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20. K1-B0
Appears in: Danganronpa V3
Ultimate Identity: Robot
Endearing Character Trait: Calls out Robophobia wherever he sees it

K1-B0 is maybe the most disappointing DR character in history, yet he's still better than all these other wastes of memory. I say "disappointing," because his design is pretty cool and he was in a lot of promotional material for V3. I guess he ends up being "important," but like everything else, Chapter 6 kind of ruins it.

Pre Chapter 6, K1-B0 is a surprisingly one-note character. He says "robophobic" a lot, he gets assaulted by Miu, he has humorously quotidian special powers. They're funny jokes, but there's something about them that just makes it lame... like dad jokes or something.

My favorite K1-B0 moment, aside from the cheap tingles I get from his scene with Miu, is when his hair antenna drops off and he temporarily becomes awesome. I realize I'm falling into V3's trap, which is that I want him to end up being the embodiment of hope that his hair says that he is. But I mean, if he isn't that, isn't he just kind of a waste? If the whole point of V3 is to say that fictional lives matter, do they really if they end up not having any type of purpose or goal? Once again, V3 sacrifices satisfying character development for commentary on fictional media and audience involvement in fanbases. I guess what I'm saying is he shouldn't have died at the end.

I expected so much more from K1-B0. But I guess I shouldn't have expected such development from a robot.

Next: Dough or doughnuts. There are no fries. (speaking of dad jokes)