I was asked to create Japanise anime bear Monokuma for my niece. I improvised most of the bear, trying and redoing many times. I wrote down my choices, so perhaps this pattern can be helpful to anyone who also wants to recreate Monokuma.

Yarn choice or hook size are not very important. I used a sport polyester yarn of 140 meters per 50 gram, and I used 1 skein for white and 1 skein for black (100 grams in total), with hook size 2.5, and that gives a height of about 23 centimeters. But some kind of cotton or other yarn could work out just as well.

According to Wikipedia , Monokuma (モノクマ) is a “stuffed robotic bear and the self-proclaimed Headmaster of Hope’s Peak Academy who instigates the Killing School Life featured in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc”.

On its appearance: “Monokuma is a bear whose whole face and body are divided into two parts by the center. It resembles the Yin-Yang symbol, of which there is a balance between two opposites in a way similar to a “flow”. Its right side is white and has the classic expression of a teddy bear, while its left side shows a more sinister appearance. It is black, has a red, horizontal, jagged eye that resembles the Hope’s Peak Academy logo and an evil smile. Although it is completely divided into two opposite sides, the only parts of Monokuma that are not affected by the division in its area are the snout and the belly, since both remain white. He also has a large, obvious belly button on the underside of his belly. His protruding navel has an “X” shaped mark on it. Inside him, he has a lot of wires due to him being a robot and a bomb.”