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Chapter 15, Dangan Ronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
Shirokuma is a character featured in Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls. Shirokuma is a pure white version of Monokuma. He is an idol-like presence stationed at the Resistance's secret base. Shirokuma originally resembled the regular Monokuma Units, but he has heavily modified himself to appear less threatening. He painted the left side of his body white and wrapped bandages around his left leg, left forearm, and the left side of his head - the latter serves to mostly conceal the jagged red left eye common to all Monokuma Units. His body is somewhat worn and covered in scratches, due to his work with the Adult Resistance.
Shirokuma has two small eyelashes on his right eye and a noticeable blush (covered by two small bandages) on his right cheek. Coupled with his very feminine vocal timbre, he's sometimes mistaken for a female. He often carries a pink flower. If forced into combat, Shirokuma removes the bandages on his head to expose his left eye. He also displays the ability to extend claws from his hands, similar to the standard Monokuma Unit.
Shirokuma is a pacifist and he thinks that adults and kids should live together in harmony. He is very considerate and has a friendly aura surrounding him. He wants to have power to protect others, but he feels he isn't strong enough. He is a bit shy and all kind of fighting and mean words make him distressed. However, he can be surprisingly forceful at times. He claims to have a good eye for judging character, as well as the ability to tell the date and time of someone's first kiss just by looking at them, among other things. He also considers the abilities and limitations of his allies, taking breaks despite technically not needing to (being a machine) in order to give Komaru time to rest and regain herself.
Though he appears very pure, Shirokuma really likes pretty girls and he is implied to be a bit perverted, just like the other Monokumas. He is also revealed to be a coward at times, as he really doesn't like fighting and finds the other Monokumas very scary, but he can be very brave for the sake of others.
In the original plot Shirokuma allied himself with Komaru Naegi, Toko Fukawa, the leader of the resistance, and the surviving adults of Towa City. He lead Komaru and Toko to the hidden resistance base, gave Komaru the idea to contact Future Foundation, and partly inspired Komaru and the surviving adults to fight back and make one last stand against the Warriors of Hope, Momokuma Kids and the army of Monokuma... but he had his reasons for doing all these seemingly nice things. The truth was Shirokuma along with another Monokuma with a A.I, Kurokuma, were actually attempting to cause conflict and not save the adults.
Just like Toko Fukawa of the original plot always suspected there was more to Shirokuma than met the eye and in the end, her suspicions are proven when Shirokuma is revealed to be a sinister AI plotting to spread despair. His friendly personality was just a ruse to rile the adults into battle - ultimately, he was working with Kurokuma to try and drag Towa City into an endless spiral of war and revenge.
In the 5th chapter of Another Episode, it is hinted that Shirokuma was collaborating with Kurokuma in order to force the adults into battle. He later took control of the Big Bang Monokuma to cause further havoc, attacking Komaru, Toko, Monaca, and the resistance leader in Towa Tower in an attempt to decapitate the leadership of both sides at once. However, Komaru and Toko manage to destroy Big Bang Monokuma, ejecting Shirokuma's head from the mecha in the resulting explosion. It is revealed at the very end of the game, that Shirokuma as well as Kurokuma are actually AI Junko Enoshima. As part of the AI, he seems to represent her cutesy and friendly personalities, as well as her manipulative side.
Shin: "And now we're following this guy... Fuck. I'll rather just smash his-"
Shirokuma: "Shin is there something the matter?"
Shin: "Ah, nothing! Nothing wrong, so just continue to lead the way."
Yes, we were all currently being lead around by Shirokuma through Towa City Sewers. About an hour ago Komaru, Sachi, Drake snd I walking through Towa Underground looking for a way back to the surface discovered Shirokuma who being ganged up on by a group of Monokuma. This was a scene in the original plot of Another Episode, so without hesitation we all rushed forward to save him. After we saved Shirokuma he thanked us and getting over our shock of him being a Monokuma told us about his back story.
Komaru believed Shiro 100%, but even without my knowledge of the plot of the game I still would have found him suspicious... though I chose not to question him more than necessary. Shirokuma was one half of AI Junko who's another mastermind of these events and half the reason the Despair of Dangan Ronpa 2 occurs, but he was important for us at the moment, so I resisted my urge to cut him in half with Gravity Blade and stomp on the remains.
Shirokuma was necessary for us to reach our next destination and he was currently fulfilling that role. After we saved him he warned us that moving back to the surface was too dangerous and said he could lead us somewhere to a safe place. A secret base hidden underground, within the sewers of Towa City where the adults are hiding out. To advance the plot and also make sure there's no major plot changes by destroying Shirokuma we had no choice but to follow Shirokuma... but feeling some unease I took precautions.
