pregame kaede knows who the monokubs are!

over and over she tries to ask about their identity. of course they shoot her down throughout the whole prologue. She recognizes the name “Monokubs”, meaning they (and monokuma as well) probably have some sort of influence on the outside world still.

However, it seems like this pregame Kaede is the only one (possibly excluding Amami, Shirogane, and maybe Kiibo) who recognizes even the name.

But afterwards, once she’s received her first memory… She completely loses her knowledge of the Monokubs… and they celebrate it, knowing that the brainwashing worked, and that theyve completely erased the person who used to be called Kaede Akamatsu, and made her into a fictional character with a fabricated talent: SHSL Pianist Kaede Akamatsu.

but yeah! Knowing that the monokubs are known to the outside world is pretty important, especially considering the fact that they were known to Kaede during a time that wasnt apocalyptic, like in Ultra despair girls. It makes me wonder what the actual world in V3 is like?