History Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair / TropesAToD

* AntiVillain: To an even higher propensity than the first game. Almost ''every single murder'' has a justifiable motive, or the villain otherwise has an understandable reason for committing the crime. Teruteru genuinely believed that Nagito was going to kill Byakuya and acted to save him, and only failed to admit it when he realized he could get out of this situation to see his ailing mother before she died. Peko only acted on what she thought was Fuyuhiko's implicit orders to kill Mahiru for him, and positioned herself as a "tool for the blackened" rather than the blackened themselves in order to let Fuyuhiko escape the island. Unfortunately, Fuyuhiko ''doesn't'' view her as just a tool and Peko dies trying to protect him and he nearly dies interfering in her execution. Mikan is driven insane by the Despair Virus and regresses to her Ultimate Despair persona, and her sheer demeanor shift and brutal TheReasonYouSuckSpeech delivered to the class for failing to stop her being victimized makes it a hard pill to swallow. While Gundham plays up his villainy, it's heavily implied that he only killed Nekomaru to prevent the group from starving to death, makes very little resistance when he's accused of being the blackened, and it's also implied that ''Nekomaru agreed to fight Gundham to the death'', making it one of the only murders in the entire series that has the consent of the victim. Nagito subverts this by being a troublesome and dangerous individual, but he still had a fairly reasonable motive- kill his fellow Ultimate Despairs to stop them from returning to the world to wreak even more havoc. Chiaki, his "murderer" averts any villainy in that it wasn't murder, but actually a SuicideByCop, as he used his luck to make it so that she, as the innocent mole would grab the poisoned fire extinguishing grenade so that she would graduate. Which makes her "murder" the only one of its kind in the franchise where she was completely unwitting of it.

* AmnesiacProtagonistCatalyst: [[VillainProtagonist Izuru Kamukura]], who is Hajime's true identity under his virtual avatar, is the Ultimate Hope, created by Hope's Peak Academy's Steering Committee in a misguided attempt at a savior, implanting every talent from the academy into his brain and making him the WorldStrongestMan. This would turn him into a BrokenAce easily manipulated by Junko, of whom would upload Junko's AI copy into the Neo World Program, starting the Killing School Trip and setting the events of the game in motion.

-> '''Kazuichi:''' It appears it's just as Miss Sonia said...I'm just a '''pest'''...no, I'm not just a pest...I'm a total [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] '''[[StalkerWithACrush pig]]'''...
-> '''Kazuichi:''' [[SuddenlyShouting ISN'T THAT]] '''[[SuddenlyShouting RIGHT]]''', MISS SONIA?! IF '''I'M''' A FUCKING '''PIG''', [[TooKinkyToTorture YOU CAN]] '''[[TooKinkyToTorture SAY]]''' [[TooKinkyToTorture SO!]]
-> '''Sonia:''' No, [[DeadpanSnarker I believe you gave your all.]]
-> '''Kazuichi:''' HEY! WHY AREN'T YOU '''TEASING''' ME ANYMORE?!
-> '''Fuyuhiko:''' This guy...[[CaptainObvious HE GETS]] '''[[CaptainObvious OFF]]''' [[CaptainObvious ON THIS!]]

* ContinuityNod: There's quite a few references to ''Literature/DanganronpaZero'' sprinkled throughout. Not just in plot points from the novel coming into play at the end (The Reserve Course and Izuru Kamukura), but also in two of Nagito's favourite gifts, which both are references to the book.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Get all Hope Fragments from someone, and [[{{Fanservice}} you'll get their underwear]]. Yes, even the boys.

* AntiVillain: To an even higher propensity than the first game. Almost ''every single murder'' has a justifiable motive, or the villain otherwise has an understandable reason for committing the crime. Teruteru genuinely believed that Nagito was going to kill Byakuya and acted to save him, and only failed to admit it when he realized he could get out of this situation to see his ailing mother before she died. Peko only acted on Fuyuhiko's implicit orders to kill Mahiru for him, and positioned herself as a "tool for the blackened" rather than the blackened themselves in order to let Fuyuhiko escape the island. Unfortunately, Fuyuhiko ''doesn't'' view her as just a tool and Peko dies trying to protect him. Mikan is driven insane by the Despair Virus and regresses to her Ultimate Despair persona, and her sheer demeanor shift and brutal TheReasonYouSuckSpeech delivered to the class for failing to stop her being victimized makes it a hard pill to swallow. While Gundham plays up his villainy, it's heavily implied that he only killed Nekomaru to prevent the group from starving to death, makes very little resistance when he's accused of being the blackened, and it's also implied that ''Nekomaru agreed to fight Gundham to the death'', making it one of the only murders in the entire series that has the consent of the victim. Nagito subverts this by being a troublesome and dangerous individual, but he still had a fairly reasonable motive- kill his fellow Ultimate Despairs to stop them from returning to the world to wreak even more havoc.
* AnyoneCanDie: It's more a matter of when, and guessing who the final group of survivors are. There is a glimmer of hope that they can still be revived, though.

** Teruteru was a creepy pervert who spent his time gleefully creeping out the girls and drugging peoples food, while his motive is sympathetic his death wasn't exactly the biggest loss and his actions led to the death of Togami

* ADateWithRosiePalms: There are at least two occasions where Sonia is heavily implied to have masturbated. She refers to it as something dirty, and her country mustn't know about it or else she can't become the queen anymore.