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[[http://fatal-frenzy.tumblr.com Fatal Frenzy]] is a post-based RP that takes after the style of the ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' series. It is set in an underground metro system shortly after the active events of despair. There will be six chapters. Students will explore the facilities, attempt to find a way to escape, and have trials for murders just like the gameplay of Dangan Ronpa.
The official roster of sixteen students (character page found [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/FatalFrenzy here]]) was released on September 9, 2014 and the roleplay itself began on September 13.
In addition to sprite art, there will be murder art, map art, and other plot related event art. Murder art will be in video form. Everything will be drawn as close to the Dangan Ronpa style as possible. Things that may or may not be included as of now are: execution art and other event art.
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[[folder: Game Masters]]
!!Nyanburu
!!!Mascot
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->''"I've been so excited just waiting for you! We're gonna have so much fun ururururuu!"''
A disconcertingly cheery catlike creature who greeted the students when they regained consciousness on the train.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Like Mamoru, Nyanburu refuses to let the students leave Silver Station or divulge why they've been brought there in the first place. While it doesn't seem to be an ally of Monobear's, some students suspect this of being an act.
* EvilLaugh: Ururururu.
* KillerTeddyBear: To be precise, a killer cat [[CartoonCreature (?)]].
* SeriesMascot
!!Mamoru Nomura
!!!Res. Mechanic/Engineer
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->''"There has definitely been a lot of confusion on all sides of this, but hopefully I can make amends."''
A young man who was discovered in a secret room by Hiroshi and co. He apparently designed the Silver Station and built Nyanburu, but claims to have no ill will towards the students. While he encourages them to enjoy themselves on the 'tour', he keeps brushing off questions about what's really going on...
[[spoiler: He is killed off by Monobear in chapter 1, but has recently been appearing on the students' TV screens late at night and might be planning to help them escape. In chapter 5's virtual reality game, he dies for real. The final trial reveals that he was a member of the Survivor Syndicate and, suspecting that the students had been part of SHSL Despair, wiped their memories and arranged the station tour to formulate new ones.]]
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* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
** [[spoiler: SenselessSacrifice: When Monobear decided to kill Fukumi as an example, he protected her with his life...and then poor Fukumi is killed anyway. ''And'' Fukumi was the mastermind the whole time - Monobear was only going to stage her death. They were even thinking of letting him live through the plan.]]
* [[spoiler: HumanPincushion: Monobear's "Arms of Kali" riddle the poor guy with a couple dozen arrows and swords.]]
* MeaningfulName: Mamoru means ''to protect''. Not only is he guarding the truth about Silver Station, but [[spoiler: he's killed by jumping in to protect Fukumi from Monobear's weapons.]]
* TwinkleSmile: As pictured to the right. Slightly subverted, in that the accompanying sentiment is not very heroic at all:
-->'''Mamoru''': ''It would be for the best that you cooperated though. Sorry.''
* WalkingSpoiler: Albeit revealed at the outset of Chapter 1, unlike most hidden characters in Danganronpa games.
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!!Hiroshi Kōda
!!!Super High School Level Good Samaritan
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->''"I didn’t ask for this, all I was looking forward to do today was head to Hope’s Peak Academy."''
As the eldest son of the Kōda family, Hiroshi had a lot of expectations placed on him. His parents were both often away on business trips or working late at the office, too late to come home all that often, but much to his own chagrin, enough to nag him about his future and school work. Hiroshi had started off as the model student but eventually nosedived into apathy towards his parents wants and his own future. But after an encounter with a man he saved from getting hit by a truck, his life began to slowly turn around. And he soon found himself accepted into Hope's Peak Academy, a place where he seeks to better himself to become someone worthy of the title Super High School Level Good Samaritan.
[[spoiler: Hiroshi is eventually revealed to have been behind something called the Reserve Course Alliance, which attempted to deal with the unequal status of reserve students at Hope's Peak. He was also a member of the Survivor Syndicate, but did not agree with their decision to imprison the other students. Although he appeared to have been executed in the penultimate chapter for killing Nomura in Monokuma's video game, he turns out to have survived with a broken arm afterwards.]]
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* [[spoiler: BloodSplatteredInnocents: Standing close to the action like any protagonist, Hiroshi gets splattered with Mamoru's blood as he is brutally killed by Monokuma in the beginning of Chapter 1.]]
* [[spoiler:BreakTheCutie: In Chapter 2, his tightly-knit group of friends was very tragically and messily torn apart.]]
* [[spoiler: ClearMyName: A minor case but Hiroshi had to do this in the first chapter's trial after Takumi points an accusatory finger at him because of his jacket being found with stains of blood in it.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* EtTuBrute: When he found out that [[spoiler: Takumi]] was [[spoiler: Shinya]]'s actual killer.
** HeroicBSOD: ...and the aftermath.
* StoppedCaring: He really stopped trying in school after he felt that it was pointless. However with his acceptance to Hope's Peak Academy, he is looking to become a better student.
* TheInsomniac
* TheProtagonist
* TheSnarkKnight
!!Takumi Akiyama
!!!Super High School Level Ice Hockey Player
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->''“In a game of Hockey, it ain’t about the MVP. At the end of the day, it’s the effort of the entire team that brings yah t’victory. Even though the media calls me the ‘Hockey All Star’ I wouldn’t be where I am without the help of my team-mates… my friends.”''
As an Ice Hockey prodigy, Takumi has been competing in national championships since the age of thirteen. He is the star striker of his team, setting the world record of the hardest puck shot at 112.8 mph. Both of his parents worked part time so they were quite a poor family. Because of this, Takumi learned quickly to live with very little. This meant that he spent a lot of time with his older brother. To keep him entertained, his brother would take him down to the local Ice Rink that he volunteered at. Takumi followed a strict training regime as he pushed himself and changed his diet, building up as much stamina and strength as he could for a young boy his age. After showcasing his skill at the local rink, Takumi was scouted by a trainer and was soon indoctrinated into an adult team as the youngest Hockey Player in Japan. The rest is history, what with him playing against many teams in the nationals as well as setting a new world record.
[[spoiler: He's the culprit of the second chapter, having killed Shinya upon witnessing him attempt to strangle Ruri. After guiding the other students to discover Shizuka's identity, he confessed.]]
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* AccidentalAthlete
* BerserkButton: Don't threaten his friends.
** BewareTheNiceOnes: Pressing the aforementioned BerserkButton can send him into a pretty terrifying rage. If [[spoiler: Haru]] hadn't already been slated for execution, it's clear that Takumi would have sought revenge over [[spoiler: his]] attempt to [[spoiler: attack Naomi]]. [[spoiler: And to protect Ruri, he ended up killing Shinya.]]
* ChainedByFashion: Wears what appears to be a large chain as a necklace.
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath: Chained up to a hockey goal and beaten to death with pucks by robotic players.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Though his eyes are of a noticeably lighter shade, but still fits.
* [[spoiler:FaceDeathWithDignity: Zig-zagged. He calmly got out his regrets and encouraged his classmates to vote for him as the killer, even with Ruri screaming that he hated him and wanted him to die. However, his execution is so horrifying that he's unable to keep his composure and dies begging for it to stop.]]
* GentleGiant: He has his angry moments, but is generally very open and friendly with his classmates.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSelfDeprecation: Spent most of Chapter 2 emphasizing how Shinya's killer deserved punishment and believed Ruri's blood screams were justified.]]
* HomeRunHitter: He is known for his powerful Hockey shot nicknamed the "Akiyama Bullet."
* ImCryingButIDontKnowWhy: [[spoiler: After Mamoru Nomura's death he starts crying aggressively. It is thought that the gory violence is a trigger to his past.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Downplayed example, but after confessing his crush on Shinya, he admitted Ruri was closer to him and promised not to turn things into a LoveTriangle. [[spoiler: Takes a turn for the tragic when he kills Shinya to save Ruri's life, even though Ruri hates him for it.]]
* SeriouslyScruffy: Beginning in the Case 1 investigation, Takumi begins to lose sleep and forgets to shave. By Chapter 2, he has a scruffy blue stubble and bags under his eyes.
* [[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe: Throughout the Chapter 2 murder, Takumi deliberately lead the group to the clues that he placed in a determination to uncover the identity of Shizuka Gozen as a way to protect the group, knowing full well that he will still be executed for murdering Shinya. Once Haruo is revealed as Shizuka, Takumi lets out a sigh of relief and soon confesses to his crime. ]]
* TeamSpirit: He believes that teamwork is the be all or end all of survival.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Ruri Egusa
!!!Super High School Level Skater
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->''"It’ll all be okay, in the end. …that’s what I think."''
A boy who grew up deeply invested in sporting events because living on a farm is BORING. Ruri began practicing when he was ten and super-excelled to the point of winning three competitions, two being international, by the time he was sixteen. Primarily a figure skater, but currently into inline blading.
[[spoiler: He is the second victim of chapter three, having walked in on Toragesa pouring bug spray into Mercury Station's water pipes. He is hit against the purification tank and shoved in. He dies of mechanical asphyxia while unconscious.]]
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* BigBrotherInstinct: He's used to coddling his younger sister, and now he wants to coddle his classmates.
* [[spoiler:BreakTheCutie: First, his boyfriend attempts to strangle him to death. Then he turns up dead, and he's initially a suspect. ''Then'' another one of Ruri's close friends turns out to be responsible. It's no wonder he snapped.]]
* ClearMyName: Since he was the last one seen with [[spoiler: Shinya]], suspicion falls upon him pretty early in the second trial.
