Mononeko

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**Mononeko** is a character featured in the English fangame *Danganronpa: Antebellum* created by **Rippilie**.

## Gallery

📷 For more images of Mononeko, see: Danganronpa: Antebellum/Image Gallery and Mononeko/Sprite Gallery.
## Appearance

    Mononeko is a feline robot with a black and white color scheme, with the right half being white and the left half being a more sinister black, save for the insides of its ears and the three triangular whiskers on each side of its head being in the opposite colors. Mononeko's face consists of one beady black eye and half of a cat-like smile on its right and a red, horizontal, jagged eye and an evil-looking pointed, toothy grin on its left, along with a pink triangle nose. It has three tufts of fur on the top of its head and a prominent, protruding round bellybutton with an X-shaped mark on its belly. Mononeko's tail is fully white and extends from the right side of its back, with a light brown rope tied into a noose at the tip. The backside of Mononeko's head has what appears to be an exposed control panel alongside two silver screws. Mononeko's character illustration reveals pink paw pads on its two back feet.

## Personality

Mononeko refers to itself as a doctor tasked with curing their patients sins but is actually quite immature and childish, frequently being sarcastic and mocking toward the students and giving them insulting nicknames. Mononeko tends to be impatient, especially in reference to how long it takes for students to commit a murder, and seems to prioritize entertainment over playing by the rules, being willing to assist culprits in murder if they believe it will make the case more interesting.

## History

### Mononeko's Announcement

Mononeko is first seen during one of Shinku Kutsuki's conversations, which is interrupted by its cackling ringing out through the speakers throughout the laboratory, and they make an announcement ordering all ultimate students to report to the lecture hall or face collective punishment.

The moment after Shinku is finished introducing himself to Lyra Shatel and Rei Higashi, Mononeko's voice is heard from behind the stage, complaining about how long the students have been talking. Mononeko introduces itself as the students’ doctor who will "cure them of their sins," revealing that all but one of the students had previously committed a crime and avoided punishment, having been brought to the laboratory where they will stay indefinitely to be "redeemed" and have three of their crimes exposed each week. Unless, of course, one of the students manages to murder another without anyone finding out, in which case they will be permitted to leave the laboratory and the rest of the students will be executed. Mononeko then makes their exit in order to prepare for the first crime reveal.

That evening, Mononeko makes a broadcast across the laboratory, announcing the first episode of what they call "getting to know your fellow students better" and that the day's subjects are Ismene Circe, Kotaro Chishiki, and Mint Byrne. The first crime Mononeko reveals is Ismene’s. Mononeko claims that Ismene led her former professor into the woods and stabbed him, killing him for a ritualistic sacrifice. The second is Kotaro’s, who faked his grades and bribed prestigious schools into accepting him. Finally, Mint, who buried evidence of crimes others had committed in his garden in exchange for money and committed health insurance fraud by paying for someone else's medication with his insurance. Mononeko concludes the broadcast, signing off until the next episode.

## Creation and Development

Mononeko was originally intended to be named Nekokuma, but this name was scrapped because Nekokuma would have meant 'cat bear.'

## Trivia

* The scratching post that Mononeko sits on during class trials has a handful of dolls depicting minor characters within the story, including Lilith, Akari Kutsuki, Callum Nilsson, and Sachiko Ushina, as well as the creator themself, Rippilie.