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| “ | Protection against deception, and never allow others to read your emotions. And whoever stands before you, don't let them push you around. Remember that. | „ |
| ~ Kyoko Kirigiri |
| “ | The power of the words you believed became everyone's hope, right? It became my hope. Have confidence in yourself. Isn't that little bit of optimism what's great about you? Hope is infectious. If your power isn't enough, we're here for you. Everyone is behind you. | „ |
| ~ Kyoko to Makoto. |
Kyoko Kirigiri is one of the main characters of the Danganronpa franchise. She was a student at Hopes Peak Academy, having earned the title of the Ultimate Detective, also being the daughter of the school's principal, Jin Kirigiri.
She was voiced by Yoko Hikasa in Japanese, who also voiced Atom in Pluto. In English, she was voiced by Erika Harlacher in the games, who also voiced Kaede Akamatsu, and by Caitlin Glass in the anime adaptation. In the stage play adaptation, she was portrayed by Rei Okamoto in 2014 and 2016 but Natsumi Okamoto in 2018.
What Makes Her Pure Good?[]
In General[]
- While she started off with corrupting qualities, mainly her jerkishness and being too pragmatic, she manages to subvert all these traits and grows to greatly care for Makoto and her other classmates by the end of the first game.
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc[]
- She and Makoto were vital to solving every class trial, therefore saving their other classmates from being executed by Monokuma.
- When Mondo Owada threatened Monokuma in the gymnasium and physically attacked him due to being provoked by the latter, Kyoko was the only one there who realized that his body was about to self-destruct and quickly warned Mondo to throw him before it was too late, saving his life in the process.
- During the first class trial, Kyoko was the only student who didn't immediately jump the gun and blame Makoto despite the initial evidence of the crime pointing to him and making him the prime suspect, even recommending everyone else to not jump to conclusions too early. With her assistance, Makoto was able to successfully prove his innocence, leading to the survival of everyone else apart from the true blackened.
- When Makoto justifiably attempted to lunge at Monokuma for manipulating Sayaka and Leon to committing their crimes in the first place by driving him into despair, Kyoko interfered, not wanting Makoto to suffer the same fate as Junko (who was later revealed to have been Mukuro), warning him that if he truly wanted to make Sayaka's enemies pay for what they've done, then he should hold off for now and not do anything reckless.
- While it was stated by Makoto that Kyoko's grip was "strong enough to leave behind a bruise", this isn't corrupting since she did it to prevent him from attacking Monokuma and therefore get executed, meaning that her actions ended up protecting him in the end.
- When the trial had concluded, Kyoko tried to reassure Makoto that even though it was an undeniable fact that Sayaka betrayed him since she attempted to frame him, it was still possible that her final moments were spent thinking of how she could protect him due to her leaving behind her dying message of "11037" (which was actually meant to spell "LEON" when flipped 180 degrees), genuinely believing it even though Makoto thought it was impossible for her to have still cared about him until Kyoko informed him of the possibility.
- When Makoto was resting on his bed due to having developed a fever, she had noticed that a masked assailant was standing over him with a knife and likely planned to kill him, so she jumped in to defend him and made sure to keep him safe before Makoto had passed out again.
- Even though she genuinely attempted to pin the blame on Makoto during the fifth class trial since she and him were the prime suspects for the murder, it was only a pragmatic measure that needed to be done for the greater good. Even when the trial concluded and her attempts were successful, she was genuinely frustrated with herself and saddened for exploiting Makoto the way she did.
- Optionally, even in the Bad Ending where Makoto exposes Kyoko's intentional lie, now making her the primary suspect for the murder. She doesn't hold any grudges towards her classmates for suspecting her and simply accepts that they fell for the mastermind's ploy and prepares for her execution even though she would have every right to be upset in this scenario.
- Being incredibly remorseful for betraying Makoto and gambling with his life, she rescued him from the garbage dump by plummeting down to the basement herself (which is where Makoto ended up after his sabotaged execution) and ended up escaping with him.
- When her and Makoto returned inside the school, she demanded Monokuma to reopen the fifth class trial for not playing fair by the rules, saving Makoto from possibly getting re-executed and verifying his innocence of not being the killer.
- Furthermore, it's revealed that this was the exact reason Kyoko had pinned the blame on Makoto in the first place: she wanted to see for herself if Monokuma was truly willing to break his own rules by having Makoto, who was innocent, falsely executed to cover up his tracks and that Kyoko was his initial target (who does get executed in the Bad Ending) but settles for Makoto due to him being the next best suspect. This meant that Kyoko's actions, while seemingly cruel at first, ultimately served as unendiable proof that the mastermind was getting desperate and closer to being exposed.
- When she saw a picture of her and her father together, she began to question if her father truly was the bad person she believed him to be.
- During the re-do of the fifth-class trial, when Monokuma opened the possibility of Kyoko being the culprit, she removed her gloves in front of all her classmates to reveal the scars she suffered during detective work despite her being unwilling to before, which completely eliminated the possibility of her being the killer since Makoto's attacker couldn't have possibly had the same scars as her and made everyone even closer to unveiling the mastermind's true identity. This shows that Kyoko is willing to reveal even her deepest of secrets if it genuinely means the good for both herself and her classmates.
- Thanks to Makoto's influence, she regained hope and refused to accept Junko Enoshima's proposal of sacrificing his life and even realized that she could ultimately understand her father even if blood was the only trait they shared.
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair[]
- She supported Makoto's idea to save the Remnants of Despair by placing them in the Neo World Program to undo Junko's influence on them.
- She, Makoto and Byakuya saved the students in the Neo World Program (as well as potentially the rest of the world) by activating the shutdown sequence.
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc/Hope Arc[]
- She scolded Juzo Sakakura for beating up Makoto before the latter's trial and was able to escort Makoto out of it temporarily to have his wounds treated.
- She gave Makoto her fullest support during the Final Killing Game.
- She chose Makoto’s life over her own by violating her forbidden action (which was letting Makoto live beyond the fourth time limit), which would have killed her if not for the medicine she took beforehand which delayed the poison, and even then, she would have been comatose and eventually died if not for Mikan reviving her.
- Even after she's supposedly dead, she helped the survivors due to her notebook that implied the victims committed suicide by watching the monitor.
- She helped Makoto rebuild Hope's Peak Academy and ran it with him as the vice principal.
External Links[]
- Kyoko Kirigiri on the Danganronpa Wiki
- Kyoko Kirigiri on the Heroes Wiki
- Kyoko Kirigiri on the Shojo Heroes Wiki
- Kyoko Kirigiri on the Seinen Heroes Wiki
- Kyoko Kirigiri on the Likability Scaling Purgatory Wiki
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