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hanako kuzuryu, the ultimate chef. shes a perpetually nervous, quiet and shy girl. her confidence and gruff like attitude can only be seen when shes in her comfort place, the kitchen. (kuzuteru)

hon togami, the ultimate tragedy writer. hes a chronic overthinker, way too chatty and constantly worried about everything and anything. he is an excellent writer however and his work is revered across the nation. (togafuka)

tsukasa yumeno, the ultimate prankster. shes whimsical and highly mischievous, she also claims to be 'magical'. much like her mother, she has no real drive to do much unless goated into it, her father is the reason shes mega impulsive. (oumeno)

the owada twins, kou and yuuri. kou is the ultimate bmx rider. shes loud and vulgar but extremely loyal. yuuri is the ultimate influencer, hes surprisingly hot headed and also brutually honest but very very kind. (ishimondo)

hiro kuwata, the ultimate punk singer. hes a rowdy and obnoxious guy with alot more energy than an average person should even have. he is naturally gifted at sports but pursues a career in music, which makes both of his parents very proud. (leosaya)

choucho hoshi, the ultimate entomotaxist. shes a creepy and perpetually unsettling girl with a fond fascination for death and bugs. shes quiet, and the only people closest to her are her parents. (goshi)

hitoshi amami, the ultimate pacifist. a reserved and polite young man who inherited his fathers calm attitude. he is trained in the martial arts of aikido but uses it to disarm others and make swift moments, not fight. it is genuinely difficult to upset him. (rantenko)

Kyoko and Makoto I believe are pretty straightforward here, I gave Kyoko a neckerchief that goes pretty far down to give her that sort of upper class educated look, while Makoto I gave a smart little jacket. There's only so far you can go with the normal boy, but I also made his hair fluffier and nicer. His ahoge is there but it's normally combed back, and only springs to full life when he's in murder mode.

Kyoko joined her dad in leaving the tradition of detective work behind and entered the business world where she used her analytical mind to be the best damn stock investor in the world, while definitely something she excels at it's not something she finds particularly fulfilling.

Makoto is a wholesome, normal dude who loves writing books about wholesome stories with good endings, while his family was and still is normal, he was captured once by unscrupulous scientists wanting to explore Despair and its mysterious qualities. Makoto never gave in, but in his suffering developed an alter ego who was grimly invested in justice above all else.

Sparkling Justice is a night haunter, who exclusively goes around killing murderers and evildoers against Makoto's wishes. Choosing to right any injustice he sees in the world, allowing for happy endings for the victims, surely?

I went hard with celes and hifumi a long time ago in previous designs, so here they are with similar designs as I gave them before. Hifumi wears a suit vest, and a button-up underneath while still keeping his bag... which may or may not be more than just a simple bag...

Celestia was born a normal kid and absolutely hated that life, so when a relative of hers from Europe visited she begged them and her family to go with them and she did. She grew up exploring Europe, and would propose money-making schemes to her family abroad and would eventually be able to fund the glamorous lifestyle she always thought she deserved.

Hifumi is just a writer-focused version of himself, though with a particular love for action-romance novels and fiction rather than strictly heart-melting novels like Touko. He's a sweet boy but very weird and horny for Celestia, so he's completely useless around her. He's basically a tool... just like...

ROBO-JUSTICE is a serial killer known for their modus operandi of targeting particularly attractive and very mean women with hammers or blunt force trauma. This alter was formed after one particularly awful night of bullying resulting in Hifumi getting thrown into an abandoned industrial park and nearly dying from exposure to wires and sharp metal. Despite this though, it is almost entirely subservient to Celestia whenever it surfaces from Hifumi's mind.

Akane and Nekomaru I've already drawn before, but I think it'd be nice to give some of the backstory I've planned for them.

Akane is a well-meaning, brash, and reckless person whose freakish natural strength pairs with a luck that does everything except help her directly. Random and unpredictable, Akane desperately tries everything she can to get into extremely unpredictable and dangerous situation for her luck to grace those around her with the best outcome from her misfortune, even if it means hurting a lot of people in the process.

Nekomaru was inspired by the nonstop hard work he saw the nurses had to do when they were treating his heart condition. So inspired that he made it his solemn vow to join them whatever it took, leading him to become the ultimate nurse. He would, however, be the first of his classmates to fall to the despair of the mastermind, as his well-meaning nature drew him into a trap he could not predict.

For Rantaro and Tenko I took inspiration from M. Bison(Dictator) and Criss Angel specifically. These are the most experimental designs I have as you can tell, but I plan on working on them a lot.

Tenko's story involves her becoming the head of her little "dojo" and straight up turning it into a cult, with her as the ultimate supreme leader and the greatest fighter in the world.

Komamiki

The submitters of Komamiki point to the at times hateful tension between the two characters and the fact Komaeda is heavily coded to be gay.

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