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Nanami is often branded as the "helper girl", but I just reviewed the third trial today and can state that the main "helper" of sdr2 is Nagito Komaeda. The game literally makes the player dependent on Nagito, exaggerating his importance and elevating his deductive skills to an absolute. Whenever any difficulty occurs during a trial, it is Komaeda who takes care of everything. He gives hints, he protects, he guides (and in the course of his investigations, he tells you to go there and do that). In the end, when Nagito dies, the game reminds us how many times he got our asses out.

Chiaki statements are mostly independent and work for the plot, not to help Hinata. What's more, Hajime HAS HELPED HER. As was the case during Chiaki's argument with Tanaka.

Chiaki was probably really meant to be the protagonist's mainstay, but I have a theory that with the creation of Nagito, Kodaka changed plans and decided to give Komaeda more screen time and plot weight, which resulted in "sticking him in all precedents even if it's irrelevant".