now that we've seen what it'd be like for shuichi and kaede to take on DR1 as a duo, how do you think they'd tackle SDR2 as a duo? and do you think anything would drastically change thanks to their presence?
(I'm assuming they replace Hajime.)
Okay, in the THH post I kind of took it for granted that Shuichi and Kaede imprint on each other in that scenario just like they do in V3, but them sticking together in V3 feels at least in part like a result of them waking up in the same room, which probably wouldn't be the case in THH and definitely wouldn't be the case in SDR2.
So, first things first: What, if anything, draws them together?
This is a situation where no one passes out on the beach, and presumably Nagito goes off by himself (since I actually don't think he'd imprint on anyone else there). Nagito's introduction spot would be on the Central Island, since I think only Imposter is there in canon.
When the group disperses after Usami's exposition, I think Kaede would go to the airport and Shuichi, meaning to just look around, would end up on the farm. So, the introduction phase is spent with Kaede trying to convince Kazuichi that he can fix the airplanes and Shuichi getting called names by Hiyoko until he says something back and she bursts into tears. Shuichi runs away because he made Hiyoko cry. Meanwhile, Kaede is frustrated that Kazuichi wants to just accept defeat, kick back, and enjoy the vacation and Gundham is being deliberately difficult to understand, so she leaves the airport looking for another way.
They run into each other, and Kaede is basically like, "Hey, you said you're the Ultimate Detective, right? Have you figured anything out about this place?"
And Shuichi is drawn to her positivity and proactiveness, and they stick together from there.
While Nagito doesn't imprint on either of them the way he does Hajime, he does identify them as the protagonists of this experience and hype them up a bunch while also making things harder for them on purpose. In this situation, Nagito is not providing very much help during the trials at all. He is sometimes trying to confuse Shuichi or provoke Kaede.
Shuichi being someone who will lie during the trials fascinates Nagito, and I think sometimes he accepts it as a means to an end and doesn't challenge the lies at all and sometimes he immediately calls them out and argues them down because they offend his sensibilities. (The latter is kind of like his canon moment where he says that Mahiru made her own choice and wasn't tempted by Nagito; there are moments where he feels strongly about how he wants the dead to be remembered. And he will shoot down a lie that makes things seem less cool. Like, "The murder was excellently planned and executed; I'm sure the killer wouldn't really make such a stupid mistake.")
Kaede and Shuichi might sneak and play the Twilight Syndrome Murder Case game.
One of them probably gets Despair Disease. Probably Kaede.
And if no one else kills before she does, Kaede will probably do something rash in the Chapter 4 Funhouse. The ticking clock "everyone dies" kind of motive is one that tends to challenge her.
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