I can just imagine Pekos trial with Fuyuhiko just like crying and he’s like “don’t leave me peko!” It would be just so funny watching peko like try to protect that huge buff dude
@@WeebyNewz I remember when v3 came out that people thought kirumi and shuichi might be twins and would swap clothes throughout the game cause they looked so similar on their artwork (pale skin, same green eyes and long eyelashes) still a good idea though even if it wasnt the case.
@@WeebyNewz LMAO, its okay lol. And yeah, it would be really cool to see that! Especially if like, one dies amd the other can still sense their soul (if that makes sense?) after their siblings death. That could make for some really interesting events!
On that whole rumour thing involving "Hiyoko being killed and served as food"....wouldn't that mean the body discovery announcement would play as soon as everybody gathered for dinner? How messed up would that be if everybody was frantically looking around for the body, only for the announcement to go off a SECOND time when they find "Byakuya"? Lol.
I can't imagine Nagito putting so much effort into his appearance. It would be weird to see him look sleek, cool, and intimidating while droning on about how worthless he is. I get that this would be a different interpretation of the character, but self loathing is one of his biggest identifiers, and it lines up with his philosophy.
I love dark-haired Hiyoko! She looks so awesome imo. The only bad thing about it is that, without the blonde hair, the "banana hair" joke would be non-existent
@@Xxsorafan I'm pretty sure that's just a rumor? Does anyone actually have any proof of that? Because I've only ever seen people citing it as common knowledge, like it's some well-known fact, but I've never seen anyone actually show any credible sources.
Akane was supposed to be the mastermind at some point, not the rival character. That´s why the physical similarities in body type to Junko and her last name being Owari.
Is there anything that actually says this because I don’t think it’s been approved. Or were you able to translate that one page with the counter of Akane.
@@Riff_10 As far as I remember, that promotional art was taken out of context. Someone just saw that old promotional art with Akane looking kinda angry/evil and said that it was the rival character at some point and that rumor spread like fire. The page that had this image was actually just talking about the first 4 revealed characters: Hajime, Chiaki, Akane, and "Togami" (the ultimate imposter). The article also mentioned gameplay elements (including the rebuttal showdown, hence why it includes an early version of the rebuttal showdown animation), and a joke about the similarities of some of these new characters with the previous ones: the two Byakuyas, Akane and Asahina. And as everyone already knows "Togami" dies first and Chiaki is the main girl of the game (hence why it´s specifically Hajime and Akane the ones portrayed in the rebuttal. Because they do had rebuttal animations for the game. Togami and Chiaki weren´t meant to have rebuttal animations againts Hajime. "Togami" because he dies without participating in a class trial and Chiaki because she was supposed to support Hajime during the class trials and literally never had a rebuttal againts him because of it). Nagito (who as far as I remember was not revealed at the moment of this promotional art was out) was always planned to be the rival and later on he was hyped up in promotional material as this mysterious character with some connection to Makoto (with his character design and his anagram name) precisely because he was going to be the rival character. You don't just reveal the best things you have all at once. That's one of the reasons why they only showed four characters at the begining and why Nagito was saved for later. I already explained why she wasn´t the rival. And as for why Akane was supposed to be the mastermind: As it was pointed out in the video. Hajime´s name means "begining" and Akane´s last name means "end". Which was already a hint about her role as the mastermind. Along with many other things like her voluptuous body type being very similar to Junko´s body. Akane also gets a close relationship with the buff character of the game (an idea that "mastermind Akane" was supposed to have as cover before she was scrapped as the mastermind along with the idea of having her as one of the survivors before the reveal). If I remember correctly, Kodaka stated in an interview that AI Junko was turned into final boss of SDR2 because he couldn´t come up at the time with a better mastermind than her. And it´s true, If they would´ve followed with Akane as the mastermind she was supposed to maintain this fake airhead girl facade (and her physical abilities/strength ), to later on be revealed that she had a connection to Junko (which would´ve been just fake Junko, a.k.a Mukuro from DR1 done twice). Instead of that, she was kept as we all know her, a lovable but kind of airhead girl with great physical abilities that had a close connection with the buff character of the game and that was also a survivor (aspects that were going to be used as a cover for the reveal of her as the mastermind before getting scrapped in SDR2). Except from the voluptuous body type, which is a trait kept and shared by all the masterminds of the danganronpa games (even for the ones that were scrapped like mastermind Akane and the scrapped "second generation Junko Enoshima" character from UDG), all the other aspects planned for Akane as the mastermind of SDR2: the fake friendly facade, her friendship with the buff character as a cover and her role as a survivor for the reveal as the mastermind later on were all aspects that were scrapped for mastermind Akane but that were later on implemented for Tsumugi as the mastermind. Edit: Sorry for the long comment XD. Some typos may happen when a comment gets this long. I already got rid of them.
@@jigglypuff452 Not really. She being the rival was never a thing. That was just a rumor that spread like fire after someone made a comment with the image of that promotional art but without the context. She was intended to be the mastermind at some point though. But then those aspects that were scrapped for Akane where implemented for Tsumugi.
