Makoto Naegi

**Makoto Naegi** (苗木 誠 *Naegi Makoto*) is the main protagonist of *Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc* and one of the central protagonists of the Hope's Peak Academy Saga. He is a participant in the Killing School Life and the Final Killing Game.

Makoto has the title of **Ultimate Lucky Student** (超高校級の「幸運」*chō kōkō kyū no “kōun” lit.* Super High School Level Good Luck), though he appears to have both bad and good luck. Later, his title became **Ultimate Hope** (超高校級の「希望」chō kōkō kyū no “kibō” lit. Super High School Level Hope), due to his unusual optimism and ability to spread hope. He is a student enrolled in Class 78th.

Makoto and the other survivors defeat the Mastermind of the Killing School Life, Junko Enoshima in the final trial and escaped Hope's Peak Academy.

Makoto returns in *Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair* and *Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls* as a member of the Future Foundation.

The DVD/BD vol.1 of *Danganronpa: The Animation* came with a 25~ page booklet called *Makoto Naegi Secret File.*This short story describes the chain of events that led to Makoto being selected as the Ultimate Lucky Student.

Makoto also appears in *Danganronpa/Zero* and *Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc IF*. His illusory version appeared in the thirty-minutes long OVA, *Super Danganronpa 2.5: Nagito Komaeda and the Destroyer of the World*. In *Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony*, he appeared as a guest character in the demo gameplay.

Makoto returns in *Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School*, attending his trial after he was charged on suspicion of treason for protecting the Remnants of Despair.

During the Final Killing Game, Makoto unknowingly triggers the NG Code of his dear friend, a survivor from the Killing School Life, and also his boss in the Future Foundation, Kyoko Kirigiri, putting her into a temporary coma.

During the fifth time limit, Makoto becomes the "attacker" and doesn't kill anyone during the sleeping period, due to intervention by Juzo Sakakura. Along with fourothers, Makoto survive the Final Killing Game after Juzo deactivates the televisions by switching it to emergency power, causing the bangles to lose power.

Several months after the events of the Final Killing Game, Makoto and the Future Foundation decide to rebuild Hope's Peak Academy. Makoto becomes the new Headmaster of Hope's Peak Academy, hoping to create a brighter future for him and everyone that he loves.

## Appearance

Makoto is around 19 years old in the first game, though he believed himself to be 17 because of the memory loss. By the end of *Danganronpa 3*, he is a few years older and in his early twenties, around 21 at least.[3]

Makoto has a rather thin and petite build, being shorter than almost all of his classmates. He has spiky, desaturated brown hair with a prominent ahoge, and washed-out hazel eyes. He wears a zipped-up dull green hoodie with a red stripe along the zipper, an open black jacket with gold buttons over the hoodie, black jeans, and red sneakers with white toes.

Makoto's hoodie has a logo of a red gas mask in a circle printed on the back of the hood, and the zipper goes all the way up to the top of the hood. He wears a pin shaped like a four-pointed star overlaid on a crescent moon; this is pinned to the lapel of his jacket.

After joining the Future Foundation, Makoto is seen wearing a black suit. In *Danganronpa 3*, it appears that Makoto had cut his hair, as it is considerably shorter, however this is actually revealed to just be a part of his new design.

Though never seen in the games, the official art book shows that he has white trunks with lucky star pattern and no intention to show them to others, humorously referencing the bonus modes and free-time events.

## Personality

According to himself, Makoto is a very ordinary person, to the point that he feels a bit insecure about it. His most distinguishing feature is his unusual optimism.

Makoto is very kind, supportive and forgiving, though sometimes slightly naive. He is friendly, polite and a lot more down-to-earth than the other students. This is possibly the reason why he is capable of approaching and befriending them in Free Time sequences, even the most antisocial such as Byakuya Togami and Toko Fukawa.

Junko refers to Makoto as a "herbivore man", which means that he is likely to be the passive one in a relationship; this is reinforced in his conversations with others. He is also a bit jumpy at times and quite easily pushed around by some other characters such as Byakuya. However, even though he is sometimes a bit of a pushover, he is also capable of being a very determined and charismatic speaker.

Makoto is a firm believer in hope, having a positive attitude about the future, no matter the bad situation 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 he genuinely dislikes appears to be Junko, 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.

