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* UnreliableExpositor: He engages in several BlatantLies during his lectures on the [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Hope's Peak]] and [[Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie Talent High]] killing games- namely the canon one about [[LightNovel/DanganronpaZero Kamukura being the one who killed the Hope's Peak student council when it was actually Junko]], that Mukuro was executed for attempting to betray Junko when she was actually loyal to Junko the entire time and was the one betrayed by her sister, that Kagami was a member of Ultimate Despair when he was actually just using Junko's philosophies for revenge against the Talent High staff, and that the survivors of both games slaughtered their respective masterminds.

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* UnreliableExpositor: He engages in several BlatantLies during his lectures on the [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Hope's Peak]] and [[Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie Talent High]] killing games- namely the canon one about [[LightNovel/DanganronpaZero [[Literature/DanganronpaZero Kamukura being the one who killed the Hope's Peak student council when it was actually Junko]], that Mukuro was executed for attempting to betray Junko when she was actually loyal to Junko the entire time and was the one betrayed by her sister, that Kagami was a member of Ultimate Despair when he was actually just using Junko's philosophies for revenge against the Talent High staff, and that the survivors of both games slaughtered their respective masterminds.
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* {{Meganekko}}: She wears glasses.
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* {{Megane}}: He wears glasses.
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* BreakTheCutie: The third trial and Azuki's conviction [[{{Understatement}} do not go easy on her]]. By the end, she's begging Monokuma not to go through with the execution.

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* BreakTheCutie: The third trial and Azuki's conviction [[{{Understatement}} do not go easy on her]].her. By the end, she's begging Monokuma not to go through with the execution.
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* UnreliableExpositor: He engages in several BlatantLies during his lectures on the [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Hope's Peak]] and [[Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie Talent High]] killing games- namely the canon one about [[LightNovel/DanganronpaZero Kumakura being the one who killed the Hope's Peak student council when it was actually Junko]], that Mukuro was executed for attempting to betray Junko when she was actually loyal to Junko the entire time and was the one betrayed by her sister, that Kagami was a member of Ultimate Despair when he was actually just using Junko's philosophies for revenge against the Talent High staff, and that the survivors of both games slaughtered their respective masterminds.

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* UnreliableExpositor: He engages in several BlatantLies during his lectures on the [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Hope's Peak]] and [[Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie Talent High]] killing games- namely the canon one about [[LightNovel/DanganronpaZero Kumakura Kamukura being the one who killed the Hope's Peak student council when it was actually Junko]], that Mukuro was executed for attempting to betray Junko when she was actually loyal to Junko the entire time and was the one betrayed by her sister, that Kagami was a member of Ultimate Despair when he was actually just using Junko's philosophies for revenge against the Talent High staff, and that the survivors of both games slaughtered their respective masterminds.
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* FamousLastWords: "Understood, Himeno. I'll be back after I'm done."



* FamousLastWords:
** Taiga, while posing as Tatsuki, before her own execution
-->"Take care of yourself, sis, and never forget- I'll always love you."
** Tatsuki before her own hanging in the "Desperate Measures" side story.
-->"I'm ready, Himemiya-san. It may be difficult to accept that this was our only solution, but please remember- this was my decision."



* FamousLastWords: "This can't be happening! SOMEONE! PLEASE HELP ME!"
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* FaceDeathWithDignity[=/=]GoOutWithASmile: After being convicted, she willingly accepts the punishment Monokuma's got planned, not willing to give him the pleasure of seeing her in fear before her death. Azuki even smiles during her execution, knowing that thanks to Monokuma giving her executors the faces of her classmates, she won't be dying alone.

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* FaceDeathWithDignity[=/=]GoOutWithASmile: FaceDeathWithDignity: After being convicted, she willingly accepts the punishment Monokuma's got planned, not willing to give him the pleasure of seeing her in fear before her death. Azuki even smiles during her execution, knowing that thanks to Monokuma giving her executors the faces of her classmates, she won't be dying alone.
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* InfantImmortality: Oh, so very averted.
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* ConnectedAllAlong: Her status as the chairman's illegitimate granddaughter makes her cousins with Reiko Mitamura.
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* SecretKeeper: Is entrusted by Himemiya with her crush on Sasaki shortly before her death.

