Official r/danganronpa Favourites Poll Results: Part Deux!

#19 - Peko Pekoyama

SD's Personal Ranking - #26

Average Poll Score - 5.695

I honestly don't really know what this sub's opinion on Peko is, but I guess I'm about to find out.

To me, Peko is almost entirely "Eh, she's okay" pre-Chapter 2. She was polite, though slightly aloof, and probably could have functioned very well as an advisor or bodyguard of sorts in the trials to come (this was before I knew she was an ACTUAL bodyguard, so gg me). And then, of course, the Twilight Syndrome Murder Mystery happens, and Peko's scheme for her kill ends up being one of the best ones in the series, if you ask me.

Essentially, she devised a nearly-foolproof plan to save Fuyuhiko from the game, acting as his bodyguard to carry it out. Using the motive and its subsequent fallout, she pulls off a successful hit on Mahiru, knowing she would be caught eventually, and made up a ridiculous lie about her being a serial killer of justice (SPARKLING JUSTICE KIRA KIRA FTW, btw), and by using a bunch of emoticons and a personality taken from a few aspects of Genocider, she manages to get the others to vote for her as the killer. Once she was found guilty, however, she attempted to play it off like she was the murder WEAPON instead of the murderer itself, claiming she acted on orders of Fuyuhiko, meaning he would be able to escape, at the cost of the others' deaths, including her own. Her plan only fails because he decides then was a good time to grow a heart and can't claim that she was only a tool to him, and in response to that, Peko cuts out his eye thanks him and willingly goes to her execution nonetheless.

That incredible display of loyalty doesn't always show itself anywhere, much less in the Mutual Killing Game, and it is to that end that Peko was probably well-liked among the fanbase. But, well, to me, once you get over that…She's kinda bland, outside of her love for cute, furry animals. She's like Kirigiri without the enigmatic backstory and drama that the silent types need, so in the end, she ended up being overshadowed for most of her stay, and that's why she lands here in the rankings, I guess. Still, she did very well for herself.

Plus, you gotta admit, she looks hot in a swimsuit. Hey, don't give me that look, I'm a normal teenage guy with hormones too, ya know.

Remember, you're Not That Kind of Tool, Peko. What you are, though, is out of the rankings.

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