Kyosuke Munakata

**Kyosuke Munakata** is the master of Saber in the ??? Holy Grail war.

"*I am not like you. I believe in power. No matter how many I make into victims, even if it means my death, I shall destroy despair. That is my resolve!*" - Kyosuke Munakata

## Profile

### Background

Kyosuke Munakata is the vice-chairman of the Future Foundation and is the Branch Office 2 Director. His responsibility as the director is the management of the Future Foundation, including construction of new facilities, expansion of the organization, etc. He, along with the other Future Foundation Directors, is forced to participate in the Final Killing Game.

### Appearance

He is tall and lean, with a pasty white complexion. His appearance is also very colorless; he has silver hair, blue eyes, and a cold expression. He wears a pale suit with a blue dress shirt, and a faded pink necktie. His tie has a mysterious black insignia on it, and the tips of his shoes have three dots pointed in a triangle. He lost his right eye after a confrontation with Kazuo.

### Personality

Kyosuke is cold and authoritative, but also very charismatic, which is demonstrated in Juzo and Chisa Yukizome's loyalty to him, showing that he can be influential. He is described to look very strict, which makes him a bit scary, but also serious in a way that makes him appear very reliable. In his past, he was a notably warmer person, smiling more often and having a kinder voice, though still having a somewhat serious personality. He was described as rational, reliable and strong-willed. He was determined to lead Hope's Peak Academy in order to take the school in the correct direction, with Juzo and Chisa considering him the academy's true hope.

However, after the Tragedy, his opinions turned radical, as he begun to believe that the only way to defeat despair is to completely eliminate it at all costs, even if heavy sacrifices must be made. He held an incredible amount of anger towards Ultimate Despair and was in favor of killing them, believing that any glimpse of despair must be destroyed or else it will just create more despair. It is indicated that this way of thinking was influenced by Chisa, who was unbeknownst to him brainwashed to be apart of Ultimate Despair. Indeed, as pointed out by Makoto Naegi, Kyosuke chose to only focus on despair without seeing hope and the good that was still left in the world, showing just how pessimistic and bitter he had become. Along with his opinions, Kyosuke's nature turned much colder as well, as he no longer spoke in a kind voice and didn't answer to physical and emotional affection from his close ones. However, he still cared about Chisa and Juzo, as he strictly told her to take a break. He strongly disliked Makoto's naivety, believing that he does not know true despair and thus his words were just hollow platitudes, though he admitted that he respects Makoto's determination and ability to inspire others. He claims he believes in power instead of words and he believes words cannot be a weapon mightier than blade.

Kyosuke is decisive, overly logical, and reserved. He tried to distance himself from emotional reasoning as much as possible, to keep his emotions from getting in the way of his decisions. Though, supposedly due to both his intelligence and paranoia, Kyosuke tends to think that there is always something more complex behind other people's actions, and thus had harder time realizing answers that are just simple or obvious. He was aware that he had to make the tough choices that few others are willing to make, and had resigned himself to the responsibility. Because of this, he seemed to view himself as very martyr-like, as he was willing to put himself into unfavorable opinions with others in order to get things done. Somewhat self-centeredly, he also believed that his own experiences were true despair, and belittled the survivors of the Killing School Life, since their situation at least had rules. He also tried to convince himself that instead of his own actions and decisions, the despair itself was always at fault, and he was quick to assume that anyone disagreeing with his morals could be a Remnant of Despair. Even after realizing that Makoto was innocent, he was still willing to kill him because he believed that the traitor could use him for their own goals.

Though originally rational and reliable, Kyosuke lost his restraint as a result of Chisa's death, which clearly affected him heavily, even though he himself had claimed that all the deaths are necessary to eliminate despair. He mostly refused to acknowledge it and focused on chasing after Makoto, but Kazuo told him accordingly that Chisa's death had driven him into madness, and accused Kyosuke of being confused, and both cynical and naive. Kazuo also told him that everyone is an attacker, turning him even more paranoid than usual, and causing him to even turn against Juzo. This turned even worse after he used Seiko's enhancing drug on himself, making him notably more aggressive, with even his eyesight shown to be more blurred. However, he eventually calmed down after talking with Makoto and realizing that his views had been wrong, and he properly grieved for Chisa as he fully accepted her death and the fact that he still loved her as the person she truly was and blamed himself for her corruption in the hands of the Ultimate Despair. He also grieved the death of Juzo, understanding that he himself is to blame, and he ultimately decided to be alone and carry this burden by himself. His atonement was also seen in the way he was willing to risk his life to help Makoto and his friends.

### Relationships

#### Count Dooku

His Servant in the Holy Grail War. However, their relationship in practice is more akin to a teacher and student. The Count took him on as an apprentice, seeing the same conviction to do what must be done he has in him. He feeds into his master's dark impulses, encouraging him to act on them in service of his goal for a world without despair.

## Role

### Fate/Silver Echoes

Kyosuke becomes the master of Saber in the Holy Grail War. Saber ingratiates himself to Kyosuke, becoming his mentor figure in the process. Over the course of the war, he becomes more and more twisted under his Servant's guidance, taking increasingly extreme measures in pursuit of his goals.

## Abilities

Despite it not relating to his talent, Kyosuke is an expertly skilled swordsman who never directly lost a battle during the Final Killing Game. He is skilled enough to hold his own against Peko Pekoyama, the former Ultimate Swordswoman, and was able to almost defeat Great Gozu, who is a former Super High School Level Wrestler. He is also able to fight Kazuo to standstill, who is able to knock Juzo with one elbow and eventually defeat Kazuo. He is also able to easily defeat Miaya using Sonosuke Izayoi's heated sword and later take out an army of brainwashed Future Foundation soldiers.

Additionally, Kyosuke is extremely agile and possesses impressive jumping abilities, as shown when he was able to effortlessly jump around and dodge Kazuo's chosen and quickly dodge other attacks thrown at him. Kyosuke was also demonstrated to be capable of fighting without his sword before The Tragedy occurred. In Despair Arc he is seen fighting some Reserve Course students alongside Juzo, knocking out one of them with a single chop to the side of their neck.

# References

https://danganronpa.fandom.com/wiki/Kyosuke\_Munakata