

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 labeled 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 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)
