Thank you everyone for the headcanons and the ideas. Rantaro is a drugdealer 💀

I don’t think Kaede was a bully. Rather, I think she was an anti-social pessimist that hates everyone around her, and would rather be alone 24/7. She might have been sarcastic and rude, but she’d rather be alone than purposefully seek and target others. She was an outcast and enjoyed that, in my head cannon.

Fatherless Shuichi and drugdealer Rantaro are my favs from this video

A friend mentioned this to me just as he found out the ending of V3 and now its my head cannon, literally hours before the game was set to start, Tsumugi got the team together and convinced everyone it would be funny if Ryoma and Gonta swapped personalities and originally, Gonta was the depressed prisoner and Ryoma was the bug loving cinnamon roll, no reason behind it, she just thought it would be funny

Kokichi and Kaito's pregame guess was absolutely wholesome. Honestly that also does makes sense, if we see how that connects overally till the end of them both. I miss those two characters, it's like we were not let to know more of them. Gonta's one was absolutely cruel though. I can't just believe him to be evil, no matter what.

In THEIR real world, there were no wars and nothing was plunged into despair. So I suspect that even those who participated in V3 were all normal people who is just like an obsessive fandom.

Headcanon for Keebo: The only one who actually got kidnapped

Another headcanon I have for Kaede: She liked to listen to heavy metal.

Rantaro: *drug deale-* SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE

I’m in love with this video this fandom is so messed up and I love it

Interesting how both Tenko and Miu seem to represent two different responses to SA trauma.

Seeing how they were Pre-Game & how V3 ended get's me to think how much being in Danganronpa effected them emotionally afterwards. Like maybe they all wanted to make changes in their lives now that they see how valuable life really is, and of course they'd probably want to find each other & create new bonds as friends.

The problem this "I have no faith in humanity" Kind of like a translation error, just like Shuichi said "You're alone, Kokichi" kind of in Japanese it's all in a softer tone.

Bro... korekiyo didn't want to be alone anymore and the v3 people turned him into a MONSTER, that's fucked up, poor kiyo dude

My headcanon for korekiyo, since I remember cheering at his execution, is that he was very lonely and depressed and was going to end it all. But he knew he wanted to go out making someone happy to see him at least once in his life. So he auditioned and asked to be made into the most inexcusable, irredeemable serial killer with disgusting motivation. That way, the world will unite and cheer watching him perish, and he'll go out putting a smile on someone's face for the first and only time in his life.

Rantaro: Abusive big brother to his sisters. Korekiyo: Incredibly sweet big brother to his child sister. Tenko: Boy crazy or a slut. Kaito: Psychopath who sees Danganronpa as his way to finally kill someone without consequence. Miu: Traumatized SA Victim who thought winning In Danganronpa could show how powerful and untouchable she is. Imagine Rantaro and Korekiyo's sisters seeing what Danganronpa turned them into.

The story is on AO3, called _Liars Dance._ It’s a bit of a song-fic, and it’s not my best work because I was still getting into writing. Not a headcanon but an idea I had two years ago that I turned into a short story: at night, Maki and Kokichi would hang out because they weren’t supposed to “interact,” so the “scripting” was gone. But during the day, they went back to being enemies.

Kokichi: *I want to be a kind leader..* Gamemasters: *And we took that personally*

Hmm Im not actually sure but i did remember reading one of the danganronpa manga maybe a doujin about Kokichi's past. Instead of being manipulative, he himself is being manipulated by his classmates. He didnt sign up for Danganronpa auditions either, it was his friend who did it. And once he was being interviewed, he didnt know "he" selected as being the supreme leader. He then had to lie his way thru to make it look believable. And somehow he also thought about how twisted the world is. And at the end of the manga was the scene where he vents out to Kaito about wanting to win this sick game, hinting he still remembered much memories about his pre game life Side fun facts: 1) He saw pre game gonta and he was thinking about how these muscles could kill someone 2)After the interview, Kokichi saw pre game Shuichi swearing and lashing out with anger on a phone call when he thought he screwed up with his interview about being the detective All these im still unsure as it was a long time ago

My headcanon was that Kiibo was a guy who auditioned but died after the men in black took him either via car accident or the guys used lethal force. So team Danganronpa decided to base their robot on who we now know as Kiibo

HELP- i was watching someone play danganronpa V3 and he called rantaro the ultimate drug dealer 💀 *i think yall know who it was*

Remember that in the prologue, they vaguely remembered being kidnapped and didn't know where they were? The first flashback light was then used to give them Ultimate Talents. Plus, Tsumugi's claims and "proof" that they were auditioned and were happy to be selected contradicts their reactions in the gym before the first flashback light.

