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Narancia has a good day- that's it thats the post

Okay so (in the manga) all 3 main meisters have to varying degrees moments where they're being kind of on the verge to go to the bad side and while with Maka Soul has always been there to even her out and with Death The Kid he was trapped in the book so no one could have acted i feel like Tsubaki would have continued to support Black Star if he turned evil ? Im about to re-read the manga and im maybe mistaken since its been a while but yeah

Chapter Three

but Monokuma cured Mikan right before her execution

i just had this idea for this longest time and HAD to draw it or id go crazy sorry

THH's Moral Alignement and Reasoning

[spoiler for danganronpa 1]

disclaimer: I haven't read the novels, also these aren't character analysis, just my reasoning for why i put them in this category, also please add onto it if you disagree or have anything to say ^^

Lawful Good

Sakura Ogami: She always takes decisions that she considers to be the best for the people around her : trying to proctect her dojo by accepting to work with Monokuma or committing suicide and making sure to write a letter explaining to everyone why she did it as to resolve the situation and create a more peaceful atmosphere among them.

Kyoko Kirigiri: She has good intentions and i feel like what pushes her to act is kind of a "i can do it therefore i should do it" mindset.

Chihiro Fujisaki: Cute baby sunshine, never did anything wrong in their life.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka: He's the Ultimate Moral Compass, pretty self-explanatory.

Naegi Makoto: A genuinely good person who tries his best to be kind.

Neutral Good

Aoi: We can see during chapter 4 that she put her personal beliefs above all else but even if she tried to kill everyone i still think that she is a good person.

Toko (Ultra Despair Girl): If we were talking solely about THH i would've put her in Neutral Evil since she doesn't care about anyone but herself and is pretty mean (also something that i find very interesting during the 4th trial is that even if throughout the game she seems totally devoted and in love with Byakuya + her obvious lack of self esteem she still chose to defend herself when she thought Genocide Jack had killed Sakura which could've led to his death), but the character development she gets in that game is golden so yeah.

Chaotic Good

Mondo: Feel free to disagree with me on that because of the fact that he killed Chihiro who very much did not deserve it but contrary to what Naegi says in the game it absolutely wasn't a cold blooded murder, himself stating that he blacked-out while killing them. I still chose to put him in good because otherwise he really tried to do the right thing (protecting Chihiro's secret by moving their body or even when in the anime he covered Mukuro's bldy with his coat it showed that he was a kind person) + we also know that he uses his influence to minimize tensions between gangs.

True Neutral

Byakuya: I feel like his god complex makes him kind of uncapable to relate to other people and consider their struggles on the same level as him so he doesn't care about anyone + we saw during the 2nd trial that he definitely can't be described as a good person. I truly feel like he couldn't care less about rules or moral implications as he considers himself above it.

Leon: His actions only seem to be motivated by what he wants in that moment without a lot of reasoning behind it, like changing from baseball to music or killing Sayaka when he could've totally ran away after she tried to kill him.

Chaotic Neutral 

Sayaka : I feel like she's morally neutral in the way where she's so goal-oriented that she doesn't care too much about the means to get to an end (which is also implicate in her backstory) but she's aware that what she does might bad : she was willing to let everyone die and pin the crime on Naegi but once her plan failed she still made sure to save everyone instead by writing Leon's name.

Yasuhiro : I hesitated to put him in chaotic evil because of the fact that he quite literally could have/tried to kill Sakura + he never was particularly kind to no one in the game and tried to steal money from us during his free time (tbh im still kinda mad at the wasted potential of making him a nice chill guy but well). In the end i went for neutral because i feel like its more a case of picking the worst possible choice than being a bad person, even if he is quite selfish.

Lawful Evil 

Hifumi: The reason i put him in "lawful" is because what convinced him to kill Ishimaru was Celestia accusing him of SA, which is an understandable reason especially paired with the chance to get out happy and with Celestia but he was still willing to sacrifice everyone to get out so lawful evil it is.

Neutral Evil

Celestia Lundenberg: It was pretty complicated but i settled on this alignement if we take the things she tells us at face value (since i've seen a few people saying that she wasn't actually trying to win the game and that's why her plan was so sloppy). I don't feel like she's a bad person but she doesn't care about doing bad things to get what she wants.

Mukuro Ikusaba: That's where me not reading the novels probably makes a difference because i know that she gets more development there but based on the game and the anime i have to put her here, even if she was obviously manipulated by Junko she still seemed to agree with her.

Chaotic Evil

Junko Enoshima: Do i really need to explain ?

Genocide Jack: I mean, she enjoys killing people and has no other reason for what she does.

Thank you if you read all of that, sorry for any typos/grammar mistakes, english isn't my first language and i wrote it all in one go. Please tell me what you think :)

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Mello isn't well liked but if Matt grew up at Wammy's and Ohba said he was Mello's friends, does that mean Mello had at least someone, Matt, to be with him and play with him so he wasn't alone most of the time, cause generally speaking if they really are friends and Mello had called Matt and Matt accepted they had to have been friends before the phone call otherwise Matt probably would've been more reluctant to help, sorry i just need to know that Mello had someone when he was that small.

I’m sorry Nonny, but buckle up, this is going to be hella long!

I think the thing to take away isn’t that Ohba said that Matt and Mello are friends. It’s that Matt despite having anything to do with the Kira case, despite being uninterested did what he did for Mello.