If Beta TeruTeru was still a perv, then that would just prove that your beautiful looks might just could save you from getting hate lol. I like current TeruTeru design, I think he looks cute and actually a chef
@@silly_.rabbit2 ehhh idk?? to me, iruma is a much much more interesting character and she has a lot more to deal w the plot. like, her perverted bombastic personality is all kinda bravado which makes her interesting to me-
I like TeruTeru's final design more than his beta. I personally think he looks adorable and actually a chef (which of course fits with his ultimate other than a skinnier & smaller version of Mondo lol Kinda sad that I see people say that if he looked hotter but still a perv they would like him more. That just proves that if you're beautiful looking but still a perv, it could maybe just save you from getting hate lol
Okay theory/headcanon: The two gas masks twins? Those were important characters that we would occasionally see in cutscenes that would be a part of the Future Foundation, which would add on to the lie that the Future Foundation were the evil ones that we were made to believe at the beginning of the game. Which might explain Ibuki’s bêta gas mask: she was supposed to be the traitor. ^^
I didn't realize that the little hair antennas had a name! My friends and I have always called the protagonist ahoge the "bullshit detector" because of the whole trial mechanic in Danganronpa!
I think the gas mask characters were supposed to be the Ultimate Exterminators(for pests), that or there was supposed to be a different plot twist with the island.
Fun fact!: Chiaki’s first beta design was a lot like Chihiro’s because Chiaki was originally planned to be Chihiro’s sister, but as they developed her story, they had to change Chiaki’s design
I’m so glad a larger DR RUclipsr has mentioned MK2, the project which places Mahiru as the protagonist of SDR2. The writing is honestly top notch, and so far I’ve been having a blast reading through. That project seriously deserves more attention.
@@ulyanakuznetsov9808 It’s a project written to have Mahiru as the protagonist of SDR2 instead of Hajime, written by someone named Sozzay. Here’s the link if you’re interested: www.sozzay.com/MK2/
Spoilers kind of: I think the gasmaks is suposed to be the characters as ultimate despair, since most didn't know that class 77 was ultimate despair, they probaly hid their faces alongside other things to hide their identities. Also in the last episode of the anime, weren't some pf the brainwashed people wearing gasmaks? Realized this after a while:The first design she showed for Nekomaru kind of looks like Haiji towa.
43:14 the SHSL zombie she was used as a foundation for mikans design, it’s explained in the sdr2 art book in mikans character description when you translate it :} (I think the character design process profiles r also in the new book idk?) the talent was changed but she’s mentioned to be mikans origin a few times before her personality & talent were both changed later on & she became more of a victim type character! it’s pretty interesting tbh
I have concept for this character. Maybe they will revive the one who die, but monokuma decide to kill her because of it. Maybe shls zombie could revive people, but their memories are changed a bit. Or shls zombie could be the mastermind
I really like the idea of the weird face Ibuki. It would be cool if they made a more weird looking female design in a future game. It would definitely stand out among the girls and be a nice change of pace
I've started reading the thing where Mahiru is the protagonist and it's really good. It's only up to the middle of chapter one but it's still really well made and very interesting.
I think she meant fully in the killing game Also, Fun fact: Akane was going to be the antagonist of sdr2 and Nagito was suppose to be an actual, innocent happy boi
The fan project for Protagonist Mahiru was actually pretty good! However we don’t get to the first body discovery. I won’t complain though as over all, it was great!
Or only one dying and everyone accusing the other twin when it wasn't actually them... Or one twin being a killer and having a peko & fuyuhiko heartbreak moment
I feel like the unused gas mask characters might’ve originally been future foundation members or something, since the tragedy polluted all the air. Plus they look like colleagues to me rather than siblings.
I think twin characters would be very interesting for Danganronpa. Especially in a situation where one of them becomes a killer and the characters accuse the wrong twin. So the other twin has to fight to not be wrongly chosen while also getting messed up because they'll have to execute their twin.
The second game takes place in a simulation meant to be an escape from reality -> The killing game causes it to become closer and closer to what actually happened (like with Fuyuhiko's eye, or the chapter 2 motive) -> In the first game the air was apparently polluted in the outside world -> People maybe would have worn gas masks to try to escape from that -> Characters wearing gas masks in the NWP would have been a reference to this (and another thing that clashed with the island atmosphere)
31:40 i have a self insert Danganronpa character and shes kinda plus sized, she also has three outfits, the first outfit is similar to Shirogane, the second is similar to Saionji's (i actually changed my self inserts last name to Saionji because theyre twins that look and act nothing like eachother), and the last outfit is hard to explain, its kinda like Celestes skirt, plain black with ruffles on the bottom, attached to the bottom of the skirt are upside down crosses, the skirt is a corset skirt (like Shiroganes) tgat goes under her chest, the top is black (has a cutout like one of Kirumis beta designs) with slightly puffy sleeves (like Sonias), shes wearing black leg and arm warmers with platform heels. I'm actually drawing the designs
The twins design made me realize how cool it could be as a concept. like imagine not knowing which twin the blackened was or Twin A killing Twin B and pretending to be them in the trial
Chiakis beta designs makes me believe even more that she was intended to be fully an ai and the dr3 writers came up with the idea that she was a real person last minute. The fact that her first name is a mash-up of chihiros name, her having the same birthday as him, and the fact that her beta designs looked exactly like him points to alter ego/chihiro creating her ai will little outside inspiration (I also just didnt like the fact that chiaki was a real person in dr3 but thats a whole other can of worms)
I completely agree, it's pretty clear that Chiaki was supposed to just be an ai based on chihiro/alter ego but then they decided to change it in the making of DR3 because of how popular her character is and they had make up some bs reason for how that was possible
It’s very clear from the concepts that they were REALLY trying to make buff fuyuhiko work but none were quite right. Sometimes a character just doesn’t work the way you wanted them too and you have to step back and take a new approach. But hey that what concept art is for, your making a CONCEPT, an idea, getting a feel for what you want.
