(SPOILERS INCLUDED) ok let's talk about Nagito Komaeda

[MadeofSand]

I just finished the game i gotta say this was a great game, I really enjoyed getting to learn about the new students and conquering each class trial. But one character especially kept me on the edge of my seat till the very end and that was Nagito Komaeda. Nagito Komaeda is an anti-hero he is neither a true villain but neither is he a hero either. He wants his fellow students to survive even if it means at the cost of his own life. Nagito Komaeda is an unforgettable, well thought out, and complex character that never ceases to amaze me.

Even though his methods are ...extreme (who am i kidding they were insane). After Danganronpa 1 I never thought that being known as the ultimate luckster would compare to ultimate martial artist or ultimate pop star in anyway but boy did danganronpa 2 proved me wrong. Nagito Komaeda deserved to be called ultimate luckster i mean playing russian roulete with five bullets and leaving only one empty chamber is crazy. Plus don't even get me started on how his luck was able to find determine that chiaki was the traitor in case 5. I would never ever want to Komaeda as an enemy heck he's even scarier than Junko Enoshima.

Some people absolutely hate komaeda because of what he did to chiaki and his actions throughout the game. But for me i can't hate him, heck to some extent i could almost agree with him at some points because overall he almost carried every case, he gave helpful suggestions , asked really important questions during trials, and even baited the culprits into a corner. I gotta say he is for certain one of my most favorite characters in the series.

[Lady Gaga]

Messaggio originale di Voltage:

Messaggio originale di desert.king90:

He wants his fellow students to survive even if it means at the cost of his own life.

It's been a while since I played, so my memory could be off, but wasn't his plan to kill everyone except Chiaki?

yea you're right, he wanted that everybody died because he found out that they were all remnants of despair

[MadeofSand]

Yes you're right, komaeda did want the other students to die however i do think it was the only way to get chiaki to come forward. After Komaeda found out that chiaki was the traitor he tried other methods to make her come forward and confess to everyone but since she never came forward. He was forced to come up with a plan that would either kill everyone but chiaki ( if they voted that komaeda killed himself) or reveal herself as the traitor. If i had to guess Komaeda probably knew that chiaki was a program that couldn't come forward and the bomb scare was probably a test to see chiaki's actions.

[defective pancake]

Komaeda is insane and takes it all to the extreme even though he kind of has the right idea. Although his demented obsession with an abstract concept doesn't make him any better than Junko. It's just that he sees things in a certain light only and refuses to accept the alternative, at least that's how I see him. I know that the fanbase in general is weirdly fascinated with his character, he's admittedly interesting and is solidly-written but then again characters tend to be Danganronpa's stronger side.

Messaggio originale di desert.king90:

If i had to guess Komaeda probably knew that chiaki was a program that couldn't come forward and the bomb scare was probably a test to see chiaki's actions.

You're completely wrong about that. If you played the game you should know why. He never knew who the traitor was besides the fact that there is, indeed, a traitor among them. Komaeda only had one thing in his life he could trust 100% percent, and that's his luck cycle. However, even if he would want to take everyone but the traitor out in one fell swoop, I kind of have doubts the program with Junko virus installed in it would allow that. There are also certain rules to the game, where the killer is always automatically the person who deals the finishing blow. If, for example, the victim is beaten up badly by culrit A, and on the verge of dying, and "culprit" B finds that victim and, let's say, tries to do something to treat their injuries but the victim ends up dying in "culprit" B's arms, the killer *is* going to be "culprit" B. Because "culprit" B laid hands on the victim, and the victim "technically" died from "culprit" B's interference. That's the bare mechanics of the game, and it's exactly how they're implemented in this case: both culprit A and victim is Nagito, "culprit" B is Chiaki. However, Nagito's luck ended up backfiring as always, allowing for this roundabout conclusion, that's what makes this case so good. There's always room for speculating that Nagito left a way out for the rest of the survivors, but I think that would kind of undermine his character's significance somewhat.