Makoto Naegi

Makoto Naegi, also known as Ultimate Lucky Student, Ultimate Hope, Mako-kun, Naegicchi and Naegs, is one of the main protagonists from the Danganronpa series.
== Charactah Account ==
An utterly unremarkable ordinary high-school student who was only selected to attend Hope's Peak Academy through a random lottery, giving him the title of Ultimate Lucky Student. Makoto cites his most notable features as being his slightly below-average luck and his optimism. He takes command during the investigations after becoming the prime suspect in the first murder due to Sayaka's machinations. He ends up motivating the surviving students to unite against Monokuma, securing their freedom from the school and gaining the title of "Ultimate Hope".
Makoto is a firm believer in hope, having a positive attitude about the future, no matter how bad the situation is in the present. He is also a pacifist, as he believes that killing and violence isn't the answer. While he dislikes despair, believing it to be a corrupting and negative emotion which cannot benefit the world, he is very forgiving towards those who fell into despair, such as the Remnants of Despair, believing them to be victims of Junko and not inherently evil.
The only person Makoto genuinely dislikes appears to be Junko Enoshima, the True Ultimate Despair, and he considers her his enemy. However, even in her case, he felt that she didn't need to die and tried to reason with her when she was about to execute herself, which fell on deaf ears as Junko wanted to revel in the despair of defeat and executed herself anyways.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Despair Arc
* Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc
* Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Hope Arc
* Danganronpa: The Animation
* Super Danganronpa 2.5: Nagito Komaeda and the Destroyer of the World
=== Light Novels ===
* Danganronpa/Zero
=== Manga ===
* Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy - Future Arc & Despair Arc Comic Anthology
* Danganronpa: Academy of Hope and High School Students of Despair
* Danganronpa: Makoto Naegi's Worst Day Ever
* Danganronpa: The Animation
* Ultra Despair Girls: Danganronpa Another Episode - Genocider Mode
=== Video Games ===
* Chain Chronicle
* Crypt of the Necrodancer
* Cyber Danganronpa VR The Class Trial
* Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
* Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls
* Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp
* Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
* Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
* Danganronpa: Unlimited Battle
* Divine Gate
* Houkai School
* Identity V
* Mystery Chronicle
== Trivia ==
* Naegi means "seedlings" in Japanese, and Makoto means "faithfulness."
** This could reference how he spreads hope to everyone, similar to how Junko tried to plant “seeds of despair.”
* It was revealed that Makoto's full name is used as an anagram of Nagito's name. Nagito Komaeda is an anagram of "Naegi Makoto da" which means "I'm Makoto Naegi" in Japanese. According to Kodaka and Yoshinori Terasawa, the anagram was made as a hook to Danganronpa 1 fans due to the lack of promotion materials pre-release of the original version of Danganronpa 2 in 2012. Kodaka wanted the fans to speculate that somehow Makoto and Nagito are connected in a way, and even cast the Japanese voice actress of Makoto, Megumi Ogata, to elaborate that idea even further.
* In DISTRUST, he is not shown to have a name. Instead, "Protagonist" is used as a placeholder.
* The "gas mask symbol" on the back of his hood is a reference to "Zero" from the game, "999". Another existing reference to "999" was mentioned by Makoto in the end of the fourth Class Trial.
* Makoto is the one of the few characters to survive more than one killing game. The others are Aoi, Kyoko and Hajime/Izuru.
* Byakuya and Makoto are the only characters to appear in every canon games and anime of the Hope's Peak Series.
* In the first game, after being given the title "Ultimate Hope" near the end of the game, his e-Handbook profile lists his title as "Ultimate Despair." This is not a translation error, as it was the same way in the Japanese text.
* In the non-canon Danganronpa V3 bonus mode, Ultimate Talent Development Plan, Celestia challenged him and Nagito to mahjong to test their luck. She then suggested they add the headmaster, Jin Kirigiri, to even things out. This is likely a reference to an official art from Danganronpa 1.2 Reload where the same event happened.
* Makoto appears as a guest character in Chain Chronicle: Brave New Continent. His Max ATK is 7220 while his Max HP is 7380. His weapon is despair bat and its ability is doubled attack power. His deathblow is "Refuted", which causes small damage to all enemies within reach.
* Makoto is also included in the collaboration of Danganronpa 3 x Houkai Gakuen.
* Makoto appears in Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics as the Ultimate Student class, being one of three designs available for it alongside Komaru and Monokuma.
** The profile for the Ultimate Students states, You are the Ult. student. You may be the best, but you're just a student...You're not very good at close range combat. Master the various Truth Bullet (TB) skills and survive in this harsh world.
* Makoto and Nagito share voice actors in both the Japanese and English dub. This is because Nagito's character is based on Makoto and he acts as his darker parallel.
* Makoto is the only character to retain his original voice actor from the game for the English dub of Danganronpa anime adaptation.
* Makoto and his sister Komaru (voiced by Megumi Ogata and Aya Uchida) perform Danganronpa Another Episode's ending theme Progressive -Zan Shin- together.
* Makoto is one of the two characters to have a Rebuttal Showdown sprite and quote, but to never actually cause a rebuttal showdown, the other being Kokichi Oma.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Makoto Naegi at Danganronpa Wiki
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