* [[spoiler:EtTuBrute: When Shinya mistook Ruri for Shizuka Gozen and attempted to kill him.]]
* ExtracurricularEnthusiast
* [[spoiler:FreakOut: At the end of the second trial, he goes from one of the most innocent students to screaming for Takumi's blood.]]
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Becomes more apparent in the beginning of Chapter 3 where Ruri takes the heat from his classmates for overreacting to [[spoiler: Takumi's confession.]]
* [[spoiler:HeKnowsTooMuch: Why he was killed.]]
* {{Keet}}
* OppositesAttract: With Shinya.
* SailorFuku
* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack
* TightsUnderShorts: He has dignity. In addition, he would never be caught dead in anything actually resembling a leotard. Nearly all of his performances on the ice involve ModestyShorts in some form. Forgive him, Ninsei.
* TripleShifter
!!Shinya Zaizen
!!!Super High School Level Cartographer
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->''"Unless you n-need directions... Don't waste your t-time talking to me, okay?!"''
While he isn't as famous as some of his classmates, Shinya's incredibly maps are used by just about every country on the planet. In person, he's somewhat hard to approach, being sickly, paranoid, and with a bad habit of blurting out the wrong thing at the worst possible time.
[[spoiler: He's the victim of Chapter 2, found with a fatal stab wound in his abdomen after the blackout lifts. Having discovered Shizuka Gozen's hit-list, he suspected Ruri of being the killer and attacked him, which Takumi walked in on... only to have Shinya attempt to attack him as well.]]
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* CreepyShadowedUndereyes
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Not that he was an outright villain, but after Takumi stabbed him, he apologized for what he did and thanked Takumi for saving Ruri. He also gave Takumi the hit-list to warn him about the danger posed to the other students.]]
* DomesticAbuse: [[spoiler:What Takumi thought was happening when he walked in on him choking Ruri.]]
* KavorkaMan: A rare male-attracting variant. [[HollywoodHomely While Shinya isn't]] 100% {{Gonk}}, he is the most unkempt and probably one of the weirdest students, but both Ruri ''and'' Takumi confessed to having feelings for him.
* MotorMouth: When reciting what he's learned about his classmates.
* NoSocialSkills
* OppositesAttract: With Ruri.
* WhatTheHellHero: When Hiroshi asks him if he would consider participating in the mutual killing.
!!Haru Takeyama
!!!Super High School Level Hanakotoba
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->''"I guess I couldn’t talk to someone after all…"''
Born and raised on a farm, Haru was rendered mostly deaf in his left ear after an accident when he was younger. He took to learning ''hanakotoba'' (the Japanese language of flowers) to express himself, which led to him striking up a relationship with a certain girl. Unfortunately, she was killed saving Haru from a speeding car. The flower memorials he left at the site of her death drew the attention of the news, and eventually Hope's Peak Academy.
[[spoiler: He's the first to be executed as a killer by Monobear, having accidentally given Fukumi Tsuzarahara a heart attack during a struggle over a knife.]]
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* [[spoiler: CruelAndUnusualDeath: Forced to run through razor-sharp metallic roses, and then crushed beneath the pages of a giant book like a pressed flower.]]
* DiseaseBleach: The hair that grew back over his scars from the accident was white due to heavy stress.
** SkunkStripe
* [[spoiler: MurderByMistake: He stole a knife from the brewery with the intention of killing Naomi, but had second thoughts and tried to return it in secret. Unfortunately, he ran into Fukumi, who saw the knife and panicked, and he ended up slicing open her hand while trying to pull it away from her. Then Fukumi had a heart attack - but Haru wasn't aware that she had a medical condition, so he only thought she'd passed out at first.]]
* ShrinkingViolet
* SurvivorGuilt: Because he couldn't hear an oncoming car, his girlfriend [[HeroicSacrifice pushed him out of the way]] and was struck instead.
!!Ninsei Yonai
!!!Super High School Level Artistic Gymnast
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->''"Ah, nice meet- No, um... Nice to meet you!"''
At the age of three, Ninsei started practicing out of his own free will, first sporadically but soon becoming invested already, guided by his ex-competitive rhythmic gymnast turned gymnast instructor mother Keiko Yonai and her partner Nanase Ariga of aerobics fame. Together they own the Hatsuseiha Gymnastics Training Facility, famous in its own right for the successful junior teams Keiko has coached into victory. He already got famous, but at the age of eleven Ninsei stopped competing due to an accident that hospitalized him. In a surprising turn of events, he returned to dominate his sport at the age of thirteen. Not only is he the best gymnast as All-Around events, he has competed in everything from artistic gymnastics to rhythmic, and has awlays performed well in all of these. Currently, Ninsei is officially a part of Japanese National Gymnastics Team, and is scheduled to debut at the next World Cup, and before that at the Summer Universiade. He's aiming for the Olympics.
[[spoiler: He survives until the end of the game.]]
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* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: Par for the course of being a gymnast.
* BareYourMidriff: Sure, Ninsei has a nice midriff, and sure, he has ridiculous clothes to match.
* HasTwoMommies
* InTheBlood: His biological mother was also a rhythmic gymnast (before becoming an instructor).
* PaintedOnPants: Just take a look at his skeleton tights.
* SkunkStripe: Sort of, anyway: his mohawk is light and the shorter hair black.
* SpeechImpediment: Ninsei has Broca's aphasia.
!!Tsubasa Mariya IX
!!!Super High School Level Chocolatier
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->''"Why don't you have a seat while I concoct something scrumpt-...zzzzz..."''
The latest in a long line of world-famous dessert masters. Though Tsubasa's life was essentially planned out for him, he truly does enjoy his talent. Unfortunately, his admission to Hope's Peak came at the same time as a volley of accusations about his family buying favorable reviews and even using addictive drugs in their recipes.
[[spoiler: The first victim of Chapter three, he falls into Hiroshi Koda's arms after showing signs of dizziness and loss of balance. He died from Diethyltoluamide poisoning, after only drinking the water which Toragesa poisoned with bug spray.]]
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* ClearMyName / ClearTheirName: Part of his raison d'etre is to disprove the malicious rumors that has surfaced about his family and their business.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* [[spoiler:FinalSpeech: "It was a terrible notion that water would have sufficed as my supper… It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names." "I wished to be strong and protect… perhaps I still can somehow. Tigers and water don’t really mix well…" ]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Is sixteen years old but could easily be mistaken for a young child, especially given his height.
* ShelteredAristocrat
* ThatCameOutWrong: "You're hard!" (He was just admiring Takumi's muscles, really.)
* SleepyHead: To the extent that he falls asleep on bathroom stalls and other places where people shouldn't really be sleeping in.
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!!Fukumi Tsuzarahara
!!!Super High School Level Speedcuber
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->''"You always gotta check the side areas first to make sure you don’t miss anything."''
A girl who's had a love for puzzles since a very young age, Fukumi's specialty is the Rubix cube. She's constantly seeking new ways to challenge her skills and intellect.
[[spoiler: She's the first official victim of the mutual-killing game (albeit accidentally), having suffered a heart attack during an altercation with Haru Takeyama. Later, she is revealed to have been the mastermind behind Monokuma; a special machine restarted her heart. For being exposed, she's executed by being split up in a giant Rubik's Cube.]]
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* [[spoiler: HollywoodHeartAttack: Averted, as she simply appears to collapse. But the prevalence of this trope means that Haru doesn't realize exactly what's happened until it's too late.]]
* [[spoiler: SacrificialLamb: Fukumi sadly turns out to be the first victim, dying from a heart attack after being saved by Nomura following a SenselessSacrifice and being set up as {{Deuteragonist}} of sorts to Hiroshi.]]
!!Haruo Minami[[spoiler:/Haruo Shizuka]]
!!!Super High School Level Class President
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->''"Oh! That's right. I'm a Class President! You can depend on me for help if you need any." ''
Not much is known about her, other than the achievements she earned as a class president. She entered middle school after many years of home school, she quickly earned everyone's trust and respect, becoming the most popular in class. It was already obvious that she would become the next class president and so she did, Haruo became the class president every year, bringing her class to the top with her leadership skills and energy, even making it on the front page of the newspaper. One could only be so lucky to be placed in her class to earn the attention and fame.
[[spoiler: Chapter 2 revealed her to be the 'Genocider' student and vigilante known as Shizuka Gozen. In chapter 4, she died at the hands of Tsubaki Sugawara.]]
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* AbsurdPhobia: Nobody would be able to guess the class president has a fear of the cold after all, right?
* BeautifulAllAlong: Not that she's [[HollywoodHomely unattractive to begin with]], but the times when she's [[TheGlassesGottaGo taken off her glasses]] or [[LettingHerHairDown let her hair down]] have caught a few students off-guard. ([[http://media.tumblr.com/afd99443694fb73421873bcb31ebd5bc/tumblr_inline_ndtp8kTaT01t0wwjb.png An example.]])
* ClassRepresentative: Of course. Her blog is even titled SHSL Iincho.
* GoodIsNotNice
* NerdGlasses
* PluckyGirl
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses
!!Suzuka Tsujio
!!!Super High School Level Pro Se Litigant
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->''"If I were here to kill you— Well, I am not. Mea maxima culpa. That’s against the law, you know."''
Tsubaki Sugawara's partner in crime - or rather, in court. After a victorious lawsuit against the juggernaut Mikata Corporation for dumping chemicals in residential areas, the two of them made their mark in Japanese legal history. While Suzuka has a steadfast dedication to upholding justice, she's nowhere near as friendly as her companion.
