Komaru Neagi

Komaru is a teenager around high school age, who is described in the Danganronpa 1.2 Reload Artbook to be a year younger than her brother Makoto. However, when scanned by Monokuma during Ultra Despair Girls, it estimates her to be fifteen to seventeen.

She has short, dark brown hair with a tint of green, and de-saturated green eyes. She also sports an ahoge, similar to that of her brother's, which developed as she grew. Overall, she is described as very plain-looking and "normal", which seems to be the same way people describe her brother.

Prior to the Tragedy, Komaru had a cheerful and optimistic personality, somewhat similar to her brother. She loved Makoto, telling her brother to do his best while enrolled at Hope's Peak Academy.

As of Danganronpa Another Episode, Komaru began as a somewhat hypersensitive and quite cowardly character. She wavers between hope and despair as a result of her forced imprisonment. She doesn't want to have strong hope, because she believes it will be lost eventually, leading to worse despair. She has low self-esteem, considering herself boring, ordinary and weak. After being encouraged by Toko Fukawa, she gained a desire to at least try to escape again. While she finds escaping hard and fighting even harder, she is willing to fight off hordes of Monokuma Unit robots as she tries to survive the world's current catastrophe and find her missing family.

Komaru shows some childish traits, such as being naive, reliant, and easily excitable. She also has an 'unusual' kind of pride, as she gets really worked up from the puzzles of the Monokuma Kids and brags towards the kids when she solves them. She is also very gullible, which is revealed when Toko says certain things that are obviously false, and Komaru easily believes them to be true. She is rather innocent as well and doesn't seem to have much interest in romance nor sexual thingsーas a great contrast to Toko, she never seems to get flustered by handsome guys and just treats them like any other people. Though, she once tried to claim she has lots of experience with dating and sex because she was afraid Toko might make fun of her. It's been stated that in the past some creepy guys have taken interest in her, supposedly because of her gullibility, and it's been shown that she isn't very good at noticing their intentions.

While a kind person, Komaru sometimes has a hard time relating to certain people and subjects, because she herself has lived a very ordinary life. For example, at first she has a very poor understanding of Toko's disorder and assumes it has something to do with two people's souls switching in a car accident, supposedly because she has only heard about the subject from highly unrealistic manga. However, she herself has a few very unusual traits as well, including her strange favorite foods and her apparent ability to sense ghosts. However, she doesn't seem to think these traits are anything unusual.

Despite sometimes giving up too easily, there are other times which Komaru shows how stubborn and determined she can be. However, she has a weakness in complicated subjects such as basic computer science, but she does have moments where she is intuitive.

Komaru lived a normal life with her parents and brother, though she states she could see ghosts ever since she was a kid.[8] They also had a dog during her childhood. She sometimes didn't get along with her brother, but the two watched TV together, as well as shared thoughts on manga they both read.

In a typical day with Komaru and her family, her mother would always watch the same talk show at lunchtime, and her dad wouldn't shave his beard on Saturday when he didn't have to work.

She had many friends in school, including a girl called Chieko.

In Makoto Naegi Secret File Komaru excitedly gives Makoto his Hope's Peak Academy acceptance letter.

Komaru was one of the countless people who learned of the mutual killings committed by the high school students in Hope's Peak Academy when it was too late to stop it. She, like everyone else, had witnessed the Tragedy that plummeted the entire world into despair.

During that event, she lost seven of her classmates during one of the many accidents resulting from the Tragedy and her friend Chieko disappeared. She kept telling herself that everything would be alright, but realized how hopeless it was when a group of unknown men attacked her house, separated her from her parents, and confined her in an apartment complex in Towa City when she was still a middle schooler.

Because she had no communication or connections to the outside world (besides the food given to her everyday by her kidnappers), she had no idea about the mutual killing that her brother was involved in and the existence of Monokuma.

She describes her life as being completely confined in the room. Her morning routine consisted of banging on the door and 'defying' her captors.

The kidnappers, Ultimate Despair, planned to make her and the other captives to kill each other. This would then be shown to the students of 78th Class and act as a motive to convince the students to kill each other. However, this did not happen because Junko Enoshima was executed and the Mutual Killing Game ended before the motive could be established. As a result, Komaru and the other captives remained imprisoned in Towa City for one and a half years

One and a half years after Komaru's imprisonment, the Warriors of Hope invaded Towa City with their army of Monokuma Units and Monokuma Kids.

