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Mikan Tsumiki: "If it makes everyone not hate me and smile at me, then it's much better..." | |
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Character name: Mikan Tsumiki
Age: around 22/23
Canon: Danganronpa
Canon point: End of the DR3 anime.
History: Wiki link
Three key adjectives: Anxious, passionate, timid
Influential Events: God here we go okay.
> “If it makes everyone not hate me and smile at me, then it's much better...”
One of the biggest influences in how Mikan is, is the fact she's been heavily abused and neglected by not only her own parents, but her peers as well. This has caused her to have a very warped view of the world, love, etc. to the point that she becomes scared and confused when people are nice to her for too long. She remarks to Hinata that she thinks everyone must hate her, because no one's being mean to her, and constantly assures people they can hurt and demean her as a ways of getting them to like her.
Also because of her treatment, she was the only one who could take care of her wounds. This resulted in her growing more and more skilled at first aid and nursing.
> "It's too much for me... If I'm alone...I'll go crazy...”
Next big event would be getting into Hope's Peak Academy. She was scouted due to her abilities in nursing and became the Super High-School Level Nurse. There she met her new classmates and became integrated as part of class 77. There she found people with talents like her own, who weren't terrible to her, and the class became like a family to her.
> "To transcend all that is truly... what love is all about!”
And then Junko Enoshima came along. She successfully sank her claws into Mikan and made Mikan fall terribly head-over-heels in love with her, to the point that Mikan believed she had to do everything to protect and keep that love, because she was convinced no one would ever love or accept her except Junko. This led to a series of events that had Mikan playing a direct hand into the murder of their class president, Nanami, whose torturous death they were all forced to watch. This caused them to sink into Despair and become the first "disciples" of sort of Junko. Mikan and her class then went on to fake their own deaths and spread despair across the world, leading to essentially the apocalypse.
> “Memories of people...memories of events... Whatever memory it is, losing memories are... like losing your personal identity.”
The Future Foundation had orders to round up and eliminate the Remnants of Despair (Mikan and her classmates) following Junko's downfall. However, Mikan and her class were instead put in the Neo World Program virtual reality simulator in the hopes of eliminating their brainwashing and becoming functional human beings again. Their memories were erased of everything after entering Hope's Peak Academy. However their peaceful island vacation instead turned into a nightmare when Monokuma, aided by a virus planted by Kamakura/Hinata, took over and turned it into a murder game. They were told that to escape the island, one must murder someone else and not get found out at the subsequent trial.
> “You guys accepted my past self, but not my present self...”
During chapter 3, Mikan became the murderer, infected by an illness of sorts that caused her to revert back to her old Despair-induced personality. She murdered Ibuki and Hiyoko and nearly got away with it using her skills as a nurse to effect things like the body decomposition to make it harder to determine time of death, set up her alibis, etc. However she was found out and executed, but not before giving the class some hints as to who their true enemy was.
> "Why won't you forgive me!? If you did something wrong...you'd forgive yourself right away...!”
Following the end of the simulator when Hinata and the surviving students escaped, they worked hard to wake up the students who had died in the simulator. Though originally told that their chances of waking were slim to none, they worked tirelessly and managed to revive them. The group then went on to help out the Future Foundation by taking the blame for the murder game they'd been forced into, so that the rest of the world wouldn't know that their only chance of hope had nearly given into despair, which would've likely plunged the world back into despair again. The class then went to return to their island with the hopes of finding ways to atone for everything they'd done.
Link to Samples: Balance TDM; Deerington TDM thread;

Chosen path: Chemist
3 Abilities: 1: SHSL Nurse. Which not an ability in and of itself, Mikan's abilities with nursing, first aid, etc. are unparalleled by anyone else in her world. Within the series she provides autopsy reports, can determine time and cause of death, and very detailed information on the injuries (such as the exact length and diameter of the weapon used to stab someone).
2: Herbalism: When studying a plant, you can usually figure out its properties and medicinal usages.
3: Poison Tip: You can create a vial of poison that can be applied to a weapon to poison your enemy. The effect of the poison renders a person paralyzed for 1 minute.
Why this path?: While a cleric might be obvious for a SHSL Nurse, a chemist provides something new for Mikan to learn and experience, while still being able to utilize her nursing skills. She likes learning everything she can to be useful and helpful to people. Aside from that, it's also implied she used bad medicine and poisons to help spread despair to the hospitals, and from the hospitals to the rest of the world, making it an interesting choice to have her as something that uses poison often.
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