[[spoiler: Survives until the end of the game.]]
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* BlindWithoutEm: Specifically, very longsighted.
* BrutalHonesty: To the point where she was reputed in-universe for courtroom TrashTalk, once making a witness in the Mikata case cry during a particularly harsh cross-examination.
* {{Claustrophobia}}
* TheCynic: Although she's never been a {{Pollyanna}}, her CynicismCatalyst could be said to be the environmental disaster caused by the [[MegaCorp Mikata Corporation]] (most notably its harm to civilians in the neighbouring prefecture).
* HatesBeingTouched
* HatesSmallTalk: And pretty much anything that isn't an argument, though she has a knack for turning situations into them fairly rapidly. In reality, a case of NoSocialSkills.
* IronLady
* {{Jerkass}}: When it comes to social issues, JerkassHasAPoint.
** And again in the first trial; even though [[spoiler: everyone feels bad for Haru and doesn't want to vote for him, Suzuka points out that he did nothing to prevent them possibly voting for the wrong culprit and being killed instead. Not to mention that he ''was'' planning to kill Naomi beforehand.]]
* GoldColoredSuperiority: Her glasses and eyes.
* GoodIsNotNice: While she may be formally aligned with the side of good in the [[MegaCorp Mikata Corp]] case, her vision of justice decidedly doesn't extend to treating others with decency.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Subverted, in that while her entire aesthetic leans towards 'graceful lady', her personality and general bearing are far less elegant.
* KnightInSourArmor
* LeanAndMean: Tends towards lankiness with extremely minimal levels of muscle and fat. Also tends towards padding out her arguments with similar levels of tact.
* MeaningfulName: Suzuka Tsujio (two 'sue' sounds) who is famous specifically for a lawsuit. Yes, it's ridiculous, no, I'm not taking it off.
* MustHaveCaffeine
* OddFriendship: With Takumi.
* OneHeadTaller: Than Tsubaki. Maybe more.
* OppositesAttract: Designed as a moral {{Foil}} to Tsubaki, often leading them to converse LikeAnOldMarriedCouple. Despite this, they trust each other implicitly.
* PurpleIsPowerful
* SlouchOfVillainy: Has terrible posture.
* SmartPeopleKnowLatin: Partially subverted, in that it's unclear whether she "speaks" Latin or just constantly drops stock legal and logic phrases.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Fits all of these criteria.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: [[RunningGag That's Tsujio-san to you.]]
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Happily, the two person law team allows for one lawful and one...less lawful. No points for guessing which one Suzuka might be.
* [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Trademark Favorite Drink]]: Canned coffee sweetened with stevia, specifically of the [[BlandNameProduct Moontory Chief]] brand.
* TheUnapologetic: Both in general, and notably towards Toragesa, although the latter was fixed during her OrderedApology at the masquerade.
* YoungerThanTheyLook
--> Fukumi: I don’t have a plan at all, I’m really really lost, Teacher.
--> Suzuka: Tsuzarahara-shi, I am eighteen years old.
!!Naomi Han
!!!Super High School Level Ballerina
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->''"If your first words are 'but you don't look like a ballerina', I'll kick your ass."''
This moody ballerina from Okinawa became famous overnight when a video of her fighting off two drunk men went viral. Hope's Peak Academy scouted her shortly afterwards, and she was named Super High School Level Ballerina for her outstanding strength in dance. While her acceptance to the academy has been criticized for giving other ballerinas a bad example, she's also credited with attracting a new wave of young ballet fans.
[[spoiler: Survives until the end of the game.]]
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* AfraidOfDoctors: Anything related to them will quickly put her in a bad mood. [[spoiler: Witnessing a gory car crash as a child traumatized her to the point where she began associating hospitals with death, which obviously wasn't helped by her mother dying.]]
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: As a child, for being on the puny side and half-Korean. She's also had to put up with people presuming her to be a troublemaker based on her appearance.
* BerserkButton: Don't make fun of her hair bows. Or her ballet shoes, or ballet in general. And only say anything bad about her family if you've got a death wish.
* BookDumb: Schoolwork is listed as one of her dislikes, but she has an incredibly extensive knowledge of ballet, and is also determined to learn foreign languages so she can visit theaters in other countries.
* BrutalHonesty
* ButNotTooForeign: She's [[UsefulNotes/KoreansInJapan half-Korean]] on her mother's side.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Ballet's actually the only form of dance she can do.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DelinquentHair: What most people ''think'' it is. [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair It's actually her natural color.]]
* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Girls Love Their Mamas]]
* {{Fangirl}}: Her two favorite items are thinly-veiled references to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' and ''Franchise/StreetFighter''. She has plenty of merch from both franchises in her room. She also confused [[spoiler: Shizuka Gozen]] with [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Suzuka Gongen]].
* FriendlessBackground: She was picked on as a kid and began avoiding her peers almost entirely after her mother died.
* GamerChick: She's an avid player of fighting games.
* HairTriggerTemper
* HeldBackInSchool: She's one of the older students at 19 years old, having been held back twice for cutting classes.
* {{Hypocrite}}: As noted in her profile, one of Naomi's biggest hangups is being judged based on her appearance, but she has a tendency to do the same thing herself. Namely, she thinks that most popular or upstanding types only behave the way they do to get away with things.
* [[spoiler:IWishedYouWereDead: A variation. She confesses to Tsubaki that she essentially gave up on her mother as soon as she learned she was sick (although she was angry at Hyeon's chronic leukemia being kept from her), believing that she'd never recover. It didn't lessen the pain when she actually did die, and she feels like she was responsible as a result.]]
* JapaneseDelinquents: What she's frequently taken for. Despite being publicly christened "Delinquent Ballerina" and constantly ''threatening'' to beat people up, she actually hasn't done much worse than constantly skipping school.
* MissingMom: Her mother, Hyeon, [[IllGirl died of leukemia]] when Naomi was 13.
* [[SirSwearsALot Miss Swears-a-Lot]]
* MustHaveCaffeine: If she doesn't get her hands on coffee when waking up, ''hide''.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Because she was afraid of going to the hospital, she missed the chance to patch things up with her mother before she died.
* NotAMorningPerson: Considers waking up before 9 A.M. to be inhumane.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Because of the viral video (which also resulted in her 'Delinquent Ballerina' nickname), most people assume she'll start a fight at the slightest provocation. Whenever it's brought up, Naomi bemoans that it was a one-time thing, [[NotHelpingYourCase although her frequent threats of violence don't help]].
* PolarOppositeTwins: Her twin brother is a soft-spoken [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling model student]].
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: She's very excited about being classmates with several of the sports-themed students who she recognizes from TV.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Has a fraternal twin brother named Naoki. Both their names begin with the same character (which means 'honest').
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Although it's a bit of a gray area - her love of ballet comes not from the femininity of it, but because she admires the strength of the dancers. She still has a definite like for [[PinkMeansFeminine the color pink]] though.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pineapple pizza.
* {{Tsundere}}: More often than not, her angry outbursts are an attempt to cover up other emotions.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: Albeit with [[TightsUnderShorts leggings]].
!!Tsubaki Sugawara
!!!Super High School Level Plaintiff
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->''"And as for suing, you're below my pay grade, sssssir. Ahaha, no, no, really, I take all that stuff really seriously, was it a good ice-breaker anyway?"''
When the Mikata Corporation dumped hazardous chemicals near her home, Tsubaki took to the internet to begin gathering evidence and testimonies, where she met Suzuka Tsujio. Some years later, they took Mikata to court, and - against all odds - came out on top. Tsubaki can frequently be found raising awareness for various causes, and her sunny demeanor forms an interesting dynamic with Suzuka's cold efficiency.
[[spoiler: Having killed Haruo/Shizuka in chapter 4, she's executed by drowning.]]
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* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: At the very least Ei puts her in mind of her little brothers.
* BrainyBrunette
* ChronicHeroSyndrome
* CrusadingLawyer
* ExceptionallyTolerant
* FloralThemeNaming: Tsubaki means 'camellia.' Counts as a MeaningfulName since she's an environmentalist who lives practically in a forest in the middle of nowhere.
* ForGreatJustice: Her driving force in life.
* GoodIsNotDumb
* GuiltyPleasures: The gayest poetry of all time, from an examination of her room.
--> What the hell, Tsubaki, why would you own something like that. You don't even want to touch it. It makes you feel dirty.
* MeaningfulName: On top of the flower thing, her name contains two 'sue' sounds, because...her job is suing. This was entirely intentional.
* {{Meganekko}} / NerdGlasses
** SmartPeopleWearGlasses
* NatureLover
* NeatFreak
* NerdyInhaler: She actually has more than one, for three times the nerdiness.
* OlderThanTheyLook: 18, just like Suzuka.
* PluckyGirl
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With [[OppositesAttract Suzuka]], although their differing attitudes end up leaning more towards LikeAnOldMarriedCouple. They're girlfriends, but the fact that most people don't see that at first is lampshaded during the masquerade.
--> Suzuka: “Perhaps he thought /I/ was the grandmother who should be welcomed into the scrapbooking circle. Was it just me, or was his view of our relationship.” [Draws her mouth into a straight line, not finishing. She’s just recalling all the times he said ‘friend’ back there.]
--> Tsubaki: "...Okay, it's not like everyone in the world doesn't make that mistake at first. 'Partner' is kind of an ambiguous term for a pair of lawyers."
