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shockersalvage · 2 months

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Salvage Showcase- Polaris P. Polanski

Assuming I get this out in time, this Showcase is dedicated to the most popular character in Danganronpa Togami has to offer in the fandom and on the day of Volume 3's release! If its not Shinobu Togami you heard about, you probably hear this girl's name dropped every now and again and for pretty understandable reasons given who she is!

Time to take a dive into the great Polaris P. Polanski!!!!

(...Who doesn't have official art so I'm just using the Vol 2 cover of DRT in its stead)

Summary

Now, Polaris is a character that plays a role in the events of the Legacy Crown Championship in the 2nd volume of Danganronpa Togami. She is Suisei Nanamura's assistant, at best 13 years old at the time, and travels to the LCC to Castle Toajo after Mitsuzo Togami hires Suisei to solve the case of mysterious killings in the competition.

Now, compared to her eccentric boss, she is very silent and has taken to pretty much following Suisei around. Suisei entrusts her to go through evidence or handle them, regardless if the contents are embarrassing or even gorey. Best shown off when, on the ninth day, Suisei announces that he has figured out the culprit - which was Kazuya Togami. During this meeting to discuss such a claim, she hands over Saburo's camera (that has been recording himself in the buff dancing) and was tasked with holding the bag that contains the severed head of Yoru. The latter piece of evidence is the nail in the coffin that had Kazuya initially tossed into the dungeon...

Only for it to 'be revealed' that Mitsuzo was the culprit in a confession note left behind as Mitsuzo appeared to have killed himself. With their client dead, Suisei leaves the LCC on a helicopter and one assumes that Polaris would have done the same.

Except! No, she doesn't! She secretly stays behind and begins working on trying to figure out the 'reliance' that will crown the winner of the LCC and heir of the Togami Conglomertate. In the end? When the chaos of the killings of the LCC had the castle burn down, Polaris would be one of the survivors: having not only figured out what the reliance was, but also finding Shinobu Togami to escort her to safety. As Shinobu wakes up, Polaris has whispered what the reliance was into a tape recorder: and was deemed correct. Thus, making her the official heir to the company!!

Or rather...he. In actuality, Polaris was just Byakuya Togami in crossdress, disguising himself as a girl to infiltrate the LCC (he figured he'd get close to it eventually while working as Suisei's assistant since the detective only takes high profile cases). Byakuya was apart of the hundreds of other Togami kids who were disqualified from even participating in the event due to their Mother's social standing and had been working to sneak himself for a long while. First by acting asa day trader and then as the aformentioned assistant to Suisei.

With his victory secured, Byakuya offers Shinobu to come with him to be his secretary with the other participants dead or missing (like her brothers) and since Shinobu lacked either Hope or Despair - aspects that'd he find use in someone that can write an untainted view of his autobiography. She accepts, though does request one thing: that he calls her big sis! Which gets him taken aback as much as your average teen boy does.

Considering Polaris is Byakuya, her personality is pretty similar to him. She's intelligent, cold, serious, and has no issues in doing unnerving tasks if it means she can get ahead or do her job. While in the LCC she maintains a quiet demeanor, very rarely speaking, when her job is done, she's free to express her usual stern, and critical nature towards others below her.

In particular, Polaris shows disdain towards how the LCC is operated by the Togami Conglomerate, primarily in regard to who is chosen based off their pedigree and acting as if someone from an unknown background can't be the heir (which might implicate Byakuya being from an unknown background himself?)

Yet, in regard to the event featuring Polaris, it should be noted that the flashback itself was a shared unreality memory for both Kazuya and Blue Ink. When we consider Byakuya's account in-game, where he says he was one of the participants, it makes rather unlikely for him to done the alter ego of Polaris or even be Suisei's assistant.

Rundown

In DRT's theming, Reality vs Unreality, and how it affects Byakuya as a character, Polaris represents a major aspect of our Ultimate Heir in using an aspect of Unreality, deceit, as a positive (if only for himself).

From tossing out his glasses that had a tracker on it, in order to fool their enemies and get them off their backs, to faking his death to even Blue Ink during a confrontation with Hasegawa Research Institute, to taking credit for the WDP in order to use it for his own domination conquest, to becoming Polaris even become the heir to the Togami Conglomerate to, most importantly, wiping away Kudan into Blue Ink: Byakuya is no stranger to deceiving both ally and enemy in the WDP in order to get ahead for himself. And this isn't a unique DRT trilogy trait either, remember Byakuya in DR1's infamous moment? Where he tampered with Chihiro's body just to reveal Genocide Jack amongst their group and know who to watch out for when/if he decided to become a blackened? Deceit, even if it makes others thinks less of him or intefers with his allies, is a valued tool of Byakuya when push comes to shove, which does make him legitimately tricky to deal with on top of his high intellect.

