Dangan Ronpa MBTI: Junko Enoshima [ENTP]
Functional Order: Ne-Ti-Fe-Si
Extroverted Intuition: Junko has an insanely good knack for reading people and situations. She “feels” in her gut that Ryota is going to be helpful to her, just like she feels that Makoto could pose a threat. Her intuition is so powerful she can predict things twelve steps in advance, and is incredibly bored because of it. Routine especially bores her; she quickly tries and discards things such as small hobbies or even personalities in attempts to stay entertained. She’s a visionary who plans to spread her despair across the world and plays long-term games.
Introverted Thinking: Junko’s analysis is all about pattern recognition and detailed thinking; she uses her Ne to read people, calculates their future actions, and then creates precise plans. Paradoxically, she scoffs at logic because she can analyze it so quickly, which fuels the boredom of her Ne. Despair captivates Junko because it’s chaotic and illogical. She’s very fixed in her mindset; once she’s dismissed hope as boring, then no matter what evidence suggests she might be wrong, she continues to believe it is boring.
Extroverted Feeling: On the surface, she’s friendly and enthusiastic, has a successful career as a supermodel, and is known as naturally charismatic. However, Junko uses her charisma to manipulate and even abuse others. She plays off Ryota’s dream to trick him into helping her, presents herself as a savior to the abused Warrior of Hope, and takes advantage of Izuru’s boredom. She also uses social tools like the Internet and the news to “infect” the whole world with despair. Junko thrives off people’s misery (unhealthy Fe) and openly shows her glee about it.
Introverted Sensing: She expresses a disdain for remembering the past, mocking the idea of explaining why she and her sister have different surnames, but also refuses to divorce from it. Junko’s obsession with despair comes from her experiences—it has consistently brought her joy, so she consistently revisits it, and dismisses other possibilities. She doesn’t sweat details in her plans, leaving them open to improvisation—or the blind spots taken advantage of.
this biiiiiiiiiitch. She gave me the hardest time trying to decide between Ti/Fe and Fi/Te. Ultimately, Ti/Fe won out because it’s about internally deciding the best way to do something and spreading it socially; tert-Fe is “charm or manipulate to get my point across”. Fi/Te is about internally identifying your feelings/ethics and spreading it logically; tert-Te is “hammer in the point I’m trying to make”. DR0 also suggests she knows what she’s doing is wrong, which also suggests Fe to me; a Fi user would be convinced in their ethics.
I maintain that she and Izuru are good foils and this just fuels that. Their functions are stacked in the same order, but they act in different ways. They’ll both say they’re bored, but Izuru goes “I’m going to study this one thing that doesn’t bore me, forever” while Junko goes “I’m going to try lots and lots of things, and ditch them as soon as they bore me.” It gives them surface similarities but deeper differences, and that’s just fascinating for me.
