I recently asked all of the Kokichis about their unique appearances. I would now like to ask the same of you! Of course, there is no pressure to reply, and you are more than welcome to have someone answer on your behalf.
Within the canonical Danganronpa timeline, Nagito has three main appearances.
The first (chronologically) is his Hope's Peak Academy uniform from Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy.
The second (again, chronologically) is his "Servant" attire from Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls.
The third appearance is his most well-known and recognised one from Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.
Do you share your appearance with any of these examples, or is your style different?
Do you have any unique accessories, such as jewellery, piercings, scarves, hats, and so on?
Finally, do you have any unique physical characteristics such as birth marks, different eye colours, different hair colours and/or styles, scars, and so on?
Thank you for your time!
- Saber
Hello there! I see you've been going around asking everyone about their differing styles and appearances. It's been interesting getting to hear what everyone thinks of first when asked to describe their own style. What's the most important aspects to them when in comes to what sorts of clothes they choose? Is it aesthetic? Comfort? What jumps out at them first when it comes to identifying their "style"?
I guess you could say my style hasn't changed all that much over the years. I still like thrifting my clothes, and typically have an open jacket because I tend to run cold until I suddenly get a hot flash and like the convenience of taking it off and on at a moment's notice. My husband really likes the leather jacket I wore during my Remnant days, and while I don't have that exact one anymore, they very quickly found me a replacement, hahaha!
I'm post-NWP and post-tragedy, and quite a bit older than the other kids, so I end up feeling a bit like an old man around them. Of course, I also have my bionic arm, made by Kazumi-san. I've lived a lot longer than the life expectancy the doctors gave me before the Tragedy, but my illness has taken its toll on my body. I struggle with memory and cognition even more than I already did, I'm still on the underweight side, and my hair's already starting to thin, but what can you do? I wasn't exactly the most dashing even in my youth, with how sickly I was. I'm just grateful I've been able to live this long, really!
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Happy pride month, everyone! I momentarily missed the, "n," from that and almost sent you, "Happy pride MOTH," XD
Two questions for you!
There are a lot of different pride flags out there, with lots of variation between the same types. What pride flags, if any, do systems use, and do you know what the colours in those flags represent?
Some people believe that pride flags should only be used for someone's gender identity, romantic orientation, or sexual orientation. In your own words, why is it important for mental health conditions to also have pride flags?
- Saber
A very happy pride to you, too, Sabsie! While Pride Month is typically for Queer Pride, with Disability and Mental Health Awareness having been in May (at least for the US), these are still some fun questions!
Systems have all sorts of flags, and with people coining terms and flags to fit their personal experiences all the time! Many flags can be found on the pages for their various entries on Pluralpedia. It's hard to keep track of them all, and we're still pretty new to the actual plural community itself, so we're not entirely familiar with the meanings behind a lot of them. Common flag themes we see around are for origins and headmate roles.
I think flags can be a fun way for anyone to spread awareness for anything by catching people's eyes and making them curious to learn about the purpose of such flags. I respect the queer community for starting this form of symbolism and visibility, and think it's really cool that we've been able to do similar things for other stigmatized topics like mental health and disability. It gives us a central icon under which to form a community and teach others about such things.
Thanks for the question! It's important to think about, I think! The trend of your-fave-has blogs in particular is a really fun way to use flags to destigmatize and spread awareness for things like this by applying it to recognizable characters.
We've submitted one ourselves for Kokichi that fits our own identity regarding our own system's origins and Ouki actually runs one of these sorts of blogs himself! He's not open to publicly sharing it here, though, for personal reasons.
D.I.C.E scarfs could be made out of this material to prevent clear photos from being taken of the group while they are enacting their humour and hijinks.
It's called anti-paparazzi fabric. Whether or not it is as effective as this picture makes it out to be is unknown to me, but its a cool concept, right?
Wonder if it would work with a chequered pattern...?
- Saber
I'm not sure because it's pretty clear to me that the image shown here is actually two separate photos to showcase the material and not actually the same photo. This scarf wouldn't be useful in changing your entire post like these two images next to each other implies with a "before" and "after" effect.
HOWEVER
What it WOULD be useful as, is in a large group like a protest to camouflage numbers. In that setting, print lije this would function a lot like the pattern on zebra in the wild, which evolved to blend in with each other in a herd to form a disorienting amorphous mass that confuses predators to look at.
On an individual, however? Very flashy and eye-catching, quickly defeating the purpose. I do agree it's a cool concept, though! Checkered patterns would probably also be equally disorienting in a mass like with zebras, so I do think it'd work for that!
EDIT: After some preliminary research, it looks like the pattern itself is irrelevant to the functionality of the scarf itself. It is apparently caused by crystals woven into the fabric that make it hyper-reflective, thus causing paparazzi-style cameras with large flash lights to overexpose themselves and only capture the scarf. HOWEVER, that means it's functionally useless against everyday cameras that do not use flash. Furthermore, I still take this with a grain of salt after a glance over a single article. I cannot confirm whether or not it actually works or if the photos shown here are doctored.
