Nagito Komaeda, a student of Hope’s Peak Academy’s Class 77-B and its Ultimate Lucky Student, wields a paradoxical luck that triggers chaotic, high-stakes outcomes. His ideological fixation on hope and despair stems from a turbulent history intertwined with the academy’s darkest chapters. Initially expelled for bombing the school gym to sabotage exams—a calculated move to destabilize systems he deemed flawed—he later returned to target Junko Enoshima, only to be foiled by Izuru Kamukura (formerly Hajime Hinata). Surviving this clash led to his indoctrination into the Remnants of Despair, catalyzed by Junko’s manipulation of Chiaki Nanami’s death through subliminal imagery. Adopting the moniker “Servant,” Nagito infiltrated the Warriors of Hope in *Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls*, enduring physical torment while covertly testing Komaru Naegi’s resolve. His orchestrated trials sought to forge hope through despair, though he discarded Monaca Towa upon her ideological collapse. In *Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair*, he masterminded a lethal game on Jabberwock Island, convinced his classmates’ deaths would birth transcendent hope. His intricate suicide plot, designed to frame Chiaki, unraveled when her sacrificial act defied his calculations. Posthumous logs exposed his awareness of their virtual simulation and his real-world counterpart’s grotesque homage to Junko: grafting her severed hand onto his own. The *Hope Arc* depicted Nagito’s redemption alongside fellow Remnants, awakened by Hajime to thwart Ryota Mitarai’s mass-brainwashing scheme. He embraced exile as penance, exchanging a fleeting, charged dialogue with Makoto Naegi about “Ultimate Hope” before departing. The OVA *Super Danganronpa 2.5* delved into his fractured psyche via a coma-induced illusion, where an AI deconstructed a fabricated realm mirroring his contradictions—exposing latent disdain for talent hierarchies and an unspoken craving for egalitarianism beneath his hope-driven fanaticism. Polite yet unhinged, Nagito oscillates between self-effacing humility and messianic zeal, justifying manipulation, violence, and self-annihilation as tributes to hope’s ascendancy. His bond with Hajime hinges on their shared “talentless” status—a rare vulnerability amid his performative theatrics. Beneath his nihilistic theatrics lies a yearning for connection and legacy, starkly at odds with his conviction that his existence is expendable fodder for hope’s grand narrative.