a hc I have for pregame Gonta; although he doesn't mind Danganronpa as the show itself (he's neutral on it, like he would sometimes watch an episode if it came on the tv), he absolutely despises obsessed fans who make a show their whole personality, especially Dr fans as Danganronpa was the most famous media at the time. After someone close to him became addicted to the show and died as a victim in one of the previous seasons, Gonta felt betrayed by them in a way, and decided to get into V3 to kill all the Dr fans who got so brainwashed by the show to put their lives on the line for it, and return to his old life after getting away with murder. (unlike chapter 6 Shuichi, he didn't think about eradicating the problem from its roots, he was just angry at the fans). He was a Biology student, and he decided to be the ultimate entomologist just because it was the only scientist talent that was never used in all of the previous seasons (the tenses are probably all wrong but it's too late for me to do grammar rn)

When I saw rantaro I said "what did ultimate weed smoker do?" And when I read I was just like 😲

Fatherless Shuichi explains a *lot*

Himiko rlly gotta have some big mommy issues if she literally joined a KILLING GAME to escape it

I think the reason they made the ingame characteristic the opposite of who they are in pregame version to give them despair, I mean pregame Shuichi said he would commit the most gruesome murders but never did in the game, and instead became a survivor and a justice seeker. That would give him immense despair if he saw how different the things he wanted to be in drv3 from how his character in the game is like. Just like the rest of the characters. I also have a headcanon that Maki and Kokichi were friends and the game made their relationship the opposite so that they would feel despair. I mean that's the point of the game.

Wasn't it mentioned somewhere that the entire world loved Danganronpa in v3? I don't think shuichi would've gotten bullied for it.

I love this pregame idea Also I feel it is better than an idea I saw online But as that was a piece using Heartcatch and then making it… well I don’t really want to describe it, but connecting Erika Kirumi/Cure Marine(who is kinda a gremlin) and Kokichi together did make sense

About Angie. My headcanon is that, perhaps, she was not atheist(or nihilist) but rather depressed person with nothing to believe in, wich is why she wanted to never feel sad and be optimistic. It explains her lack of negative emotions

Nice theories. I agree with most of them, but I would add and change something: Add for Korekiyo that he was sick/had an illness (therefore he wears a covid-19-like mask at the beginning in his school wear) and was mostly in hospital, therefore he was very lonely and wanted to make (100?) friends. Change the Kokichi and Kaito were friends to enemies and it would be more believeable that Kaito was a bully and Kokichi the victim (Kokichi at the beginning in his school wear seemed the shy/timid type, so I think he was bullied a lot). I think that Kokichi and Maki were friends before V3 and that Maki protected him from the bullies. Kokichi admires/look up to Maki and wanted to be as strong like her, therefore he mimicked her (he and Maki shares the same character sprite "biting her/his thumb" when they are stressed in V3). That would be more tragic and logical to me and are my theories about them. ^^

A headcanon for Tsumugi:Tsumugi just wanted attention. *I’m not finishing that.*

I guess Jay was right when he said Rantaro was the Ultimate Weed Smoker😌👌

even though i've never been interested in the Pregame, this portrayal of it is very creative, and makes a lot of sense. however, it's so weird to think how these characters turned out in the end. some are almost complete opposites from who they used to be.

Whoever that Mr. Morale person is, he sure has a lot of great theories!

after watching this keebo has officially became my fav character

!SPOILERS! In my opinion, Shuichi was happy about the killing, he was so happy because an ultimate detective hadn't been the blackened (rip to Kyoko in the bad end) and he wanted to murder and get executed because he said he was already thinking of creative ways for a ultimate detective execution (he also said there have been other detectives which means they could've died our survived) he was a big fan and wanted to be murdered.

1:03 never thought we had in common

Even tho it's a cruel killing game I'm happy for those characters who joined this game to strengthen their personality into a stronger one

So I spent time replaying the beginning and trying to figure stuff out. It seems, unless memory alterations had already occurred, that Tsumugi was full of sh*t, and was cosplaying as them in those clips (notice the backgrounds match the sets in her room). At the beginning, before their 'talent', they still had the same names, and largely the same personalities. They also seemed to somewhat know what they were in, and we're not happy about it (Kaede and Shuichi have memories of being kidnapped, and after they see the Monokubs, the attitude in the room is not one of positivity.

I really hated that they would make kokichi an uwu shy boy as his pre-game personality...it never felt right

I have this personal theory that Gonta was a very formal, honor student, well mannered gentleman. His parents, however, were entomologists, and they worked outside in nature with bugs, something Gonta couldn’t stand. However, he felt like he was letting his parents down, and he wanted to be closer to them, so he entered the KG as an naive entomologist who loved nature, like his parents. However, Tsumugi added in the little detail that he wanted to be a gentleman, like how he was pre-KG. That way, even though he switched, he still wouldn’t be satisfied, and would always be longing to change in a never ending pattern. I thought that was pretty despair inducing.