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* SecretKeeper: Is entrusted by Himemiya with her Chiyuri's status as the illegitimate daughter of the head of the Talent High board as well as Himemiya's crush on Sasaki shortly before her death.

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* DisappearedDad: Azuki mentions losing her father at a young age.

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* DisappearedDad: Azuki mentions losing her father at a young age. In Nagato's Free Time events with her, she reveals that he was killed in a car accident that he caused when he travelled too far into oncoming traffic at an intersection which also killed the other driver as well.


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* SecretKeeper: Is entrusted by Himemiya with her crush on Sasaki shortly before her death.

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* DeadlyDodging[=/=]ShockAndAwe: Dodges the Spear of Gungnir thrown at him by Asakura only for it to embed itself in a nearby machine and fatally electrocute him when he accidentally touches it.



* MutualKill: His and Asakura's attempts to kill each other end up getting them both killed.



* ShockAndAwe: Dodges the Spear of Gungnir thrown at him by Asakura only for it to embed itself in a nearby machine and fatally electrocute him when he accidentally touches it.


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* MutualKill: His and Karita's attempts to kill each other end up getting them both killed.

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* GondorCallsForAid: Brings the rest of her fellow Talent High School killing game survivors into the final trial in order to help the remaining killing school trip survivors activate the Forced Shutdown.
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Arrests the elder Nagato during the epilogue as part of the Future Foundation's policy regarding Ultimate Despair, but still feels sympathy towards her former teacher and promises her and Chiyuri that she'll do everything in her power to secure leniency for her.
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[[WMG:Kaori Miura]]
!!!Ultimate Beginner's Luck

The former protagonist of ''Where Talent Goes to Die'', she and her fellow survivors have joined up with the Future Foundation since escaping from Talent High School.
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* IncompatibleOrientation: He's gay, but Koima, the guy he likes, is heterosexual, meaning that Kurogane wouldn't have a shot even if Kojima were not infatuated with Azuki.

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* IncompatibleOrientation: He's gay, but Koima, Kojima, the guy he likes, is heterosexual, meaning that Kurogane wouldn't have a shot even if Kojima were not infatuated with Azuki.Azuki.
* {{Irony}}: His cousin ended up being the first student to die in the first story, while he ends up surviving here.
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* RelationshipUpgrade: Becomes an OfficialCouple with Himemiya following the fifth trial.


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* RelationshipUpgrade: Becomes an OfficialCouple with Sasaki following the fifth trial.

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* UsefulNotes/JapaneseChristian: Like her daughter, she's a Catholic.


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* UsefulNotes/JapaneseChristian: Like her daughter, she's a Catholic.

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* AmbiguousSituation: Is arrested and taken to stand trial at the end of the story. However, [[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool the Final Killing Game]] takes place while she's being taken to the Future Foundation headquarters, leaving her final fate in question.



* FutureMeScaresMe: Is noticeably unnerved by her Despair-loving Alter Ego counterpart.



* UncertainDoom: Is arrested and taken to stand trial at the end of the story. However, [[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool the Final Killing Game]] takes place while she's being taken to the Future Foundation headquarters, leaving her final fate in question.




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* BigBad: Of the killing school trip.
* SadisticChoice: Forces one onto the surviving students and the Talent High killing game survivors: Either choose Repeat and remain trapped in the Neo World Program or Graduate and escape while Alter-Ego Nagato turns the dead students into copies of herself. Or they could [[TakeAThirdOption activate the Forced Shutdown]], allowing everyone to be free to leave at the cost of the dead students being trapped in a vegetative state while the real Yukari is arrested by the Future Foundation and likely executed for her crimes as a member of Ultimate Despair.
* SoreLoser: Played with. Though like Junko herself, she relishes the despair of having her own plans being thwarted, she still hangs herself after being defeated as one final taunt to Chiyuri and the real Yukari about the fate that awaits the latter.
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* BiTheWay: Sasaki is bisexual. In addition to drawing a manga about a gay couple, in an omake, she's quite disappointed that the majority of the students at Nagato's all-girls Catholic school consider homosexuality to be a sin.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Gender-inverted. He's the only male among the survivors.
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* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: Doesn't remember being a part of Ultimate Despair until her daughter reveals it to her.

