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How do you expect to find the culprit when you're all worried about each other's feelings? If you're planning to expose a liar, then you have to corner them psychologically... Only then will they reveal their true self as a liar—hiding beneath a layer of deceit!
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~ Kokichi describing his class trial strategy.
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Why do you guys hate lies so much? There's only one truth, but endless possibilities for lies, y'know? And some of them are only white lies, or lies to be kind to people... If you deny all of that just because it's a lie... Then that means you guys are just terrible at being lied to! Seriously, the worst!
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~ Kokichi explaining his pro-lying life philosophy.
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Hey, do robots have d*cks?
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~ Kokichi asking K1-B0 also his most famous quote.
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Kokichi Oma (spelled Ouma in the Japanese version) is a major antagonist of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, serving as the main antagonist of both Chapter 4 and Chapter 5.
He is one of the sixteen participants of the Killing School Semester. Though he is not actually evil, Kokichi does fake his own death, manipulate Gonta into becoming the blackened, and pretend to be the mastermind in order to stop the killing game and defeat the true mastermind. He was later murdered by Kaito Momota in a plan constructed by Kokichi himself to conclude the killing game once and for all by defeating the mastermind. His plan partially succeeded posthumously in the next trial, allowing three of the remaining contestants to survive.
He was voiced by Hiro Shimono in Japanese and Derek Stephen Prince (who also voiced Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu in Danganronpa 2 and the Digimon Emperor in Digimon Adventure 2) in English.
Appearance[]
Kokichi has a very childlike appearance, as the keyword for his design was "shota" (a Japanese slang term referring to a younger male character). As such, he is quite short, being 5'1" with a thin build, making him the second shortest boy after Ryoma. He has very large, rounded, purple eyes which give him an innocent look—something he uses to advantage to get others to do things for him. Kokichi is also capable of making his eyes appear much sharper, or even somewhat inhuman, when angered. He has dark purple, wavy hair, with brighter purple tips. His hair sticks outwards from his face at the sides, though it lies flat in the back.
Kokichi wears a white, straitjacket-like suit with several straps with red buttons around his arms. His shirt is double-breasted with mismatching buttons and held together with a series of metal clips. Just above the clips is a small, broken chain and his school emblem is printed on his right shoulder. The back of the shirt is decorated with stitches forming a series of X's down his back, two buttons and a broken chain are attached near the hem beneath it. His pants are white, stopping just at the ankles with a dark belt going around the waist. The pants also have two fake belts sewn at the mid-thighs, resembling bondage belts. Kokichi wears a pair of plain, black shoes with purple heels. Around his neck, he sports a signature checkerboard-patterned scarf. Kokichi's suit, upon closer inspection, is rather ill-fitted with jagged edges.
In promotional art, he wears a dark cape with a high collar fastened with a large, metal clip. He also wears a black military-style cap with gold emblems.
Kokichi's voice is usually very childish, as his appearance would suggest, but he can switch to a much deeper, mature voice if he is being flirty, intimidating or angry. This is more prominent in the original Japanese audio.
Personality[]
Described by Shuichi Saihara as "the human embodiment of a lie," Kokichi is a schemer who compulsively or pathologically creates lies. While putting on his villainous persona, he freely states whatever he's thinking, regardless of how it makes others feel. Despite Kokichi's intelligence, he is one of the most immature characters in the series, as he often says things in an attempt to pester the others. This includes constantly teasing Keebo and Miu and harassing Maki after her talent is revealed. Because of the childlike naïveté he displays, Kokichi is easily capable of manipulating the class trials, often leading the others to dead ends or intimidating the culprit.
After the conclusion of the fourth class trial, Kokichi pretends to cry for Gonta to gult trip Gonta into accepting his execution , only to reveal it as a lie and state that he'd never cry for him. From this point onward, Kokichi's mischievous and somewhat childlike demeanor is dropped, with Kokichi now acting cold, uncaring, and nearly insane to cut his ties with everyone in preparation for his plan. He claims to enjoy the suffering and pain of others, with the Killing Game serving as a perfect source of that anguish.
