KOMAEDA VS OMA: Comparison & Analysis 

Unstoppable Hope vs. Immovable Liar

"And so I found a bomb, tonight this island is Vietnam" vs "Miu, you don't need makeup, you need plastic surgery"

Real reason why Byakuya wasn't included: He survived

Nagito: Finds a winning lottery ticket in the bag he is stuffed in Nagito’s kidnapper: 😐😑😐

I honestly hate when people act like they’re the same person they’re so different. I love them both though

Nagito is genuinely insane while Kokichi only pretends to be. Nagito severely lacks social perception, whereas Kokichi excels at it and often use it to his advantage. Nagito also wanted to 'start' the killing game by using his life and Kokichi wanted to use his life to end it.

Honestly I feel like Nagito is just as realistic as Kokichi is, he’s just a lot harder to understand. I mean let’s go over all this: He canonically has frontal lobe dementia. (Props to the series for being specific about the type) the guys also in a whole tangled mess of trauma too, he almost died multiple times his parents actually died in a horrific vehicle crash, he’s had cancer in his immune system (which is why he was affected by the despair disease the most) hell, he’s the ultimate lucky student just to be alive at that point. In his eyes his luck, and hope are the only things he’s got left which is why he values them so much, and goes through all the insanity.

I feel like Komeada is more of a anti-villain and Kokichi is more of a anti-hero at least how they are presented in both stories, with Nagito trying to kill them in the end while oma tried to end the killing game in trial five That’s my two cents at least.

Normal person: I have a terminal illness, I have better appreciate my final moments of life Nagito Komaeda:

What really sucks about Kokichi is that he never really got to redeem himself in the eyes of the characters. We know, as the player, how he actually wanted to help everyone, though people (Himiko) still thought he was lying, even after knowing he sacrificed himself. Because of his lies, nobody ever knew if he was being actually genuine or not and this kinda makes me sad for him.

I think something a LOT of people forget is why exactly Nagito put his plan into place and did what he did, and I think it's because even the game undermined it as "a crazy person's scheme": Nagito didn't just kill himself "for the sake of hope". He did it to save the outside world. After finding out they were all the remnants of despair with amnesia and (understandably) thinking they would all go back to killing innocent people and following Enoshima once outside the virtual reality, he concluded they were too evil, or as he put it, the embodiment of despair. Of course, Makoto's plan was still the right thing to do and they all deserved to live normal lives once no longer brainwashed, but I see this part of his thought process go completely ignored by anyone. What I mean is that Nagito, in his Nagito way, was still trying to save innocent people and that has to be considered when thinking about his character.

Just finished V3 last night. I haven’t heard anyone mention this point, but I think Kokichi was further implied to care for Gonta because Gonta was always talking about little bugs. Kokichi made a schematic for a bug catcher, and had Miu actually make it. He doesn’t have super sight like Keebo does, so he wasn’t aware of all the cameras. So, my theory is that he came up with that design purely to make Gonta happy, which makes it more heartbreaking what he said at the end of Chapter 4 regarding his guilt.

The only thing the have in common is that they are antagonist. They are both two different characters with two different motives, behavior and personality. They both are my favorites 🥰🥰🥰

All i saw was the thumbnail and thought it was a rap battle

They both have iconic laughs

I personally find both their cases equally impressive. I love that Komaeda’s case was practically unsolvable while Oma managed to fool the cameras and Monokuma himself

*finally a Worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!*

YESS I’m tired of people saying they are so similar when they only are being antags

Nagito is unique as his trauma/inferiority complex (due to the despair he faces from the negative sides of talent) are so apparent, and it's hard not to feel bad for him as a victim even when he seems "unhinged" and willing to put others at risk - Kokichi is more realistic in the way that he doesn't have any seemingly otherworldly trauma (that we know about), he simply has a personality type that disturbs the peace in order to create some kind of control. They're such different characters that honestly, I think I like their writing equally.