I love the idea for Keebo, like they just stole someone off the street because no one else signed up and made him into a fucking robot 💀

Fun fact: the part about Kade saying that she doesn't have any faith in humanity was actually a mistranslation from the Japanese script, instead she says that she just has trouble trusting others.

I see most hc are based on what the person wants, I don’t think necessarily they would always get what they wanted. As we see in Kaede and Kaito they got characters they probably didn’t want, people with completely different personalities to them. Also from my experience with casting it’s often a person doesn’t get who they want in the end

its crazy to think that a couple of memories took can overall change a person for ex shuichi who was a person with motivations and ambitions to save people was an absolute shut in loser who was a fan ass nga😭

Why did this remind me of that create an alternative Ego that uses your flaws as their strength and All of v3 being altered version of their pregame is actually something that’s makes sense based of their interviews

1:22 SILLY, IT SAID SILLY

Is the Danganronpa fandom alive? Omg back to 2020

Everyone: “we wanna be in the killing game!” Keebo: “huh-?”

Here's my personal headcanons: Rantaro: A narcissist who believes he will always survive. That's why he does the killing game twice, to prove he is better than everyone. Kaede: A girl who was bullied throughout her life and had an abusive family. As a result, it reduced her faith in humanity. She had reached such a low that she'd be willing to sacrifice her life for entertainment, because she believed it didn't matter anyway. Ryoma: Yeah bro was prolly depressed lol Kirumi: Always aspired to help people. Specifically, she wanted to work in a nursing home. However, she was always turned down due to prejudice. She joined V3 because she felt like it would be her only way to fulfill her purpose. Angie: Yeah what the video said Tenko: S3GGSually abused by a family member in her life. She joined V3 to spread the message to stay safe from vile men. Korekiyo: no headcanon for him tbh, weird mf Miu: Bullied all her life for being "ugly" and "stupid." Miu was born with many learning disorders and not the best appearance. However, even though she knew she wasn't intellectually capable, she wanted to become an inventor. She joined V3 to achieve these dreams. Gonta: I never had a headcanon for him but omg the one in the video is so hilarious LMAOOO Kokichi: Kokichi was pretty unimportant in his life. His parents never really paid any mind to him, so he practically took care of himself. He never had any friends or talked to anyone. He joined V3 in hopes of being noticed by anyone, even if it meant in a notorious way. Kaito: Kaito was born with some form of psychosis. Even though his grandparents did the best they could to take care of him, he always had a desire to see the world burn. That's why he joined V3, in hopes of killing as many people as possible. KIIBO: A french traveler who just reached Japan. However, due to currency differences, he became massively poor. However, he was always into robotics. He joined V3 in hopes of raising money to fund the robotics he wanted to create. Tsumugi: A girl who wanted to change the world for the better. However, she failed after a numerous amount of attempts. She also began to see the many flaws in humanity. This reduced her faith similar to Kaede, and decided to devote her life to destroying humanity instead. Himiko: A girl who was bullied for believing in santa and the tooth fairy at ages like 15 and 16. She always wanted to believe magic was real because it gave her some form of hope. She joined V3 in order to prove that magical things do exist. Shuichi: what the video said lol Maki: A weak girl who hated everyone. She always wanted to commit a crime, but knew she was too weak to do so. She joined V3 in hopes of getting stronger and being able to enact her plans.

Omg, out of all my headcanons it had to be my Miu headcanon that made it in the video XD but thank you for including me in this! I appreciate it!

4:37 and that failed. Horribly

THE BABY PICTURE OF KAEDE HEELLPPP 😭😭

Keebo is the camera man dude

K1-b0 having no fvcking idea why he's there is just amazing in my eyes

2:21 this is when bro became the ultimate supreme leader

5:16 Jodio: ey another one to the party Giorno: korega requiem da

There is a severe plothole in the prologue mainly how each character acts for example pregame kaede acts nothing like her pregame message says plus it is very weird that literally everyone seems confused and panicked especially from seeing the monokubs and the like and considering they literally hear about hopes peak and ultimates and such naturally everyone if they were willing participants would have been willingly taken by team danganronpa right? considering they would have to sign some kind of consent form most likely and since again they were all seemingly kidnapped by the conveniently grey and naked kidnappers it all seems to convenient oh and by the way i'm not criticising your headcanons i'm just sharing my own thoughts

i love how this ends with "Rantaro is a fucking drug dealer."

