Mikan Tsumiki

**Mikan Tsumiki** (罪木 蜜柑 *Tsumiki Mikan*) is one of the characters featured in *Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair* and a participant in the Killing School Trip.

Mikan has the title of **Ultimate Nurse** (超高校級の「保健委員」*chō kōkō kyū no “hoken iin” lit.* Super High School Level Health Committee Member).

In *Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School*, Mikan is a student of Class 77-Benrolled in Hope's Peak Academy with the other Remnants of Despair. Among the members of the Remnants of Despair, excluding Izuru Kamukura, she is the first to fall into despair after being brainwashed by Junko Enoshima and becoming a part of Ultimate Despair.

Following the fall of Hope's Peak and the beginning of The Tragedy, Mikan joined the rest of Ultimate Despair in spreading chaos across the ruined world. She was eventually apprehended by the Future Foundation and put into the Neo World Program for rehabilitation.

After catching Despair Disease in Chapter 3 and regaining her school memories in *Danganronpa 2*, Mikan set up a plan to murder Ibuki Mioda, who also contracted Despair Disease, but ended up murdering both Ibuki and Hiyoko Saionji after the latter witnessed her attempt to murder Ibuki. After she confessed that she had murdered for the sake of "her beloved", Monokuma dragged her to her execution. However, due to this happening in the Neo World Program, her physical body remained in a comatose state following the end of the simulation.

The illusory Mikan appeared in the 30-minutes long OVA titled *Super Danganronpa 2.5: Nagito Komaeda and the Destroyer of the World* as a part of Nagito Komaeda's world.

Mikan later awakens from her coma and together with her classmates helps the Future Foundation in stopping Ryota Mitarai from brainwashing the world with his Hope Video. With the other awakened Remnants of Despair, Mikan decides to atone for her sins as the former member of Ultimate Despair.

## Appearance

Mikan is a young woman in her early twenties, around 22 at youngest. Her virtual avatar in the Neo World Program appeared as her 17-year-old self.[2]

She has long, choppy, dark purple hair that is cut unevenly as a result of bullying. She has light, greyish-purple eyes. There is a beauty mark under her left eye's corner. She wears a nurse uniform which consists of a pale pink, collared short-sleeved shirt with puffed sleeves.

Mikan wears a white apron over this which is tied behind her neck with a ribbon. There are two red lines on the left side of the apron, one going down to her middle and another short red line perpendicular to the vertical one. A short pale blue pleated skirt is visible under her apron. Mikan has bandages wrapped around most of her left arm and right leg. Additionally, she has a band-aid on her left kneecap and wears white socks and shoes.

During her high school years, she wore Hope's Peak Academy uniform. She had a band-aid on her right cheek and bandages wrapped around her right leg and left knee.

As the Ultimate Despair, she wears white nurse clothing along with a hat. She has bandages wrapped around her right arm and left leg. She wears one elbow length medical glove on her left arm, as well as a glove on her right hand that only goes up to her bandaged wrist.

## Personality

Mikan is an extremely meek, paranoid and fragile individual who suffers from hazardously low self-esteem as a result of severe bullying. This has resulted in many behavioral symptoms such as being easily intimidated, breaking down and crying with little provocation, profusely apologizing and nervously stuttering while speaking. She constantly worries about annoying, boring or offending others, going so far as asking Hajime Hinata if it would be alright for her to remember his name when introducing herself. This delicate persona makes her a natural target for Hiyoko Saionji's instinctively predatory and cruel personality.

As her talent would imply, Mikan is decently knowledgeable, intelligent and generally wants to be liked by and help other people, but her utter lack of confidence and wish to not be a bother causes her to rarely assert herself or state her feelings openly; if she feels the need, she will more than likely ask for permission from her peers to do so. This is exacerbated considerably during Class Trials, where despite her talent being incredibly useful for solving a murder, she will rarely ever speak up by her own accord. Perhaps because of her high understanding of human physiology, she is very skilled at reading people's faces, but tends to over-analyze them and is quick to assume that she is disliked by those around her. Against what her skillset would usually entail, and likely because of her constant nervousness, Mikan is extraordinarily clumsy to the point of regularly tripping over herself, and she often ends up in compromising positions upon hitting the ground. This, among most of her actions, no matter how inoffensive or accidental, are the reason she constantly apologizes.

