She had to work parttime to support her family which no high school girl needs to worry about , and at that job was expected to not wear panties which is pretty messed up . Her parents changed constantly , indicating she had a very , very fucked up home life . This probably caused her to build an aloof personality of sorts , but it ' s clear she still cares about her friends a great deal even if she thinks it ' d be weak to show it . She ' s selfless , and yes , she can be somewhat stupid , as she fought Monokuma but she did that for her friends . Not to get out of the island but for her friends . If you don ' t like Akane , then , well , it ' s a game series . You don ' t need to change your opinions or anything . But you asked for reasoning , so there ' s some .