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﹥ˏˋ♡̩͙♡̩̩̥͙♡̩̥̩ welcome ! !
this is my account where i'll be posting analysis threads, art, and other things of that nature! below is a masterlist of all my stuff.
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@spiralhigher
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i hope you enjoy your time here! ♡̩̥̩
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what do you mean “these days” 2018 was like yesterday… back in MY day you based your personality on one of THESE bad bitches
the mentally ill girls online these days have their needy girl overdose…. back in 2018 you had to choose one of these to base your entire personality on…
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komaeda is gay: why it's canon and why it's narratively significant
[a thread!]
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ouma and komaeda are nothing alike: a thread [reposted with edits!]
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reasons to love komaeda nagito: a thread!!!
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making nanami a real person who actually existed completely negates the point of her character and is a stupid ass decision that was only made to appeal to fanboys who wanted to see their gamer waifu in the anime
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if you haven’t read danganronpa zero this is your sign to do it… there are two fan translations you can read online for free in the thread
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this doesn’t make sense and is like 98% projection but i liked how it came out so i’m posting it anyway
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i think if komaeda smoked weed he would get so sick so fast. he’d be laying down on the bathroom floor, nauseous, staring at the wall, discovering that the world is made entirely of interlocking hexagons making him motion sick and also that the government is coming to kill him
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they're equals and opposites, but they're also exactly the same. they're made of the same stuff in reverse order, but they're palindromes. they're both run-on sentences ended with a full stop, rhetorical questions, untranslatable idioms, literal metaphors, triple negatives. yk?
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happy disability pride month!! .....i didn't want to color these lol. anyway these two have wheelchair swag 2 me
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hope is a lie: an analysis of danganronpa 2.5
(alternate title: what most fans get wrong about komaeda nagito)
(a thread!)
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not to be komaedapilled on main but genuinely an adult playground would fix me. i would be cured of every ailment instantly. i understand this screenshot deeply in my soul
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i’m not a komaeda apologist because “apologist” implies that he did anything wrong. which he didn’t
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had this dynamic on the brain lately
bonus if B is in love with A
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i think if komaeda smoked weed he would get so sick so fast. he’d be laying down on the bathroom floor, nauseous, staring at the wall, discovering that the world is made entirely of interlocking hexagons making him motion sick and also that the government is coming to kill him
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happy disability pride month everyone let us continue our beautiful komaeda philosophy together
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this is old and vaguely out-of-character because i just drew it to blow off steam but i still like how it came out
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the bonus track version of sweet bod is a good song to listen to while thinking about the fact that komaeda cut off junko’s hand with a fucking chainsaw
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genuine question, why are some people upset about komaeda being confirmed gay? i don’t want to accept the idea that people are just genuinely homophobic, i want to have more faith than that yk
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komaeda's character is made MORE MEANINGFUL by his sexuality as a gay man (and that's not something that can be said for all canonically gay characters). it's not just about representation.
komaeda is gay, and that's important.
thanks for reading!
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komaeda's attraction to men (specifically hinata and kamukura) is not subtle. i doubt i need to sell anyone on this, but for the sake of thoroughness, here are some of the things komaeda has said to hinata:
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komaeda hugs himself, rubs his arms, pulls his hair, keeps go stones in his pockets, etc etc etc… self-soothing legend. we love a king who is stimming constantly
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and of course, who could forget his lovestruck reaction to being shot by kamukura? or the lyrics to his character songs, which are also about hinata and kamukura? or the magazine poster where he's giving hinata cookies surrounded by hearts?
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there are a lot of things in this thread that i would revise if i wrote it today, but everyone who made a big stink about this thread back in 2022 and 2019 (when it was originally posted on my old acc) now owes me financial compensation
komaeda is gay: why it's canon and why it's narratively significant
[a thread!]
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it stands to reason, then, that komaeda's lack of romantic interest in the female cast of sdr2 is intentional.
beyond that, komaeda is frequently shown to be actively disinterested in women, even in situations where the other guys are ogling or flustered.
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when regina said “your hair was long when we first met”….. how was i supposed to not think of komahina
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aside from the point-blank declaration of love (in which he uses the word "aishiteru," which not only has an explicitly romantic connotation, but is also so intense that it's rarely used outside of romance movies and extremely passionate situations)...
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HAPPY KOMAEDAY!! #狛枝凪斗生誕祭2023 #狛枝凪斗誕生祭2023
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...we also see that this intense love isn't merely reserved for the "hope sleeping inside" him. even after komaeda finds out that hinata doesn't have a talent, he admits that his feelings for hinata still remain and goes out of his way to spend time with him.
