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CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Nagito Komaeda
Age: ~23
Canon: Danganronpa
Canon Point: DR3: Hope Arc
Character Information: I'm so sorry about Danganronpa

Personality:

Beliefs

To understand Komaeda, you must first understand his beliefs. Komaeda has a twisted obsession with hope—but for the sake of understanding, we will regard hope as “will”.

He claims to believe that hope is absolute good, and that anything done in the name of this absolute good, is inherently good in itself. His willfulness to do whatever it takes to ensure what he believes is a bright future, is something that Komaeda will frequently take to the absolute extreme. While Komaeda may not necessarily be willing to perform just any horrendous act himself, he genuinely believes that things like terrorism, torture, and murder can be excusable if they are in the name of absolute good; because of this, he doesn’t feel guilt if he does hurt others, nor does he express grief for those classmates of his that are murdered.

So twisted is Komaeda’s belief, that even when his classmates are killed, he will intentionally stall out murder trials by bringing up seemingly irrelevant information. By doing this, Komaeda not only displays his specific brand of manipulation (intentionally confusing his classmates), but he will also be actively helping both sides of the trial. His greatest desire is to see two “wills” pitted against one another, purely to see whose “will” is stronger, and who will reign as the harbinger absolute good. In order to do this, Komaeda will also withhold information, especially when he is calculating enough to have figured out who exactly the murderer in each trial is, long before the rest of his classmates.

Due to his selfish desire, others often mistrust Komaeda, simply because they can never fully understand why he does the things he does; but to Komaeda, the answer is a simple and logical one. Any deed done in the name of one’s strong will (hope), is a righteous one. For this, Komaeda is very much against those who commit heinous acts simply for the shock of them. As twisted and blind as his ideals are, unless the end goal is to further spread absolute good, Komaeda condemns acts of cruelty. In reality, Komaeda doesn’t want to hurt others, he simply understands that sometimes the ends justify the means.

Beyond the extremes of Komaeda’s beliefs, he also correlates willfulness with the inherent talent within others. To him, those who were born great, with high capability and aptitude (regardless of where those skills lie), are people who will no doubt further his idea of absolute good. Despite being an “Ultimate” talent holder himself, Komaeda does not consider his supernatural luck to be something that brings hope, unlike the talents of his classmates; because of this, Komaeda is more than happy to be sacrificed in order to further the goals of his classmates. His obsessive beliefs intermingle with his self-deprecating nature, and where his fellow classmates all seem to reject the reverence he shows them, time and again Komaeda will throw himself onto the proverbial pyre just to feel like he is of use to them.

Between his earnest, self-sacrificing nature, and his obsessive zeal, Komaeda is more often than not, avoided—but even that doesn’t sway him from pushing his ideals onto others.

Behavior

When you first meet Komaeda, what you would see is nothing short of a polite, friendly, calm, if not somewhat insecure young man. He always seems to be smiling brightly, and laughing easily at the things that happen around him; but while he is friendly with everyone, Komaeda oftentimes lacks tact, and will say awkward, strange, or unsettling things with a smile. Because of his tendency to accidentally insult, or make others uncomfortable with the light-hearted delivery of his darker commentary, most people tend to avoid him. So despite his obvious carefree attitude, Komaeda claims himself to be a rather gloomy person. His gloominess, though, only seems to manifest in the way he self-deprecates constantly—even if those words of self-hate are delivered with a light-hearted smile.

Komaeda’s insecurity stems from his reverence for talent, and with it, his belief that his own intangible luck shouldn’t qualify as one. When he enters Hope’s Peak Academy, Komaeda will often speak to others in ways where he puts himself down, purely because he thinks he’s undeserving of standing beside fellow ultimate talent users.

Not only that, but due to his social awkwardness, whenever Komaeda experiences a confusing social situation or misses social cues, he’s prone to self-deprecating rhetoric. An example of this is during the first murder trial, when Mikan says Komaeda looked “clean” (because he wasn’t covered in blood) and he takes it as a compliment, even saying “even my own mother never complimented me!”. This example is just one of many, where Komaeda will interject his own self-hatred into conversation, regardless of how true it may be.

Despite his opinion of his own talent, he is able to remain optimistic even in the most disparaging of situations because of his luck. For Komaeda, his entire life has been determined purely by the supernatural luck he possesses. Bad events, determined as “bad luck” were always followed by good events, or “good luck,” that were equivalent to the trauma he experienced. When the plane he had been riding was hijacked, a meteorite pierced the ceiling and killed the hijackers—but also his parents—which left him both orphaned, and with an exorbitant inheritance, as well as his freedom. Just as well, when he was kidnapped in middle school by a would-be murderer for ransom, he found a winning lottery ticket in the trash bag he had been stuffed in, resulting in winning a $300 million grand prize. By living with this constant cycle of luck, Komaeda remains laid-back and carefree about any bad experience he may have to endure, as he always believes good luck will be right around the corner.

Overall though, there exists a disconnect between Komaeda's feelings and his actions. He exists almost as if he is a “will” detached from a person. He tries to be polite, but he can come off as harsh or insensitive of others’ feelings, and often becomes genuinely confused when he upsets others. He lacks social awareness and tact, and because of this, he often doesn’t fully understand how his behavior affects others, nor is he able to pick up on social cues. Komaeda will mistake others’ insults for compliments, and similarly, he will compliment others in a way that may seem to be more like an insult. When the killings begin, Komaeda expresses confusion for why everyone is so paranoid, angry, or afraid of him. Rather than coming to understand the views of others, Komaeda will simply turn these feelings of confusion inward, and self-deprecate instead.

5-10 Key Character Traits:

+ Easygoing
+ Optimistic
+ Calculating
- Self-sacrificing
- Zealous
- Extremist
- Obsessive
- Manipulative
- Awkward
- Insecure

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Opt-Outs:

- Troll
- Vampire
- Naga
- Arachne
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Komaeda was previously assigned Merperson.

Roleplay Sample:

September/October TDM Top-level
December/January TDM Top-level