Meguro Takamaru

Meguro headshot by Muffy.

Jae Fitzgerald [girlfriend] (alive)

*"Kiss me if I'm wrong, but, heh, you don't want me to be wrong. I bite."*

— Speaking to Mirai Harukawa in Trial 4.

**Meguro Takamaru (めぐろ たかまる)** is the protagonist, primarily antagonist for Danganronpa: Internal Corruption and a participant of The Konaka Murders. The killing game is not tied to a real Danganronpa game, however, it is featured on Quotev (@chaoshearts) and therefore, hosted online. Her title is the Ultimate Roboticist.

 History

## Appearance

Meguro is a very tall girl with a lean build. Her limbs are long and gangly, but she has muscle in a few places.

She has a long face, with freckles going across her cheeks and nose. Her eyes are a bright green and are typically half lidded, and she has long lashes. Above her eyes is a pair of long, thin brows. She has sharp teeth, and her mouth is usually pulled into a lazy grin whenever her expression isn't nervous or deadpan.

Her straight, thick hair is black with a blue tint. Her bangs are cut straight and go just to her eyebrow, while the rest of her hair reaches just below her shoulders. A few locks of hair hang loose over her shoulders. Atop of her head is a pair of white goggles.

Around her neck is a simple, black choker. She wears a dull blue top with a chest cutout. The sleeves go to her lower forearms, but most of it is hidden by her lab coat. Her lab coat is worn loose and entirely unbuttoned, and the left sleeve is rolled up to her elbow.

Meguro wears a long, black, pleated skirt that reaches her knees. She has socks that to her mid-calf, and on her feet are black, dishevelled boots with blue platforms and soles.

Bandages are placed over her skin, particularly her hands and fingers. There are thin scars and scratches on her neck and forearms. Scapes and bruises are often covering her face and body.

## Quotes

### Prologue

* "*We're really in it now, Swag.*" (Speaking to her robot companion)
* "*...Well, let's split up, gang! That always works out well in horror movies, heh. Unless you all*wanna *sit here and probably starve.*" (Exploring the mansion)
* "*Are you implying we don't have the*right *to be outraged?* Fuck you*! Get us the fuck out of here! You're a*real *pussy ass bitch, you know that? Why*can't *you let us out of here, huh? I'd really much rather be at home. Mama has some ro-babies to repair.*" Yelling at the host.

### Chapter One

* "*Well, Fizzy! If you got in, that means you got a talent! Hostess, yeah? Or something like that. Unless you managed to get a whole new job since we last talked.*"
* "*...Either way, I should probably hold onto this. Technology's my whole gig...Oh yeah! Haven't introduced myself; Meguro Takamaru. Ultimate Roboticist. Nice to 'meetcha.*" (Introducing herself to Kyuji and Atsuki)
* "*It's nice t' see you too... I definitely agree it could be under better circumstances though. Who knows! Maybe Hope's Peak, or whoever's in charge of all this Ultimate stuff, finally got their shit together after the last game and will actually manage to rescue us.*" (Discussing the game)
* *"*Yo*!* Asshole*! Are the stairs still fucking blocked off?! Are some rooms still fucking closed at night?!*" (After Kaosu initially ignored her)
* "*...Bluh. Yo, whatcha' doin' on my turf?*" (Running into Fitz and Salia)
* "*...I see. She sounds nice. Your cat ears are definitely charming. Moon's got good taste.*"
* "*Haven't found anything else, though. Don't think despair is the password either... yeah. This thing might, like, blow up if we try too many times and fail. Like I said, it's probably that jumbled up word. Aloo-whatever-the-fuck. We just gotta decipher it.*" (Talking with Fitz and Salia about the laptop)
* "*Hating your creator. I vibe with that.*" (About Madame)
* "*I'm allergic to cats and dogs. Never met my family, so there is a possibility that that other 6'5 girl is my twin sister. I missed my first therapy appointment because of this game, which I'll try and sue Kaosu over, if I'm alive by then. I think girls are pretty. I fought a tiger shark once; a sea mammal with the body of a tiger and the head of a shark. One of the people here is my ex girlfriend.*" (Talking about herself at Yagi's request)
* "*You don't need to keep up the streamer persona, y'know. We're in a killing game. I don't think anyone'll care. Might as well make your potentially last moments true to yourself, heh.*"
* "*So, if any of you have any sort of defense or confession, uh, give it, I guess.*" (Participating in the trial)
* "*We've never met. 'M Meguro. Y'know, you uh, you got a nice. Uh. You have a cape there. Right there. I think you know where this is going.*" (Accusing Hinata)