Because of the severe abuse she has incurred in the past, Mikan is very awkward and has a warped perception of both positive and negative social interaction. When treated with any sort of individual respect or sympathy, her first response is most often outright confusion, and sometimes assuming she has done something wrong. When first becoming friends with Hajime, she offers him to beat, strip, draw on or do other bad things to her, and states that she has done so multiple times with previous schoolmates so that they won't hate her and will continue to associate with her. She relates this to a belief that being ignored is even worse than being abused, thinking that the people who don't bully her don't care about her existence at all, a prospect that scares her much more. If someone treats her well and is outwardly kind to her in the long-term, she tends to become obsessive and cling to them, similar to the behavior of a stalker, which is interpreted as being extremely creepy (by Hajime at least), showing that she is unable to compartmentalize and reciprocate those positive feelings in a normal, healthy way. This was taken full advantage of by her supposed beloved, who turned that affection into a pathological, slave-like subservience.

Since her social intuition is generally poor, if there is an awkward pause in a conversation, she will immediately begin to panic and apologize, believing it to be her fault. However, despite lacking many basic social skills, Mikan does actively attempt to gel with her surroundings by altering aspects of her conduct to suit what she projects as the thoughts of her peers. But because of her insistently klutzy and cloying personality, even for all the pity and leeway she generally receives from her kinder classmates, many of them do still see her as somewhat off-putting, incompetent or irritating, causing them to distance themselves from her rather than outright mistreat her.

By defaulting to a state of unnaturally intense submissiveness and self-deprecation as a defense mechanism, Mikan is somewhat prone to bizarre outbursts, where the repressed elements of her personality rapidly surface for brief moments before burying themselves again, usually followed by an apology for her erratic behavior. These traits include deep-seated resentment for her abusers, general frustration over how she is treated, various sadistic or otherwise disturbing obsessions, an intense yearning for control, attention and sympathy, as well as her sexual urges. During Chapter 2, she has a fleeting moment of lashing out angrily at no one in particular, and then tries to write it off by claiming that she says nonsensical things when she's nervous. Given Mikan's belief that ridicule is preferable to being ignored, it is implied that she often exaggerates her clumsiness and falls into embarrassing poses on purpose in order to garner attention and pity, at least some of the time. Regarding her sinister thoughts and interests, she mentions that she finds a sudden urge to kill quite understandable (implying she has had such fantasies of enacting revenge on her abusers), and in Island Mode she mentions that she enjoys horror movies because of all the blood and helpless victims. She also has a disturbing liking for syringes and shots, repeatedly offering them to Hajime when she gains access to the Pharmacy, and she even chases him around attempting to inject him with one during a Free-Time Event. In spite of her often tightly pent-up demeanor, Mikan also shows by far the most sexual desire among all of Class 77-B's female students, particularly for Hajime. When either extremely tired or inflicted with the Despair Disease, respectively, she ends up cradling his head and falling asleep on top of him on two occasions, as well as unsubtly implying she would like to have sex with him through some brief, coy remarks. Out of the whole class, the blatancy of her sexual innuendos is only rivaled by Teruteru Hanamura.

The dichotomy of Mikan's two-faced psyche is best represented by her mixed motivations for becoming the Ultimate Nurse. Directly contrasting her abusers, Mikan sincerely wants to help those who have endured physical harm, and generally wants to assist and participate in the group. However, she has also admitted that she occasionally relishes the power she holds over the sickly, helpless people who rely on her to survive. While acting as a nurse allows her to feel useful, something she doesn't normally feel, it also indulges her selfish urge to assert absolute dominance over something, a sensation she essentially never feels otherwise given her general docility. In her Island Mode ending, she openly contemplates rendering Hajime an invalid so he can stay with her forever, but he convinces her that he'll stay regardless, and thus doing so would be unnecessary. This shows Hajime's deft understanding of how Mikan manically depends on having other people around despite seeing herself as undesirable company, as well as his empathy toward her.