I'd love a rumor video! No matter how false they turned out to be. Visiting rumors always strike me as some sort of nostalgic, it's like a way to revisit the parts of the Fandom when all we could do was speculate and imagine what the games would be like if said speculation was true. For instance there was a rumor that the area you played in in V3 was a legitimate prison and all the participants were known criminals. It drastically changed how I thought the narrative would go, like one about punishment vs rehabilitation. I love the game we got, but some of these speculated plots are too cool to let disappear into the internet.
Seeing Nekomaru with all these smaller designs makes his backstory make more sense. He isn’t able to play sports himself because a heart condition holds him back. That always seemed strange with his final design. I think what they might have been going for with the Sparkle Justice face was giving someone that face, then mentioning they look like Sparkle Justice, someone uses a Sparkle Justice Mask during a kill, and that frames the person with the similar face. Or if that was Peko’s original face, maybe she was gonna be more comedic, only to actually be a crazy badass. Makes me wonder if that persona she put on while wearing the mask was a in-joke to her original personality. Something else that ties Akane to Junko - both grew up in poverty. I could see Mahiru being the original protagonist. She was always oddly plain compared to the rest of the cast, and that’s usually a protagonist trait.
I saw the gas mask characters and I immediately thought of Jataro from UDG. Maybe the creators originally wanted an ultimate artist with a tragic back-story similar to Jataro's but later it got scrapped and the character was reused for Jataro instead. Also the female design in particular with her light hair and dark skin reminds me of Angie from V3 and she was the ultimate artist so maybe those beta designs were repurposed in the end after all. But im just speculating, I highly doubt what I said is what really transpired. But those gas mask designs were really cool and I'd have loved to see a character like that be a part of the game.
I actually kinda wish Ibuki was that cartoon version, lowkey fits her perfectly 🤣 I actually quite like that they have goofy characters, wish it wasnt mostly fat characters, but if it was Ibuki instead, that'd be epic
"There haven't been twins in Danganronpa, and I can see it be interesting because like if one of them died it'd be very heartbreaking for the other one"
Honestly, I don't know why but I actually like the Mobster's Astro-Boy and Justice Ibuki (Not as much as Gas Mask Ibuki of course). Think they are cool designs, although it looks like it's a mask instead of an actual face.
The gas mask Ibuki is probably a reference to cybergoth and rivethead subcultures which stem from industrial and post-punk music. If I'm not mistaken, the cybergoth community in Japan is pretty sizeable.
Lol, when she mentioned that one of Chiaki's base designs looked like Maki, I thought she was talking about Komaru's beta design, which also looked similar
@Genocider.Sy0 most people tend to not notice that when they listen to the song, when I first listened to it, I assumed it may be something like abuse, murder or cannibalism like how they imply in the beta death videos (which the death has never been confirmed to be the actual beta death), but I didn’t catch on that it could’ve been about r*pe until later on. Nonetheless, the song is quite a good one, and I don’t really think OP said anything related to what the song was about either
Honestly, I thought that Nagito's first design was... kinda hot, actually! Also, my reaction to Monomi's first design: Ever since Monotaro forgot that he was a bear, he is now a rabbit!
Ok but imagine this. The generic teruteru design makes him this plain soft boy who’s easy to like and forgettable in crowd, and uses that to show just how awful people like that can be with having him be more emotionally manipulative to create someone seemingly nice, but really just sleezy. A face in the crowd, yet someone who can garner sympathy and tug at your heartstrings with a well practiced sob story. Granted if they did lean into this character it would be much harder to genuinely sympathize with him when all the cards are laid out but I think it would be an interesting angle for a perverted character with such a trustworthy talent.
In alternate universe everyone have Astro Boy Fuyuhiko, Sparkling Justice Chucky doll Peko (the two become best ship), cursed baby face Ibuki, handsome Teruteru and big brain Mechamaru
I thought fuyuhiko was supposed to die in peko’s and execution and hiyoko was supposed to have a survivor arc but then they changed it last last minute and had hiyoko die in the 3rd chapter to have a double murder again. Which is also why there’s no murder weapon for hiyoko.
I love most of the Beta design they were actually better than some of the actual original outfits and I would of love to see mask ibuki and Soda with Glasses, also I'm glad they never chose any other design for Nekomaru he's original design is pretty great I simp hahah XD
35:50 I guess she actually could be the antagonist of the second game considering her talent is something like “The ultimate criminal” or at least this explains why she’s wearing a chain. (罪人 -> zainin which means criminal). I’m sorry for mistakes in the text. I’m not good at writing in English
I just think Kodaka was just really inspired by Uchikoshi's tradition of having a masked character in the Nonary Games. My guess is that the art team was against it to have more expressive characters. Also someone on the art team really loved the Peko mascot and sweets with the teruteru designs, look it up.
The only possible explanation I can think of about why Teruteru did that to Hiyoko in the "Beta Hiyoko Death" rumor is something causing him to regain his memories and revert back to his Ultimate Despair personality.
I fell like if siblings were actually playing in the killing game would be so much interesting because of the dynamic would go. I had like one idea of one of the siblings were about the get killed by another classmate but their brother or sister saves them by killing the person so now they are the blacken. So the sibling that get saved tries their best to get them on them so they could save their sibling, but as always they blacken is found and it would be a very sad execution.
What if "Zombie Girl" is supposed to be an assistant to the evil mascots, Monomi and Monokuma, and the brain she is holding would be "Junko's" brain? Or something along the lines of "Zombie Girl" being the vessel of AI Junko in the game?
idk why but most of the "older female" design remind me of Hiroko Hagakure from UDG mostly due to the long hair, calm/adult expression and the beauty mark. i also feel like the gas mask designs were probably inspired by Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.
