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CHARACTER: CANON SECTION
NAME: Kiyotaka Ishimaru
AGE: Around 18
CANON: Dangan Ronpa
NAME: Kiyotaka Ishimaru
AGE: Around 18
CANON: Dangan Ronpa
CANON HISTORY: Dangan Ronpa Wiki
CANON PERSONALITY:
Kiyotaka Ishimaru is known as the Ultimate Moral Compass, although in the original Japanese version, it's more similar to the ultimate public morals committee member. Basically, Ishimaru cares a lot about the rules (even during the killing game) and enforcing them at the school, as he wants to create an environment where everyone can do their best as students. He's truly passionate about this and he's more than willing to assist others in furthering their education, which is partly why he has the title of moral compass. Not to mention, he's usually polite to others and Ishimaru is genuinely a kind person.
Despite being an ultimate himself, Ishimaru holds a lot of respect and hope for the average person, believing that it's the effort of the average person that can change the world rather than a group of geniuses. He doesn't consider himself to be a genius, in fact, he completely rejects the term if someone applies it to him. It's through effort that he's the top student of his private academy, not because he's naturally a genius. He's determined to become the 'ordinary person that can surpass any genius.'
The reason why he's this determined is because his grandfather, Toranosuke Ishimaru, was considered a genius and held the title of Ultimate Manager. Toranosuke was once the prime minister and everything he did came without any effort, which is why he was easily roped into a corruption scandal and later left the office in disgrace. The debts from his grandfather still plagues Ishimaru's family to this very day. It's because of this that Ishimaru hates geniuses, even though he also thinks there's a level of tragedy surrounding them. He hates that they don't need to put much effort in to achieving things, but it's because of them not knowing the value of effort that often leads to their downfall. Kiyotaka had to watch his grandfather slowly fade away, with only his family members attending his funeral. Because of this, he wants to surpass his grandfather and prove that effort is far more important than being called a genius.
However, because of Ishimaru's focus and dedication to studying and hard work, he completely lacks social skills. In fact, before attending Hope's Peak, he's made zero friends because of his personality. He doesn't waste any of his spare time watching television or playing games, he spends all of his free time on studying. Therefore, he doesn't know how to relate to others that well or talk about things that aren't about politics or the economy. Not only that, Ishimaru has a tendency to yell whatever that comes to his mind and he ends up forcing his morals and beliefs on others. But at the same time, he hates coming off as selfish and he's generally the type of person that feels that instead of complaining about a problem, you should work on fixing that instead.
This leads to Ishimaru never really confiding into others, even though he trusts people on a basic level. He generally trusts people to do the right thing, but he's not someone that wants to bother others with his problems and feelings. He thinks that it won't solve anything and he would rather be someone that encourages others rather than bringing everyone else down. Of course, Mondo Oowada is a big exception as he's one of the few students Ishimaru bonds with (they were able to bond during a sauna battle, which goes into Ishimaru's belief that talking to people while naked is a way to form honest bonds with another person). And while Ishimaru generally tries not to place his problems on others or whine to other people, he can open up eventually, as he does with Naegi in the free time events.
It's because of his lack of friends that he later takes on Mondo's murder of Chihiro and eventual execution very hard. He's in extreme denial throughout the whole trial and argues with Naegi the entire time. Even when Mondo confesses, he has a hard time believing this and even votes himself guilty for the trial, even though everyone else voted for Mondo (not to mention that if the majority of people vote for the wrong person, all of the other students are killed). His first friend, his 'brother,' is taken away from him after a very short time and seeing him executed forces Ishimaru into a catatonic state later. It was also just hard for him to accept someone that he considered to be a 'brother' to do something as horrible as homicide. Despite that, he still begs Monokuma to not kill his friend, which of course was ignored. He's only able to snap out of his vegetable state through rather unhealthy means, by 'channeling' Mondo's personality and becoming Ishida, which was an exaggeration of Mondo's personality while keeping some of his own quirks still. He never really gets to deal with his best friend's death in a healthy manner before he's killed.
