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Name: TC
Age: 20
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CHARACTER
Name: Makoto Naegi
Canon: Danganronpa: Academy of Hope and High School Students of Despair
Age: 17/18
Timeline: End of the first game.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?:N/A
Personality:
Makoto Naegi is the sort of person who could be essentially called an “average guy”. Not only can we see this by how we’re given Naegi’s point of view throughout the game, but this is often stated by Naegi himself along the story, more than once; in fact, it’s basically how he introduces himself to the player/viewer off the bat. Ironically enough, it’s his average quality that makes him stand out among his peers, but first, we need to go through Naegi’s personality and events he’s been through to truly understand how he functions.
As said before, Naegi is an “average guy”, a normal highschool student, self proclaimed and proved. When he finds himself having been randomly chosen to attend the revered Hope’s Peak Academy (a special high school reserved for the best of the best in each area, with the exception of a single random lottery selected student each year, who is given the title of Super High School Level Good Luck by simply being selected), he shows some doubt over whether he truly belongs in such a place, possessing no unique qualities or any noticeable feature. He goes as far as saying he’s “An average person among average people”.
Further into the story, in a conversation with his classmate Chihiro Fujisaki, when asked if he has any sort of complex, Naegi directly confesses his insecurity about being a normal student, surrounded by those of “Super High School Level”. When asked how exactly he overcomes this issue, Naegi states that he can’t - so he just simply tries to accept it as a fact - along with explaining how, in his belief, everyone has their own complexes, and how time shouldn’t be lost brooding about them, but immersing oneself in a way to better themselves and forgetting about these problems.
This brings up another of Naegi’s traits, one that’s stated as possibly his “only” unique feature: his optimism. Naegi never really lets himself fall into doubt and insecurities for too long. Despite the awful situations that he and his classmates face, despite all the traumatizing events he experiences, he’s often the first person to claim that no one can lose hope. This characteristic drives him through the story, and, without it, there’s a high possibility that things would have gone in extremely different ways, to the point of fatality.
His optimism proves itself to be an incredibly practical feature, one that seems to lack in some of his classmates. With his ability to spot even the smallest bit of positivity even in the darkest, or strangest, or most awkward situations, Naegi managed to gain the friendship of most of his classmates, even the most moody or aggressive, like Mondo Oowada, Touko Fukawa, Byakuya Togami; he even managed to gain the trust of Kyouko Kirigiri, who, while not exactly aggressive or moody, does have a particular way of keeping herself from fully trusting others. Naegi manages to strike a particularly close friendship with her, going as far as lying/omitting crucial information in one of the class trials to save her life, only to be, as far as it seemed in the moment, betrayed by the person he had just saved. She later save his life, for a second time during the plot, in fact. This, coupled with several other more personal moments between the two, reveals the strong bond of friendship and trust they both formed.
It’s also of notice how his optimism translates into trust while dealing with some of his classmates; although he’s not entirely naive, there are some times when his positive outlook doesn’t work as well as expected. For example, during the first chapter of the story, Naegi finds himself infatuated to his classmate Sayaka Maizono, who had gone to the same school as him in the past, but they had never spoken, due to their different social standards. Sayaka, recognizing Naegi from the time when she witnessed him capturing and nursing a crane, that had injured itself when it broke into the school and got stuck in the pool, back to health and confessing to having wanted to talk to him ever since, quickly befriends and charms Naegi. It is unclear if Sayaka returned Naegi’s feelings; but when it is revealed that she went to great lengths to frame Naegi for murder so that she could buy her own freedom from Hope’s Academy, he still does his best to deny that possibility. Unfortunately, this accusation is proven, leaving him devastated. After the trial, Kirigiri does theorize that, during her last moments, Sayaka must have regretted her actions, leaving behind a crucial clue to clear Naegi’s name.
Despite this, and despite the murderous and treacherous actions among his classmates, Naegi still states that he doesn’t blame them; that the situation they found themselves in pushed them into doing such awful acts, and that he will continue fighting, for freedom and for all of them, showing both great perseverance and trust.
Naegi is noticeably passive, most of the time. This can be easily seen by the way he interacts with his classmates. He tends to mostly listen, more often than not sounding a bit awkward or surprised by the things he hears, but he still does his best to lend an ear, specially to those who seemed troubled. He often keeps his most, perhaps, possibly “offensive” thoughts to himself, as a way to not spark any sort of argument or any sort of negative consequence. This ties to how many of the students find him trustworthy; some of his classmates, like Sakura Oogami and Chihiro Fujisaki seem to feel gradually more at ease as they continue to speak with him, revealing details about their lives and asking questions that perhaps they wouldn’t with the rest, or at least most of their peers.
