Notably, he appears aware that he is only being used and his talents are "leeched off" to create hope he finds boring and predictable, but he has no motivation to change his situation. When Nagito tries to shoot Izuru, the gun jams due to Izurus luck trumping Nagito's. Izuru, as the alternate identity of Hajime returns in Danganronpa 3 - Despair Arc, where its story focuses on the story of the Remnants of Despair during The Tragedy. Before and during the First Mutual Killing Game, Izuru is able to watch the members of Hope's Peak Academy's Student Council killing each other up close, as he was there with them. Height Weight It's strongly implied that Izuru knew about the AI of Chiaki that existed in the Neo World Program, and he installed the AI of Junko there in order to see which of the two would stand triumphant. He also has a black belt and black loafers. The process may vary, but the result is always the same. Ah, how boring. Fitting his apathetic personality, he has no known likes or dislikes. ", "Something that has been born, acknowledged, and lived life can't be denied its existence. In an Alternate Universe with no Junko Enoshima - Ultimate Despair, a new mystery will arise as 16 Ultimates are put inside a new Ultimate Academy and forced into a killing game for their chance at escape. This project was named the Hope Cultivation Plan, though it was also called the Izuru Kamukura Project after the academy's founder. After Makoto unknowingly displays his "ultimate luck", which Junko finds is hard to predict, she rejects Mukuro's suggestion that they kill him, knowing that it would expose them and seeing it as a challenge for her if someone as "ordinary" like Makoto could ever potentially defeat her, unkowingly setting up her own end. After deciding to use her own class for her next killing game, Junko and Mukuro create a new brainwashing video they dub the "Despair Video" with the intent of sharing it with the entirety of the Reserve Course and pull in further support for "Ultimate Despair", drawing in Nagito Komaeda and a class representative who would later serve as the basis for Chiaki Nanami, investigating the cause of the first killing game, now dubbed "The Tragedy". Kokichi also mentions Izuru being kind of like a ghost and is surprised to meet him, asking him that isn't he supposed to be dead. During the conversation Izuru had with Nagito in Chapter 0, Izuru stated that "he will not be able to participate in what lies ahead", most likely a reference to that fact. In chapter 5, the Servant told Monaca Towa that the Monokuma Kids informed him about a lone intruder in Towa City. Are you more like Junko, Mukuro or Izuru? In the post-credits, it shows Izuru/Hajime walking through a hallway with unconscious Future Foundation soldiers surrounding him. Monobear), in the spin-off Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls in the guises of Monokuma variants Shirokuma (Japanese: , Hepburn: Shirokuma, lit. Izuru appears to be active in Hajime's mind, as Hajime emotionlessly expresses his boredom after seeing approaching Future Foundation peacekeepers, ready to attack Jabberwock Island under Kyosuke Munakata's orders. 160. She then suddenly attacked him, saying that as the Ultimate Hope, his death would leave everyone in despair. "There is no reason we'll ever meet again. Not a fan of her. Later, Junko appears in the afterlife, talking with the spirit of Chisa while watching the events of her successor's "final killing game. It is also possible that when Izuru was secured and interrogated with the other Remnants of Despair by the Future Foundation, he presented himself as Hajime in order to hide his true identity and fool them, as Makoto and Kyoko did not know much information about Izuru Kamukura. True to his stature as an evil mastermind, Kokichi says exactly what will most rile up the other students, smiling the whole time. Tsumugi is a giant weeb so it would explain the difference between Kumas. As shown in Danganronpa 2s Chapter 0 and Another Episodes Epilogue, Izuru later feels unusual hatred and bitterness towards Junko because she used him in the past. Despite this, none of the student council members notice Izuru at all until the very end, where he reveals himself. @ CREATION. is a Danganronpa themed zine exploring the concept of chara. MASTERMIND!SHUICHI INTERROGATION Responses have been drawn by @fleshkiss and written by @henkitry! This is most likely due to the fact that, unlike the other members, Junko was mainly trying to sway Izuru into joining her in filling the world with despair, instead of outright brainwashing him into doing so. After Hajime fused with Izuru's identity, he was able to use these skills to awaken his comatose friends. Izuru easily evaded the attack and incapacitated Asukasei with a single blow, causing him to fall neck-first on his still-running chainsaw. Sending Izuru to lead her class in bringing despair to the world, Junko prepares for the coming apocalypse. The game is additionally implied to be set in the same fictional universe as Danganronpa in the resulting conversation between the duo. For example, instead of referring to himself with the word (. This ultimately led to his capture by the Future Foundation. Izuru can easily tell the other boy's true character, but finds him boring. He has no dialogue in this game and seems to have merely been observing the situation rather than playing a role. But I figured I'd