater: [[RuleOfThree Which makes her better at her SHSL talent of being a food critic.]]
* SuperSenses: She has an exceptionally developed sense of taste. [[OverlyLongGag Which makes her better at her SHSL talent of being a food critic.]]
!!Jun Shinobu
!!!Super High-School Level Game Developer
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Mostly doing {{Role playing Game}}s and Visual Novels, Jun excels in storytelling more than technical gameplay, though he does create games for all genres. Despite being gifted with words, he often comes across as shy and not very talkative. [[spoiler:After the second trial ends with a mistrial over a mistaken suicide, Monobear declares he'll act out the motive and randomly cripple one of the students for life. Jun's the one chosen, and has his eyes gouged out. In chapter 7, Jun confesses to Jaejin's murder, but is exonerated due to someone else winning more votes than him, winning Monobear's "immunity" motive.]]
* [[spoiler:AnguishedDeclarationOfLove]]: [[spoiler:Upon learning that he's about to be crippled, he gives everyone a speech to inspire them...and included in that speech is a confession that he loves Yukiko, "Milady". He loves everything about her, would be willing to give her the sun and moon, and would she consider going out with him?]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He thinks in game tropes.
* [[spoiler:EyeScream]]: [[spoiler:When Monobear punishes the students after the second trial by crippling one of them, poor Jun ''gets his eyes pecked out by crows.'']]
* [[spoiler:HeroicBSOD]]: [[spoiler:Following his blinding, he struggles with feeling useless and worthless.]]
* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini: He murders Jaejin in chapter 7, but because Yukiko received more "total votes" for Yukiko's separate murder, Jun wins Monobear's "immunity motive" and thus not only gets off scot-free for murdering Jaejin, but cannot become a victim for one more chapter.]]
* {{Megane}}
** SmartPeopleWearGlasses
* NakedFirstImpression: Minor example. Upon meeting Jaejin and going back to his room to clean up, Jun accidentally exposes himself to his new friend.
* PaintingTheFourthWall: His posts sometimes include graphics resembling game text windows. Making new friends is signified with "Congratulations!! A New Party Member Has Been Added!"; a death means "This Route Is Now Locked!!"; his interruption is "That option is unavailable!!"
* PlayfulHacker: Jun dabbles.
* [[spoiler:PrecisionFStrike]]: [[spoiler:His first reaction to Takahiro's death-by-Monobear.]]
* [[spoiler:StressVomit]]: [[spoiler:His second reaction to Takahiro's death-by-Monobear.]]
* TheStoryteller
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Eiji Oshirou
!!!Super High-School Level Show Host
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Eiji always loved to be the center of attention from childhood. He hosted his own extremely popular show, called "The Eiji O Show!" before quitting, desiring a normal school life. Instead, he was invited to Hope's Peak Academy.
* {{Adorkable}}
* [[spoiler:AngerBornOfWorry]]: [[spoiler: After trial 4, Eiji declares that he hates Larry and Kazuya the most after both offered to die (In Kazuya's case, YET AGAIN.). He then exits the area and punches the elevator out of anger.]]
* AnythingThatMoves
* AttentionWhore: In an unusual example of this trope, he's ''required'' to be this, since it helps him in his SHSL talent of being a host. He actually stopped doing this shortly before being invited to Hope's Peak so he could have a normal school life.
* BishieSparkle: This is mainly pertaining to his clothes and bright smile.
* [[spoiler:BlueWithShock]]: [[spoiler:His reaction to Shinya's death. He really thought the guy would help them leave.]]
** [[spoiler:And again to Kyo's death.]]
** [[spoiler:And the fourth motive.]]
* [[spoiler:BrokenPedestal]]: [[spoiler:It turns out Kanon was his idol, so he is extremely apologetic when Kanon turns out to be chapter 3's culprit and must be executed.]]
* CampGay
* [[spoiler:DarkAndTroubledPast]]: [[spoiler:Used to be part of a gang. Said gang once killed a girl.]]
