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What if the Danganronpa V3 Characters Were Given Digimon? Pt 2
Part 1, Part 3 , Part 4(I will add links as I get more done)
Hello everyone I am back! The only reason that this was was done relatively quickly was because I already had the digimon of this character planned, and I had a lot of free time. I just thought adding them last post would make it too long. I explain what the heck I am doing in part 1 so go check it out. But I do want to clarify a couple things I did not make clear in the first post.
1. Almost everyone will be given a dark digivolution of some kind. (There will be a couple exceptions that I will explain if I do those characters.) Since Danganronpa has a hope vs despair theme I think having an evolution that represents despair would be fitting. It is not a default digivolution though. It’s an Agumon to SkullGreymon scenario. They can happen at any stage (except rookie) since a dark digivolution has happened at least once in every stage in digimon media. So different characters are going to have dark digivolutions at different stages. Alternate evolutions (not dark ones) are a possibility but not a guarantee.
2. I will be doing my absolute best to not include repeats. If I do repeat it will only be one digimon in the line. But I will be more lenient with that rule if I do end up doing characters from different casts. This is mostly because a good handful of characters have similar (or in some cases the same) Ultimate talents, which do play a huge part in my decision process.
3. I realized that while making this post tumblr will only allow me to use 10 images per post. This is obviously a problem if I want to include pictures of a full digivolution line, including dark digivolutions and alternate forms, and the character. This makes it almost impossible for me to do more than one character with everything that I want in one post. So I will have to do only one character per post. But since some might take more thought than others, or I just really want to do more than one, separate posts could be posted on the same day.
Kaede Akamatsu
Before I start can I just say how hard it was to find digimon for Kaede! I wanted a music theme since she is the Ultimate Pianist and I knew trying to find something piano themed would be impossible. I did not realize that the most well know music themed digimon are the Gekomon line and I didn’t think they suited Kaede. When I thought I had something that kinda worked the Ultimate ruined it, so I had to scramble to find something that works. So her digimon line might seem a little odd but I think it works.
Rookie: Cutemon
After a lot of searching once I remembered Cutemon I thought that it would be a good rookie for Kaede. I believe that Kaede likes adorable things and Cutemon definitely fits into that category. Also since a lot of her color scheme is pink I figured a pink digimon would work well. Cutemon also has headphones which can kind of relate it back to the music/sound theme that I originally wanted. Rabbits also have big ears and have sensitive hearing which can tie back into music? I know it’s a stretch but like I said there are not a lot of music themed digimon and even less that fit Kaede. I briefly thought about using Shoutmon, but quickly decided that Cutemon was a better fit. (Shoutmon would be a better choice for a certain musician) I can totally see Kaede constantly cuddling and hugging this digimon because Cutemon is just so adorable.
Champion: TeslaJellymon
Yeah this is when things are starting to get a little weird for this evolution line. I originally wanted to use Turuiemon and then the rest of the default Lopmon line after. While I still think that would have worked there was a certain ultimate that was so perfect for Kaede that I needed to use it. While digimon do not need a super obvious or coherent transition, I still think that after I reveal the other digimon in the line many would agree that the transition from Turuiemon would have been a little wack. So I had to find some way to connect Cutemon to its future Ultimate. I thought about Seahomon since it’s head kinda looks like a trumpet and it can tie into the music theme, but that had the same problem as Turuiemon. Not as bad, but I wanted something better. In the end I figured that TeslaJellymon was the best choice. You can kinda see Cutemon in there. The antennae look similar to rabbit ears, the tentacles (?) look similar to Cutemon’s scarf, and the bits of pink kinda look like Cutemon burst out of its own fur. I actually think that the sweet Cutemon being given a more mischievous Champion form serves as a good parallel with Kaede. A lot of people look at Kaede as see a very cute, sweet, and innocent girl. While the first 2 are true Kaede is far from innocent. This can be seen through her more … perverted side of her personality. Have you seen her interactions with Tsumugi? She is very dirty minded! This can also be seen through her trying to kill the mastermind. TeslaJellymon also easily leads into an aquatic theme that will be very important for the transition into the Ultimate and Mega. 
Ultimate: Sirenmon
Ah yes the digimon that is the cause for all my grief. This digimon is the whole reason I had to revamp Kaede’s digimon line. Once I found out that Sirenmon existed I knew that I needed to give it to Kaede. Sirenmon fits into the music theme that I wanted for Kaede perfectly! It even has music notes in its design! It’s a perfect fit! But obviously going from a fighter rabbit to this bird/fish to another rabbit was not going to work, which is why I dropped the idea of using most of the Lopmon line. Since TeslaJellymon is a jelly fish and Sirenmon has fish-like characteristics I figured that the aquatic theme would provide a smooth enough transition. Sirenmon is also super adorable like Cutemon and I think it and Kaede would get along well.
Mega: AncientMermaimon
So the Mega left me kinda stuck for a while. I originally wanted to use Cherubimon Virtue, but I already explained why it wouldn’t work. So I decided to stick with the aquatic theme and use AncientMermaimon. Mermaids are commonly associated with songs and sirens, so it can kinda fit into the music theme I wanted. I could have gone more of the bird route with FrosVelgrmon, but other than the fact that it looks like it can be in the same line as Sirenmon there is no other good connection for it. It doesn’t really connect to Kaede at all. At least AncientMermaimon has some connection with Kaede working for it, even if I am searching for crumbs at this point.
Now it’s time for a dark digivolution. So I will once again be going into fanfiction/anime mode. I feel like the cause of her dark digivolution would be very similar to Tai and Takoto. Kaede can be very pushy and will get tunnel vision so bad that she won’t notice the problems that she will cause others. Her intentions are good, but everyone just ends up suffering. This can be seen through her insistence of the cast to keep going through the death road of despair, despite everyone repeatedly failing and getting injured. I can totally see her trying to force her partner to digivolve either because she is in a rush to get stronger or something bad happens and in her rush for revenge she forces her partner to digivolve to Cherubimon Vice.
Now that Cherubimon idea I had can finally be put into use. We lose the aquatic theme, but still think this works as a good dark mega for Cutemon. Not much for me to say. Cherubim on Vice is one of the most well known examples of a dark digivolution. Just the idea of something so cute turning into something so evil fits Kaede really well for some reason.
I will admit this line might not be the best pick, so feedback is always appreciated. I know the sudden aquatic theme may seem weird, (especially if I do a certain swimmer eventually), but I still think they managed to fit Kaede in some way. Sadly no alternate evolutions in this line. I just couldn’t find a lot to go off of, and I didn’t want to cause more suffering than this line already did.
A quick drawing of my headcanon for Kaede's body type! :3
