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a thing i really love about drv3 is that the protag and antag aren't the actual parallels.
in dr2, the similarities to nagito and hajime are abundant. They are clearly meant to mirror each other in the way nagito is obsessed with hope and the other ultimates while hajime wants to be hope and wants to be an ultimate.
in drv3, kokichi and kaito are direct parallels to each other as opposed to kokichi and shuichi. In the way kaito outwardly supports the rest of them, kokichi outwardly works to "bring them apart,". In their own ways, they are attempting to end the killing, they are the ones keeping the group together.
kokichi wants to be chased, kaito chases. kaito wants a challenge, kokichi gives it to him.
in the way nagito loves the hope in hajime, kaito says, "It's like, even though we're rivals, our hearts are one." in his love hotel event.
does any of that make sense?