History Awesome / DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony

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* Even if it's all for naught, you gotta hand it to Kirumi for doing, or at least attempting, what other culprits in the franchise didn't think to do: [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Run like hell from her own execution.]]But no matter how hell-bent Kirumi was to survive, Monokuma did twice over to her with such a brutal death.

* Kaito punching Kokichi in the face at the beginning of Chapter Four. He may have been lying about enjoying the killing game, but he ''really'' had that one coming. Though Keebo has to calm Kaito down.

* Just before Kaede is executed, Kaito, Gonta and Tenko flat out try to fight Monokuma to prevent Kaede from being killed. Yes, it likely would have ended in all three of them dying, but they were fully prepared to throw down to save their friend.
* Even if it's all for naught, you gotta hand it to Kirumi for doing, or at least attempting, what other culprits in the franchise didn't think to do: [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Run like hell from her own execution.]]

* Kaito punching Kokichi in the face at the beginning of Chapter Four. He may have been lying about enjoying the killing game, but he ''really'' had that one coming.
* In Chapter 4's class trial, Shuichi finally has enough of Kokichi trying to browbeat the culprit, an amnesiac Gonta, into confessing, and firmly tells him to stop, insisting that ''he'll'' be the one to convince the culprit to confess. Since Kokichi had been essentially running the entire trial as payback for Shuichi's earlier lie, it's quite impressive to see someone turn the tables on him and actually get him to shut up.

* TheReveal behind the Chapter 5 murder: Kokichi teamed up with Kaito (begrudgingly complying to [[HeroicSacrifice save Maki from becoming the blackened]]), [[ThanatosGambit orchestrating his own death while disguising it as Kaito's murder]], while disabling all surveillance and using the Exisals to keep Monokuma trapped, all as one huge XanatosGambit to create a murder that was even impossible for Monokuma to solve, invalidating the class trial with the purpose of [[GameBreaker destroying the killing game itself, while completely obfuscating so much as the ''victim'' of the case to all parties thanks to brilliant use of an Exisal at the class trial, with Kokichi even ''[[CrazyPrepared writing a script]]'']] for Kaito to use throughout the trial. The kicker? [[BeyondTheImpossible It worked]] until [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Shuichi found a breakthrough piece of evidence in the video tape]]. Counts as a moment of awesome for Kaito as well, who had to ad-lib lines for Kokichi even with Kokichi's extremely accurate script of the trial. Additionally, after the truth is revealed, Kaito's final act of defiance is to die from his illness in the middle of the execution, after having properly seen space, rendering it a failed execution. He died having achieved his dream and said his proper goodbyes to his friends.

* TheReveal behind the Chapter 5 murder: Kokichi teamed up with Kaito (begrudgingly complying to [[HeroicSacrifice save Maki from becoming the blackened]]), [[ThanatosGambit orchestrating his own death while disguising it as Kaito's murder]], while disabling all surveillance and using the Exisals to keep Monokuma trapped, all as one huge XanatosGambit to create a murder that was even impossible for Monokuma to solve, invalidating the class trial with the purpose of [[GameBreaker destroying the killing game itself, while completely obfuscating so much as the ''victim'' of the case to all parties thanks to brilliant use of an Exisal at the class trial, with Kokichi even ''[[CrazyPrepared writing a script]]'' for Kaito to use throughout the trial. The kicker? [[BeyondTheImpossible It worked]] until [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Shuichi found a breakthrough piece of evidence in the video tape]]. Counts as a moment of awesome for Kaito as well, who had to ad-lib lines for Kokichi even with Kokichi's extremely accurate script of the trial. Additionally, after the truth is revealed, Kaito's final act of defiance is to die from his illness in the middle of the execution, after having properly seen space, rendering it a failed execution. He died having achieved his dream and said his proper goodbyes to his friends.