You have to understand that Ohba saying it isn’t the only, or even the biggest, proof of Mello and Matt’s closeness. As a matter of fact it’s a tiny unnoticeable footnote that doesn’t require a lot of consideration because there’s a million and 1 other things that prove that Matt and Mello were close. Even if you don’t ship them. They’re closeness is pretty obvious.

I’ve talked about it so much that I feel like it’s a waste if i do it all again. But most of my points are pooled into a meta about Matt. So let me explain them again in a separate post:

In this post I talked about how Mello is alone and doesn’t seem to be well-liked and all of this weighs on his self esteem.

I also mentioned Mello’s attitude during the mafia arc being different from his attitude before and after it. This is probably because Mello feels accomplished, on top of things.

But the thing to note about his interaction with the mafia is that Mello often distrusts them [for good reason….i mean?]

This is from volume 8. We as readers at this point ddon’t know what Mello’s real motives are. Is it Kira? Is it Near? Is he really a criminal. But after realizing that he was going after Kira to prove that he was worthy of being L, in volume 9, we can conclude that here Mello was speaking in riddles. He’s talking about Kira, the second L [which at that point he thought was a different person from Kira] and Near. They’re all in his way. But this is how Rod interprets his words:

Mello doesn’t correct him. Why would he? He can’t tell the big boss man that he’s actually using them.

Another thing of note is that every conversation Mello has with Soichiro happens in front of the rest of the mafia. It should be noted Mello is playing a character in front of the mafia so he’s not free to say everything he feels. He has to play his cards right and not let the mafia suspect him.

This conversation however happened without the rest of the mafia:

and it’s only in this conversation that Mello touched upon the topic of L. All this shows that Mello wasn’t honest with his mafia buddies and also that he didn’t trust them very much.

Also note that Mello had an elaborate system of explosives at his HQ planted for the mafia.

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Knowing that Mello didn’t have very many friends at Wammy’s House and didn’t have friends among the mafia, Mello is pretty much established as a one man show. Until Matt shows up.

What was really interesting to me all along was the way Matt behaved around Mello and how Mello behaved around Matt.

Look at the way Mello is treated in the mafia. Look at how he treats his subordinates. He’s not just some guy in the mafia. He’s feared, perhaps more so than Rod. Rod is literally his only equal in this gang. And people all seem to be more comfortable with Rod than with Mello. They’d rather speak to him than Mello.

Look at how Mello treats them. He acts superior. He acts better than he feels about himself. It’s a classic thing. If you want people to feel like they’re beneath you, pretend that you’re above them and prove that you’re capable of living up to the threats you make. Fake it till you make it. It doesn’t matter if Mello is actually scary or not. He needs to pretend to be scary to keep his team under his control.

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Now I’ve already talked about the dynamic of the relationship between other kids at wammy’s and Mello. [x]

We’ve talked about the dynamic of the relationship between the mafia and Mello.

If bearing all that in mind we look at Mello’s relationship dynamics with Matt. It’s totally a whole other story. It’s a complete anomaly.

Firstly, Matt was called “Mello’s friend” when the NPA and Light found out about his existence …not accomplice…..friend.

Then there’s the part where Matt calls Mello to report about Misa.

There’s a little moment where Mello thinks Matt is joking [tho he’s really not amused] but perhaps Matt jokes with Mello a lot?

Another thing is everyone in the mafia is cautious around Mello. Matt isn’t. Matt tells Mello exactly what he feels.

Another thing to note is Matt whining about work. Think any of the mafia guys would get away with talking to Mello like that?

Moreover Mello says “it’s the same here” when Matt says “it’s boring.” Mello could mean…there is no movement and hence it’s boring. But Mello is admitting to his work being boring too. Can anyone imagine Mello the workaholic with his mind only on Kira and Near admitting it’s boring? I conclude that Mello is more honest and straight forward with Matt.

He let’s Matt whine, doesn’t get mad at Matt for whining.

Also notice how easily Mello let’s Matt get away with making mistakes. He doesn’t even look angry.

And we have another “are you serious?!” moment, this time with Matt thinking that Mello is joking.

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Like I said there’s a very big difference between how Mello treats anyone and how Mello treats Matt. Moreover, notice that Matt is the only one Mello trusted with his plans, didn’t seem to threaten him to do his bidding, and even gave him wiggle room, LOTS of wiggle room.

I’m not going to shove my ship down your throat, but it’s at least clear that Mello and Matt were on good terms and had a lot of trust between them. And you’re absolutely right, there is no way Matt would’ve put himself in that kind of danger if there was no trust between them.

This level of trust, cannot have just happened over night. I think therefore we can conclude Mello had Matt even when he was at Wammy’s….

According to the DN wiki Matt was at Wammy’s in his early teens to his late teens. I dunno if that’s a trustworthy source but if it is, that gives them about 2 to 3 years to have developed this kind of trust. Even if Mello didn’t always have Matt, after Matt came around we can be sure that Mello’s [social] life might’ve gone through some kind of dramatic change.

Still, as a kid, not as a teenager, Mello probably relied entirely on himself. But that’s only if the DNwiki can be believed. If not, then we can be sure Mello had Matt on his side for most of his life. Either way Mello had Matt on his side.

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So y’see “Ohba says” is really the smallest most insignificant part of the argument. There’s canonical proof that Mello and Matt were close. So there. I hope that gives you some peace.

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✴ unlikely (or very likely) duo ✴

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Song: BUMP OF CHICKEN「新世界」

Series: Danganronpa 2 Goodbye Despair

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