Komaru heard a banging on the door during her breakfast. She rushed up to the door and begged for help, only to be attacked by a Monokuma Unit. She hurried away, only to realize that the building was aflame. Komaru soon ran toward the elevators while being chased by the Monokuma. She thudded heavily on the door of an elevator, and the elevator subsequently opened to reveal Byakuya Togami and some Future Foundation agents. Byakuya, using his Megaphone Hacking Gun, destroyed the Monokuma that was chasing her. Byakuya explained that they were assigned to rescue Captives. However, before the agents are able to escort Komaru, several Monokuma units suddenly appeared, eliminating all of the agents except for Byakuya, who then lends Komaru his spare Hacking Gun and commands her to flee and fight against the Monokumas using it. As she fled into the elevator, Byakuya held off the Monokumas. The elevator then closed, leaving Byakuya's fate unknown at that point.

After escaping from the apartment, Komaru arrived in the streets, where she witnessed Monokuma Units slaughtering innocent people. She then fled to the family restaurant across from the apartment, which Byakuya suggested her to go to because an agent of the Future Foundation was standing by there. Komaru was initially dumbfounded when the scene inside the restaurant appeared oddly normal considering the current circumstances. She anxiously directed the clerk to call the police, but it was too late as Monokuma Units soon broke into the building, almost instantly killing all of the people inside, including the clerk. Then an evacuation order broadcast appeared on the restaurant's TVs, albeit much too late to save the restaurant's patrons and staff.

Komaru attempted to hide in the restaurant, but she soon became aware that if she hid, it wouldn't be long before she was found and killed by Monokumas. Plucking up her courage, she begun to fight Monokumas using the Hacking Gun she received from Byakuya. Although she was still confused about the usage of the weapon, she still managed to get rid of all Monokumas inside the restaurant.

Afterwards, Komaru heard the sound of a girl laughing coming from the television, drawing her attention. She was surprised when she looked up at the TV, as she found the newscaster's corpse was being toyed with by a group of children. The children introduce themselves as the Warriors of Hope, who have but one goal: turning Towa City into the children's paradise, one without adults. This startled Komaru, who had to take quite a while to take it all in.

After the deranged broadcast is finished, Komaru decided to look for the Future Foundation man that Byakuya told her about, shortly finding the man to be injured on the backdoor of the restaurant. The agent mentioned Komaru as the Captive, advising her to escape from the backdoor straight ahead to the park, where the Future Foundation helicopter waited for them. Worried about the wounded agent, Komaru asked him to join her, but the agent refused when some Monokumas catch sight of them. Feeling intense guilt, she left the man to fight single-handedly with Monokumas.

Soon afterwards, she arrived at the park, meeting with four members of the Future Foundation next to their helicopter. After Komaru introduced herself, the agents confirmed her as the Captive. Komaru, still worried about the agent in the family restaurant, requested one of the agents to look after him. The rest of the agents then explained to Komaru the Future Foundation, the Tragedy, Towa City, and the Towa Group. After being told to leave immediately, Komaru became afraid, as all she wanted was to be reunited with her family.

One of the agents wanted to answer Komaru's question about her family's condition, but they were interrupted when they heard a singing child's voice. Komaru was astonished to find the singing voice came from a Monokuma kid, a child wearing a Monokuma mask, who brought the corpse of one of the agents. Komaru became the only person to safely arrive inside the helicopter. However, a Monokuma had already sabotaged the helicopter, causing it to subsequently crash.

Somehow, Komaru survived the crash and was taken by the Servant to the Warriors of Hope's base. The Servant then returned Komaru's Hacking Gun after he analyzed and weakened it for the sake of "game balance." After that, the Servant warned her not to mention the gun to the other Warriors of Hope and left her. Komaru completed a test and reached the main hall where the Warriors of Hope waited.

Each of the Warriors of Hope introduced themselves. Komaru asked them to stop their manslaughter since she discovered the fact that they, with the mage Monaca's power, control the Monokumas. But Nagisa Shingetsu replied that they won't stop until their paradise, the children's paradise, is completed.

The Warriors of Hope then tell Komaru that they'll commence a game including Komaru, known as "Demon Hunting", where the Warriors of Hope release a Demon (an adult) into Towa City as a Target. Then the Warriors of Hope would compete to see who could hunt it down first. Suddenly from Komaru's back, the Servant appeared and snapped a Monokuma Bracelet on her wrist, and again reminded her to keep the fact that he gave her back the Hacking Gun a secret. Not long after this, the Warriors of Hope opened a trap door, plummeting Komaru through it by parachute back down into Towa City.

