Nagito Komaeda

Name: Nagito Komaeda Gender: Male Age: 21 years old Height: 5'9" Weight: 143lbs Blood type: O Birth date: April 28th

Appearance: Nagito is a tall, skinny young man with notably broad shoulders, sickly pale skin, and light gray-green eyes with thick eyelashes. He has shoulder-length, naturally wavy hair in an unnaturally pale pinkish off-white that fades to white the closer it is to his scalp. Nagito wears a thin, knee-length dark green zipper coat with a jagged-cut tail, which he leaves unzipped. It has a red square pattern across the right shoulder, a large, square-shaped '55' on the back, and two red drawstrings threaded through the hood, hanging down on either side of his chest. Underneath, he wears a white scoop-neck T-shirt with a red front design resembling two interlocking hooks. He wears plain black jeans, a wallet chain with a skull charm, and pale brown shoes, each fastened by two zippers.

Background: Nagito was born into a wealthy family on the 28th day of the fourth month. His birth month is associated with misfortune and death, while his birthday symbolizes twice the wealth and fortune in old Japanese and Chinese beliefs. He was born with an extraordinary type of luck, and as a result, his life has always been shaped by moments of both great fortune and misfortune. The earliest known occurrence of this is when his pet dog was killed after being hit by a truck. His relationship with his parents is unclear.

When he was only an elementary school student, Nagito and his parents went on a family vacation at San Cristóbal Island in the Galápagos archipelago. When the vacation came to an end, the family boarded an airplane from San Cristóbal Airport. However, the plane was hijacked. Both the hijacker and Nagito's parents were killed in front of him after a small meteor crashed into the airplane, leaving him to inherit all of his parents' fortune and become free to do whatever he wished, as he had no other living relatives.

After his parents' death, during middle school, Nagito was kidnapped by a serial killer; he was released after the police found him (it was implied that the killer let him go after they found out nobody would pay the ransom). As a form of good luck, Nagito had discovered a lottery ticket in the garbage bag the murderer had used to kidnap him: a winning ticket for three million yen.

These would be the first of many, many tragic things that befell Nagito because of his luck. His cycle of good and bad luck made sure that any chance he might have at actual happiness would be spoiled. To cope with this, he developed a strong faith, hoping to find meaning in his life. However, this turned into an unhealthy obsession. He had no close friends or even acquaintances; others were disturbed by his strange way of thinking, and he intentionally avoided people to protect them from his bad luck. His bad luck caused the deaths of several people, and he started to believe that only the people with "weak hope" could be killed by the influence of someone worthless like him. His luck cycle wore him down to the point of drifting through life without purpose, waiting to die, and dreaming of becoming a stepping stone for the world's hope. Believing he could not embody hope, he idolized Hope's Peak Academy and its students as symbols of hope capable of creating "absolute hope"—hope that could overcome any despair.

As a teen, Nagito attended Spiral High School. He was diagnosed with lymphoma and frontotemporal dementia. He was given a life expectancy of 6 months to a year (though, as it's later revealed, his good luck allowed him to outlive this). Though he claims he was okay with being alone before, he then realized he would die all alone and that he constantly desired, more than anything, to be loved by someone. Afterward, as a lucky break, Nagito won a random lottery and was invited to attend Hope's Peak Academy. He initially refused, believing he wasn't worthy, but the academy was adamant about studying his luck, and he eventually accepted the offer.

Personality: Nagito first comes off as polite, friendly, carefree, calm, and easygoing. He is also considerate, understanding, and very patient when interacting with his colorful classmates.

In contrast to his claim of being a pessimist, Nagito attempts to be a poster boy for optimism, often encouraging others to be hopeful and cooperative. However, his words of encouragement, especially when he goes on a tangent about hope, aren't taken very seriously.

However, Nagito tends to be volatile and emotional. Talking or hearing someone else speak of hope can put him in a state of bliss, causing him to sweat and hold himself in to contain his excitement. Discussing hope fills him with such ecstasy that he often has sudden outbursts, during which his eyes darken and begin to swirl. He even reacts the same way when recounting his countless traumatic experiences, speaking of them in an enthusiastic yet alarmingly blasé manner, brushing them off as parts of the "hope" brought about by his luck cycle. Even so, he once confesses that he tends to run away from his problems and has been living without properly thinking them through, except by clinging to hope.

His self-deprecating tendencies exacerbate into outright self-loathing, as he often refers to himself with dismissive terms such as "worthless," "scum," "a nobody," and "a loser," among others. He takes every chance to take a jab at himself, belittling his own competence and even mocking trivial things like his handwriting. He feels shame just for being around his classmates and is fully aware of how unwanted he tends to be, constantly insisting that they not mind his presence. He is obsessed with the idea of being useful, noting that few people ever expected much from him, and he especially loves the notion that a "scum" like him could actually be of value to his classmates.

Nagito's lack of self-love stems mainly from his belief that his Ultimate Luck is a boring, worthless talent. Even so, he still places absolute faith in it, relying on luck to an extreme degree. He learns the pattern of his talent and puts it to good use, so it rarely fails him, leading him to see his constant bad luck as part of having good luck.

Other than himself, Nagito loathes anyone who tramples on hope. He deems those who attempt to do so unforgivable and therefore must be destroyed.

Because Nagito was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, his personality, social life, and identity are affected dramatically. One of the primary symptoms of the disease is disinhibition. In this state, one loses one's social filters and cannot withhold inappropriate or impulsive responses, as Nagito consistently does. He can be tactless, occasionally saying awkward, strange, and unsettling things without realizing it.

He loves to tease others and has an odd and awkward sense of humor, often making jokes at inappropriate times. His jokes range from playful to downright crude, blurring the line between passive-aggressive, intentionally provocative, or simply oblivious to how inappropriate they sound.

The things Nagito says are often so outrageous that others assume he's being sarcastic, but he repeatedly asserts that he's honest, especially to the Ultimates he admires. He only lies when necessary. friendly, easygoing, optimistic, hopeful, carefree, crazy, forceful, extremely intelligent, apathetic, socially awkward,