#monokumarz

we just finished playing a short dnd campaign so as the gm i sketched out some important npcs

the mcs are miu and himiko. miu's a human artificer/warlock, got into a debt to her patron (capitaluya) and has to find 5k gold in 3 days or her body will turn into gold; himiko's a goblin sorcerer who has to find her mysteriously disappeared master (gundham)

i call this campaign "midas vs mid girls"

I've been watching the game grumps play danganronpa V3 and it reminded me of how much I loved the Monokubs, so I turned them into Yo-kai Watch nyans JSDH

Basic info about each one:

Taronyan

C Rank

Brave tribe

Wind attribute

Inspiriting causes one to forget things they just talked about

Skill: Forgot to Guard - No Yo-kai will guard in battle

Soultimate: Sick Ninja Skills!

Taronyan throws out a barrage of ninja stars! Targets all foes.

Sukenyan

B Rank

Mysterious tribe

Earth attribute

Inspiriting causes greediness with money

Skill: Calculated Movement - Decreases foe’s accuracy (I haven't actually thought up a Soultimate for him yet. The only thing I have in mind currently is an attack where coins rain down on the enemy team, making all foes take damage.)

Phanienyan

C Rank

Charming tribe

Restoration attribute

Inspiriting causes nausea

Skill: Can’t Get Sick Now! - Will recover a little HP when Loafing around

Soultimate: Flower Shower

Phanienyan scatters flower petals over all allies, restoring their health greatly.

Kidnyan

A Rank

Tough tribe

Lightning attribute

Inspiriting causes one to become loud and rowdy

Skill: Annoyance - May attack an ally.

Soultimate: Hell’s Ballad

Kidnyan unleashes a sonic boom from his electric guitar! Targets all foes, but also hurts allies a little.

Damunyan

S Rank

Eerie tribe

Lightning attribute

Inspiriting causes intense clinginess towards friends, bordering on obsession

Skill: A Friend in Need - Protects allies from lethal blows by taking the hits.

Soultimate: Best Friends Forever

A mass inspirit that keeps all foes stuck in place, unable to move. Best friends shouldn’t leave each other, after all!

The Monokubs represent the blackened (or rather Masterminds of each murder) for each chapter.

Monokid was Kaede at her worst.

Kokichi accused Kaede of being a bully in the tunnels, and thats mostly what Monokid is, a bully. However, he also encouraged the other Monokubs to work as a group and stay in line, and was arguably the second leader of the group after Monotaro, the same way Kaede is to Shuichi.

Monosuke is Kirumi.

This one is arguably the weakest, but here me out. They both care about success and are business minded. Kirumi appears completely selfless at first, but is revealed to have a selfish streak in her trial. Monosuke seemed to only care about money until Monokid's death, but he was the only one that openly called out Monokid's killer.

The case was also only solved due to one crucial mistake each of them made.

Monodam is Kiyo.

The obvious elephant in the room is that they both killed two people. However, both of them were outcasts and considered scary in their groups. Monodam had a genuine interest in keeping the group together, while Kiyo had a genuine interest in watching the group fall apart.

Monotaro is Gonta.

They both had plotlines involving amnesia, and had a genuine desire to help Miu's killer, despite their compatriots not wanting that. They both desperately want to help out the group, and that ends up hurting them in the process. Their deaths are also the most similar, with Monotaro dying by the same thing that killed Gonta seconds before Gonta did. If you want to read into it, Monotaro was killed by something coming from Monophanie, who we will get into in a minute.

Monophanie is Kokichi.

This one doesn't fit the patterns of the blackends, but it makes too much sense for me not to mention it. They both are the only members of their groups to dislike violence. Monophanie died in chapter four, but Kokichi asked to be executed alongside Gonta in the same chapter. She also had a toxic relationship with Monotaro, mirroring Kokichi and Gonta.

“Goodnight to my life of failures” - Failure Girl