Ishimaru tends to blame himself for situations that aren't really his fault. He's upset that he couldn't stop Chihiro's death and he blames himself for not being able to stop Mondo for hurting him. It's clear that he thinks he has a responsibility in keeping his classmates safe and keeping that optimism high. He wants everyone to believe that they can escape and that people should be working together to leave rather than distrusting each other.
Despite his ability to be a leader when needed (like forming breakfast meetings for everyone), Ishimaru can come off as insensitive at times. He says to Naegi 'I imagine it would be pretty hard to sleep with a rotting corpse in your bathroom!' only a day after the trial of Sayaka's murderer. He's not trying to come off as mean, he's just socially clueless to the point where he can be unobservant to other people's feelings. He can also be kinda judgmental at times, as he's quick to judge Mondo just because he has a bad temper and because of the way he dresses, calling him a coward and someone that lacks self-control. Of course, he's always open to listening to others, but he does tend to form quick first impressions of people based on his own morals. Kiyotaka just has a tendency to hold people to a pretty high standard and he often lectures them if he feels like they're being lazy or if their public morals are ruined. It goes back to lack of social skills and a strict dedication to order rather than being genuinely mean, but it doesn't stop him from coming off as insensitive.
Ishimaru is also a rather competitive individual and his determination to beat Mondo in the endurance contest in the sauna shows this. Even though it was past curfew, he continues to sit there with Mondo, not wanting to be the person to admit defeat. He even taunts Mondo during the contest, showing that Kiyotaka isn't immune to ridiculous contests despite being the ultimate moral compass.
SKILLS/ABILITIES:
SHSL/Ultimate Moral Compass: While it doesn't give him any special powers, Kiyotaka is shown to be very dedicated to his school's public morals committee and he respects rules above all else. So, his talent is basically being very moral and righteous, no matter the circumstance, although he's a very hard worker and doesn't give up as well.
CANON PERSONALITY:
Kiyotaka Ishimaru is known as the Ultimate Moral Compass, although in the original Japanese version, it's more similar to the ultimate public morals committee member. Basically, Ishimaru cares a lot about the rules (even during the killing game) and enforcing them at the school, as he wants to create an environment where everyone can do their best as students. He's truly passionate about this and he's more than willing to assist others in furthering their education, which is partly why he has the title of moral compass. Not to mention, he's usually polite to others and Ishimaru is genuinely a kind person.
Despite being an ultimate himself, Ishimaru holds a lot of respect and hope for the average person, believing that it's the effort of the average person that can change the world rather than a group of geniuses. He doesn't consider himself to be a genius, in fact, he completely rejects the term if someone applies it to him. It's through effort that he's the top student of his private academy, not because he's naturally a genius. He's determined to become the 'ordinary person that can surpass any genius.'
The reason why he's this determined is because his grandfather, Toranosuke Ishimaru, was considered a genius and held the title of Ultimate Manager. Toranosuke was once the prime minister and everything he did came without any effort, which is why he was easily roped into a corruption scandal and later left the office in disgrace. The debts from his grandfather still plagues Ishimaru's family to this very day. It's because of this that Ishimaru hates geniuses, even though he also thinks there's a level of tragedy surrounding them. He hates that they don't need to put much effort in to achieving things, but it's because of them not knowing the value of effort that often leads to their downfall. Kiyotaka had to watch his grandfather slowly fade away, with only his family members attending his funeral. Because of this, he wants to surpass his grandfather and prove that effort is far more important than being called a genius.
However, because of Ishimaru's focus and dedication to studying and hard work, he completely lacks social skills. In fact, before attending Hope's Peak, he's made zero friends because of his personality. He doesn't waste any of his spare time watching television or playing games, he spends all of his free time on studying. Therefore, he doesn't know how to relate to others that well or talk about things that aren't about politics or the economy. Not only that, Ishimaru has a tendency to yell whatever that comes to his mind and he ends up forcing his morals and beliefs on others. But at the same time, he hates coming off as selfish and he's generally the type of person that feels that instead of complaining about a problem, you should work on fixing that instead.
