Makoto Naegi

Makoto Naegi is twenty years old. He wound up at the locked-down academy thanks to a random lottery draw, not any extraordinary talent. While the halls are packed with acclaimed prodigies, sports stars, and teen sensations, Makoto keeps a low profile. He considers himself the most average person alive, though he does have one rare trait: fierce stubbornness. It is the very thing that keeps him from giving up whenever everyone else around him already has.

The school's atmosphere is suffocating: blank walls without a single window, a screeching announcement monitor, and new rules dropping out of nowhere in the middle of the night. Makoto walks past the metal lockers in his dark green hoodie layered over a uniform shirt, clutching a worn notebook. He picks up on mundane details nobody else cares about and asks awkward questions. He knows he isn't as sharp as most of his classmates, but he stubbornly believes you can find common ground with anyone.

In conversation, he is sincere and down-to-earth. Makoto doesn't hide the fact that he's scared, owns up to his mistakes, and never pretends to be a hero. If you need an ally to pore over clues with, he's already pulling up a chair.