Kokichi Ouma

[Battler Ushiromiya]

The localization evidently messed up an incredibly important part of Kokichi's character. This Tumblr post outlines the issues the changes that the localization made:
http://oumakokichi.tumblr.com/post/166327441530/what-do-you-think-about-nisamericas-localization

The things detailed there are incredibly important for understanding his character, and is what turns his character from a good one to a great one, and I believe everybody should read this. There are spoilers for the entire game, so be warned.

[MawkishTREX~Sondheimite~]

I played the game with Japanese dub and he is one of the few characters I want to strangle to death everytime their mouths open. He's (and so is his voice) purely annoying and I would rather skip everything he says than putting myself through this living hell. I guess the fact that I understand Japanese and have a pretty good idea how Japanese sounds in different situations doesn't help either.

[Battler Ushiromiya]

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I played the game with Japanese dub and he is one of the few characters I want to strangle to death everytime their mouths open. He's (and so is his voice) purely annoying and I would rather skip everything he says than putting myself through this living hell. I guess the fact that I understands Japanese and have a pretty good idea how Japanese sounds in different situations doesn't help either.

Even during his serious moments, like when he got pissed off when Gonta kept saying he didn't know what everyone was talking about in chapter 4? Looks like I made a good choice to play with the dub, because his VA was great, ESPECIALLY in those serious moments.

[WizoDard]

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I read the entire post by the anonymous guy, and I can kind of agree with him, but from my perspective I disagree with him.
I can see why he thinks people would misunderstand Ouma because you have to read in-between the lines so much to find out what he's really like, and most people aren't really good at that, but for me, I understood Ouma's character completely. I knew what he was like and what he was trying to get at after his motives were revealed. I certainly think he is a nice character who was forced to make rash decisions to stop the killing game. Personally, reading between the lines should've been mandatory for Ouma anyway. You've spent 4 chapters with him, at that point in the game you should've realized what he lies about and what sounds somewhat truthful.
For me, I understood Ouma's character completely based off of the localization of his character, but I can definitely see why others might not. I would just say that the Japanese version put the facts out there, but the localization version made you think more to find the true self of Ouma.
And the part about him being non-violent but the game not stating it well, I'm pretty sure it was very obvious that he wasn't a violent person once you saw his motive video. The motive video says specifically that his group did, " harmless, funny pranks " on people. Anybody who read that and compared it to his actions in the killing game, and his final line revealed by Kaito could easily understand what Ouma was like.
I just think it was easy for me to understand him, but I have no idea if this applies to anybody else...

Thinking Ouma is a nice character is here you're wrong. He's not a nice character, at all. He's technically on the side of the students, but that doesn't make him a good person

He overall is a genuinely nice person. It's not like he wants to cause harm to others, he just likes messing around with people and teasing them. That's what I mean by nice person.

[WizoDard]

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I played the game with Japanese dub and he is one of the few characters I want to strangle to death everytime their mouths open. He's (and so is his voice) purely annoying and I would rather skip everything he says than putting myself through this living hell. I guess the fact that I understands Japanese and have a pretty good idea how Japanese sounds in different situations doesn't help either.

That profile pic, xD. I surprisingly liked his English VA. So that's a plus for all us people who played the localization...

[Battler Ushiromiya]

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Thinking Ouma is a nice character is here you're wrong. He's not a nice character, at all. He's technically on the side of the students, but that doesn't make him a good person

He overall is a genuinely nice person. It's not like he wants to cause harm to others, he just likes messing around with people and teasing them. That's what I mean by nice person.

That's wrong. He's NOT a nice person. He doesn't want to harm them, and he is on their side, but he still antagonizes them a lot and he leans more towards an anti-hero than anything else

[WizoDard]

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He overall is a genuinely nice person. It's not like he wants to cause harm to others, he just likes messing around with people and teasing them. That's what I mean by nice person.

That's wrong. He's NOT a nice person. He doesn't want to harm them, and he is on their side, but he still antagonizes them a lot and he leans more towards an anti-hero than anything else

You can continue your obssession over Ouma, but I am going back to my true love; Kirumi Tojo. I will also be best friends with Korekiyo.