Makoto is respected by many people as the Ultimate Hope, though he himself is very humble and even a bit embarrassed of the title. In *Danganronpa/Zero*, it's mentioned that he has incredible strength inside, despite often appearing weaker on the outside. During hard times, he is shown to have the power to give hope for other people and affect their way of thinking. However, this is not always the case, as some people refuse to listen to him or simply do not accept his ideals. While being Ultimate Hope, he is also not immune to the effects of the Suicide Video.

## Talents and Abilities

#### Ultimate Lucky Student

Makoto got his talent as the Ultimate Lucky Student by winning a lottery out of completely ordinary students, which led to him joining Hope's Peak Academy as the Ultimate Lucky Student. In addition to this, he was caught up in a bizarre series of events on the day of his selection which ended up catching a diamond thief and burning the selection ticket. Following the fifth trial, just before Makoto's execution can be completed, Alter Ego suddenly appears and is able to prevent Makoto from dying by opening up a door on the floor. He is then rescued by Kyoko, going on to defeat Junko herself and survive the whole ordeal.

Makoto's luck also comes into play during the events of the Final Killing Game, saving him from multiple dangerous situations. While his luck isn't nearly as powerful as his predecessor's or Izuru Kamukura's, his luck pattern is different from those two, and is difficult for Junko to analyze and predict. Thus, Junko predicted that he could possibly ruin her perfect layout plan, which ironically also made Junko allow him to live for the Killing School Life.

#### Ultimate Hope

Makoto discovers his true talent as the Ultimate Hope during the sixth and final trial of the Killing School Life. Interestingly, unlike most other talents, Makoto being the Ultimate Hope isn't recognized by Hope's Peak Academy, but rather earned for defeating Junko, the True Ultimate Despair. Unlike Izuru Kamukura, who's Ultimate Hope comes from him being the embodiment of talent, Makoto's Ultimate Hope comes from his unusual amount of optimism and determination, which Makoto even comments on.

As the Ultimate Hope, Makoto proves to have an immunity to Junko's tactics, built to make people fall into despair. Combined with his luck being difficult for Junko to analyze, causes her to leave him alive because defying her would be despairful in its own right. Ultimately, Makoto’s talent aided him in defeating her by filling the other five remaining participants with hope, after they fell into despair over finding out about the state of the world they were in. Makoto is also able to convince others to act with hope simply by spreading his hope to them. When the surviving members of the game are filled with hope, they were persuaded to choose to leave the academy and go out and see what the world had in store for them. In addition, in *Danganronpa IF*, Makoto unwittingly convinced Mukuro Ikusaba, one of the Despair Sisters, to think of the world outside of Junko's plans to spread despair all over it.

Makoto has even been encouraged by his own hope multiple times, thanks to his friends. After finding out that Kazuo Tengan has been murdered by Kyosuke Munakata, Makoto begins to break down over the fact that he’s been unable to stop people from killing each other. However, Aoi, along with Miaya Gekkogahara (controlled by Monaca Towa), were able to cheer him up, saying that he has given them hope and that they're willing to shoulder his burden. Later, Kyoko tells Makoto that he shouldn't give up on hope, and that she'll always be there for him if his power doesn’t prove to be enough. After her apparent death, Makoto was able to use his and Kyoko's hope in order to convince Kyosuke to join him and combine their hopes together.

Makoto believes that hope is infectious. True to his words, Makoto's effort in defeating Junko, protecting the Remnants of Despair in the Neo World Program, and his firm ideals and optimism eventually become fruitful as he could overcome all despairs at the end of his adventure in Hope's Peak Academy Saga.

### Keen Intellect

Throughout the series, Makoto has proven to be quite intelligent noticing contradictions in peoples testaments that both Byakuya and Kyoko missed. He was able to decipher Kyosuke's NG code based on the fact he hasn't opened a door since the killing game began. Makoto then went on to use this NG Code to his advantage, setting up a plan to trap Kyosuke so that he can speak with him and subsequently convinced him to join his side.

