It's also mentioned that miraculously there were no casualties in the explosion, which is another example of Nagito's luck. The deeper and darker the despair... the brighter and more powerful the hope born from it. I...want to see that brightness. He seems to try confessing his feelings again but chooses to ask Hajime to be his friend instead, which the latter agrees to. Nagito and the rest of the class clap with gratitude. He receives the mistreatment from the Warriors of Hope with a smile and sometimes even seems to enjoy it (his official profile states that he might be a masochist). Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair That's all the more reason why...I should go. I don't want you guys to lose sight of yourselves because you doubt and hate me. During the Class Trial, the group was able to deduce that Nagito committed suicide, however, it was not as it seemed. ... Nagito carried himself to the upper decks to join everyone for breakfast. Whether or not you save them is up to you. Monaca seemed to agree with this goal, but the Servant's constant rambling about hope and despair made Monaca bored and feel embarrassed about the whole thing. Despite this, it's later shown that Teruteru does not miss him when he is gone, just like the other students. Believing that he is unable to embody hope, he idolized Hope's Peak Academy and its' students as symbols of hope who are capable of creating "absolute hope" - hope that can overcome any despair. 日本語 Hiroki Suzuki. So he decided to put all his faith in his luck (which would probably be at its peak considering that he was currently stabbing himself) and hope that the person who threw the poison was the traitor, based purely on chance. Because of Nagito's bad luck, the dog was hit by a truck. Chiaki was Nagito's classmate prior to the Tragedy. Presumably, due to his already ill state, he suffered from Despair Disease the most out of the three, quickly lost consciousness and was close at dying. But it seems as though they made a huge mistake. Komaru is at first confused by the Servant and later appears a bit afraid of him after realizing how insane he is, not understanding his talk about hope at all. Nagito Komaeda: Killed by poison Chiaki Nanami accidentally threw. Servant hands back her Hacking Gun, promises to give her upgrades later and tells her that she needs to go see the Warriors of Hope. He later appeared as the protagonist in a 30-minute long OVA called Super Danganronpa 2.5: Nagito Komaeda and the Destroyer of the World. Nagito agreed with it, saying that the class and it's light will never end as long as Chiaki was their rep. At the beginning of the episode, Nagito and his classmates walked past Hajime heading toward the Main Course building. All the food he makes is inedible with very nonsensical ingredients (for example, in 2014's Christmas tweet, he is asked to make Bûche de Noël, but instead, he makes some sort of cake out of nothing but whipped cream and pinecones). The official limited art book describes him as "quiet, soft-spoken and effeminate". At night, after the trial, Nagito met with Monokuma and tried to get some information from the bear (concerning the student profiles and the "someone" Monokuma is waiting for on the island.) ", "A mystery that easy would make me feel sad. ", "That's right... People who are not needed in this scene should go and make their exit. The two had a slight argument after Hajime came to play basketball with the Ultimates, which left Nagito silent in thought and he then decided to cheer for all the players even though he had ”complicated feelings” about it. Don't make me repeat myself. ", "I'm on the side of the absolute hope that can overcome any despair. Monaca and Kurokuma don't think it's important and keep on watching the video. They're all completely different compared to a quitter like me. D. Derpot Member. In the non-canonical Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony's bonus mode Ultimate Talent Development Plan/Nagito Komaeda, Nagito seemingly dislikes Hajime at first and acted harsh and occasionally condescending towards him due to him being a reserve course student. Had he been awake to talk with Mikan, he probably would have noticed that she is infected by despair. This has resulted in his life being a constant series of both positive and negative incredibly unlikely circumstances happening to him (such as when his airplane was struck by a meteor, only to find out after he was rescued that during the crash he had won the lottery.) He's afraid he will bore or say something weird to Hajime, and worries that might cause Hajime to hate him, which is something he really doesn't want to happen. She tries to tell him this, but he ignores her, likely not considering her a person since she is seemingly a slow-witted plush toy. Later, Nagito rejoined the rest of Class 77-B to stop Ryota from spreading the brainwashing video. Hobby Hajime sent the World Destroyer to erase his mental blocks and right after hearing the alter ego's voice, which is exactly like Hajime's, Nagito had flashbacks and