I think the killing game was designed in such a way that it would be harder or the smarter students in the class. Maybe it was to give everybody an equal chance or Junko wanted to make sure that they too would fall into despair, but it's clear to me that this is a fact.
Now, with the smart students I mean Kyoko, Celeste, and Byakuya. I think we can all agree on that. Obviously Makoto is smart too, but the whole thing is just his hope vs Junko's despair, so I'm not counting that.
But as for these 3? Well, Kyoko's the most obvious. Junko wiped her memories, made her forget she was a detective along with a lot more. This made it harder for her to solve the murders, which in turn gave the killers a higher chance to succeed than the zero chance they would've had otherwise.
Memory problems also made Kyoko more vunerable. Sure, the others didn't know about them, but Kyoko doesn't look the most... physically strong, that much is true. Somebody might've targeted her because of that and her lack of menmory certainly wouldn't help.
Then for Celeste it's the motives. The first one not so much, at least not more than for almost everybody else, but it's a different story when we look at the second and third one. Secrets and money.
Celeste sure does have a secret she wants to hide- her real name. The only reason she most likely didn't kill then was because things weren't alligned well. But from what we know how she reacted to her real name... Yeah, she would've done anything to make sure it stayed hidden.
As for the third motive... Well, that speaks for itself. But to add onto that- most of the people in the killing game were already decently rich. They would've had no reason to kill. It was as if Junko knew that Celeste specifically wouldn't be able to withhold herself from taking it. She probably did know tbh.
And then there's Byakuya. The dude I have thoughts about like no other. For him it was the way the killing game was. Fifteen people where only one could come on top. The losers would be (as good as) dead.
That description doesn't just fit the killing game, but the Legacy Crown Championship Byakuya went through to become heir as well. There's absolutely no way that's a coincidence.
Yes, Byakuya's siblings just got exhiled, but Byakuya said that it was akin to death.
It's almost the exact same. It's the reason why I made this post talking about how I would think Byakuya would act differently outside of the killing game. Because he's implimenting the same strategies as before. The ones that made him win.
And all of these things amount to the same thing- they were targeted and made with one reason only: despair.
That's it for the daily ramble. Oh, and feel free to send me any asks about THH in general, Byakuya, Chihiro, or Kyoko. I'm in fact expanding my rembles hehe.
