Why is the Monokuma's eye in the school crest?


Hope's Peak Academy's crest looks like this:

![School's crest](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9QtgDl.png)

In the center is a fountain pen and what looks to be a Monokuma's eye:

![Monokuma's eye](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EshNIm.jpg)

But the school was established before Monokumas were created if I'm not
mistaken.

> Before any of the games take place, Hope's Peak was a small-scale facility
> that survived on a government subsidiary and graduate donations. However,
> the research was often blocked by a lack of resources. The school's steering
> committee was not satisfied with this, so they instituted the preparatory
> school system in order to bring in more money.
> ([Ref](http://danganronpa.wikia.com/wiki/Hope's_Peak_Academy))

Why then is the Monokuma's eye in the logo? Or were the Monokuma designed to
have the eye because of the logo?




From the [Wikia](http://danganronpa.wikia.com/wiki/Monokuma):

> **Prior to the series, this cunning and vile being is actually a model
> animatronic bear used as an avatar to interact with the students by the
> mastermind.** There are seemingly infinite copies of Monokuma, and he seems
> to also have the ability to teleport everywhere within the academy
> compounds.
>
> (Emphasis mine)

Prior to [The Tragedy](http://danganronpa.wikia.com/wiki/The_Tragedy):

> **Monokuma was apparently designed by the Towa Group's robotics division,
> under the supervision of Monaca Towa. She claimed that she wanted to develop
> a series of robots that could assist in rescue operations and other
> scenarios that would be dangerous for humans - in reality, she wanted to
> build an army for Junko Enoshima's plans.** The Monokuma units were then
> secretly distributed to the various branches of Ultimate Despair, with Junko
> taking several for her plot at Hope's Peak Academy.
>
> (Emphasis mine)

It can only be assumed that the eye was shaped after the Hope Peak Academy's
crest because it was **supposed to be** a part of the school's rescue
operations. At least this much is evident that the Monokuma's eye is modeled
after the school's crest and not the other way round.




From the [Wikia](http://danganronpa.wikia.com/wiki/Monokuma):

> **Prior to the series, this cunning and vile being is actually a model
> animatronic bear used as an avatar to interact with the students by the
> mastermind.** There are seemingly infinite copies of Monokuma, and he seems
> to also have the ability to teleport everywhere within the academy
> compounds.
>
> (Emphasis mine)

Prior to [The Tragedy](http://danganronpa.wikia.com/wiki/The_Tragedy):

> **Monokuma was apparently designed by the Towa Group's robotics division,
> under the supervision of Monaca Towa. She claimed that she wanted to develop
> a series of robots that could assist in rescue operations and other
> scenarios that would be dangerous for humans - in reality, she wanted to
> build an army for Junko Enoshima's plans.** The Monokuma units were then
> secretly distributed to the various branches of Ultimate Despair, with Junko
> taking several for her plot at Hope's Peak Academy.
>
> (Emphasis mine)

It can only be assumed that the eye was shaped after the Hope Peak Academy's
crest because it was **supposed to be** a part of the school's rescue
operations. At least this much is evident that the Monokuma's eye is modeled
after the school's crest and not the other way round.