I think you've done a great job of explaining why these two characters are so fundamentally different in terms of their function in their respective stories (Komaeda explicitly being a threat to the player's goals, Ouma covertly being an ally to the player's goals). It actually bothered me in v3 that the writing tried to establish superficial parallels between the two, and I think those parallels are part of why people try to compare the two despite the glaring differences. "Malice" was one of the key words used to describe Komaeda's Trial 5 murder plot, and it was supposed to illustrate the depth of his loathing for the Remnants of Despair. This even included himself, with him going so far as up torture himself for succumbing to despair in pursuit of absolute hope. Hajime feels it the instant he sets eyes on Nagito's corpse, without even knowing what happened yet. Komaeda's feelings towards despair are intensely personal, as his entire life and world view are shaped by his cycles of good and bad luck, and his fear of his own inability to control his talent and avoid the trauma that his bad luck brings. Despite his good intentions, destroying despair by killing his classmates is an incredibly harmful and malicious act. "Malice" is also used to describe the feeling Saihara senses from Ouma's murder scene. But it's not accurate in that context. Ouma wasn't trying to screw his classmates over by making an unsolvable murder - he was trying to save them. The farthest you could stretch it is that he felt "malice" towards the Mastermind and their game. But I don't think that kind of hatred is as absolute as what Komaeda felt towards the Remnants of Despair. Ouma's feelings towards the killing game are ultimately derived from a love and respect for humanity. We know from his motive tape that he just enjoyed having fun with pranks, and he was completely against killing. His motives are therefore far too wholesome to be described as "malicious". Like WeebyNews says in her video, Komaeda's's character arc is fairly static in DR2 compared to Ouma's. So many prefer Ouma as a character. But because Komaeda was such a strong rival, he made DR2 a better game than DR3.

both were anti-heroes, and their morals were entirely different Nagito : sacrifice people for what he thinks is the greater good, hope Kokichi : try to protect as many people as possible, but sometimes sacrifices are necessary, Miu Gonta and even Kaito a bit (i dont think he expected Kaito to die)

I believe that Kokichi took on the role of the "villain" because everyone else saw him that way, so he used it to his advantage to try and stop the killing game. He used this factor to plunge everyone else into despair, but of course that didn't last long because of the mastermind. Nagito, however, isolated himself from the group as he believed that he was below everyone else, and his reveal of character in the first trial caused everyone else to distance themselves from him. This distance/isolation allowed him to move outside of the group and do his own things behind the scenes, furthering his drive behind his motive to kill everyone else in the end. Both characters helped the group in their own ways, while also working behind the scenes on their own schemes to affect the killing game/outside world. That's what I believe anyway

i honestly like ouma more, he feels much more complicated than komaeda. i love how questionable ouma's ideals are compared to komaeda who has a more black and white world view

I still wanna know how kokichi knew to have that script written and when he wrote it xD I guess maybe for an unused prank but it's still a funny thought.

Kokichi is fun and entertaining, but that's really where it ends for me. Nagito is a character that I will never forget and one I haven't really seen anywhere else.

Hope man🍀 vs. Grape Boi🍇 Who will win? Neither, because they are both different written characters with different emotions and intentions

I feel like they're both really well made characters, but as a antagonist, Nagito was way better. He didn't need any bullying, liying or stuff like that, just beeing himself did it. Idk how to explain this one, but Nagito has my whole heart and he's the best antag, in my opinion ofc

This video made me remember why I like Kokichi so much as a character and why I find Nagito so interesting. I do prefer Ouma, but that doesn't mean I dislike Komaeda; they are both very interesting characters in their own way.

“Do you have the time to talk about our lord and savior, Hope?” “...Yes.”

With Nagito being my favorite character, you can already guess who, but Kokichi is also very interesting and I love how he set the tone for v3. He still felt a little flat to me and I didn’t have as much as a stronger connection than I had with Nagito. I felt like something was missing from Ouma and I didn’t know what.

