Comically, Kaede threatens to continue bowing to her once she sees that Miu is visibly uncomfortable with her gesture, resulting in Miu agreeing to Kaede's request.

Ain't Too Proud to Beg: When she asks Miu for her help, Kaede literally gets on her hands and knees and begs Miu for her assistance in setting up a trap for the mastermind.

long after she's been falsely executed for Rantaro's demise.

Acquitted Too Late: The heroes figure out she's only guilty of attempted murder.

Fast forward to the final chapter, and it turns out she was right.

Accidental Truth: She states that the mastermind and Rantaro's killer were one and the same at the beginning of the first class trial, even though Kaede believed she herself was the killer.

This even applies to the In-Universe audience, who berate Shuichi in the final trial and tell him that he should have been killed instead of Kaede.

Her death has a big impact on everyone, particularly Shuichi, who vows to carry on and try to save everyone, and to live up to his promise to her. They only back off when she begs them not to throw their lives away for her sake. 100% Adoration Rating: Kaede is liked by all the other students and when she's outed as the blackened, the class is devastated and a few even try to stop the execution by jumping between her and the Exisals.Near the end of the game, it's revealed that her death trap was actually a failure and that in reality she was framed by the mastermind - Tsumugi Shirogane - as Rantaro's murderer, due to Monokuma's Time Limit motive failing to produce a murder victim, making her the first and only Danganronpa character so far to have been successfully executed on a false charge, barring the first game's bad ending. After she is executed for the murder of Rantaro Amami, Shuichi becomes the protagonist from Chapter 2 onward. She is labelled as the culprit of Chapter 1, having modified Shuichi's trap to catch the mastermind by adding a death trap to it.

She's cheerful, outgoing, and motivated, and directs these traits toward escaping Monokuma and his murderous game. A girl who started playing the piano at a young age, and eventually began winning so many recitals that she was crowned the Ultimate Pianist. Voiced By: Sayaka Kanda (Japanese), Erika Harlacher (English)

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