I forgot to say my Headcanon but I Headcanon Miu as a virgin

Poor Keebo 😭

This video will be my source of knowledge for a story I'm working on, and you'll be credited, NPC!

the ending caught me off guard-

Oh my goodness I never thought about these things

Lack of faith in humanity is usually caused by being hurt by humanity. I suspect Kaede would've been kind in childhood, but over time she was bullied and ostracized much like I was. Losing her faith in humanity and wanting to watch it burn for revenge

I've been hearing stuff about dr v3 for a while, and i've been watching a crap ton of dr v3 videos after finishing the series today, and only now i realized that "pregame" is not pronounced "preg aame", and it means pre-game 😭

Thanks for the info NPC!

Very interesting NPC! Drug dealer Rantaro though lol

I think Keebo wasn't normal, as before the killing game you can see a human Keebo with all the other characters, implying that at one point he was a human and had signed up for the killing game too and his Robot form was based on him as a person.

Love these ideas, but wasn't Kaito's illness given to him specifically for V3? Pretty Sure Tsumugi said something along those lines atin the last trial. But even then I love the idea of Kaito and Kokichi being friends(my personal HC is that Kaito was Kokichi's bully before V3) and the rest of these HCs are absolutely wonderful

My personal head canon for all of this is that all “ultimate real-fiction” Danganronpa killing games were simulations. Like Danganronpa 2, however, the reason that the show was never cancelled or anything is because everyone who died didn’t actually die, their characters died, but they’re pregame bodies and memories are still alive. So in a way, nobody ever died. But it’s still cruel because they are basically erasing the memories of obsessed weebs and then making them think that they are dying, and then letting them free afterwards. Maybe they just wake up or something, like the headset is took off, and they are back to normal. I also like how the characters are based on what they ask for in the interview, and it seems that they all willingly chose to have these things to happen, so I would consider it to be more like a self induced game show where everyone agrees to join, only to fit a fictional story that they are all obsessed with.

I saw the thumbnail and thought Himiko abused a child

It’s hard to imagine Keade as anything other than what we first saw her as in the game her voice is so kind could it have been a lie.

The bg music makes me feel as if you're going to spoonfeed me some propaganda about why Kirumi was heavily involved in Pearl Harbor.

pregame shuichi: can i be detective danganronpa: ok pregame shuichi: can i also be a blackened danganronpa: lol no but you’re emo and depressed

4:28 Tf is that picture 💀

2:32 Oh my gosh that’s me and my headcanon! Thank you!

I am sorry I laughed so bad at the drug dealer Rantaro part

Kaede wasn’t really a horrible person, she just didn’t trust anyone and joined the game most likely to feel some form of human connection or she just didn’t see any point in staying alive much longer

4:17 What the fuck is that!?!?!??! Makoto don't cheat kyoko!!!😡😡😡😤😤

i like how everyone has some creative and well-written theories and headcanons and then there’s rantaro

Himiko's is so reasonable. Thankfully she is still alive.

I think kirumi has actual chances of being a teen mom mainly escaping to DR kinda how she wanted the money to support her style. And im betting miu before DR was already famous and just wanted to escape her creepy fans.

The fatherless Shuichi took me out 😭😭

Hmmm. I remember their talents became genuine in that school version game where there were no murders and whatnot where you enjoyed heartwarming stories. It was in the post game in this version right after you win?

Wow that Kit Kats person headcannon is really cool!

Why is no one talking about Keebo having no clue he was there in the first place

I headcanon that Danganronpa 52 actually had two survivors, Rantaro and Tsumugi. As the “winners” of their game, one was forced to go through the next one as a regular participant and the other was brainwashed into believing that they were part of the DR team and acting as the mastermind. If V3 had gone according to plan and had two survivors, they would have done the same. Maybe Shuichi would have been the next mastermind and unknowingly lived his dream, and Maki or Himiko being the new ultimate survivor?

Probably canon that the audition tapes were fake and their pregame self was made weird until their magical gril transformation they went back to their normal personality and tsumugi just lied about their personalities being changed for the full game

Keebo not being a danganronpa fan and just being there for no f**king reason is hilarious

Idk why kiibo's was so funny to me 😭

There was a theory that said the soul that Korekiyo met in his execution was actually Mikan. He always refers her as his sister.

SORRY SORRY, THE THUMBNAIL MADEME LAUGH SO MUCH OH MY GOD

I love how no matter the person everyone agrees that Ryoma always was depressed and hated himself, bro can’t catch a break💀

What I got from this video: what you are pregame, you become the opposite in the game.

Lmao Tsumugi draws her classmate that she ships 'kissing'

There’s a reason Rantaro is the ultimate weed smoker

Hey I got one idea it's another remnants of despair how about the characters from sdra2 with the void

I literally wrote a whole ass document abt my headcanons for each pregame drv3 character