* EternallyPearlyWhiteTeeth
* [[spoiler:GetAHoldOfYourselfMan]]: [[spoiler: At the end of trial 3, when Eiji slapped Kazuya for his continued offer to die for everyone.]]
* [[spoiler: HarmfulToMinors]]: [[spoiler: According to the read more Eiji posted during chapter 4, he watched his friend Genki as she was stabbed to death by his cult. He was supposed to be next. That was, until the police came. It was too late for Genki, however.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Larry.
* [[spoiler: HitMeDammit]]: [[spoiler:In order to repair his friendship with Larry, Eiji asked him to punch him in the face and let him do the same during Chapter 5's Abnormal Days.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:How he feels about his friend dying in front of him when he was 12 years old. The truth is, he was chained to a desk and forced to watch as his best friend at the time was murdered]].
** [[spoiler:At the end of trial 6, he blames himself again, for not being a good friend to Arisa and Hidehisa.]]
** [[spoiler:He blames himself before and after trial 7 as well, for not protecting Kazuya and Jaejin. He also believes that Jun and Yukiko killed because he wasn't a 'good enough friend']].
* {{Keet}}: Oftentimes this when least appropriate.
* LargeHam: About everything. Means what he says. When embarrassed, instead of saying something else or avoiding the subject, he'll talk about it in length, with more volume.
* NoIndoorVoice: He usually talks loud on the show, so he supposedly isn't used to talking normally.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:With Katsuya; they've even had a "night of passion" together, as we learn during Eiji's bout of survivor guilt after chapter 7's trial. Interestingly enough, however, a recent post has revealed that he very much cared about "his funny girl", meaning Koemi, and he still obsesses over her in his room and writes to her in his diary. It is possible that Eiji might have hooked up with Koemi instead if Koemi hadn't been the first murder victim.]]
* [[spoiler:ParentalAbandonment]]: [[spoiler: We find out when Himeji speaks to him in Chapter 3 that Eiji's mother left him, stating that she didn't need the family anymore. We find out in Chapter four that this was linked to why he joined the cult in the first place.]]
* PurelyAestheticGlasses: These come off before Chapter [[spoiler:5]]'s trial after Eiji asked [[spoiler:Larry to punch him in the face.]]
* [[spoiler:RousingSpeech]]: [[spoiler:Gives an angry one backing Marian up to Shinya and Kazuya when the latter two offer to sacrifice themselves in Trial One.]]
* [[spoiler:ScarsAreForever]]: [[spoiler: Eiji has scars down his back due to cult self infliction activities. This was to bring them 'closer to the spirits'.]]
* [[spoiler:SecurityCling]]: [[spoiler:Jumps into Larry's arms upon discovering Kyo's death.]]
* [[spoiler:SurvivorGuilt]]: [[spoiler:After chapter 7's trial, Eiji feels guilty because he was enjoying a "night of passion" with Katsuya while his friends were being murdered.]]
* TheMatchmaker: He seems to kind of take notice when two friends he is close to may or may not have romantic feelings for each other. This was evident in his last encounter with Tomiko and Kazuya in chapter [[spoiler:4.]]
* WideEyedIdealist
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Adeline "Addy" Martin
!!!Super High-School Level Sculptor
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Adeline is an energetic girl who became well-known after the sculptures collecting in her mother's backyard began to attract the attention of art collectors. [[spoiler:When confronted by Yukiko, Addy admitted to having killed Shinya in what she believed to be self-defense. She later becomes the chapter 5 murder victim, killed by blood loss from a slashed throat.]]
* ChildProdigy: Addy has been making figures nearly every day since childhood, and was first noticed professionally in middle school.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* GenkiGirl
* [[spoiler: DirtyCoward]]:[[spoiler:She lies during the second trial about the file so she wouldn't be excecuted, and only confesses to Yukiko to save her reputation among the other students.]]
* DisappearedDad: She states in one of her ask memes that her father left when she was a small child.
* DotingParent: Her mother provides for her every want.
* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini]]: [[spoiler:In reality, Shinya didn't kill himself, as the students incorrectly voted, ''Addy'' killed Shinya in what she believed to be self-defense. That it was self-defense ordinarily ''would'' excuse her Karma Houdini status, but she ''didn't confess'' until Yukiko confronted her privately, and thus Addy knowingly allowed Monobear to cripple Jun as a collective punishment for the students' failure to catch the true murderer.]]
** [[spoiler:Karma finally catches up with her several chapters later, as she becomes the chapter 5 murder victim.]]
* [[spoiler:ManslaughterProvocation]]: [[spoiler:She killed Shinya in what she believed to be self-defense.]]
* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: According to her profile, "She is also very personable and is good at making people like her in order to get a sale." [[spoiler:But ''not'', apparently, nice enough to confess to being the second murderer to avoid Monobear crippling a random student as punishment for the students getting it wrong.]]
* TrueBlueFemininity
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
* YoungEntrepreneur
!!Renée Petit
!!!Super High-School Level Ballerina
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Renée was introduced to ballet at a young age due to her mother, a world-famous ballerina. When her mother retired due to injury, Renée quickly proved herself even more skilled and she had been. She generally performs solo, without a company. [[spoiler:She's the chapter 4 murder victim, killed by eviscration.]]
* [[spoiler:AbusiveParents]]: Implied. A talentswap AU on her journal features [[spoiler:her mother constantly berating her for not having enough skill to become a dancer, and deriding her when she discovers another talent]]. During the [[spoiler:third]] trial, she has a {{Flashback}} to somebody calling her a 'stupid, useless girl', and nearly responds automatically with "[[spoiler:Yes mama, I'm sorry]]."
* {{Ballet}}: Her SHSL talent.
* BobHaircut
* CareerEndingInjury: Not her, but her mother, Noémi, who used to be a world famous ballerina before an ankle injury forced her to retire (and put her in a wheelchair to boot).
* ChildProdigy: Renée has always been excellent at ballet even when she was a child.
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Her murderer posed her as if she was dancing, with her hands tied up over her head... and then savagely beat her and ripped her intestines out.]]
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Not a major example, but Renée's sprites are always drawn with really dull-looking eyes, as if she's always really tired.
* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: Renée is French, and her SHSL talent is a profession that usually requires the women practicing it to be at least slightly attractive in the looks department for the sake of the performance, hence this trope.
* ExtremeDoormat
* GratuitousFrench: Employed whenever Renée is freaked out or embarrassed.
* [[spoiler:GuttedLikeAFish]]
* [[spoiler:HearingVoices]]: [[spoiler:It seems to be her mother, who insults her and tells her to stop being weak and kill someone, especially when Renée is stressed.]]
* ObliviousToLove: It takes Renée a long time to figure out that Larry is flirting with her. When she does? Cue the CrushBlush.
* {{Omniglot}}: Because of her travels around the world, she is fluent in English, Japanese, and French, and at least pretty good at several other European languages.
* PunnyName: Renée's last name is French for small.
* [[spoiler:RiddleForTheAges]]: [[spoiler:We still don't know who murdered Renée in chapter 4, and we likely never will. Ritsuka was voted as the culprit, but Ritsuka was innocent. The second biggest suspect was Yukiko, but Yukiko is eventually executed for a different murder, and before being executed Yukiko screams that she didn't kill Renée. It isn't revealed whether or not Yukiko was telling the truth, so it looks like Renée's murderer will remain a mystery for the ages.]]
* StageMom: Minor example; Renée has been a member of several companies, but the arrangements never lasted long because her mother was never satisfied with them.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Renée is a ballet prodigy, just like her mother was, and she's world-famous, just like her mother...but in her profile Renée is actually described as being ''better'' at ballet than her mother ever was.
* SurpassedTheTeacher: Well, surpassed her ''mother'' anyway. Renée's mother used to be a world-famous ballerina, and now her daughter is a more skilled ballerina than she is.