## Quotes

*Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc*

**Prologue:**

* "Before we go any further, I guess I should introduce myself. My name's Makoto Naegi. As you can see, I'm nothing but a hopelessly average high school student. Average on the outside, average on the inside. I really don't have much going for me when it comes to grades, special abilities, even personality. I mean yeah, I have hobbies and stuff I like to do, but it's not like I'm a psychic or mutant or whatever. Like, if you asked me what my favorite song was, or my favorite movie or TV show... They'd all just be whatever's most popular at that particular moment. Even among the average, I'm completely average. So I can't even say I'm your "everyday hero" type. That's just who I am." (*Introduction*)
* "I still can't believe I'm standing here. I wonder if someone like me can survive in a place like this... It's got this overwhelming presence...like it's trying to swallow me whole." (*about Hope's Peak Academy*)
* "*We recently held a lottery to select one ordinary student to attend our school. As a result, you have been selected, and we invite you to join us as the Ultimate Lucky Student*" - they spelled it out plain as day, I got invited by pure luck." (*reading his acceptance letter*)
* "But the instant I took that first step forward... My view became warped, twisted. It was like some kind of delusion, melting away and mixing together into something else. Spinning, mixing, melting away, then spinning again... And the next moment... Everything went black. That was how it all began... And how life as I knew it came to an end." (*entering Hope's Peak Academy*)
* "Standing before me were the "Ultimate Students" that had been hand-picked by the school. I looked around at everyone who'd gathered there, taking in their faces one at a time. Maybe I was just imagining it, but I swear I could feel a kind of aura coming from each of them..." (*meeting the other students*)
* "The voice seemed totally out of place. It was so playful, so completely unconcerned... I couldn't help but feel a deep, unnerving dread at the sound of it. It was like hearing someone laugh at the scene of an accident." (*hearing Monokuma's first announcement*)
* "This school, which had come out of nowhere to raise my hopes so high... It's \*not\* a school of hope. It's... a school of despair." (*about Hope's Peak Academy*)

**Chapter 1:**

* "*You must kill someone if you want to leave* - My mind froze and my breath caught in my throat as I thought about that... I could feel a paralyzing fear slowly making its way through my body, dominating every last nerve. The air hung heavy on me, pressing down like a weight around my neck. It took everything I had just to endure that weight..." (*after being told about the Killing Game*)
* "I've never been the type of person to ever really stand out. I'm average at everything, and all my hobbies are totally normal. Even "normal" would call me boring." (*to Sayaka*)
* "Would it be too much to hope that when I woke up, I'd realize it was all a dream? It's kind of lame as far as endings go, but I'd be fine with that. Actually, that'd be the best..." (*first night in Hope's Peak*)
* "Trapped here this way, the dream she put so much effort into is on the verge of disappearing forever. And that isn't something that can be fixed with a few kind words. The weight she's carrying... I can't even imagine it." (*about Sayaka*)
* "Huh? A dream...? Umm... I guess you could say I'm still shopping around for one." (*to Sayaka*)
* "When I look at her, I honestly feel like I can do anything." (*about Sayaka*)
* "Even if I understand where her desperation is coming from, I can't share in it. The pressure she's under is way different from anything a normal high schooler like me goes through. She didn't just stumble into this school the way I did. So I can't say I feel things the way she does. Compared to her...no, compared to everyone else here... there's no doubt I just don't match up." (*about Sayaka*)
* "O-Of course I'll be there for you! No matter what, I'm always on your side. I mean... you \*are\* my assistant, after all." (*to Sayaka*)
* "It took me a second to realize that I was screaming. What I saw dug its way through my eyes and buried itself in my brain. And then... everything went black." (*seeing Sayaka's corpse*)
* "Looking at her made it painfully clear it wasn't a dream, or an illusion. She had lost everything that made her "her"... Sayaka... All at once I was overcome with dizziness, nausea, the urge to burst into tears..." (*seeing Sayaka's corpse*)
* "I have to uncover the truth... I have to find out what happened! I wanted to give up, I wanted to collapse. But that thought held me up and supported me." (*about Sayaka's death*)
* "And so, the curtain on our first case opened... A deadly judgment... A deadly deception... A deadly betrayal... A deadly riddle, a deadly defense, a deadly faith... A deadly...class trial...!" (*starting the first Class Trial*)
* "I'm going to carry them with me the rest of my life. How could I possibly "move past" something like that? Leon... Sayaka... I'll carry them with me forever. I'll carry their memories with me wherever I go!" (*to Kyoko*)