get bored of that feeling soon enough That's what I was expecting. During Nagito's attempt to assassinate Junko before her plans to throw the world into despair could be realized, Izuru stumbled upon the confrontation in Ryota's secret room. In return, Junko saw him only as a tool in her hand, like the other members of Ultimate Despair, stating that she'll always find a use for him. Hajime also has his own course as a playable character, in which he chooses not to participate in the Izuru Kamukura Project, and he gets wise encouragement from Monomi instead of Usami. Chiaki asked "Hajime" what he has done with his hair, and Izuru asked who she is. Mastermind Kaede Akamatsu. In contrast to Kyoko Kirigiri from the first Danganronpa video game whose main goal was assisting the player character Makoto Naegi in investigating the killing cases, Kazutaka Kodaka created Chiaki to be more of a heroine who would bond with Hajime Hinata. Detecting regularities among irregularities won't be that difficult. Similarly, he appears unusually bitter and vengeful while talking about Junko during Chapter 0 of the second game, because she used him in the past. 179 cm (JP)5'8" (ENG) Izuru is the only Remnant of Despair who was not brainwashed and agreed to help Junko of his own free will. It has been hidden from view to protect users from spoiling themselves. [12] Due to how powerless Junko is in comparison to Izuru, the scenes involving how the former manipulates the latter were written to show Junko at her lowest since she could not defeat Izuru in combat, so the writers focused on psychology involving their passions.[13]. bear-thing or bear-person) is the antagonist of the series. After that, he was locked in a room whose access was restricted solely to the trustees of Hope's Peak Academy. For mea person who is loved by talent Detecting regularities among irregularities won't be that difficult. The first game in the Danganronpa series is all about a group of students who are forced to kill each other by a Mastermind in the form of a talking bear named Monokuma. [17], In the "Future and Hope Arc" of Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School, set after the events of the second game, Junko makes a cameo appearance in the title sequence and in a flashback to her using blackmail to arrange to have her role in the fall of Hope's Peak Academy hidden from public knowledge. Japanese Several months later, shortly before the events of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Junko and Mukuro assist their class in converting the academy into a bunker to protect them from the chaos outside, while secretly preparing to have them detained to begin their killing game. 53. r/danganronpa. Chiaki, recognizing him as Hajime, quickly tries to start a conversation with him, asking what happened to his hair in the year that passed since theyve last seen each other. Alive (As one with Hajime Hinata) Izuru often joins the activities and gets them over with as quickly as possible, just so that he doesn't have to deal with Usami. Sprite Izuru Kamukura does not personally appear in the story, but is mentioned throughout the novel several times. She said that she was very excited and declared that today will be the day Hope's Peak Academy falls and despair will take over the world. This is seen in Chapter 0 of Danganronpa 2, as he is visibly excited by the rocking of the boat only to find it boring a few seconds later (he is also so focused on the rocking that he doesn't even realize he's on a boat, at first). AintNoKombucha 1 min. Hope's Peak Academy was established for the sake of cultivating personal talent in order to create a perfect genius, who would be deemed the hope of mankind. (re:Walker). All of his senses, emotions, thoughts, and hobbies that could interfere with acquiring talent were excised. "[32] In 2019, Polygon ranked her as one of the best video game characters of the 2010s decade[33] while Comic Book Resources ranked her as the villain with the 3rd highest body count in manga and anime in 2020. According to him, he used to be called Ultimate Hope and is currently being neglected with no one giving him a purpose, and he appears to be waiting for someone to use his talents even when he knows that he is just being used and his talents are "leeched off" to create hope for the world. After the Neo World Program, the person who went in as Izuru started to identify as Hajime. At their entrance ceremony, Junko sketches a picture of Monokuma. Junko subsequently uses Izuru's involvement in a recording which she sends along with a mass e-mail to the students of the Reserve Course exposing his existence along with the footage of her killing game and how their funding had been used for human experimentation which led to Izuru's creation, leading to a mass riot and protest dubbed "The Parade". Because he knows too much, Yuto is quickly murdered by Yasuke Matsuda, who then pretends to be Izuru to test amnesiac Ryoko's memory, only to soon give up and reveal that Izuru has left the place a long time ago. Junko is depicted in the 2019 Spike Chunsoft game AI: The Somnium Files, in which protagonists Date and his A.I. In the end, he never truly cared for her as a person, and was just affiliated with her to see how unpredictable despair is. In Danganronpa 2, Izuru is stated to be a Remnant of Despair and according to Junko he is also the culprit behind the Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy. [31], Junko Enoshima has generally been praised by critics for being depicted as a thoroughly irredeemable character with a realistic profession, praised as "a powerful and dynamic figure [whose] legacy lives on in [all] subsequent games. Spirit]: That one character with a creepy dark side, possible antagonist. Novel The academy concealed the incident. Overlooking the city before the school from its roof, Junko, Mukuro and Izuru stand triumphant as they plan to "infect" the world with despair, before sending a mass text to the Reserve Course students, ordering them to commit mass suicide, to which Mukuro stares at Junko in admiration, loyalty, and joy; glad to die for her cause if Junko would ever feel the need to kill them. In the end, after Hajime and Izuru's identities have mixed, Nagito recognizes him as Hajime and calls him by the name (though at first glance he assumed he is Izuru). Before he left the room, however, he told Mukuro that he will be waiting for Junko. Izuru meets Chiaki for the first time in an underground room, after he stepped in to save Junkos life from Nagito. Hope's Peak Academy exploited Hajime's feelings of admiration toward hope and talent just to use him as a lab rat. Junko then gave a speech to him, saying that a world full of hope would be predictable and boring, and only the chaos that comes from despair can make it exciting. English Monaca Towa Monaka Towa * Aliases & Titles Talent Characteristics Debuts Portrayals " When Monaca talks, everyone freezes. Artist @RandomNoisesArt. Junko, at first, seemingly attempts to kill Izuru because of his status as the Ultimate Hope, but her true intention was to attack him knowing she couldn't win as a way to show despair's unpredictable nature and with this in mind, Izuru wishes to see more. According to Junko, Izuru was the one who brought the Alter Ego Junko to the Neo World Program, which started the serial murders. Furthermore, he doesn't seem to care whether someone will give him a good or an evil purpose in the future, as he is bored with predictable hope. She seems to be the only person Izuru genuinely cared for, as Izuru still mourned over her during the Tragedy. (explaining their reactivation in the prior game's post-credits scene), hijacking the Future Foundation's attempted removal of her followers' brainwashing by having her top lieutenant and former "Ultimate Hope" Izuru Kamukura download her into their rehabilitation program "Neo World", where she places their younger virtual selves into another "killing game". Junko appears in a cameo appearance in the third main series installment, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, in the bonus minigame "Ultimate Talent Development Plan", with the game's new ultimate mastermind behind Monokuma being a copycat cosplay fan of Junko who seeks to continue her legacy, with the return of the true Junko being teased multiple times throughout the game. Danganronpa: The Animation is a 2013 anime adaptation of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. Monokuma (Japanese: ) is a fictional identity adopted by several characters in the Danganronpa series, serving as the mascot and main antagonist of the series. After the death of Junko, Izuru, with the complicity of the other Remnants of Despair, set up a plan to allow Alter Ego Junko to take over their bodies through the Neo World Program. mastermind-zine.tumblr.com. [15] Throughout the game, Junko (in the form of a robotic stuffed bear dubbed Monokuma) provides various motives to turn the students against one another, overseeing the subsequent class trials and performing the various executions while broadcasting the events to the world at large, culminating in her presenting Mukuro's corpse in an attempt to frame the "Ultimate Detective" Kyoko Kirigiri without breaking the rules she set for herself for the "killing game", and ultimately agreeing to execute herself after being exposed as the mastermind. Translation This was evident in the fact that they generated so much demand for killing games that Danganronpa ran for 53 seasons. He told Junko that if "her" wishes are able to overcome Junko's plans, and "they" are saved, hope may just be harder to predict than despair. [35] In a Danganronpa: The Animation poll, Junko took the ninth place. Ch kk ky no kib Writing down everything he observes and documenting every thought, the young boy uses it as an outlet for his imagination. 'Dangaronpa' season 3 premiered on Jul 11, 2016 that's when the second part of its third season was released. This section contains SPOILERS for Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. In their third year, she thanks him for coming to the class Christmas party, with a nearby Usami noting it's the first time he's done so without having to be forced. Izuru is mentioned during the prologue of the game when members of the Future Foundation are explaining The Tragedy to Komaru Naegi. This means that much of the information on him has very questionable accuracy. Hope vs. ", "Despair No matter how I logically analyze it, it is not necessary. If, "I don't think there's any point to a battle where the outcome is obvious. Birth Date However, Junko manipulated the video recording to depict him as the mastermind of the Mutual Killing Game. Name Frank Underwood [Ult. Izuru appears as a cold and emotionless person who finds everything and everyone boring, though he does talk and