Which actually contrasts the other protagonists of DRT (or POV trio) remarkably well in their outings with Unreality. For both Kazuya and Blue Ink, the story makes it clear that they are pretty much being strung along by the whims of their Borges' Story AI, unable to see the truth until late into the WDP (and how they handle that is very different). As for Moleman, despite what he thinks is his past, his entire being as an alter is just a falsehood used by the main personality of Suzuhiko Otsuki to make his killings easier. Basically, all three POV Togami's are depicted as being unknowingly under and/or, even if aware, suffering from the effects of essentially living life under a lie. They are not in control of the narrative woven by others for them, at least, up until Shinobu goes through her development in Volume 3.

But Byakuya? He differs in that he's usually depicted as being the controller or just a user of Unreality. He's not generally caught up in it, but is the one crafting/going along with a false narrative that has enemies pretty much still struggling to keep up and trap him (well, that and having assistance from his few allies), despite essentially having the upperhand or dead to rights. Polaris is pretty much the epitome of this dynamic, even if probably not real, with her being able to come onto the island and take the crown without alerting anyone to her true identity, whilst almost everyone else pretty much killed each other in the mysteries of what was essentially a self-started killing game.

This also makes his actions in the final book of DRT hit that much harder. When he chose not to take over the world, it also meant he was now choosing to submit to being under Unreality, choosing to believe a lie that Ultimate Despair would have crafted that obfuscates the truth of the WDP, hinder his talent and cut his relationship with Blue Ink. All of that, just to save Blue Ink's life. For a character defined by his self-centeredness, even in the trilogy itself, him going for a major sacrifice like that is very telling of his true heart underneath his ego and what he eventually gets back post-DR1 (after some development during that killing game as well).

Personal Thoughts

Polaris is a funny case to me! As said before, she is pretty much just Byakuya and, even then, its very possible that her existence beyond Unreality is, well, non-existant. It doesn't help matters, she only appear in just a long flashback and barely has much of a role in events too until the end.

But that said, she's pretty much the most popular character to come from the DRT trilogy and its not hard to see why (...well aside from the fact she is a mainline character) ! For one, the idea of Polaris gives a layer and interest to Byakuya in a few ways. The most obvious being his interest in crossdress, even if only for a means to an end, is something that gets people's head's turning over Byakuya's sexuality in question and is just a fun concept to explore with such a serious character (and him going on to dress as a nun and state he doesn't mind wearing women's clothes is just so much fuel to use).

Another layer him being Polaris brings is his potential connection with Suisei. Byakuya crossdressing is one thing, but him being an assistant to an eccentric, yet corrupt detective? Someone's whose own arrogance and high intellect towards life reflects onto Byakuya? How much of Suisei rubbed off on Byakuya? They seemed like a stable pair working together, so is it possible Suisei knew about Byakuya's true identity all along? That's not even getting into the parallels between him and Kyoko, being stronger given her connection with Suisei in the DRK series. It's brief, but its a dynamic that has quite a bit of potential to gleam through, if you see assume that even outside of Unreality, there was a possibility that Byakuya diid become Suisei's assistant for a time.

Finally, there's the possibility of Polaris herself not coming from a well off home given her talk with Blue Ink at the end of the LCC, after she won (and her bitterness over people outside the ranking system not being able to compete). Now we know in-game Byakuya was a participant in the LCC for real, so him sneaking into the competition is just false. That said, it could still be possible he had to very much work his ass off from nothing just to be accepted into the real LCC (which is very likely given just how much of the true event is left pretty vague). It gives a real credence to his arrogance and his actual appreciation for hard work, since it means he was legitimately working himself in not just the LCC, but throughout his entire life, into become the powerful Ultimate Heir we know of him as today and gets you wondering if the reason why he's such a condescending jerk is because he's projecting his struggles and victories onto everyone else.

Though, as you all know by now, DRT is not one for making things concrete and Polaris (and what she brings to the table) is possibly just straight unreality produced by the K2K System. That said, DRT not being so concrete means its not a hard denial either of their existence in some other fashion. While Byakuya being Polaris to compete in the LCC is false, whose to say he didn't spend some time in his years posing as her before or after the fact? The details being fuzzy means those who do love Polaris are free to accept her in some fashion, while those who dislike her or think of everything in unreality is being all fake, are also not wrong in dismissing her. It's a situation where, even with unreality being in play, people on both sides can pretty much win.