Naegi’s optimism and connections with his classmates prove themselves crucial to their survival. Nearing the ending of the game story, all the surviving characters are put on the line to make the heaviest decision yet, one that could easily cost not only their freedom, but their actual lives. When things look the bleakest and they’re all on edge and about to give up, Naegi’s words of hope and encouragement manage to soothe them and help them clear their minds and make the right choice. With this, his surviving friends bestow upon him the title of Super High School Level Hope, in honor of his performance and how, without his words, they could have lost any chance of freedom.
Naegi is then, indeed, an average high school student, plunged into situations he had never dreamed of before. But, thanks to his (somewhat overlooked, in the beginning, by himself) skills, he perseveres, he keeps on moving, he comforts and cheers on, and he truly wins his title as Super High School Level Hope, prepared to face any other straining situations that might be thrown upon him and his friends.
Background: Danganronpa Wiki article
Abilities:
While Naegi doesn’t possess any sort of unusual or special abilities (often stated by Naegi himself, proclaiming himself as a normal high school student), he does have one distinguishing feature that makes him stand out among his classmates: his optimism. Naegi himself states it as his best characteristic, and, during the plot, it’s not only proven several times by his perseverance during the toughest times and his ability to befriend even his most moody or aggressive classmates, but it also became an important factor for his and his classmates’ survival.
I can also be stated that he does have good observational skills, though they don’t even come close to his classmate Kirigiri’s (who is often the one to lead him in the right path, along with, at times, Togami Byakuya).
First Person:.
[ He opens his eyes. As the light floods in, he can’t help but to squint, sitting up on his chair. Turning his head slowly, he looks around at the cabin. It’s empty...He wonders where everyone else is--
...wait. A cabin?!
He bolts up onto his feet, taking another look around, frantically. This isn’t-- he can’t be here, he never stepped into a train. Where’s everyone else? This isn’t right.]
Hello?
Is anybody there?!
[ The lack of response makes him increasingly nervous.
No no no no no, why now? Why, after everything that happened-- how is this even possible?!
Finding one of the doors, he looks outside. ...an empty station. With careful steps, he exits the traint alert to any sounds or movements. Is this another trap? But he’s...he’s sure he saw... he was so sure it had ended.]
Huh?
[ He reaches into his pocket and takes out the peculiar watch, popping it open. It doesn’t look like any pocket watch he’s ever seen. What are all these buttons? How did it even get in his pocket?
The network gets a clear view of his face, looking as confused and nervous as any newcomer.
He notices it is apparently filming him. But he’s unaware of who exactly might be watching.]
What...is this thing?...
[He starts pressing some of the buttons at random, hoping that something can clear this up.]
Third Person:
It was sort of cold, but he didn’t mind. In all honesty, he couldn’t get enough of the fresh air nowadays. He always heard people say things like “you don’t know what you have until it’s gone”, and he finally understood what they meant.
The fresh air wasn’t the only reason he was walking around. It was getting dark, he should probably be careful; he didn’t know the city that well yet, and he wasn’t sure if there wasn’t somebody who might not have the best intentions. But still, he needed to walk.
It’s still so much to process. Everything that happened in the last few weeks, all the new information, all the things in the school, all the people he met and lost. And, most recently, suddenly showing up in a strange city full of strange people and strange creatures from many strange worlds. After everything, he finally had a chance to stop, to breathe, to...finally take it all in. It was overwhelming, all in all.
If someone were to ask him, right then, if he felt safe...he wouldn’t know what to answer. A bit relieved, yes. Still mostly confused. Safe...he’d learn that you can’t just take safety for granted. Forcefully so.
He was crossing one of the bridges when he glanced at the setting sun. He hadn’t seen it in goodness knows how long. It was really beautiful, something so simple. To think, after being stuck inthere for so long, he was finally out. The others, too...they did it. Not everything was resolved yet, but they did it.
He didn’t notice when a smile took over his face. They did it, they won....they won their freedom. And, maybe, there was still a lot of trouble waiting for them. Maybe there was still a rough road ahead...but, somehow, somehow, he knew things were going to be okay. He knew it.
He just needed to have hope.