Fun fact: Chiaki’s name is a combination between the first 3 letters of Chihiro and the last 3 letters of Fujisaki. It also links with the fact that Chiaki was an AI and Chihiro was a programmer.
I’m not sure why I instantaneous get happy seeing weeby’s face cam, it just makes me happy, I legitimately kept saying “she’s so pretty-“ over and over, maybe its coz you were one of the first danganronpa youtubers I watched
I can just imagine Pekos trial with Fuyuhiko just like crying and he’s like “don’t leave me peko!” It would be just so funny watching peko like try to protect that huge buff dude
*big mafia buff tears*
" PEKO, dont leave me..."
I kinda see it. Funny, but also cool.
Omg yessss!
LAMO
That's what I said lol, I guess we were thinking the same genius
LMAO AND HIS INTRO LIKE “I am fuyuhiko kuzuryuu!” AS A BUFF DUDE IN HIS ACTUAL VOICE BAHAH
"Oh no, they're hot!"
-Everyone, even the artists
Don't we all agree? 👁
@@calicobagels Yesssss
No body: ....
Weebly newz: scary poopoo
I know right
Especially TeruTeru
"We've never had twins before"
Junko and Mukuro: "are we like a joke to you?"
RIP I HAD A FEELING I WAS FORGETTING SOMETHING I still think it'd be cool to have twins be two participants and one not be the mastermind though!
@@WeebyNewz I remember when v3 came out that people thought kirumi and shuichi might be twins and would swap clothes throughout the game cause they looked so similar on their artwork (pale skin, same green eyes and long eyelashes) still a good idea though even if it wasnt the case.
@@WeebyNewz LMAO, its okay lol. And yeah, it would be really cool to see that! Especially if like, one dies amd the other can still sense their soul (if that makes sense?) after their siblings death.
That could make for some really interesting events!
They were saying Kaede had a twin in v3, but I can't remember if she actually did since there was a ton going on then lol
@@mariosaggyballs5038 it was never brought up again.
We got robbed so bad with Gas Mask Ibuki 😭😭😭
YES
Just looked it up, and I feel you.
She looks even more metal
We were robbed 😔
Ibukis Music is the best!
"we dont have twins in danganronpa"
Junko and Mukuro: sad
Well they aren't really identical unless you count mukuro pretending to be junko
There twins none the less
My bad, I was thinking of identical twins ^^;
Thanks for saying it so I didn't have to.
@@WeebyNewz its alright! I didnt expect to get a response, though:)
Fun fact: Nekomaru's and Fuyuhiko's talents were originally going to to switched, but the decided to make it the way it is to throw people off.
I was waiting for someone to mention this-
If we had fuyuhiko’s design, he wouldn’t be boss baby anymore
@Kirumi tojos Broom yeah anyways we stan boss baby in this house 🙄😩
Yeah but nekomaru would be baby manager now.
Yay he would be the kingpin
Hi Angie 😅☺️
He would be " big daddy James ".
Perfect timing for this video with the Beta Hiyoko trend going around right now
Yeah and beta video's in general cause I see beta video's everywhere now XD
oh yeah, the concept of her beta death is pretty disturbing- also i can't get that freaking song out of my head now-
@@acelittlefire same
I started getting those videos recommended to me a bunch while editing haha.
@@Copac607 Who the hell gave you a gun
On that whole rumour thing involving "Hiyoko being killed and served as food"....wouldn't that mean the body discovery announcement would play as soon as everybody gathered for dinner? How messed up would that be if everybody was frantically looking around for the body, only for the announcement to go off a SECOND time when they find "Byakuya"? Lol.
I feel like they'd find hair or an eyeball in the food or her clothes in the garbage
Or there would be a soup and an entire eyeball would be found in it and they wash it off, revealing hiyokos eye color
Or they would crunch on teeth
I feel like I'm late to the party but can I ask where this whole Hiyoko death thing started? I never really knew where it came from
@@ii.sxlary8742 I think it was just some fan-made idea that ended up spreading around because people liked it?
I can't imagine Nagito putting so much effort into his appearance. It would be weird to see him look sleek, cool, and intimidating while droning on about how worthless he is. I get that this would be a different interpretation of the character, but self loathing is one of his biggest identifiers, and it lines up with his philosophy.
Yeah he wouldn’t care enough about himself to clean up his appearance
he’d probably try like 1% so other people wouldn’t have to “suffer by looking at his worst appearance”, as he’d say.
The popular teruteru beta design looks like a mondo x rantaro secret love child
To me it looks like Leon x Monod but I get Rantaro vibes too
Me no likey
Oh god... why did you made me read this....
Looks more like a Leon x Mondo combination-
I love dark-haired Hiyoko! She looks so awesome imo. The only bad thing about it is that, without the blonde hair, the "banana hair" joke would be non-existent
Bruised banana hair.
Rotten banana hair
blueberry flavored banana hair
Eggplant hair
@@bucketsareunderrated7258 or poonis hair
The fact they gave Fuyuhiko a buff design makes me believe he was gonna die in chapter 4.
Because no buff character gets to survive after chapter 4
He was gonna die at chapter 3-
PFTTTT-
Ur right actually. They had planned for him to die and hiyoko to survive but they switched it up
@@Xxsorafan I'm pretty sure that's just a rumor? Does anyone actually have any proof of that? Because I've only ever seen people citing it as common knowledge, like it's some well-known fact, but I've never seen anyone actually show any credible sources.
Truuuuuue
Akane was supposed to be the mastermind at some point, not the rival character. That´s why the physical similarities in body type to Junko and her last name being Owari.
Is there anything that actually says this because I don’t think it’s been approved. Or were you able to translate that one page with the counter of Akane.
