Akane Owari

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Base Breaking Character
Full Name	Akane Owari
Alias	Ultimate Gymnast
Origin	Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Powers/Skills	Athleticism
Family	Many unnamed relatives
Allies	Class 77-B Junko Enoshima (only as ultimate despair)
Enemies	Monokuma Junko Enoshima
Goals	Escape from the Killing School Trip (succeeded)
Why Do Some People Love The Character?	She’s a rather funny character with a very sad backstory
Why Do Some People Hate The Character?	Her character is pretty much pointless
Type of Base Breaking Character	Pointless yet Tragic Survivor

Akane Owari is one of the main characters in the 2012 Japanese visual novel game Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, being titled the Ultimate Gymnast.

In the game, she is voiced by Romi Park in the Japanese version, and by Wendee Lee in the English dub and in the anime, by Morgan Garrett in the English dub.

What Makes Her a Base Breaking Character?

What Do People Like About Her?

• Several fans found her design to be attractive, just like she is described to be in-universe
• At times, fans found her to be funny such as when she famously called Fuyuhiko “Baby gangsta” which became a meme (despite being anonymous).
• A major reason why fans enjoy her is due to how much they sympathise with her backstory:
  • She grew up to be extremely poor and had little food to eat and she literally had to look for it herself and lived in a house that was so bad that she rested in libraries. Also, she had a lack of access to medical care.
  • Worst of all, she received physical and sexual abuse despite her age. Also, she has been SA’d by her stepmother’s lovers which she thought were just massages.
• Fans enjoyed her strong friendship with Nekomaru Nidai and in fact, some people ship them together.

What Do People Hate About Her?

• She received criticism due to being too similar to Aoi Asahina from the previous game, with them both being ditzy athletes with a love for food.
• Another reason why she is divisive is due to her receiving a lot of fanservice which many shonen demographic media is infamous for.
• Some fans found her surviving the Killing School Trip to be pointless, since her survival hardly added anything to the plot and she didn’t undergo a major character arc that shouldn’t be wasted. Therefore, she can be considered a “The load” type of character.

External Links

• Akane Owari on the Heroes Wiki
• Akane Owari on the Danganronpa Wiki

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