Makoto Naegi

Makoto Naegi is a student in Dangan Ronpa. He is a prominent character within the series and popular with fans. Naegi debuted in Dangan Ronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc as Dangan Ronpa's first protagonist and survived The Mastermind's Killing Game, along with Aoi Asahina, Byakuya Togami, Kyoko Kirigiri, Toko Fukawa and Yasuhiro Hagakure. He also played a significant role in Dangan Ronpa 3: End of Hope's Peak High School.
==Canon Overview==
Naegi comes from an ordinary household consisting of his parents and Komaru Naegi. One day, he is chosen in a lottery held by Hope's Peak Academy to enroll in their specialty school. Usually, only teenagers with promising skillsets are scouted to enroll in the school, so Naegi is a major outlier. In Japanese, he is a Super High School Level Good Luck. In English, he is the Ultimate Lucky Student.
Once the Killing Game begins, it's clear his talent may be for bad luck. He gets assigned to a room with a broken shower door, but often wins when it comes to the in-game gatcha mechanic, for example. Fans speculate his luck may be for inciting extremely low-probability events. Monokuma even pokes fun at this by registering him with Ultimate Lucky (Unlucky?) Student within the students' handbook. Unlike Nagito Komaeda, he has no control over his luck, or at least, never attempts to control it.
In Japanese, he refers to himself with "boku," which is reflected in his kind, positive and pacifist personality. Ikusaba, as Enoshima, even calls him a herbivore man. However, when in Dangan Ronpa's Class Trials, he is known to be confrontational so his classmates won't fail to find culprits, thus fail to survive Monokuma. He doesn't like doing that, though, something he shares with every other Dangan Ronpa protagonist.
Naegi's birthday is February 5th. On Twitter and Pixiv, art tagged with #苗木誠生誕祭[year value] are commonly released on his birthday. More birthday tag listings can be found on Dangan Ronpa Birthday and Anniversary Tag List.
==Popular Tropes & Fanon==
In order of how common they are:
All of the above are wrangled tags on Archive of Our Own. On Pixiv, there are also some tags specific to Naegi:
*Blackened!Naegi, 「黒苗木」, referring to both works where Naegi ends up murdering to escape Hope's Peak and ones where he is the Mastermind instead of Enoshima.
*Naegi-kun is a Serious Heroine, 「苗木君マジ乙女」, referring to works that emphasize Naegi's effeminate qualities. This may be synonymous with Woobification.
Other places where fandom lives may portray Naegi with one or all of these attributes. Describing Naegi as a shota is also common, though more-so in Japanese-speaking DR fandom. Naegi is often in works involving the phrase specific to Dangan Ronpa: "No, That's Wrong!", which is a meme in Japanese-speaking DR fandom. Trans Male is his most common trans interpretation.
Naegi is also popular for whump and may be considered a woobie.
==Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta==
=== Naegi, the 2channel user?===
Some Japanese Dangan Ronpa fans believe Naegi may have been a regular of 2channel. Unlike the protagonist of other DR games, Naegi had no partner with him during the initial character introduction phase of Trigger Happy Havoc's prologue, leading Kazutaka Kodaka to add that Naegi did prior research on messageboards of Hope's Peak's students before enrolling to save on in-game text. Fans made the messageboard connection余談 on 苗木誠's PixivEncyclopedia.
==Relationships==
This is purposefully an incomplete list, as Naegi is shipped with much of Dangan Ronpa's cast. Please add any notable relationships in fanworks if they are missing.
In Kanji, Naegi is usually represented in a pairing names with 苗 (nae). In Hiragana, なえ (nae) is common.
The order seen should be what's most popular unless marked with "possibly." ENG portmanteaus are also subject to change. Relationships listed fall into GL, NL, BL, Poly, Combi or Cargo.
With... 	Full Label 	Type 	Portmanteau / Phrase 	Kanji or Katakana 	Information
Kyoko Kirigiri 	Kyoko Kirigiri/Makoto Naegi 	NL 	Naegiri 	ナエギリ (Naegiri), なえぎり (Naegiri) 	(Seen on its page.)
