honestly i feel like dr3 absolutely massacred kamukura like junko says in sdr2 "i simply broke his spirit" which implies not only that he had a spirit to break but that he was incredibly strong willed, seeing as her immediate reaction to reborn hinata is "kamukura??????"
i feel dr3 made a very big mistake in portraying kamukura as someone who was already bored with the world considering he was kept in a small, dark room that according to dr0 was more like a prison cell, kept secret from the outside world. i don't think kamukura was bored with the world yet, i think he was bored of the box he'd been trapped inside. i think it would have been a far better move to show that he was insatiably curious and very sheltered and was in fact a victim as kamishiro theorises he is in dr0, having him want to see the world and junko handing it to him, positioning herself as his saviour and giving him hope for the very first time, only to snatch it away immediately and leave him broken and resentful towards him for taking advantage of him, framing him for mass murder, and forcing him to go on the run. he'd been raised to believe he was above being used like that, but she played him like a fiddle and drank up his despair with a straw
i think in dr3 he's very, very flat, and considering he's characterised far more interestingly in utdp and drs the anime was just exceedingly disappointing
DUDE YEAH OKAY THAT IS SO TRUE also @nekonekoluv 's tags too, you guys made some really good points. i never even considered the thing about junko's reaction to hinata in the final trial omg that's genius
i guess it's less that i really liked his characterization in dr3 and more that it was a LOT less bad than i was expecting it to be, since he has like... 30 lines in the actual game or something. it would have been amazing if we could see what he was like right after the procedure and before meeting junko, since he obviously IS capable of feeling emotions like curiosity and anger, and junko's impact on him is really heartbreakingly cruel. i do really hate that they stated his motivation to be "i wanted to see the outcome of hope vs despair" or whatever when it's pretty clear in the boat scene that he's driven by resentment and a desire for revenge. plus, my own personal theory is that he knew there was a chance his own existence as izuru kamukura could be overwritten during the simulation, so it was a little bit of a self-destructive impulse too.
...amazing how the stupid board game spinoffs are so much better written than the "canon" anime lmao thank you both for the excellent kamukura opinions
