Who do you think Celeste would be good friends with during her time at hopes peak, except Yamada? I think Kirigiri because their personalities contrast each other well but I'd like to hear more as well about your thoughts on Celeste at HPA
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Thank you so much for asking this do you know how much I love Celesgiri (my OTP) aaaaahhhh
I am very certain that if anyone were to get along with Celes truly — not like her relationship with Yamada, which is very toxic and one-sided dominance — it would be Kirigiri. The two are character parallels and similar in almost every way. Both women are strong, independent, intelligent, and emotionally aloof. However, Kirigiri lies in order to seek the truth, while Celes lies to prevent others from seeking the truth. I think that this one difference is what causes the difference in their character arcs and their fates; Kirigiri abstains from killing to continue discovering the secrets of Hope’s Peak, but Celes becomes ensnared in her own web of lies and thus resorts to killing. And I think Celes realizes this, which is exactly why she entrusts the key to Alter Ego to Kirigiri and not Naegi, Togami, or the other remaining students before her execution.
As for Celes’ time at Hope’s Peak, I think her arc would be similar to her arc during the killing game: when Celes first arrives at HPA, she tries her best to maintain her image of haughty European royalty by controlling her classmates (especially Yamada) in any way she can. However, one day an event exposes Celes’s true identity (ex: one of her hair extensions falls off), and she subsequently falls into despair.
Fortunately, through the consolation of her classmates, Celes regains enough confidence in herself as Taeko Yasuhiro to willingly pose in a picture without her hair extensions or gothic lolita clothing, hinting that she eventually dropped her Celestia Ludenberg persona altogether.
As to who encouraged Celes to drop her act and bonded with her during their time at Hope’s Peak, I think Asahina, Oogami, and Naegi are safe bets to those that helped her come to acceptance with herself as Taeko Yasuhiro because they are all compassionate at heart, and people like Maizono, Fujisaki, Oowada, and Kirigiri also bond with her because they have experience with hiding their aspects of their personalities due to personal reasons. Specifically, Kirigiri and Maizono would be able to empathize with Celes in order to maintain their duties properly — Maizono has to pretend that she’s constantly cheerful because of her idol status while Kirigiri has to hide her emotions to prevent them from interfering in her deductions, while Fujisaki/Oowada also maintain fake facades of being a girl and being strong, respectively, due to their low self-esteem.
Sorry for going on a rant that you weren’t looking for; Celestia and Kirigiri are hands-down my two favorite characters in the Danganronpa franchise and I just love gushing about their characters so much :P :P :P Hoped this answer your question!