This leads to Ishimaru never really confiding into others, even though he trusts people on a basic level. He generally trusts people to do the right thing, but he's not someone that wants to bother others with his problems and feelings. He thinks that it won't solve anything and he would rather be someone that encourages others rather than bringing everyone else down. Of course, Mondo Oowada is a big exception as he's one of the few students Ishimaru bonds with (they were able to bond during a sauna battle, which goes into Ishimaru's belief that talking to people while naked is a way to form honest bonds with another person). And while Ishimaru generally tries not to place his problems on others or whine to other people, he can open up eventually, as he does with Naegi in the free time events.
It's because of his lack of friends that he later takes on Mondo's murder of Chihiro and eventual execution very hard. He's in extreme denial throughout the whole trial and argues with Naegi the entire time. Even when Mondo confesses, he has a hard time believing this and even votes himself guilty for the trial, even though everyone else voted for Mondo (not to mention that if the majority of people vote for the wrong person, all of the other students are killed). His first friend, his 'brother,' is taken away from him after a very short time and seeing him executed forces Ishimaru into a catatonic state later. It was also just hard for him to accept someone that he considered to be a 'brother' to do something as horrible as homicide. Despite that, he still begs Monokuma to not kill his friend, which of course was ignored. He's only able to snap out of his vegetable state through rather unhealthy means, by 'channeling' Mondo's personality and becoming Ishida, which was an exaggeration of Mondo's personality while keeping some of his own quirks still. He never really gets to deal with his best friend's death in a healthy manner before he's killed.
Ishimaru tends to blame himself for situations that aren't really his fault. He's upset that he couldn't stop Chihiro's death and he blames himself for not being able to stop Mondo for hurting him. It's clear that he thinks he has a responsibility in keeping his classmates safe and keeping that optimism high. He wants everyone to believe that they can escape and that people should be working together to leave rather than distrusting each other.
Despite his ability to be a leader when needed (like forming breakfast meetings for everyone), Ishimaru can come off as insensitive at times. He says to Naegi 'I imagine it would be pretty hard to sleep with a rotting corpse in your bathroom!' only a day after the trial of Sayaka's murderer. He's not trying to come off as mean, he's just socially clueless to the point where he can be unobservant to other people's feelings. He can also be kinda judgmental at times, as he's quick to judge Mondo just because he has a bad temper and because of the way he dresses, calling him a coward and someone that lacks self-control. Of course, he's always open to listening to others, but he does tend to form quick first impressions of people based on his own morals. Kiyotaka just has a tendency to hold people to a pretty high standard and he often lectures them if he feels like they're being lazy or if their public morals are ruined. It goes back to lack of social skills and a strict dedication to order rather than being genuinely mean, but it doesn't stop him from coming off as insensitive.
Ishimaru is also a rather competitive individual and his determination to beat Mondo in the endurance contest in the sauna shows this. Even though it was past curfew, he continues to sit there with Mondo, not wanting to be the person to admit defeat. He even taunts Mondo during the contest, showing that Kiyotaka isn't immune to ridiculous contests despite being the ultimate moral compass.
SKILLS/ABILITIES:
SHSL/Ultimate Moral Compass: While it doesn't give him any special powers, Kiyotaka is shown to be very dedicated to his school's public morals committee and he respects rules above all else. So, his talent is basically being very moral and righteous, no matter the circumstance, although he's a very hard worker and doesn't give up as well.
CHARACTER: AU SECTION
AU NAME: Kiyotaka Ishida, uses nickname 'Taka' for some Americans.
AU AGE: 19
PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES: Basically the same, except his hair is platinum blonde, almost to the point of looking white. Other than that, his eyes are brown instead of red and they definitely don't 'glow.'
