"When Monaca talks, everyone freezes... When Monaca smiles, everyone stops smiling... For Monaca, the outsider, the eyesore, to survive in that house, she did what she had to do." = Danganronpa Another Episode
Monaca Towa (塔和 最中 Tōwa Monaka; usually spelled as モナカ Monaka) is the main antagonist of Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls and a major antagonist in the Hope's Peak Academy Saga.
Monaca is the true leader of the Warriors of Hope. She is in charge of the "Mage" class and has the title of Li'l Ultimate Homeroom (超小学生級の「学活の時間」chō shōgakusei kyū no “gakkatsu no jikan” lit. Super Elementary School Level Homeroom Period).
In combat, Monaca controls the "Mage Robot Black Suspirian", a large mecha which incorporates the weapons of the other Warriors' robots.
Monaca and Warriors of Hope's advisor Kurokuma lost their fight against Komaru Naegi and Toko Fukawa in chapter 5. Her plan to make Komaru Naegi into the Successor of Junko Enoshima utterly failed as she failed to persuade Komaru to destroy the Monokuma Controller.
Monaca returns in Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc, dressed up as Junko, participating the Final Killing Game by controlling a robot under the guise of Miaya Gekkogahara.
Monaca has given up becoming the second Junko Enoshima claiming it that the Servant's attempt to mold her into the perfect mastermind had the opposite effect on her. She states that her appearance in the game is to just observe Makoto Naegi. After revealing all of this, Monaca travels to space, claiming she had grown bored of Earth.
Monaca appears as a cameo in the 30-minutes long OVA, Super Danganronpa 2.5: Nagito Komaeda and the Destroyer of the World as a part of Nagito Komaeda's imagination world.
Allies and enemies[]
Main Allies: Junko Enoshima, Porky Minch
Main Enemies:
Legends of the Multi-Universe: Mageddon- Ultra Despair Girls/Emiya Knight Returns[]
Monaca first appeared as one of the main villains in the story.
Legends of the Multi-Universe: Darkmageddon[]
She returns in the next story as the major villainess.
Chronicles of Great New Empire[]
Monaca and Zephyr are the only two people left in the remains of the conference room. Zephyr confidently takes this opportunity to kill Monaca and blames Lusamine for it.