Due to a specific strand of the Despair Disease known as the Remembrance Disease, Mikan recovers her lost memories during Chapter 3, reverting her back to a Remnant of Despair, accompanied by a drastic personality shift which gradually reveals itself as she begins to be suspected as the blackened during the Class Trial. All of her repressed, negative and selfish traits take dominance within her, causing her to become angry, manipulative and dangerous, and in a private moment with Hajime, somewhat seductive. She is highly embittered and clearly aware of her maltreatment, and in distinct opposition to before, boldly calls the others out on it, even those who defended her in the trial but otherwise ignored her day-to-day. She angrily questions why everyone hates and bullies her, and blames her classmates exclusively for her evil deeds and transition into Despair, taking advantage of their pity in an attempt to escape her accusations all the while. Before her remembrance, Mikan was primarily self-effacing and would adapt to her environment for the benefit of others and to reduce conflict; but once the Despair Disease sets in, she is cunning and deceptive purely to preserve herself, even at the cost of the others' lives. As she turns increasingly violent and unstable, her apologizing habit still persists, repeatedly asking to be forgiven in a way that seems to be reflexive or like a mantra, but while also staunchly denying her charges to the point of angrily pulling her hair when accused. When finally backed into a corner and revealed as the culprit, Mikan ultimately finds solace in her beloved, and says that her motive for murder was simply her affection for them. She claims to no longer care about anything except that person, believing they were the only one who ever loved and accepted her.

After awakening from her coma, Mikan reverts to her original temperament, and Junko's brainwashing is undone. She is shown to feel guilty for her actions as an Ultimate Despair and decides to atone along with her other classmates.

## Talent

### Ultimate Nurse

Because there was no one to take care of her wounds, Mikan learned to take care of herself from a very young age. As she became more and more skilled in this area, she took an interest in nursing, realizing that it gave her a feeling of control over sick and injured people - as weaker people would have to depend on her completely, and their lives would be in her hands.

As the Ultimate Nurse, Mikan's medical knowledge proves to be useful in murders. She provides autopsy reports, including information on the corpse's state, details on injuries, the cause of death, and time of death. Furthermore, she sometimes gives (often unwanted) health advice to others. She also appears to be more confident while she is nursing. Unlike most students, she likes being on Jabberwock Island, because her classmates acknowledge her and her talent makes her useful.

As talented as she is, Mikan's abilities as a nurse have limits; she doubted she could keep Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu alive due to the injuries he sustained during Peko Pekoyama's execution. Nonetheless, her abilities are highly effective, as she was able to successfully revive Kyoko Kirigiri after the Final Killing Game, where she was near-death after using Seiko Kimura's medicine to survive her NG Code Poisoning.

## Abilities

### Expression Reader

Like Hajime said, Mikan is very perceptive. She is very skilled at reading other people's faces. She knew what Hajime was thinking when she examined his face in the fourth Free Time Events. Mikan could easily know what others would think about her based on their actions and their reactions. However, due to her very low self-esteem, Mikan overanalyzes and assumes others hate her if she notices even a slight indication of boredom, hesitation or annoyance in others. She also uses her perceptiveness to tell when and how someone is ill.

## Free Time

### Presents

Obtained from the MonoMono Machine.

* Gag Ball
* Kokeshi Dynamo
* Queen's Straitjacket
* Mr. Stapler
* Bandage Wrap

### Choices

During Free Time conversations, the player will occasionally be given a choice on how to respond to something that is said. These are the 'right' choices.

* Favorite bandage type
* I don't know

### Skills

These will aid you, usually during Class Trials.

* Silent Massage - The Focus Gauge recovers at a faster rate. Effective during the Nonstop Debate, the Hangman's Gambit, and the Panic Talk Action.