"I wasn’t boring, right?” OMG NOOO 😭😭

i love them both, they’re both 2 of my favourite danganronpa characters. but honestly i prefer nagito, he’s very well written always keeps you on the edge of your seat, he never settles for the good or bad side, always in the middle. it makes him interesting and unique, he’s so complex that you wouldn’t be able to unpack all of his layers even if you’ve been a fan since danganronpa 2 first came out. his plan is so well thought out that the only thing which gave it away was his luck, and chiaki basically admitting to it. You hate him at one point then sympathize with him when you understand his backstory and see why he’s doing this. he’s my favourite character in the entire franchise and probably one of my favourite characters in anime. of course, kokichi also shares a lot of the same characteristics, i prefer nagito’s character more. I’m more able to relate to him than i am to kokichi. I think the way he’s written makes it very clear what his motive is and his overall goal but at the same time it’s quite blurry so you never know whether he’s on the despair side or hope side. of course this is just my opinion i love both of them but just prefer nagito. you’re free to disagree with me respectfully. also super danganronpa 2 is my favourite one out of the 4 games so that’s probably another aspect as to why i prefer him.

Now I feel like there's NO way I can choose between them. I mean it was super hard to answer that community poll, but now that you refreshed my memory I realized yet again that both of these characters are so well written and so different that I can never choose between the two

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I'm way more evil, plus Imma bad bitch. Oma can catch this work.

Always believed Shuichi, Kokichi and Kaito represented Truth, Lies, and Belief respectively instead of Kaito being Truth instead (in which that can't be right considering his beliefs tends to interfere with the truth). Shuichi, regardless if he lies, always aimed for the truth. Even if it hurts. Kokichi, is the personification of lies. Ambiguous in nature. Kaito, being a personification of belief. To stubbornly and unwaveringly believe in something, even if there's no clear indication if it's the truth or not.

Kokichi is a very well written character with many layers of complexity, but he's not the first take on the liar archetype, and won't be the last. Meanwhile, Nagito feels like something never seen before, a character that not only works exclusively within the context of Danganronpa, but is so unique he has his own archetype (the infamous "komaeda archetype")

Honestly, imo, the two characters really MADE the two games. Without them, the games would've been so far from what they are now

What I love about kokichi is how the game left a lot of aspects of his character up to interpretation by the player. It’s very easy to argue that he had good or bad intentions and that just makes him so interesting because each person can interpret him in a unique way without being “wrong”

Nagito does more wild stuff during the whole game while Oma starts slow and in the background and grows into the big boy in the second half of the game

I prefer Nagito a lot more than Kokichi. The fact that he was willing to go so far to fulfill his ideals, torturing himself so nonchalantly and creating *such* a genius murder mystery all play a role in why he id more favorable. I was honestly very shocked when Chapter 1 almost made him the culprit, and it turns out throughout the rest of the game that he isn't the Kyoko for DR2. Another persona thing is that I prefer his chemistry with the rest of the cast more. Because despite how hated he was, they still depended on him at times and he helped efficiently. I also didn't really understand what "The Supreme leader" talent even meant to begin with...

Komaeda does change his views during the story and more than he shows in chapter 4 though. But not exactly when it comes to how he sees luck or hope but rather due to how he sees talent (this aspect changes a lot actually). For context, In SDR2 he states that only talented people can become hope and because of this he stops respecting Hajime since he found out that he was just a talentless steeping stone used to create real talent (Izuru) and antagonize him and the others due to him discovering that they all fell into despair in the past, including him (which in his eyes meant that despite being talented, they weren´t worthy of being called symbols of hope and thinks that his luck is giving him a chance to redeem and turn himself into someone worthy of being called the Ultimate Hope by defeating the ultimate despairs. Thus why he tried to kill them all except Chiaki in chapter 5). However, this wasn´t always the case, in UDG it´s stated by him that he changed his views on talentless people after seeing how Naegi, a seemingly average guy with the same ultimate talent than him was able to overcome the despair and defeat Junko, the ultimate despair. This is in fact what led him to adapt the philosophy where he now thinks that hope is always found on the side of the weak and the underdogs and thus, even talentless people can become hope. Which was basically a huge part of the reason why she helped Monaca to set up Towa city´s massacre game, just to see Komaru (the talentless sister of Naegi, the guy who made him change his views) becoming hope. This mentally got wiped out when he got into the neo world program but he gained appreciation for this idea again after considering that his luck was giving him a change to become hope itself by fighting all the others that he found out were ultimate despairs. Just like you said, I think that the dangerous and "creepy" factor is what makes Komaeda win. They both have interesting mentalities and actions but the sense of danger that both characters transmit is way different. With Komaeda they had him tied up by chapter 2 just due to how insane he talked and acted right from the begining and he kept that sense of danger and insanity based on admiration and obsession towards hope and the ultimates through the whole game leaving to the other students very clear that he was willing to kill, instigate murders and be killed alone or along the others just for his beliefs. Kokichi also has a creepy and dangerous factor but it all gets a bit watered down by comparison due to half of his personality being clearly more on the side of a childish troll/jokester who´s words are not meant to be taken seriously all the time.

