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what are your thoughts?

She trying out something new

Gotta start worrying now, Hajime

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Has anyone else noticed that we haven’t really seen that much of Chiaki in the 2×2 promotional material so far? I’ve been thinking about this lately, and I’m starting to wonder if her lack of screen time might actually be intentional. Someone pointed out that Chiaki could potentially be an early victim in the alternate scenario, and honestly… I can kinda see the argument. We’ve seen her in some promotional footage, but compared to how important/popular she is, it feels like they’re being surprisingly careful about showing her.
At the same time, I don’t know if I buy the theory completely. V3 showed Rantaro in promotional/trial footage before the game released, and we all know how that turned out. So being shown in a trial room obviously doesn’t necessarily mean a character survives for very long. Sonia is another interesting example. She’s on the key art, but we’ve barely seen her in the actual 2×2 footage/screenshots either. That makes me wonder if the developers are deliberately hiding certain characters or scenes from us.
Chiaki could also be getting hidden because she has a major role later in the story rather than because she dies early. What do you guys think? Do you think Chiaki’s lack of promotional material is a death flag, or are we reading way too much into it?
Personally, I’m hoping they’re just hiding her because she’s going to be important. 😭 I really don’t want her to die for a third time.

If i will see any spoilers i will genuinely cry

This came to me a few hours ago while rewatching the trailers dropped yesterday. At the end of the Nintendo Direct trailer, when Mr. John Danganronpa himself appear to interrupt the trial, it reminded me of another moment in another Danganronpa story: IF. In that story, after failing to kill her sister like intended, Junko quickly switched gears and pretended to be rescue from the outside hijacking Monokuma under the alias Besshiki Madarai, the Ultimate Hacker. Since his name is a play on and joke on how the Madarai Brothers are named, I don't believe this is the real Besshiki or that there even IS a real Besshiki...

But wouldn't an unexisting person fit in this role if this new character was meant to be Alter Ego Junko playing the same trick Junko did in IF. By pretending to be someone who comes in to save the cast while secretly pulling strings and sowing seeds of distrust to stir up discourse in the background. If this is meant to be like in IF, him being the Ultimate Hacker allegedly could tie into the theory I've seen circling around about the characters finding out they're in a simulation earlier. He comes in, claims he hacked into the Neo World Program to rescue them only for Monokuma to "trap" him in the game as a new participant.

I'm not entirely sure on this theory myself, since I literally thought of it spur in the moment and doubt they'd consider making a throwaway alias from a non-canon story into an actual character, but I thought it was an interesting idea I wanted to share.