For me, I like Polaris for the aformentioned layers above and think she just makes for a fun addtion to Byakuya's history. While I doubt he'd have needed or even was crossdressing in the real LCC, him just being so comfortable with himself he can wear practically anything, no matter the gender, is a confidence from Byakuya that you can't help but like and I can't help but basically accept as like a pseudo-canon trait of his.

And that ends DRT's entry! I missed the anniversary of DRT Volume 3, which sucks, but at the very least am glad to get this out a bit quicker than usual! Was inspired to make this after seeing posts of DRT floating about on that day, so managed to make this Showcase quicker than usual.

Next up is back to Killer Killer!

#salvage showcase #byakuya togami #polaris p polanski #suisei nanamura #danganronpa togami #danganronpa #dr togami #blue ink #shinobu togami

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danggirlronpa · 4 days

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Not sure if this question has been asked beforeee but, who’s your favorite obscure character?

Asagao Togami from Danganronpa: Togami! I am a HUGE sucker for characters who, despite and throughout traumatic circumstances, remain full of love for the world and the people around them, Especially when it's tragic. DR Togami is generally super underrated in the way it parallels and advances the stories of the games. Asagao is, in essence, a Sakura parallel in a world where Monokuma's cover up of Sakura's suicide is successful and the remaining students tear each other apart.

People take a lot of issue with DR Togami having sections that are shrouded in mystery vis a vis their canonicity. But I actually find it especially striking that this section of the story is dubiously canonical - the idea that, when told to envision a world leading up to despair, Shinobu invents a scenario where kindness fails, only for its real life parallel to be a world where kindness succeeds. DR Togami in general is essentially doing a more in-universe version of V3'S "your whole life is a lie" gambit, and the fact that it's set pre-THH, in my opinion, makes the story exceptionally fun to pick apart.

#dr togami #really i love shinobu So Much All The Time too. but i wanted someone TRULY unknown #asks #anon #asagao togami #talk to the mod

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happyshippingnoises · 2 years

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I AM SO SORRY-

(Not really)

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metalichotchoco · 1 year

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Happy year of the rabbit, I think it’s fun to come back to old hyperfixations and see how you’ve changed in terms of design lol, once your flame fades for these particular characters it doesn’t mean that you don’t like them anymore it just means you move on from your single minded interest in them. At least for me, everyone is different

#danganronpa trigger happy havoc #danganronpa hagakure #yasuhiro hagakure #yasuhiro #danganronpa yasuhiro #hagakure yasuhiro #danganronpa #byakuya #togami #dr1 togami #danganronpa togami #dr togami #byakuya togami #togami byakuya #bunny outfit #playboy bunny

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go-hop-to-it · 2 years

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My shop’s opened again so I added a bunch of new things :^)

+ original stuff I own

https://yagiarts.bigcartel.com/

#Danganronpa #merch #danganronpa 2 goodbye despair #danganronpa v3 killing harmony #Nagito Komaeda #Hajime Hinata #Chiaki Nanami #izuru kamukura #danganronpa makoto #dr togami #kyoko kirigiri #shuichi saihara #kaede akamatsu #kokichi ouma #danganronpa trigger happy havoc

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jeritten · 1 year

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DR:THH Byakuya Togami x Male!Reader: Chapter Two.

[Previous Chapter: 1]

heloo!! :P sooo its rlly late where i am,, so i'll have to do my final proofread of this in the morning,, but it should [in theory] be good to go now!! been feeling shitty again,, but byakuya = best comfort chara so story begins under the cut!! - Jeri <33

A small cry of shock escapes your lips. Upon stepping through the doorway, all eyes in the room turn to you, and as you scan the disorderly crowd, you fail to recognise any familiar faces.

You force your body to get ahold of itself, hastily clearing your throat as you muster the most positive smile that you can given the circumstances.

“... Are all of you new here?” You begin somewhat sheepishly, allowing yourself to get straight to the point as you address the room. “I could use a little help figuring out what’s going on…”

A tall girl sporting long, silvery hair takes a small step towards you at your words, and now that all of the students are focused on you the click of her heel on the dense concrete rings out around the room.

“We all could, honestly.” She looks to you with a carefully composed expression that seems to conceal her true thoughts. As she prepares to speak again, she tucks her hair behind her ear with a gloved hand.

“It appears that we all blacked out upon entering Hope’s Peak Academy and regained consciousness to find ourselves seated at school desks. Can you corroborate this..?”

You can’t help but feel a little relieved at her words. Although it adds a slightly sinister element to the situation, it’s comforting to know that you’re not the only one who feels that there’s something fundamentally off about this ‘first day’.

