No.1021
>>1011
>Gonta/Kokichibased, anon, very based. tell me more about what you like about this ship if you want.
Kokichi crying about Gonta's death was doubly heart-rending once I learned that one of his faces is supposedly used to show him being sincere.
No.1164
Bump :(
No.1346
>>1165Naegi's my favorite. I like how we're the same height and he's simply cute. Kirigiri's also my favorite deuteragonist. The two of them work very well together.
I liked how Hinata's backstory differed from everyone else's. He's very motivated, but also lost and closed-off. The closest any other character got to relating to him on this aspect was Twogami.
Saihara's just kind of there imo. Though, it's been a while since I really cared about V3.
No.1347
>>1344Samefag as last anon, here's some Hinata pics
>>1287I wished Danganronpa's fanbase screwed older too. Bummer Danganronpa has had a translation accessible to cultivate western fanbase since 2013 but it appears none of those original fans are still around.
I think growing up in it of itself makes Danganronpa less appealing. You never see the world they live in and it's not known how they'll grow up, if at all considering being dead and everything. The characters feel constrained by their own story and exploring outside of those boundaries almost makes them like your OCs. It's the same reason why people "grow" out of other fandoms with an entirely teenage cast.
Not to mention some adults think liking Danganronpa as a teenager (when most seem to get into it) was a "cringe phase" in their life and distance themselves from it heavily. It's understandable given how offensive Danganronpa is to some people for various reasons. I've seen people who once loved it scrub it from their social medias completely.
No.1350
>>1346Naegi is such a qt. Him and Kirigiri had an awesome dynamic
No.1351
>>1347>I think growing up in it of itself makes Danganronpa less appealing. You never see the world they live in and it's not known how they'll grow up, if at all considering being dead and everything. The characters feel constrained by their own story and exploring outside of those boundaries almost makes them like your OCs.I will agree with this to an extent, while Danganronpa does have a potentially interesting world which we get glances of in various entries it isn't fully explored. I think there is big potential in post-canon fics for all the games with heavy angst, but it's very telling that most fanfics are just complete AUs with no killing games, in a regular high school setting, that might as well be original works.
Biggest crime in my opinion is that since there is such a large cast characters are very lopsided in their development. Even with freetime events the game heavily prioritizes certain characters in the main story while some are left as one-note cutouts.
No.1382
>>1381Ouma was never one of my favorites. I really liked Momota for a time though. That was until I started learning more about Feminism tbh. Now he's just alright. He still is a breath of fresh air compared to the more calmer/weird vibes from the rest of the V3 class.
>>1351>Even with freetime events the game heavily prioritizes certain characters in the main story while some are left as one-note cutouts.This and then some. I've noticed too that the fandom at large prioritizes characters who die more than the survivors. Probably because they get so little attention in the main story, fancreators make more stuff with them in it to fill the gap.
For example, after Kirumi and Ryoma died they were seldom mentioned again. V3 does a good job at actually mentioning characters who died after the fact, but those two have it the worst in the entire series I think.
No.1386
>>1382Momota was one of my favorites late-game. I thought his back and forths with Maki were amusing plus he slots into that male best friend role filled by previous favorites like Souda.
I agree his energy helps a lot since V3 isn't as wacky as the others. Which is odd to me considering the reveal at the end, they could have made it even more over the top and had a plausible explanation.
No.2488
>>2486>>2487Oh, yeah I get that, but I mean as a ship you need both parties right? And I guess I just don't see it from Hajime even is Komaeda is canon homo so I don't have much interest.
What dynamic do you see with them nonna? Mostly a yandere obsessive Komaeda or do you see it as a more positive mutual relationship?
No.2489
>>2488>Oh, yeah I get that, but I mean as a ship you need both parties right? And I guess I just don't see it from Hajime even is Komaeda is canon homo so I don't have much interest. NTA but I jumped into this thread to say I agree with that. Of course I know that for ships you can be flexible with canon if you want to but for me it doesn't really work out. That being said I do think there's some nice artwork for this ship.
No.2491
>>2490I'm afraid none of the BL options really clicked for me in that game. Feels like aside from Nagito they pushed the boys' characterisation pretty hard to be straight. I can vibe with V3 and
>>1025 though.
No.2495
>>2488>but I mean as a ship you need both parties right?Hajime's kind of a blank slate protagonist so it's kind of a scenario where you just ship him with whoever you like best.
>What dynamic do you see with them nonna? They're another one of those Kawoshin type ships but the difference is it's the only one of those types of ship where I like the protagonist to top (so Hajime topping Komaeda). Yandere hopeman also goes into it though.
No.2519
>>2485When I first played the game I felt the same,I only shipped them because I liked Komaeda and wanted him to be happy. But after the Izuru reveal,DR3 and reading some interesting character analysis I changed my mind.
To me the appeal of the ship is that Komaeda and Hinata are actually very similar. Hinata also admires and envies people with talents, he also has low self esteem for not being talented, and he is obsessed with Hopes Peak Academy as well to the point of literally getting lobotomised for their stupid Hope Project.Its not so apparent in game because of the amnesia, but Hinata is quite a dark and messed up guy himself.
My favourite fics and scenarios for this ship are Pre game AUs that lead to canon(Hopes Peak Academy, Despair Incident) and Post-game. I think post game Hinata would understand and empathise with Komaeda a lot more.
Also Kamakura/Komaeda is underrated imo.
No.2522
>>2519>When I first played the game I felt the same,I only shipped them because I liked Komaeda and wanted him to be happy. But after the Izuru reveal,DR3 and reading some interesting character analysis I changed my mind.I thought for a second you meant DV3 there for a second and was so confused. XD.
