Pick Your Poison

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Nekomaru Nidai

Nekomaru is NOT problematic at all. What is problematic though is how much he was slept on in the story. If you look at his free time events, you learn a lot about him and see he's such a selfless, bold, llight-hearted guy. In the story, he's just reduced down to shit jokes and no one really cares for him because of that. I know he isn't the most interesting Danganronpa character but he's such a dad, please look at his FTEs right now!!

Akira Otoishi

To be honest, I don't care all that much anymore about Akira, I mostly just wanted to share my hypothesis on what his life was like. I don't think he really had a strong family connection at all, his parents were probably the type to not care about their kids and let them do whatever. Akira grew up living by himself because of that and had a rocky childhood. He probably looked up to rockstars due to how many fans and friends they had, and he figured he could finally have an exciting life and feel loved, which is why he's so passionate about being a rockstar. I mean, he stole from his father to make his guitar, I doubt they could be that close.
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Not really trying to defend him, I just wanted to share the headcanon I had.

Rohan Kishibe

A lot of Rohan's actions are very, uh, questionable. I won't say he's a good person, but I don't think he's a bad person, either? He is deeply rooted into his art, as you know, and it truly does seem to make up his whole world. I'm really curious as to why it's so important to him, but that's not of relevance. Rohan, despite his high ego, does suffer from insecurities. When you first meet him, before he goes crazy goes stupid, he reveals something. He's deeply insecure about his drawing stability. Each time he makes a new chapter, he's nervous somehow people will lose interest, or he'll suddenly stop wanting to draw. Drawing is a big part of what he's lived for, and he's always fearing it will just stop. That would feel like losing his purpose in life. This is the only thing he admits, though, which makes me wonder if he has any other insecurities. When you first see him, I think that was when he was at his worst. He had got the stand not that long ago, and when he met Koichi and read up on the pages, he got overwhelmed with inspiration and creativity he did not want to waste it. To him, he felt cured of all his doubts, it was like heaven. After Josuke beat the shit out of him though, he started to tone down.
Speaking of Josuke, let's talk about Rohan's grudge. Personally, I wish Rohan would give Josuke a chance, but Rohan has fair reason not to. Rohan is not omnipotent, he doesn't see all the good stuff to Josuke that we see. All Rohan has seen of Josuke is a rebellious, disrespectful, cheater. Josuke firstly beat up Rohan, for good reason, but it obviously wasn't a great start. Nextly, Josuke tried conning Rohan out of his money when Rohan wanted to play fair. He also indirectly caused the fire. Technically it was Rohan who left the magnifying glass, but it wouldn't have been left there if Josuke didn't try playing a game he'd cheat at. Josuke also made himself look like a slob in the manga, in order to protect Mikitaka. Also, Josuke kinda caused Rohan to take his hiatus, something he'd NEVER want to do, out of fear of people losing interest in his story, something dear to him. Josuke is also unpredictable to Rohan. It's never really stated, but I assume Rohan is either 1. confident in his skills at reading people due to all his research into reality, so whenever Josuke does the opposite, it frustrates him or 2. He just really likes having orders followed.
Besides all this, Rohan isn't an entire ass towards everyone. He actually does have his own sense of honor and respect, however, it's only acted on those he finds worthy, as shown to how he respects Jotaro and Joseph. He's also fairly kind to strangers, displaying proper manners to those he works with. Later in the series, Rohan becomes more aware and tame of his actions. He's apologized several time after looking into people later on, and he has saved several people he didn't have to save (his assistant in the OVA, Janken Boy, and he warned Josuke of Highway Star). Also, Rohan is kinda childish. It's a dual-edged sword, but personally I enjoy that side of him. It's mostly displayed when he's alone, though. The whole July 15th arc is him being extremely curious and desperate to see the architect's back. Speaking of which, I know you could say that Rohan killed a man by looking at his back, but as soon as Cheap Trick was attached to that man, someone was bound to see his back one way or another. Plus that, I don't think Rohan would intentionally look at his back if he knew the consequences. In the Janken arc, he also was really excited about his win which was babey...
Also, it seems like Rohan was alone most of his life, which might be why he doesn't really have a filter, because no one guided him to being nice. He acts based on practicality and his own desires. I honestly feel like with Morioh, he could lighten up a little.
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Obviously, this doesn't mean you have to like him. There's still a LOT of reasons I could see someone hating him, I just wanna make sure you hate him for the right reasons. And obviously, I don't think anything excuses his behavior, I just wanted to express why I think he might act the way he does!