“Yes.” You speak firmly and politely, withdrawing your hands from your pockets with care. “Yes, that’s precisely what happened to me. I also seem to have lost my belongings- I had a bag on my person that appears to have been taken.”

She raises a steady finger to her chin, eyebrows furrowing as she processes your words.

“Curious..” She mutters in response, her indifferent gaze drifting down to the concrete floor as she ponders.

No sooner had she taken her attention away from you than you found yourself clumsily introducing yourself to the room.

“Oh- hi..!” You start, pulling at the neck of your sweater out of habit. “My name’s (Y/N) (L/N).”

You make quick work of introducing yourself to everyone. The girl with the ashen hair is Kyoko, then Ishimaru, Sayaka, Celestia, Yasuhiro, Aoi- who’d insisted that you call her ‘Hina’, Junko, Mondo, Chihiro, Sakura, Leon, Hifumi…

“... Toko?” You question the timid girl in front of you, awestruck. “Toko Fukawa..?”

The purple hair, the wire-rimmed glasses- yes, you’re certain this is her!

The girl glances back at you, clearly a bit perplexed.

“... Yes,” She begins, eyeing you up in a way that you can’t quite read, “I just told you that, didn’t I..?

You quickly catch yourself, adjusting your shirt collar and clearing your throat.

“Yes, yes of course.” You say with a smile, your eyes closed. “Sorry, it’s just that I’m a massive fan of your works! My personal number one is probably ‘So Lingers the Ocean’- although now that I think about it, I’m not sure if I can really choose just one favourite.”

She looks to you abashedly over her glasses, fiddling with her fingers as if uncertain about what to make of your words. You shift your weight from one foot to the other, anxious about potentially making a bad impression on someone you admire.

"Oh, I'm sorry," You blurt out without even thinking. You try to explain yourself, hoping you don't sound too clumsy. "I know it's a little strange considering that your books are targeted towards women, but I really can't resist a well-written romance novel."

You hold out your hand for her to shake, sending her your most amiable smile when she takes it in hers.

“Nevertheless, it’s great to meet you in person!” You say with a grin, feeling thankful that you decided to turn up to this weird school after all.

You offer her a small wave and a ‘see you around!’ before turning your attention to the only person in the room you hadn’t spoken to yet: a tall, reserved blonde hiding himself away in the corner. As you make your way over, you’re sure to flash him a friendly smile.

“Hey,” You start, fixing the fit of your sweater, “my name’s (Y/N). It’s nice to meet you.”

He frowns down at you, eyebrows suddenly pushed down and knitted together in an expression that causes your own smile to diminish.

“The name’s Byakuya Togami.” he snarls, and you can’t help but adopt a small frown of your own. You wait a little while for the conversation to continue, looking up at him expectantly but eventually finding yourself cracking under his harsh stare.

When you come to the realisation that he has no further intent of talking to you, you resolve not to let him leave without having a proper back-and-forth conversation with you. You hum, taking a small moment to look him up and down and study his appearance.

“Do you like literature..?” you question, watching as his attention is brought back to you.

His sophisticated outfit- the tie, the shirt, the jacket, dress pants- made it safe for you to assume that this boy had probably read a few books in his lifetime, You’d guess if not for pleasure then to improve his rep. As a bonus, it’s something that you obviously have no trouble talking about, so it’s the perfect topic of conversation.

You look back to the stranger’s face, noticing that, if for only a second, his intense expression relaxes just a little bit.

“... What did you say your title was again?” He inquires- not an answer to your question, but an answer enough to make you crack a small smile

“Oh, I’ve been labelled as the ‘Super Highschool-Level Bookworm’- which would not be my first choice of word, but what can you do?”

You decide that you’ll take the lead in this conversation, seeing as the closed-off male makes no further attempts to speak.

“So,” You start, taking in a deep breath and clasping your hands behind your back, “Togami, what’s yours?”

He pushes his white half-rim glasses further up his nose with a slender index finger, crossing his arms across his chest as he turns his head away from you.

“Super Highschool-Level Heir.” He replies bluntly, annoyance laced thickly in his voice. “Although, in my personal opinion, I too feel that it might be a convoluted insult towards my status...”

He barely mutters the last part, with his- although somewhat half-baked- attempt at making coherent conversation with you subtly improving your mood nonetheless.

As you’re about to respond to his answer, you’re curtly cut off by the girl that you now know as Kirigiri, a gloved hand pressed lightly to her lower lip in thought. Sharply, she calls for the haphazard group’s collective attention.

cool!! :DD

this'll go live on ao3 too after i post it here,, so be sure to check that out if you're interested!!

for now,, i'm headed to bed :']

goodnight!!