I need to watch that anime at some point, I've only played the main trilogy and UDG. I agree with your assessment of Hinata though, he's easily the best protag of the series and feels the most like a character not just a player avatar.
No.3011
>>3007Still better than 2 where the only good character was Komaeda.
>Gonta/Kokichi best ship though because of case 4Pic rel
No.3012
>>3011I disagree, I like Souda and Gundham and think Hinata is the best MC.
Personally never really "got" Komeda. Its clear what the character is trying to do but imo he's not very compelling, though I see the appeal.
No.3013
>>3011i only agree with gonta/kokichi if kokichi is a power bottom, though seeing a bratty twink get rekt by gonta's schlong would be sexy
No.3014
>>3012I really really really hate Souda, Gundham's fine but not that interesting and I'd say Hinata is my least favorite protagonist (I don't even dislike him really, but I like the others better)
>Its clear what the character is trying to do but imo he's not very compellingHe's definitely a 'love him or hate him' type of character.
>>3013I don't ship them (I don't like Gonta at all honestly), but if Ouma bottomed that would be really scary kek, I'm pretty sure he'd fucking die there.
No.3015
>>3014Can I ask if you hate the archetype Souda is or if it's something about him in particular?
I see him as being very similar to both Momata and Yasuhiro but of those three only Momata seems to have a sizable fanbase.
Personally I like all three, but Souda is my favorite specifically because I ship him with Gundham and I like the idea of the love triangle the have with Sonia slowly turning into a romance between just them.
>He's definitely a 'love him or hate him' type of character.Very much so, pillar of the Danganronpa fujo community, gotta respect the man but he is probably my least favorite male character in the game. Bastard acts all cocky during trials and just fucks my cases up lol
No.3016
>>3015>or if it's something about him in particular?He's just obnoxious as fuck with his Sonia obsession and hideous to look at, I guess you could say I hate the archetype since I usually do hate shark teeth characters though.
>see him as being very similar to both Momata and Yasuhiro but of those three only Momata seems to have a sizable fanbase. I like Hagakure because he's such a retarded asshole that he becomes funny, Kaito I genuinely think is well written and a nice deconstruction of the 'bro character' trope so I like his writing more than his character but I wouldn't really say I hate him or anything I can definitely see why he's the most popular of them but I also wouldn't say he's that similar to Souda or Hagakure who are just general dickhead characters (helps that Kaito is actually somewhat intelligent)
>but Souda is my favorite specifically because I ship him with GundhamSorry nonna but I haaaate this ship, I'm not really a fan of 'rival love interests getting together' in general but Gundham doesn't even seem to aknowledge Souda's existence, I'd rather just pair Gundham with Sonia since at least I like both of them.
>Bastard acts all cocky during trials and just fucks my cases up lolKek, can't handle the hope sass huh?
No.3017
>>3016>I like Hagakure because he's such a retarded asshole same anona same, the shsl super senior
>>3015so you like teruteru and that big chungus otaku fuck in the first game more than hopeman? dastardly
No.3018
>>3017>so you like teruteru and that big chungus otaku fuck in the first game more than hopeman? dastardlyHaha, I am neutral on Teruteru I don't hate him like a lot of people do, but I also don't
like him. He follows in the tradition of case 1 characters that I just don't care enough to get invested in. His talent is cool though and if he survived I'd have liked to see him expanded upon using his talent instead of being a single joke character. I was only talking about SDR2 characters but I guess I like Yamada more than Komeda too, not in a shippy sense or anything, but I think he can be funny sometimes. Otaku characters usually appeal to me so it's not a high bar. Yamada might be my least favorite of the 1 male cast, but I don't hate anyone in 1 so that's not really saying anything.
Hmmm, over the entire series I think Rantaro is actually my least favorite male, Komeda provokes anger and frustration during trials, Rantaro is a non-character to me. Sorry nonna who said he was hot!
No.3019
>>3007I think you're right, especially about how it's intentional, given how the game ended, and it's very fitting thematically. Still, it's very difficult to feel attached to characters without memorable moments. When all of the characters are some variant of cartoonish and zany, it becomes harder to separate them in your mind. Most of the characters run together in my head- it's even hard to remember who died before whom. I think what also hurt the cast was how their talents (and, to a lesser extent, their personalities) didn't really fit with their designs
which, again, I know ties in with how their talents aren't really 'theirs;' it's great from a foreshadowing perspective. When I first looked at, like, Togami or Mondo from the first game, I had a pretty good idea of what they're going to be. Meanwhile, Ryoma doesn't exactly scream 'tennis player,' and Kaito doesn't really look like an astronaut. When a game relies as heavily on archetypal characters as Danganronpa does, the designs do a lot to convey what kind of people they're supposed to be. I also think I found the cast kind of exhausting past a certain point; I ran out of people with whom I wanted to do Free Time Events because none of them really grabbed me.
I'm not shitting on V3 or anything; it's my favorite of the three games I've played. At the same time, I didn't really care about any of the characters outside of Kokichi and Gonta. I had to Google Kaito and Ryoma to make this post because I couldn't remember their names or talents lol.
No.3020
>>3019I don't 100% agree with everything you said, but I do agree that from a storytelling perspective the tone is excellent for that ending. V3 is my least favorite but the ending is the strongest in the entire franchise. It's a real sucker punch to the gut and effectively recontextualizes all your interactions in a way that elevates the entire game.
I felt that exhaustion too, especially the cult leader shenanigans in the middle of the game, perfect example of being too out there for me to be invested.
>Kaito doesn't really look like an astronautHe doesn't but pic rel is one of my favorite pieces of official art so I could never forget lol. I think Himiko looks the part too.
No.3023
>>1010>Fav charaKomaeda
>Fav Shipyou know it………Hinata and Komaeda…..i'm a basic bitch