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megagutsman (Seven Years' War)
2022-10-05 00:33:20

From what I know of Doraemon their similarities end right there. Monokuma is nothing alike Doraemon. Only reason why the original VA was chosen was for irony points.

RobertTYL Since: Oct, 2019
2022-10-05 00:57:57

There's actually a rather brief online meme where netizens have noted Monokuma to be "Doraemon's Evil Clone", but the only similarities is "chubby roly-poly cartoon character based on an animal sharing a VA"

EDIT: Whoops ignore this line, I fubbed up the facts

...as much as I like that robot cat, I think that's a shoehorn that shouldn't be up there

... V oh.

Edited by RobertTYL
Amonimus (Sergeant)
2022-10-05 01:00:49

Monokuma is a robot. Still, I think relevance to the time-travelling robot cat is rather weak.

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Amonimus (Sergeant)
2022-10-05 01:04:44

Actually while at it, is this shoehorned as well?

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc never pretended to be a kid show and this example talks about things outside of the work.

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megagutsman (Seven Years' War)
2022-10-05 12:39:16

I would say so, yes.

MacronNotes (Captain)
2022-10-05 12:44:11

It's clear from the start that the games aren't meant for children, so yes thats a shoehorn (and has nothing to do with what happens in the work in-universe).

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Amonimus (Sergeant)
2022-10-05 12:54:02

One last Doraemon reference:

  • Vocal Dissonance: His voice sounds like something from a cartoon, and while it sort of fits with his design, it makes his role as the antagonist much more weird and unsettling. This is further accentuated by the fact that he's voiced by Nobuyo Ōyama, the woman who voiced one of the most famous and beloved children's anime characters of all time — Doraemon. To put it into a western/American frame of reference, it would be the equivalent of being threatened by some thing that was voiced by Wayne Allwine doing his Mickey Mouse voice or by Jim Cummings invoking his Winnie-the-Pooh voice.
I think everything past "This is further accentuated" is irrelevant.

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crazysamaritan MOD Since: Apr, 2010
2022-10-05 13:06:14

Yes, rewrite to

His voice sounds like something from a children's show, which fits with his design but makes his role as the antagonist much more weird and unsettling.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Amonimus (Sergeant)
2022-10-05 13:09:02

I think there's enough discussion to not count as editwarring, so I'll go remove shoehorned comparisons citing this.

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IkeaHan Since: May, 2021
2022-10-05 13:11:10

I thought adding the Corrupted Character Copy was fine, but I guess I missed the mark a bit there

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