Yasuhiro Hagakure

ALL THE SPOILERS FOR DANGAN RONPA ALL OF THEM

- His name is Yasuhiro Hagakure, considered a rising star of the fortune telling world.

SPEECH
- Hagakure ends a lot of his sentences with -be, a feature of the Touhoku Japanese dialect. This is so prominent in his speech that I chose to make it “‘right?” in English. It doesn't carry the exact same connotations but somehow sounds just right to my ears. - Translator's note
- Interestingly enough, Touhoku is one of the hardest dialects for Japanese people to understand. (awesome page about it)! Apparently it's used among country people and farmers, which makes me think that Hagakure didn't grow up in the city, but rather somewhere in the Tohoku region of Japan, which extends from slightly east of Tokyo all the way up to Hokkaido. The page states that "Most speakers of this dialect don’t like to be seen speaking it outside of their hometowns, especially the younger crowds." so the fact that Hagakure uses it in his speech either suggests he doesn't care what people think or he is too lazy to make the effort to sound completely like everyone else.
-He also uses -chi, which is is one of a number of honorifics that are used as part of pet names or nicknames. You usually use them only with someone you're pretty close to.
- Example of how his voice sounds right here

STUFF FROM THE GAME (will be organized into groups later)
- His very first conversation involves him saying that "I’ve seen it. I could see it. I’m saying I could really see it, ‘right?" And that it is Naegi's guardian spirit, which is "The guardian spirit with a perm head chasing a Bigfoot who was cursed by sky fish." He then laughs, says he's kidding and is like NAEGI LET'S GET A DRINK SOMETIME AND TALK ABOUT LEMURIAN CULTURE and then when Naegi notes that he can't drink, Hagakure just basically goes out and says "I’m 20 years old. All sorts of things happened and I got held back 3 grades, right"? Just goes to show how outgoing and incredibly wacko he is to people he first meets.

-Lemurian culture is actually based on a land called Lemuria that, much like Atlantis, is a mythical place that is believed to have connected Madagascar and Africa. I assume Hagakure has read a whole lot upon such places, so I need to look and investigate these more for him to talk about.

- He is incredibly slow on the uptake. When Monobear announces his death game, Hagakure still believes it's just an act and that this is an initiation thing he has to go through for the school. It's only until much later that it actually sinks in. Actually, it's right when Junko dies, and Hagakure pretty much just flips out. He even tries to call upon several gods, screaming out "Please! Save me! Oh God, Oh Goddess, Oh Buddha, Oh Space-Master, Oh King Kai! I don’t care who just save me...!!" King Kai is apparently from Dragon ball...

- In the beginning of the game he breaks up a fight between Junko and Fukawa by stating that " Hey, you two. Calm down, ‘right? It’s not good for your skin, you know?" He later tells the rest to stop having such "gloomy conversations" due to the fact that it will drain "all the ectoplasm out of their bodies." Later he says "Now, now. Fighting won't do anyone any good." He really does seem to be the kind of "let's be friends here and not argue" type of person, even though sometimes he's the one making outlandish claims every now and then.

-He is in the laundry room the next morning, washing his clothes, and tells Naegi that "I stayed up all night trying to ask my teachers in the spirit realm what’s up with things. They ignored me. It was a complete failure."

-His excuse for being late to the morning meeting? "I didn't wake up late or anything. I just got lost on my way here, 'right? I think I was under the influence of the Bermuda Triangle." HAGAKURE.

- His crystal ball that got broken in the first trial, as he states: "I was told it was a crystal ball personally used by all kinds of historical heroes like Napoleon and Genghis Khan and George Washington......and that whoever has this crystal ball gets the power to unite the world... Eh? I was tricked? Really!?" He paid over two years of fortune telling income for it, around one hundred million yen, or 1. 3 million dollars.

-Apparently one time HIS HOUSE FREAKIN' BURNED DOWN:
 Once again, we found no exit or anything that can really help us escape...
I haven't felt so dejected since my house burned down! Someone please comfort me!
And then he says it's because "It wasn't my fault! My father fell asleep with a burning cigarette!"
hagakure is your whole family like this or

-Of course, lawsuits and being sued are a sore point with him:
 Hey, cheer up! It's not that bad when girls hate you.
 ...At least, it's better than being sued by them like me, 'right?

