Kanata Inori

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## Kanata Inori

* Splash Art
* Halfbody Sprite

## Characteristics

### Likes

* Family
* Health

### Dislikes

* Diseases
* People who don't take care of their health

### Family

* Adoptive father
* Adoptive mother
* Adoptive brother
* Adoptive sister

## Fangan Info

### Origin

Danganronpa Another~ Another Despair Academy~

### Artists

LINUJ

 —Danganronpa Another

**Kanata Inori** (이노리 카나타 *Inori Kanata*) is a main character featured in the Korean fangame **Danganronpa Another~ Another Despair Academy~**, created by Korean game-developer LINUJ. She is known as the **Super High School Level Surgeon** (초고교급 외과의 lit. *Super High School Level Surgeon*).

## History

### **Early Life**

Early in Kanata's childhood, she and her parents were on a trip, when they suddenly got into an accident. Both of her parents were dead on the scene, and Kanata herself was barely alive, but was saved by a firefighter. She was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where nearly all the surgeons refused to work on her. That is, with one exception. Hikaru Ando, a surgeon working at that hospital, saw the risks in Kanata's case, but proceeded with the surgery nonetheless, saving her life. Feeling pity for the orphaned Kanata, Hikaru would go on to adopt her.

Wanting to become more like her father, Kanata took on an interest in surgery, with the sole dedication of helping everyone she possibly could. Overtime Kanata became an extremely experienced physician, and was later scouted by Hope's Peak Academy.

The summer before the events of the killing game, Kanata was involved in treating Yakuza's who had gotten into a war between an enemy group. This was one of the most dangerous moments Kanata can recall, as the Yakuza kept arguing with each other. Noticing how they were risking their lives by moving so much, Kanata resorted to boinking a Yakuza on the head to stop them. Despite this act, they were found dumbfounded and listened to her advice. Kanata was able to successfully able to save their lives as a result of this.

### **The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy**

Kanata was one of sixteen students scouted by Hope's Peak Academy under its 79th class. Quickly admitted by the school to complete a secret project, everything was in vain when the student council was massacred by this same project. Although the schools administration tried their best to cover up the incident, rumours inevitably spread between the schools students. After personally researching and confirming their claims Yamato Kisaragi, the Super High School Level Inventor, searched for the incidents true masterminds after seeing one of them in footage from a hidden camera. placed on the body of the last surviving council member. Throughout his investigations, Yamato soon learned about a more sinister plan taking place. To protect his friends Yamato came up with his own plan to protect the 79th class. When the 'parade' began to take place, Yamato inflicted his plan and drove his classmates to an isolated island belonging to the Kisaragi Foundation. Unbeknown to all of them at that time, two members of the Ultimate Despair were already among them.

Shortly after escaping to the island Monokuma's attacked the building, killing numerous of the organizations staff and attacking the students. While some of their classmates protected the class, Kanata, Kakeru, and Kinji were forced into hiding. Unable to do anything, a Monokuma clone ambushed the trio. Although Kakeru tried to hold it back, all three were eventually captured and rendered unconscious. Her memories of his time at Hope's Peak Academy were soon erased, and the laboratory was remodelled to look like the school building.

### **Killing School Life**

*Main Article: Danganronpa Another*

Kanata was one of sixteen students scouted by Hope's Peak Academy under its 79th class. After entering the Hope's Peak school building, Kanata and her classmates fall unconscious, and each wake up alone in different locations. After regrouping together in the main hall, an anonymous announcement lead them to the Gymnasium, where they meet a robotic bear, Monokuma, the school's self-proclaimed headmaster. Monokuma soon reveals the true nature of the school, announcing the start of a mutual killing game, where the only way they could leave were to murder another person. Enraged by this, Tsurugi Kinjo attempts to apprehend Monokuma, but is pushed back by a machine gun, leaving him startled and in silence. After this incident the class splits up until the next morning.

During the middle of the week, bored from the lack of any death yet, Monokuma joins one of the class's morning meetings. There he reveals the class's first motive, clueing them in to explore the CV Room. Cautious due to the headmaster's previous actions, the class convince Yuki Maeda, the Super High School Lucky Student, to check out the area. In the room Yuki finds a box with numerous DVD's, all with a participants name on it. The rest of the class meet up with Yuki after he lets out a panicked scream, causing everyone to check the contents of their DVD, revealing someone close to them in grave danger. Distrust falls among the group after this, causing them to split up from each other. Unbeknown to them at the time, one of them was already plotting their crime.

After the class discover Kiyoka Maki's hung-up corpse, the investigation to find her killer begins. During the investigation Kanata is able to perform an autopsy on Kiyoka's body, confirming the details of the Monokuma file. She also suspects Kiyoka wasn't hung, but rather, the rope was wrapped around her neck by the killer. After succesfully identifying Mitsuhiro as Kiyoka's killer, the class witness as Monokuma brutally murders him, all left in shock after his execution ends.