About being well written, it is a little up to an individual's preferences, some people see good writing in a character with more info and back story, but some other might find good writing in how mysterious a character is so they can analyze them more

Ngl, I read it as KOKICHI VS OMA for way too long

I absolutely love this video, because it shows how they are both amazing in their own ways, and while they both are antagonists it's pretty clear what aspects were focused on whenever you analyze their characters. I love whenever you make character analysis's, so thank you for making this one!

I personally prefer Kokichi. I feel like he was able to keep everyone on their toes throughout the game. He was difficult to figure out and that was what made him interesting in my opinion. Komaeda was a great character too. I liked how we knew things about his past and were able to connect the dots. However all in all, I think Kokichi was definitely a better antagonist because of how much he screwed with things. We were also able to see how Kokichi's personality meshed with other characters because essentially he was a very social character. His lies at times were unprecedented but necessary. I also loved how Kokichi didn't only have a major "betrayal" at the end. Nagito didn't really do very many bad things until around the last trial he was in. When Kokichi started becoming more active he stayed that way. His twists were more sporadic but consistent while the other two antagonists only had one or two moments. Sorry if this is a bit repetitive- Also, sorry this was so long pwp Don't get me wrong, I love Nagito as well-

Ah finally, the Komaeda and Ouma video. I’ll be excited to see what you say about this topic. Edit: I’ve watched the video, and I have to agree with your reasoning. Although, poor Togami, he always gets left out. Komaeda was the perfect “villain” character, but Ouma was a more “humanized” character. It fits the theme of dr2 being more wacky and nonsensical since it’s a virtual world vs the entertaining yet realistic v3 world.

I honestly don't think either character is objectively better than the other, they are both amazing to me, the way they are each written serves their individual purposes almost perfectly.

I remember when I first reached chapter 5 of SDR2, I had to turn it off after seeing Nagito's body. I was in really bad denial. :( It's super interesting in chapter 5 of V3, about not knowing the victim. It was done super well. Still, I like Komaeda better overall (because I had that immediate reaction of, "no way! He can't be dead! It has to be a lie..." it's the only death in the whole series I reacted to like that.)

I really enjoyed this analysis! It was fun to see someone properly compare and contrast their characterisation. Good job ^.^

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Amazing video Weeby. Been a fan of yours for a while, and was so excited to hear this videos idea. my two faves. its so hard to choose, but i gotta go with kokichi

After realizing that Nagito has lymphoa or however you write it, I think he's more realistic. I like kokichi more though, cause he can be normal, crazy and stuff. Hes pretty dope. Hes not my favorite though, I think Gundham stands up of them. WAYY far.

Personally I enjoy both characters but for me nagito wins by a long shot, I relate to nagito which may not be a good thing but his view of himself and the world are things I can really relate too, I can’t understand when people say nagito is unrelistic as I identify and relate to almost every part of his character and understand and agree with his actions. Although I do relate with kokichis trust issues and I myself am a pathological liar and I do enjoy Kokichi I just don’t feel as strongly to him, nagito is just such a beautiful complex character and I absolutely love his two sides of being either kind or rude and I do love his plan I find it incredibly entertaining. I just feel more strongly towards nagito and love his personality more then Kokichi although I do love him

yesss its about time this video was really good

I love Komaeda so much, like ive never seen a character like him hes so different and complex and always has me thinking. I never know if I love him or hate him. Idk hes just a way better character to me, kokichi is alright tho.

I love how Kokichi always antagonizes Kaito. They're both strikingly similar, and I didn't like Kaito. Technically, he doesn't act logically, and Shuichi HAD to side with Kokichi to prove Gonta killed Miu. Nagito hanging out with Hajime and talking about his talent was fun. Hajime is my favorite protagonist, so Nagito has a warm place in my heart.