@@Riff_10
As far as I remember, that promotional art was taken out of context. Someone just saw that old promotional art with Akane looking kinda angry/evil and said that it was the rival character at some point and that rumor spread like fire. The page that had this image was actually just talking about the first 4 revealed characters: Hajime, Chiaki, Akane, and "Togami" (the ultimate imposter). The article also mentioned gameplay elements (including the rebuttal showdown, hence why it includes an early version of the rebuttal showdown animation), and a joke about the similarities of some of these new characters with the previous ones: the two Byakuyas, Akane and Asahina.
And as everyone already knows "Togami" dies first and Chiaki is the main girl of the game (hence why it´s specifically Hajime and Akane the ones portrayed in the rebuttal. Because they do had rebuttal animations for the game. Togami and Chiaki weren´t meant to have rebuttal animations againts Hajime. "Togami" because he dies without participating in a class trial and Chiaki because she was supposed to support Hajime during the class trials and literally never had a rebuttal againts him because of it).
Nagito (who as far as I remember was not revealed at the moment of this promotional art was out) was always planned to be the rival and later on he was hyped up in promotional material as this mysterious character with some connection to Makoto (with his character design and his anagram name) precisely because he was going to be the rival character. You don't just reveal the best things you have all at once. That's one of the reasons why they only showed four characters at the begining and why Nagito was saved for later.
I already explained why she wasn´t the rival. And as for why Akane was supposed to be the mastermind:
As it was pointed out in the video. Hajime´s name means "begining" and Akane´s last name means "end". Which was already a hint about her role as the mastermind. Along with many other things like her voluptuous body type being very similar to Junko´s body. Akane also gets a close relationship with the buff character of the game (an idea that "mastermind Akane" was supposed to have as cover before she was scrapped as the mastermind along with the idea of having her as one of the survivors before the reveal). If I remember correctly, Kodaka stated in an interview that AI Junko was turned into final boss of SDR2 because he couldn´t come up at the time with a better mastermind than her.
And it´s true, If they would´ve followed with Akane as the mastermind she was supposed to maintain this fake airhead girl facade (and her physical abilities/strength ), to later on be revealed that she had a connection to Junko (which would´ve been just fake Junko, a.k.a Mukuro from DR1 done twice). Instead of that, she was kept as we all know her, a lovable but kind of airhead girl with great physical abilities that had a close connection with the buff character of the game and that was also a survivor (aspects that were going to be used as a cover for the reveal of her as the mastermind before getting scrapped in SDR2).
Except from the voluptuous body type, which is a trait kept and shared by all the masterminds of the danganronpa games (even for the ones that were scrapped like mastermind Akane and the scrapped "second generation Junko Enoshima" character from UDG), all the other aspects planned for Akane as the mastermind of SDR2: the fake friendly facade, her friendship with the buff character as a cover and her role as a survivor for the reveal as the mastermind later on were all aspects that were scrapped for mastermind Akane but that were later on implemented for Tsumugi as the mastermind.
Edit: Sorry for the long comment XD. Some typos may happen when a comment gets this long. I already got rid of them.
She was considered as both at certain points
@@jigglypuff452
Not really. She being the rival was never a thing. That was just a rumor that spread like fire after someone made a comment with the image of that promotional art but without the context. She was intended to be the mastermind at some point though. But then those aspects that were scrapped for Akane where implemented for Tsumugi.
And Owari means “The end““
The last time i was this early Nagito seemed sane
Meow! [Sane Nagito? Impossible!]
@@mewo6532 why do you meow then add a translation to it
@@Ladisepic play Omori and you’ll understand
@@akob108 k
I am not sure but I have heard Nagito's beta talent was not luck but he was shsl Shinigami or shsl death god. So him looking sane sounds funny.
If Beautiful Teruteru was actually in the game, he would a much MUCH more popular character XD
If you think of hiyokos beta death when i don't think so😂
If Beta TeruTeru was still a perv, then that would just prove that your beautiful looks might just could save you from getting hate lol.
I like current TeruTeru design, I think he looks cute and actually a chef
People would probs treat him like how they treat miu
@@silly_.rabbit2 ehhh idk?? to me, iruma is a much much more interesting character and she has a lot more to deal w the plot. like, her perverted bombastic personality is all kinda bravado which makes her interesting to me-
@@tiiimmmm__ yeah I agree 100%
Even if they did choose teruteru's beta, I would've liked miu more
Gas mask Ibuki was awesome we were damn robbed!
gas mask Ibuki🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐
@@ummmmmmmmmmmm4293 agree
@@jocie3512 ibooki meowda
I like TeruTeru's final design more than his beta. I personally think he looks adorable and actually a chef (which of course fits with his ultimate other than a skinnier & smaller version of Mondo lol
Kinda sad that I see people say that if he looked hotter but still a perv they would like him more. That just proves that if you're beautiful looking but still a perv, it could maybe just save you from getting hate lol
i agree
I agree he looks like a stick
How do people find him hot
I mean hey it literally happened with souda
@@PrettyDuwang And Miu.
@@PrettyDuwang yes
Okay theory/headcanon:
The two gas masks twins? Those were important characters that we would occasionally see in cutscenes that would be a part of the Future Foundation, which would add on to the lie that the Future Foundation were the evil ones that we were made to believe at the beginning of the game. Which might explain Ibuki’s bêta gas mask: she was supposed to be the traitor. ^^
"We haven't actually seen twins in danganronpa"
Weren't mukuro and junko twins-
I'm pretty sure weeby meant like identical twins or 2 twins in the killing game at the same time
If you're counting in Sdra2 then they were riwns in there also-
@@angieyonaga3278 well thats a fangame so- 🧍🏼♀️
@@angieyonaga3278 that’s a fan game I
They do have different last names......
