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| “ | I'm going to keep moving forward, with hope in my heart. | „ |
| ~ Makoto's most famous quote. |
| “ | If Kirigiri had turned into Despair... and betrayed everyone... If I had to kill her to stop her... No matter what had happened, I'd still have been glad to have met her. | „ |
| ~ Makoto to Kyosuke Munakata. |
Makoto Naegi is the main protagonist of Hope's Peak Series of the Danganronpa franchise. He was the Ultimate Lucky Student for winning a lottery to attend Hope's Peak Academy, then he was later given the title of the Ultimate Hope.
He is voiced by Megumi Ogata in Japanese and by Bryce Papenbrook in English, who also voices Red in Pokémon Origins, and currently voices Silver the Hedgehog.
What Makes Him Pure Good?[]
In General[]
- He has no corrupting qualities throughout the entire franchise, always managing to be optimistic and kind to everyone.
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc[]
- He and Kyoko solved every class trial, saving their surviving classmates from being executed by Monokuma.
- When Sayaka saw her motive video and fled to a classroom, he was able to calm her down by promising to keep her safe.
- When Kyoko said that Sayaka being scarred was a lie and was actually trying to lure someone into the room to kill them, he refused to believed that his friend would kill someone.
- When Kyoko told Makoto that he was the kind of person to push past these events and move on, he denied it and said he would carry both Sayaka and Leon's deaths so they wouldn't be forgotten, and so that he could avenge their deaths by finding out who the mastermind was.
- When Aoi tried to get everyone killed, including Makoto for supposedly pushing Sakura into committing suicide, he forgave her.
- When he was given the option to expose Kyoko's lie, he decides to let it go because he wouldn't believe his friend would kill someone for no reason and took the blame for it, endangering his own life to do so.
- When everyone realized Makoto was still alive and wasn't the culprit, he forgave everyone.
- He and Kyoko exposed Junko Enoshima in the final trial.
- When everyone was left in despair by Junko giving the sadistic choice to live a life in which they can survive if they let her execute Makoto, he refused to give in and tried to persuade his friends that hope still exists in their hearts.
- He convinced Yasuhiro that staying in the school, chained by their own despair, isn't really living at all. Yasuhiro then realized that living means moving forward, even if it's hard and scary; thus, he renewed his desire to leave the school and find his future.
- He convinced Aoi that they aren't just living for themselves, but also for their deceased friends. Aoi then realized that Sakura, her deceased friend, would say that living means going against despair and walking through hardship; thus, she decided to move forward in memory of her fallen classmates.
- He convinced Byakuya that the Togami Family never succumbs to despair and he, as the heir, must rebuild it as many times as he can without giving up. Byakuya realized that the Togami Family isn't dead since he is still alive. This made him decide to keep his word and have the mastermind, Junko, defeated and dead (although he insisted that he wasn't doing this for Makoto).
- In the game, Jack told Makoto that she doesn't really care whether she stays or leaves, so as long as Byakuya comes with them. In the anime, Jack decided to leave as well after seeing Byakuya convinced to leaving the school and ending the mastermind's life.
- Finally, Makoto convinced Kyoko that her father never gave up nor gave into despair; if there is no hope, then they'll become the new hope. Kyoko realized that her father would never sacrifice Makoto for the sake of his own life; she also realized that she could understand her father even if blood was the only trait they shared. With this revelation, Kyoko announced that Makoto himself had a hidden Ultimate talent: as someone with the ability to defeat Ultimate Despair, he could be called the Ultimate Hope.
- When Junko was defeated, he tried to dissuade Junko from killing herself, despite everything she did, although she refused to listen to Makoto just for the sake of despair.
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls[]
- He responded to his sister Komaru's call for help, and apologized about her imprisonment.
- He let Komaru stay in Towa City when he found out it was of her own volition.
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair[]
- When he found the remaining Remnants of Despair, he protected them and decided to undo Junko's influence by putting them into the Neo World Program instead of killing them, despite the trouble he would get into into with the rest of the Future Foundation by doing so.
- He, Kyoko 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[]
- When he got cornered and repeatedly punched by Kyosuke, he admitted that if the roles were reversed and he had to kill Kyoko to stop despair because she had killed others, he would not forget the good times they had had before they were set against each other. This stirred Kyosuke's memories of Chisa at Hope's Peak Academy, finally making him understand that his view was incorrect.
- He attempted to use Kyoko's notebook to prove there was no attacker all along and it was suicide by wrapping himself up in front of a monitor.
- When he hallucinated Sayaka, Kyoko and the other deceased students, he tried to apologize to them, feeling guilty for all of their deaths.
- He bandaged Aoi when she got shot in the leg.
- When Hajime nodded gratefully at him with respect, he responded with a nod in return.
- He and the other survivors of the Killing School Life rebuilt Hope's Peak Academy to make it into a better school dedicated to nurturing and teaching its students, and not repeat the mistakes committed before by the school.
External Links[]
- Makoto Naegi on the Heroes Wiki
- Makoto Naegi on the Danganronpa Wiki
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 Pure Goods
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