unpopular opinion of the day but y’all need to get off of monaca’s ass.
like literally she’s just a traumatized preteen like all the other warriors of hope and she deserves the same amount of love and forgiveness that you give to the other four.
monaca was neglected by her parents, sexually abused by haiji, and then manipulated by junko, no wonder she’s fucked up in the head! everyone processes trauma differently and her disorders made her do terrible things, yes, but she deserves love and support and she deserves to recover just like the others.
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Incidentally, part of the reason you know UDG was meant for a much bigger follow-up than the quick wrap-up that DR3 gave it is actually because of Haiji. The game's most despicable character.
We already know it wasn't meant to end here because it ends on a sequel hook. Nothing has been solved, Towa City remains every bit as much in crisis as it ever was, but Komaru and Toko will stick it out until the day is finally saved.
Then it gives us three images to tease us for what's to come.
There's confessed pedophile and sister-beater Haiji looking absolutely sinister, leading the adults against the Monokuma horde.
The sympathetic villains we've come to care about, fighting for their lives against the Monokuma Kids who are now thoroughly turned against them by Monaca.
And Monaca herself, now firmly stepping into the role of Junko 3.0.
Of these three slides, Monaca is the one that gets the most focus in DR3. They spend a bit of time wrapping up her story (and I've spoken at length at how much I prefer their ending for her to whatever UDG was doing here).
The Warriors also get a quick bit of follow-up. We never find out how they got out of the whole "dragged away and beaten by Monokuma Kids" situation but they're shown to be alive, well, and 100% Team Koko/Toko now.
These four were always characters destined for a softer ending. UDG goes to great lengths to examine how sympathetic and tragic they are. But it does feel like we skipped over quite a bit to get from where UDG left them to them being best pals with Komaru and Toko.
But what really stands out is Haiji, who makes no appearance whatsoever in DR3.
They seemed to be setting up a three-way conflict with these slides. Haiji vs. Monaca vs. the Warriors of Hope, with Komaru and Toko caught in the middle and probably drifting to the Warriors' side since they're the ones who least suck here.
DR3 wraps up Monaca's journey and briefly sweeps the Warriors under the rug but Haiji is nowhere to be found at all. Maybe he died. Who knows. Ain't nobody got time for him in an anime that isn't even about these characters in the first place!
It's hard to look at what DR3 gave the UDG cast and believe this was always the plan from the start, when a significant 1/3 of the conflict is barely even touched on and another 1/3 is missing entirely.
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in my humble opinion, udg wasn’t as bad as y’all usually make it out to be…
the repetitive lines, fanservice, weird way they handle kotoko’s trauma, haiji’s random ass lolicon line, and among other things were INSANE and it’s definitely a game that was rlly good in theory, but spike chunsoft r just freaks like that
but it’s not HORRIBLE . i liked it for what its worth AND I RLLY LIKED THE EPILOGUE
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Danganronpa's 3D action shooter turns 8 years old today! The duo of Komaru and Toko are such a delight, as well as all the other characters! Kids vs adults is a feud as old as time, but no game tackles it quite like this!
Happy Birthday Danganronpa Another Episode!
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Monaca Towa Redesign!!11!!!!
8 , not 11-12.
Actually was put into the wheelchair by Haiji (bc of the ph7sical abus3) (im also rewriting her, so its not going by most canon)
Likes : Plants, Enoshima
Dislikes : Dumbasses , Watermelons
Uses neo-pronouns because they're "adorbs" , but most of the time uses she/her , forgetting she uses neo pronouns (she puts it to her convinience lol)
I gave her less pickle-y looking hair, and made her hair a mix of her OG hair and Haiji's hair, since her OG hair doesnt make sense, so i added haijis hair. I also Fixed her chair, giving it more personality like add little stickers to the bottom of her chair, and her chair can open/close , and she put important items like byakuya's key and other stuff. She also likes her presence known so she can have attention, so she added bells. I gave her a more childish but professional outfit, i feel like it matches her better.
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