Daisaku Bandai

Daisaku Bandai (万代 大作 Bandai Daisaku) is a character featured in Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy - Side: Future and a participant in the Final Killing Game.

He is a member of Future Foundation and is the leader of the 11th Division. His responsibility is to help oversee and maintain agriculture in rural areas, to help aid with food supply.

During his time at Hope's Peak Academy, Daisaku's title was Ultimate Farmer (超高校級の「農家」chō kōkō kyū no "nōka.")

In the official relationship chart, he is described as a neutral character, neither with nor against Makoto Naegi.

Daisaku is the second victim of the Final Killing Game and the first victim killed due to violating his NG Code and was injected with poison.

Appearance
Daisaku is a dark-skinned man with a heavy, muscular build. He has rosy cheeks, cartoonish eyes, and a wide grin. He has an afro and a goatee. He wears a pale brown suit, with the Future Foundation pin on its lapel, a white sweatsuit with a green circle design on his shirt, and wooden geta. He also wears a straw hat around his neck.

Personality
Daisaku's voice is soft and cutesy and, in contrast to his large build, he speaks with a feminine speech pattern. He is described to be gentle, loving and very whimsical.

He is fond of making up his own sayings, such as "a strawberry only gives up to 3 seeds," but no one has any idea what they mean. Daisaku himself admits that they don't mean anything, he just enjoys saying them.

Daisaku appears slightly naive and he dislikes violence and conflict.

Ultimate Farmer
Although never shown or stated in the series, Daisaku is a very skilled person in farming and agriculture and eventually scouted by Hope's Peak Academy as the Ultimate Farmer. His task in the Future Foundation is to maintain and restore rural areas and distribution food crops.

Prior to the Tragedy
Daisaku was scouted to attend Hope's Peak as part of the 66th Class the Ultimate Farmer. After attending, he graduated an estimated 9-10 years before the Tragedy.

Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy - Side: Future
At some point in time after getting recruited by Koichi Kizakura for the Future Foundation, he became the head of the 11th Division. His responsibility as the 11th Division leader is to help oversee and maintain agriculture in rural areas, to help aid with food supply.

Daisaku is one of the twelve executives that attended Makoto's trial, and thus became one of the final players in the "Final Killing Game", set by Monokuma.

Episode 01 - Third Time's the Charm
Daisaku and the other ten Future Foundation Division leaders were inside the boardroom, about to discuss Makoto's betrayal. Daisaku commented on the Remnants of Despair's extermination plan using his own personal feeling quotes, leading to the discussion getting off topic. Ruruka Ando, Seiko Kimura, and Sonosuke Izayoi mock his appearance, which doesn't match with his heavy build, but Daisaku saw it as a compliment.

When Makoto, Kyoko Kirigiri, and Aoi Asahina arrive in the boardroom, Juzo Sakakura arrested Makoto, also wounding him in the process, and at Kyosuke Munakata's order, the trial was postponed. Daisaku remained inside the boardroom until the building started to shake. He confirmed that there was an attack and all of the exits to the facility has been cut off. When they began to panic, a sleeping gas was thrown inside the room, rendering everyone including Daisaku to sleep.

When he woke up, Daisaku and the others found a Monokuma bracelet had been set up on their wrists. He learned that Monokuma has been resurrected and announced the Final Killing Game of Future Foundation via the monitor, starting with Chisa Yukizome's body, which fell from the ceiling.

Episode 02 - Hang the Witch
Daisaku attempts to break the tension with another of his witty sayings, but is unable to keep the situation from escalating. He leaves the room and returns, confirming that they are indeed locked in. Everyone begins turning on each other and, as Juzo goes to intimidate (and potentially assault) Makoto, Daisaku speaks up again. He attempts to get him to stop to no avail.

Daisaku died as a result of his NG Code being violated, causing him to be injected with lethal poison. His Code was that he was not allowed to witness violence, which was broken the instant Juzo knee'd Ryota Mitarai as a result of getting in the way. Seiko tried to cure him, but her effort was in vain after she confirmed that Daisaku has already died.

Execution

 * Main Article: NG Code Poisoning 

Ruruka Ando
Ruruka dislikes Daisaku, as she is easily annoyed by his sayings and "creepy" voice, having no problem acting mean and condescending towards him. However, Daisaku appears a bit naive and doesn't seem too bothered by her words. They have same tasks in the Future Foundation, which is distributing food to survivors of the tragedy.

Quotes

 * “A dancing wolf needs no sake, right?”
 * “A chanting monk doesn’t know his parents, right?”
 * "A strawberry seed only shows its face three times."

Trivia

 * Given the timeline of events, he is thought to be between 28-31.
 * Daisaku is the tallest character in the entire franchise thus far, standing at 213cm (7' 0") tall.
 * The kanji for Daisaku's first name (大作) can be translated as "Big Harvest". While the kanji for his surname (万代) can translate as "Ten Thousand Generations".
 * Put together Daisaku's name would translate as "Big Harvest for All Generations" - referencing Daisaku's ultimate talent as a farmer.
 * According to a Weekly Famitsu Interview with Kazutaka Kodaka, while liking Koichi's voice and character, he also enjoyed Rie Kugimiya's voice work as Daisaku.
 * In the same article, the staff of Famitsu was very surprised by how "cutesy" Daisaku's voice sounded, and Kodaka stated that Rie's voice made Daisaku sound like the mascot character.