History Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair / TropesNToZ

* SelfDeprecation: This game has its moments, such as when Monokuma criticizes stories that have last minute amnesia plot twists and just casually drops at the beginning of the game that the whole cast lost their memories, and when Kazuichi states that the global tragedy sounds like a [[StylisticSuck bad story from a high-schooler]]. There's a lot more of it in the final chapter; Hajime constantly complains about the implausibility of some of the more unrealistic features of the school, like the indoor cherry trees in the dojo, and thinks that keeping dead bodies in the schools bio lab is "[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall a ridiculous idea that should've been scrapped in development."]]

* NotDisabledInVR: We find out in the final chapter that every one of the students besides Nanami were once members of [[BigBad Junko]]'s despair group, and in multiple cases were covered in self-inflicted mutilations from their desire to feel despair (with some severing their own body parts to be replaced with limbs from Junko's corpse). The survivors from [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the first game]] placed them all inside the Neo World Program with the intent of reforming them by erasing sections of their memories from before they all entered high school and got involved with Junko in the first place, which restores them to their youth to keep the illusion real and gave them bodies to reflect this.

** Case 4 has [[spoiler:Gundam, who killed Nekomaru to save classmates from hunger. Executed.]]
** Case 5 has [[spoiler:Chiaki unknowingly killing Nagito due to his plan to expose the “traitor”. Any actual court would rule her Not Guilty, but since Monokuma wants to get rid of her so she can no longer interfere with his plans, she is executed with Monomi.]]

* ObfuscatingPostmortemWounds: Played with in Nagito Komaeda's scheme to expose the "traitor" among the students in Chapter 5, which involves [[spoiler:getting the students to unwittingly cause his death. Nagito inflicts numerous wounds on himself while alive, as {{Red Herring}}s indicating his cause of death once he's killed by one of the students throwing a poison gas grenade Nagito prepared himself; this culminates in a seemingly mortal spear impalement the moment he inhales the gas and lets go off the rope holding the spear]]. Whether it was [[spoiler:the gas or the spear that killed off Nagito]] isn't exactly known, as Hajime Hinata notes in the chapter's Closing Argument at the class trial.

** [[spoiler:Makoto's first appearance during the Trial of Chapter 6 sees him unusually forceful in trying to get the survivors to select "Graduate". Hajime pulls on a weak point, and then exploits the trust password, to reveal that this Makoto is a fake created by Monokuma.]]

* UselessUsefulSpell: The skill earned by filling out Byakuya Togami's report card doubles the Monocoins gained from finding hidden Monokumas and gives a 10% increase in Monocoins after finishing each Class Trial. However, his last Free Time Event only becomes available on Island Mode, which only unlocks after you finish the main story. This means you can only benefit from this skill while you're replaying chapters to fill out your collection or find things you missed.