She even threatens to fight Monokuma and the Kubs, but is stopped by Kaito, who asks her to promise him not to cry, something that Maki couldn't bring herself to follow through on.
However, she is forced to stop when he confesses to it during the class trial, despite her protests.
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This causes Maki to attempt to steer suspicion away from him during the class trial by stating how she "killed" him. Kaito finishes what she started, and crushes Kokichi under the hydraulic press. It is implied that he did it to avoid making her the blackened. She then attempts to kill Kokichi by shooting him with a second arrow, but is stopped when Kaito purposely takes the hit to prevent her from doing so.
When Maki barges into the hangar during Kokichi and Kaito's fight, she first attempts to torture the former man with a poisoned arrow from a crossbow. In Chapter 5, the two join in the group effort to take down Kokichi, who was believed to be the mastermind at the time. He also becomes one of the few people Maki will actually listen to, as shown when she attempts to strangle Kokichi in front of the other students, halting only when Kaito tells her to stop. It's shown that Maki had developed romantic feelings for Kaito over the course of the game, but there has been no confirmation that he reciprocated her feelings. She is angered when Kokichi Oma knocks down Kaito following Gonta's execution, threatening Kokichi repeatedly, and is shocked when Kaito suddenly begins coughing blood. However, Maki soon starts to show more care for Kaito during Chapter 4. Additionally, he drags her and Shuichi Saihara with him to train nightly.ĭuring the investigation of Angie and Tenko's deaths in the 3rd Chapter, a frightened Kaito forcefully pulls Maki into a hug (as she was, coincidentally, the person nearest to him at the time), although this only resulted in her angrily punching him. In Chapter 2, when Kokichi attempts to make the two of them fight each other when both are considered the only suspects for Ryoma's murder, Kaito denies involvement in the murder. Despite this, Kaito seems to have taken an interest in Maki following the events of Chapter 1, even nicknaming her "Harumaki" (or "Maki Roll" in the English version), much to her displeasure. Kaito also angrily shouted at Maki for blaming Kaede Akamatsu for the conflict between the students, while Maki successfully pushes the blame onto Kaito during the first trial. Her first interaction with him started with her sarcastically pointing out that he claimed he could take down the Monokuma Kubs singlehandedly, even pushing him to attempt this when the Monokuma Kubs appeared in their Exisal form (which terrified Kaito). Initially, Maki was annoyed and irritated by Kaito.