In spite of the antagonistic mask he tries to display, Kokichi does indeed show a compassionate side - albeit one that is rarely seen by the other students. During his private conversation with Kaito in Chapter 5, Kokichi expresses his true feelings towards the Killing Game, stating that those who are enjoying the students' suffering "piss him off" and that he had to "lie to himself" in order to get any enjoyment out of it. Kokichi considers lying to be a major part of who he is, believing lies to be just as - if not more - important than the truth. He also claims to use them as a way to entertain those around him.
Kokichi is capable of displaying empathy, but tries his best to make it seem twisted. He becomes upset when Himiko refuses to acknowledge her true feelings concerning her grief over Tenko and Angie's deaths, prompting her to finally face her emotions. He also appeared genuinely saddened by Kaede's execution, saying "[she] wasn't boring", which is a very high compliment from him. Conversely, he is uncaring about the majority of the students, treating their deaths as trivial or entertaining to keep up appearances.
Kokichi has a vendetta against killing, and as such hates the Killing Game. He also loathes Maki, possibly due to her occupation as an assassin. He openly mocks and antagonizes her at every opportunity, driving her to nearly strangle him multiple times. Kokichi often encourages the class to turn against Maki and tries over and over again to isolate her from everyone else, citing the fact that she has killed before and cannot be trusted. He is also willing to drag Kaito into their feud, insulting and harming the astronaut in order to enrage Maki and even using it as a key point in his last-ditch attempt to defeat Monokuma.
Kokichi's hatred of the Killing Game drives him to end it at any cost. He sacrifices both Gonta and Miu in an attempt to mercy-kill the entire class by having them vote incorrectly for the killer. These acts shatter any trust the class had for him and even lead Shuichi, who is usually very compassionate, to tell Kokichi that he will always be alone. Later, the Ultimate Supreme Leader finally reveals the secret of the outside world to the remaining students- that the world was actually destroyed and that they are the sole survivors of humanity.
Immediately after he declares himself the mastermind, he hijacks the Exisals to kidnap Kaito, in an attempt to make everyone lose the will to continue the Killing Game. Unfortunately, the true mastermind gives everyone, save Kokichi and Kaito, a Flashback Light detailing their past as 'beacons of hope' while Kokichi was an evil 'Remnant of Despair.' This caused Maki to make an attempt on Kokichi's life, which he ultimately decided to sacrifice in his final attempt to end the game.
Kokichi appears to be extremely distrustful and paranoid of everyone around him, refusing to divulge information about himself. After his death, Shuichi and Maki visited his room where they discovered he had been hoarding evidence from previous trials and keeping track of murderers and victims. Notably, he wrote "trustworthy?" next to a portrait of Saihara, further demonstrating his distrust. His lying subsequently made it impossible for anyone else to trust him, and he opted for unethical and even cruel measures to get people to cooperate with him. When the motive videos were given out, Kokichi suggested the class watch them together to prevent a murder, only for his idea to be shot down as everyone believed his goal was to incite a killing. In truth, if his motive screening party had happened, a killing would have been less likely to occur. He then manipulated Gonta into kidnapping everyone, allowing Kokichi to steal the videos and watch the videos, though he was unable to force anyone else to view them, which then allows a murder to happen.
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Trivia[]
- The death scene of Kokichi is one of the most brutal deaths among the entire Danganropa franchise, along with the death of Nagito Komaeda, who is also a Chapter 5 victim and "rival" character to the protagonist.
- In the early Japanese trailer for the game released on October 24th, 2016, one of Kokichi's sprites was erroneously drawn with six fingers instead of five.
- Similar to Chiaki Nanami, the female deuteragonist of the previous Danganronpa game Goodbye Despair, he has a strong love for video games. The official art book even stating that he played them his entire life.
- In his bedroom, Kokichi has a whiteboard visually representing all of the culprits and victims of the killing school semester, the murder methods for each killing, and his opinion on the living students. Next to the diagram is a doodle of himself.
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