## Island Mode Choices

These are the right choices for Island Mode if the player wants to respond to this character correctly.

#### Jabberwock Park

* The sky is blue.
* Why don't we take a walk?
* The breeze is so nice.

#### Beach

* Let's make a sandcastle!
* Let's bury ourselves.
* Let's gather seashells.

#### Library

* This is a great place to kill time.
* Maybe I should read some technical books.
* All right, time for hide and seek.

#### Movie Theater

* Let's watch some horror movies.
* Curry-flavored, huh...
* I rather make films than watch them...

#### Amusement Park

* Let's ride the carousel.
* We could get lost here.
* Do you want to hold hands?

#### Military Base

* Never mind. Let's go somewhere else.
* Sorry.
* Let's look for medical supplies.

## Quotes

*Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair* (English)

**Prologue:**

* "M-My name is Mikan Tsumiki. Um... From the bottom of my heart, I hope we can get along."
* "Ah! I-I'm sorry for laughing so suddenly! I-It's just...I can't help it. I'm just so happy, I can't remember the last time I made any friends... Ah, not that you actually want to be friends with me! I'm soooo sorry I said something so...presumptuous! I'll do anything you say... Just...please don't hate me...!"

**Chapter 1:**

* "I-I'll do my best! I'll do my very best...not to get in your way!"

**Chapter 2:**

* "L-Living together on this island isn't what's important... W-We need to find a way to escape."
* "I want to live a life where I can be more average...a life where nothing happens... That's better for me..."
* "Heh... If you don't feel well, let me know. I'll give you lots of shots... Lots and lots of shots!"
* "The future...huh... I wonder if we even have a future..."
* "Hehe...I'm so, so, soooo happy...I was able to play with a friend... Hehehehehehehe... Thank you very much, Chiaki."
* "P-Please don't hate me! I'll take the punishment as much as you'd like!"
* "I-I...really have no desire...to do something so rude...like decline the offer...at all..." (to Kazuichi)
* "But every dark cloud has a silver lining, as they say...um...it looks like Mahiru didn't suffer."
* "Hiyoko...please don't cry. Everything is fine now...right?"
* "N-Noooo! Please don't be violent!" (to Hiyoko)
* "Before anyone played the game, we didn't even know this incident had happened... That's why, even if we were told that we're connected to it, there's no way we could accept it."