I was reading through your FAQs, and I was wondering if you could help me understand some aspects of soulbounds.
Within a system, are soulbounds considered to be alters?
Is a fictive always a soulbound, but a soulbound isn't always a fictive?
Or vice versa, is a soulbound always a fictive, but a fictive isn't always a soulbound?
Or can you consider fictives and soulbounds to be the same thing with a different name?
Can soulbounds act as the system's host, and are they able to front and/or co-front like other alters?
If the answer is no, then do soulbounds still have a say in the daily life of the system?
Do soulbounds encompass something important to the system, and that is why they appear? (For example, there is a shared trauma between the system and the soulbound, or the system found comfort in the soulbound.)
Or do soulbounds simply appear depending only on how much attention the system pays to the source material? (For example, the more they interact with the source material, the more likely a soulbound is to appear.)
Thank you!
- Saber
Very good questions! I'm all for good-faith inquiries, and really appreciate the respectful bid for clarification. Thank you!
Also, for clarification to anyone confused by all this jargon, the kids typically like to mask loosely as a role play account. You don't have to worry about the technicalities, they won't be offended if you treat them as such. That was the intended purpose of their lie: to interact and have fun playing with everyone!
With that out of the way, I'll put the detailed answers under a cut. For simplicity, I'll be using Pluralpedia as a reference as I explain.
Within a system, are soulbonds considered to be alters?
Personally, we do not refer to soulbonds as alters. Alters have a more traumagenic context to them, and so it is a term reserved to folk within our Inner System (the traumagenic side of things), who do not typically frequent this blog besides the hosts, Lock and Pick. This blog is reserved for our Danganronpa headmates, who are all soulbonds/walk-ins.
Is a fictive always a soulbond, but a soulbond isn't always a fictive? Or vice versa, is a soulbond always a fictive, but a fictive isn't always a soulbond? Or can you consider fictives and soulbonds to be the same thing with a different name?
Technically speaking, none of the above. It depends on who you ask. According to Pluralpedia, a fictive refers to a headmate of a fictional source. Historically, this term was inclusive of endogenic origins like soulbonding, but these days that's up for debate.
A soulbond according to Pluralpedia is specifically an endogenic headmate that was developed via a very deep connection to a character or muse, and that may involve fictional characters or OCs or what have you. Beyond that, some soulbonds are formed in the context of what Pluralpedia refers to as walk-ins, which are headmates that come from another world entirely.
So all that being said, for us personally, our soulbonds are all considered walk-ins, as they came from somewhere else with their own history and experiences prior to their arrival, and we use the term fictive very loosely for tagging purposes only.
Kichi from time to time calls himself a fictive due to delusions that he's a member of the Inner System, but these delusions are not to be entertained. (Please don't try to reality check him, however. He has trusted people to help him with that. We just ask you don't go playing along either.)
Can soulbonds act as the system's host, and are they able to front and/or co-front like other alters? If the answer is no, then do soulbonds still have a say in the daily life of the system?
Soulbonds can front, yes! The Oumas in particular love to do so, especially to use our body's functioning sense of taste to experience food lmao
However, within our system, they are not typically considered hosts, no. We had a brief instance of severe soupiness a few months back that left Kichi the only one capable of fronting for a couple weeks, but that was a special circumstance and one of only two instances of "hosting" that a soulbond has ever done for us. The hosts for this system are the twins, Lock and Pick, and are considered the two sides of the original core.
Our city is pretty big, so not everyone fronts very frequently (most almost never do), and co-fronting in groups is pretty common. Moreover, Lock and Pick are frontstuck at all times, so they have final say in most things. The Inner System overall is the primary power holder in internal and external affairs, but that doesn't mean soulbonds don't get a say over anything.
Cookie likes to say he has a lot of influence over things, but that's mostly just because he's such a good negotiator lmao
Do soulbonds encompass something important to the system, and that is why they appear? Or do soulbonds simply appear depending only on how much attention the system pays to the source material?
Technically yes to both! Soulbonding for us is a matter of connection with the source material, and engaging either via role play or interacting directly with the source (in this case playing Danganronpa) is the primary vehicle of actually making the connection. Basically, we get so into the head of the character in a given setting that we may or may not accidentally "break the fourth wall" in a sense, and they start talking back to us.
This can get dangerous for us in particular, as more than once we've started a casual role play with zero intention of making a pull, only for us to get really into it and then, like, the dog barks all of a sudden and it startles the character into awareness. Oops. Some of these accidental folk end up just deciding to go back home and don't come back, though. It's up to them, we're not gonna force them to stick around if they don't want to.