I love these analysis videos! Great job! I hope you can do more!

I personally like Oma more but Komaeda is a better written character.

It would be cool if you made another comparison video like this, maybe with kyoko and chiaki.

Personally prefer Oma ... While twisted his belief-system and actions makes sense within his morality (and struggle with compartmentalizing his action in Act 4). Meanwhile Komaeda's believes is never endingly static and so alien that they might as well be graded on the Blue-Orange Scale, with the only relation with the rest of the world is reusing of 'Hope' and 'Despair' labels and classification methods

Can't wait to watch! I hope no editors were harmed in the making of this lol

man! this video is finally out!!!! excited !!

Really loved this video

Both are great characters. I just love both a lot. However, the question I would like to know the answer is, if they both are in the same class trial and having a rebuttal showdown, who will win?

i love when weeby does analysis video she’s so smart id let her tutor me

FINALLY!! the video that everyone was waiting for!!

I like Oma better, but Komaeda had one of the best Trials in the series

I agree with your Analysis Weeby! I love Nagito as an antagonist and I think his trial was way better than Kokichi's but I personally prefer Ouma because I loved his character and his ideals of TruthvsLies. He just felt more realistic to me compared to Nagito's HopevsDespair ideal. But at the end of the day, I love both of them Soo much🤍💜 they _definitely_ made Both their games interesting in many ways✨👀

Keep up the good work, take your time, its always good to hear a dangaronpa related videos again.

I think i cannot prefer anyone over another, but i wanted to say that imo, kokichi was a more realistic character, while nagito was more fictional but both of them are really well written

I cant choose they were both amazing characters in my opinion. It’s hard for me to compare them since the games messages they tried to portray were so different. But yea 🦧

Tbh the real vilian of V3 is Shuichi for not having the balls to go in the girls bathroom and look around. IYKYK

I prefer Kokichi because he's subtle about what he's doing. He understood so early what was going on and understood that not hidding it like Kaede or Rantaro did will only kill him. Also, he's not the Supreme Evil Leader because of his organisation, he have this talent because he lies so much that he can manipulate people into almost doing whatever he wants them to do. He LEADS them to what he wants them to believe with the power of his lies. There's so many moments where it's evident that he's a good guy. Like when he lied about killing Angie in chapter 3 to trigger the murderer. It's just that nobody really understood him and tried to learn more about him. And that he did everything he could to make people believe he's evil so he can end the killing game. He wanted to give the survivors as much tools as he possibly could so they discover the truth. And sadly, he had to manipulate Gonta into killing Miu cause she didn't let him have a choice. He wouldn't be able to stop her himself because of the code and nobody except Gonta would have tried to help him. So he set him up and used his death to make the others believe that he's truly evil. Even better: because nobody were doing anything because he made them do so, the mastermind had to invent a lie so everybody else tries killing him. And this lie is what actually made the entire mastermind's plan go to waste. Just by making a flashback light telling that he's a remnant of despair and the discovery of his motive video deconfirming it, it made everybody understood that the flashback lights aren't real memories. And he barely gets any credits for this. Sorry for the long comment. I just absolutely love Kokichi's character and I'm sad my boy doesn't get as much understood as most of the other characters.

One thing I want to say is I doubt Hope vs Despair is the theme of the 2nd game I think it’s past vs future. Most killers in the game kill with a past related motive (Ghundam is an exception but he’s cool so that’s fine) 1:Nothing in the game convinced him, a memory convinced him. 2:While she could have moved forward and gained a friend she decided to act their past way. 3:Got an illness that returned her to her ultimate despair self 5:Rather than look to the future and try to reform ultimate despair he decides to try to kill them all

EARLY AND I ENJOY UR VIDS WEEBY 💜

Nagito is way better imo. Kokichi actually made me miss Nagito during v3 to the point I think I actually cheered when he appeared in ch6

Komaeda for me, that being said I hope we have more of these comparison videos in the future they're really well written.