**Chapter 3:**

* "Awww... Hiyoko is so adorable when she's embarrassed!"
* "Ah, I'm sorry I scared you... But don't worry. Even if you have a heart attack from getting too scared, this is a hospital after all."
* "No need to worry. I'll take care of him for the time being. I mean...that's what nurses are for."
* "Phew...it's finally quiet... It's such bad manners to raise your voice inside a hospital."
* "Um...please leave Fuyuhiko to me. I will make sure he's nursed back to health... I will do my very best to nurse him back to health so I won't be hated!"
* "I understand how you feel, but you really shouldn't overwork yourself..."
* "Heee...everyone is so kind... I'm so glad everyone is so thoughtful toward their friends...! Hehehe, we're all equals when we're sick. Let's all work together and do our very best."
* "Nagito...is never going to die! I will save him by any means necessary! Nagito's life...is my responsibility. I will save him by any means necessary!"
* "But...as long as I'm his nurse...I will never let Nagito die. ...Ever."
* "A clumsy, slowpoke like me killing someone...? Th-That's completely out of the question!"
* "Nyuh...it's fine... I've been like this for a long time... In a tournament for social punching bags, I'd easily win first place with my soft reputation... Nnh...even I can't deny that..."
* "H-He's totally right...! Hehe...I'm such a clumsy mess and I got sooooo careless...!"
* "Ah, so in the end...you're all just a bunch of bullies, huh? Justifying your actions with fancy words... M-Making excuses for why it's not really your fault... E-Everyone always treats me like that... Always... "It's all her fault..." "Sh-She's the one with the problem..." I...I'm done with that! You hear me!? I'm doooooooooone! It's not fair...It's not fair not fair not fair notfair notfair notfair notfairnotfairnotfairnotfairnotfair... Why won't you forgive me!? If you did something wrong...you'd forgive yourself right away...! What did I do!? Why won't anybody forgive me!?"
* "Why does everybody always hate me!? Please, just forgive me already!"
* "Then you're gonna forgive me? I won't stop until you forgive me! Will you forgive me? You'll forgive me, right? Isn't that right? You're obviously gonna forgive me, right?"
* "Wh-Why...? Wh-Why can't you forgive me...!? Why...!? Why does everybody always hate me!? You should just forgive me already!"
* "Haaaa...it's been suuuuuuuch a long time... This feeling...I know it well... Like the floor is collapsing...like the sky is falling down upon you... ...This feeling of despair!"
* "For the sake of despair...? Haha, that's completely wrong! What I did...was for the sake of my beloved. If only they were still alive... They'd be so happy. ...I know. My beloved...was the only one... That's right, the only one who... ...never hated me. They forgave my existence. They forgave me and accepted me. They gave me value. They loved me. I loved them with all my heart and they returned it in full. This is...my reciprocation."
* "I understand that I've done something unforgivable. But you know, but you know! To transcend all that is truly... ...what love is all about!"
* "You don't understand? Is it because you don't have anyone to love? Is it because you're also someone who isn't accepted by anyone? ...What a pity. I feel sorry for you."
* "Even if I say this...I'm sure nobody here would understand but... Love is a wonderful thing. Ahhh, this feeling of freedom where you no longer care about anything! My beloved and I are the only ones within that thin veil, and I'm just looking out through it... That's why...as long as I'm on the inside, no matter how much they tease me, splash me with water, kick me... It's like nothing matters! I could just die, that's how little it matters! Who cares about hope or despair! It's love, only love!"
* "The reason I became like this wasn't my fault. It was all your fault, you know? Because...it's not like I'm entirely responsible for turning out like this... I'm the person I am today because of many human relationships. So...it's everybody's fault that I turned out like this, you see? Even so...the current me was most strongly influenced by my beloved's existence. And it was also my beloved who created the me that everyone can't forgive. But my beloved still forgives me and still accepts me... That is the key difference between all of you and my beloved."
* "I'm drowning in so much love... From the bottom of my heart, I just don't care about anyone or anything."
* "Memories of people...memories of events... Whatever memory it is, losing memories are... ...like losing your personal identity. Memory is the most important component in building a person... Don't you think? Losing our memories...makes us shadows of the past. Don't you think?"
* "So it's over. It's really... Now I can go to my beloved who always forgives me...! I can finally see them. Please forgive me, the one who's going to die with the hope of finally seeing you!"

**Panic Talk Action Remarks:**

* "You still haven't forgiven me!?"
* "Can you forgive me already!?"
* "Forgive me! Forgive me!"
* "Please draw on me!"
* "Shall I let you punch me!?"
* "You're done for!"
* "Do you understand...?"
* "Why only me!?"
* "I'll do anything you want!"
* "There's only one bag! It's impossible to use it in two places at the same time!" (Final Argument)

**Chapter 5:**

* "haha@?@@”haha!”:hahahahahaforgivemeloveme forgivemeloveforgivemeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" (*Mikan's cottage post-fifth trial*)
* "I-I'm starting to feel nauseous from the thrills, the chills, the kills..."