### **Comforting Kizuna**

During the second week of the killing game, Monokuma reveals his next motive, giving everyone a note revealing one of their classmates deepest, darkest, secret. Throughout that same week, Kizuna Tomori, the Super High School Level Cheerleader, had closed herself off from the rest of the group. During one of the groups morning meetings, the class discusses Kizuna, and decides to confront her together, and try to convince her to rejoin the group. Kanata joins the rest of her class and watches while Akane tearfully tries confides in Kizuna. This action causes Kizuna to rejoin the group, but unbeknown at the time, their acts were in vain.

The next day Kizuna is found dead in the switchium. During the investigation for her murder, Kanata discovers Kizuna's dying clue, originally revealing her killers identity. She later performs an autopsy on Kizuna's body, confirming the details of the Monokuma file, and noting how Kizuna bled an unusual amount while alive, and how her final moments must've been painful. After Ayame is injured by a razor trap, Kanata tends to her injuries.

During the class trial for Kizuna's murder, the truth about her case is revealed. During the previous night Kizuna and Akane met together, after the former had devised a plan to murder one of her classmates. Revealing her plan to Akane, she tries to convince her that they should work together, but she refuses. Understanding what this would've meant for her safety, Kizuna removes the knife on her person and lunged toward Akane. During their struggle Kizuna was stabbed. Panicked by what she'd done, Ayame Hatano, a close friend to Akane, witnesses her running away, covered in blood. In order to protect her friend, Ayame removes the knife from Kizuna's torso, and stabs her a second time in the throat. A few minutes later she died from blood loss. The class are able to correctly deduce who killed Kizuna, and she is soon sent to her execution by Monokuma.

### **Kiyoka's Phone**

The morning after Ayame's execution, the group meet together as per usual. By the end of their morning meeting, Monokuma reveals the existence of an impostor, planted within the game from the very beginning. Already suspicious due to the note Kizuna received, Yuki is removed from the main group. Though Kanata feels conflicted about this, she is unable to change her classmates minds. Kanata later apologises to Yuki over this matter after they meet in the infirmary, previously locked on the first floor.

With the discovery of the infirmary, she stations herself there to help anyone in need. During the next meeting, Kinji Uehara, the Super High School Level Priest, reveals a phone he found during his investigations. Though it fails to detect a signal, Rei is able to power it, revealing the true owner of the phone. Failing to find any further use for it, she hands the phone back to Kinji.

### **Third Motive and Kinji's Plan**

Later on that week, Monokuma summons the participants to the Gymnasium for the third motive, One-by-one Monokuma takes every participant to a soundproof room, then playing a video of what they desire most. If a person is able to commit murder and get away with it, Monokuma claims he would reward them with whatever it is they desired. Despite his claims, the class decide to stay strong, and refuse to believe anyone would murder for such a reason.

Towards the night of the same day, Yuki is drawn toward the dormitory's after hearing a loud scream. At the scene he discovers blood on the floor, after Akane tried to kill herself with a pair of scissors, surrounded by Haruhiko, Teruya, Satsuki, and later Mikako. Wanting to be reunited with Ayame, wishing to apologise to her, nobody is able to calm Akane. That is until Mikako takes hold of the situation. As Mikako speaks, Akane tearfully listens as she reminds her of Ayame's last words. After doing so however, Mikako suddenly passes out after experiencing head pains.

During this time, unbeknown to the group at the time, a series of events had begun to take place. An easy target due to her always being in the infirmary, Kinji knocks Kanata out and carries her away to the art room, where he prepares to kill her. Before Kinji was able to finish tying Kanata to the ground, Kakeru suddenly stormed into the room and threw him aside, causing him to hit his head against the statue behind him. While Kinji was still recovering, he grabbed Kanata from the ground and tried to run away from the art room. This action was in vain however, as Kakeru's neck was slashed from behind, causing him to die within an instant. Though Kinji expressed remorse for this, he knew he had no other choice but to continue with his original plan, in spite of Kakeru's dying words.

### **Kanata's Fate**

During the next morning meeting, the arriving students soon realise Rei, Tsurugi, Kinji, Kanata, and Kakeru never arrived. After splitting up they all begin to search for the five missing students. After rescuing Rei from a locker, she and Yuki join Mikako and Kinji outside the science lab, where they can hear water rushing and screams coming from inside. Though they try to break in, they fail to do so at first, with the door blocked from the inside. Frustrated by her classmates, Rei uses her elbow to break the doors window, and water rushes out of the room. Before any of them can enter the room she warns them all to step aside, discovering Kanata's electrified and burnt corpse.

### **Legacy**

After the destruction of the school building, Kanata's corpse sinks to the bottom of the ocean. A gold statue of her is later found in the Tower of Babel.

