Danganronpa OC Reviews (CLOSED)

HotCat37 : Dario Mendez

Name: Dario Mendez

Gender: Male

Age: 17

Nationality: Mexican
Ooh, interesting!

Talent: Ultimate Hunter
Even more interesting! I've never seen a talent like this!

Appearance: Dario has slightly tanned skin and amber eyes.  Dario has lightly longer brown hair that he keeps in a short ponytail.  He usually keeps his brown cowboy hat on his back instead of on, but you can see him wearing it every now and then.  He wears a dark brown jacket with orange stripes printed onto it by his shoulders and an orange shirt underneath.  Furthermore, he wears black pants with black short boots.  He has a dark brown belt which he uses to tie rope around.  Dario has a small scar on his left cheek as well.
I really like his design, it's really fitting for his talent and the colour scheme is really nice!

Personality: Dario is a somewhat flirty and outgoing character.  He easily befriends people due to his smooth way of talking about his adventurous traits.  He's a bit of a daredevil and takes on almost any challenge, which can get him into trouble sometimes.  Some people also think of him as a bit insensitive since he hunts animals without feeling any remorse at all.  While that is true, Dario claims he doesn't hate animals, and that he hunts them just for food, and that he doesn't have any personal vendetta against them.  He often acts like a bit of a Mr. Steal Your Girl guy, but he doesn't mean anything serious by it and he would never try to rob his friends from their crushes.  He often butts heads with Kosuke (Another OC) since he's a carnivore himself while Kosuke is a huge animal defender and a vegetarian. 
I love his personality! It has a good variety of good and bad points and he's really intriguing.

Extra Info:
- His favourite animal (to eat, probably) is a cow.
- He appears to have a very strong stomach, as he's able to drink a whole small bottle of hot sauce without throwing up.
- He's afraid of cats.

Backstory: Dario grew up with his mum, stepdad, and two younger step-brothers.  His parents had divorced from each other when he was still really young, around 4 or 5.  It wasn't too heartbreaking, they got divorced from each other because they just kept on arguing about stupid things and both of them were kind of done with it.  His parents still are on good terms with each other and Dario as a kid wasn't too sad about it either, since he still saw both of them each week.  His mother owned a farm, which Dario loved.  He always liked working in fields, or looking at what the farm animals were doing.  His dad knew that Dario liked being on his mother's farm just a bit more than his dad's apartment, so he decided to take Dario out in the woods, so he could still do something active during the week he was at his dad's.  His dad had always taught him that it was ok to hunt animals at the woods they were in.  At first, Dario was hesitant about just killing any random animal he found, but his dad did it often because he was a bit low on money, and if he looked for his own food he rarely had to go to the store.  Dario started to love hunting for animals after a while, not because he enjoys hurting them, but the adrenaline that goes through his veins whenever he chases after big and small animals.  He always hunted with small traps, though.  Not with guns because he thought it was way too violent, even for hunting.  He was handy with a rope, since whenever a cow or another bigger animal would escape from his mother's farm, he'd catch it using hunting ropes he got from his dad.  A few years passed by and Dario turned 11.  His mum met a guy while she was buying food for the farm animals and the two started to hang out.  Dario was quick to realise the two were in love.  He himself fell in love very easily, he'd drool over any pretty girl he saw in the city or at other farms, so he recognised the symptoms.  Dario didn't mind that he was getting a stepdad, he liked the guy after all.
His mum and stepdad had two baby twins.  So for a while they were a bit more busy taking care of the babies rather than the farm.  Dario took the responsibility of the farm onto himself, which got the attention from some of the villagers.  They were amazed that someone so young could lead a farm by himself, well, most of it at least.  One day, a wild boar ran around the village, which freaked everyone out.  A 13 year-old Dario took out the 'beast' and a lot of the girls were all over him.  Dario liked the attention, and his parents were proud of him as well.  He got a letter from Trust's Peak after a year.  He got invited to the school as the Ultimate Animal Hunter.  Dario was prepared for this.  He had learnt some Japanese from a close friend of his prior to the invitation.  It had always been his dream to go to the famous school ever since he heard about it as a young kid.  His dad was willing to go to Japan.  He already received a job offer from there and he was starting to get bored of Mexico anyways.  Dario was a bit disappointed that he had to leave his mum, stepdad and siblings, but this was his dream.  And his family was so supportive of him.  And so he moved to Japan, he'd visit his mum and others during vacations or he'd message them by Skype.
I like his backstory, it explains his talent and personality really well!

Reaction to seeing death: He's ticked off.  How the hell can someone just casually kill a guy?  He's gonna dead-ass investigate who did it.  He'll definitely help out.  Maybe he's a bit too aggressive when asking for people's testimonies, and he might accidentally touch evidence he's not supposed to touch, but at the end he'll prove to be useful to the investigation.
I like this, but I feel he might be a bit more desensitised to death due to his hunting? Otherwise it suits him really well!

Reaction to being accused: He's rather shocked that someone would think he did it, of all people.  He'll defend himself, somewhat excitedly even.  If he's starting to lose the argument, he'll get help from his close friends, which he's thankful for.
I like this!

Status: Survivor.

Overall, I really like Dario's character! He's really interesting and I'd love to see how others would react to his talent in a killing game scenario, it seems like he would be suspicious to a lot of people!

Personality: 9/10
Character design: 9/10
Originality: 9.5/10
Backstory: 9/10
Overall: 9/10

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