--> Suzuka: “…Hmm. That’s /another/ fair point. I thought my family was just being heteronormative.”
* RulesLawyer: Of the Lawful Good variety.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Though she only knows most of the cast through research, she's a big fan of Izumi's show Phanta5m and seems really, Really excited to meet them.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Tsubaki's favored approach.
* ThereIsNoHigherCourt: Averted for the [[MegaCorp Mikata Corp]] case--Tsubaki and Suzuka were actually victorious, and then Mikata Corp appealed.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Happily, the two person law team allows for one lawful and one...less lawful. At least it worked out for Tsubaki, who was entirely happy with her own conduct and the results of the Mikata Corp case. At least until the 'to be continued.'
* WideEyedIdealist
!!Michina Konoe
!!!Super High School Level Tennis Player
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->''"Please don't speak to me if you have less than 100,000,000¥ in your account."''
Michina was famous long before her acceptance to Hope's Peak Academy, having been mysteriously kidnapped at the age of five. She reappeared ten years later, but with no memory of the incident, and the press eagerly gobbled up her story. Her relieved parents showered her with attention to the point where she became spoiled rotten. After discovering her talent on the country club courts, she quickly became known as "Japan's Sweetheart".
[[spoiler: She's punished during the second motive announcement when she attempts to walk down the tunnel along the depowered rail and gets squished by a train. The second trial revealed that she was actually an imposter named Miho. The fate of the real Michina is unknown.]]
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* CurtainsMatchTheWindows
* [[spoiler: DisproportionateRetribution: She didn't even break an established rule, except for the new "you're all staying in this station because I say so."]]
* [[spoiler: [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped A Bridge On Her]]: She's executed in a plot post, presumably for inactivity...but in a game with Alter Egos and Duoforms and somesuch, who knows.]]
* [[spoiler: MockMillionaire]]
* RichBitch
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Attempts to ditch the rest of the students in Chapter 2. [[spoiler: It doesn't end well.]]
* SkewedPriorities: Upon waking up in Silver Station, most of the students are obviously concerned with things like their missing memories. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Michina just gets offended that her room is the same as everyone else's]].
* SpoiledBrat
!!Toragesa Hahakigi
!!!Super High School Level Janitor
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->''"The talents janitor - yeah, I know s’kinda lame, but whatever."''
Having worked since a young age to support her cash-strapped family, Toragesa found a simple satisfaction in cleaning that helped her uncle's janitorial business rake in the customers. When, in the wake of a recent lawsuit, one of the Mikata Corp buildings was plastered in graffiti, Toragesa skipped two days of school and took on the entire job by herself. Her disinterest in the surrounding politics meant that her media presence afterwards was brief, but it was still enough for Hope's Peak to extend her an invitation - an offer too good to pass up.
[[spoiler: She is found guilty of murdering in chapter three, when she found the keys to the purification facility, she used it to pour bug spray into the water for the Mercury Station. Tsubasa drinks this water and succumbs to the poison, dying in Hiroshi Koda's arms. Ruri walks in while she does this, thus he is killed by being hit against the tank and thrown in while unconscious. She is punished by being thrown in a garbage truck and unloaded into an incinerator. She is turned into a pack of cigarettes, with her face on the cover.]]
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* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Has an urge to smoke when things start going south, but dislikes the habit.
* FaceOfAThug: Has pretty beady and mean-looking eyes, but is an overall laid-back girl.
* FieryRedhead
* PromotionToParent: A variant of this, while both parents are still alive they've been absent enough to make Toragesa take this role to her siblings.
* NiceHat: In the form of a black beanie. Fittingly, given her title, it slightly resembles a traditional garbage bag.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Nonbinary Students]]
!!Eiji Kobayashi
!!!Super High School Level Florist
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->''"Growing… devil plants is a good idea too… Heh… Not that there’s anywhere to grow ‘em…"''
Not much is known about Eiji; it's almost as if their flowers bloomed and were noticed everywhere overnight. They've been sighted by news stations and that got them noticed. Anybody can sight them, wandering around, pushing a small trolley crammed with dazzling flowers. They think it's a much more effective way rather than opening a store. Late in the day, they're often sleeping on the side of roads or cooling down in a nearby hotel. When not selling their flowers, Ei returns to their grandmother's house in a remote village, although nobody has actually seen them interacting out in the open. It's unknown if they have any other relatives as they're always traveling about. They're a mystery.
[[spoiler: After chapter three, they revealed a more abrasive personality, known simply as Ei. They were one of the survivors of the game.]]
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* CannotTellAJoke: When Takumi called them bud, Eiji attempted to come up with something equally witty. It didn't turn out how they wanted it to.
--> '''Eiji''':"I’ve heard of you before, Akiyama-san… The one they call Takoom— … Takumi Akiyama… Ice Hockey All Star… right…? That’s… cool… …cool like ice…"
* CoolCrown: It's pretty much flowers in their hair but it's a crown nonetheless.
* FlowerMotifs
* GoToAlias: What do you mean Ei the Flower Vagabond isn't their name?
* HeroWorshipper: In the first trial, among the one versus one debating, they seemed to have found a handful of students admirable. Despite disliking anything loud, it seems that they made quite a few exceptions for their heroes.
* InnocentlyInsensitive
* SleepyHead
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Of the greenish-blue variant.
* YouthfulFreckles: Their sprites seem to sport these.
!!Izumi Kurosawa
!!!Super High School Level Paranormal Investigator
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->''Paranormal investigating can be dangerous sometimes as well. You never know what you’re messing with.''
The star of Phanta5m, a popular ghost-hunting program that ran for eight months in Japan. Izumi's fascination with the occult at first made them reluctant to attend Hope's Peak Academy, but the prospect of enhancing their skills and taking on bigger cases eventually won out. They don't speak much and will frequently address others with written signs.
[[spoiler: Survives until the end of the game.]]
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* EyepatchOfPower: Certainly exudes the aura that is required for the trope, though if they actually do anything badass is meant to be seen.
* ShowWithinAShow: Phanta5m, where most people know them from.
* StealthHiBye
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Others]]
!!Lady Shizuka/Shizuka Gozen[[spoiler:/Haruo Minami]]
!!!Super High School Level Commander
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->''“It’s called 'entertain the serial killer and pray she doesn’t kill you by the end of the day'.”''
An assassin and leader of Japan's largest underground law force, Shizuka executes criminals that have escaped punishment for their deeds. When the students discover a list of targets in the station - including the recently-deceased [[spoiler: Michina Konoe]] - they must confront the possibility that she is lurking amongst them.
[[spoiler: In actuality, she is a split personality of Haruo's. 'Both' of them died in chapter four at the hands of Tsubaki.]]
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* CorruptionOfAMinor: [[spoiler: Haruo]] tells Tsubaki that ever since she was a child, she was taught to kill under the instructions of the elders in her family.
* FourIsDeath: She is recorded to have killed forty seven in her life, although that was just in her days as a serial killer, so the real number of people she has murdered is unknown.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Compared to [[spoiler:Haruo's]] big and hopeful eyes, Shizuka's eyes are more narrow and shifty.
* KillerCop
* KnightTemplar
* MeaningfulName: Hints at her true identity. Shizuka Gozen is a character from 12th-century Japanese poetry, the mistress of [[spoiler: ''Mina''moto no Yoshitsune]].
* NiceHat: Wears a gray police cap.
* NotAfraidToDie
* VigilanteMan: And commands a small army of them as well.
* YuriFan: While [[spoiler:Haruo]] appears to be interested in the relationship between two guys, Shizuka finds more interest in girl's love.
!!Alter Buddy
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->''"I am here to provide you with any assistance you may need in your coming journey down the rocky road of life!"''
A navigational device left behind by the late Shinya Zaizen who was additionally programmed to have a 'soul,' modeled in the image of Shinya's ideal self.
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* ArtificialIntelligence
** BenevolentAI
** PersonalityChip
[[/folder]]
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!! Tropes featured in Fatal Frenzy include:
* AlwaysMurder: It's hard to tell this early in the game, but it'll at least be murder Most of the time.
* AnyoneCanDie: Aside from the protagonist Hiroshi Kōda, the remaining fifteen students, including any and all mod characters, can definitely die. And presumably most will.
* BodyOfTheWeek
* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies
* ChildrenForcedToKill
* DeadlyGame
* DwindlingParty
* EveryoneIsASuspect: Since the cases will all be a form of locked-room murder, only people among the initial roster can be killers--so that's all the characters that exist in the RP.
* EvidenceScavengerHunt: The time period after a murder and before a class trial.
* FairPlayWhodunit
* HighSchoolDance: Which quickly (and entirely unsurprisingly) becomes a BallroomBlitz.
* InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath
* KangarooCourt
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Like in the original Dangan Ronpa, it's almost a sure thing that the students had all gone to school before and become friends, only to have their memories of this time period (termed "pre-despair") erased.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: In DR RP games, there are two kinds of motives presented--good incentives, like cash rewards for killing, and bad incentives, like leaving everyone without food until someone dies. Either way, the motive will remain in effect until the inevitable dead body.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Chapters usually progress with normal days, abnormal days (receiving a motive), the body discovery, and the trial to find the killer, before it all repeats again.
* SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere
* TeenGenius: Everyone, to some extent. They got accepted into this game for being the best in their age bracket at what they do.
* ThereIsNoHigherCourt
* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "I-I...was going...to kill Han-san."]] Up until then, everyone thought poor [[spoiler: Haru]] was just tragically unlucky...