### Chapter Two

* "*Yo, think I know what this is for, uh. You two follow me. If you want. Be quiet though. The walls have ears. And eyes. Heh.*" (Investigating with Kyuji and Yagi)
* "*That other file... it's also encrypted. Base 64. Much, much easier to decrypt than cipher buuut... that's only possible if we have the tools to actually decipher it with. Which we don't. Not with this baby laptop.*" (Discussing files with Kyuji and Yagi)
* "*Writing? Thneed--? Oh, no, need. Says need.*" (Investigating writing on the wall)
* "*I*actually*, uh, found somethin' earlier. By the by. A 'lil clue. A 'lil hint.*" (Investigating with Salia)
* "*Yeah. Managed to. Uh. Get that one thing in the. The Big One.*" (Discreetly discussing the laptop with Fitz)
* "*Lovely story. Swagalicious. Can we leave now?*" (After listening to Kaosu's story)
* "*Welcome to Takamaru-Topia, then!*" (Inviting Fitz inside of her room)
* "*Yeah, yeah, of course,*Saccharine*~ I'll keep that in mind from now on.*" (After Sachi defends themself)
* "*How do we know you're not just feeding us bullshit to, egh, what do you call it... cause problems? You seem no stranger to manipulation.*" (After Sachi says they were framed)
* "*Heh. You guessed correctly, friend. Was hoping that would push you far enough. Was gettin' a little tired of acting all innocent. Really defeats the purpose of my goals, y'know? It was easy, really. Jus' had to get Swag to follow 'ya around, record the shit you say, put 'em together, polish it... and boom. I get a cool new toy! Wasn't hard this time around either... you make a fun antagonist, so I knocked you out once I could. Left you there. Moved the bodies around, forged some mostly bullshit letters, and screamed. I, uh, appreciate it, really. That a lot of you see me as a type of... leader figure! But I think I'm a little too terrible for that. So! I suppose, y'know... sorry not sorry.*" (Meguro outing herself)
* "*Bleh... heheh, I'll consider the offer, but, agh, I'm not into the makeout sessions. I like the ladies, Sachi. 'Sides. Jae Baby is a*much *better kisser!*" (After being forcefully kissed by Sachi)
* "*You*are *right about one thing though, yo! My mom*is *a whore!*" (After Kaosu indirectly insulted her mother)
* "*Buut, y'all don't care about that, huh? You just want something to hate. And you just want to get the trial over with, yeah?*" (Meguro before revealing the blackened)
* "*Also, I'm trans, asshole.*"
* "*I know. I always have been. I've just finally stopped trying to convince myself that I'm not.*" (After Katsumi called her a monster)

### Chapter Three

* "*'Cause, uh, y'know, like I said, you're not doing a very good job at this whole 'not meant to care about Meguro' thing. 'Ya don't got aaany reason to after all the lies I've given.*" (After Sachiko expressed concern)
* "*Heh. So, you decide to ask about the Oncelers?*" (After Swag's name was questioned)
* "*Maybe someone will still care, for some reason. One day, they won't. That's the process, baby. I'm just making it easier for all of us, yo. If they don't realize that, that's on them... I'm not your*protagonist*, by the by. That's a role for the good guys.*"
* "*Heh. Yeah, I record most of the conversations. For, uh, the most evil reasons you can think of. Can't promise I won't commit more atrocities, but I'm sure people will keep their guard up.*" (Being questioned about Swag's recording functions)
* "*Yeah. I know. Someone'll get attached to me, I'll get attached to them, and then they'll leave. That's show business, baby. What's 't to you? 'Ya won't care after this game, so don't bother caring*now*. If that's all you came here for, then I'll be off. See 'ya 'round.*"
* "*Heh, I'd* hope *this next motive is worse than the last two. Another lame motive might be funny, though. Imagine if they gave us, like, babies.*" (Discussing possible motives with Yagi)
* "*Baby fighter... not a bad idea, actually. It could be your bodyguard.*"
* "*Eh? Tough shit. I'll make fun of you for this one too. This is lame.*" (After being asked to stop making fun of the motives)
* "*Stream the Truffula Flu Camp Entre movie uploaded by H.U.N Camp Entre on Youtube.*"
* "*Naoichi Konaka. You know them? Or am I looking at them right now?*"
* "*...Hey. Cord's bent. Like it was tied into something before. Seemed like it was shaped like a noose, previously. That doesn't make sense now, does it? Victim died of blood loss. Doesn't make sense to have a noose at the ready to kill in the greenhouse and then... jus' stabbing them instead. Like two different people had two different plans. Yeah? Someone wanted to choke 'em in the greenhouse... someone wanted to stab them in the boiler room.*" (Theorizing during the trial)
* "*Don't worry your little... orange head about it.*" (After Sachi expressed concern over the knives)