**Chapter 3:**

* "There was an undeniable strength in her voice when she said that. She was totally confident she would be okay. That confidence was somewhat similar to Byakuya's tone, but at the same time different... Yeah, it had an entirely different feel, for sure... Like...someone who'd been dropped onto a battlefield, versus someone who'd been born on a battlefield. I felt like that was the fundamental difference..." (*about Kyoko*)
* "Whether it's ten million, or any other amount of money... No, not even just money. From now on, no matter what you do ...we won't kill our friends!" (*to Monokuma*)
* "Because of the program Chihiro left behind — Alter Ego... We finally have some small hope to grasp onto."
* "Alter Ego...gone as quickly as he appeared... We'd finally discovered some small measure of hope. But even that... was taken away from us. And we couldn't even put up a fight. We were given hope, and then when that hope was taken away...despair. It's just like... Just like what the mastermind is doing to us..." (*after Alter Ego is "stolen"*)
* "The scary thing isn't the idea of someone spying on us. What's really scary is... the idea that we're starting to doubt each other again. That scares me more than anything."
* "We stormed into the nurse's office, and what greeted us was... a world of dripping crimson. Everything was covered in red. And in the center of all this red was... H-Hifumi...?" (*discovering Hifumi's "body"*)
* "I leapt through the doorway... And when I did, I found... another nightmare. The second nightmare of the day was waiting there to greet me. There, in a pool of his own blood... was Taka. Dead." (*discovering Kiyotaka's body*)
* "I was witness to two nightmares, one right after another. No... They weren't nightmares. This is...harsh reality. The true nightmare is this reality, the reality I have to face every day."
* "Large, wet tears fell from her eyes. The tears landed on Hifumi's cheeks. If this were some world of make-believe, that might have been when Hifumi opened his eyes. But this wasn't a movie." (*discovering Hifumi's real body*)
* "*Examine the corpses...* I can't believe I'm hearing that from a girl the same age as me..." (*about Kyoko*)
* "For a moment, Kyoko seemed to go rigid. But \*only\* for a moment... She crouched down next to Taka and without hesitation began poking and prodding the bodies. Her movements were so smooth—she was so...calm. Seeing how comfortable she was actually made \*me\* feel a little more comfortable..." (*about Kyoko*)
* "I have to...do it... I can't let whoever killed Hifumi and Taka get away with it... For everyone who's still alive... and for the two that lost their lives. The one who killed Hifumi and Taka... The one who killed two of our friends... The killer is... someone right here!" (*before the Class Trial*)
* "Celeste smiled then... And when she did, it looked to me like a poor effort to force it. She claimed she could fool her own feelings. But that statement itself...must have been her final lie. And that weak, fake smile...is what betrayed her." (*after Celestia is found guilty*)

*Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc* - Class Trial Interjections:

* "NO, THAT'S WRONG!"
* "I'VE GOT IT!"
* "NOW I UNDERSTAND!"
* "HERE'S MY ANSWER!"
* "THIS SHOULD PROVE IT!"
* "THE KILLER IS... YOU!"
* "HERE'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED!"
* "DON'T LOSE HOPE NOW!"
* "HOPE KEEPS ON GOING!"
* "I REFUSE TO GIVE UP YET!"

*Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair*:

**As Fake Makoto:**

* "Of course, I don't mind rescuing you guys. But before that... You all need to fully accept the situation you're in!"
* "Despair in human form, but utterly devoid of humanity... That's what you guys really are. The Ultimate Despair don't care about principles or morals. They just spread despair everywhere they go... They live solely to torment everything...to burn everything...to kill everything..."
* "Yes, because of his love for hope and his hatred toward despair... I sort of...understand that feeling..."
* "Don't turn away from the truth!"
* "Now, face what you've done! And from there, you will finally take your first steps on the path to hope!"
* "To doubt hope... How much despair is within you guys!?"
* "The Ultimate Despairs defy understanding. They have no problem severing their own limbs."
* "It's too soon to feel sick. That's not even the worst thing the Ultimate Despairs have done... Some wasted away to skin and bones through continuous fasting in order to reach the despair of starvation... Others gave their own families to Junko just to perform killing experiments on them. Not just that... After Junko's death, they slaughtered countless people by forcing them to commit suicide. One person even implanted one of Junko's eyes into their own pocket. Perhaps they wanted to see her despair? And not just that, some even tried to have children with Junko's dead body..."
* "So you feel despair toward yourselves in the real world... I understand that feeling... But there's no need to worry! If you just advance toward the hope I provide, you'll definitely be saved! Of course...that's my purpose, after all. That's why the Neo World Program was created, too."
* "It's true that we fell for this trap, and that we run the risk of not being able to go back... But what's wrong with that?! Thinking we'd back down because of something like that is a huge mistake!" (to AI Junko)

