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"Touch me like you care"

I didn't realize I made Kaito t-pose holy shit

i now have a actual schedule!!! Yay!!!

Taka: Killing everyone on the among us game they were streaming. Celestia: 

Fuyuhiko: I swing both ways ;) Fuyuhiko: With a bat. violently. 

Kaito: My jacket has been disappearing lately :( Kokichi half asleep on his jacket: Spooky.

Sayaka: The floor is lava! Sakura: [Helps Aoi onto the counter] Peko: [Kicks Fuyuhiko off the sofa] Sayaka: As you can see, there are two types of lovers

Leon: Fuck you; ..unvirgins your olive oil.. Leon: WAIT NO. Chihiro: DID YOU JUST FUCK  MY OLIVE OIL????!?!?!?!?

Mondo: Why is my underwear in the freezer? Chihiro: You were drunk and said “this is gonna confuse me so much tomorrow” Mondo: That explains so much.

Oumota Post [Contains Spoilers]

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Something I don’t hear talked about enough in relation to Oumota (or just Kokichi and Kaito in general) is the SHEER NUMBER of parallels that they have with eachother, beyond just their narrative roles. Their philosophies of Faith VS Logic and their respective Hero/Villain personas are undoubtably the most interesting part of it, but there’s so much more to be said than just that. Even their physical appearances are designed to contrast. Here's a list of some of the similarities I found.

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•Kaito is tall with broad shoulders, while Kokichi is short with a small frame.

•Their hair colours are almost exact opposites on the colour wheel. On top of this, while you don’t really see it due to their respective hairstyles, they both have roughly shoulder-length hair.

•Tying into the previous point, they have very similar colour schemes. They both wear white shirts, and have red, yellow, grey, and white accents scattered around their outfits. They’re also both heavily associated with the colour purple, with Kaito being more aligned with magenta (pink) and Kokichi being more aligned with indigo (blue).

•Kokichi is especially pale compared to the rest of the cast, while Kaito is noticeably tan.

•Kaito’s eyes are upturned, and Kokichi’s are downturned. I’m not sure how to word it but it’s almost like their eyebrows are going in different directions, too.

•They both wear capes that fan out in their splash arts. Kaito’s is a coat, but it has the same effect.

•They’re both bilingual. Kaito can speak English, Japanese, and Russian thanks to his astronaut training, and while it’s unclear why Kokichi can speak multiple languages, we know that he can thanks to his second FTE with Kaede, wherein he says ‘common sense’ in English, Japanese, French, and Spanish. ‘Common sense’ isn’t a commonplace word that new speakers of a language would know, implying some level of fluency.

•In the original Japanese script, Kaito had quite a few homophobic, misogynistic, and transphobic undertones, all seemingly stemming from internalized toxic masculinity. Kokichi was very much the opposite of this (read: not straight), as is discussed in-depth in the trivia section of his Wiki page. [We do not talk about Japanese Kaito in this household].

•Kokichi’s birthday is the 21st, an inversion of Kaito’s birthday, which is the 12th.

•Neither of them portray themselves 100% authentically. Depending on how you read their characters, you could almost argue that deep down, they’re more similar to the other’s persona than they are to their own.

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Though he’s often referred to as an idiot due to his stubbornness in the trials, Kaito is actually rather analytical when he so chooses to be, seeing straight through Maki’s lone-wolf act and understanding her needs startlingly fast. He was intelligent enough to pass his astronaut entrance exam (which would’ve involved extremely complicated scientific concepts and a basic understanding of medicine) and has proved himself willing to cheat and lie to get what he wants (i.e, forging an I.D to get early acceptance).

This isn’t the only instance of him lying when it wasn’t strictly necessary, another notable example being the entirety of his Free Time Events; he lies about his impossible summer escapades and brags about how many famous people achieved success because of his influence, seemingly just to boost his own ego and to make himself look more impressive to Saihara. Shuichi internally calls him out for this, more or less verifying that it was all a lie.

He repeatedly lies in the trials (like when he tried to insist that he was the one in women’s underwear in chapter 2), and of course, hid his illness from the others by pretending he was fine, when in actuality, he was on death’s door.

None of this makes Kaito’s passion and kindness any less real, but it’s important to note how he’s not as saintly as he seems. He’s a lot of things, but he’s also an Egotistical Liar, much like Kokichi promotes himself to be.

Moving on to Kokichi, while it’s hard to say with 100% certainty what kind of person he is, we’ve seen him become emotional a number of times throughout the game, most notably in Gonta’s trial. There’s a lot of debate over whether his tears were genuine or not, but the general consensus is that they were. He shows anger here, at both Gonta, the situation, and more likely than not, himself. He clearly feels a lot of shame and grief, but ultimately continues to push on with his plan for everyone else’s sake.

He shows mercy to Yumeno in chapter 3, when he asks her what she was holding back at the end of the trial. This is seemingly done in an attempt to help get her in touch with her feelings, with no obvious ulterior motives or mocking undertones. Him calling her out earlier in the trial can be chocked up to his hatred of hypocrites – as is seen with his overall relationship with the rest of the cast, specifically surrounding how they gang up on him and treat him like a monster for lying when it’s something that they themselves do – but this interaction shows that he sympathises with her, proving that he has some level of empathy.