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the common understanding that komaeda wears a proper long maid dress and hinata wears a slitty little short maid dress is the most correct the danganronpa fandom has ever been
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i think my favorite dunmeshi thing rn is the fact that as far as elves go mithrun is like. VERY MASC. look at his gd tallman design. those brows those cheekbones those EYES. if this guy wasn’t born into the bishie twink race it’d all be so over
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"but he uses people! thats gender neutral!"
but he wasn't asked about who he was romantically interested in. he was asked about girls, and he refused to directly answer, opting instead to keep gender ambiguous. this is a move closeted gay men have been pulling for decades.
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and for those of you who are fine with extra-canon content, when specifically asked about the kind of girls he likes in a magazine interview, komaeda dodges the question (src: )
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DISCLAIMER: in this thread, i will be making the argument that komaeda is specifically written to be gay and *not* bisexual. however, that does not mean that i will tolerate biphobic comments. biphobia is grounds for an instant block. no exceptions.
now, let's get started!
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Artist: spiralhigh
For: @/treef_greef
Prompt: A piece based off my Kmhn centric ice skating AU
Artist’s notes: CHLOEEEEE I WAS SO EXCITED TO GET THIS PROMPT FROM YOU!!! this was so fun to draw i hope you like it :]
#kmhnsecretexchange
@komahinaSE
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hanamura and souda are... themselves, kuzuryuu and tanaka each have crushes on girls, even hinata has a canon crush on pekoyama. the only male characters who don't explicitly go after women are komaeda and nidai -- and nidai is modeled after a japanese stereotype of gay men.
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to further extrapolate on these examples:
with nanami, we know that "acting sexy" in itself isn't something komaeda has no interest in-- after all, he responds positively to the idea that hinata wants to see him naked and to sexually-charged gifts like the kokeshi dynamo.
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i think if these two were allowed to live inside each others' skin the way they clearly wanted to then maybe the world wouldn't have ended
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i couldn't resist
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1. he’s super funny! like, while he was leading hinata around the island, komaeda was CONSTANTLY making little coy remarks, playfully teasing him... komaeda is so genuinely cheeky when hes in a good mood 😊
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now consider: she finds a gay man and decides that she wants him to be hers. he's terribly lonely, terminally ill, traumatized beyond belief, and absolutely desperate for someone to love him. isn't it obvious what she needs to do?
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i like when they draw him the size of one (1) grain of rice
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a lot of people call ouma "purple komaeda" or otherwise compare their characters as if they're analogous to each other. they do both fill the role of "rival" in their respective games, but any other comparisons are often major misunderstandings of both of their characters!
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and in the OVA, we see a nice idyllic place in his mind that he created to escape his trauma... and its a place where his bad luck only affects him, and increases the good luck of others! his desire to make ppl happy is ingrained deep in him. its not an act!!
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this thread was originally posted almost exactly three years ago (10/25/2019)! since then, i've developed my ideas on this a little further, found more evidence, etc.
so i'm revamping it! happy third anniversary!
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3. he’s not afraid to stand up for what he believes in!! he stands up for his friends and isn’t afraid to call people out when theyre being pieces of shit. also he drinks his respect women juice
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he didn’t like hope
and i was fucking komaeda
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instead, it must be the person doing it: a girl. this implies that komaeda's lack of interest in women is so blatant that it's common knowledge among other characters.
...and that second picture is his reaction to being put in a compromising position with tsumiki. enough said.
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2. he’s kindhearted! when hinata faints in the prologue, everyone else wanders off to explore, but komaeda stays behind and makes sure he’s okay, talks him down from his panic, etc. he even goes to help him introduce himself when he sees how nervous hinata still is
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and we already know that komaeda's answer isn't *actually* reflective of who he feels attracted to. not only does he not express attraction to all the girls he sees as symbols of hope, but he also continues to have feelings for hinata even after he *stops* seeing him in that way.
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komaeda's romantic attraction to men, as we see through his genuine and well-meaning affection for hinata, is one of the few things that remains healthy in his worldview.
what could possibly cause more despair than taking that away from him?
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on the other hand, komaeda shows a complete disinterest in women. and this isn't because sdr2 doesn't focus on that sort of thing-- quite the opposite! almost every male character in sdr2 expresses romantic or sexual interest in women.
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i think hinata cries out of frustration or anger or feeling rejected fairly often, but when it comes to crying because he’s sad he has a harder time… he doesn’t like indulging in his emotions in that way because that might make him realize things about himself (which is scary)
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first off: their motivations.
ouma's goal is to end the killing game with as few fatalities as possible. to him, the enemy is the killing game itself and the people who put them up to it. his goal is pragmatic and based on the tangible material impact of the situation.
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#kmhnweek2023
day 2: despair / mischief / caring for each other
just a little doodle for today :]
#日狛 #狛日
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i could go on, of course, but i hardly think that komaeda's attraction to men is something i need to prove. from this, we learn that komaeda is very unsubtle when it comes to his attraction to others, and he has so far only expressed this toward men.