However, a big part of making that connection possible is that it's so important to us, and the little nuances and details of what canons we pull from are often related to our own personal interpretations and headcanon, which can be projection and shared trauma on some level. That also means that some characters are easier for us to connect with and pull than others. That's why we have... truly so many Oumas.
Thanks again for the questions! I hope that clears things up for you!
In the past, you may have seen me ask some of the other individuals on this blog as to what they look like, including their physical appearance and attire, as well as their accessories. It has been interesting thus far to see how people like to express themselves, what they use to identify themselves or the groups they are a part of, and how they are unique to one another even if they have similar origins. I would like to ask you these questions too, but please do not feel pressured to answer them!
The canonical Hajime Hinata and Izuru Kamakura have had different appearances throughout their various depictions. They include (but may not be limited to):
Green eyes, short and spiky brown hair. Wearing a smart, black and white school uniform.
Red eyes, long and flowing brown hair. Wearing a smart, black and white school uniform.
Green eyes, short and spiky brown hair. Wearing a light blue hospital gown.
Red eyes, long and flowing brown hair. Wearing a light blue hospital gown.
Green eyes, short and spiky brown hair. Wearing dark trousers with a white, short-sleeve shirt and a green tie.
Red eyes, short and spiky white hair. Wearing dark trousers with a white, short-sleeve shirt and a green tie.
Red eyes, long and flowing brown hair. Wearing dark trousers with a white, short-sleeve shirt and a green tie.
One green eye and one red eye, short and spiky brown hair. Wearing dark trousers with a white, short-sleeve shirt and a green tie.
Do you have an appearance that closely resembles one of these options? Or is your appearance entirely unlike them? If so, please may you describe it?
Furthermore, do you have any unique accessories or details? This could include birth marks, scars, jewellery, piercings, or otherwise.
Thank you for your time!
- Saber
P.S. I don't exactly know how to phrase this, but do you have a personal name? "Cotard's Corpse," makes you sound like you aren't your own person. I apologise if this question is offensive to you in any way!
Hello. It has been a while.
As you have heard from Hinata previously, our manner of dress has not changed much. I do not bother to dress particularly differently from Hinata. I do not front often, so I do not see much of a point.
He keeps our hair short. I do not approve of this. However, Hinata is predictably protective of the body after the years he was dormant during the Tragedy. How boring.
People have taken to calling me Sol. However, a corpse is an apt description given the circumstances. I am merely the husk that was cultivated once Hinata was extracted. I do not feel strongly one way or the other.
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Happy birthday to Amami and Umami, as well as every other iteration of Rantaro Amami that exists within the multiverse.
Enjoy a slice of this adventuring themed birthday cake.
- Saber
Aw, that's so sweet! Thanks so much, Saber! Thanks especially for passing along the recipe as well. Lock, Pick, and Luck are wanting to try to make it for us later this month when we have the chance! ^^
Oh, Great Ultimate Archivist, Vast Curator of Fact and Fiction,
Delve deep into the depths of thy mind where thy grand wealth of knowledge doth slumber, and retrieve:
One (1) Cool Fact
Bestow upon us a mere slither of your wisdom, we beg of thee. Praytell, what insights doth thou have to share?
In return, may thou also be granted with:
One (1) Cool Fact
So that the lofty halls of the grand library within thy psyche may ever grow fuller and richer with knowledge.
- Saber
Hi, hello! I was thinking for a reaaaaal long time about this, because that is a VERY broad thing and I wasn't sure which direction to go, like... Should I stay Dangan related? Should I go into the realm of archive and historical conservation practices? Should I delve into one of my many many hobbies that I like to hoard information on? Or maybe drop a bit of historical trivia? Many such cases.
Ultimately, I decided to keep it Danganronpa related, and in the spirit of the fic Pick posted for Joker today, I'll share a bit that I've learned about his loops with his permission.
Joker keeps meticulous track of everything that's happened in the 467 loops he's experienced. He's is very particular with the numbers, and that's why his series is titled 467 and Counting. If you ask him if something happened and it has, he usually answers with a number, either how many times it's happened, or the particular loop number in which it happened. As an Archivist, I try to keep a record of all of the numbers he gives me.
He hasn't given me permission to share them all, but here are a few:
Famously, he has concussed himself 324 times.
He has had a particular encounter with Toujou in the kitchen 26 times.
A Blackened has won their trial 23 times.
He has attempted the Chapter 5 plan in various forms 314 times.
Saihara has given him the "You're alone, Ouma-kun, and you always will be" line 276 times.
And, in his words, he was "heralded as evil incarnate" 322 times.
Beyond that, he claims he's died at the hands of every classmate except Amami at least once.
So, which one of you had the bright idea to try and sell Shuichi for £102.06*, why did you change his name to Cloichi Sazuhara, and why are you selling him as a gun?
*Equivalent to $137.86 (US), or ¥20,306.10 (JAP), or €117.63 (EUR).
