In Classroom of the Elite, it was revealed that Kikyo Kushida has another side to her, which is different from the angelic personality she shows her classmates. Does that mean that Kushida has a split personality?
Medical News Today defines split personality as a dissociative identity disorder (DID) wherein a person has two or more unique personalities.
Most of the time, the other personality has a hard time recalling key personal information and has issues with their own memories, as stated by WebMD.
There are also those who can alter their identities and provide a distinct gesture and posture for each personality. So, given all those, is it actually possible that Kushida has multiple personalities?
Does Kushida Have a Split Personality?
Although it was not confirmed by the creator, we firmly believe that Kushida does not have a split personality based on the definitions provided by the aforementioned sites.
What she does have is a layer of fake personalities or facades to hide her true identity.
Kushida keeps a kind, caring, and friendly personality to keep up her good reputation. She befriends everyone to get their secrets, so she can use those against them in the future.
She is full of jealousy, causing her to do violent tactics, including betraying her own classmates.
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Every day, she would prepare herself with a list to make sure that all her responses and gestures are intact with her good image. She checks beforehand who she has to interact with to make sure she knows what topics to say and how to get them to trust her.
The light novel has shown that she can do more horrible things to her classmates, just like what she did in middle school.
What Is Kushida's True Personality?
Kushida only cares about her herself, and she would do everything she can to achieve her goal.
Some might think that Kushida likes Ayanokoji by the way she interacts with him, but she truly despises him and eventually fears him as she discovers more of what he can do.
Kushida is good at manipulating people, much like Ayanokoji, despite people thinking he is a sociopath.
She has a charm that would make people believe that she can be helpful and kind, despite her sinister personality inside.
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