Fugo Pannacotta

Fugo's past is crucial to understanding why the way he works. No mean to flex, but in my OG Fugo essay I actually predicted his past ehe... Okay it's not that impressive so I digress. Fugo has a natural knack for learning, and due to that, a high expectation on him was placed to be perfect and always be logical with his choices. As a teen, though, we know a lot of emotions and hormones happen which would contradict that. He might feel an emotion, whether he's happy or sad about something, and then his brain would immediately invalidate those emotions. He most likely never had many friends due to how he had to focus on studying, and he could have even been picked on for being so smart. I know having no friends seems cliche and like it wouldn't impact much of your life, but having no one there for Fugo to rely on forced him to keep whatever bottled up and he essentially learned to live by himself, without relying on anyone. He learned no healthy ways to cope, his life was like leaving a baby to cry itself out. If he felt lonely, he would most likely get frustrated with himself, saying that friends aren't necessary and how he's dumb and a disappointment for wanting them. When he was abandoned, that further enforced his toxic, ingrained belief of how he can't trust people and shouldn't get vulnerable.
This type of conflicting mindset would take a lot on how he interacts with people, especially Narancia. Fugo could legitimately enjoy and like his gang, but his short temper and logical thinking would counteract that. Like in the fork scene, Fugo could legitimately believe Narancia could learn the math, but when he sees Narancia fail over and over, the logic side would tell him that Narancia's dumb, he can't learn it despite me being clear with my instructions. If Fugo caught on quickly, why wouldn't he? Similar things like that would happen, leading up to the boat scene. Firstly, Fugo had a valid reason not to go on. From all Fugo knew, it seemed hopeless. Anyone who disobeyed the boss wound up dead, so obviously, the choice his parents would have told him to go would be to stay, the "smart" choice. He knew he would live if he picked that. So, upon seeing all his friends, people he cared for and gave him a home, willingly sacrifice themselves baffled and hurt him. He finally found people he cared for and now they were going to go away, in a fight he believed was pointless. In that scene he was asking why they were leaving, desperately trying to convince them otherwise. He never said "Fine fuck you guys I hope you die." In his heart, I know Fugo wanted to follow with the gang, but in that instance the pressure was too much and he followed the path he was taught, to always pick the "smart" choice. I haven't read PHF, but I heard it explored his character much more, and he truly regretted not joining them. Also, due to the incident that got him kicked out of school, that might also explain why he believed the fight against the boss would be hopeless. He stood up for himself and rebelled against an authority, and that got him kicked out from his family and school.
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Essentially, while I know this does not give Fugo a pass for his violent tendencies, I don't think we should just brush him aside as an "asshole who betrayed his friends." He had a lot of toxic mindsets put into his brain that conflicted against Fugo's heart, which is why his temper was so short, as he was always so conflicted and he never found ways to cope.

Cerebella

Cerebella was done so dirty by her story. She had so much potential. Cerebella is a girl who was brought in by the Medici's, a violent and ruthless mafia, who only wanted Cerebella as a tool to use for their organization. However, as children are easy to manipulate, Cerebella was raised from a young age believing that the Medici were good, and anyone who rebelled was bad. She saw the Medici's as family, while they saw her as a pawn. Cerebella is clearly attached to the circus and thoroughly believes the Medici's are good, because she was never told about all the heinous things they've done. Eliza even implies Cerebella doesn't know the true colors of the Medici in Eliza's story mode, and the Skullheart says Cerebella has a pure heart. Someone who was pure would not condone what the Medici's do, hence why I think she doesn't know what they do. They most likely just tell her to attack certain people because they're trying to hurt them, no more, no less. Which is why Cerebella's ending bugs me so much. She killed Misss Fortune and essentially was like "aw man I feel bad :(" and nothing else. Cerebella could've had a wonderful ending where she saw the true horrors of the Medici's herself and finally became her own person and rebelled, maybe even with Miss Fortune.
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I feel like Cerebella's ending is why most people dislike her, because it adds nothing to her character, and wasn't even remotely satisfying.

Jason Dean

J.D. really is such a tragic character. I can't imagine how painful his life was for him to get such a warped perception of the world. He really was so misguided, and I know he could have been saved but it was too late. J.D. lived with a hyper toxic father, focused on destroying things and displaying violent tendencies. He moved around a lot, to the point he gave up on befriending people and learned the world owed him nothing. He took solace in 7/11's because it was literally the only thing he had in his life. When he met Veronica, she literally was his world, she was everything he needed. When bad things started happening to her, getting things violent was what he resorted to because it was all he really knew. As long as Veronica was protected, he didn't care about the consequences. He wanted to rid the world of jerks, people like his father who ruined his life, and he only knew how to do that by killing them, and it worked. They can't be assholes if they aren't alive, which only encouraged him more. He was in desperate need of a healthy coping system. He truly did love Veronica and wanted a good world rid of bad people, but he had no one to guide him in the right direction.
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Duh, of course what he did wasn't right and I don't condone it, but I found J.D. to be a complex character, and even relatable in some aspects, which is why I wanted to write this all.

Gladiolus Amicitia

So Gladio gets a lot of shit for his masculinity and aggressiveness, and that's fair enough, but he still does care for shit, you know. The reason he's probably tough on Noctis is because, being raised as the shield, Gladio probably never got any easy treatment and developed the practical, no sugar coating outlook he has now. Any mistake Gladio did was probably scolded because a single slip up could cost the king's life. That's why he's rough on Noctis, because if Noctis gains a bad habit, that habit could easily lead to his downfall. Gladio's pride is being able to protect those he cares for, so he's extra cautious and protective of people because if someone he protected dies, then he's failed his life mission.
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Obviously, I'll admit sometimes his harshness does bother me, but he isn't heartless.

Korekiyo Shinguji

WIP
I have not completed DRV3 yet, however I will certainly write something about him in the future here, trust me.

Diavolo

This is a WIP!! I had a bunch of theories about him, but it's been a while and I lost my notes on what I believed... I'll have to go back and gather it all again. Diavolo actually isn't a favorite of mine, I only added this section because I wanted to write what I could piece together about him. You can bet your ass I am NOT trying to defend him though.

Goro Akechi

Okay I haven't played much of Persona 5 yet, so this is still a WIP... But from what I know of him, it seems there's a lot to analyze in his mind. I feel like it'll be another Fugo kinda thing where he's had certain toxic mindsets learned which causes him to be a bitchass.