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if he was bisexual, he would have no reason to dodge the question like this. if he was closeted and bi, he would lie by omission-- something we see him do often-- and just not mention that he's also into men. if he was openly bi, why dodge the question at all?
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komaeda's love for enoshima actually makes MORE sense, and is made MORE NARRATIVELY COMPELLING AND RELEVANT, if he is NOT attracted to women.
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she systematically strips people of their own identities so they can be replaced with nothing but devoted reflections of her own despair.
we also know through her actions toward sakakura that she is willing to exploit the sexuality of gay men for her own gain.
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PART THREE: CONCLUSION
i hope this thread has shed some light on why komaeda's status as a gay man is more than just a headcanon. it's canonized consistently in his actions across danganronpa, and it's canonized in the impact it leaves on the narrative.
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PART ONE: HOW DO WE KNOW?
simply put, komaeda is canonically gay because he is attracted to men and not to women. the first part of that is easier to prove, so let's start there!
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it's not just about loving despair-- it's about loving *her*. it makes him frantically, desperately question his own perception of reality. she is the embodiment of despair to him and nothing more, so why does her love make him feel so much worse than the rest of it?
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If the character had mommy issues then you know it peak
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enoshima sees how desperate komaeda is for love and exploits it, warping it beyond recognition until he can't even comprehend it anymore. she does to him the same thing she does to everyone she meets: she steals his identity from him.
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this is the sort of answer that only makes sense if komaeda feels no attraction toward girls at all. in fact, *all* of komaeda's behavior makes the most sense under the assumption that he's not attracted to women.
except for one thing... his relationship with enoshima junko.
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reupload cause i'm going through old folders <3
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komaeda can wrap his mind around loving despair. he's no stranger to it. but even after years spent serving despair, loving enoshima was an idea so caustic, so fundamentally at odds with his sense of self, that reflecting upon it sends him spiraling:
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meanwhile, komaeda views the killing game as a neutral circumstance like any other. he's motivated solely by ensuring the most hopeful possible outcome in ANY situation. to him, the enemy is the idea of despair itself. his goal is idealist and unconcerned with the material world.
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she wouldn't have used love as a weapon against him if it wouldn't have served to strip him of his selfhood. if it was only his devotion to hope that she was taking from him, then something like love never would have come up.
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the only major thing they have in common is the fact that they're both the rivals in their respective games. and if thats enough for you to lump them in with each other, then, well... at least have the decency to include togami, too.
thank you for reading!!
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tried my hand at a bunny komaeda design!!
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i think about this moment in particular so often… if you’ve ever wondered why he said this out of nowhere, it’s because hinata was investigating with nanami instead of him and he got jealous. and his instinct was to be a snotty little brat about it <3
OBSESSED with komaeda being childishly stubborn. Stomping his foot in frustration. being huffy and having to step back to recuperate. idk, i think he has a lot of child-like traits he never learned to grow out of with his home situation and all.
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but at the end of the day, komaeda gets his happy ending. he's separated from the parasitic piece of enoshima still clinging to him and pulled back into reality by none other than the very man he fell for-- *actually* fell for-- in the first place.
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i'll explain. enoshima operates by making her followers completely dependent on her approval so they'll do anything she asks. we see this with ikusaba, the WOH, etc. we also see, through characters like matsuda and tsumiki, that she is not above using romance to do it.
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we'll start by showing that komaeda is gay, and then later we'll get into why it's important to the narrative that he's gay. (spoilers: it's for way more reasons than just representation!)
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it's simple: because he *doesn't* love her. it's a lie he's been expertly gaslit into believing, and one that robs him of a fundamental piece of himself.
hope and despair are always in flux, but enoshima forced him to question if even immutable facts about himself were wrong.
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5. he’s EXTREMELY intelligent. i dont have any good screencaps for this because its more of an overarching thing, but komaeda is easily one of the smartest characters in the whole dr franchise. he’s able to calculate for every contingency in his plans,
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ouma believes that nobody but himself can be trusted. despite his flighty nature, he is actually extremely grounded and has very high self-confidence and self-esteem, deeming himself to be the only one capable of putting the killing game to rest.
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and isn't that terrifying? enoshima's power makes the impossible happen over and over. convincing a gay man that he's fallen in love with her is just par for the course.
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PART TWO: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
now, i hear what you're saying. "komaeda says that he loved junko! how can that be true if he's not attracted to women?"
and that's a fair point. but to me, the fact is evident:
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while komaeda certainly doesn't WANT people to die, hes willing to excuse some bloodshed if its for what he sees as the greater good. he's so focused on his ideals (and desensitized to death) that he doesn't see killing as an issue unless it has a negative ideological impact.
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my love for komaeda doesnt stem from his tragic past, or his portrayal of illness, it stems from his cheeky attitude and caring personality!! i love him so gd much
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- look at his Fucking smile. you have got to be shitting my nuts right off my body right now. look AT him
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