Byakuya Togami 	Makoto Naegi/Byakuya Togami 	BL 	Naegami 	十苗 (Tonae), 苗十 (Naeto) 	(Seen on its page.)
Makoto Naegi; Byakuya Togami	Kirigiri & Naegi & Togami 	Combi	Reasoning Trio 	推論三人組 (Reasoning Trio) 	Poly is also common.
Sayaka ‎Maizono 	Sayaka Maizono/Makoto Naegi 	NL 	Naezono 	苗舞 (Naemai) 	(Seen on its page.)
Yasuhiro Hagakure 	Yasuhiro Hagakure/Makoto Naegi 	BL 	Naekure 	苗葉 (Naeha) 	(Seen on its page.)
Kiyotaka Ishimaru 	Kiyotaka Ishimaru/Makoto Naegi 	BL 	Naeishi 	苗石 (Naeishi) 	(Seen on its page.)
Nagito Komaeda 	Nagito Komaeda/Makoto Naegi 	BL 	Komaegi 	狛苗 (Komaenae) 	Both share a talent and may work well together.
Celestia Ludenberg 	Celestia Ludenberg/Makoto Naegi	NL 	Naeceles 	苗セレ (Naesere) 	(Seen on its page.)
Aoi Asahina 	Aoi Asahina/Makoto Naegi 	NL 	Naehina 	苗朝 (Naeasa) 	(Seen on its page.)
Hajime Hinata 	Hajime Hinata/Makoto Naegi 	BL 	Hinaegi 	日苗 (Hinae) 	Both are protagonists and ordinary characters compared to their classmates.
Hajime Hinata 	Hajime Hinata & Makoto Naegi 	Combi	Hope's Peak Protag Duo	ダンガン主人公コンビ (Dangan main character combi) 	Often are together in fanart.
Komaru Naegi 	Komaru Naegi & Makoto Naegi 	Combi	Naegi Siblings 	苗木兄妹 (Naegi Siblings) 	Often are together in fanart.
Nagito Komaeda 	Nagito Komaeda & Makoto Naegi 	Combi	Lucky Student Duo 	超高校級の幸運コンビ (SHSL Lucky Duo) 	Often are together in fanart.
Mukuro Ikusaba 	Mukuro Ikusaba/Makoto Naegi 	NL 	Naekusaba, Naekuro 	苗戦 (Naeiku) 	(Seen on its page.)
Junko Enoshima 	Junko Enoshima/Makoto Naegi 	NL 	Naejunko 	絶望×希望 (Despair×Hope) 	(Seen on its page.)
Junko Enoshima 	Junko Enoshima & Makoto Naegi 	Combi	n/a 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Leon Kuwata 	Leon Kuwata/Makoto Naegi 	BL 	Naeleon 	苗桑 (Naekuwa) 	(Seen on its page.)
Izuru Kamukura 	Izuru Kamukura/Makoto Naegi 	BL 	Kamuegi 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Chihiro Fujisaki 	Chihiro Fujisaki/Makoto Naegi 	BL 	Naehiro 	超高校級の小動物 (SHSL Small 'n Cute Animals) 	(Seen on its page.)
Toko Fukawa 	Toko Fukawa/Makoto Naegi 	NL 	Naekawa 	苗腐 (Naefu) 	(Seen on its page.)
Sakura Oogami 	Makoto Naegi/Sakura Oogami 	NL 	Naesaku 	苗さく(Naesaku) 	(Seen on its page.)
Mondo Oowada 	Makoto Naegi/Mondo Oowada 	BL 	Naemondo 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
Hifumi Yamada 	Makoto Naegi/Hifumi Yamada 	BL 	n/a 	n/a 	(Seen on its page.)
==Example/Notable Fanac==
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==References/Further Reading==
* on Danganronpa Wiki
* on PixivEncyclopedia
* on Shipping Wiki
Category:Dangan Ronpa Characters