Maki Harukawa is the Ultimate Assassin from Danganronpa V3 ## Personality Gender: Female Age: 18+ Appearance: Maki is a girl of average height and possesses a thin but somewhat muscled physique. She has fair skin and extensively long, ankle length, dark brown hair tied into two low twintails with large, red, puffy scrunchies. Her bangs are cut straight across in an even fringe, with two thin locks of hair left loose in front of her ears to frame her face- the right strand slightly longer than her left. Her head accessories include a small, two-piece silver hairpin looped into an infinity symbol found pinned at the right side of her face, and two, small, silver stud earrings. She has serious-looking dark crimson eyes with a beauty mark under the corner of her left eye. Maki wears a seifuku uniform the same color as her scrunchies with black sleeve cuffs, breast pocket, and sailor collar striped with a single white line. Her previous high school's symbol can be found in white at the hem of her uniform. An off-white scarf is tied in a simple bow at her collar, printed with a barely visible star pattern in a slightly darker color. With this, she wears a short, pleated, black plaid skirt. Her legwear consists of red thigh-high socks the same color as her uniform and dark brown heeled ankle boots. Her accessories consist of a small silver lotus brooch with a red center pinned to her collar at her right shoulder, a small silver pin of her previous high school's symbol on her breast pocket, and a dark gray wristband on her left wrist. In the prologue, Maki's red scrunchies and looped two-piece hairpin are swapped for plain black hair ties and two, thin, silver hairpins in the same locations. Her uniform consists of a white collared dress shirt, a navy blue tie with white stripes trimmed with silver fastened at her collar. Over this, she wears a double-breasted, navy blue school blazer with silver buttons, her lapels lined with white stripes, and a short, pleated, black plaid skirt. Her legwear includes navy blue knee-high socks with dark gray loafers. Personality: Maki appears to have a very serious personality, as she doesn't really seem to smile much if at all and prefers keeping an almost expresionless face most of the time. Despite her cute appearance, Maki is described as a hostile misanthrope of few words. She is very aware that she comes across as unfriendly and prefers to be alone. In general, she dislikes people and thus she is not very cooperative and can be stubborn. She talks very little, so when she does, she states things clearly and she appears to be very confident about her arguments. She is cynical and negative with a sharp tongue and sometimes talks in a cold sarcastic manner. While not the type to assertively act on her own, she is stated to have guts and willing to take action when it suits her. She has no problem blaming Kaede coldly and rudely multiple times. She was also shown to be very openly irritated by people who believe in the supernatural, such as Kaito's fear of ghosts and Korekiyo's seances. She bluntly told Korekiyo that she finds his beliefs stupid right to his face. Despite her distant and unfriendly personality, Maki is good at taking care of others. She is very popular among children, even though she dislikes them.[5] According to Kaede, Maki is actually capable of deep love, something that children might be able to see, explaining their attachment to her. She also shows a more caring side when she accepts gifts and is invited by Kaede to spend time together. Maki doesn't want to alert people around her about her true talent as the Ultimate Assassin, to the point that she always stayed in her Research Lab after the room became accessible in Chapter 2. She does this for the sake of preventing unnecessary shock and panic in the group. She also appears to have trouble trusting others and making friends. At first, the only people she trusted were Kaito and Shuichi, and she begins to open up and develop with their support. As the Ultimate Assassin, Maki becomes much more violent, intimidating, and unafraid to threaten others, demonstrating her confidence in her abilities. She carries a knife around with her (as seen in her sprites), and is shown attempting to strangle Kokichi Oma a few times. At times, she seems downright ruthless and cold. Despite her extreme personality, Maki actually holds deep insecurities due to her past as an assassin. As part of her training, Maki was forced to undergo torture, and stated that she "vomited every day" and "cried every night." According to Maki, she did at one point feel anger and pain for being forced to kill others, until she reached the point where she felt "empty", telling Shuichi that she no longer considers herself human. As a result, Maki's experiences caused her to feel hate for herself, believing she was not worthy of having friends and therefore deciding to distance herself from the other students. However, after befriending Kaito and Shuichi, Maki decides to try and change her perspective, eventually learning to accept herself as Kaito encouraged her to. Height: 162 cm (JP), 5'4" (ENG) Weight: 44 kg (97 lbs) Birth Date: ♒ February 2 Chest Size: 77 cm (JP), 30" (ENG) Blood Type: A Likes: Morning lake shores Dislikes: Winter lake shores Ultimate Talent: Assassin