* WinYourFreedom: The basest motive for committing a murder.
* YouAllMeetInACell: Or on a train.
The official roster of sixteen students (character page found [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/FatalFrenzy here]]) was released on September 9, 2014 and the roleplay itself began on September 13.
In addition to sprite art, there will be murder art, map art, and other plot related event art. Murder art will be in video form. Everything will be drawn as close to the Dangan Ronpa style as possible. Things that may or may not be included as of now are: execution art and other event art.
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder: Game Masters]]
!!Nyanburu
!!!Mascot
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->''"I've been so excited just waiting for you! We're gonna have so much fun ururururuu!"''
A disconcertingly cheery catlike creature who greeted the students when they regained consciousness on the train.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Like Mamoru, Nyanburu refuses to let the students leave Silver Station or divulge why they've been brought there in the first place. While it doesn't seem to be an ally of Monobear's, some students suspect this of being an act.
* EvilLaugh: Ururururu.
* KillerTeddyBear: To be precise, a killer cat [[CartoonCreature (?)]].
* SeriesMascot
!!Mamoru Nomura
!!!Res. Mechanic/Engineer
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->''"There has definitely been a lot of confusion on all sides of this, but hopefully I can make amends."''
A young man who was discovered in a secret room by Hiroshi and co. He apparently designed the Silver Station and built Nyanburu, but claims to have no ill will towards the students. While he encourages them to enjoy themselves on the 'tour', he keeps brushing off questions about what's really going on...
[[spoiler: He is killed off by Monobear in chapter 1, but has recently been appearing on the students' TV screens late at night and might be planning to help them escape. In chapter 5's virtual reality game, he dies for real. The final trial reveals that he was a member of the Survivor Syndicate and, suspecting that the students had been part of SHSL Despair, wiped their memories and arranged the station tour to formulate new ones.]]
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* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
** [[spoiler: SenselessSacrifice: When Monobear decided to kill Fukumi as an example, he protected her with his life...and then poor Fukumi is killed anyway. ''And'' Fukumi was the mastermind the whole time - Monobear was only going to stage her death. They were even thinking of letting him live through the plan.]]
* [[spoiler: HumanPincushion: Monobear's "Arms of Kali" riddle the poor guy with a couple dozen arrows and swords.]]
* MeaningfulName: Mamoru means ''to protect''. Not only is he guarding the truth about Silver Station, but [[spoiler: he's killed by jumping in to protect Fukumi from Monobear's weapons.]]
* TwinkleSmile: As pictured to the right. Slightly subverted, in that the accompanying sentiment is not very heroic at all:
-->'''Mamoru''': ''It would be for the best that you cooperated though. Sorry.''
* WalkingSpoiler: Albeit revealed at the outset of Chapter 1, unlike most hidden characters in Danganronpa games.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Male Students]]
!!Hiroshi Kōda
!!!Super High School Level Good Samaritan
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->''"I didn’t ask for this, all I was looking forward to do today was head to Hope’s Peak Academy."''
As the eldest son of the Kōda family, Hiroshi had a lot of expectations placed on him. His parents were both often away on business trips or working late at the office, too late to come home all that often, but much to his own chagrin, enough to nag him about his future and school work. Hiroshi had started off as the model student but eventually nosedived into apathy towards his parents wants and his own future. But after an encounter with a man he saved from getting hit by a truck, his life began to slowly turn around. And he soon found himself accepted into Hope's Peak Academy, a place where he seeks to better himself to become someone worthy of the title Super High School Level Good Samaritan.
[[spoiler: Hiroshi is eventually revealed to have been behind something called the Reserve Course Alliance, which attempted to deal with the unequal status of reserve students at Hope's Peak. He was also a member of the Survivor Syndicate, but did not agree with their decision to imprison the other students. Although he appeared to have been executed in the penultimate chapter for killing Nomura in Monokuma's video game, he turns out to have survived with a broken arm afterwards.]]
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* [[spoiler: BloodSplatteredInnocents: Standing close to the action like any protagonist, Hiroshi gets splattered with Mamoru's blood as he is brutally killed by Monokuma in the beginning of Chapter 1.]]
* [[spoiler:BreakTheCutie: In Chapter 2, his tightly-knit group of friends was very tragically and messily torn apart.]]
* [[spoiler: ClearMyName: A minor case but Hiroshi had to do this in the first chapter's trial after Takumi points an accusatory finger at him because of his jacket being found with stains of blood in it.]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* EtTuBrute: When he found out that [[spoiler: Takumi]] was [[spoiler: Shinya]]'s actual killer.
** HeroicBSOD: ...and the aftermath.
* StoppedCaring: He really stopped trying in school after he felt that it was pointless. However with his acceptance to Hope's Peak Academy, he is looking to become a better student.
* TheInsomniac
* TheProtagonist
* TheSnarkKnight
!!Takumi Akiyama
!!!Super High School Level Ice Hockey Player
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->''“In a game of Hockey, it ain’t about the MVP. At the end of the day, it’s the effort of the entire team that brings yah t’victory. Even though the media calls me the ‘Hockey All Star’ I wouldn’t be where I am without the help of my team-mates… my friends.”''
As an Ice Hockey prodigy, Takumi has been competing in national championships since the age of thirteen. He is the star striker of his team, setting the world record of the hardest puck shot at 112.8 mph. Both of his parents worked part time so they were quite a poor family. Because of this, Takumi learned quickly to live with very little. This meant that he spent a lot of time with his older brother. To keep him entertained, his brother would take him down to the local Ice Rink that he volunteered at. Takumi followed a strict training regime as he pushed himself and changed his diet, building up as much stamina and strength as he could for a young boy his age. After showcasing his skill at the local rink, Takumi was scouted by a trainer and was soon indoctrinated into an adult team as the youngest Hockey Player in Japan. The rest is history, what with him playing against many teams in the nationals as well as setting a new world record.
[[spoiler: He's the culprit of the second chapter, having killed Shinya upon witnessing him attempt to strangle Ruri. After guiding the other students to discover Shizuka's identity, he confessed.]]
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* AccidentalAthlete
* BerserkButton: Don't threaten his friends.
** BewareTheNiceOnes: Pressing the aforementioned BerserkButton can send him into a pretty terrifying rage. If [[spoiler: Haru]] hadn't already been slated for execution, it's clear that Takumi would have sought revenge over [[spoiler: his]] attempt to [[spoiler: attack Naomi]]. [[spoiler: And to protect Ruri, he ended up killing Shinya.]]
* ChainedByFashion: Wears what appears to be a large chain as a necklace.
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath: Chained up to a hockey goal and beaten to death with pucks by robotic players.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Though his eyes are of a noticeably lighter shade, but still fits.
* [[spoiler:FaceDeathWithDignity: Zig-zagged. He calmly got out his regrets and encouraged his classmates to vote for him as the killer, even with Ruri screaming that he hated him and wanted him to die. However, his execution is so horrifying that he's unable to keep his composure and dies begging for it to stop.]]
* GentleGiant: He has his angry moments, but is generally very open and friendly with his classmates.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSelfDeprecation: Spent most of Chapter 2 emphasizing how Shinya's killer deserved punishment and believed Ruri's blood screams were justified.]]
* HomeRunHitter: He is known for his powerful Hockey shot nicknamed the "Akiyama Bullet."
* ImCryingButIDontKnowWhy: [[spoiler: After Mamoru Nomura's death he starts crying aggressively. It is thought that the gory violence is a trigger to his past.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Downplayed example, but after confessing his crush on Shinya, he admitted Ruri was closer to him and promised not to turn things into a LoveTriangle. [[spoiler: Takes a turn for the tragic when he kills Shinya to save Ruri's life, even though Ruri hates him for it.]]
* SeriouslyScruffy: Beginning in the Case 1 investigation, Takumi begins to lose sleep and forgets to shave. By Chapter 2, he has a scruffy blue stubble and bags under his eyes.
* [[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe: Throughout the Chapter 2 murder, Takumi deliberately lead the group to the clues that he placed in a determination to uncover the identity of Shizuka Gozen as a way to protect the group, knowing full well that he will still be executed for murdering Shinya. Once Haruo is revealed as Shizuka, Takumi lets out a sigh of relief and soon confesses to his crime. ]]
* TeamSpirit: He believes that teamwork is the be all or end all of survival.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Ruri Egusa
!!!Super High School Level Skater
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->''"It’ll all be okay, in the end. …that’s what I think."''
A boy who grew up deeply invested in sporting events because living on a farm is BORING. Ruri began practicing when he was ten and super-excelled to the point of winning three competitions, two being international, by the time he was sixteen. Primarily a figure skater, but currently into inline blading.
[[spoiler: He is the second victim of chapter three, having walked in on Toragesa pouring bug spray into Mercury Station's water pipes. He is hit against the purification tank and shoved in. He dies of mechanical asphyxia while unconscious.]]
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* BigBrotherInstinct: He's used to coddling his younger sister, and now he wants to coddle his classmates.
* [[spoiler:BreakTheCutie: First, his boyfriend attempts to strangle him to death. Then he turns up dead, and he's initially a suspect. ''Then'' another one of Ruri's close friends turns out to be responsible. It's no wonder he snapped.]]
* ClearMyName: Since he was the last one seen with [[spoiler: Shinya]], suspicion falls upon him pretty early in the second trial.
* [[spoiler:EtTuBrute: When Shinya mistook Ruri for Shizuka Gozen and attempted to kill him.]]
