Monosuke

"No shit, Sherlock! I mean look at us. We're clearly his flesh-and-blood cubs."

- Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (Demo)

Monosuke (モノスケ Monosuke) is one of the antagonists featured in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.

He is part of a group called the Monokuma Kubs along with his siblings Monotaro, Monokid, Monodam and Monophanie that control Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles alongside their father Monokuma. He is the straight man of the group.

Killing Game Semester
{{Spoiler/for|Danganronpa V3| During the Killing Game, Monosuke and his siblings antagonized the students alongside Monokuma, forcing them to enjoy their Killing Game life.

Monosuke along with his siblings were shown on the monitors of the Academy to announce the daytime and nighttime and other events about the killing game.

When Kaito Momota commits violence against Monokuma, the Kubs appear to make the example of what happens when they break a school rule. When Monokuma explodes and "dies", the Kubs begin to cry for their father, thinking he is truly gone and vow to avenge his death. Later Monokuma reappeared the next day and made the Kubs happy so see his father was still alive.

Monosuke and the others Monokuma Kubs reappear after the murder of Rantaro Amami. After Kaede Akamatsu was voted as the blackened, Monosuke and his siblings prevented the other students from interfering her execution by threatening to kill them using the Exisals. He assisted Monokuma in executing Kaede by pulling one of the rope that used to slowly hang Kaede.

During the execution, Monodam killed Monokid, which confused and make Monosuke, Monotaro, and Monophanie shocked. Monotaro and Monophanie are both still bewildered, but Monosuke doesn't think much of it and simply states that Monodam killed Monokid because he was bullying him. After this, the remaining Monokuma Kubs leave the participants of the Killing Game Semester alone.

After some time went past during the Killing Game, Monokuma decided to give a new motive to the students, Monosuke along with the other Kubs passed to each student a MonoPad which contained a secret about each one of them.

Later when Ryoma Hoshi was murdered, the Monokuma Kubs assisted his father during the class trial.

Monosuke's Fate
After Kirumi was voted as Ryoma's killer, Monosuke got involved in her execution. Monodam pushed Monosuke, after dropping his glasses he started to the ground and made Kirumi Tojo's corpse land on him and crush him during the execution.

The Kubs Return
Once all of the Monokuma Kubs got destroyed Monokuma started to mourn for his children because of how they got destroyed. Monosuke and his siblings were rebuilt by Monokuma after Kokichi Oma's Class Trial and began to be active once again to assist his father for the Mutual Killing Game.

Monosuke and his siblings are once again present in the final class trial, but this time he is much more vocal, and also is much more invested into the discussion this time than how he was in any prior trial, actively trying to refute evidence that the survivors.

Despite that he and his siblings were all brought back, however, Monokuma had a self-destruct button prepared which he promptly used to destroy the Kubs once again when they got on his nerves or did anything to anger him. During the Class Trial, he gets angry, according to Monotaro and Monophanie he has awakened his "true self". He was overall the third one to explode from the Monokuma Kubs during the Final Class Trial. }}

Creation and Development
Monosuke as a character is strongly associated with the Osaka area of Japan. He is portrayed as the "straight man" (tsukkomi 突っ込み) of Manzai, a form of Japanese comedy that has been developed in Osaka. He calls other people "funny man" (boke ボケ), the other performer of the double act. He speaks with Osaka-ben, the specific dialect of Kinki Japanese spoken in the Osaka area. Because of associations with Manzai comedy, the speakers are often viewed as being more funny or talkative than typical speakers of other dialects.

Monosuke's tiger-striped pattern is a reference to Hanshin Tigers, the Osaka baseball team. His glasses are a reference to the ones of Kuidaore Taro, a mechanical drum-playing clown in front of Cui-daore, a restaurant in one of the principal tourist destinations in Osaka.

Name
Monosuke's name could come from the ancient title of Kokushi (often said as no suke when addressing an official with the title. A main job of those entitled to Kokushi is keeping track of taxes, which an abacus can be used to help with, something Monosuke has.