-About his predictions:
It's natural that they fail sometimes, isn't it? It's not like they're supernatural or anything.
My fortune telling isn't like what you get from those people dealing with the occult!!
Aoi: Isn't fortune telling... occult by definition...?
That's a huge misconception! Fortune telling is fortune telling! It's nothing like cattle mutilation or things like that!
And Later:
I gave you an inspiration-based divination!
I employ some kind of inner power, and inspiration floats into my head!
Naegi: I think that's what normal people call "a hunch"...
You can't just sum it up with such a cheap-sounding word!
Naegi: So it's not a hunch? It's some kind of supernatural power?
Hey! I'm not one of those fortune tellers that deal with the occult! I hate the occult! It has nothing to do with me!!

-After Monobear's "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" quote:
Ayforanay...? Toosforatoos...?
Look out, everyone! That was a powerful chant of destruction!
Sakura: He was just quoting the bible. "Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth".
(Calmly) Oh, so that's what that was.

-One of my favorite exchanges in the entire game:
Aoi: I can't even tell if you're for or against occult stuff. You truly are a stinkin' idiot, aren't you.
That's a rude thing to say!
Aoi:In that case, you just stink.
I can live with that!
Aoi: Y...you can!?

-When Genocider Syo threatens Aoi and they take her to the infirmary, after Hagakure yelled to get Naegi's attention:
But it sure was dangerous, 'right?!
If I hadn't yelled you'd probably be dead by now. You should be thankful!
Aoi: Thank you very much. Your kindness overwhelms me.
I sense hostility in the air!
And then later;
To tell you the truth, I sure was surprised. I never thought I'd see the moment a person died.
If it came to that, I wouldn't be able to sleep well at night. One can't have their sleep patterns disturbed, 'right?
HAGAKURE YOU IDIOT YOU SAW JUNKO DIE IN FRONT OF YOU DID YOU REALLY FORGET ABOUT THAT
He actually defends Fukawa at this moment, though, saying that "She probably turned out like that because of her complicated family situation. Try being the bigger person, won't you?" and "Growing up with such a complicated family... Let's cut her some slack, 'right?"
Gosh, he's actually pretty...nice.



THINGS PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT HAGAKURE WHICH ARE INTERESTING (on the forum)

I doubt that Hagakure is really as dumb as he seems, actually. I mean he's a SHSL Fortune Teller who somehow managed to sham at least 100 million yen (that's like, what, over a million bucks) out of his clients on the basis of twenty percent success rate. If he's talented in anything it's not fortune telling, but fooling people. Only a SHSL Conman can do something like that.

On the other hand, though, it's Hagakure.

Think about it, though: most "real" fortune tellers (a.k.a. con artists) start by telling their clients correct information about the past-- things they can glean from cold-reading, research, and deductive reasoning-- before they ask for money and make vague, hit-and-miss predictions about the future. Compare that to Hagakure, who is consistently wrong about the past, yet, when he talks about the future, his information is specific and, so far, correct.

If fake psychics are usually right about the past and wrong about the future, and Hagakure is the exact opposite, maybe that means he's the genuine article.

About the infamous burger incident:
orenronin posted:
I love how THIS is what he takes away from that encounter. Not "Aliens are real!" not "Goddammit, that was my lunch!" not "OH DEAR GOD WHAT THE gently caress WAS THAT!?" Hagakure's only concern is: "That rear end in a top hat ripped me off, I'd better go get my money back."

OTHER STUFF

HE HAS SUCH A BADASS MOMENT AT THE END.
"M...My divinations tell me it's best not to leave this place...
But, being alive means moving forward, 'right?
Even if it's painful... Even if it's scary... it means moving forward, 'right...?
I want to leave this place!
I don't care about my divinations anymore! I decided to trust my instincts!!
I still want to live! I want to open the next door! There has to be something new waiting out there!"