While Makoto is described as an average teenager among outstanding students, artist Rui Komatsuzaki designed him to have appealing clothing. He aimed to have Makoto be a more active character than previous heroes in the narrative his older characterization from the sequel was more complex, as he becomes more mature when engaging others. Writer Kazutaka Kodaka created Makoto to differ from previous visual novel protagonists.

Makoto returns in the game's sequels and in multiple adaptations featuring him in new story arcs, most notably in Lerche's 2016 anime series Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School, as a member of an organization known as the Future Foundation that seeks to take his life in a new killing game. A fairly optimistic but otherwise average student who is selected in a raffle to enroll in Hope's Peak Academy as the 'Ultimate Lucky Student', Makoto finds himself before a remote-controlled robotic stuffed bear named Monokuma upon entering the academy, who states that he and his fellow students will be imprisoned in the academy for the rest of their lives unless one of them becomes 'the blackened' and murder another without being found out by the other students, prompting the character to solve crimes.

Makoto Naegi ( Japanese: 苗木誠, Hepburn: Naegi Makoto) is a character introduced as the protagonist of the 2010 visual novel adventure game Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc by Spike Chunsoft. Promotional artwork for Makoto Naegi in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

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