Nicolas "Nikko" Rangel

## Nicolas Rangel

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Nicolas Rangel, also known as Nikko is a particpant in the Midsummer Island killing game featured in Danganronpa: Midsummer Island Paradise. His title is the "Ultimate Social Media Influencer."

## *Personality*

Nikko isn't the smartest person out there. In fact, he's quite below average, but somehow he can do things surprisingly competently. He prioritizes his career over most other things, as seen in his murder of Konya Hisahi and other occurrences throughout the series.

## *History*

### *Early life*

When he was 13, Nikko and a bunch of his friends decided to make a Youtube account and record videos about random stuff. That included comedy sketches, gaming videos, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Out of nowhere, his videos started blowing up. About a year later, the channel blew up, getting millions of views on each of the videos. Nikko decided to buy a house with his friends and live together for a time. Then he got a letter from Hope's Peak in the mail and became the Ultimate Social Media Influencer.

### Danganronpa: Midsummer Island Paradise

#### Prologue

Nikko arrived with the rest of Hope's Peak Class 75 to an island for a vacation.

On his first day there, Nikko got wasted on Tokyo's alcohol and had to be carried back to his hotel room.

#### Chapter 1: Daily Life

After hearing about the killing game and being presented with his motive, he started to make a plan.

His forbidden action was "Do not let Konya Hisahi live past the third day"

He got close to Konya, gaining his trust and getting Konya to tell him his forbidden action: "Do not be in a room with more than 5 people"

He set his plan into motion, breaking into Konya's room, incapacitating him and leaving him in the hotel's lobby.

He left a few beer cans around Konya's incapacitated body to make it seem like an accident.

#### Chapter 1: Deadly Life

Nikko didn't contribute much to the investigation.

During the class trial, he was revealed as the killer of Konya Hisahi and executed. He regretted killing Konya.

#### Chapter 2: Daily Life

Nikko is revived alongside Konya Hisahi and Kaoru Komarov

Nikko has an existential crisis when he is told by Ranmaru Kageyama that he died.

Nikko learns about the death note motive

Nikko gets a notification on his monopad to kill Ranmaru.

Nikko, alongside Konya and Kaoru, stab Ranmaru's corpse with a hunting knife after he commits suicide

#### Chapter 2: Deadly Life

Nikko is overcome by guilt and confesses to killing Ranmaru.

Nikko doesn't contribute much to the investigation.

Nikko helps catch Bianca Heartgold as the killer of Ranmaru Kageyama.

#### Chapter 3: Daily Life

Ranmaru is revived, but Bianca is not.

Nikko explores the new island and hosts a movie night with Konya, watching all of the tapes in the movie theater

Nikko is kidnapped by Kaoru and tied up in a facilty

The rest of the group discover a fake unidentifiable body.

#### Chapter 3: Deadly Life

In the trial, Kaoru Komarov is revealed as the traitor, and offers the rest of the participants an opportunity to live in the simulation forever. Nikko and Konya vote to continue trying to escape, while everyone else votes to stay.

After seeing Kaoru's execution, Nikko is extremely guilty about Kaoru's death.

#### Chapter 4:

Nikko didn't do much this chapter.

The group fights against Izanami and defeats them in the class trial

Nikko and the rest of the group reunite with Kaoru after being deleted by Izanami.

Nikko escapes the simulation

#### Epilogue:

Nikko wakes up from the simulation, older than his age in the simulation

Nikko escapes and flirts with a reformed Remnant of Despair Peko

After escaping from the simulation, Nikko went on to do boat stuff with Konya, filming their adventures and uploading them to the internet along the way

## *Relationships*

### Konya Hisahi

Konya and Nikko are best friends. Nikko regrets killing Konya in the simulation, even though if he didn't he would've died. After they were both revived, Nikko believed he could never kill Konya, even though he did. From chapter 2 to 4, they did basicaly everything together. After they both left the simulation, they lived on a boat together and did cool stuff on the boat.

### Tokyo Capitoru

Nikko thinks Tokyo is weird. Her way of speaking, her secretiveness, her whole vibe is off. Is Tokyo even her real name?

### Kaoru Komarov

Nikko and Kaoru are friends. Nikko enjoys Kaoru's company, and was devastated when he found out the truth about him. He reluctantly voted for him after Konya did and regretted it immediately, believing he was responsible for Kaoru's death. He'd do anything to see Kaoru again, even if it was just for a conversation

## *Trivia*

Nikko wears glasses. During the simulation, he wore contacts, but he stopped because he kept sleeping with them in, which is bad.

Nikko is left handed.

Nikko is bisexual

The highest number Nikko can count to is 70