* SwitchToEnglish: Renée employs this trope ''alot'', as she feels more comfortable speaking English than Japanese.
* TrueBlueFemininity
!!Tomiko Kawasaki
!!!Super High-School Level Voice Actress
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Despite being born into a family of actors and actresses, Tomiko proved to be rather camera-shy, and so chose to pursue voice-acting instead, and has had a prolific career. Despite her calm demeanor, Tomiko has been quite sheltered for most of her life.
* [[spoiler:BlueWithShock]]: [[spoiler:Her reaction to Koemi being murdered.]]
* [[spoiler:InnocentInaccurate]]: [[spoiler:After chapter 6's trial, after Tomiko enters the elevator, she ''passes out'', and doesn't wake up until ''the next chapter's trial'' is already over, meaning she slept through most of chapter 7. When she wakes up, she asks Monomi if Monomi can please bring Kazuya to Tomiko, not being privy to the fact that Kazuya is one of chapter 7's two ''murder victims.'']]
* [[spoiler:LoveConfession]]: [[spoiler:In chapter 7, as Tomiko is talking to Monomi upon waking up from having been passed out, Tomiko blushes and confesses that she loves Kazuya, so could Monomi bring Kazuya to Tomiko? Well no, because Kazuya had previously been ''murdered''.]]
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Shares this status with Naoto. Tomiko's remained calm throughout all the trials, and in the [[spoiler:chapter 4]] trial in particular she has expressed annoyance that her classmates keep getting into fights and arguments. She's one of the few classmates so far who has never been shown shouting, or with an unusually angry expression, or threatening another classmate, or some combination of the above.
* PhotographicMemory: For scripts and dialogue.
* PrincessCurls: Although not a princess.
* SailorFuku: She's wearing a white and pink sailor fuku in her profile.
* ShrinkingViolet: She belongs to a family of regular actors and actresses, but Tomiko herself is "camera shy" and thus chose to become a voice actress instead.
* SpoiledSweet: Described as "sheltered" with no idea how the world really works, but takes a genuine interest in others' day-to-day-lives as a result.
* [[spoiler:TenderTears]]: [[spoiler:While apologizing to Ritsuka in chapter 4, believing herself to be foolish, naive, and worthless for inadvertently having contributed to the innocent Ritsuka being voted as the culprit. Tears roll down her eyes as she claims that she is no better than the culprit, for having brushed Jaejin aside even though Jaejin was right about the culprit not being Ritsuka.]]
* [[ManOfAThousandVoices Woman of a Thousand Voices]]: Her SHSL talent.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Has a reputation for having a calm, mature personality, but in reality is a very sheltered individual.
!!Yukiko Asahara
!!!Super High-School Level Mangaka
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Yukiko's manga career started after winning a contest in a popular magazine. Her family then reluctantly agreed to allow her to write manga, provided that she used an alias. Antisocial and stone-faced, Yukiko comes off much harsher than she actually is. [[spoiler:Following Jun's blinding/punishment, Yukiko has cut out one of her own eyes. She later murders Kazuya Hirayama and is correctly pinned as the culprit during the seventh trial. Unfortunately, she was also falsely accused of being the Mastermind, and their first Vote was spent only to prove her innocence.]]
* [[spoiler:AcquittedTooLate]]: [[spoiler:Despite all the suspicion, she was not the Mastermind. In a brutal twist of {{Irony}}, the first Mastermind Vote proves her innocence shortly before her scheduled execution for murdering Kazuya.]]
* AloofDarkHairedGirl
* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]: She became a SHSL Mangaka after first becoming a fan of Junji Ito's Uzumaki, and then winning a popular manga contest, which caused publishers to pick her up and her to become a successful mangaka.
* BeautyMark: Under the corner of one eye.
* BerserkButton: Mimi punches hers with her SpeakIllOfTheDead moment and gets slapped for it.
