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24. Mukuro Ikusaba
Appears in: Danganronpa
Ultimate Identity: Soldier / Despair
Endearing Character Trait: She dies twice.

So to answer someone's earlier question - yes, I'm ranking Mukuro. At least in the games, we never truly see "Mukuro," just her impersonating Junko. I like how the game includes easter eggs that clue us into her true identity, like with her preferred gifts and some of her comments (her referring to her magazine shots as being photoshopped, for example). Her "why me?" when she gets speared takes on added layers when we realize that she was actually an accomplice / friend/ sister to the mastermind.

She's up this high solely for the major twist in Danganronpa's last chapter, which is just... really good. Of course, it wasn't that hard to figure out, once you saw the fake nails and the wolf tattoo. Still, it's weird to think back to DR and think about how shocking it was that Junko was the mastermind and that the earlier person we met wasn't actually Junko. A well done twist that didn't feel like an asspull.

I like to think that Mukuro wasn't as into despair as Junko was. That she liked and admired Junko and was kind of into despair, but not into the idea of dying as the ultimate despair. That way, what happens to her is tragic, rather than corny. More on despair when we inevitably get to Junko's write-up.

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