AU NAME: Kiyotaka Ishida, uses nickname 'Taka' for some Americans.
AU AGE: 19
PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES: Basically the same, except his hair is platinum blonde, almost to the point of looking white. Other than that, his eyes are brown instead of red and they definitely don't 'glow.'
AU HISTORY:
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-Born in Japan as Kiyotaka Ishida, he was raised by two loving parents. His father is a well-to-do Japanese businessman and his mom is a foreigner from Europe, which is where he gets his hair color from. Unfortunately, the uncommon color of his hair combined with... huge eyebrows led to relentless teasing in his youth. Not only that, but a scandal involving his grandfather, who was a member of the Diet, disgraced the Ishida name and led to even more teasing in school.
-Thinking that America would be a good place to start fresh, his parents decided to move to the United States when Kiyotaka was still in elementary school. His grandfather remained in Japan and they've ceased all contact with him. Luckily, the move did provide a fresh start for the Ishida family, as his father managed to continue being a businessman and his mom took a job at the local grocery market.
-However, the bullying never quite stopped for Kiyotaka, he was still teased for his eyebrows and oversensitive personality, along with being the new kid in school. Thus, he didn't make any friends for a long time. His parents worried about him, but were often busy. Kiyotaka never got into any real trouble, so they didn't interfere with his school life.
-Because of all the bullying, he became more withdrawn and angry and isolated himself from others whenever possible. His grades didn't suffer, even though he wasn't a straight A student or anything like that. He was mainly lonely and Kiyotaka didn't have any real friends until his first year of high school. It was there he met an overachiever that reached out to him, almost forcing himself into Kiyotaka's space until the two became friends. It wasn't long after that they became best friends.
-During the summer, before the start of their third year of high school, Kiyotaka invited his friend to the beach during the night, since it was one of the few times he was free from his busy life with work and extra schooling. Kiyotaka wanted him to enjoy a small night out for once and his friend agreed. However, the beach was known for its high tides and even had a warning sign, but Kiyotaka thought it would be fine and convinced his worried friend to join him still. Unfortunately, this carelessness led to a high tide taking them both and while Kiyotaka survived, his friend ended up drowning in the water.
-After that incident, he of course informed the police and his friend's family. The cops didn't charge him with any crime, ruling it as an accident and the family didn't want to press any charges anyway. They knew their son and Kiyotaka was close and the latter was completely guilt ridden by the entire incident. Kiyotaka's own parents were extremely worried about him and wanted to send him to counseling, but he denied it. He didn't want to cause more problems on others.
-During the start of the third year of high school, Kiyotaka started to behave differently-- he was far more loud and obsessed with following the rules. Not only that, he started to overachieve and put effort into everything he did. His grades became top of the class and he volunteered at various places. He was no longer quiet and withdrawn and there seemed to be a rewed energy to him, so his parents thought he was doing a little better. They were still concerned, but Kiyotaka insisted that he was fine. He wasn't really bullied anymore and was mostly respected by his fellow students, although he didn't make any close friends either. It didn't help that some students avoided him because of his connection to the death of his friend.
-This lasted until he graduated high school with valedictorian status along with being the student council president. He was granted a scholarship to Recolle and he accepted it without hesitation. Kiyotaka came in as an undeclared student and currently shares a dorm with Byakuya Kirigiri (falsepretentious).
-Like before, his grades are good and he volunteers at various places, such as the animal shelter. He's acquaintances with Kaguya Pekoyama (saburai) because of working at the shelter. Kiyotaka is part of the student leadership club and it's there that he works with Kaede Akamatsu (spiritoso), the two of them getting along well enough. He's also acquaintances with Kyoko Kirigiri (evidentiary) because of her family ties with Byakuya and the fact that he's in the library a lot. While Kiyotaka gets along with most people he meets, despite his loudness and strictness, there's one person that gets under his skin. That person is his Eternal Rival, Leon Zhong (hairstroke) and they constantly compete in... everything, really.