I didn't realize that the little hair antennas had a name! My friends and I have always called the protagonist ahoge the "bullshit detector" because of the whole trial mechanic in Danganronpa!
I think the gas mask characters were supposed to be the Ultimate Exterminators(for pests), that or there was supposed to be a different plot twist with the island.
I thought they were references to the Zero Escape series
Imagine they exterminate pests with fire
the idea of Fuyuhiko telling ppl to not hit the face is everything
Why is nobody talking about how pretty weeby looks today!
Ikr, love her makeup lol
I know she's so pretty it's so not fair😭
@@Shxdxe fr hahah
Seriously, I screamed with joy when I saw her cus she looks so pretty
Yes she looks so pretty! 😌✨
Monomi's "tampon" was a police baton. Also, the "sinner" character is supposed to be translated as "criminal" instead. And yes, she is Owari.
“There can only be one enough boi in the danganronpa franchise.”
Izuru: is that a challenge?
Izuru the Ultimate Boy
Izuru the Ultimate Boy
I love how like half of the video was Fuyuhiko-
Fun fact!: Chiaki’s first beta design was a lot like Chihiro’s because Chiaki was originally planned to be Chihiro’s sister, but as they developed her story, they had to change Chiaki’s design
I’m so glad a larger DR RUclipsr has mentioned MK2, the project which places Mahiru as the protagonist of SDR2. The writing is honestly top notch, and so far I’ve been having a blast reading through. That project seriously deserves more attention.
Excuse me but what’s MK2?
@@ulyanakuznetsov9808 It’s a project written to have Mahiru as the protagonist of SDR2 instead of Hajime, written by someone named Sozzay. Here’s the link if you’re interested: www.sozzay.com/MK2/
@@hoennaipom7261 Thank you very much
Same.
Spoilers kind of:
I think the gasmaks is suposed to be the characters as ultimate despair, since most didn't know that class 77 was ultimate despair, they probaly hid their faces alongside other things to hide their identities. Also in the last episode of the anime, weren't some pf the brainwashed people wearing gasmaks?
Realized this after a while:The first design she showed for Nekomaru kind of looks like Haiji towa.
43:14 the SHSL zombie she was used as a foundation for mikans design, it’s explained in the sdr2 art book in mikans character description when you translate it :} (I think the character design process profiles r also in the new book idk?) the talent was changed but she’s mentioned to be mikans origin a few times before her personality & talent were both changed later on & she became more of a victim type character! it’s pretty interesting tbh
In the book it’s also mentioned the brain is apparently her boyfriend or something along those lines lol
I have concept for this character. Maybe they will revive the one who die, but monokuma decide to kill her because of it. Maybe shls zombie could revive people, but their memories are changed a bit. Or shls zombie could be the mastermind
Chiaki’s beta designs are beautiful
I really like her black haired design. Still prefer her final design but her beta design could be used for a different character.
@@atoaster9940 yeah!
We could've had a sassy emo gamer girl ;( but glad they kept the final design
so true
I agree
I really like the idea of the weird face Ibuki. It would be cool if they made a more weird looking female design in a future game. It would definitely stand out among the girls and be a nice change of pace
omg the gas mask twin girl is so pretty crying
I've started reading the thing where Mahiru is the protagonist and it's really good. It's only up to the middle of chapter one but it's still really well made and very interesting.
Mikan must have been the ultimate necromancer or zombie before they decided to make her the ultimate nurse
We could've had goth Chiaki and Edgy-boy Nagito...
We were robbed.
ಥ‿ಥ
don't forget teruteru does actually have a bowl cut in the flashback in the final game. they DID make it a thing. no one stopped them
beta Nagito makes me feel a certain way-
Also love the fit weeby
we meet again
@@dash_dash_eevee This is a sign from Atua.
@@Landminetype indeed it is, kind stranger
@@dash_dash_eevee We shall take over the world with cults
@@Landminetype yes, so the world will know the words of Angie
"we've never had a female antagonist before"
J U N K O E N O S H I M A
I think she meant fully in the killing game
Also, Fun fact: Akane was going to be the antagonist of sdr2 and Nagito was suppose to be an actual, innocent happy boi
Doesn’t Tsumugi count?
Togami, Nagito and Kokichi are the rival antagonists, the mastermind is kind of an antagonist but only at the end so it's not very strong
What about angie?
Fun fact she was basically the only villain in all the games lol
The fan project for Protagonist Mahiru was actually pretty good! However we don’t get to the first body discovery. I won’t complain though as over all, it was great!
Weeby talking up all the boiz eyeliner game whilst having the strongest eyeliner game in the video.
If the gas mask twins died, I could SO see a sibling killing another or both of them dying to the Chapter 3 double murder!
Or only one dying and everyone accusing the other twin when it wasn't actually them... Or one twin being a killer and having a peko & fuyuhiko heartbreak moment
I feel like the unused gas mask characters might’ve originally been future foundation members or something, since the tragedy polluted all the air. Plus they look like colleagues to me rather than siblings.
I think twin characters would be very interesting for Danganronpa. Especially in a situation where one of them becomes a killer and the characters accuse the wrong twin. So the other twin has to fight to not be wrongly chosen while also getting messed up because they'll have to execute their twin.
The fact a gas mask character could have had Kaede’s like outfit and almost tsumugi’s hair :0
That scary teruteru was probably the one that killed hiyoko and fed her to the others.
EXCUSE ME WHAT?!
