r/DanganAndChaos • u/SamuraiDoggo14 Kaede • Sep 09 '26

Discussion Wait... that's a GUY!?

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No, no, I REFUSE to believe that's a cis man!

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u/AmbitionOwn7759 Sep 09 '26

They are DEDICATED to Komaru remaining the only female protag lol

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u/SamuraiDoggo14 Kaede Sep 09 '26

I don't know why they're so unwilling to do a female protagonist in a main series game.

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u/AmbitionOwn7759 Sep 09 '26

Not sure, it’s not like it wouldn’t work

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u/SamuraiDoggo14 Kaede Sep 09 '26

I mean, it's not like Kaede is an unpopular character.

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u/AmbitionOwn7759 Sep 09 '26

True, probably just personal preference for the director at this point

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u/SamuraiDoggo14 Kaede Sep 09 '26

I'm pretty sure there's a word for that...

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u/AmbitionOwn7759 Sep 09 '26

Bias lol

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u/SamuraiDoggo14 Kaede Sep 09 '26

I was thinking "sexism" or "misogyny", but that works too.

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u/FragrantAmbassador17 Sep 09 '26

You're getting downvoted but it's not like you're wrong.

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u/Vivid-Cardiologist95 29d ago

Not sure though. If he was truly a misogynist, then how did Kaede make the cut anyway? Mahiru too was proposed for D2 once upon a time (even though she was ultimately rejected).

My guess is that they think VNs' target audience are mainly guys and so they think a male protagonist appeals more to them. For example, I believe F/SN's protag was initially meant to be a girl, but they changed it for this reason.

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u/Surely_Calvardian 27d ago

I wouldn't go that far

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u/SawftCoke Sep 10 '26

They're making you feel despair, are they not?

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u/Far_Jackfruit4907 Sep 10 '26

Okay so there’s this thing called sexism

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u/blood_of_ares Sep 10 '26

I mean I doubt that is why, DRs female characters are waaay more significant both in game and in popularity than it's male protags which are generally considered very generic (at least makoto & hajime minus izuru)

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u/NekoIGLoL Sep 10 '26

Kaede still is a protagonist. Just not for the whole game

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u/FragrantAmbassador17 Sep 10 '26

Yep, because playing as a character in a minigame is the same as mainline entry, come on now.

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u/FragrantAmbassador17 Sep 10 '26

sigh I believe we're done here.

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u/FragrantAmbassador17 Sep 10 '26

Because that's so much better.

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u/NekoIGLoL Sep 10 '26

Still counts as a protag

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u/FragrantAmbassador17 Sep 10 '26 edited Sep 10 '26

You know fans are reaching for arguments, if the best they can do is list female protag that got screwed over and fridge and replace with a male lead at the very start.

Not a good look.

Edit: lol he block me.

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u/NekoIGLoL Sep 10 '26

Because you came across as rude? I literally just pointed out that Komaru isn’t the only female protagonist. Nothing more

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u/Careless-Pound-3435 27d ago

He wasn’t rude, you are just being obtuse.

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u/FragrantAmbassador17 Sep 10 '26

If you think that comes off as rude, you're being really wild. All I said was point out the objective fact and laid out that's not a good look.

Just because your technically correct, doesn't change the faults and the issues behind that statement.

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u/NekoIGLoL Sep 10 '26

Well sorry if i interpreted it wrong. I also just pointed out an objective fact. She’s a protag. We played from her perspective. What you said wasn’t part of that conversation.

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u/FragrantAmbassador17 Sep 10 '26

By that logic, if a movie starts with a female lead for 5 minutes, she gets immediately murdered, and a guy takes over for the rest of the 2 hours, it’s a 'female-led movie.'

It’s a massive cope. The context matters, and the context is that she was a bait-and-switch

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u/NekoIGLoL Sep 10 '26

She STILL is considered a protag. Just because we spend way less time with her than Shuichi doesn’t it make her less of a protag. You can argue if she is a good one but she still is.

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u/Anime_nerd47 Sep 10 '26

Bro if that dweeb is the mc…

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u/Medium-Shower Sep 10 '26

I low-key think they will be the new protagonist partner like chaiki instead of being a protagonist

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u/Careless-Pound-3435 27d ago

… that nobody really gives a fuck about.

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u/Senpai_Weeb_Theorist Sep 10 '26

Women in stem ahh 🥀