**Free Time Event:**

* "If it's not too much trouble for you, I would like to...talk to you again. It's been a while since anyone talked to me like this...so... Th-Thank you very much."
* "U-Um... If you would like to talk, I don't really know what everyone likes yet... Well, um...there might be lots of things I'm not good at doing, but...I'll do anything so please let me know!"
* "Obviously, I don't want to do that stuff at all. But...if it makes everyone not hate me and smile at me, then it's much better..."
* "I understand you can't help it since we're in this situation. But try to avoid consuming any stimulants before you sleep, take deep breaths, and do some light stretching. Little things like that should help with the quality of your sleep. If you don't get enough sleep, it can weaken your immune system and lead to various illnesses. So please be careful."
* "Sick people and injured people...are weaker than me. I mean...if you ignore a sick or injured person, they won't be able to endure the pain... And if worse comes to worse, they could even die, right? But if I know the proper way to treat them, that means my words are absolute. Which means... They'll need me. They'll depend on me completely. That's why...I can't leave the sick and the injured alone. Because...they always listen to what I say..."
* "Even so... We're all working together and focusing on the same goal... For the first time, I learn that that...is very fun. Hajime, I...I'm glad I came to this island. Because we're in this situation, everyone is finally acknowledging me... ...And I finally feel useful."
* "Thank you very much... I...want to believe in you. Because you...are the person who has forgiven me."

**TMNT X Pokemon:**

* "I have checked Leo and he's seriously injured. It could take some time for him to fully recovered from these types of injuries."
* "(shrieks) Please don't hurt me!"
* "Well the black eye looks bad. You need to put ice in it."
* "I have checked Casey thoroughly and surprisingly he doesn't have broken bones or anything like that."
* "We must take Leo somewhere safe!"
* "This should lower your temperature."
* "I don't understand any of this!"

## TMNT X Pokemon

Mikan is always worrying about her friends' safety. As the Ultimate Nurse, she does weekly examines on everyone to check on their overall health. Though she cries often, she tries her best to make sure everyone is okay and ready to go on any mission

## Trivia

* Her first name (蜜柑) means “mandarin”, as in the type of orange, while her last name (罪木) means "sin tree".
	+ Her last name could reference how she killed out of the despair Junko had planted inside her.
	+ It is also somewhat possible that her last name is meant to reflect her similarity to the biblical Eve, who has committed a sin (the "original") related to a tree (the Tree of Knowledge) due to an innate "human" desire to try and do what is forbidden. Similarly, Mikan has committed double murder due to a desire - her presumably romantic attraction to Junko and wish to please her. She is also similar to Eve through the concept of "not being forgiven" for her actions.
* While her title in the official English translation is “Ultimate Nurse”, Mikan's original title is “Ultimate **Health Committee Member**”. The “health committee” or “health and hygiene committee” (since 保健 *hoken* means both “health preservation” and “hygiene”), is a common student committee in Japanese high schools with the duty of preparing and administering first aid during school events, monitoring the school's state of sanitation and promoting health-preserving behavior.
	+ One of Mikan's Free-Time Events implies that she is qualified to administer vaccines (like a nurse and unlike a health committee member) - meaning that her circumstances as a health committee member are special.
* Mikan's Birthday (May 12) coincides with International Nurses' Day.
* It is revealed in the concept art that Mikan's hair was cut into chunks by bullies.
* Mikan makes a cameo appearance in *Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls* on a poster in the hospital in Chapter 1.
* Mikan's death poster in the trial room is crossed out with a nurse's cross, in reference to her Ultimate talent.
* Her 'Girl A' counterpart in the *Twilight Syndrome Murder Case* is the first playable female character in the series.
* In Island Mode, she mentions that she enjoys horror movies because of all the blood and helpless people.
* There is a strong possibility that Mikan suffers from dependent personality disorder, as she fits nearly all of the symptoms.
	+ However, there is a chance Mikan also has social anxiety disorder, because of stuttering in speech, nervousness in social interaction, fear of bothering, boring, or offending others, and she is easily upset.

* Mikan is implied to have an attraction to people of the same gender.
	+ She developed feelings for Hajime, because he was very kind to her.
	+ She thought of Junko as her "beloved", believing that Junko loved her back and mistaking her abusive behavior for affection. Her obsession with Junko appears to be mostly a result of brainwashing, but nevertheless, her feelings for her are portrayed in a romantic and sexual manner.
	+ In *Danganronpa 3*, while under the effect of aphrodisiacs, she got very physically close with Peko and even began pushing her leg between Peko's legs.
* Mikan is included in the collaboration of *Danganronpa 3 x Hōkai Gakuen*.