17, 13 & 18?
*7, 13, and 18
No problems, Tiff! Thank you very much for the ask :D (17 would be way too easy to answer lol)
From here: https://kimmysfandomblog.tumblr.com/post/174420433457/danganronpa-ask-meme
7. Favorite Class Trial
You know, this is a tough one. If it includes the final trial, then I gotta say the DR2 CH6 Class trial was so satisfying. I really loved the conclusion of the game and every plot twist (sans maybe AI Junko claiming mastermind over Kamukura). Most especially, I love how Hajime develops through it! I’d already been hurting for Hajime after the end of CH5 when he lost both Ko and Nanami, and then he came across such painful information, that he wasn’t even real, that if he wakes up, it might not even be him, that he may not remember anything about this simulation, or even remember the friends he met, and of course, that he and the others all destroyed the world and were international criminals that deserved to be put down. Junko even teases them with the lives of all the friends they lost because of this class trial! The ending of DR2, to me, was the best ending of every entry of the series. It had just enough answered and just enough mystery.
If you want me to talk about murder cases, then I’d say Komaeda’s is probably the most fascinating! He had the most gruesome corpse, even compared to V3 which was supposed to be more violent. His plan caught me off guard a few times, and I think it was rather genius. To this day, I still want to know if he really intended for the now-survivors to die or not. It was also the death of two of the people I consider my favorites of the games, and just overall, this class trial was emotional.
13. What’s your opinion on the DR3 anime?
Lol, I’d rather answer “What anime?”
I regret it so much :P
I think that it started off with promise. I would have even been fine with Human Nanami if she wasn’t just used for torture pron, plot convenience, and forced feels. I remember at that point just feeling utterly frustrated at the anime for doing this to her character.
I was actually pretty cool with the first six episodes of each arc (even if some/all were rushed). Starting with Episode 7 and the beginning of the Funimation delays, things just kept going down south, though. There was just things resolved in such boring or unsatisfying ways, like mass brainwashing, Komaeda gets kicked out of school starting from Episode 4 and comes back with random bits of knowledge that can only be attributed by plot convenience (and random fanservice moment that I go ??? at), brainwashing is the reason for everything in Future Arc as well, Juzo just... lets Junko go despite evidence, overwhelming evidence (she caused 15 people to die, plus some more undocumented deaths that could be traced back to her, and the obvious brainwashed RC students she pits him against till he was exhausted), and then there was the part where Yukizome also became Despair, slowly poisoned Kyosuke with Despair coated in Hope, may have caused the head of Future Foundation to turn to Despair (that part still confuses me), and dies for real at the beginning of the episode because of a brainwashing suicide video that she gave to Tengan. Oh yeah, and Tengan is a forgettable mastermind since his motivations are like.... unexplainable. Ryota as like “the final boss” of the Hope Arc is also like... why??? Even Hope Arc, I only liked the fact my favorite cast was okay. But the actual content... kinda shallow for the ending of an otherwise fascinating series. DR3 was such an utter disappointment. I’m skipping through a lot of things, mostly to do with Future Arc, which was only somewhat better than Despair Arc. I think the DR3M cast would have actually been great if we could??? get to know them better??? I just feel like, overall, they should have focused on one story or the other, and thought better about using brainwashing as their answer.
But I think you get the picture: I share in the opinion that Anime was a mistake.
18. Favorite rare ship?
Gosh I have so many.... my favorite 3 are Kamu///nami (It’s honestly just under Koma///hina for me), Hin//aegi, and Koma///nami! I think that most people on this site would find the first and last one problematic, but what can I say? I have alternate universes where Nanami respects Kamukura as his own person separate from Hinata. I like Twin AUs where Kamukura and Hinata are different people, and also I love to fantasize about AI Kamukura and AI Nanami sharing the NWP together and using it to help Future Foundation or Hinata and Class 77. And for Koma//Nami, I think of a Nanami who is good and kind to Komaeda. I like to think about this AU I made for Koma///Nami Week where Nagito was treated really well by Nanami, even her getting concerned about him and trying to persuade him to join in the class, and then getting the class to get used to and accept him (which has not as much success as she’d have like). I actually made a timeline, but just hadn’t the courage to post it, lol.
And then of course, there’s my love for Hin//aegi! Something about the ship just makes me smile! Like, I feel really warm and happy thinking about it? It’s like a comfort ship to me, since both Naegi and Hinata are similar, but supportive guys. I mean, romantic or not, I just like to think about them talking and making jokes with each other, and sharing stories about their respective killing games, the good and the bad. I’m kinda sad they hardly get any canon interaction.
I really do care a lot about Hin////aegi, and I am still running a ship week for them coming this July!!! It’s coming so soon and I’m so excited :D I have things planned for bringing up the Hina///egi hype starting in about two weeks (and I’ll hopefully be able to finish in time hahaha). I also seriously need to work on how twitter ship weeks work, lol.
I guess I’ll shamelessly plug in the event’s blog ^^; @hinaegifestival
I really want this event to do well!!! (You can probably tell though lol XD) I mean, even if only one or two people participate, I’d call it a success!