* BunniesForCuteness: As her hair clip shows, she likes rabbits. She even thinks Monomi is cute. Following Chapter [[spoiler:3]], she starts wearing a [[spoiler:Monomi eyepatch]], and [[spoiler:claimed Kanon's stuffed rabbit]].
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:Her execution involves a large Monobear dressed like the Queen chasing her into a rosebush maze with an axe, and then he makes Yukiko think she's lost him...only to reappear cornering Yukiko in a dead end, and finally cutting off Yukiko's head.]]
* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: She wears a "bunny hairclip".
* [[spoiler:EyeScream]]: [[spoiler:Self-inflicted.]]
** [[spoiler:EyepatchOfPower]]: Eventually. [[spoiler:Goes through several different versions: a medical patch, a frilly Monomi one, and a black one with a Monokuma slash.]]
* FanDisservice: Shortly after Monobear's second motive announcement, we get to see Yukiko in a towel because she's in the changing room...but it's not played for titillation, because for some reason her glasses are missing, and Yukiko freaks out over this.
* [[spoiler:GoodScarsEvilScars]]: [[spoiler:Her left eye socket is sewn shut after she removed her own eye.]]
* HiddenDepths: Part of the reason her mangaka abilities are SHSL is the fact that she's not just great at ''drawing'', she's great at ''writing'', too.
* [[spoiler:HowDareYouDieOnMe]]: [[spoiler:This is her reaction to discovering that chapter 3's murder victim is Kyo, since Kyo had earlier promised to teach Yukiko how to live for herself and find her own happiness.]]
* ImportantHaircut: During Chapter [[spoiler:5]]'s Abnormal Days, she cuts her hair to about shoulder length as part of a makeover.
* {{Meganekko}}
* [[spoiler:NiceJobBreakingItHero]]: [[spoiler:By successfully convincing the others that Shinya killed himself, she inadvertantly caused Jun's blinding.]]
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler:Subverted with Kyo. Monobear makes an off-hand comment about how selfish it is of Yukiko to hide away her "passionate necking" with Kyo. What ''actually'' turns out to have happened is that Kyo kissed Yukiko after they bonded over similar backgrounds, but then Yukiko left in self-disgust to meditate on her feelings for Jun.]]
** [[spoiler:Mimi later notices marks on Yukiko's neck and exposes them, calling her 'the filthiest girl [there]'. However, during the trial, Yukiko states that all they did was kiss, nothing more.]]
* [[spoiler:OffWithHisHead]]: [[spoiler:Or rather, ''her'' head, since she's executed in an Alice in Wonderland parody with Monobear-as-the-Queen cutting her head off with an axe.]]
* ReclusiveArtist: By the age of 13.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: {{Averted}} with her [[SweaterGirl initial look]]. Interestingly, as of Chapter [[spoiler:5]], Monokuma seems to be trying to invoke this by demanding she wear [[spoiler:an eyepatch]] patterned after him.
* [[spoiler:RedHerring]]: [[spoiler:She's an excellent "Mastermind" candidate. She's emotionally unstable, she's rude to the others, and in chapter 4 Monobear even makes Yukiko wear red-and-white-and-black, the colors of a traditional Dangan Ronpa mastermind, complete with a friggin' ''Monobear eyepatch'' just to complete the "duality" look...nice try, because as Naoto found out the hard way when pushing for a vote, Yukiko is actually ''not'' the Mastermind.]]
* [[spoiler:RedStringOfFate]]: During Chapter [[spoiler:4]]'s Trial, she reveals [[spoiler:the red string she started wearing around her neck is a reference to this, as a memorial to Shinya.]]
* [[spoiler:SanitySlippage]]: [[spoiler:Because cutting out your own eye and giving it to another person as a threat usually doesn't bode well for one's general mental state.]]
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic: The mutual killing game has NOT [[TraumaCongaLine been kind to her]].
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Which is not a spoiler because even her profile explains that she has a soft interior though being outwardly emotionless.
* SuperOCD: Which helps her be very detail-oriented as she's drawing manga, but sometimes it can make her a control freak regarding her projects.