Name: TC
Age: 20
Personal Journal:
skreebatE-mail: tee.cee.art@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc:
CHARACTER
Name: Makoto Naegi
Canon: Danganronpa: Academy of Hope and High School Students of Despair
Age: 17/18
Timeline: End of the first game.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?:N/A
Personality:
Makoto Naegi is the sort of person who could be essentially called an “average guy”. Not only can we see this by how we’re given Naegi’s point of view throughout the game, but this is often stated by Naegi himself along the story, more than once; in fact, it’s basically how he introduces himself to the player/viewer off the bat. Ironically enough, it’s his average quality that makes him stand out among his peers, but first, we need to go through Naegi’s personality and events he’s been through to truly understand how he functions.
As said before, Naegi is an “average guy”, a normal highschool student, self proclaimed and proved. When he finds himself having been randomly chosen to attend the revered Hope’s Peak Academy (a special high school reserved for the best of the best in each area, with the exception of a single random lottery selected student each year, who is given the title of Super High School Level Good Luck by simply being selected), he shows some doubt over whether he truly belongs in such a place, possessing no unique qualities or any noticeable feature. He goes as far as saying he’s “An average person among average people”.
Further into the story, in a conversation with his classmate Chihiro Fujisaki, when asked if he has any sort of complex, Naegi directly confesses his insecurity about being a normal student, surrounded by those of “Super High School Level”. When asked how exactly he overcomes this issue, Naegi states that he can’t - so he just simply tries to accept it as a fact - along with explaining how, in his belief, everyone has their own complexes, and how time shouldn’t be lost brooding about them, but immersing oneself in a way to better themselves and forgetting about these problems.
This brings up another of Naegi’s traits, one that’s stated as possibly his “only” unique feature: his optimism. Naegi never really lets himself fall into doubt and insecurities for too long. Despite the awful situations that he and his classmates face, despite all the traumatizing events he experiences, he’s often the first person to claim that no one can lose hope. This characteristic drives him through the story, and, without it, there’s a high possibility that things would have gone in extremely different ways, to the point of fatality.
His optimism proves itself to be an incredibly practical feature, one that seems to lack in some of his classmates. With his ability to spot even the smallest bit of positivity even in the darkest, or strangest, or most awkward situations, Naegi managed to gain the friendship of most of his classmates, even the most moody or aggressive, like Mondo Oowada, Touko Fukawa, Byakuya Togami; he even managed to gain the trust of Kyouko Kirigiri, who, while not exactly aggressive or moody, does have a particular way of keeping herself from fully trusting others. Naegi manages to strike a particularly close friendship with her, going as far as lying/omitting crucial information in one of the class trials to save her life, only to be, as far as it seemed in the moment, betrayed by the person he had just saved. She later save his life, for a second time during the plot, in fact. This, coupled with several other more personal moments between the two, reveals the strong bond of friendship and trust they both formed.
It’s also of notice how his optimism translates into trust while dealing with some of his classmates; although he’s not entirely naive, there are some times when his positive outlook doesn’t work as well as expected. For example, during the first chapter of the story, Naegi finds himself infatuated to his classmate Sayaka Maizono, who had gone to the same school as him in the past, but they had never spoken, due to their different social standards. Sayaka, recognizing Naegi from the time when she witnessed him capturing and nursing a crane, that had injured itself when it broke into the school and got stuck in the pool, back to health and confessing to having wanted to talk to him ever since, quickly befriends and charms Naegi. It is unclear if Sayaka returned Naegi’s feelings; but when it is revealed that she went to great lengths to frame Naegi for murder so that she could buy her own freedom from Hope’s Academy, he still does his best to deny that possibility. Unfortunately, this accusation is proven, leaving him devastated. After the trial, Kirigiri does theorize that, during her last moments, Sayaka must have regretted her actions, leaving behind a crucial clue to clear Naegi’s name.
Despite this, and despite the murderous and treacherous actions among his classmates, Naegi still states that he doesn’t blame them; that the situation they found themselves in pushed them into doing such awful acts, and that he will continue fighting, for freedom and for all of them, showing both great perseverance and trust.
Naegi is noticeably passive, most of the time. This can be easily seen by the way he interacts with his classmates. He tends to mostly listen, more often than not sounding a bit awkward or surprised by the things he hears, but he still does his best to lend an ear, specially to those who seemed troubled. He often keeps his most, perhaps, possibly “offensive” thoughts to himself, as a way to not spark any sort of argument or any sort of negative consequence. This ties to how many of the students find him trustworthy; some of his classmates, like Sakura Oogami and Chihiro Fujisaki seem to feel gradually more at ease as they continue to speak with him, revealing details about their lives and asking questions that perhaps they wouldn’t with the rest, or at least most of their peers.
