What If Tomura Shigaraki Becomes A Vestige And Annoys Deku For All Eternity, The Comic

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Jongwoo: What happened after you guys killed for the first time?

Dongsik: I didn't.

Eve: She shot me.

Will: We sort of adopted a teenager.

Eve: That doesn't sound so bad?

Will: He later made me think I've killed her.

Dongsik: Oh. Mine let me think I've killed people too.

Dongsik: He framed me for his crimes and let me go to prison.

Will: Been there. I hope you gave him jail time too.

Dongsik: Sure did!

Eve: What about you, Jongwoo?

Jongwoo: He framed himself for my crimes and we made the police think I killed him in self-defense so none of us would go to prison.

Will: That's clever.

Will: I jumped off a cliff with mine.

Eve: That's stupid.

Will: I know.

Why did the Remnants of Despair do that?

Spoilers for Danganronpa 3 (obviously)

I've made it very clear that I really like Danganronpa 3 and that I think a lot of the criticisms are unfair or misguided. One common criticism however stuck with me for the longest time. In Hope Arc, after Hajime and his friends helped put an end to the Future Foundation killing game, they proceeded to seemingly "cover it up." On the surface, this seems strange. The series constantly criticized Hope's Peak for covering up incidents, so why is this any different? After some time thinking, I think I managed to put together why.

At first, the video starts with the Remnants of Despair seemingly taking credit for the Future Foundation killing game. While technically, yes, Kazuo Tengan was a Remnant of Despair, he was completely disconnected from the rest of the people in the video and had no affiliation with them. However, it's the next part where this gets interesting.

Now despite what you might think, there is a LOT to dissect in these four lines.

"If the world were to be saved and reach a happy ending... Doesn't that strike you as boring?"

Obviously to anybody who has watched Hope Arc, this line is kinda ironic considering it generally has a pretty happy and sweet ending. However, what's important to note is that to the general public, there wasn't a happy ending. A majority of Future Foundation's leaders were just wiped out and the Remnants of Despair are still presumably on the run. So why would Hajime say this? Well I feel like the next bit of text should fill you in. "That is why we will once again dye the world in despair. The world needs despair." This line is REALLY interesting to me as it directly ties into one of the major themes in Danganronpa 3. Throughout Future Arc, Kyosuke believes that the only way to achieve true hope is to eliminate all despair. However, Makoto (and Tengan) believe that despair needs to exist alongside hope in order for hope to be meaningful, otherwise it's meaningless. True hope isn't blind happiness, it's keeping a positive mindset while overcoming despair. This sheds a completely different light on what Hajime is saying. He isn't just taking the fall so Makoto and his friends can move on without trouble, he and his friends are taking on the burden of despair as a way of atoning for their actions as remnants. This way, everyone can unite against them. They're making a sacrifice so that way hope can continue to manifest and have meaning.

This is shown again later in Makoto's final conversation with Kyosuke. When asked if he is able to carry the burden of hope, he mentions that the others are carrying the burden of despair. Now things are starting to make sense. Hajime and his friends decide to hold onto the burden of being despairs as a way to atone for their crimes and give the world something to unite against, choosing to sacrifice their image in order to help make the world better. The difference with Class 77's sacrifice here and Hope's Peak behavior is that Hope's Peak covered up incidents that were their fault so they could protect their image. Their motivations were entirely selfish and only to benefit themselves. Meanwhile, Hajime and his friends sacrificed their own reputation in order to help give the world hope in a strange, roundabout way along with taking accountability for their own sins. They aren't pretending to be innocent, they're acknowledging their own guilt and using it to benefit the world.

I also think that Makoto and his friend's reaction to the video is pretty interesting. They don't seem very excited, but more confused and shocked. It's almost like they're still trying to why they did this in the first place.

After a moment, they move on from that subject entirely. Byakuya tells Makoto that he did well and his hope helped in the end despite his refusal.

Despite that, despair unfortunately did take a toll on them. Even still, it can't be denied that hope did win in the end because of despair, further showing that the two need to coexist. Things may look bad now, but just like, always they'll get better. Makoto and Byakuya both realized what the point of the video was. In a way, the video was more like them taking accountability for everything they've done as opposed to just the covering Future Foundation killing game.