The second game takes place in a simulation meant to be an escape from reality -> The killing game causes it to become closer and closer to what actually happened (like with Fuyuhiko's eye, or the chapter 2 motive) -> In the first game the air was apparently polluted in the outside world -> People maybe would have worn gas masks to try to escape from that -> Characters wearing gas masks in the NWP would have been a reference to this (and another thing that clashed with the island atmosphere)
NAGITO HITS DIFFERENT 😭
YES please cover more of these rumors, even though some of them sound like fanmade creppypastas. they are still pretty interesting to think about
Teruteru would've been way more popular if that were his actual design
Not rlly since he’s still a gross perv
@@tarantuIas Miu's fans: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?
@@asheefaazmialifia3069 but ryoma is popular and he's got an ugly design lol
@@tarantuIas you did not call my boy Ryoma ugly 😭
But I do agree his eyes are creepy the first time, but I got used to it
@@teamili7957 I'M SORRY HDHDJD 😭😭
31:40 i have a self insert Danganronpa character and shes kinda plus sized, she also has three outfits, the first outfit is similar to Shirogane, the second is similar to Saionji's (i actually changed my self inserts last name to Saionji because theyre twins that look and act nothing like eachother), and the last outfit is hard to explain, its kinda like Celestes skirt, plain black with ruffles on the bottom, attached to the bottom of the skirt are upside down crosses, the skirt is a corset skirt (like Shiroganes) tgat goes under her chest, the top is black (has a cutout like one of Kirumis beta designs) with slightly puffy sleeves (like Sonias), shes wearing black leg and arm warmers with platform heels.
I'm actually drawing the designs
Why do the Sparkling Justice Peko and Fuyuhiko manager design look so much like they belong in an Animal Crossing game?
The twins design made me realize how cool it could be as a concept. like imagine not knowing which twin the blackened was or Twin A killing Twin B and pretending to be them in the trial
Chiakis beta designs makes me believe even more that she was intended to be fully an ai and the dr3 writers came up with the idea that she was a real person last minute. The fact that her first name is a mash-up of chihiros name, her having the same birthday as him, and the fact that her beta designs looked exactly like him points to alter ego/chihiro creating her ai will little outside inspiration
(I also just didnt like the fact that chiaki was a real person in dr3 but thats a whole other can of worms)
I completely agree, it's pretty clear that Chiaki was supposed to just be an ai based on chihiro/alter ego but then they decided to change it in the making of DR3 because of how popular her character is and they had make up some bs reason for how that was possible
Man I wish they just made Chiaki a full on AI
It’s very clear from the concepts that they were REALLY trying to make buff fuyuhiko work but none were quite right. Sometimes a character just doesn’t work the way you wanted them too and you have to step back and take a new approach. But hey that what concept art is for, your making a CONCEPT, an idea, getting a feel for what you want.
I'd love a rumor video! No matter how false they turned out to be. Visiting rumors always strike me as some sort of nostalgic, it's like a way to revisit the parts of the Fandom when all we could do was speculate and imagine what the games would be like if said speculation was true.
For instance there was a rumor that the area you played in in V3 was a legitimate prison and all the participants were known criminals. It drastically changed how I thought the narrative would go, like one about punishment vs rehabilitation. I love the game we got, but some of these speculated plots are too cool to let disappear into the internet.
Seeing Nekomaru with all these smaller designs makes his backstory make more sense. He isn’t able to play sports himself because a heart condition holds him back. That always seemed strange with his final design.
I think what they might have been going for with the Sparkle Justice face was giving someone that face, then mentioning they look like Sparkle Justice, someone uses a Sparkle Justice Mask during a kill, and that frames the person with the similar face. Or if that was Peko’s original face, maybe she was gonna be more comedic, only to actually be a crazy badass. Makes me wonder if that persona she put on while wearing the mask was a in-joke to her original personality.
Something else that ties Akane to Junko - both grew up in poverty.
I could see Mahiru being the original protagonist. She was always oddly plain compared to the rest of the cast, and that’s usually a protagonist trait.
Bakugan-looking Hajime looks like he'd be the Ultimate Bowler.
I saw the gas mask characters and I immediately thought of Jataro from UDG. Maybe the creators originally wanted an ultimate artist with a tragic back-story similar to Jataro's but later it got scrapped and the character was reused for Jataro instead. Also the female design in particular with her light hair and dark skin reminds me of Angie from V3 and she was the ultimate artist so maybe those beta designs were repurposed in the end after all. But im just speculating, I highly doubt what I said is what really transpired. But those gas mask designs were really cool and I'd have loved to see a character like that be a part of the game.
I actually kinda wish Ibuki was that cartoon version, lowkey fits her perfectly 🤣
I actually quite like that they have goofy characters, wish it wasnt mostly fat characters, but if it was Ibuki instead, that'd be epic
"we haven't had twins in danganronpa"
junko and muruko: what am I a roach?
Nagito's beta design is so cute,,,
"There haven't been twins in Danganronpa, and I can see it be interesting because like if one of them died it'd be very heartbreaking for the other one"
Fun fact: chiaki was gonna be related to chihiro that's why they look similar 1:20
2:50 this design reminds me a bit of Yasuhiro's mom from udg. Not the clothes but maybe the eyes and the partly the hair. Just gives me similar vibes.
Honestly, I don't know why but I actually like the Mobster's Astro-Boy and Justice Ibuki (Not as much as Gas Mask Ibuki of course). Think they are cool designs, although it looks like it's a mask instead of an actual face.
Me when Hajime didn’t have an Ahoge:
Screams and jumps across room WHAT THE HECK IS THAT
The gas mask Ibuki is probably a reference to cybergoth and rivethead subcultures which stem from industrial and post-punk music.