remembered Hajime and his smile (along with Jabberwock Island and his death in the program). He also warns her to keep the fact that he had returned the gun a secret if she doesn't wish to die. He was flattered when she drew a picture of him for his door while they were in the Funhouse. Regardless of how lucky I am, or if that luck even exists, I'm just too unimpressive to truly matter. Mikan kept nursing him and when he occasionally regained consciousness, he saw her eyes and realized that they were full of despair. Even if we weren't told this directly, you'd know it just by looking at the world around us. He mentioned that the murders had similarities and Class 78th's fourth murder was a suicide, which could mean something. However, after Monaca was trapped under rubble, he appeared again and rescued her because he was disappointed with the situation's outcome and the neutral ending. She sees Nagito, the rest of the class, and Chisa on the other side. Nagito Komaeda is an anti-hero he is neither a true villain but neither is he a hero either. Manga Furthermore, his choice of word being “aishiteru” is notable, as it's an incredibly strong way of saying "love" that in real life Japan, even some married couples are hesitant to use. The two start to search for a way out of the city, while in truth Toko is just trying to take her to the stronghold. The actor is expected to leave the stage during the finale. Servant says that he has a final report for his master and Kurokuma mocks him by asking if he realized he's a hard gay. During the end of chapter 5, many "dead" characters appeared as the Neo World Program's glitches. Hehe! However, it seems the brainwashing affected him differently than everyone else, as he also retains his hatred for Junko and his love for hope. In Island Mode, it's mentioned that he has poor stamina, very sensitive skin and he seems to dislike running. He wears plain black jeans, and a wallet chain with a skull charm, and pale brown shoes, each fastened by two zippers. His title is the Ultimate Lucky Student (超高校級の「幸運」 lit. Hiyoko Saionji makes fun of him and considers his dramatic pep talks about hope and friendship embarrassing and tiresome. Nagito wonders if it's going to change anything, but Hajime tells him that maybe like this they could really change something and understand each other some day. However, he later appears to have genuine respect for her deduction skills. Nagito then requests to have toast, as he doesn't really like rice, which causes Mahiru to leave annoyed. While denying it, Hajime in turn strongly wishes to understand Nagito. Even she was confused by his motives at times, not being sure which side he is on. He is requested by Monaca to guide Komaru through their Demon's Hunting game and bring her to their secret stronghold, a building called Towa Hills. That is why I feel no remorse becoming despair myself. In a fit of rage, Akane almost strangled Nagito to death, but she was stopped by Chiaki. And after that, only hope will remain. Super High School Level Good Luck). He developed strange, conflicting feelings of both love and hatred for Junko and saw her as his sworn enemy. However, he also states that contradictions don't matter to him anyway. He has a strong desire to be useful and he is very self-sacrificing, but his ways of helping are often very wrong, harmful and potentially very dangerous, as he is willing to cause temporary despair in order to have hope born from it. ", "Hope is important...not just for me, but for everyone, right? Interestingly, in Super Danganronpa 2.5, the World Destroyer whose personality appears to be heavily based on Izuru is seen smiling lightly while talking to Nagito about hope. 超高校級の「幸運」 You gotta look at the big picture, you know...", "It's fine if you don't understand... You can just see the end without knowing. Despite being Ultimate Despair, he does not seem directly dangerous and appears to be nonviolent, rather he manipulates and works behind the scenes. Once again, Nagito starts to talk about hope and his wish to become a stepping stone, but he is silenced and struck unconscious by Kazuichi. He also seems to be more aware of what he is doing while being brainwashed, which ironically seems to make him the sanest out of the class. ", "The worthy and worthless. Nagito is very excited to talk to Izuru and he's happy when he responds, considering him "amazing". Chiaki holds him in a protective manner while he is unconscious. That's what I believe! Toko strongly dislikes him, calling him a crazy idiot. He is also notably annoyed by Teruteru Hanamura's treatment of girls and takes it upon himself to keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn't harass anyone. The next morning, Nagito along with Gundham Tanaka arrives at the restaurant late, which breaks the cozy atmosphere. During the final class trial against AI Junko, Nagito briefly appears during "the game reset". Chiaki supports Nagito all the way from Junko's hideout to the school classroom where the rest of the class have regrouped, assuming that Nagito lied to them about