This video made me realize again how much I really appreciate the two characters. They are so well written and my two absolute favorites

*Picks a nice photo of Komeda and one of the most wack photos of Ouma* Me: “your really gonna do my guy dirty like that?”🎲

I don't know if there is much info for this, but Akane vs. Asahina would be interesting for me. (Also if you plan to do another character analysis I recommend Maki ^_^)

You're an absolute hero but also a madman for making a comparison video between these two, considering what the fandom is like lmao.

You have the exact same opinions on both of them that I do! Awesome

2:10 he's the only... emotionally stable one xD

my two cents is that really... they're fundamentally different characters (that i both love). what's really clear is their drive. nagito is driven by his ideals - his philosophy on the world and people. his motives come from a person place of passion and make him at his core a very wistful and reflective person. we can see his romantically philosophical outlook in life especially in UDG; he uses a lot of melancholic-sounding metaphors too. this perception has made his morals unlike that of what's acceptable, which is why he is portrayed as an 'antagonist'. kokichi doesn't have as much drive nor incentive (which is why he influences the killing game less). he instead is just a character with no qualms making himself appear as the 'villain' or to be non-conforming, especially for the sake of amusement. this makes him a bit more lacking in morals than the rest of the cast, which is why he is portrayed as an 'antagonist'. it seems as though kokichi is loved for his entertainingness. he is arguably THE funniest character and that makes him very fun. he is also probably loved for how he still retains an essence of relatability, which makes people sympathise with him and probably view him more like a character they'd want to be friends with. as for nagito, people who like his character most likely do for his uniquenes and complexity (which often goes dismissed as most people dismiss whatever nagito says as nonsense with no meaning behind it) or how integral he is to making sdr2's plot interesting. some may also like him for his passion too, and how strong his character is. [personally, i don't like when people call characters 'realistic' when really they mean extremely unusual. i wouldn't say komaeda is unrealistic; i'd say he's extreme, while kokichi is a more encounterable personality.]

random but is something i've noticed is that younger fans and ones newer to the series prefer kokichi (and their favourite game is v3), while a lot of the older fanbase prefer nagito (and their favourite game is sdr2). i think overall kokichi is a more popular - as in well liked, not well known - character though.

If you wanna do another one of these videos you could do a comparison between characters that died to serve as growth for other characters, Mondo, Sakura, Pekoyama etc. I think it would be interesting to look at how each of these characters not only incited growth in the character they were closest to, but also the rest of the cast and the games themes

I will say I do pefer Kokichi because he feel more human and in my eyes he more of a well written character. But I do get why you do pefer Komaede.Any way love da vid ! :3

Yeah they both are good but I prefer Kokichi he's a little more likeable In my opinion

i honestly love them both but if i had to choose one i would pick Nagito i love the creepy sensation that surrounds him, his obsession with hope is really intriguing and i also love his backstory

I really just like both characters

What a fight. I absolutely love these two but I'm in team Nagito. I just found him more sympathetic and imo he done better job at being moraly gray character

in the plan thing I like more Kokichi's it aligns more with the theme of the game because he had to thrust Saihara to not help Monokuma discover the truth and ultimately lie but mystery wise Komaeda's plan is so interesting

I love this video sm

Man Weeby I so wanted you to mention their dialogue event at the board game

Kokichi is the subject of my nightmares slightly more often than Nagito but that’s probably just because he has the creepier sprites 😂

My three boys: Nagito, Kokichi, and Sou Personal rankings: Kokichi, Sou, Nagito. (from best to worst)

Another thing i like about Nagito's murder plan was that it had the exact odds of the Russian Roulette game he did in the Final Dead Room. 6 Students, one of which is the Blackened. 6 bullets, one of which is empty. Thought it was a really cool parallel

On the topic of the themes of the games, I think one way to look at it is this: Each game incorporates the previous games' themes but also adds their own. THH introduces the theme of Hope and Despair. SDR2 runs with the theme of Hope and Despair and expands upon it but also introduces the theme of Future. V3 adds the themes of Truth and Lies aswell as Fiction.

this HORNET'S NEST weeby!!!! i respect the hell out of you for being willing to kick it (my fav is komaeda but this video actually made me like kokichi more!)