Sayaka Kanda

Sayaka Kanda was a teenager who auditioned for Danganronpa Season 53. Out of thousnads of auditions, Sayaka was chosen to portray Kaede Akamatsu by Tsumugi Shirogane.

Sayaka Kanda's parents are not an issue in regards to: Sayaka never uh, Met Them

Sayaka was uh. Not Treated Well by the foster care system initially, Sayaka being a very jaded child due to just. uh. Sitting there and Not being adopted, meet the robinsons style

the aforementioned "Sayaka sufferred in the foster care system"

couple the aforementioned jaded attitude towards existence with an "i am inherently unlovable" mentality

we have a thoroughly fucked up Sayaka, who gets adopted at age 6 by a very loving family, like genuinely

Sayaka's foster family try to make her feel at home, but Sayaka's already too deeply entrenched into her own horrific "life is inherently meaningless" mindset that is only being aided and built by her now unrestrained internet access

said internet access introduces her to social media. and through social media, she discovers a certain television show called Danganronpa

Sayaka specifically falls in love with the characters and the morality (or lack thereof) of Danganronpa

She spends hours online posting her musings and meta-analysis of Dangan characters, specifically getting attached to Junko, whom she collects memorabilia of

as Sayaka grows up, Danganronpa impacting her and numbing her to violence (much like it does to the other potential teenage actors who watch danganronpa every year), she still doesn't end up using Danganronpa as a bridge to form genuine relationships

instead she takes a much worse "i understand Danganronpa much better than you do, fucking loser" gatekeep-y angle

taking this high-horse elitist attitude, Sayaka realizes that her knowledge of Danganronpa + her Domineering nature makes her a perfect fit for being, essentially, a mean girl

Sayaka forms a clique of mindless drones who admire her hair and fear her, and inspire fear in others via her. And she kinda likes, it ngl

Sayaka is now a first year in high school, having been HBIC since late middle school, and is deeply entrenched in the danganronpa culture

and her foster family, who are nice people, if kind of pushovers, politely ask Sayaka to stop being rude and mean to them at all opportunities

Sayaka insults them deeply, and when confronted by her Foster Brother, Sayaka attacks him, ending up hospitalizing him

while she is grounded, Sayaka repeats this behavior with one of her underlings at school, which is, you know, assault. this gets her put in juvy, and her family is getting MAJORLY sued

but

an offer comes in from a girl named Tsumugi Shirogane. If Sayaka Kanda signed a contract agreeing to play a part in Danganronpa V3, then all charges would be paid off in full by Team Danganronpa, and Sayaka would be cleared from juvy

and oh god has Sayaka never said yes faster

of course, Sayaka "I'd be perfect for a killing game. I have absolutely no faith in humanity." Kanda ends up becoming Kaede "Let's think positive and work together!" Akamatsu so