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* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: Doesn't remember being a part of Ultimate Despair until her daughter reveals it to her.her during the final trial.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Does this upon first realizing her mother's the traitor during the final investigation while investigating the Neo World Program login pod activations with Tatsuki.

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* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: Doesn't remember being a part of Ultimate Despair until her daughter reveals it to her.



* CriminalAmnesiac: Doesn't remember being a part of Ultimate Despair until her daughter reveals it to her.
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* UncertainDoom: Is arrested and taken to stand trial at the end of the story. However, [[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHope'sPeakHighSchool the Final Killing Game]] takes place while she's being taken to the Future Foundation headquarters, leaving her fate in jeopardy.

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* UncertainDoom: Is arrested and taken to stand trial at the end of the story. However, [[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHope'sPeakHighSchool [[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool the Final Killing Game]] takes place while she's being taken to the Future Foundation headquarters, leaving her final fate in jeopardy.question.

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Nagato survives and escapes the simulation.



** She manages to go even further when Azuki is brought BackFromTheDead the final morning of the cruise, calling her "Akira" before she and the remaining survivors embark on the final investigation.




Sasaki survives and escapes the simulation.



Himemiya survives and escapes the simulation.




Tatsuki survives and escapes the simulation.




Kurogane survives and escapes the simulation.



* HateSink: As easily the rudest and most petty individual, he's the most unlikeable character who isn't a murderer.

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* HateSink: As easily the rudest and most petty individual, he's the most unlikeable character who isn't a murderer.character, blackened or spotless alike.



She is the traitor behind the Killing Game, having been brainwashed into becoming part of Ultimate Despair during the tragedy. She survives and escapes the simulation with her sanity restored, but is arrested by Miura as part of Future Foundation's orders regarding Ultimate Despair.
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* {{Brainwashed}}: Like so many of Ultimate Despair, she fell victim to this, leading her to become part of Enoshima's movement. It's implied during the epilogue that the brainwashing was done by [[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool Chisa Yukizome]].
* CriminalAmnesiac: Doesn't remember being a part of Ultimate Despair until her daughter reveals it to her.



* GreaterScopeVillain: Served this role in [[Fanfic/WhereTalentGoesToDie the Talent High School Killing Game]], being the one who leaked the plans to have Kagami steal the Hope's Peak air purifier to Junko and thus allowing her to capture him and provide him with the means to set up the Killing Game.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Upon awakening from the Neo World Program, the shock of her memories there combined with the realization of her actions as part of Ultimate Despair manages to shock her into sanity.



* UncertainDoom: Is arrested and taken to stand trial at the end of the story. However, [[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHope'sPeakHighSchool the Final Killing Game]] takes place while she's being taken to the Future Foundation headquarters, leaving her fate in jeopardy.




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[[WMG:Alter-Ego Yukari Nagato]]

Monokuma's true form and the true mastermind of the killing school trip, a virtual avatar based off of Yukari's time as a member of Ultimate Despair.
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* [[ArchnemesisDad Archnemesis Mom]]: To Chiyuri.
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* YourDaysAreNumbered: Tatsuki's strain of the Despair Disease will kill her in 72 hours (three days) unless a murder has been committed by then, at which point it passes to another student.

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* YourDaysAreNumbered: Tatsuki's strain of the Despair Disease will kill her in 72 hours (three days) unless a murder has been committed by then, at which point it passes to another student.
student. This ends up being subverted as Kumakura is killed before she can succumb to the disease.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Calls Monokuma a "son of a bitch" who "doesn't give a rat's ass about being fair" during the fifth trial when he demands the surviving students to offer one of themselves up to be executed as per his Rule 16.