After falling out of the Warriors of Hope's airship, Komaru landed on the rooftop of a building, which is shortly revealed to be a hospital. She saw Monokumas coming after her and cowered, hoping someone would help her. Suddenly, the murderous fiend known as Genocide Jack appeared and swiftly disposed of the Monokumas. Jack then asked Komaru whether the person she just saved is "Komaru Naegi" or not.

After Komaru confirmed this, a Monokuma Unit appeared from every side of the building. Jack then decided to bring Komaru to a safe place and asked her if she met Byakuya, as she could smell his scent from Komaru's Hacking Gun. When Jack begun to count down the time before she hurts Komaru for failing to answer, she suddenly sneezed and switched to Toko.

Toko, who can now manage Jack, said that she is an ally and will help Komaru to escape from the Monokuma units. After they get rid of the Monokumas on the rooftop, Toko properly introduced herself to Komaru, explaining to her that she has two split personalities. Komaru learned that Byakuya has been captured by the Warriors of Hope and that Toko decided to remain in Towa City to rescue him.

Komaru is very close to her older brother, Makoto, and is shown to love him very much. In Killing Among Loved Ones, it showed Komaru and her parents cheering her brother on when he succeeds to enroll in Hope's Peak Academy, showing how supportive she is of him. They also have a similarity as siblings as they both have the same ahoge. According to Komaru herself, the two watch TV together, as well as share thoughts on manga they share with each other. She's also mentioned that they did argue quite a bit which is rather common in siblings.

Komaru was separated from Makoto when the Tragedy began. When imprisoned, Komaru thought of her brother many times, especially when things got bad. Komaru worries about him many times while fighting in Towa City, and refuses to let anyone or anything hurt Makoto, which is shown when she goes after Monaca upon hearing that she may be after her brother. When she contacts Makoto to warn him that someone would die because of him, Komaru encourages her brother, telling him that she would still be waiting for him, so he must survive.

Toko appears and helps Komaru through the Demon Hunting game. She constantly calls her "Omaru" instead of her real name. During an interview with the crew behind Danganronpa Another Episode, Kodaka states that the game is about "the deepening friendship between Komaru and Toko."

Komaru respects Toko and admires her as a strong, skilled and amazing person, and doesn't even seem to mind her serial killer alter as she considers her "just a bit strange, that's all", though Toko strongly disagrees and says that she is nothing like that. At first, Toko finds Komaru and her occasional slow-wittedness and gullible nature irritating, along with her tendency to call herself "normal girl" and breaking down crying when things get bad. However, she also gives Komaru support and encourages her to improve during such tough situations. When Toko "officially" agrees to assist Komaru, she hugs Toko in happiness, which makes Toko uncomfortable due to her not being used to physical contact. Toko is also noted to make most of the decisions, due to Komaru being too unsure to do that. She also remains rather silent about many topics, even if she is actually familiar with them. She is also strongly annoyed by Komaru's love for manga, because she hates them.

Hiroko and Komaru appear to be friends to some extent, as Hiroko calls Komaru "Koko" ("Komaruchi" in the Japanese version). Hiroko calls Komaru by her first name meaning she is very playful with her.

Komaru has some trust in Haiji, because they have the same goal of defeating the rioting children. She respectfully refers to him as "mister Haiji".

In general, Haiji likes Komaru much more than Toko, because she is slightly younger and nicer in personality. However, he states that he isn't into her "particularly", probably because she is getting a bit too old for his taste. Due to her naivety, Komaru doesn't seem that bothered and thinks it's nice that Haiji is honest about himself, which makes Toko very paranoid of her safety in his company.

After Komaru's grand speech and help with finding the Big Bang Monokuma, Haiji believes she is the adults' hope, causing him to put lots of pressure on her. He turns increasingly more aggressive towards her when she refuses to kill the brainwashed children, at the end even appearing willing to force her.

Yuta and Komaru first meet on the Towa City Bridge. She appeared happy that Yuta survived, after the bridge is destroyed, and took great joy in watching Yuta swim, cheering him on. She was shocked when Yuta exploded and is shown to be traumatized slightly by this event.