The former remnants finally head off to Jabberwock Island to continue their atonement, making one last sacrifice and carrying the burden of despair. I hope what I wrote can help you see Class 77's actions in Hope Arc in a new light. Like I said, a lot of people have criticized them, but in my opinion I think it's a very fitting and satisfying way to end their arc. (Now's the part where I make a "Goodbye Despair" joke.)

Don't FUCKING argue with me. "Neil Josten let his cigarette burn to the filter without taking a drag. He didn't want the nicotine; he wanted the acrid smoke that reminded him of his mother." Is a fucking dynamite intro!! Is it edgy as fuck? Yeah. So? Is it hella melodramatic? Probably. So? Is it bad writing? Motherfucking NO! It's damn near expert level execution of several writing principles!

Who is the story about? First two words, next question.

Catch the reader's attention as soon as possible? "Why the fuck is he wasting a cigarette?" Intrigue successfully demanded, next question.

Raise questions that will keep the reader hanging long enough to have answered? "Why the fuck does acrid smoke trigger his mommy issues?" + "Wait it's because he burned her corpse??" Many many more questions raised + blind sided reader via preconceived expectations being subverted, next question.

Character establishing moment? What other characters use for physical and emotional regulation, he uses to fucking reminisce and wallow in his feelings, next question.

Set the tone for the rest of the story? Edgy, melodramatic, and emotionally gut wrenching, NEXT. FUCKING. QUESTION!

The Muses asked Nora to roll for Hook and she rolled a nat 20 five times in a row in 30 words or less. Hook, Line, and motherfucking Sinker bitches

Some of y'all need to stop ragging on AFTG's writing and start using it as a fucking case study cus this shit has the addiction capacity of heroine and god help the goddamn saltine cracker throwing stones

akutagawa: i am cold.

atsushi: put on another blanket

akutagawa: i am already under 3

atsushi:

atsushi: okay fine

*transforms and lays on top of akutagawa*

Me trying to figure out how Akutagawa explained his whole ‘I can’t kill for 6 months’ deal to the rest of the mafia, like, ‘sorry boss I know you gave me a direct order to wipe out this opposing organization, but I cut a deal with my enemy/partner/rival/crush to not kill anyone for 6 months so that I can impress him with my superior skills and then immediately kill him, so you’re going to have to select someone else for this mission, sorry.’ Like-

please please pleaseee do you have any more fic recs for strangers from hell? i read another sfh fic you posted about and adored it..

Ofc friend I gotchu, I'm still going down the whole ao3 tag but these are some of my favorites so far in no particular order <3 (halftruth my hero, sad you're only on twitter).

Mind the tags on some of these, I don't mind a lot of this content but you may, though SFH is its own warning I feel. There's a lot of different genres and vibes in here, not all may be to your liking!

Hell At Your Heels by Anonymous (the one you mentioned I posted before, just to keep them all together)

esurience by halftruth

Say You'll Keep Me by FunSSSized

It Sure Beats Walking by pearliegrimm

A Bite in Eden by Matador (super interesting formatting I found very fun with the mixed korean <3)

Rainbow by Adora

even as a shadow, even as a dream by felloutofthesky

caesura by halftruth

how easy you are to need by halftruth

'Choose Happiness' by ennui_ing

black star by hour_of_the_wolf

cacoethes by halftruth

Homme Fatale by gfriendly

suspiria de profundis by mslunita

Evolution by Adora

your hunger in my mouth by halftruth

in the house of flies by halftruth

The Sharpest Lives by memequeen1127

now you feel so alive by halftruth

the only answer to death by uhlee (luckiestcow)

from eden by halftruth

but in time you see things clear and stark by Bebravenow

holes in the bellows and blood on the keys by Bebravenow

lepidoptera by halftruth

Bullet with Butterfly Wings by memequeen1127

honey, you've wrapped these chains around my heart for a while now by Anonymous

didn't have time to draw what i wanted for valentines but i made this in like 10 minutes 🧡

you have to assume that in the aftg universe there are people writing exy rpf. there has to be at least one person who wrote a ravens mafia au who woke up to the craziest news story of their life

The latest bet the Foxes have made is on how long it will take for Kevin to break Neil's phone to keep him offline. The bet that immediately follows is about exactly how fast Kevin can run.

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