* ExtracurricularEnthusiast
* [[spoiler:FreakOut: At the end of the second trial, he goes from one of the most innocent students to screaming for Takumi's blood.]]
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Becomes more apparent in the beginning of Chapter 3 where Ruri takes the heat from his classmates for overreacting to [[spoiler: Takumi's confession.]]
* [[spoiler:HeKnowsTooMuch: Why he was killed.]]
* {{Keet}}
* OppositesAttract: With Shinya.
* SailorFuku
* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack
* TightsUnderShorts: He has dignity. In addition, he would never be caught dead in anything actually resembling a leotard. Nearly all of his performances on the ice involve ModestyShorts in some form. Forgive him, Ninsei.
* TripleShifter
!!Shinya Zaizen
!!!Super High School Level Cartographer
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->''"Unless you n-need directions... Don't waste your t-time talking to me, okay?!"''
While he isn't as famous as some of his classmates, Shinya's incredibly maps are used by just about every country on the planet. In person, he's somewhat hard to approach, being sickly, paranoid, and with a bad habit of blurting out the wrong thing at the worst possible time.
[[spoiler: He's the victim of Chapter 2, found with a fatal stab wound in his abdomen after the blackout lifts. Having discovered Shizuka Gozen's hit-list, he suspected Ruri of being the killer and attacked him, which Takumi walked in on... only to have Shinya attempt to attack him as well.]]
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* CreepyShadowedUndereyes
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Not that he was an outright villain, but after Takumi stabbed him, he apologized for what he did and thanked Takumi for saving Ruri. He also gave Takumi the hit-list to warn him about the danger posed to the other students.]]
* DomesticAbuse: [[spoiler:What Takumi thought was happening when he walked in on him choking Ruri.]]
* KavorkaMan: A rare male-attracting variant. [[HollywoodHomely While Shinya isn't]] 100% {{Gonk}}, he is the most unkempt and probably one of the weirdest students, but both Ruri ''and'' Takumi confessed to having feelings for him.
* MotorMouth: When reciting what he's learned about his classmates.
* NoSocialSkills
* OppositesAttract: With Ruri.
* WhatTheHellHero: When Hiroshi asks him if he would consider participating in the mutual killing.
!!Haru Takeyama
!!!Super High School Level Hanakotoba
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->''"I guess I couldn’t talk to someone after all…"''
Born and raised on a farm, Haru was rendered mostly deaf in his left ear after an accident when he was younger. He took to learning ''hanakotoba'' (the Japanese language of flowers) to express himself, which led to him striking up a relationship with a certain girl. Unfortunately, she was killed saving Haru from a speeding car. The flower memorials he left at the site of her death drew the attention of the news, and eventually Hope's Peak Academy.
[[spoiler: He's the first to be executed as a killer by Monobear, having accidentally given Fukumi Tsuzarahara a heart attack during a struggle over a knife.]]
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* [[spoiler: CruelAndUnusualDeath: Forced to run through razor-sharp metallic roses, and then crushed beneath the pages of a giant book like a pressed flower.]]
* DiseaseBleach: The hair that grew back over his scars from the accident was white due to heavy stress.
** SkunkStripe
* [[spoiler: MurderByMistake: He stole a knife from the brewery with the intention of killing Naomi, but had second thoughts and tried to return it in secret. Unfortunately, he ran into Fukumi, who saw the knife and panicked, and he ended up slicing open her hand while trying to pull it away from her. Then Fukumi had a heart attack - but Haru wasn't aware that she had a medical condition, so he only thought she'd passed out at first.]]
* ShrinkingViolet
* SurvivorGuilt: Because he couldn't hear an oncoming car, his girlfriend [[HeroicSacrifice pushed him out of the way]] and was struck instead.
!!Ninsei Yonai
!!!Super High School Level Artistic Gymnast
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->''"Ah, nice meet- No, um... Nice to meet you!"''
At the age of three, Ninsei started practicing out of his own free will, first sporadically but soon becoming invested already, guided by his ex-competitive rhythmic gymnast turned gymnast instructor mother Keiko Yonai and her partner Nanase Ariga of aerobics fame. Together they own the Hatsuseiha Gymnastics Training Facility, famous in its own right for the successful junior teams Keiko has coached into victory. He already got famous, but at the age of eleven Ninsei stopped competing due to an accident that hospitalized him. In a surprising turn of events, he returned to dominate his sport at the age of thirteen. Not only is he the best gymnast as All-Around events, he has competed in everything from artistic gymnastics to rhythmic, and has awlays performed well in all of these. Currently, Ninsei is officially a part of Japanese National Gymnastics Team, and is scheduled to debut at the next World Cup, and before that at the Summer Universiade. He's aiming for the Olympics.
[[spoiler: He survives until the end of the game.]]
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* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: Par for the course of being a gymnast.
* BareYourMidriff: Sure, Ninsei has a nice midriff, and sure, he has ridiculous clothes to match.
* HasTwoMommies
* InTheBlood: His biological mother was also a rhythmic gymnast (before becoming an instructor).
* PaintedOnPants: Just take a look at his skeleton tights.
* SkunkStripe: Sort of, anyway: his mohawk is light and the shorter hair black.
* SpeechImpediment: Ninsei has Broca's aphasia.
!!Tsubasa Mariya IX
!!!Super High School Level Chocolatier
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->''"Why don't you have a seat while I concoct something scrumpt-...zzzzz..."''
The latest in a long line of world-famous dessert masters. Though Tsubasa's life was essentially planned out for him, he truly does enjoy his talent. Unfortunately, his admission to Hope's Peak came at the same time as a volley of accusations about his family buying favorable reviews and even using addictive drugs in their recipes.
[[spoiler: The first victim of Chapter three, he falls into Hiroshi Koda's arms after showing signs of dizziness and loss of balance. He died from Diethyltoluamide poisoning, after only drinking the water which Toragesa poisoned with bug spray.]]
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* ClearMyName / ClearTheirName: Part of his raison d'etre is to disprove the malicious rumors that has surfaced about his family and their business.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* [[spoiler:FinalSpeech: "It was a terrible notion that water would have sufficed as my supper… It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names." "I wished to be strong and protect… perhaps I still can somehow. Tigers and water don’t really mix well…" ]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Is sixteen years old but could easily be mistaken for a young child, especially given his height.
* ShelteredAristocrat
* ThatCameOutWrong: "You're hard!" (He was just admiring Takumi's muscles, really.)
* SleepyHead: To the extent that he falls asleep on bathroom stalls and other places where people shouldn't really be sleeping in.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Female Students]]
!!Fukumi Tsuzarahara
!!!Super High School Level Speedcuber
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->''"You always gotta check the side areas first to make sure you don’t miss anything."''
A girl who's had a love for puzzles since a very young age, Fukumi's specialty is the Rubix cube. She's constantly seeking new ways to challenge her skills and intellect.
[[spoiler: She's the first official victim of the mutual-killing game (albeit accidentally), having suffered a heart attack during an altercation with Haru Takeyama. Later, she is revealed to have been the mastermind behind Monokuma; a special machine restarted her heart. For being exposed, she's executed by being split up in a giant Rubik's Cube.]]
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* [[spoiler: HollywoodHeartAttack: Averted, as she simply appears to collapse. But the prevalence of this trope means that Haru doesn't realize exactly what's happened until it's too late.]]
* [[spoiler: SacrificialLamb: Fukumi sadly turns out to be the first victim, dying from a heart attack after being saved by Nomura following a SenselessSacrifice and being set up as {{Deuteragonist}} of sorts to Hiroshi.]]
!!Haruo Minami[[spoiler:/Haruo Shizuka]]
!!!Super High School Level Class President
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->''"Oh! That's right. I'm a Class President! You can depend on me for help if you need any." ''
Not much is known about her, other than the achievements she earned as a class president. She entered middle school after many years of home school, she quickly earned everyone's trust and respect, becoming the most popular in class. It was already obvious that she would become the next class president and so she did, Haruo became the class president every year, bringing her class to the top with her leadership skills and energy, even making it on the front page of the newspaper. One could only be so lucky to be placed in her class to earn the attention and fame.
[[spoiler: Chapter 2 revealed her to be the 'Genocider' student and vigilante known as Shizuka Gozen. In chapter 4, she died at the hands of Tsubaki Sugawara.]]
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* AbsurdPhobia: Nobody would be able to guess the class president has a fear of the cold after all, right?
* BeautifulAllAlong: Not that she's [[HollywoodHomely unattractive to begin with]], but the times when she's [[TheGlassesGottaGo taken off her glasses]] or [[LettingHerHairDown let her hair down]] have caught a few students off-guard. ([[http://media.tumblr.com/afd99443694fb73421873bcb31ebd5bc/tumblr_inline_ndtp8kTaT01t0wwjb.png An example.]])
* ClassRepresentative: Of course. Her blog is even titled SHSL Iincho.
* GoodIsNotNice
* NerdGlasses
* PluckyGirl
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses
!!Suzuka Tsujio
!!!Super High School Level Pro Se Litigant
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->''"If I were here to kill you— Well, I am not. Mea maxima culpa. That’s against the law, you know."''
Tsubaki Sugawara's partner in crime - or rather, in court. After a victorious lawsuit against the juggernaut Mikata Corporation for dumping chemicals in residential areas, the two of them made their mark in Japanese legal history. While Suzuka has a steadfast dedication to upholding justice, she's nowhere near as friendly as her companion.
