This analysis is a repost of something I posted a while ago on my previous blog, and something I’m still proud of. Hajime Hinata is one of my favorite - if not my favorite - character in the Danganronpa serie. I find him fascinating, complex, ever-changing, and there was nothing more delightful to me than seeing his journey through sdr2.

What am I trying to accomplish by posting this analysis ? Well, my main goal is to offer a new perspective on Hinata’s character by trying to paint a picture of who he was before the events of sdr2. Because he is the protagonist of the game, players tend to think that he is the character they are the most familiar with, and they don’t take the time to find out more about who Hinata is at the beginning of the killing game.

In a way, I hope that this analysis will allow you to examine his behaviour through the game under a new light.



Fasten your safety bells, we’re going into Hinata’s ( still intact, for now ) brain.

| Part I : Hajime Hinata before Hope’s Peak Academy |



Who was Hajime Hinata before going to Hope’s Peak ? From the flashback we have in the third chapter of sdr2… not a very happy person. He doesn’t have friends, the whole class is talking behind his back while he is trying to not listen or understand what they are saying, and he talks about Hope’s Peak as a place where he could finally be proud of himself, implying that this is not the case in his current position.

It would make sense to consider that Hinata has an inferiority complex, but it’s a little more complicated than that.

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