Sayaka Maizono

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## Base Breaking Character

### Powers/Skills

Singing
Dancing
Manipulation
Keen Intellect
Intuition

### Allies

Makoto Naegi
Kyoko Kirigiri
Aoi Asahina
Hifumi Yamada
Celestia Ludenberg
Chihiro Fujisaki
Mondo Owada
Toko Fukawa
Mukuro Ikusaba (only as "Junko Enoshima")

### Enemies

Monokuma
Leon Kuwata

### Goals

Escape Hopes Peak Academy
Kill Leon
Frame Makoto (all failed)

### Why Do Some People Hate The Character?

Getting referred as a snake because of her plans of trying to kill Leon and framing Makoto for murdering Leon after it is shown that her and Makoto get along well

### Why Do Some People Love The Character?

She didn't really know what was going to happen since she was the first person to die in the whole Danganronpa games because she thought her friends were in danger

### Type of Base Breaking Character

Deceased Traitor

**Sayaka Maizono**, also known to be a famous japan pop idol, which gives her title as **The Ultimate Pop Sensation**, is a character in *Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc*. She is the first ever victim who got killed in the killing-game in Hope's Peak Academy due to her plan of killing Leon has failed.

## What Makes Her A Base Breaking Character?

#### What Do People Like About Her?

* Fans seem to like her relationship with Makoto. Even if she did want to frame Makoto for killing Leon, fans will still say that she is shown to enjoy spending time with Makoto.
* She has received sympathy of her planning on killing Leon. She wasn't in the best place in mind of when she wanted to kill Leon, she thought that her group friends were in danger or dead. Over the years, her popularity began to increase since fans are able to understand her motivate in the first place.
* Sayaka was the first character to ever die in Danganronpa and the first one to die in the main series, she had no clue of what a class trial was so it was uncertain of what would happen with her plan. She believed that it was the only way to get out of the killing-game.

#### What Do Dislike About Her?

* Since she appeared to act all kind when being first introduced, her detractors give her the title of a snake because of her selfish plan in the killing and framing Makoto. Because of this, detractors believe that she never actually cared about Makoto and was only taking advantage of him so she can save herself.
* She is shown to not having much time to develop due to the lack of screentime. So, she never has the chance to develop her relationship with Makoto, and never had a chance to explain herself at the class trial.
* Many detractors believe that comes off as a bland character, and tend to find her boring. Detractors see her as a bland love interest.
* In the manga adaptation, she comes off as unsympathetic since she chose Leon as her target for a petty reason.

## Navigation

Byakuya Togami
*Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair*
Sonia Nevermind
*Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls*
Monaca Towa
*Danganronpa 3: The End Of Hope's Peak High School*
Sato
*Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony*
Korekiyo Shinguji

*Super Danganronpa Another 2 Characters*
Kokoro Mitsume