AU PERSONALITY:
Geniuses: The biggest difference between Ishimaru and Ishida is the fact that he doesn't really have any bone to pick with geniuses. If someone is a genius, he doesn't really have much of a reaction, unless they're being a complete asshole about it. He's much more focused on people that don't even try to work hard in life, but geniuses don't automatically fit in that description to Ishida.
Family Name: Ishida also isn't focused on redeeming the family name, despite the fact that his grandfather was involved in a scandal in this world as well. It's just more far and away to him and he doesn't really see it as a big issue, especially since his parents have been able to make a stable life in the United States.
Effort/Dedication to rules: Ishida is still hugely focused on giving your effort whenever you can and following the rules no matter what. However, while that part of his personality matches with his canon self, the reason why he behaves in that manner is largely different. He's dedicated to the rules because he feels guilty about his friend's death and believes that if he was a fully law-abiding citizen, the death at the beach never would've happened. He gives his effort into everything, especially school work and volunteering, because he thinks that's carrying on his friend's spirit and partly because he thinks that nothing should be half-assed, especially when life can end unexpectedly.
Temperament/Self-loathing: Due the years of bullying and isolation before meeting his friend, he developed a temper that's worse than his canon self. It's not a violent one, but he can explode into loud cursing if he's pushed enough. Luckily, Ishida manages to mostly keep it in check under his good student behavior, although he still has a tendency to curse in his head if he becomes irritated. His temper isn't helped by the fact that he has a moderate amount of self-loathing, stemming from the accident with his friend. He honestly hasn't dealt with that accident in a fully healthy manner yet, but he just keeps tossing himself into more work and books.
Free time/Social incompetence: While Ishida definitely is no expert when it comes to modern pop culture, he has seen some movies and played a few games here and there in the past. He tends not to waste time on them nowadays, but he's not completely oblivious to them like Ishimaru. However, he's still socially awkward because of his lack of friends for the majority of his life, just not as bad. Ishida's mostly unable to read the atmosphere many times, even though he means well.
(Have permission from everyone to include them in his history!)
-Born in Japan as Kiyotaka Ishida, he was raised by two loving parents. His father is a well-to-do Japanese businessman and his mom is a foreigner from Europe, which is where he gets his hair color from. Unfortunately, the uncommon color of his hair combined with... huge eyebrows led to relentless teasing in his youth. Not only that, but a scandal involving his grandfather, who was a member of the Diet, disgraced the Ishida name and led to even more teasing in school.
-Thinking that America would be a good place to start fresh, his parents decided to move to the United States when Kiyotaka was still in elementary school. His grandfather remained in Japan and they've ceased all contact with him. Luckily, the move did provide a fresh start for the Ishida family, as his father managed to continue being a businessman and his mom took a job at the local grocery market.
-However, the bullying never quite stopped for Kiyotaka, he was still teased for his eyebrows and oversensitive personality, along with being the new kid in school. Thus, he didn't make any friends for a long time. His parents worried about him, but were often busy. Kiyotaka never got into any real trouble, so they didn't interfere with his school life.
-Because of all the bullying, he became more withdrawn and angry and isolated himself from others whenever possible. His grades didn't suffer, even though he wasn't a straight A student or anything like that. He was mainly lonely and Kiyotaka didn't have any real friends until his first year of high school. It was there he met an overachiever that reached out to him, almost forcing himself into Kiyotaka's space until the two became friends. It wasn't long after that they became best friends.
-During the summer, before the start of their third year of high school, Kiyotaka invited his friend to the beach during the night, since it was one of the few times he was free from his busy life with work and extra schooling. Kiyotaka wanted him to enjoy a small night out for once and his friend agreed. However, the beach was known for its high tides and even had a warning sign, but Kiyotaka thought it would be fine and convinced his worried friend to join him still. Unfortunately, this carelessness led to a high tide taking them both and while Kiyotaka survived, his friend ended up drowning in the water.