Kokichi is EXTREMELY selfless, something that’s proven over and over again to the point that if I sat here and tried to list every example, we’d be here until the release of the V3 anime [forever]. He actively plays devil's advocate, knowing that this would lead to the rest of the group disliking him, and his entire plan to end the killing game centred around villainizing himself, all so that he could die to save the rest of the cast. He’s shown to have spent time, likely days upon days, thinking about how to end the killing game – if his room is any indication, he’s poured a lot of toil into making that a reality. Much like with Kaito, none of this changes how Kokichi chose to act – he’s still a bad person who did inexcusable things, but there’s some merit to the fact that beneath all of that, he’s a human being.

 In the end, he dies as a Selfless Hero, trying to save a group who he surely must’ve known would feel no gratitude for his sacrifice. He's the exact kind of person that Kaito would approve of, were it not for the other, less pleasant aspects of his personality.

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Again this is all just my interrpretation and what do I know but I thought it was interesting so here :3

Geez, Momota how come you get three people crushing on you? You think you can guess my Momota ships but surprise it’s the OT4!

Art by @chibigaia-art and you can find more of this style at @badlydrawnronpa

God can we stop with the "saiouma is toxic" "Kaede gets in way with saiouma" "Saiouma shipers cried when saimatsu-" "Shuichi hates Kokichi" stuff.

I swear I can't enjoy saimatsu videos anymore, because like more than half if not all the comments are about how bad saiouma is and how the shipers of it are toxic and how they dox everyone.

When I click on saiouma there're only a few negative comments about saimatsu and nobody likes them.

Or when I click on saimota or oumota there are none comments about other ships.

Literally the only one I see being pressed about it are the saimatsu shipers. Can't we enjoy the ships without the useless wars about it?

Kaito: You know the friendship is real when there’s a rumor you’re gay for each other

but we're two slow dancers, last ones out

Help us choose the date of this year's Oumota Week!

★ OUMOTA WEEK 2024 ★

It's this time of the year again, everyone! ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗

I'm very happy to officially anounce the date and prompts for this year's Oumota Week! As always, I'm excited to spread some Oumota love and can't wait to see all your wonderful submissions to this year's edition of the event!

Day 1 (June 24): coffee shop & dystopian AU

Day 2 (June 25): amnesia AU & touch

Day 3 (June 26): jealousy & fame

Day 4 (June 27): secret agents AU & regrets

Day 5 (June 28): trickster & healing

Day 6 (June 29): high school AU & horror AU

Day 7 (June 30): circus & seasons & fashion + free prompt!

Remember to tag all of your submissions as either #oumotaweek2024 of #oumotaweek if you want to see your works reblogged here and feel free to ask if you have any questions or concerns!

Ngl if you watch/play any scene where Kaito and Shuichi talk to eachother and replace the word "sidekick" with "boyfriend" it doesn't really change the scene at all

Like I'm not the biggest fan of saimota (I tend to go for either saioumota or just oumota/saiouma yk) but you really can't play/watch the game without seeing their blatant homosexual potential

It really does though wow

The Winner Takes It All feels very Hanger Scene!Oumota coded :3

Specifically Verse 4 is Kokichi is his final moments, speaking to Kaito ('That's why I'll do whatever it takes to end this killing game')

tumblr do you appreciate my oumotistic scholarly findings. are you pondering the fruits of my research tumblr

Oumota comic, Part 2

Headcanon - Kaito has nicotine withdrawal during the events of Danganronpa V3 (among other things, what happens to him there). Just a cute little comic

Part 1: https://www.tumblr.com/breadmecoshy/736606178824650752/oumota-comic-part-1?source=share

Plot Twist - After finishing the main game (which we all want to believe was a simulation), Tsumugi became so attached to the guys at V3 that she talked Danganronpa's company into launching a spin-off in romcom format in which she would try to bring together the couples most popular with viewers

joke (or maybe not)

HE WAS JUST JOKING!!! HE DIDN’T MEAN IT!!!!!

This is the stupidest, most low effort art project I’ve done in like. My entire life. But this came to me in a vision, and I had to draw this or else I’d explode. (It may be slightly OOC, but in my defense, I haven’t played v3 in a long ass time, so…)

My favorite thing about Oumota is that it’s that one trope of “guy who hates everyone except love interest” but. The opposite. “Guy who loves everyone except his love interest.” Perfect for a dumbass enemies to lovers AU.

What makes it better, is that Kaito literally has two other potential love interests who, not only genuinely like him and treat him as such, but are like. Normal ass people. Yet his heart goes: “I want that sick freak over there.” LITERALLY hilarious.

(I might color this later, but I’ve already put too much effort into something that was supposed to be quick and stupid.)

Edit: Added alt text to all the images. 🫡

One tries to taunt the other, but unexpectedly, the other's gaze is melancholic.