[[spoiler: Survives until the end of the game.]]
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* BlindWithoutEm: Specifically, very longsighted.
* BrutalHonesty: To the point where she was reputed in-universe for courtroom TrashTalk, once making a witness in the Mikata case cry during a particularly harsh cross-examination.
* {{Claustrophobia}}
* TheCynic: Although she's never been a {{Pollyanna}}, her CynicismCatalyst could be said to be the environmental disaster caused by the [[MegaCorp Mikata Corporation]] (most notably its harm to civilians in the neighbouring prefecture).
* HatesBeingTouched
* HatesSmallTalk: And pretty much anything that isn't an argument, though she has a knack for turning situations into them fairly rapidly. In reality, a case of NoSocialSkills.
* IronLady
* {{Jerkass}}: When it comes to social issues, JerkassHasAPoint.
** And again in the first trial; even though [[spoiler: everyone feels bad for Haru and doesn't want to vote for him, Suzuka points out that he did nothing to prevent them possibly voting for the wrong culprit and being killed instead. Not to mention that he ''was'' planning to kill Naomi beforehand.]]
* GoldColoredSuperiority: Her glasses and eyes.
* GoodIsNotNice: While she may be formally aligned with the side of good in the [[MegaCorp Mikata Corp]] case, her vision of justice decidedly doesn't extend to treating others with decency.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Subverted, in that while her entire aesthetic leans towards 'graceful lady', her personality and general bearing are far less elegant.
* KnightInSourArmor
* LeanAndMean: Tends towards lankiness with extremely minimal levels of muscle and fat. Also tends towards padding out her arguments with similar levels of tact.
* MeaningfulName: Suzuka Tsujio (two 'sue' sounds) who is famous specifically for a lawsuit. Yes, it's ridiculous, no, I'm not taking it off.
* MustHaveCaffeine
* OddFriendship: With Takumi.
* OneHeadTaller: Than Tsubaki. Maybe more.
* OppositesAttract: Designed as a moral {{Foil}} to Tsubaki, often leading them to converse LikeAnOldMarriedCouple. Despite this, they trust each other implicitly.
* PurpleIsPowerful
* SlouchOfVillainy: Has terrible posture.
* SmartPeopleKnowLatin: Partially subverted, in that it's unclear whether she "speaks" Latin or just constantly drops stock legal and logic phrases.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Fits all of these criteria.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: [[RunningGag That's Tsujio-san to you.]]
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Happily, the two person law team allows for one lawful and one...less lawful. No points for guessing which one Suzuka might be.
* [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Trademark Favorite Drink]]: Canned coffee sweetened with stevia, specifically of the [[BlandNameProduct Moontory Chief]] brand.
* TheUnapologetic: Both in general, and notably towards Toragesa, although the latter was fixed during her OrderedApology at the masquerade.
* YoungerThanTheyLook
--> Fukumi: I don’t have a plan at all, I’m really really lost, Teacher.
--> Suzuka: Tsuzarahara-shi, I am eighteen years old.
!!Naomi Han
!!!Super High School Level Ballerina
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->''"If your first words are 'but you don't look like a ballerina', I'll kick your ass."''
This moody ballerina from Okinawa became famous overnight when a video of her fighting off two drunk men went viral. Hope's Peak Academy scouted her shortly afterwards, and she was named Super High School Level Ballerina for her outstanding strength in dance. While her acceptance to the academy has been criticized for giving other ballerinas a bad example, she's also credited with attracting a new wave of young ballet fans.
[[spoiler: Survives until the end of the game.]]
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* AfraidOfDoctors: Anything related to them will quickly put her in a bad mood. [[spoiler: Witnessing a gory car crash as a child traumatized her to the point where she began associating hospitals with death, which obviously wasn't helped by her mother dying.]]
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: As a child, for being on the puny side and half-Korean. She's also had to put up with people presuming her to be a troublemaker based on her appearance.
* BerserkButton: Don't make fun of her hair bows. Or her ballet shoes, or ballet in general. And only say anything bad about her family if you've got a death wish.
* BookDumb: Schoolwork is listed as one of her dislikes, but she has an incredibly extensive knowledge of ballet, and is also determined to learn foreign languages so she can visit theaters in other countries.
* BrutalHonesty
* ButNotTooForeign: She's [[UsefulNotes/KoreansInJapan half-Korean]] on her mother's side.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Ballet's actually the only form of dance she can do.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DelinquentHair: What most people ''think'' it is. [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair It's actually her natural color.]]
* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Girls Love Their Mamas]]
* {{Fangirl}}: Her two favorite items are thinly-veiled references to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' and ''Franchise/StreetFighter''. She has plenty of merch from both franchises in her room. She also confused [[spoiler: Shizuka Gozen]] with [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Suzuka Gongen]].
* FriendlessBackground: She was picked on as a kid and began avoiding her peers almost entirely after her mother died.
* GamerChick: She's an avid player of fighting games.
* HairTriggerTemper
* HeldBackInSchool: She's one of the older students at 19 years old, having been held back twice for cutting classes.
* {{Hypocrite}}: As noted in her profile, one of Naomi's biggest hangups is being judged based on her appearance, but she has a tendency to do the same thing herself. Namely, she thinks that most popular or upstanding types only behave the way they do to get away with things.
* [[spoiler:IWishedYouWereDead: A variation. She confesses to Tsubaki that she essentially gave up on her mother as soon as she learned she was sick (although she was angry at Hyeon's chronic leukemia being kept from her), believing that she'd never recover. It didn't lessen the pain when she actually did die, and she feels like she was responsible as a result.]]
* JapaneseDelinquents: What she's frequently taken for. Despite being publicly christened "Delinquent Ballerina" and constantly ''threatening'' to beat people up, she actually hasn't done much worse than constantly skipping school.
* MissingMom: Her mother, Hyeon, [[IllGirl died of leukemia]] when Naomi was 13.
* [[SirSwearsALot Miss Swears-a-Lot]]
* MustHaveCaffeine: If she doesn't get her hands on coffee when waking up, ''hide''.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Because she was afraid of going to the hospital, she missed the chance to patch things up with her mother before she died.
* NotAMorningPerson: Considers waking up before 9 A.M. to be inhumane.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Because of the viral video (which also resulted in her 'Delinquent Ballerina' nickname), most people assume she'll start a fight at the slightest provocation. Whenever it's brought up, Naomi bemoans that it was a one-time thing, [[NotHelpingYourCase although her frequent threats of violence don't help]].
* PolarOppositeTwins: Her twin brother is a soft-spoken [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling model student]].
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: She's very excited about being classmates with several of the sports-themed students who she recognizes from TV.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Has a fraternal twin brother named Naoki. Both their names begin with the same character (which means 'honest').
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Although it's a bit of a gray area - her love of ballet comes not from the femininity of it, but because she admires the strength of the dancers. She still has a definite like for [[PinkMeansFeminine the color pink]] though.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pineapple pizza.
* {{Tsundere}}: More often than not, her angry outbursts are an attempt to cover up other emotions.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: Albeit with [[TightsUnderShorts leggings]].
!!Tsubaki Sugawara
!!!Super High School Level Plaintiff
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->''"And as for suing, you're below my pay grade, sssssir. Ahaha, no, no, really, I take all that stuff really seriously, was it a good ice-breaker anyway?"''
When the Mikata Corporation dumped hazardous chemicals near her home, Tsubaki took to the internet to begin gathering evidence and testimonies, where she met Suzuka Tsujio. Some years later, they took Mikata to court, and - against all odds - came out on top. Tsubaki can frequently be found raising awareness for various causes, and her sunny demeanor forms an interesting dynamic with Suzuka's cold efficiency.
[[spoiler: Having killed Haruo/Shizuka in chapter 4, she's executed by drowning.]]
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* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: At the very least Ei puts her in mind of her little brothers.
* BrainyBrunette
* ChronicHeroSyndrome
* CrusadingLawyer
* ExceptionallyTolerant
* FloralThemeNaming: Tsubaki means 'camellia.' Counts as a MeaningfulName since she's an environmentalist who lives practically in a forest in the middle of nowhere.
* ForGreatJustice: Her driving force in life.
* GoodIsNotDumb
* GuiltyPleasures: The gayest poetry of all time, from an examination of her room.
--> What the hell, Tsubaki, why would you own something like that. You don't even want to touch it. It makes you feel dirty.
* MeaningfulName: On top of the flower thing, her name contains two 'sue' sounds, because...her job is suing. This was entirely intentional.
* {{Meganekko}} / NerdGlasses
** SmartPeopleWearGlasses
* NatureLover
* NeatFreak
* NerdyInhaler: She actually has more than one, for three times the nerdiness.
* OlderThanTheyLook: 18, just like Suzuka.
* PluckyGirl
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With [[OppositesAttract Suzuka]], although their differing attitudes end up leaning more towards LikeAnOldMarriedCouple. They're girlfriends, but the fact that most people don't see that at first is lampshaded during the masquerade.
--> Suzuka: “Perhaps he thought /I/ was the grandmother who should be welcomed into the scrapbooking circle. Was it just me, or was his view of our relationship.” [Draws her mouth into a straight line, not finishing. She’s just recalling all the times he said ‘friend’ back there.]
--> Tsubaki: "...Okay, it's not like everyone in the world doesn't make that mistake at first. 'Partner' is kind of an ambiguous term for a pair of lawyers."
--> Suzuka: “…Hmm. That’s /another/ fair point. I thought my family was just being heteronormative.”