* TheReveal behind the Chapter 5 murder: Kokichi teamed up with Kaito (begrudgingly complying to [[HeroicSacrifice save Maki from becoming the blackened]]), [[ThanatosGambit orchestrating his own death while disguising it as Kaito's murder]], while disabling all surveillance and using the Exisals to keep Monokuma trapped, all as one huge XanatosGambit to create a murder that was even impossible for Monokuma to solve, invalidating the class trial with the purpose of [[GameBreaker destroying the killing game itself]], while completely obfuscating so much as the ''victim'' of the case to all parties thanks to brilliant use of an Exisal at the class trial, with Kokichi even ''[[CrazyPrepared writing a script]]'' for Kaito to use throughout the trial. The kicker? [[BeyondTheImpossible It worked]] until [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Shuichi found a breakthrough piece of evidence in the video tape]].]] Counts as a moment of awesome for Kaito as well, who had to ad-lib lines for Kokichi even with Kokichi's extremely accurate script of the trial. Additionally, after the truth is revealed, Kaito's final act of defiance is to die from his illness in the middle of the execution, after having properly seen space, rendering it a failed execution. He died having achieved his dream and said his proper goodbyes to his friends.

* It is revealed in [[AllYourPowersCombined Izuru]] [[MasterOfAll Kamakura's]] path that [[GamerGirl Chiaki Nanami]] actually [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable still manages to beat him]] at video games from time to time. Given how wide of an ability difference his all-inclusive talent is canonically shown to have put between himself and other holders of individual talents (such as against [[WorldsBestWarrior Mukuro]] and [[BornLucky Nagito]]), this feat is honestly ridiculous. Not only that, her win-rate against him is even [[BeyondTheImpossible increasing]] as their school time goes on.

** Even more awesome when you remember that Genocide Jack attends the school, and mentioned that she would have killed Chihiro in the had she known Chihiro was a boy in the [[VisualNovel/DanganRonpa main game]], which could either mean Mondo's willing to defend Chihiro from the Ultimate Murderous Fiend, or Chihiro's trained with Mondo enough to defend himself.

Even ignoring the battles between hope and despair throughout the franchise, you can tell that Danganronpa really likes to ramp things up.

* The fact that this time, the students go straight to planning to trap the Mastermind as early as Case 1. [[spoiler: Granted, Kaede's attempt [[GoneHorriblyWrong fails badly]], but it's still awesome that she ''tries''. That's better than any other protagonist has accomplished that early.]]
* Also, Kaede maintaining everyone's resolve to escape so well that nobody commits murder to escape even after Monokuma promises the first blackened can get away without a class trial. Monokuma is forced to threaten to kill ''everyone'' if a murder does not occur within two days...and ''still'' no one kills, being willing to die together rather than betray their friends, even though there are no less than ''three'' experienced murderers among them already and [[DeathSeeker Ryoma]] ''volunteers'' to be killed. The death happens less than an hour before the time limit runs out, [[spoiler:and it was actually Kaede trying to kill the mastermind. Or it would have been, if not for her DeathTrap failing and the mastermind committing the murder instead.]]
* [[spoiler: Even if it's all for naught, you gotta hand it to Kirumi for doing, or at least attempting, what other culprits in the franchise didn't think to do: [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Run like hell from her own execution]].]]
* While it seems like delusional tyranny at the time, Angie smashing the Flashback Light in front of the Monokubs becomes [[spoiler: awesome in hindsight when it's revealed that the Flashback Lights were just tools used by Tsumugi to manipulate the students with false memories, and Angie unknowingly [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu flipped off the entirety of Team Danganronpa by destroying one.]]]]