## Creation and Development

### Creators Notes

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### Alternate Fates

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**이노리 카나타 처형 도안**

**처형명 "오페레이션 VENUS"**

**이노리의 목에 쇠사슬이 채워지며, 모노쿠마 문양이 그려진 응급차에 강제로 태워진다. 응급차가 도로를 질주하며 병원 입구를 부수며 들어간 뒤 수술실에 쳐박히고, 콜록거리며 나온 이노리는 수술대에 눕혀진다. 수술복을 입은 모노쿠마들이 메스를 들고 이노리에게 다가오고, 커텐이 쳐지며 화면이 암전된다. 무지막지한 소리와 함께 커텐이 핏빛으로 물들고, 잠시 뒤 커텐이 걷히자 그곳에는 이노리의 모습은 온데간데 없고 핏빛의 비너스상... 아니, 모노쿠마 상의 모습만이 존재한다.**

In the non-canon bonus chapter 'EX', Kanata and her classmates are able to escape the school before the killing game takes place. She presumably joins the Kisaragi Foundation after her escape.

### Name Etymology

Kanata's surname is written using the Kanji 祷 ('Inori') which means prayer. Her first name is written using the Kanji 佳 ('Ka') which means good, 奈 ('Na') which means what, and 多 ('Ta') which means many or frequent. Notably, the second Kanji of her name 奈 can also refer to the Pseudocydonia, a deciduous tree belonging to the Rosaceae family. The tree is sometimes used in traditional Chinese medicine, which may allude to Kanata's talent.

## Appearance

Kanata is an extremely short highschool student, standing at 138CM, the shortest of her class. She has blue eyes, and unkempt brown hair, which is styled into two ponytails that rest over her shoulders. Let down, her hair reaches past her shoulders. Her bangs are swept to the side, and her sidebangs curl into her face.

Kanata wears a standard doctor's uniform, which consists of; a knee-length labcoat, an untucked purple dress shirt, a black belt around her waist, a hot pink ribbon, a dark blue skirt, a pair of white socks, and a pair of cyan slippers with medical crosses on the front.

Her swimwear consists of a striped pink and white swimsuit. She wears a golden heart pin.

In her character illustration, Kanata wears a green surgical outfit with a white ribbon around her waist, acting as her belt. She also wears a pair of white gloves.

If Kanata had survived long enough to join the Kisaragi Foundation, she would have worn a large labcoat, a skirt, a vest, dress shirt and tie, and a lanyard with her card. Her hair would've grown a considerable amount, worn in a single ponytail and held by a ribbon.

## Personality

A doctor at heart, Kanata is an extremely kind-hearted person, who cares greatly for her friends and patients. Kanata's biggest goal in life is to be like her father, and save people who are in life-threatening situations. To prevent these moments, Kanata regularly checks in on her friends, often providing unwanted advice to better their health. This comes from a place of genuine care. Throughout the killing game, Kanata worries for her classmates, and does her best to help them in whatever way she can. In her own act of selflessness, Kanata neglects her own health, and doesn't take any breaks during her work. This has resulted in her having no hobbies, as she would rather read medical journals during her time off.

Though she is incredibly skilled, Kanata starts to blame herself throughout the killing game, frustrated at her inability to revive her classmates. Though this would have been impossible in every case, even pointed out by Yuki, she continues to blame herself.

Kanata seems to be oblivious to romantic gestures, mistaking Yuki's embarrassment for sickness in her final freetime event. This happens after Kanata tells Yuki to take his clothes off, for a routine health check-up.

Picked up as a habit through her work, Kanata refers to others as 'Mr' or 'Ms'.

## Talent and Abilities

### Super High School Level Surgeon

A well-trained physician, Kanata is an extremely skilled surgeon, possessing a wide variety of skills, and extensive medical knowledge. Throughout the killing game Kanata is able to perform autopsies on the victims, correctly deducing the victims time of death, and facts others may not have noticed on two occasions. Hand-in-hand with her kind-hearted nature, Kanata uses her knowledge to check in on her friends, making sure they aren't experiencing any pain, or other symptoms. She wants nothing more than to keep her classmates healthy. However, her caring nature often causes her to cause discomfort, highly recommending all sorts of exercises and dietary changes so the person stays healthy. Nevertheless, Kanata expresses genuine care for all her friends, and patients.

Due to her busy work schedule, Kanata has no freetime to take up any hobbies, and has fully dedicated her life to taking care of others. Even if she had freetime, Kanata would spend it reading medical journals, and studying to better her skills.

During her childhood Kanata and her parents were involved in an accident. This incident claimed the lives of her parents, and almost her own. No surgeon would operate on the injured Kanata, seeing little to no chance of her survival. That is, with the exception of her foster father. After this incident Kanata took under his stead and began to study surgery, hoping to be like him, and eventually gain the experience to save others in dangerous situations.

