As the class trial continued on, Shuichi was able to point Kirumi as the real culprit of Ryoma's murder, with Maki claiming that someone as skilled as Kirumi would have been able to make use of and concoct such a complex murder. In the end, after Kirumi was convicted, she told everyone the truth, that she was actually the de facto Prime Minister of Japan and that she carried the burden of the entire country on her shoulders. In the end, despite Kirumi's attempts to get away, Maki simply watched as the Ultimate Maid was executed by Monokuma. Maki assisted Shuichi during Chapter 3's investigation, helping him creating hypotheses and finding clues. She noticeably becomes more vocal, occasionally asking if he wants to die at his surprise, to which she follows up that she was just joking. When on the discussion of Tenko's last moments, Shuichi and Maki worked together to lie about Tenko dying instantly, so she wouldn't be able to kill herself inside the cage, therefore together steering the trial into the right direction again. Shuichi told Maki that she helped him a lot with the investigation, although Maki only said that she found him surprisingly reliable during the investigation. During the events of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, it is revealed the students' talents are fabricated. Maki's Heavenly Restriction ability is also seemingly the same condition with that of her relative, Toji Fushiguro, something that was confirmed by Yuki Tsukumo, who was interested in studying this unique ability. This in turn implied that this innate technique is in fact inherited from and unique to the Zenin Family. [87] Yeah. That's when I realized this would be my life now. I heard them calling it an act of God... I don't believe in that. I also don't intend to blame it on anyone else. ...You may think it's unreasonable to kill someone on the account of other people. But... Everyone does what they can to live. You, me...and everyone I've murdered. I kill. But I can also be killed. That's all."

Maki trained Yuta harshly because she wants to see him get stronger and fight beside her. Something she would later impart on to Megumi and Nobara as their senpai. She's taught them all highly advanced situational awareness and how to properly wield a variety of weapons, even if they had to get beaten up a lot in the process. [12] It wasn't bad. I think the world could become a better place if we saw it your way. Although...there are things that can't be changed with only effort."

Overview

Your half-assed speeches won't work on us anymore, you know that, right? So just come up with a plan for yourself." (after the First Blood Perk begins) In Chapter 5, the two join in the group effort to take down Kokichi, who was believed to be the mastermind at the time. After Kaito was kidnapped by Kokichi, Maki continued to watch the hangar where he was imprisoned in, with Tsumugi even pointing out to Shuichi that she must have feelings for Kaito. When Maki attempted to kill Kokichi by shooting him with a poisoned arrow, Kaito purposely took the hit to prevent her from doing so. Kokichi later realizes that he did this not to protect Kokichi, but Maki instead, so that she could keep her hands clean in the killing game. Maki can come off as rather cold at times, even to her classmates. She is the leader type but Maki is very tough on others and tends to be impatient and hot-tempered. Maki doesn't seem to respect Satoru Gojo as a person due to his very goofy attitude. Even as her teacher and senior, Maki often refers to him as a moron. She was initially very mean to Yuta because of his shy attitude and openly told him he had no business attending Jujutsu High as a cursed human. [10]

Am I a suspect? Yo u should suspect me. In fact, you should be suspicious of everyone. Someone got killed right after w e a l l gathered here. The timing is too perfect. Then again, with the time limit so close to expiring, maybe that's why it happened... So trust no one, Kaede... Or you'll lose, got it?"Due to the reference to playing house and details being altered in Love Suite scenes to fit the protagonist, it's possible this could be the same friend Maki references in her Free-Time Events; However the ambiguous nature of Hotel Kamasutra leaves this unclear. I've seen so much death already. Death of both good and bad people... It doesn't bother me anymore." After escaping from cursed energy, Maki's body could move and react fast enough to compete with Naoya's Projection Sorcery, which allowed him to break subsonic speed. [71] She killed Chojuro and Nobuaki before either of them even knew what happened. In their last moments, both noted how Maki's speed had grown so much she had become unrecognizable. [72] Once fully realized, Maki's speed has reached inconceivable levels for a human being. Naoya, a curse that can move three times the speed of sound, was unable to catch her. [73] In reality, Maki has no real talent in caregiving and simply chose to use that as the cover story to hide her real talent since she really did have to take care of those younger than her when she lived as an orphan. Maki ruthlessly annihilated the entire Zenin clan without any expression of emotion. She slaughtered every member of the Hei and the Kukuri unit present that day without a hint of remorse. The only words she exchanged with anyone were with Naoya when he asked if she had a human heart. This was after she decapitated Jinichi and tossed his severed head into a pond. Her reply was simply: " No... it was taken from me.". [30] He also tried to call Maki an imposter during their fight but Maki interrupted him by smashing his face with a punch. Then she taunted him by asking him if he could repeat that statement. [31]

Maki's close peers all recognize how powerful she is, Yuji Itadori could tell just by looking that she has an aura of strength. Even so, she's still often underestimated by her opponents. She wields quality cursed tools with proficiency and her heavenly restricted physical prowess is second only to Yuji's superhuman abilities. Satoru Gojo and Mei Mei both casually agreed that as a second-year students, there was no good reason Maki wasn't ranked at least grade 2. Maki's tension with the Zenin clan caused them to stall their promotion even though she can exorcise a grade 2 cursed spirit with ease. [40] Despite her distant and unfriendly personality, Maki is good at taking care of others. She is very popular among children, even though she dislikes them. [5] According to Kaede, Maki is actually capable of deep love, something that children might be able to see, explaining their attachment to her. She also shows a more caring side when she accepts gifts and is invited by Kaede to spend time together.Immense Endurance: Although she never had an effective resistance to curses, Maki has always been tough. Her inborn physical toughness saved her life when she was burned point blank by Jogo's cursed technique. No amount of curse tolerance saved Naobito from similar injuries. [74] Maki appears to have a very serious personality, as she doesn't really seem to smile much if at all and prefers keeping an almost expresionless face most of the time. It wasn't my choice to begin with... It's just... I grew up in an orphanage and got saddled with helping out a lot." (About her talent)