...Rantaro and I are what our world called 'Ultimates'. In the nation of Japan, certain children with remarkable amounts of talent were sought out to become what are known as 'Ultimates'. It's like it sounds: the best anyone is at what they do. Ultimate Artist, Ultimate Tennis Pro, Ultimate Astronaut, Ultimate Detective....my talent was Ultimate Supreme Leader. I didn't get to choose my title, or I probably would've selected something less...intimidating. But still. They gave that to me since I was capable of swaying others to my side. Making organizations, making plans, enacting them. A leader. As for Rantaro, he always claimed he couldn't remember his talent. So you'd have to ask him.
Anyway, within this group of elites, there was a girl who was inhuman in nature. Her name was Junko Enoshima. She loved the concept of despair more than anything - she had no desire for any positive emotions. She had success to the point where success was boring, and so only the greatest failure, the greatest despair could entertain her. So she threw the whole world into annihilation. She gathered a group of Ultimates, brainwashed them...and turned them into a terrorist sect known as Ultimate Despair.
Eventually this led to a worldwide war. My class was the last of the Ultimates remaining not brainwashed or killed, because a dead Ultimate was better than a despairing Ultimate, and risks weren't something people were willing to take anymore.
....So we were locked in an academy. Kept away from the world that wanted us as mass-murderers or dead. Me...and 15 others. It probably sounds unrealistic, but you've seen some pretty weird stuff so you're going to have to trust me when I say that that is the truth.
(cw: terrorism mention)
...Rantaro and I are what our world called 'Ultimates'. In the nation of Japan, certain children with remarkable amounts of talent were sought out to become what are known as 'Ultimates'. It's like it sounds: the best anyone is at what they do. Ultimate Artist, Ultimate Tennis Pro, Ultimate Astronaut, Ultimate Detective....my talent was Ultimate Supreme Leader. I didn't get to choose my title, or I probably would've selected something less...intimidating. But still. They gave that to me since I was capable of swaying others to my side. Making organizations, making plans, enacting them. A leader. As for Rantaro, he always claimed he couldn't remember his talent. So you'd have to ask him.
Anyway, within this group of elites, there was a girl who was inhuman in nature. Her name was Junko Enoshima. She loved the concept of despair more than anything - she had no desire for any positive emotions. She had success to the point where success was boring, and so only the greatest failure, the greatest despair could entertain her. So she threw the whole world into annihilation. She gathered a group of Ultimates, brainwashed them...and turned them into a terrorist sect known as Ultimate Despair.
Eventually this led to a worldwide war. My class was the last of the Ultimates remaining not brainwashed or killed, because a dead Ultimate was better than a despairing Ultimate, and risks weren't something people were willing to take anymore.
....So we were locked in an academy. Kept away from the world that wanted us as mass-murderers or dead. Me...and 15 others. It probably sounds unrealistic, but you've seen some pretty weird stuff so you're going to have to trust me when I say that that is the truth.