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* BigBadEnsemble: The entire show has [[BigBad Big Bads]] out the wazoo. In Side:Future, there's [[KnightTemplar Munakata]] [[spoiler: (who undergoes a HeelFaceTurn in episode 10)]] the attacker [[spoiler: (who we find out isn't even a character, let alone a villain)]], the mastermind [[spoiler:who's also Future Foundation's figurehead]] and [[spoiler: Mitarai]], while in Side:Despair, there's [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness The Steering Committee]], [[HopeCrusher Junko]] and [[spoiler: [[Chisa]].
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* BigBadEnsemble: The entire show has [[BigBad Big Bads]] out the wazoo. In Side:Future, there's [[KnightTemplar Munakata]] [[spoiler: (who undergoes a HeelFaceTurn in episode 10)]] the attacker [[spoiler: (who we find out isn't even a character, let alone a villain)]], the mastermind [[spoiler:who's also Future Foundation's figurehead]] and [[spoiler: Mitarai]], while in Side:Despair, there's [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness The Steering Committee]], [[HopeCrusher Junko]] and [[spoiler: [[Chisa]].[[spoiler:Chisa]].
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* BigBadEnsemble: The entire show has [[BigBad Big Bads]] out the wazoo. In Side:Future, there's [[KnightTemplar Munakata]] [[spoiler: (who undergoes a HeelFaceTurn in episode 10)]] the attacker [[spoiler: (who we find out isn't even a character, let alone a villain)]], the mastermind [[spoiler:who's also Future Foundation's figurehead]] and [[spoiler: Mitarai]], while in Side:Despair, there's [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness The Steering Committee]], [[HopeCrusher Junko]] and [[spoiler: [[FaceHeelTurn Chisa]]]].
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* BigBadEnsemble: The entire show has [[BigBad Big Bads]] out the wazoo. In Side:Future, there's [[KnightTemplar Munakata]] [[spoiler: (who undergoes a HeelFaceTurn in episode 10)]] the attacker [[spoiler: (who we find out isn't even a character, let alone a villain)]], the mastermind [[spoiler:who's also Future Foundation's figurehead]] and [[spoiler: Mitarai]], while in Side:Despair, there's [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness The Steering Committee]], [[HopeCrusher Junko]] and [[spoiler: [[FaceHeelTurn Chisa]]]].[[Chisa]].
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* HeinousnessRetcon: In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', Junko announces that Izuru massacred the entire student council at Hope's Peak, leaving Hajime stunned. In ''The End of Hope's Peak High School'', it's shown instead that Junko herself set up a killing game resulting in the student council murdering each other in a matter of hours, and proceeded to frame Izuru.
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* CastingGag: Mostly a visual one, but Creator/KentaMiyake's role as Great Gozu can be a gag from his role as [[BrutishBulls Chief Bogo]] in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''.
** While unconfirmed, the casting of Kanata Hongo (known for his acting and who has done virtually no voice acting) as Mitarai is most likely due to Hongo playing Makoto in the stage play adaptation of the first game. This makes his line about wanting to be more like Makoto more ironic.
** Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa voicing Kyosuke Munakata might count as one if you realize that Morikawa has done another famous, well-known Kyosuke character... [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 who's in a giant red robot and the last name is Nanbu...]] [[spoiler: And gone AxCrazy post-Episode 5 like the aforementioned Kyosuke's alternate universe self (and largely because he didn't have his girlfriend around anymore). Munakata's appearance post-Episode 5 is also ironic considering Morikawa was also the original voice of one [[Franchise/StreetFighter Charlie Nash]].]]
** One of the first victims of the first Mutual Killing Game, Karen Kisaragi, was voiced by Honoka Inoue, kickstarting the killing game because she felt that her mother was in danger of being killed. Honoka Inoue is the only daughter of veteran seiyuu Creator/KikukoInoue (who later got casted as [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Kirumi Tojo]]), so casting her as Karen further boosts the feel of a desperate daughter whose mother is in extreme danger. This is reflected with Kirumi herself, who [[spoiler:was driven to murder because she was the prime minister of Japan and she had to uphold her responsibilities no matter what, giving Inoue-san a feeling of desperation of her own.]]
** The English dub brings in members of the original game's English cast (who got replaced in the first anime's dub) such as Creator/KaijiTang and Creator/ErinFitzgerald as Kizakura and Kimura to make up for their recastings. Notably Creator/AmandaCelineMiller voices the younger version of Kimura in ''Side: Future'' Episode 5 and like in the first game's dub, [[https://twitter.com/VoiceofBevins/status/773707408522612737 this isn't the first time she's shared the same character as Erin]].
