P: EG MASTERMIND AND TRAITOR THEORY
Well, this is my theory of who I think could be the mastermind taking into account the prologue and chapter 1.
In my personal opinion I think Ulysses Wilhelm the ultimate historian and Toshiko Kayura the ultimate matchmaker could be the mastermind and traitor respectively I have several reasons to distrust these two.
My first argument to distrust these two is their animal motif, let's start with Ulysses
In the Bible, owls are classified as unclean animals (Leviticus 11:16-17; Deuteronomy 14:16). They represent impurity, as well as grief of loss(Job 30:28-29; Micah 1:8) and loneliness (Psalm 102:6). For the Israelites, owls remind them of desolate and ruined cities (Isaiah 34:11-15; Jeremiah 50:39).
As we see, owls in the Bible are seen as those who bring misfortune and what animal motif does Ulysses have? The owl
Now let's with Toshiko
In Christianity, the flamingo represents truth. This is because flamingos' tongues can filter dirty water to feed themselves, so they are thought to represent the ability to filter out lies and seek out the truth.
With this it seems to me that Toshiko as a traitor could regret continuing with the game of death and try to reveal the truth but is killed by Ulysses and he blames someone else, and as part of this murder he can cut out Toshiko's tongue for she trying to talk too much, Ulysses cutting out her tongue would be ironic, since we have never seen Toshiko's full face and in theory this fits
My second argument for why these two are mastermind and traitor is because of the pairings in the prologue.
We know that in the prologue Damon woke up with Eva right? And Wolfgang woke up with Grace, Isn't curious that both pairs are couple material? And what is Toshiko's talent? Matchmaker, it is also curious that Ulysses and Toshiko will wake up together, since Ulysses has more chemistry with Wenona, at least they were together because that's what he wanted, We don't know exactly what the rest of the couples were during the prologue but we do know that Toshiko also works under the conditions of the same gender, so if for example Jett and I were to wake up together, Toshiko could have perfectly matched them
My third argument is linked to the first trailer
At the beginning we see the phrase "History repeats itself" or something similar I don't remember, Ulysses says in his introduction "those who don't know their history are destined to sound like idiots on the internet", At first it sounds like a joke but it makes sense in theory, if we go back to Ulysses' free time he says he had a mentor, what if she participated in a killing game And Ulysses is destined to do the same? Or well it's something absurd
And my last argument is the objects of both, the notebook and the fan respectively.
We know that personal items in Danganronpa always play an important role in trials, such as Peko's sword, Kirumi's gloves, or for example in fanmades like Rocky restarts that is planty or in despair time like Min's vest/pen or Ace's exercise band, personal objects always take a major role, especially when it is something that characterizes the character, and what characterizes both? A fan and a notebook, I know it's a bit far-fetched, but I feel like there's more information in Ulysses' notebook than meets the eye, and the fact that Toshiko always covers her face is more suspicious than it is because of mysticism.
Anyway, this is my theory and I hope you like it.