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* PrecisionFStrike: Calls Monokuma a "son of a bitch" who "doesn't "(doesn't) give a rat's ass about being fair" during the fifth trial when he demands the surviving students to offer one of themselves up to be executed as per his Rule 16.

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* NumberTwo: She's chosen as Higurashi's vice leader, who will take over in case of his death.

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* NumberTwo: She's chosen as Higurashi's vice leader, who will take over in case of his death. The latter part finally ends up happening when Higurashi [[HeroicSacrifice offers himself up to be executed]] during the fifth trial.



* PrecisionFStrike: Calls Monokuma a "son of a bitch" who "doesn't give a rat's ass about being fair" during the fifth trial when he demands the surviving students to offer one of themselves up to be executed as per his Rule 16.



Tatsuki is the second murderer, having killed Kojima to save Taiga, but Taiga ends up sacrificing herself in Tatsuki's place.

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Tatsuki is the second murderer, having killed Kojima to save Taiga, but Taiga ends up sacrificing herself in Tatsuki's place. Taiga is killed by being burned alive.




Once it becomes clear during the fifth trial that Asakura and Karita ended up killing each other, he offers himself up to be executed as per Monokuma's Rule 16. He is killed by getting impaled with falling spikes.



* HeroicSacrifice: Offers himself up to be executed in order to assure the continued survival of the remaining students.



He is one of the victims of Chapter V.

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He is one of the victims first culprit and second victim of Chapter V.V, having shot Asakura with a poisoned arrow before getting electrocuted by the Spear of Gungnir being embedded in a nearby machine.



** This later turns out to be [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] as Nagato discovers a message from him after his death where he confesses that he actually managed to trick the recruiter into thinking that he was a con artist in order to display his talent.



* RedHerring: When Nagato finds Karita's written confession while investigating his death that he faked his Ultimate Con Artist talent, one might think that Karita is the traitor, since Monokuma had stated that the traitor was someone who wasn't actually part of the Talent High class. However, after the trial, Monokuma reveals that the traitor is still alive.
* ShockAndAwe: Dodges the Spear of Gungnir thrown at him by Asakura only for it to embed itself in a nearby machine and fatally electrocute him when he accidentally touches it.



He is one of the victims of Chapter V, having been shot with an arrow in the gut.

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He is one of the victims second culprit and first victim of Chapter V, having been shot electrocuted Karita with an the Spear of Gungnir before succumbing to the poison from the arrow in the gut.Karita shot him with.



* HumiliationConga: After all his {{Jerkass}} behavior throughout the story, Chapter V has him hit with LaserGuidedKarma ''hard''. First he's beaten up by Nagato for insulting Azuki in front of her, then Monokuma reveals that he got into Talent High School through {{Nepotism}} via his uncle, and finally ends up becoming the chapter's victim alongside Karita, the one person he hates almost as much as Nagato.

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* HumiliationConga: After all his {{Jerkass}} behavior throughout the story, Chapter V has him hit with LaserGuidedKarma ''hard''. First he's beaten up by Nagato for insulting Azuki in front of her, then Monokuma reveals that he got into Talent High School through {{Nepotism}} via his uncle, and finally his attempt to graduate by killing Karita ends up becoming the chapter's victim alongside Karita, the one person he hates almost backfiring and getting him killed as much as Nagato.well.
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* {{Nepotism}}: Played with. While Asakura assumes that Nagato got into high school due to being the teacher's daughter, Nagato and her mother insist that the latter's job played no role in Chiyuri getting in. However she is the illegitimate daughter of the chairman of the board via her father's side and was let into Talent High School in order to keep quiet about the scandal.

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* {{Nepotism}}: Played with. While Asakura assumes that Nagato got into high school due to being the teacher's daughter, Nagato and her mother insist that the latter's job played no role in Chiyuri getting in. However she is the illegitimate daughter granddaughter of the chairman of the board via her father's side and was let into Talent High School in order to keep quiet about the scandal.

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