For one along with myself I told Drake and Sachi to hold back with their fighting power and allow Komaru to take the lead. Shirokuma was one half of Junko Enoshima who's brilliantly smart as she is evil which is unmatched, so I didn't want it/her to take any action against us who may hold enough power to stop any of her plans she has set. The worst mistake to make when in the presence the True Ultimate Despair, was underestimate her after all. Komaru didn't understand why Drake, Sachi and I were holding back our abilities, but telling her that we simply didn't fully trust Shirokuma was enough to convince her. While Komaru did fully trust Shirokuma, she acknowledged our suspicions.
With that set, Shirokuma lead us from Towa City Underground to Towa City Sewers. The dark and smelly sewers were far from comfortable but like how Shirokuma had promised it was far less dangerous than the surface. There were still Monokuma around (Wearing Hard hats), but far less than the army of Monokuma we saw earlier up above surface. Komaru still had a hard time handling the enemies that we encountered with only minimal support from the rest of us, yet using KNOCKBACK Bullet to blow most of the Monokuma we came across into rivers of filth she managed somehow. An hour or so like this following after Shirokuma we reached our destination.
Shirokuma: "And here we are."
Komaru: "Here, but I don't-"
Shirokuma: "Don't worry; the secret base is up here when you climb this ladder right here. C'mon, follow me."
Shirokuma lead the way by climbing up the ladder and the rest of while the rest of us one by one followed after him up the ladder. Doing so we reached the hidden base of the resistance down a short passage way. According to Shirokuma the bass was an old warehouse hidden within the sewers where Towa City used to store water tanks and it was unlikely that the kids knew about such a place. The front door looked thick and heavy enough to repel most attacks... but the fact Shirokuma only needed to press down a lever and that there were no guards in sight made every one of us besides Komaru wonder what the hell were these people doing to keep safe. I myself didn't have any military background to speak of, but even I would have thought to place some guards outside the door and sentries to scout for enemies. It was for these large gaps in security that this so called secret base of the resistance was raided over and over again without fair warning.
Shirokuma lead them inside where they got to see firsthand how the adults who survived the riots were fairing. The inside of the secret base was vast and allowed all the adults a place to stay and Shirokuma even brought down metal containers where they could live with some privacy. As for the people inside as you would expect there were only adults that numbered into the thousands. Half looked to be seriously injured and the other half were uninjured, yet looked lifeless. Toko in the original plot noticed early on how despite being a resistance they were mostly scared adults who couldn't come up with any way to fight back against the Warriors of Hope and their Monokuma army.
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Shirokuma wanting us to look around first went ahead and told us to go ahead and explore the place. Komaru, Drake, Sachi and I did just that, but we discovered nothing of importance. I particularly wasn't interested in talking to the adults and they felt the same about our group of outsiders half composed by youth who were not yet adults. In general the adults here didn't leave us with a very good impression, but we did run into Hiroko Hagakure, the mother of one of the surviving Ultimate Hopes from Dangan Ronpa 1. We learned from Hiroko that she was leading a small group of able men to look for supplies and survivors, but more importantly a certain group of survivors. Her group had discovered wanted posters for certain individuals being posted by the kids and wanted to save them and were making efforts. She didn't know it, but all these individuals were in fact like Komaru who were playing the Demon Hunters Game and were connected to the Class 79's students of Hopes Peak Academy. I considered the possibility of locating these individuals this being a Hidden Side Quest to help in locating them, but without the effort to spare and also letting Yuto Ashahina die it might not be a Hidden Side Quest we could complete.
Komaru: "This place is..."
Shin: "I feel the same. Anyways, we're done looking around, so let's go see Shirokuma already."
Shin, Komaru and the others then located Shirokuma standing in front of a large building waiting for us. Ready to talk about more serious things he led us inside the conference room of the residence. No one was inside like Shirokuma was expecting, some had us wait a few minutes. Five minutes passed like so and coming through the front doors was the leader of the Resistance and man of the hour.
Haiji: "Yo, Shirokuma! I heard that you were looking for me?"
Shirokuma: "Ah! Haiji!"
Haiji Towa
Haiji Towa is a character featured in Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls. Haiji is the leader of the Resistance, the adults' secret base, formed to against the Warriors of Hope and Monokuma Kid and somewhat supported Komaru and Toko towards the end of the game.