-After that incident, he of course informed the police and his friend's family. The cops didn't charge him with any crime, ruling it as an accident and the family didn't want to press any charges anyway. They knew their son and Kiyotaka was close and the latter was completely guilt ridden by the entire incident. Kiyotaka's own parents were extremely worried about him and wanted to send him to counseling, but he denied it. He didn't want to cause more problems on others.
-During the start of the third year of high school, Kiyotaka started to behave differently-- he was far more loud and obsessed with following the rules. Not only that, he started to overachieve and put effort into everything he did. His grades became top of the class and he volunteered at various places. He was no longer quiet and withdrawn and there seemed to be a rewed energy to him, so his parents thought he was doing a little better. They were still concerned, but Kiyotaka insisted that he was fine. He wasn't really bullied anymore and was mostly respected by his fellow students, although he didn't make any close friends either. It didn't help that some students avoided him because of his connection to the death of his friend.
-This lasted until he graduated high school with valedictorian status along with being the student council president. He was granted a scholarship to Recolle and he accepted it without hesitation. Kiyotaka came in as an undeclared student and currently shares a dorm with Byakuya Kirigiri (
falsepretentious). -Like before, his grades are good and he volunteers at various places, such as the animal shelter. He's acquaintances with Kaguya Pekoyama (
saburai) because of working at the shelter. Kiyotaka is part of the student leadership club and it's there that he works with Kaede Akamatsu (spiritoso), the two of them getting along well enough. He's also acquaintances with Kyoko Kirigiri (evidentiary) because of her family ties with Byakuya and the fact that he's in the library a lot. While Kiyotaka gets along with most people he meets, despite his loudness and strictness, there's one person that gets under his skin. That person is his Eternal Rival, Leon Zhong (hairstroke) and they constantly compete in... everything, really.AU PERSONALITY:
Geniuses: The biggest difference between Ishimaru and Ishida is the fact that he doesn't really have any bone to pick with geniuses. If someone is a genius, he doesn't really have much of a reaction, unless they're being a complete asshole about it. He's much more focused on people that don't even try to work hard in life, but geniuses don't automatically fit in that description to Ishida.
Family Name: Ishida also isn't focused on redeeming the family name, despite the fact that his grandfather was involved in a scandal in this world as well. It's just more far and away to him and he doesn't really see it as a big issue, especially since his parents have been able to make a stable life in the United States.
Effort/Dedication to rules: Ishida is still hugely focused on giving your effort whenever you can and following the rules no matter what. However, while that part of his personality matches with his canon self, the reason why he behaves in that manner is largely different. He's dedicated to the rules because he feels guilty about his friend's death and believes that if he was a fully law-abiding citizen, the death at the beach never would've happened. He gives his effort into everything, especially school work and volunteering, because he thinks that's carrying on his friend's spirit and partly because he thinks that nothing should be half-assed, especially when life can end unexpectedly.
Temperament/Self-loathing: Due the years of bullying and isolation before meeting his friend, he developed a temper that's worse than his canon self. It's not a violent one, but he can explode into loud cursing if he's pushed enough. Luckily, Ishida manages to mostly keep it in check under his good student behavior, although he still has a tendency to curse in his head if he becomes irritated. His temper isn't helped by the fact that he has a moderate amount of self-loathing, stemming from the accident with his friend. He honestly hasn't dealt with that accident in a fully healthy manner yet, but he just keeps tossing himself into more work and books.
Free time/Social incompetence: While Ishida definitely is no expert when it comes to modern pop culture, he has seen some movies and played a few games here and there in the past. He tends not to waste time on them nowadays, but he's not completely oblivious to them like Ishimaru. However, he's still socially awkward because of his lack of friends for the majority of his life, just not as bad. Ishida's mostly unable to read the atmosphere many times, even though he means well.