Kyosuke Munakata, introduced as Hope’s Peak Academy’s Ultimate Student Council President, rises to become the Future Foundation’s vice-leader, directing operations with icy authority. A pragmatist who values logic above sentiment, he champions eradicating despair through uncompromising means, even at personal expense. His commanding presence secures loyalty from allies like Juzo Sakakura and Chisa Yukizome, though his ruthlessness clashes with Makoto Naegi’s idealism, sparking conflict over how to handle the Remnants of Despair—annihilation versus redemption. The Final Killing Game fractures Kyosuke’s convictions after Chisa’s death, fueling paranoia and distrust. Consumed by the belief that despair demands violent purging, he executes Kazuo Tengan, obliterates the robotic Miaya Gekkogahara, and gravely injures Juzo. His actions mirror Nagito Komaeda’s philosophy, framing hope’s triumph as inseparable from suffering and force, rejecting passive idealism. In his youth, Kyosuke exhibited a compassionate, reformist drive as student council president, striving to cleanse Hope’s Peak’s corruption and counter Junko Enoshima’s manipulations. Juzo’s blackmail and Chisa’s brainwashing sabotaged these efforts, hardening him into the cynical strategist he later becomes. Surviving the Killing Game, Kyosuke bears the weight of his choices, including allies’ deaths. He abandons the Future Foundation to forge an independent path, confronting his failures while clinging to his belief in struggle as despair’s antidote. Though his rigid absolutism softens, his core ethos endures—a blend of shattered idealism and unyielding resolve. Kyosuke’s arc traces a fall from principled leadership to morally fraught extremism, then to fractured introspection. His journey dissects the costs of power, the erosion of trust, and the blurred ethics of sacrificing humanity to save it.