**Chapter 6:**

* "But first...I should apologize to everyone. I know apologizing won't help but...we didn't imagine something like this would happen. We never expected...such an atrocious virus was lurking inside the Neo World Program... But that's entirely our fault. It's our responsibility for not realizing it until it was too late. But it's not just the virus either... I can't say for sure that the program didn't have any problems in the first place... To tell you the truth, I was unsure about whether or not to run the program on you guys... But this was the only way to save you all! I wanted to save you guys!"
* "Anyway... I'm also the person who set the password to that number. That number contains a secret. Someone close to me...left that number to save me when I was in a dilemma. Can you undersand what I'm trying to say? I'm entrusting that will to you all. I've entrusted it to your future. But...that person is trying to abuse the graduation exam... I'm sure they are going to crush you with despair using the graduation exam that's waiting for you... But I want you guys to endure it without giving up on hope. I want you guys to withstand it until I get there! Because...I have a secret to defeat them!"
* "Normally, the Ultimate Despairs like you guys would just be abandoned... But I'm telling you I'm here to help! You should be thankful for how open-minded the Future Foundation is! Just listen to the Future Foundation! The Future Foundation...is the world's hope, you know!?"
* "The Future Foundation is the world's hope! No one can defy the Future Foundation..."
* "I'm Makoto Naegi...Makoto Naegi of the Future Foundation!"
* "I'm going to save everyone! And then I'm going to settle this between us once and for all!"
* "Because Junko Enoshima is...the True Ultimate Despair. She doesn't year for any kind of future at all... She fills every person she meets with despair!"
* "Junko robs the futures of everyone she interacts with... You Ultimate Despairs are among her many victims..."
* "That's wrong! The world isn't yearning for despair! That's the reason we can't let you escape!"
* "...Don't give up yet!"
* "It's not that we have no chance of winning... The only reason I'm hereis because there \*is\* a chance."
* "I believe in them! I believe they will definitely come!"
* "It might be a painful decision...but I know you guys will be able to overcome it...! That's why, in order to defeat despair, I want you guys to fight alongside us!"
* "Junko...I don't care what you say, I've decided to believe in everyone! It's true that they walked the wrong path before... But that's all in the past now... What I believe in is not their past, but their futures!"
* "No matter what you do to me...I will never fall into despair!"
* "You guys...you can't buy into this... Think carefully about which is true hope..."
* "You guys should be able to grasp the true hope!"
* "You can't lose hope!"

**Epilogue:**

* "At least...this wasn't the ending prepared for them. This was...the ending they created."
* "No, the possibility isn't a problem. Even if there's the smallest possibility... They're still trying to create that future for themselves... ...In their eyes, that is the future."
* "But strangely enough...I have a feeling that they'll be able to reach it. They've accepted their hopes and their despair, and they're trying to create their own future... Maybe, for people like that, miracles are inevitable, don't you think?"
* "Then let's go... We...must create our own futures, too." (to Kyoko and Byakuya)

*Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls*:

* "You're safe... I'm so relieved, I was worried the whole time... I thought...I'd never see you again..." (to his sister, Komaru)
* "Being positive is like... my only good point." (to Komaru)
* "I don't really know where to start... We weren't just regular "classmates"... We were trapped inside Hope's Peak Academy during The Tragedy... We were forced...to kill each other. Our classmates. A lot of our classmates ended up killing each other. Right in front of our eyes. Even after all this time, the memory... The despair... I can still feel it."
* "After that, we left Hope's Peak Academy and went into the outside world. But... outside, it was more horrifying than we expected. It was easy to get discouraged. But by supporting each other, the friends who survived Hell together... we moved forward. Soon we came under Future Foundation protection. We chose to lend ourselves to the cause. To fight against the Remnants of Despair, who are still trying to spread despair to the world."
* "Listen, about that. There's something I need to apologize for. The reason you were imprisoned there... It's because of us. If we weren't chosen by the mastermind, you wouldn't have ended up like this. You aren't the only prisoner in Towa. With you is everyone who was relevant to our classmates. In order to make us commit murder... The mastermind abducted people relevant to us... and tried to use them as a motive. We managed to stop it before it got that far, but the theme was Killing Among Loved Ones... The mastermind was going to force us to watch you kill each other, to make us really lose all hope. The video of you, our family, being abducted was used for motive as well."
* "Yes, Junko Enoshima is dead. But it seems her memory is still alive and well. Even in death, Junko Enoshima continues to influence the Remnants of Despair. She's become a martyr to them... Now she's even more trouble than when she was alive. We did defeat her at Hope's Peak Academy, but...Well, lately, I've been thinking... She must have foreseen this possibility from the very beginning..."
* "I've made up my mind, Byakuya. If a situation like this ever happens again... No matter how dangerous the trap... I'm jumping right in. So I can end it properly. With my own two hands." (to Byakuya Togami)

*Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (Demo)*:

**Introductions:**

* "Even if you didn't like bugs... I wouldn't want to break that news to Gonta." (*to Kaede*)
* "Well, Hajime, we have seniority, but... She's the protagonist this time around." (*to Hajime, about Kaede*)
* "I've seen you in the newspaper before, I think. The tennis prodigy who singlehandedly took down a mafia... Using his steel tennis ball, he blew a hole through their heads one by one..." (*about Ryoma*)
* "Even among the new students, Kirumi has a reputation. She's clear-headed, good at sports, an excellent student, and a maid as well. In fact, she's so perfect, it's said that she can complete \*any\* request. Rumor has it she was also a bodyguard for heads of state..." (*about Kirumi*)

**Investigation:**

* "You can't give up now, no matter who doubts you, or you'll never find the truth." (*to Kaede*)

**Class Trial:**

* "But like Hajime said, we can't afford to get caught up in assumptions... We need to talk this over more to uncover the truth. This is a test."
* "Kaede...don't give up hope. Keep going and you'll be able to reach the truth!"
* "It can't end like this. No one wants an ending like that."

**TMNT X Pokemon:**

* "Everyone, calm down. Panicking won't do anything. We need a plan."
* "Okay, (insert name). I'll explain how Investigation Mode works. When you are in this mode, you have to check everywhere in such detail. It's important for you to check in case there's some important items. When you found something in interest, a blue circle will appear and you can press A to check what it is. Do you got all that or do you want me to explain it again?"
* "Wow, Akame. You slice through that metal like it was nothing."

## TMNT X Pokemon

Makoto tries to keep his cool during serious situations. He will guide the player when you do investigation mode.

## Trivia

* Makoto's hobbies include watching TV and playing video games.
* In Chapter 2, it was revealed that Makoto's secret for Monokuma's motivewas that he wet his bed until 5th grade.
* 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”.
* According to *Makoto Naegi Secret File*, it is revealed that Makoto wasn't the first chosen for his year to be Ultimate Lucky Student, but rather events pertaining to his bad luck led to another draw occurring.
* Byakuya and Makoto are the only characters to appear in every canon games and anime of the Hope's Peak Academy Saga.
* The official reload artbook reveals that A Man's Fantasy is his favorite free time present. A Man's Fantasy is an Easter egg present which allows Makoto and the other male cast members to peek at the girls taking a bath.

* 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.[11]
* 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.
* He is the one of the few characters to survive more than one killing game. The others are Aoi, Kyoko and Hajime/Izuru.
* The "gas mask symbol" on the back of his hood has some meanings:
	+ It represents protection, referring to how he did not get killed and how Alter Ego saved him from his execution.
	+ It acts like a reference to "Zero" from the game, "999". Another existing reference to "999" was mentioned by Makoto in the end of the 4th Class Trial.
* Makoto and his sister Komaru (voiced by Megumi Ogata and Aya Uchida) perform *Danganronpa Another Episode's* ending theme *Progressive -zenshin-*together.

* 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 Hōkai 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.*
* In the Danganronpa V3 bonus mode Ultimate Talent Development Plan, Celestia challenges him and Nagito to Mahjong to test their luck. She then suggests they add the headmaster to even things out. This is likely a reference to the art where the same event happened.