* Kaito punching Kokichi in the face at the beginning of Chapter Four. [[spoiler:He may have been lying about enjoying the killing game]], but he ''really'' had that one coming.
* In Chapter 4's class trial, Shuichi finally has enough of Kokichi trying to browbeat the culprit, [[spoiler:an amnesiac Gonta]], into confessing, and firmly tells him to stop, insisting that ''he'll'' be the one to convince the culprit to confess. Since Kokichi had been essentially running the entire trial as payback for Shuichi's earlier lie, it's quite impressive to see someone turn the tables on him and actually get him to shut up.
* TheReveal behind the Chapter 5 murder: [[spoiler: Kokichi teamed up with Kaito (begrudgingly complying to [[HeroicSacrifice save Maki from becoming the blackened]]), [[ThanatosGambit orchestrating his own death while disguising it as Kaito's murder]], while disabling all surveillance and using the Exisals to keep Monokuma trapped, all as one huge XanatosGambit to create a murder that was even impossible for Monokuma to solve, invalidating the class trial with the purpose of [[GameBreaker destroying the killing game itself]], while completely obfuscating so much as the ''victim'' of the case to all parties thanks to brilliant use of an Exisal at the class trial, with Kokichi even ''[[CrazyPrepared writing a script]]'' for Kaito to use throughout the trial. The kicker? [[BeyondTheImpossible It worked]] until [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Shuichi found a breakthrough piece of evidence in the video tape]].]] [[spoiler:Counts as a moment of awesome for Kaito as well, who had to ad-lib lines for Kokichi even with Kokichi's extremely accurate script of the trial. Additionally, after the truth is revealed, Kaito's final act of defiance is to die from his illness in the middle of the execution, after having properly seen space, rendering it a failed execution. He died having achieved his dream and said his proper goodbyes to his friends.]]
** It's even more impressive when you consider [[spoiler: the fact that, in the very next chapter, [[BigBad Tsumugi]] reveals she wrote all of the characters. Yet even she didn't see any of this coming. ''The very characters that she created completely defeated all her expectations.'']]
* Chapter 6's Argument Armament. [[spoiler: Shuichi vs the audience-hijacked Keebo. Not only does Keebo [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome look awesome in full 3D]], but this is the first PTA in the series to require multiple Final Strikes, and Shuichi has an amazing ShutUpHannibal accompanying every one. The battle gets more and more intense in each phase, with the voices of the audience getting faster and eventually overlapping each other to sound like a VoiceOfTheLegion, and you still keep shooting them down. It's also a huge CatharsisFactor from a meta standpoint: it's not often that a game essentially lets you ''fight'' the toxic parts of its franchise's fanbase.]] The result? [[spoiler: The entire Killing Game-obsessed audience votes to have Keebo abstain from voting, dooming the game, ''and'' they also vote that Shuichi, Himiko and Maki get to live. A hugely satisfying TakeThat to Tsumugi's claim that fiction doesn't have the power to change the world.]]
** In a way, everything leading up to it. [[spoiler:In order to defeat the game, everyone does all in their power to make as frustrating an ending as possible. You control Himiko and Maki just to agree with committing suicide, then intentionally fail every single prompt and minigame.]]
* [[spoiler: Even if it resulted in the deaths of countless innocent teenagers, Team Danganronpa managing to plot out 52 different killing games full of dramatic twists and elaborate murders, each containing at least 14 students with unique personalities, and turning them into episodes of a reality show with a 100% approval rating across the whole world (or at least Japan) is pretty impressive.]]

** Even more awesome when you remember that Genocide Jack attends the school, and mentioned that she would have killed Chihiro in the had she known Chihiro was a boy in the [[VideoGame/DanganRonpa main game]], which could either mean Mondo’s willing to defend Chihiro from the Ultimate Murderous Fiend, or Chihiro’s trained with Mondo enough to defend himself.

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* Kaito punching Kokichi in the face at the beginning of Chapter Four. He may have been lying about enjoying the killing game, but he ''really'' had that one coming.

* Chapter 6's Argument Armament. [[spoiler: Shuichi vs the audience-hijacked Keebo. Not only does Keebo [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome look awesome in full 3D]], but this is the first PTA in the series to require multiple Final Strikes, and Shuichi has an amazing ShutUpHannibal accompanying every one. The battle gets more and more intense in each phase, with the voices of the audience getting faster and eventually overlapping each other to sound like a VoiceOfTheLegion, and you still keep shooting them down. It's also a huge CatharsisFactor from a meta standpoint: it's not often that a game essentially lets you ''fight'' the toxic parts of its franchise's fanbase.]] The result? [[spoiler: The entire Killing Game-obsessed audience votes to have Keebo abstain from voting, dooming the game, ''and'' they also vote that Shuichi, Himiko and Maki get to live. A hugely satisfying TakeThat to Tsumugi's claim that fiction doesn't have the power to change the world.]]

* Also, in one of Maki's options during her second year event, Teruteru tries to feed her some drugged soup but Maki is not having any of that forcing Teruteru to make a new bowl.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[HostileShowTakeover "...STEP-ASIDE,]][[TheDogBitesBack FATHER."]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[HostileShowTakeover "...STEP-ASIDE, FATHER."]]]]

** Even more awesome when you remember that Genocide Jack mentioned that she would have killed Chihiro in the had she known Chihiro was a boy [[VideoGame/DanganRonpa main game]], which could either mean Mondo’s willing to defend Chihiro from the Ultimate Murderous Fiend, or Chihiro’s trained with Mondo enough to defend himself.