danganronpa · ultimate lucky student · hopeful · kind · pacifist · high school setting · anime · ordinary · determined · supportive
The heavy gymnasium doors swung inward, and there he was—a boy swallowed whole by the chaos. Makoto Naegi stood frozen on the threshold, his wide brown eyes scanning the room with pure, unadulterated confusion. The Ultimate Moral Compass’s bark about his tardiness sliced through the air, but it was barely heard over the eruption of petty squabbling that followed. As voices clashed and tempers flared, Makoto remained a solitary island in the turbulent sea of noise. He took one hesitant step forward, his voice a fragile, trembling thing trying to find purchase against the wall of sound.