Thread:FlashEmperor/@comment-3041235-20151019170329/@comment-20735430-20151019190250

I'm not basing my decision solely on the strict definition of antagonist, though I agree with what you are saying, if we include antagonists as those who oppose the protagonist, which is what the definition of antagonist is saying (Makoto, Hajime and Komaru), then we should include killers as antagonists, or at the very least those who show malice (which could be debatable). Since we don't include killers as antagonists, since they are being manipulated by the mastermind of the killing games, who uses their various emotions against them. Similarly as the Warriors of Hope and their emotions are being manipulated by Monaca.

That is why I reversed my decision to place the Warriors of Hope, excluding Monaca, from the Antagonists category.