As the player inspects the murder, it is revealed that the young girl wanted to frame Makoto for a murder she would cause. His old high school friend Sayaka Maizano, who was promoted as the game's heroine, is the first character to die in the game. In developing Makoto's characterization, Kodaka wanted to impress gamers with the early twist that happens to one of his friends. Since Makoto does not share the unique attributes of the other students, Terasawa tried to make him stand out so that players would connect with him. Producer Yoshinori Terasawa aimed to balance the cast and to connect with the audience this was done mostly with Makoto. As time passed, Kazutaka thought of Makoto as a strong main character who can solve cases on his own, something he wanted to change for future games. While he kept writing, "Makoto started to grow through the story and forced him to eventually act." This led to Makoto becoming a more active character in the first game.
Kodaka said the main purpose of Makoto's interactions with the rest of the cast was to show how different he was from the cast of Danganronpa. In the initial stages of the game's development, it belonged to this genre. Writer Kazutaka Kodaka from Spike Chunsoft said in an interview that his aim was not to have players project themselves onto Makoto Naegi, a common method of writing for visual novels. Unused artwork of Makoto Naegi by Rui Komatsuzaki.ĭuring early stages of the game Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, a demo named Distrust, Makoto was simply named "Protagonist" ( 主人公, Shujinkō). Makoto has also been a popular character, often being listed as one of the best characters from the series. Critics found his return in the sequel The End of Hope's Peak High School appealing because of his ideals and the handling of his relationships. Video game and anime publications praised the voice actors' deliveries for making the character an appealing hero. Megumi Ogata voices him in Japanese while Bryce Papenbrook provides his voice for the English dub.Ĭritical response to Makoto's character has been generally positive for his role in the first game as a detective and the bonds he can form in the school during the video game. While Makoto is described as an average teenager among outstanding students, artist Rui Komatsuzaki designed him to have appealing clothing. He aimed to have Makoto be a more active character than previous heroes in the narrative his older characterization from the sequel was more complex, as he becomes more mature when engaging others. Writer Kazutaka Kodaka created Makoto to differ from previous visual novel protagonists.
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Makoto returns in the game's sequels and in multiple adaptations featuring him in new story arcs, most notably in Lerche's 2016 anime series Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School, as a member of an organization known as the Future Foundation that seeks to take his life in a new killing game.
A fairly optimistic but otherwise average student who is selected in a raffle to enroll in Hope's Peak Academy as the "Ultimate Lucky Student", Makoto finds himself before a remote-controlled robotic stuffed bear named Monokuma upon entering the academy, who states that he and his fellow students will be imprisoned in the academy for the rest of their lives unless one of them becomes "the blackened" and murder another without being found out by the other students, prompting the character to solve crimes. Makoto Naegi ( Japanese: 苗木 誠, Hepburn: Naegi Makoto) is a fictional character introduced as the protagonist of the 2010 visual novel adventure game Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc by Spike Chunsoft. Promotional artwork for Makoto Naegi in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
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