### **Hikaru Ando**

After Kanata's parents were killed in a car crash, and she herself was gravely injured in the process, Hikaru was the only person who was willing to operate on Kanata. Despite the risks involved, Kanata survived the procedures, and Hikaru would later adopt Kanata. Since this incident, Hikaru became a source of inspiration for Kanata, and dreamed to help others as he saved her.

**Classmates:**
### **Kakeru Yamaguchi**

Alike her relationship with Kinji, he and Kanata aren't seen interacting much during the Killing Game. However, they are frequently drawn together in illustrations, and appear in multiple scenes together. After the class receive their third motive, Kinji decided to target Kanata and almost killed her before Kakeru found her on the Art Room's floor. After attacking Kinji, Kakeru tried to save Kanata but ultimately failed, and was fatally injured in the process. In his final moments alive Kakeru tried to convince Kinji to let Kanata live, though this unfortunately didn't work. During The Tragedy, Kanata hides in a storage closet with Kinji and Kakeru. When a Monokuma entered the room, Kakeru protected the other two and tried to save them.

### **Kinji Uehara**

Though they aren't seen interacting much during the Killing Game, Kanata and Kinji are frequently drawn together in illustrations. After the class receive their third motive, Kinji decides to target Kanata as his murder target for the sole reason of her isolating herself. Although Kakeru tried to save her, Kinji felt he had no choice but to still kill Kanata, likely fearing she would expose him as the blackened. After killing Kakeru, Kinji expresses guilt for his actions and wished for both of them to forgive him.

During The Tragedy, Kanata hides in a storage closet with Kinji and Kakeru.

### **Yuki Maeda**

Though they don't interact much during the Killing Game, Kanata seemed to display care within Yuki throughout their Free Time Events together. Worried for his health, Kanata continued to remind Yuki to take care of his physical and mental health. During their last Free Time Event together Kanata performs a check-up on Yuki. Initially he misunderstands this as something else, after Kanata asked him to take off his shirt, and feels embarrassed afterwards.

Like the rest of her class, Kanata loses trust in Yuki after they learn of Kizuna's motive and the note she received.

### **Tsurugi Kinjo**

After Kiyoka is murdered by Mitsuhiro, Kanata works with Tsurugi on the autopsy. They do so again after Ayame is murdered. It can be assumed they had a positive working friendship, though they didn't interact much outside of these specific incidents.

### Rei Mekaru

Though they aren't seen interacting together during the Killing Game, Kanata can be seen chatting with Rei in the non-canon 'IF' illustration. It is unknown how their relationship would have changed, though it is possible they became friends after escaping together.

### **Kizuna Tomori**

Though they aren't seen interacting during the Killing Game, Kanata was the original planned killer for Kizuna. Her motives and why she decided to kill Kizuna are unknown, however.

**Other:**
### **Shinji Kasai**

Shinji was the firefighter who saved Kanata after she was trapped due to a car crash. They presumably didn't keep in touch since the incident as neither mention each other. Kanata was often mistaken to be the child Shinji carries in his splash art. LINUJ confirmed this to be false however in his character setting.

## Trivia

* Kanata ranked sixth in the official popularity poll, taken after the games conclusion.
* Kanata is not the child in Shinji Kasai's character illustration.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 **Kanata's Free Time Events (Tempaccounts):**https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivU6RWXez04
2. ↑ **Kanata Character Setting:** https://linuj.tistory.com/entry/%EC%BA%90%EB%A6%AD%ED%84%B0-%EC%84%A4%EC%A0%95%EB%B9%84%ED%99%94-10-%EC%9D%B4%EB%85%B8%EB%A6%AC-%EC%B9%B4%EB%82%98%ED%83%80
3. ↑ **IF Illustration:** https://linuj.tistory.com/entry/IF%E2%80%A6-%EA%B7%BC%ED%99%A9
4. ↑ **Popularity Poll:** https://linuj.tistory.com/entry/%EB%8B%A8%EA%B0%84%EB%A1%A0%ED%8C%8C-%EC%96%B4%EB%82%98%EB%8D%94-%EC%9D%B8%EA%B8%B0%ED%88%AC%ED%91%9C-%EA%B2%B0%EA%B3%BC-%EB%B0%9C%ED%91%9C?category=412177
5. ↑ https://linuj.tistory.com/entry/%EC%8A%A4%ED%8F%AC%EC%9D%BC%EB%9F%AC%E5%A4%9A-%ED%9B%84%EC%86%8D%EC%9E%91-%EC%BA%90%EB%A6%AD%ED%84%B0-%EC%84%A4%EC%A0%95%EB%B9%84%ED%99%94-13-%EC%B9%B4%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%B4-%EC%8B%A0%EC%A7%80