If I'm not mistaken, the cybergoth community in Japan is pretty sizeable.
Lol, when she mentioned that one of Chiaki's base designs looked like Maki, I thought she was talking about Komaru's beta design, which also looked similar
My recommendations be like :
And they hated me and they hated me~
@Genocider.Sy0 most people tend to not notice that when they listen to the song, when I first listened to it, I assumed it may be something like abuse, murder or cannibalism like how they imply in the beta death videos (which the death has never been confirmed to be the actual beta death), but I didn’t catch on that it could’ve been about r*pe until later on. Nonetheless, the song is quite a good one, and I don’t really think OP said anything related to what the song was about either
@Genocider.Sy0 Is that word by itself actually a trigger to people?
@@Siphyr r@p3 can be a trigger to anyone .
Bro same
@hotdilfs69 you can still listen to it.. it’s not locked by a wall or anything.
Honestly, I thought that Nagito's first design was... kinda hot, actually!
Also, my reaction to Monomi's first design: Ever since Monotaro forgot that he was a bear, he is now a rabbit!
Ok but imagine this. The generic teruteru design makes him this plain soft boy who’s easy to like and forgettable in crowd, and uses that to show just how awful people like that can be with having him be more emotionally manipulative to create someone seemingly nice, but really just sleezy. A face in the crowd, yet someone who can garner sympathy and tug at your heartstrings with a well practiced sob story. Granted if they did lean into this character it would be much harder to genuinely sympathize with him when all the cards are laid out but I think it would be an interesting angle for a perverted character with such a trustworthy talent.
11:59
Beta Nekomaru: *Fuyuhiko’s skinniness*
Beta Teruteru: Tumblr Sexy Man
Beta Fuyuhiko:
*HERE COMES THE ✨CRIMSON C H I N✨*
In alternate universe everyone have Astro Boy Fuyuhiko, Sparkling Justice Chucky doll Peko (the two become best ship), cursed baby face Ibuki, handsome Teruteru and big brain Mechamaru
I think a Danganronpa rumors video could be fascinating, I had never heard of the Hiyoko one!
Weeby Newz: "...ive lately been interested in cosplay..."
Tsumugi Shirogane: *Oh yeah, its all coming together*
I thought fuyuhiko was supposed to die in peko’s and execution and hiyoko was supposed to have a survivor arc but then they changed it last last minute and had hiyoko die in the 3rd chapter to have a double murder again. Which is also why there’s no murder weapon for hiyoko.
How is your eyeliner so well done 😭😭
The gas mask for ibuki can be like accessory type mask or like a mask she wears for concerts then takes off to show how she looks to the students
I love most of the Beta design they were actually better than some of the actual original outfits and I would of love to see mask ibuki and Soda with Glasses, also I'm glad they never chose any other design for Nekomaru he's original design is pretty great I simp hahah XD
35:50 I guess she actually could be the antagonist of the second game considering her talent is something like “The ultimate criminal” or at least this explains why she’s wearing a chain. (罪人 -> zainin which means criminal). I’m sorry for mistakes in the text. I’m not good at writing in English
I just think Kodaka was just really inspired by Uchikoshi's tradition of having a masked character in the Nonary Games.
My guess is that the art team was against it to have more expressive characters.
Also someone on the art team really loved the Peko mascot and sweets with the teruteru designs, look it up.
22:46 this Ibuki kinda looks like she could be Rantaros sister or something
34:55 that would make *4* people die in the first chapter theres no way in hell they would do that
I like how Danganronpa doesn’t have one mean buff person
i was robbed of ibukis designs and i want to scream
“Bowl cuts dont look good.”
Mahiru: “What did you say?”
I agree.
Hajime just seems naked without his signature ahoge 🙁
The only possible explanation I can think of about why Teruteru did that to Hiyoko in the "Beta Hiyoko Death" rumor is something causing him to regain his memories and revert back to his Ultimate Despair personality.
Can you please do a analysis on Angie Yonaga.
I would enjoy that too 🙂🎨🖌
That would be so pog
15:20
Once again, Mukuro's existence is forgotten...
"we haven't had twins in danganronpa"
mukuro and junko: aight i'm boutta head out
I fell like if siblings were actually playing in the killing game would be so much interesting because of the dynamic would go. I had like one idea of one of the siblings were about the get killed by another classmate but their brother or sister saves them by killing the person so now they are the blacken. So the sibling that get saved tries their best to get them on them so they could save their sibling, but as always they blacken is found and it would be a very sad execution.
What if "Zombie Girl" is supposed to be an assistant to the evil mascots, Monomi and Monokuma, and the brain she is holding would be "Junko's" brain? Or something along the lines of "Zombie Girl" being the vessel of AI Junko in the game?
Omg I wish they made a distrust version of all the games it would be so cool and scary
They should do that tho-
idk why but most of the "older female" design remind me of Hiroko Hagakure from UDG mostly due to the long hair, calm/adult expression and the beauty mark.
i also feel like the gas mask designs were probably inspired by Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.
3:17 The large text on the picture (ゲーマー) says "gamer," so it was definitely intended at least by the time that beta design was made.
Fun fact: Chiaki’s name is a combination between the first 3 letters of Chihiro and the last 3 letters of Fujisaki. It also links with the fact that Chiaki was an AI and Chihiro was a programmer.
That’s pretty cool
I’m not sure why I instantaneous get happy seeing weeby’s face cam, it just makes me happy, I legitimately kept saying “she’s so pretty-“ over and over, maybe its coz you were one of the first danganronpa youtubers I watched