* RulesLawyer: Of the Lawful Good variety.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Though she only knows most of the cast through research, she's a big fan of Izumi's show Phanta5m and seems really, Really excited to meet them.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Tsubaki's favored approach.
* ThereIsNoHigherCourt: Averted for the [[MegaCorp Mikata Corp]] case--Tsubaki and Suzuka were actually victorious, and then Mikata Corp appealed.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Happily, the two person law team allows for one lawful and one...less lawful. At least it worked out for Tsubaki, who was entirely happy with her own conduct and the results of the Mikata Corp case. At least until the 'to be continued.'
* WideEyedIdealist
!!Michina Konoe
!!!Super High School Level Tennis Player
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->''"Please don't speak to me if you have less than 100,000,000¥ in your account."''
Michina was famous long before her acceptance to Hope's Peak Academy, having been mysteriously kidnapped at the age of five. She reappeared ten years later, but with no memory of the incident, and the press eagerly gobbled up her story. Her relieved parents showered her with attention to the point where she became spoiled rotten. After discovering her talent on the country club courts, she quickly became known as "Japan's Sweetheart".
[[spoiler: She's punished during the second motive announcement when she attempts to walk down the tunnel along the depowered rail and gets squished by a train. The second trial revealed that she was actually an imposter named Miho. The fate of the real Michina is unknown.]]
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* CurtainsMatchTheWindows
* [[spoiler: DisproportionateRetribution: She didn't even break an established rule, except for the new "you're all staying in this station because I say so."]]
* [[spoiler: [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped A Bridge On Her]]: She's executed in a plot post, presumably for inactivity...but in a game with Alter Egos and Duoforms and somesuch, who knows.]]
* [[spoiler: MockMillionaire]]
* RichBitch
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Attempts to ditch the rest of the students in Chapter 2. [[spoiler: It doesn't end well.]]
* SkewedPriorities: Upon waking up in Silver Station, most of the students are obviously concerned with things like their missing memories. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Michina just gets offended that her room is the same as everyone else's]].
* SpoiledBrat
!!Toragesa Hahakigi
!!!Super High School Level Janitor
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->''"The talents janitor - yeah, I know s’kinda lame, but whatever."''
Having worked since a young age to support her cash-strapped family, Toragesa found a simple satisfaction in cleaning that helped her uncle's janitorial business rake in the customers. When, in the wake of a recent lawsuit, one of the Mikata Corp buildings was plastered in graffiti, Toragesa skipped two days of school and took on the entire job by herself. Her disinterest in the surrounding politics meant that her media presence afterwards was brief, but it was still enough for Hope's Peak to extend her an invitation - an offer too good to pass up.
[[spoiler: She is found guilty of murdering in chapter three, when she found the keys to the purification facility, she used it to pour bug spray into the water for the Mercury Station. Tsubasa drinks this water and succumbs to the poison, dying in Hiroshi Koda's arms. Ruri walks in while she does this, thus he is killed by being hit against the tank and thrown in while unconscious. She is punished by being thrown in a garbage truck and unloaded into an incinerator. She is turned into a pack of cigarettes, with her face on the cover.]]
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* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Has an urge to smoke when things start going south, but dislikes the habit.
* FaceOfAThug: Has pretty beady and mean-looking eyes, but is an overall laid-back girl.
* FieryRedhead
* PromotionToParent: A variant of this, while both parents are still alive they've been absent enough to make Toragesa take this role to her siblings.
* NiceHat: In the form of a black beanie. Fittingly, given her title, it slightly resembles a traditional garbage bag.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Nonbinary Students]]
!!Eiji Kobayashi
!!!Super High School Level Florist
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->''"Growing… devil plants is a good idea too… Heh… Not that there’s anywhere to grow ‘em…"''
Not much is known about Eiji; it's almost as if their flowers bloomed and were noticed everywhere overnight. They've been sighted by news stations and that got them noticed. Anybody can sight them, wandering around, pushing a small trolley crammed with dazzling flowers. They think it's a much more effective way rather than opening a store. Late in the day, they're often sleeping on the side of roads or cooling down in a nearby hotel. When not selling their flowers, Ei returns to their grandmother's house in a remote village, although nobody has actually seen them interacting out in the open. It's unknown if they have any other relatives as they're always traveling about. They're a mystery.
[[spoiler: After chapter three, they revealed a more abrasive personality, known simply as Ei. They were one of the survivors of the game.]]
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* CannotTellAJoke: When Takumi called them bud, Eiji attempted to come up with something equally witty. It didn't turn out how they wanted it to.
--> '''Eiji''':"I’ve heard of you before, Akiyama-san… The one they call Takoom— … Takumi Akiyama… Ice Hockey All Star… right…? That’s… cool… …cool like ice…"
* CoolCrown: It's pretty much flowers in their hair but it's a crown nonetheless.
* FlowerMotifs
* GoToAlias: What do you mean Ei the Flower Vagabond isn't their name?
* HeroWorshipper: In the first trial, among the one versus one debating, they seemed to have found a handful of students admirable. Despite disliking anything loud, it seems that they made quite a few exceptions for their heroes.
* InnocentlyInsensitive
* SleepyHead
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Of the greenish-blue variant.
* YouthfulFreckles: Their sprites seem to sport these.
!!Izumi Kurosawa
!!!Super High School Level Paranormal Investigator
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->''Paranormal investigating can be dangerous sometimes as well. You never know what you’re messing with.''
The star of Phanta5m, a popular ghost-hunting program that ran for eight months in Japan. Izumi's fascination with the occult at first made them reluctant to attend Hope's Peak Academy, but the prospect of enhancing their skills and taking on bigger cases eventually won out. They don't speak much and will frequently address others with written signs.
[[spoiler: Survives until the end of the game.]]
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* EyepatchOfPower: Certainly exudes the aura that is required for the trope, though if they actually do anything badass is meant to be seen.
* ShowWithinAShow: Phanta5m, where most people know them from.
* StealthHiBye
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!!Lady Shizuka/Shizuka Gozen[[spoiler:/Haruo Minami]]
!!!Super High School Level Commander
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->''“It’s called 'entertain the serial killer and pray she doesn’t kill you by the end of the day'.”''
An assassin and leader of Japan's largest underground law force, Shizuka executes criminals that have escaped punishment for their deeds. When the students discover a list of targets in the station - including the recently-deceased [[spoiler: Michina Konoe]] - they must confront the possibility that she is lurking amongst them.
[[spoiler: In actuality, she is a split personality of Haruo's. 'Both' of them died in chapter four at the hands of Tsubaki.]]
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* CorruptionOfAMinor: [[spoiler: Haruo]] tells Tsubaki that ever since she was a child, she was taught to kill under the instructions of the elders in her family.
* FourIsDeath: She is recorded to have killed forty seven in her life, although that was just in her days as a serial killer, so the real number of people she has murdered is unknown.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Compared to [[spoiler:Haruo's]] big and hopeful eyes, Shizuka's eyes are more narrow and shifty.
* KillerCop
* KnightTemplar
* MeaningfulName: Hints at her true identity. Shizuka Gozen is a character from 12th-century Japanese poetry, the mistress of [[spoiler: ''Mina''moto no Yoshitsune]].
* NiceHat: Wears a gray police cap.
* NotAfraidToDie
* VigilanteMan: And commands a small army of them as well.
* YuriFan: While [[spoiler:Haruo]] appears to be interested in the relationship between two guys, Shizuka finds more interest in girl's love.
!!Alter Buddy
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->''"I am here to provide you with any assistance you may need in your coming journey down the rocky road of life!"''
A navigational device left behind by the late Shinya Zaizen who was additionally programmed to have a 'soul,' modeled in the image of Shinya's ideal self.
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* ArtificialIntelligence
** BenevolentAI
** PersonalityChip
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!! Tropes featured in Fatal Frenzy include:
* AlwaysMurder: It's hard to tell this early in the game, but it'll at least be murder Most of the time.
* AnyoneCanDie: Aside from the protagonist Hiroshi Kōda, the remaining fifteen students, including any and all mod characters, can definitely die. And presumably most will.
* BodyOfTheWeek
* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies
* ChildrenForcedToKill
* DeadlyGame
* DwindlingParty
* EveryoneIsASuspect: Since the cases will all be a form of locked-room murder, only people among the initial roster can be killers--so that's all the characters that exist in the RP.
* EvidenceScavengerHunt: The time period after a murder and before a class trial.
* FairPlayWhodunit
* HighSchoolDance: Which quickly (and entirely unsurprisingly) becomes a BallroomBlitz.
* InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath
* KangarooCourt
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Like in the original Dangan Ronpa, it's almost a sure thing that the students had all gone to school before and become friends, only to have their memories of this time period (termed "pre-despair") erased.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: In DR RP games, there are two kinds of motives presented--good incentives, like cash rewards for killing, and bad incentives, like leaving everyone without food until someone dies. Either way, the motive will remain in effect until the inevitable dead body.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Chapters usually progress with normal days, abnormal days (receiving a motive), the body discovery, and the trial to find the killer, before it all repeats again.
* SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere
* TeenGenius: Everyone, to some extent. They got accepted into this game for being the best in their age bracket at what they do.
* ThereIsNoHigherCourt
* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "I-I...was going...to kill Han-san."]] Up until then, everyone thought poor [[spoiler: Haru]] was just tragically unlucky...
* WinYourFreedom: The basest motive for committing a murder.
* YouAllMeetInACell: Or on a train.
