Hey so you know how in the Izuru-Fuyuhiko conversation, Izuru assumes Fuyuhiko intends to use Izuru for his talents? And Fuyuhiko refutes that like right away. Based on the recent art you made, do you have any thoughts on Izuru making himself useful (as a meat shield apparently) anyway? Izuru usefulness complex vs. Fuyuhiko 'people arent tools' complex or something like that? Sorry if this is a strange ask to get out of the blue haha I am interested in the narrative.
Ok so this is a FANTASTIC question and it took all my restraint not to send back an entire essay lmao💛💛💛
(correction^ I wrote 544 words of this so, maybe a LITTLE bit of an essay)
So, here are my thoughts on Izuru and Fuyuhiko's potential relationship in DRS:US:
I feel like the reason that Izuru may in fact stay with Fuyuhiko in this scenario (I mean, he outright says that if he were told to be free without orders he would probably just disappear overseas and cut contact,) is Fuyuhuko’s resolve not to use Izuru for his talents. I think that, in one way or another, this wont sit right with Izuru, who can easily reason out the fact that he’s a passive force until acted upon, and if acted upon (or used) for the good of humanity, that would have an overall better net benefit to the world than valuing his independence and letting his talents go to waste. As little as Izuru seems to care about anything, the thought process behind letting him do whatever he wants and not like, idk, make him cure cancer, is an absolutely atrocious error in judgement and has to be the fault of some under-developed moral code of Fuyuhuko’s. I think this intrigue is part of why Izuru would want to stay with Fuyuhuko: to see how long it will take for Fuyu, given ample opportunity, to abandon his personal code and start using Izuru (weather for humanity’s benefit or his own).
Note: I also think this is why Izuru would “make himself useful” (like the meat shield incident). By showing how much he could benefit Fuyuhiko when his talents are used, he’s subtly testing his resolve to keep refraining from doing so.
On the FLIP side we have Fuyuhiko, who’s honestly got a point. He’s definitely not thinking of it in the same big moral strokes that Izuru is, but he is thinking of the basic gist of it: What should you value more, a person’s freedom or the good they can do? In his (learned) opinion, the value a person’s life has and the potential they have for good aren’t exclusive, but that person needs to do the good on their own for it to have meaning. His relationship with Peko comes to mind hard here as someone who has been given a role and carried it out perfectly, denying their own free will in the process. Fuyu doesn’t go through the same lesson in the same way as DR2, but it’s clear that he’s coming to similar conclusions about valuing Peko’s free will in their DRUS interactions. I feel like, similarly, Fuyu would just want Izuru to start giving a damn about being used by people and stop treating himself like a means to an end.
So, does this turn into a genuine friendship? Something more?... Maybe??? I see a lot of interpretations of Izuru’s character were he’s an unfeeling machine, which I personally really dislike. I mean, the man has enough emotion to be bored by being unable to be surprised by anything anymore. He does Cry, even if he doesn’t know why. In my eyes, Izuru is mentally incredibly developed, but emotionally underdeveloped because of his emphasis on learning and usefulness since his ‘creation’. So, these two’s relationship is both ambiguous and up for interpretation, but I do think it has room for Izuru to come to understand Fuyuhuko’s thinking and maybe even start caring for him eventually. Honestly it’s all up to your personal interpretation of Izuru’s character!
But yea, those are just my thoughts! Let me know Your own interpretation!! I love these characters and always wanna hear other people's thoughts on them!!! 💛
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since i don't know if anyone played Summer Camp more or less All The Way Thru but me, and i don't Expect anyone to either, here's the ending CG which i believe is Unique and which made me Cry
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Danganronpa S is weirdly unsettling.
Like, it's cute and fun and slice of life but the real context of these characters keeps slipping into my brain.
I picked Komaru for my first play of the board game. Just unlocked a scene with Makoto and Sayaka, where Komaru's fangirling out over the fact that Makoto really truly goes to school with Sayaka, an idol that Komaru's super into.
And it's cute. Komaru's all flustered. Sayaka's having a good time. It's a sweet moment.
Sayaka framed Makoto for murder.
In a fit of desperation, Sayaka took advantage of Makoto's blind, naïve trust to try and commit a murder that would be unmistakably pinned on him.
That is a thing that happened.
And I just. I can't get that out of my brain. While I'm sitting here watching the Naegis discuss how cool it is that Sayaka and Makoto are classmates.
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“To be honest, my curiosity got the better of me.”
“You know the saying; curiosity killed the cat?”
“I have. And yet here I am, still standing.”
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Mukuro goes out to exercise late one night, only to be interrupted by a familiar green-haired schoolmate.
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as much as i dont like the danganronpa summer camp game, ryoma becoming a babysitter for the woh is so cute and wholesome 😭 i cant find anybody else talking about this but its literally the best thing in the gameeeee
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random utdp/summer camp observations #4: alive siblings!! dead siblings!!
in Summer Camp, according to the cutscene "Monotaro's Hope," the following characters have siblings alive or dead in the Nice AU:
the Naegis, obviously
the Despair Twins, obviously (though people don't know that Mukuro exists)
Byakuya
Hina
Korekiyo
Rantaro
Fuyuhiko
Mondo
Akane
if you think this means we have a Haiji-free existence, unfortunately, you are mistaken:
relatedly, Baby Girl Kuzuryu is alive:
as is Baby Boy Asahina:
but not Big Man Owada, sadly:
alas, Hifumi's sister is MIA, it seems. and for Kaede's twin truthers, well, it appears she doesn't exist in this universe. woe!!
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