express in a more polite way than his alternate identity in the Japanese version. Inside the boat, he was accompanied by Nagito, another of the Remnants of Despair, but they don't recognize each other. INFOI AM THE MASTERMIND! During the Killing School Trip, Alter Ego Junko told the students about Izuru, which is the main source of information on him. :)", "Danganronpa the Animation English Cast Announcement Funimation Blog! Danganronpa: The Animation Celestia Ludenberg 1.38K subscribers Subscribe 21K Share 747K views 6 years ago The Mastermind is revealed in Danganronpa: The. They participated in the Killing School Semester as the audience, watching the show via K1-B0 as their surrogate. Because of his constant boredom, Izuru is highly resellient to unpleasant events happening around him, as he watched The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy and Chisa's brainwashing running their full courses completely unfazed. After The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy, from which he and Soshun Murasame were the only survivors, Izuru disappeared. She's definitely worn out her welcome as much as I love her Izuru was awesome but he was overshadowed by fucking AI Junko which remains the stupidest thing in the world. Chiaki then explains that while she's sad to have lost, she was happy to get to play with him; as long as they're friends, they can play multiple times, so she's sure she'll eventually beat him. It seems likely that Junko did this to manipulate the students. RaandomNoisesArt. His hair is usually smooth, though it's also been portrayed as messy. (Former) For this reason, he was proclaimed to be the Ultimate Hope by the trustees of the Academy themselves, as ultimate talent is humanity's hope in their eyes. English Expand at your own risk. From that group of Reserve Course students, the one who was finally chosen was Hajime, because he admired Hope's Peak Academy more than everybody else. Kanji This was to decide whether Junko's Despair or Chiaki's Hope would be in his interest. After Junko urged him to join up with her, Izuru knocked her out by stomping on her head. She had far more respect for Izuru than the other Ultimate Despair members, considering him more of an ally instead of a servant. During this, however, she made several large contradictions when discussing Izuru. 67 kg (147 lbs) ", "Listen well: using people is a talent, too. Although he defeats her, she expresses happiness, which confuses Izuru. None[1] Chest Size Ultimate Hope Izuru stood back and watched as Mukuro tried to weaken Chisa's resistance to the video, commenting on how this is all boring. 01:26 A / Evil-doer Full Name Izuru Kamukura Alias Hajime Hinata Ultimate Despair (formerly) Super High School Level Despair (formerly, Japanese) Ultimate Hope Super High School Level Hope (Japanese) Remnant of Despair (formerly) Origin Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Occupation Reserve course student (formerly) Powers / Skills Laying on the ground before him, Junko explained that Izuru needs despair as much as she does. Danganronpa Zero (Mentioned) Ten (10) question personality quiz to see if you would survive a Danganronpa killing game! She wanted to show Chiaki the brainwashing anime, but Chisa intervened by throwing a fire extinguisher. Kodaka compared the theory of whether or not she is dead or alive to Western villains like the Joker from Batman who continuously are brought back to life. Junko interrupted them and said she wants to become friends with Chiaki. Later, Junko addresses the representative "Chiaki" via a monitor and traps her inside a test course for her "punishment" center, intended to induce the rest of Nagito's class to her cause via brainwashing. However, Hajime does exist within him at a subconscious level, allowing him to cry at Chiaki's death despite having no idea of who she was. However, he then appears hesitant and doesn't finish his thought process, and instead closes his eyes in silence. Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School/Despair Arc (English). Silhouette by @kb20xx Motion animation by @anim3core. However, he rips the hard drives from Shirokuma and Kurokuma in a rather aggressive and seemingly annoyed manner, which is even commented on by the Alter Ego Junko. Chiaki also points out that him spending all this time with others instead of all alone must have made some sort of difference. Likes Because of this, he is one of the very few people safe from the extreme backlashes of Nagito's luck. ", "With my talent, I could become the best in the world at any sport without needing to work hard. Contacting Izuru once again, Junko and Mukuro arrange for their first "killing game" with the academy's student council, trapping them on a floor of the school and providing blackmail on their elite parents' various scandals, with Izuru partaking in the event and killing the final survivor. Danganronpa Wiki is a FANDOM Anime Community. That said, there are a few people he does express more interest in, such as Chiaki Nanami and Kaede Akamatsu. 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This is confirmed by reflecting on Izuru's words during Chapter 0. He himself has mentioned many times that he doesn't particularly like anything nor do anything in his free time, and he tends to arrive to the school very early because he doesn't have anything else to do.

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