In the sixth chapter, Junko Enoshima is revealed by Makoto Naegi as the mastermind behind Monokuma in the game using her twin sister Mukuro Ikusaba as a stand-in, both founder members of the Ultimate Despair organization, a resistance movement of which Monokuma's face serves as the symbol.Īfter the students elect to leave the academy, Junko apparently executes herself alongside Monokuma however, in a post-credits scene, a sentient Monokuma mysteriously reactivates within the class trial grounds and swears that it will continue its quest to spread despair as "your headmaster."
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During the fifth chapter, Monokuma is revealed to be a series of robots controlled by a mastermind from a secret room on the fourth floor of the academy.
Monokuma is additionally revealed to have a spy implanted amongst the 15 students partaking in the game, in addition to hiding the existence of a 16th student within the academy. After the first blackened is caught and executed by Monokuma, Monokuma provides a series of additional motives over the following weeks, leading to further murders, class trials, and executions. After providing a motive which leads to a murder then taking place, Monokuma reveals that if the blackened wishes to leave, they must first pass through a class trial with their fellow students – if caught, they will be executed, if not, their classmates will be executed. Sometime later, Monokuma greets 15 "Ultimate" students of Hope's Peak Academy, introducing himself as the school's headmaster and informing them that they will be living within the grounds of the academy for the remainder of their natural lives lest one of them become " the blackened" and murder another. Viewing the man's remains, Monokuma begins chuckling. Monokuma first appears in the opening scene of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (2010) The character, sitting in front of a man tied to a chair, pushes a button that launches the man through the building they are in, up into the sky and then to space, reducing him to a skeleton upon his crash landing. Junko Enoshima, the original mastermind behind Monokuma. Ĭritical response to Monokuma has been generally favorable, and he has often been listed as one of the best characters in the entire franchise. In the third main series game, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, Monokuma is provided " children" with the Monokubs, consisting of: Monotaro, Monodam, Monokid, Monophanie, Monosuke, and the Nanokumas Monokuma is additionally provided a mother figure dubbed Motherkuma. In Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, Monokuma transforms Jabberwock Island Operator Usami into a sister figure which he dubs Monomi, while in the spin-off Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls, two different characters that are similar to Monokuma, the all-white Shirokuma and all-black Kurokuma appear, in addition to an army of Monokuma robots. Monokuma regularly interacts with killing game participants and other targets to taunt or threaten them while using a voice changer that hides its true identity, in addition to executing each " blackened" if they kill another student. In the Danganronpa universe, the robot is not unique and is easily obtainable, allowing others to take up its identity. Nobuyo Ōyama and TARAKO voice him in Japanese, while Brian Beacock provides his voice for the English dub.
The character has often appeared in popular culture since its inception, referenced in film and television as well as spawning a series of action figures and merchandise.
The identity is used primarily as a disguise for the masterminds of each game to conceal their identities while overseeing and organizing killing games, and as such has been voiced by several actors. Monokuma was created by scenario writer Kazutaka Kodaka and designed by Rui Komatsuzaki. Monokuma first appears in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc as a disguise used by " despair sisters" Mukuro Ikusaba and Junko Enoshima during their killing game in the fictional school of Hope's Peak Academy. Monokuma ( Japanese: モノクマ), alternatively stylized as MonoKuma or Monobear, is a fictional identity adopted by several characters in the Danganronpa series, serving as the mascot of both the series and Spike Chunsoft. Executing " the blackened" for broadcast purposes
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