#kaito mamota
The v3 is probably the most controversial cast out of the 4 games and a lot of people stil discuss about them until now, questioning or criticizing more and more about their actions but now, I’ll be talking about something that many people might have noticed and is that how the cast itself are extremely biased to each other. @nataliaphantomhivesblogpostsexplainit very well and I just wanted to add more stuff. Before I start with my ramble, I warn you there’s many v3 spoilers so if you didn’t finished the game please stay off the blog and finish the game.
First of all, thank you so much for referencing my posts!!
Every point here is spot on. I love ever single point you provided. V3 is definitely the most biased game in danganronpa, and i’m glad more people are talking about this matter.
The game made Shuichi extremely emotionally biased which moreover made the game biased since we see everything from his point of view.
And let me tell you, Makoto and Hajime are biased themselves, but theres a difference—they don’t heavily dismiss characters actions and feelings which is something that Shuichi constantly does.
Let me provide a couple examples:
Here is Makoto’s feelings about Celeste after she died. He is absolultely revolted about what she did to Kiyotaka and Hifumi but he also can’t forget the fact that he formed a bond with her and considered her a friend.
Here’s Hajime’s feelings after Mikan got executed. He was very aware that she murdered 2 of his friends yet he was still upset about the way things ended with her.
And now… We have Shuichi.
Yup. Thats all he said. There wasn’t a single acknowledgement for Kiyo or even Shuichi just being in disbelief over Korekiyo doing what he did. they immedietly went back to focus on Tenko death, which sure, is understandable if we consider that its vital for Himiko’s development. But an acknowledgement towards Korekiyos character wouldn’t have hurt.
They literally just brush off the fact that someone got executed infront of them?? They found out that someone who they had formed a bond with was actually not who he seemed and literally got brutally executed and all Shuichi says is “ah okay well atleast we are done with that! Lets move on.”
In thh, Celeste killed 2 people ruthlessly and Makoto still had the heart to look back on their friendship.
In sdr2, Mikan killed Ibuki and Hiyoko and Hajime admits he still didn’t want things to end like this. He didn’t want Mikan to catch the despair diesease and die the way she did.
But in V3, we don’t get a single nod to Korekiyo’s character, and it was even more ruined by making a joke out of his traumatic relationship with his sister.
And to make things worse, V3 also heavily focuses on Kaito and Maki who are probably some of the most biased characters who always get a free pass for their actions.
I personally blame this on the writing though because I feel like Kaito’s flaws would have been very interesting if he actually have consequences.
If Kaito didn’t suffer “creators pet” syndrome I would have genuienly liked Kaitos character.
Especially if we also get to think about how much Kaito’s ideals and Kokichi’s ideals clash and how their characters already had a chance to foil each other in canon through their dynamic, but we still didn’t get the actual opportunity for this dynamic to come full cycle, so I was left unsatsified with Kaito’s character.
Kokichi’s character actually went full cycle, for once, he was for once being honest and vulnerable, he shared his feelings about the killing game which were extremely similar to Kaito’s, he hated the killing game and wanted to be the one to stop it. The audience was able to take in that we finally get to see him in a genuine and vulnerable place.
But then Kaito’s character absolutely destroys that because they STILL made him dismiss Kokichi’s sacrifice, there wasn’t any form of development from Kaito’s end because he refused to believe in Kokichi’s last words and intentions. We didn’t go full cycle like we did for Kokichi.
As for Maki, her character is downright awfully written, not only does she suffer from creators pet syndrome like Kaito but she also never gets reprucussions for her shitty behavior.
Maki seriously never got called out for being rude. Take this scene for example:
Shuichi calls her refreshing.
What is so refreshing about downright insulting your friends beliefs? Theres nothing refreshing about upsetting Kiyo and calling his passion stupid and delusional.
The thing that Maki said here was genuienly mean and shouldn’t have even gotten postively acknowledged by the protagonist.
Here’s something else Maki says that pisses me off:
And this was simply brushed off…
This comes to show how she isn’t even guilty about almost succesfully killing Kokichi in ch5. She still doesn’t regret selfishly going against the groups wishes since “he’s better off dead”. She even sees Kokichi saving Kaito’s life as something minimal.
How can she say that after hearing Kokichi’s plan to help everyone? How could she say that after Kokichi literally went out of his way to save her?
I understand that the group is rightfully bitter about Kokichi and what he did but that doesn’t excuse her saying that he was better off dead. Especially if we consider the fact that he sacrificed himself for all of them.
The moments that you pointed out in your take along with the ones I have pointed out are still just a fraction of the other injustices that some v3 characters suffer from which just comes to show how this isn’t a small problem in the game since it happened throughout the whole game.
But anyways, I am done with my ramble lol
Kokichi and Miu: underrated interaction
This post mostly focuses on their dynamic platonically buuut if you want to see this as a ship post I personally do not mind.
I just think people underestimate the depth that Miu and Kokichi’s relationship actually has. The following conversation shows the nuance this dynamic holds:
The conversation starts with Miu complaning about the inventions, calling them a “pain in the ass” while Kokichi tells her that doing inventions is all shes good for.
Kokichi then brings up the idea of teaming up and fighting Monokuma, he is also indirectly trying to cheer Miu up. But the most important thing to take note of this convo is Miu’s change of demeanor.
She immedietly tells Kokichi that hes being stupid for even thinking that working together will actually work, considering the fact that there is a high chance of someone eventually betraying and killing them.
Miu is extremely warry of others and what they could think of her yet she was able to genuienly confide in Kokichi about her fear of being betrayed by someone. Miu had never shared her feelings about the killing game before and this is one of the only times we ever get to see her actual feelings towards the killing game.
Can we also talk about the fact that Kokichi didn’t force this vulnerability out of Miu, he actually didn’t expect it himself.
I also would like to point out how Kokichi truly entrusted his plan to Miu. We all know that Kokichi is very secretive about his plans and that he can be warry of others, thats why he keeps his distance and tries to use them instead, but when it came down to “use” Miu, he had to trust her enough to tell her about his actual motives for the inventions he was requesting.
Miu subtly warns Kokichi about defying Monokuma as well. She considers his saftey enough to advice him against it. And Kokichi stays silent(somethinghe rarley does) and actually takes in her words. He doesn’t even tease her by calling her a “coward” or a “pussy” or anything of the sort, and thats because deep down he understands her fear too.
He actually said something similar to Miu in chapter 2:
In this class trial he calls out the hypocritical speaches of his classmates, urging them that they need to put their feelings aside to be able to find the killer and survive.
He is aware that they all are afraid and don’t fully trust each other, but to him that doesn’t mean that coporation doesn’t actually work.
Now lets get back to the og convo:
Throughout the whole conversation, its only Miu who does the talking, Kokichi is intently listening to what she has to say and doesn’t feel the need to make her feel bad for confiding in him or teasing her about her fears.
The conversation ends with Miu telling Kokichi to help her out if he does manage to escape. And to me, thatsactually a very bittersweet closure to their conversation.
I think that many people disregard the nuances their dynamic has and it makes me quite dissapointed ngl. This conversation alone is solid proof that their dynamic isn’t based on them just hating, insulting and wanting to kill each other. Their relationship actually has a lot of layers.