Haiji has long, disheveled black hair and lavender eyes. He wears a buttoned-up shirt adorned with a detailed red rose pattern, a heavy black and red hooded jacket with beige fur trimming, and ripped black jeans. Haiji's right forearm and palm are completely covered with an orthopedic cast, presumably from injuries suffered during the battle against the Monokuma army.
Haiji is deliberate and calculating, although others might call him cowardly. He is rather serious, but sometimes loses his temper and can even turn violent. He is a self-proclaimed lolicon who prefers young, quiet girls to loud, older girls. He mentions that he prefers girls to be as young as possible and in the art book it's implied that he would find Kotoko Utsugi sexually attractive if her personality was better. He has a strong grudge against the Warriors of Hope, particularly their leader, Monaca Towa, for causing the chaos in the city. He appears to be somewhat regretful of the Towa Group's unethical actions in the wake of the Tragedy, but mostly because of the problems they caused to himself and his father.
As the story progresses, Haiji becomes increasingly fanatical and obsessed with defeating the Warriors of Hope, no matter the cost. He puts all of his faith in the Big Bang Monokuma, hoping that he can turn the tide of the war in his favor. In the end, he seems to break mentally and turns apathetic
Shin: (Haiji Towa... I actually never found him to be that bad a guy really. Sure along with his father he treated his half-sister like crap which lead to all of this in a way, but besides from that he's a standup guy who has his moments. He took charge of the resistance to help the adults of Towa City and generally cared for his comrades who were all hurt by his family. As for why he couldn't care for his sister is unknown, but he isn't a bad guy to at least everyone besides her. Even his own family’s involvement in the Tragedy and the Towa City Riots had little to do with him.)
After Shirokuma introduced Haiji to Shin and the others they got into talking about the situation about Towa City's current state, but nothing we already didn't know or had guessed came up. All the city exits were blocked and the resistance didn't have the ability to remove the bracelet around Komaru's neck so she could even try to escape. Haiji also didn't have plan of action to face the Monokuma and the Warriors og Hope, so he straight up suggested that we all hold jp together with him and the adults till a *chance* appears.
Shin: (What chance? Toko was too blunt and critical in the original plot, but she was right about them being cowards who were only a Resistance in name. From here they got into an argument and when Future Foundation was mentioned Haiji freaked out and told the main characters to fuck off and leave, so let's go with that.)
As the conversation was reaching its end Shin spoke up about the possibility of Future Foundation helping them out and possibly having a way to remove the bomb around Komaru's neck, and like in the game Haiji freaked out and stormed off saying we couldn't work together and to get out. Komaru was confused, yet with Haiji being the leader we couldn't stay within the base. Shirikuma apologized for Haiji's behavior and told us all to at least stay the night before leaving as it was already nighttime outside.
Shirokuma showed them to a private room used for the sick and injured where we wouldn't be bothered by others. The rook looked like a jail cell for prisoners of war, but it was the only option if they wanted privacy which they needed to discuss future plans. Then as Shirokuma was about to leave he turned back to ask Shin and the others if they were really apart of Future Foundation and confirming this he handed them a laptop looking device. Wanting to get help from Future Foundation Shirokuma wanted their group to use the newest wireless device of the Togami Group that can send video and audio to contact them.
Komaru: "So if we use this we can contact Future Foundation?"
Shirokuma: "No, it's not that easy because of the jamming..."
Shirokuma further explained the reason why it was hard to use and why he hadn't asked the adults for help. Thanks to a jamming signal being broadcasted from a place called Towa Hills most devices couldn't be made used of. The only feasible way to use the wireless device to contact Future Foundation was to send a signal from a higher place than Towa Hills, the highest building in the city, the skyscraper Towa Tower. Drake asked why hadn't he told this to the adults of the Resistance and Shirokuma said that it was impossible for the adults as Momokuma were patrolling outside on the surface, but having seen the strength of Shin's group he believed that they could best back the Monokuma and reach Towa Tower safely.
Upon hearing this new plan to survive within Towa City Komaru readily stood forward to say that she would go even if it was dangerous. This was partially due to Shirokuma manipulating Komaru with his words like "Power to protect everybody", but more so than that she wanted to keep trying without giving up long as there was something that she could do. Shin and others didn't see any reason not to help out as well and agreed with the plan to contact Future Foundation.
Shin: (It really is nice to see Komaru so active and not hiding behind others... but for her to be obviously manipulated like this is...)
Shirokuma happy to see everyone on board with the plan then left wishing them a goodnight. Shin wanted to tell off Shirokuma knowing his true goal in sending Komaru off, but holding back his feelings he just left it at good night as well. Komaru and Team Japan's next destination was set and so they went to sleep to prepare for the future challenges that awaited them.
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