### Chapter Four

* "*Let's fuck this game over, yeah?*" (To Salia, Hanako and Fitz)
* "*...Sucks that you don't remember a lot of shit, though, but, hey! All the more room for new memories, yeah?*"
* *"You're a friend. Stop talkin' 'bout masks and shit. We all have, uh, shit to deal with, but I think stopping Kaosu and this killing game takes priority, yeah? We can stop with the facades and shit while we're ahead."*
* "*For a while I thought I was just. Unlucky. Got mixed in with the wrong people. I'd hide a lotta myself when I met new people, so they wouldn't get annoyed with me. I made shit up so they wouldn't get bored with me. I'd always try and be useful. Wasn't 'til I met Jae that I realized I got all that wrong. Even if she says it's all fake, Jae is... nice. I care for her a lot. She's good. Not like me. So when she, um, left, I realized that it was because of me. People leave because I'm bad. There's something wrong with me, and I've tried really hard to fix it but I, uh. Can't.*" (Sharing secrets with Fitz, Hanako and Salia)
* "*Awooga*!" (Upon smashing a mirror and finding a cord)
* "*Maybe it's just in my programming to be like this.*"
* "*Agh, quiet. No such thing as main characters. Some people are just more, eh, fortunate than others.*" (After Hanako compared their upbringings)
* "*You**, uh, you always try and encourage me to talk to 'ya about stuff but, y'know, the same goes for you, like I said earlier. If you're only just now gettin' your eyes removed, I'm guessin' you don't have many people to vent to, so, uh, I'm here to listen, yo! Even if it ain't about the game.*"
* "Kao Baby*, c'mere. I gotta few questions.*"
* "*Ehe! Yeah. Think I'd like to bust a few in the nose... they'd probably arrive by, like, car, right? Think we can get away with stealing of those fuckers?*" (Talking with Yagi about Future Foundation)
* "*Yo, Jae Baby! May I have this dance?*" (Asking for a dance during the party)
* "*I don't want to play Fortnite with you, Kaosu.*" (When the party was revealed to be a battle royale)
* "*Yo, um. You died, technically. Used my epic hax to bring 'ya back.*" (After reviving Yagi)
* "*You know what, Emiko? Let's make a deal. You give us a reason to suspect somebody*other *than you, for an actual good reason, and we'll get off your back. Capiche?*" (Accusing Emiko)
* "*That's one down, heh. Mirai. Yo. Y'know. Emiko wasn't the only one who was in a drastically differen' position than everyone else. You were on the other side of the room. I got pictures. One of Swag's functions. So I remember even if 'ya don't. Heh. I got a, uh, question for 'ya, actually. You didn't happen to have a... type of knife, did 'ya? Anything sharp? And you didn't happen to... run across the ballroom, raise your weapon,*slash Kyuji's throat and then run to the other side of the room*? Did you? Kiss me if I'm wrong, but, heh, you don't want me to be wrong. I bite.*" (Accusing Mirai)

### Chapter Five

* "*Rocky's cool, yeah. I'm sure they'll come in clutch for us though, yeah? And even if not, we'll get our-fucking-selves out of this mess. We're too sexy to die here without a fight.*" (Discussing their escape with Hanako)
* "*But that's a buncha' bullshit. Fate is bullshit. We managed to beat fate's ass by lasting this long, yeah? Kaosu acts like the only possible ending is that all of us are gonna die. Heh. We'll prove*them *wrong, too.*" (Encouraging Hanako)
* "*Yeah. I've*been*wondering, actually... technology centric, obviously. Maybe robots will come and tear off my limbs. Ooh, or maybe they'd slowly turn*me *into a robot! As slowly and painfully as possible.*" (Theorizing her execution)
* "*After we get out of here, we're planning to maybe travel together. Somethin' like that. Whatever it is, we'll be with each other.*" (Plans with Fitz)
* "*Eh, fights? ...Yeah, got into a few at school. And a few at my orphanage. I've never been particularly strong, 'nd I tried not to pick fights but, ehe, I can damn well finish them!*" (Before sparring with Yagi)
* "*...Not really sure, honestly. I expected myself to die nearly the whole killing game, but that obviously hasn't happened yet. Guess all I can say is, hm... keep your pals and enemies close. And put up a damn good fight when it comes down to it!*"
* "*...I'm excited t' see the sun again.*" (Viewing the day room with Fitz)
* "*We bested our respective 'fates' already, yeah? Kaosu can't stop us from getting through this as well. At the very fuckin' least, we'll die together and not without a*mean*fucking*fight*."*
* "*You're a fucking child. All of us are fucking children. Fuck the fate of this stupid game! Fuck this game itself! You said it your-fucking-self! You want to fight to live, right? So fucking*fight*!*" (Trying to convince Kaosu)
* "*And if*you *don't want to fight for yourself,*fine*!* We'll *fucking fight*for you*!*Just give us a fucking reason to*!*"
* "*None of us owe you understanding, a home, forgiveness,*nothing*. Maybe someone else will take you, I dunno, but you aren't our problem anymore.*" (After defeating Kaosu)
* "*And, ah, the Onceler guy? Don't worry, I'll tell you*all*about him once we get in the car.*" (Upon being asked who The Onceler is)
* "*...Yeah, 'course, Sal. I've never had a sleepover before, so hey, we'll learn together. And if any troublemakers show up, I'll beat 'em into the ground.*" (Upon Salia expressing her worries)
* "*Thank you.*" (To Fitz, for everything)

## Trivia

* Meguro is both the protagonist and antagonist. The roles are interchangeable, depending on Meguro's plans.
	+ This was entirely unintentional. At first, Meguro was meant to be calm, and likely a background character, however, a few changes were made, and she was planned to be the antagonist only days before the RPG began. However, with her leadership, she ended up taking the role of being the protagonist, too.