-Mod Jericho :D

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talesfromnatea · 2 years

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Reading the DR Togami light novels just makes me feel that Byakuya is fucking right to be that arrogant. Is it even a god complex if you're capable of everything you think you are like what the fuck?????

How the fuck did you do that, Togami Byakuya?

#danganronpa #byakuya togami #togami byakuya #shinobu togami #dr togami #togami light novels #i cant even be annoyed with his superiority complex #when he just casually does this shit #and this is pre-game so hes like 16 here???#terrifying little man

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ka0mojii · 2 years

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♡‧₊˚leogami supermacy

- don't repost.

- don't claim this drawing as yours, and if you wanna use it for a video; just put my username @ka0mojii in the description.

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#leogami #dr togami #togami byakuya #leon kuwata #11037 #danganronpa trigger happy havoc #Fanart

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caramelgeddon · 2 years

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Danganronpa 1 boys with a s/o in a coma (spoilers for chapter 2)

I’m sorry this took so long. I planned to finish this on Tuesday but school and other stuff got in the way… please enjoy. (Featuring makoto togami yasuhiro hifumi and chihiro)

Makoto

He remembers everything the hour before it happened.

He texted his s/o asking if they wanted to go get ice cream with him.

He remembered waiting and deciding to grab a bowl of sugary cereal.

Then his phone rang three times and he got the news his beloved s/o was in a coma.

He remembers how he had trouble with opening the car at first. He struggled with the keys then drove as fast as he could to the hospital

I know it seems stupid… remembering the moment before he saw his s/o in a coma the most…. But those boring moments, the calm before the storm are always the moments he remembers the most.

He spends every moment he can with his sleeping beauty.

He would sit there, hold there hand and tell them how his day was… he would tell them how much s/o’s friends miss them.

And when they wake up… he breaks down crying telling them how much they miss him… the poor boy will never forget the moment they woke up…

Togami

If someone you loved went in a coma tomorrow what would you do to save them?

A better question would be what could you do to save them?

The answer is most likely nothing.

But not for the man togami. He refuses to let his s/o die and he has the resources to stop it… or at least he hopes

Money, money can cure anything right…? He pays for every single treatment the hospital can muster. If there’s medical research going on he’ll sink his money into that too.

He’s worried sick. He barely sleeps… he trembles at night. The few times he does sleep he normally gets nightmares. It’s rare for him to get a good night sleep.

When his s/o wakes up he’s truthfully not there. He’s sinking money into research. Once he gets the call they woke up he drives to the hospital as fast as he can

He acts like he was more annoyed by the coma but once his s/o knows what he went through. What he did… they give him a big hug and pamper him beyond belief.

Despite his s/o being ok he still uses his money to help with medical research…

Hifumi

He can’t do anything right…. So what’s the point in trying… he needs to write… his fan depends on him… he needs to write more…

He turns out work after work after work… but despite his fans living it he hates what he’s turning out.

He doesn’t have the energy to make work he likes anymore… he feels like he’s letting them down

Eventually he breaks down and he posts how he feels to his fans. And the good thing is most understand and say kind words.

Some are mean ofcourse but most are so understanding… he decides to take a break from writing and try some new coping skills…

When his s/o wakes up he ugly cries while his s/o comforts them

He slowly starts writing again… and he’s starts liking what he writes again

Yasuhiro

Most people don’t know this about yasuhiro… he has a fear of failure… he keeps it hidden from his friends for the most part…

When his s/o is in a coma he’s living out a nightmare… he failed to protect them… or at least that’s what he thinks…

He can’t even pay for there hospital bills…. He even failed at that…

He becomes consumed by self hatred… he keeps fortune telling… but only because it makes him small amounts of money… he doesn’t care anymore…

He only really leaves his house to fortune tell… his friends only talk to him via text anymore…

His friends try to encourage him to leave the house… but he can’t bring himself too… he’s so tired… so tired

When there s/o wakes up he feels relief… but he still has his self hatred… with his s/o’s pleading he agrees to see a therapist to make them happy….

Chihiro

Coping… that’s what people do after something like this right? Whatever there coping method be good or bad… that’s normally what people do…

But chihiro doesn’t know how to cope with this… how can they cope with news like this…

They try coding but it doesn’t distract them… he tries techniques online but they don’t seem to work… he just doesn’t know what to do…

He spends time with mondo and taka a lot more… it makes him happy a little… but he still feels so lost…

He doesn’t cry at first when seeing his s/o in a coma… he’s in shock… he can’t believe it… then he goes home and sees the card he got s/o for there first Valentine’s Day… and then it all sinks in

And he breaks down crying

When they wake up he hugs them tightly for a long time… as if they will disappear if he lets go…

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