Naegi’s optimism and connections with his classmates prove themselves crucial to their survival. Nearing the ending of the game story, all the surviving characters are put on the line to make the heaviest decision yet, one that could easily cost not only their freedom, but their actual lives. When things look the bleakest and they’re all on edge and about to give up, Naegi’s words of hope and encouragement manage to soothe them and help them clear their minds and make the right choice. With this, his surviving friends bestow upon him the title of Super High School Level Hope, in honor of his performance and how, without his words, they could have lost any chance of freedom.
Naegi is then, indeed, an average high school student, plunged into situations he had never dreamed of before. But, thanks to his (somewhat overlooked, in the beginning, by himself) skills, he perseveres, he keeps on moving, he comforts and cheers on, and he truly wins his title as Super High School Level Hope, prepared to face any other straining situations that might be thrown upon him and his friends.
Background: Danganronpa Wiki article
Abilities:
While Naegi doesn’t possess any sort of unusual or special abilities (often stated by Naegi himself, proclaiming himself as a normal high school student), he does have one distinguishing feature that makes him stand out among his classmates: his optimism. Naegi himself states it as his best characteristic, and, during the plot, it’s not only proven several times by his perseverance during the toughest times and his ability to befriend even his most moody or aggressive classmates, but it also became an important factor for his and his classmates’ survival.
I can also be stated that he does have good observational skills, though they don’t even come close to his classmate Kirigiri’s (who is often the one to lead him in the right path, along with, at times, Togami Byakuya).
First Person:.
[ He opens his eyes. As the light floods in, he can’t help but to squint, sitting up on his chair. Turning his head slowly, he looks around at the cabin. It’s empty...He wonders where everyone else is--
...wait. A cabin?!
He bolts up onto his feet, taking another look around, frantically. This isn’t-- he can’t be here, he never stepped into a train. Where’s everyone else? This isn’t right.]
Hello?
Is anybody there?!
[ The lack of response makes him increasingly nervous.
No no no no no, why now? Why, after everything that happened-- how is this even possible?!
Finding one of the doors, he looks outside. ...an empty station. With careful steps, he exits the traint alert to any sounds or movements. Is this another trap? But he’s...he’s sure he saw... he was so sure it had ended.]
Huh?
[ He reaches into his pocket and takes out the peculiar watch, popping it open. It doesn’t look like any pocket watch he’s ever seen. What are all these buttons? How did it even get in his pocket?
The network gets a clear view of his face, looking as confused and nervous as any newcomer.
He notices it is apparently filming him. But he’s unaware of who exactly might be watching.]
What...is this thing?...
[He starts pressing some of the buttons at random, hoping that something can clear this up.]
Third Person:
It was sort of cold, but he didn’t mind. In all honesty, he couldn’t get enough of the fresh air nowadays. He always heard people say things like “you don’t know what you have until it’s gone”, and he finally understood what they meant.
The fresh air wasn’t the only reason he was walking around. It was getting dark, he should probably be careful; he didn’t know the city that well yet, and he wasn’t sure if there wasn’t somebody who might not have the best intentions. But still, he needed to walk.
It’s still so much to process. Everything that happened in the last few weeks, all the new information, all the things in the school, all the people he met and lost. And, most recently, suddenly showing up in a strange city full of strange people and strange creatures from many strange worlds. After everything, he finally had a chance to stop, to breathe, to...finally take it all in. It was overwhelming, all in all.
If someone were to ask him, right then, if he felt safe...he wouldn’t know what to answer. A bit relieved, yes. Still mostly confused. Safe...he’d learn that you can’t just take safety for granted. Forcefully so.
He was crossing one of the bridges when he glanced at the setting sun. He hadn’t seen it in goodness knows how long. It was really beautiful, something so simple. To think, after being stuck inthere for so long, he was finally out. The others, too...they did it. Not everything was resolved yet, but they did it.
He didn’t notice when a smile took over his face. They did it, they won....they won their freedom. And, maybe, there was still a lot of trouble waiting for them. Maybe there was still a rough road ahead...but, somehow, somehow, he knew things were going to be okay. He knew it.
He just needed to have hope.
