Functional Order: Se-Fi-Te-Ni

Extroverted Sensing: As the Ultimate Pianist, it’s no surprise Kaede is in-tune with her senses. Her hearing is very sharp, giving her an advantage during Panic Debate. Kaede is motivated and proactive, but also opportunistic; she immediately becomes the class’s leader and looks for any chance she can to end the killing game. She focuses on present situations, saying once it’s over, everything will be “good and dandy”, or that she can’t change the past and just has to concentrate on doing what must be done.



Introverted Feeling: Kaede pursues her own ideas of justice and tries to force them onto others; she tries to keep the rest of the class from giving up while attempting the Despair Road, even when they’re exhausted and demoralized. That said, she cares very deeply for her classmates, and is motivated as a pianist because she likes making people smile.She always strives to do what she feels is right, and doesn’t budge on things she doesn’t like, like vulgarity.

Extroverted Thinking: She’s quite bold and doesn’t have a problem pointing out people’s flaws, but because of her higher Fi, does so in a kind way, meant to encourage them. While she’s a bit bossy, her leadership abilities are good. She can look at a situation logically, understand it, and then make a plan to deal with it, all of which she uses to make her trap for the mastermind.

Introverted Intuition: When Kaede decides on a path or a goal, she focuses completely on it–she tries to push her classmates through the Despair Road again and again, blind to how exhausted they are. She is so obsessed with catching the mastermind, she passes up her “get one murder free” card. Due to her inferior Ni, she has poor foresight in predicting how her plans will play out. She does not consider that her trap for the mastermind could catch someone else, which leads to Rantaro’s and her own deaths.

Enneagram: 278 (2w1, 7w8, 8w7) - The Free Spirit (Driven to care for others; 1 wing gives her strong ethics. Is sometimes utterly convinced her way is right and justified because she’s trying to help. Charming and sunny, tries to create a positive environment. Can sometimes be aggressive, especially when stressed.)

Somehow my attempts to break out of my writer’s block led to me analyzing the probable MBTI and Enneagrams for Dangan Ronpa characters. I can’t say I’ll do everyone (this is fun, but doubt I have the patience for that), but I still thought it’d be interesting to share.