* [[spoiler:TakeMeInstead]]: Her reaction when [[spoiler:Monobear declares he'll cripple Jun]].
* [[spoiler:TragicKeepsake]]: [[spoiler:Kanon's stuffed rabbit.]]
* UnlimitedWardrobe: Has several different distinct outfits.
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: Downplayed example, but her parents were initially against her being a mangaka, but then relented as long as she promised to publish under an alias so as not to "dirty the family name".
!!Takahiro 'Hiro' Hirano
!!!Super High-School Level Choreographer
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Hiro has traveled all around Southeast Asia, perfecting different styles of dance. He deals primarily with idol and pop groups, and is best known for his hip-hop group [=BULL3T=], which gained popularity on the internet. He's easygoing and optimistic, as well as flirtatious and slightly narcissistic. [[spoiler:Physically assaults Monobear after his takeover and is killed as a result.]]
* [[spoiler:DeathByIrony]]: Takahiro was right during Trust Academy, things could be ''much'' worse. [[spoiler:Also, his dance troupe's name is ''[=BULL3T=]''.]]
* TheFellowshipHasEnded: Takahiro's group has apparently broken up, and if we can trust Monobear's word, [[ItsAllMyFault it was Takahiro's fault]].
* NerdGlasses
* {{Narcissist}}: Has layers of this underneath his laid-back and optimistic attitude.
* {{Omniglot}}: He was born in Seoul, South Korea; spent some time in Los Angeles, California; and now lives in Japan. So now he's fluent in Japanese, English, and Korean.
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion]]
* [[spoiler:TheresNoKillLikeOverkill]]
** [[spoiler:MoreDakka]]
!!Chris Peril
!!!Super High-School Level Stunt Driver
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* [[spoiler:AlmostOutOfOxygen]]: [[spoiler: In chapter 8's morgue investigation with Naoto and Hisae, he passes out due to smoke inhalation.]]
* AscendedExtra: A weird "meta-example" of this trope. Chris Peril was not originally accepted into the Doubt Academy White roleplay, but the creator of Barclay, the SHSL Deep-Sea Diver, unexpectedly had to resign from the roleplay for personal reasons, so Chris Peril was the lucky (or, given the subject matter of the roleplay, should that be unlucky?) guy chosen from previously submitted applications to take Barclay's place.
* BadassDriver: Is very talented behind the wheel of a car, as well as a few other vehicles. Began doing more dangerous stunts at age 15 and has upped the danger since.
* BandOfBrothers: With Naoto and Hisae after chapter 8.
* CoolMask: What does he look like under his helmet? We just don't know.
* CoolHelmet
* [[spoiler:DramaticUnmask]]: [[spoiler:When the students get chapter 2's culprit wrong, Chris Peril gets so frustrated that he throws off his helmet, revealing his face for the first time. He has brown hair, blue eyes, and freckles on his nose.]]
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Picked up his love for driving from his father, who was a famous stock car racer at one point.
* [[spoiler:NearDeathExperience]]: [[spoiler: During chapter 8's morgue adventure, Chris inhales enough smoke to the point of his inner monologue quality beginning to degrade. It scared Hisae to a good degree.]]
* SendInTheSearchTeam: With Naoto and Hisae. During chapter 8, Naoto brought Hisae and Chris together to search inside of a secret room in the morgue to look for clues about the Mastermind. [[spoiler:Things didn't go as planned, however, when Chris activated a tripwire that in turn started a fire. The search ends with Naoto and Chris unconscious and a blubbering Hisae.]]
* StageNames: His real name is Hideki Takahashi.
* TheMechanic: Has alright knowledge on how to fit a car together.
* XMustNotWin: In Chris Peril's case, it's "Monobear must not win." After [[spoiler:the students get chapter 2's culprit wrong, resulting in Monobear picking a student to cripple in lieu of an execution]], Chris Peril says Monobear won't win, Chris will die before he lets Monobear win.
