Nagito Komaeda (狛枝 凪斗), is a student of Hope's Peak Academy's Class 77-B. Nagito was born into a wealthy family and extraordinary luck, causing him to experience repeated cycles of extreme bad luck followed by even greater good luck. The earliest known occurrence was when his beloved pet dog was killed after being hit by a truck, devastating him. The good luck that supposedly came afterward, however, remained unmentioned. Another cycle transpired while he was in elementary school, boarding a plane alongside his family from the San Cristóbal Airport. Once they boarded, the plane was hijacked. Conveniently, a meteorite the size of a closed fist struck the airplane at the right time, hitting the hijacker and his parents, who died instantly. The surviving Nagito disturbingly retold this tale in an optimistic manner, believing it was good luck since he obtained his freedom on top of inheriting their immense fortune as he had no other living relatives. Though this implied that he had a strained relationship with his parents, supported by the fact that he once mentioned offhandedly that his mother never complimented his appearance, he remembered during Island Mode that his parents once took him to an amusement park during his childhood. He was also terrified by the mere idea of an aircraft, where his parents had perished. Nonetheless, the cycle continued. While kidnapped by a murderer, Nagito found a lottery ticket inside the trash bag that his kidnapper had stuffed him in. After he was safely taken in by the police, he discovered that the lottery ticket was worth 300 million dollars, much to his surprise. Having suffered endless tragedies due to his luck, which often harmed those around him as well, Nagito developed an intense and unhealthy faith in hope as a way to continue living and find meaning in his life. To him, hope is a positive force, and everything it creates is "an absolute good." Moreover, he came to perceive his luck, his innate talent, which defines his entire existence and operates entirely beyond his control, as "a unique type of hope." It possesses the qualities of "absolute power," unleashing catastrophes that are invariably followed by even greater miracles capable of overshadowing the despair his misfortune caused Nagito then became obsessed with the idea of becoming a vessel for hope, a coping mechanism for enduring his inescapable luck cycle and a justification for his continued self-perceived worthless existence. Many people, however, found his blind devotion toward hope disturbing, causing Nagito to not have many close friends or even acquaintances, and were often misunderstood. Since he had no living relatives, Nagito became vulnerable to his disease, only learning that he had stage 3 malignant lymphoma accompanied by frontotemporal dementia while attending Spiral High School. Right after he was diagnosed, along with a life expectancy of six months to a year, he won the annual lottery to attend Hope's Peak Academy, an institution he idolized, as the Ultimate Lucky Student, which he believed had balanced his situation out. He initially declined the offer, however, thinking he did not deserve the opportunity, and only gave in after the academy adamantly wanted to research his incomprehensible talent. Nagito is a tall, skinny young man with pale skin and light gray-green eyes with thick eyelashes. His hair is shoulder-length and naturally wavy, of an unnaturally pale pinkish off-white color that fades to white the closer to his scalp, and is described as looking like it "doesn't belong to a living person".[10] Before entering Hope's Peak, as portrayed by his Neo World Program avatar, his hair has a slightly warmer, cream tone to it. During his school years, his hair appears silvery-white with grey tones. By the events of Demon Hunting a few years later, his hair becomes longer, messier, and darker. Nagito is described to be constantly smiling, no matter what treatment he receives, and he is also said to have "a rather attractive face". Teruteru also finds him attractive despite being put off by his personality from time to time, stating that Nagito still falls within his "strike zone". Nagito wears a thin, knee-length dark green zipper coat with a jagged-cut tail, which he leaves unzipped. It has a red square pattern across the right shoulder, and a large, square-shaped '55' on the back, as well as two red drawstrings, threaded through the hood, hanging down on either side of his chest. Underneath, he wears a white scoop-neck T-shirt with a red cut and sew design on the front, somewhat resembling two interlocking hooks. He wears plain black jeans, and a wallet chain with a skull charm, and pale brown shoes, each fastened by two zippers. He is a complex, unpredictable figure driven by an extreme philosophy regarding hope and despair. He views himself as completely worthless compared to "ultimate" talents, yet possesses a twisted, unwavering adoration for absolute hope, believing it can overcome any obstacle. This leads to erratic, morally ambiguous behavior where he goes to terrifying extremes to catalyze growth in others. Despite his polite, self-deprecating demeanor, he harbors a deeply nihilistic worldview, making him both a dangerous catalyst and a deeply tragic character.