Alternate Fates
He also appears in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (Demo Version) along with his brothers. He first appeared when Yasuhiro Hagakure's body was found. He later appeared in the Class Trial along with his father and brothers. In the bonus mode Ultimate Talent Development Plan, Monosuke and his siblings are headmasters of a Hope's Peak Academy like school.

Appearance
Monosuke as a character is strongly associated with the Osaka area of Japan.

Monosuke's appearance is similar to that of his father, Monokuma, but the part that is black on Monokuma consists of yellowish brown and dark brown stripes (a reference to Hanshin Tigers, the Osaka baseball team). Likewise, his left eye is white, contrasting Monokuma's. Unlike most Monokumas, Monosuke's whole left eye occasionally glows white light instead of having a small red glow.

He has bright pink cheeks and eyelashes on his right eye. He dons a pair of round black glasses (which are a reference to the ones of Kuidaore Taro, a mechanical drum-playing clown in front of Cui-daore, a restaurant in one of the principal tourist destinations in Osaka), an abacus, and a yellow pacifier.

Personality
Monosuke is a child-like robot. He is the most cool-headed in the group and appears to be the most intelligent as well, seemingly remaining calm whenever the other Kubs are shocked, and analyzes the situations. However, despite this, he is neither mature nor docile, and he has a horrible mouth similar to Monokid. He is somewhat aggressive and tends to call others stupid.

With a calm nature, he acts like the straight man of a double act stand-up comedy and provides snark to the group's dynamic. He tends to be the one correcting his siblings whenever they say something nonsensical and is sometimes annoyed by them. Whenever his siblings talk their usual nonsense, he tends to intervene by continuing "...more importantly".

Being a Monokuma, he enjoys killing and gore, though he acts more calm about it than overly excited Monokid. In general, he also appears interested in money and success, and doesn't seem to get as emotional as the other Kubsーhe dislikes heartfelt moments and doesn't seem to care much about others, even calling his father useless at one point. Moreover, he approves of hostility and infighting among the group, believing that the Monokuma Kubs should be "awkward and unsociable".

While generally appearing smarter than the other Kubs, Monosuke might show-off (as his siblings put it) and accidentally slip out.

Relationships

 * Family:

Monokuma
Monokuma is the self-proclaimed father of Monosuke, Monotaro, Monokid, Monodam and Monophanie.

He calls them his "adorable children" and seems even disturbingly attracted to them because they look like him and he loves his own looks. He is mostly annoyed and neglectful towards the Kubs, physically abusing them whenever they annoy him, and even stating that he tolerates them only because they're so cute.

Monosuke tends to call his father "pops".

Monokuma Kubs
Monotaro, Monokid, Monophanie, and Monodam are Monosuke's siblings.

Monodam
Monosuke seems to find Monodam a bit boring due to his silence and wishes he would talk more for the sake of entertainment.

Monophanie
While the brothers in general seem more considerate towards their only sister, Monosuke dislikes Monophanie's attempts to be nice and make peace, as he believes that as the Monokuma Kubs they should fight each other.

However, during one scene, Monosuke acts charming towards her and offers to buy her a drink.

Quotes

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List of Appearances

 * -|Games=
 * Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (Demo Version)
 * Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
 * -|Manga=
 * New Danganronpa V3: Minna no Koroshiai Shin Gakki Comic Anthology
 * New Danganronpa V3: Minna no Koroshiai Shin Gakki Comic Anthology Volume 2

Trivia

 * Monosuke's official profile description in the English website was mistranslated. The original profile didn't mention that he had no patience for Monokid's foul languague, it said his language was as foul as Monokid's.
 * Despite being a robot, he appears to have a very poor eyesight without his glasses.
 * In a poll hosted by MyNavi, fans voted Monosuke the 5th most popular Danganronpa V3 Monokuma Unit.

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