Haiji Towa

Haiji Towa (塔和 灰慈 Tōwa Haiji) is a character from Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls. Haiji is the leader of the Resistance, the adults' secret base, formed to against the Warriors of Hope.

Appearance
Haiji has long, disheveled black hair and lavender eyes. He wears a button-up shirt adorned with a detailed red rose pattern, a heavy black and red hooded jacket with beige fur trimming, and ripped black jeans. Haiji's right forearm and palm are completely covered with an orthopedic cast, presumably from injuries suffered during the battle against the Monokuma army.

Personality
Haiji is deliberate and calculating, although others might call him cowardly. He is rather serious, but sometimes loses his temper.

He is a self-proclaimed lolicon who prefers young, quiet girls to loud, older women. He mentions that he prefers girls to be as young as possible and in the art book it's implied that he would find Kotoko Utsugi sexually attractive if her personality was better.

He has a strong grudge against the Warriors of Hope, particularly their leader, Monaca Towa, for causing the chaos in the city. He appears to be somewhat regretful of the Towa Group's unethical actions in the wake of the Tragedy, but mostly because of the problems they caused to himself and his father.

As the story progresses, Haiji becomes increasingly fanatical and obsessed with defeating the Warriors of Hope, no matter the cost. He puts all of his faith in the Big Bang Monokuma being developed in the Resistance's base, hoping that he can turn the tide of the war in his favor.

In the end, he seems to break mentally and turns apathetic.

Prior to the Tragedy
Haiji was the first born child of Tokuichi Towa and his mother. He was the next in line to run the Towa City.

Monaca, Haiji's younger half-sister, was born an unwanted child. Monaca's mother abandoned the child soon after her birth. Tokuichi thought of giving her to an orphanage, but instead took her into his family.

Monaca was always unwanted and everyone else felt uncomfortable around her. Every time Monaca smiled or joked, the others looked at her coldly, as if she didn't deserve to laugh. Every time she spoke, the others turned silent. Haiji thought of her as an alien, not part of the family. Everything Monaca did made Haiji feel sick. He had a bad feeling about her and he was quite sure that Monaca would end up destroying his family.

It's implied that Monaca was physically abused by her family, and one time she pretended to be badly wounded as a result. She started to pretend to be paraplegic, because she was finally treated with some kindness and she could have more control over people. Believing that they caused it, her father and brother felt pity for her.

Later, Tokuichi was blackmailed by Monaca into mass-producing Monokuma units. Haiji was unaware of this and appeared to see his father get beaten to death by a group of Monokumas. Traumatized and angered Haiji decided to destroy all Monokuma Units, unaware of who was behind the murder the whole time.

After the children's revolution started, Haiji lost his arm to a Monokuma.

Ultra Despair Girls
Haiji is the leader of the adults' Resistance, which is hiding underground in the sewers from the Warriors of Hope. He claims that he's waiting for an opportunity to fight, but in truth he's just giving up. He gets more hope after meeting Komaru Naegi and Toko Fukawa, though he's hostile towards them at first.

At the climax of the conflict, he personally piloted the Big Bang Monokuma as the spearhead of the Resistance's strike against the Warriors of Hope. Once they reached Towa Tower, however, Haiji abandoned the mecha and began roaming the tower in search of his little sister. Along the way, he encountered Komaru and Toko, and told them that they needed to use his dead father to pass the biometric lock barring their path.

After Monaca was defeated in battle with the heroines, Haiji arrived and encouraged Komaru to destroy the Monokuma controller, which would disable all of the remaining Monokuma units. He quickly became agitated when Komaru repeatedly hesitated, violently forcing Monaca to reveal her role in setting off the Tragedy and aiding Ultimate Despair by producing armies of Monokuma Units. When Komaru remained uncertain, Haiji switched tactics and pleaded with her, calling her the spark that had motivated the Resistance to take a stand against their enemies - unfortunately, this only furthered Komaru's doubts, as she had reservations about the increasingly-brutal lengths the adults were willing to go to in their fight for Towa City. He initially dismissed Monaca's claim that destroying the controller would kill the Monokuma Kids by detonating their helmets, insisting that the leader of the Warriors of Hope was just trying to preserve her forces, but eventually admitted that he no longer cared if the children died if it meant that the war for the city would end.

Ultimately, Haiji's needling helped drive Komaru over the edge, forcing Toko to intervene before she smashed Monaca's controller in a fit of despair. Haiji furiously assaulted Toko, hoping to break the controller himself, only to be attacked in turn by Kotoko Utsugi, who had turned against Monaca after the many revelations of her true plan. The scuffle was broken up when the Big Bang Monokuma arrived, having been hijacked by Shirokuma to destroy Towa Tower entirely. Despite his horror and bewilderment as to how his ultimate weapon had been commandeered, Haiji fled with everyone else (save Monaca) and took cover while Komaru and Toko battled the machine.

Following the destruction of the Big Bang Monokuma, Haiji was left stunned and despairing. He remained in this state as the war for the city continued, but it is unclear if he retained his position as the leader of the Resistance.

Toko Fukawa
Haiji and Toko do not get along. Although Toko found Haiji attractive at first, she soon found out that he's a coward and turned openly disrespectful towards him, calling him "a mole man" for hiding underground.

At one point, Haiji mentioned that he doesn't have sexual interest in Toko, as she isn't his type (she is older and "noisy").

Quotes

 * "As if I would. And also... If I were to do it with anyone, it would be Komaru Naegi. I'm a lolicon, so the younger, the better." (Replying to Toko Fukawa when she suspected him of attempting to sexually assault her)

Trivia

 * The name "Towa" (塔和) means "broad harmony".
 * "Haiji" (灰慈) means something along the lines of "mercy of the ashes (i.e. of a deceased's)" - somewhat matching his color scheme.
 * His name also fits how his motive in creating The Resistance was to avenge the death of his father.
 * Haiji's profile states he likes young girls and quiet girls, and dislikes old girls and noisy girls.
 * In the original plotline for Ultra Despair Girls, Haiji was to assume the role of a secondary protagonist very much like Toko, with Kanon Nakajima being the main lead. He was also planned to be able to enter an "offence mode" like how Toko is capable of calling forth Genocide Jack - not by using a taser but by breaking off his cast.
 * Haji's blood type is O.