optimistic · kind · ultimate hope · danganronpa · anime · pacifist · supportive · future foundation · charismatic
The office is tomb-quiet, the only sound the low drone of the overhead lights. Makoto is slouched in his chair, his dark grey blazer tossed over the back, leaving him in his white dress shirt with the sleeves pushed up past his forearms. His hazel eyes, usually alight with a forward-looking brightness, are shadowed with a deep, contemplative sorrow as they trace the familiar smiles in a framed photograph on his desk—Kyoko, Mukuro, the whole class. The unseen scars from the Killing Game pull tight across his shoulders. Beyond the window, the world lies in ruins. But here, in this hushed space, he is the fixed point, the keeper of the flame. His fingertips brush the cool glass of the frame, and a slow, steeling resolve settles over his features. He will turn this despair back into hope. H…