First (and later) Impressions of Usami/Monomi?

[FreezingCoal]

I'm just genuinely curious as to what others think of her.
As someone who's finished the game recently, I was happy to see that, even though she was pretty boring to me for most of the game, she tried to stand her ground in the end...

I was still a little shocked about how little influence she had on the killing game and whatnot, but despite her being less prevalent, I thought it was smart to keep her tucked away for most of the game. There wasn't really role she could fill most of the time, anyway, so she'd just get annoying if she was around constantly just for the sake of being there.
But those are just my personal thoughts. I'm really more interested in what others have to say.

*the spoiler isn't reeeally that much of a spoiler, but it's best to be on the safe side, in case anyone clicks here by accident...

[FLFL Koizumi]

I dont see why Usami was designed the way she was after the stuff that happened with the last mascot looking thing.

[neildittmar]

I found Usami / Monomi to be a pretty interesting character actually...

Before Monokuma arrived, she was essentially running the show during the school trip. She made the rules, she dictated the policies, and she was the authority for (presumably) the rest of the proceedings.

Once Monokuma showed up, she had nearly all of her powers stripped (save for her ability to defeat the Monobeasts) and pretty much became a simple bystander to the goings-on. She was reduced from an active role to mostly a "commentary" based one. She even drew ire and disdain from the students, despite still trying to work to their best interests, even attempting to be inspirational at times.

Spike Chunsoft made the right move in keeping her role to the "small doses" variety once she was transformed into Monomi. Her sickeningly sweet demeanor would've been pretty tough for me to stomach had she been an integral character with many scenes and lines of dialog.