Mikan's whereabouts. The Servant's main goal is to help to create a happy, hopeful world, but one born from absolute despair, going so far as to assist his own enemy and start a war for the sake of this goal. But being in an event not related to your talent isn't really what I'd call despair... Ultimates can easily overcome something like that. He set up a "suicide" to cause Chiaki Nanami, the traitor and not a Remnant of Despair, to unknowingly deal the killing blow, and therefore become the blackened. Prior to the chapter 1 trial, Hajime was the closest thing Nagito had to a friend. The symptoms that she surely felt must've been deserving of the name. He is shown to have a sort of one-sided rivalry with Junko, as she has no interest in him and considers him just as unimportant as the rest of his class. Gundham Tanaka's missing dog drank one of the drinks and became gigantic, which made Nagito realize that it isn't a laxative. Unlike the others, he didn't take cover on the side of the class, showing no concern in getting hurt by the fight at all. Though he claims he was fine with being alone before, he then realized he would die all alone and that he always desired, more than anything, to be loved by someone. (After eating, "How wonderfully beautiful. I want to be thankful that there's, "As soon as my life entered the final round, it quickly became a rollercoaster ride! But he then smiled, saying that he must be truly lucky to experience such bad luck. ", "I mean, popcorn isn't something you should really mess with anyway. However, even under the effect of aphrodisiacs, Nagito still only seemed to think about hope. ", "That sounds like something a teacher would say...but I shouldn't expect too much form, "It's not much of a talent, but...even I have an Ultimate-level talent, you know. But that's not the topic at hand. The Servant calls the story's situation a game several times, such as calling Komaru a "generic game protagonist" and mentioning game-balancing and defeating of the final boss. He was able to deduce Mikan as the culprit and how she murdered Ibuki and Hiyoko. He respects Seiko, as she was able to create hope during a killing game, even after she had died. He has also seen very unlikely and strange things due to his luck, which is why he is not easily surprised. Otherwise, you should close this page and view another page. It's strongly implied that Nagito joined because he wanted to see Ultimate Despair's rise and fall, believing that no matter what, hope would always win and despair would be destroyed in the end. Later, he was shown in the school's park with his classmates, smiling at a bird who landed on his hand. After the class descends the stairway, Mikan eventually catches up with them. ", "We're all done for! The Warriors of Hope make him their slave and constantly threaten and degrade him, knowing nothing of just how powerful he really is. The class begins to consider these concerns but Chiaki's speech is still able to convince them otherwise. Nagito likely suppresses any real feelings of sorrow or fear as a coping mechanism, because he experiences tragedy often due to his luck. Nagito first comes off as a polite, friendly, and easygoing, yet somewhat insecure boy. I think that's a bad idea. There's no way one friend would murder another...", "The Ultimates are working together to combat the despair of their, "Me, lie? I'm so ashamed of being unreliable! Nagito returned … Name In turn, Hajime answers that Nagito reminds him of "the rice of a new crop" (referring to rice freshly harvested during the fall season) because of Nagito's hair's color. He tries to be polite, but he can be overly harsh and insensitive, often without realizing it. However, he also adds that he always sincerely means what he says. After Nekomaru is murdered, Nagito becomes playable for the first time. 28 equates to "double luck", meaning that his birth month represents bad luck while his birthday represents the double luck which cancels the aforementioned misfortune. In Chapter 4 of Danganronpa 2, he accidentally offended both Kazuichi and Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu—in Fuyuhiko's case, he understood that he said something wrong and quickly apologized, but remained quite confused, and misunderstood what he said wrong. After bidding her class a final farewell, Chisa activates a bomb that fakes the death of Class 77-B. He is generally polite and collected, but he may appear insensitive at times or lose his composure when talking about hope. She gets angrier after Servant reminds her of her past as an actress and even threatens to kill him. Nagato (長門 Nagato) was a shinobi of Amegakure and descendant of the Uzumaki clan. He and the rest of his class were shown to have escaped Jabberwock Island and went to the Future Foundation branch where the Final Killing Game was held. When Nagito was captured by the Warriors of Hope and became their Servant, Monaca seemed to be the only one aware of his true identity. The ending song for Danganronpa 3 - Despair Arc, performed by Megumi Ogata as Nagito, is about "the birth of absolute hope" and Nagito meeting someone "he was born to meet" in the middle of the night at the school's campus. It wouldn't be good enough to serve as everyone's stepping stone...", "Yep, an understandable explanation! Nagisa then arrives with his robot, but Servant isn't frightened and states that Nagisa really is a child for getting so angry. Hope is a positive force... Everything created by it is an absolute good! ", "After all the time we've spent together, I believe in you guys. And in order to see it, I'm going to become everybody's stepping stone. Furthermore, he sometimes has sudden outbursts in which his eyes darken and start to swirl (Hajime describes the look "a crude mix of hope and despair") while he rambles even more enthusiastically, but he usually snaps out of it fairly quickly and seemingly isn't aware of what happened. However, as he reached for the bottle higher up in the storage room, he fell on the floor along with two bottles. His parents died in an airplane and later in the Island Mode, he is seen to be very terrified by the mere idea of aircraft. In order to create absolute hope that shines brightly, stepladders such as myself and despair exist...", "Am I? Nagito is later seen with Hajime and Chiaki inside the Neo World Program. Weight In Nagito's character song, Poison -gekiyaku-, he mentions that he loves and wants to understand an ambiguous "him" more than anyone else. ... Nagito propped himself on his elbows and watched as the blonde manuevered around his bathroom. He set up a "suicide" to cause Chiaki Nanami, the traitor and not a Remnant of Despair, to unknowingly deal the killing blow, and therefore become the blackened. Nagito Komaeda (狛枝 凪斗), is a student of Hope's Peak Academy's Class 77-B, and a participant of the Killing School Trip featured in Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair. TreasonAttempted murderVandalismTerrorismEmotional abuseDestructionManipulation Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Servant hurries to stop them and arrives just in time. He set up a "suicide" to cause Chiaki Nanami, the traitor and not a Remnant of Despair, to unknowingly deal the killing blow, and therefore become the blackened. Monaca and Kurokuma are surprised by this, since "the show" has just begun. The others noticed that his behavior became even stranger and more distant than before. He and Nekomaru are the ones who tie up Nagito and Kazuichi is the one who punches him unconscious. Fuyuhiko doesn't open his door, so Nagito leaves him be. Gender He lies still and listens silently as the two girls talk, but then rises up to sit and states that the current outcome is alright because the city would lose hope if Komaru left. And despite that, you guys are already ready to give up. In Island Mode, Nagito really wants to entertain Hajime during their trips but is paranoid over his safety. Alive At first, Nagito got along well with his classmates in the program, though his love of Hope was considered a little strange. Like Hope's Peak Academy, Nagito strongly associates hope with talent and talent with worth. I thought I'd be able to see amazingly strong hope at Hope's Peak... And there might be something I could do to help the symbols of hope shine... That's what I thought. Why did Nagito kill him? He also kept laughing when Chisa called him "rotten orange", completely oblivious to the fact that it wasn't a compliment. ...How beautiful. He is also very proud of Komaru after hearing her talk in a much more positive and confident way, marveling how much wider her world has grown. ...I don't mind if you kill me, but if that happens, I want you to let me help. But if I can't win when there's only a one-in-six chance of success, then what kind of Ultimate talent is that? In Danganronpa Another Episode, as the Servant and Ultimate Despair, Nagito is even harder to read and rarely lets his true intentions and emotions show. While he has a very calm personality, even the Servant seems a bit annoyed by Kurokuma and sometimes chooses to ignore him. The members were brainwashed and fell madly in love with Junko, but Nagito's case was different. Origin It's stated that the Servant is aware of Toko's personality type and he also knows that sneezing causes her to switch personalities, supposedly because he has watched the footage of Killing School Life. Hajime also didn't feel like an Ultimate to Nagito and they were both fans of Hope's Peak Academy. Then, Nagito left an anonymous warning for the school that bad things would happen if the practical exams aren't canceled, and he hid a bomb inside the gym. To make it look like he was tortured by someone, (and to cause himself bad luck that would turn into good luck) Nagito tied himself up, covered his mouth with duct tape, stabbed through his own hand, cut his arms and thighs multiple times with an army knife, and impaled his stomach with a spear. Servant disagrees and explains that the seeds of despair cannot be destroyed while they're buried, but they can be completely burned after they've flourished above the surface.