** While unconfirmed, the casting of Kanata Hongo (known for his acting and who has done virtually no voice acting) as Mitarai is most likely due to Hongo playing Makoto in the stage play adaptation of the first game. This makes his line about wanting to be more like Makoto more ironic.
** Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa voicing Kyosuke Munakata might count as one if you realize that Morikawa has done another famous, well-known Kyosuke character... [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 who's in a giant red robot and the last name is Nanbu...]] [[spoiler: And gone AxCrazy post-Episode 5 like the aforementioned Kyosuke's alternate universe self (and largely because he didn't have his girlfriend around anymore). Munakata's appearance post-Episode 5 is also ironic considering Morikawa was also the original voice of one [[Franchise/StreetFighter Charlie Nash]].]]
** One of the first victims of the first Mutual Killing Game, Karen Kisaragi, was voiced by Honoka Inoue, kickstarting the killing game because she felt that her mother was in danger of being killed. Honoka Inoue is the only daughter of veteran seiyuu Creator/KikukoInoue (who later got casted as [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Kirumi Tojo]]), so casting her as Karen further boosts the feel of a desperate daughter whose mother is in extreme danger. This is reflected with Kirumi herself, who [[spoiler:was driven to murder because she was the prime minister of Japan and she had to uphold her responsibilities no matter what, giving Inoue-san a feeling of desperation of her own.]]
** The English dub brings in members of the original game's English cast (who got replaced in the first anime's dub) such as Creator/KaijiTang and Creator/ErinFitzgerald as Kizakura and Kimura to make up for their recastings. Notably Creator/AmandaCelineMiller voices the younger version of Kimura in ''Side: Future'' Episode 5 and like in the first game's dub, [[https://twitter.com/VoiceofBevins/status/773707408522612737 this isn't the first time she's shared the same character as Erin]].
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*** [[LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero Yūto Kamishiro]] appears in episode 5. In the same episode, application papers with portraits of both Celestia Ludenberg and Kiyotaka Ishimaru also appear, and Makoto Naegi appears briefly, walking into the school building.
*** [[LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero Yasuke Matsuda]] appears briefly in episode 8, watching the "parade".
*** [[LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero Yasuke Matsuda]] appears briefly in episode 8, watching the "parade".
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*** [[LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero [[Literature/DanganronpaZero Yūto Kamishiro]] appears in episode 5. In the same episode, application papers with portraits of both Celestia Ludenberg and Kiyotaka Ishimaru also appear, and Makoto Naegi appears briefly, walking into the school building.
***[[LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero [[Literature/DanganronpaZero Yasuke Matsuda]] appears briefly in episode 8, watching the "parade".
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** The teaser alone includes a mass of terms and images related to ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', ''LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero'' and ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', many of which are tied to spoilers from those installments. The first proper PV summarizes ''the entirety'' of the first two games.
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** The teaser alone includes a mass of terms and images related to ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', ''LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero'' ''Literature/DanganronpaZero'' and ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', many of which are tied to spoilers from those installments. The first proper PV summarizes ''the entirety'' of the first two games.
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* NonUniformUniform: Of the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 32 characters]] on both sides, only a handful (Naegi and Mitarai in ''Side:Future'' and Hinata, The Imposter, Nanami, Koizumi, Tsumiki and Sonia in ''Side:Despair'') actually wear the proper uniform. Everyone else either wears the uniform customized or not at all.
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* NonUniformUniform: Of the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 32 characters]] characters on both sides, only a handful (Naegi and Mitarai in ''Side:Future'' and Hinata, The Imposter, Nanami, Koizumi, Tsumiki and Sonia in ''Side:Despair'') actually wear the proper uniform. Everyone else either wears the uniform customized or not at all.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The anime has far and away the largest cast of possibly the entire franchise, with a total of 16 characters on either side, along with two mascots, that equals a total of ''34'' characters. And that's far from all of them.
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* SerialEscalation: In more ways than one. Most notably, prior DR instalments stuck to having about 2-3 main characters for brevity's sake. [=DR3=] has '''eight''' main characters (Naegi, Kirigiri, Munakata, Yukizome, Hinata/Kamukura, Nanami, Enoshima and Mitarai) [[RotatingProtagonist all of whom drop in and out of focus as it suits the narrative]].
* ShoutOut:
** ''Future Arc'':
*** A bunch of people are trapped somewhere with no escape, equipped with bracelets loaded with both an anesthetic that is administered at regular intervals and a poison to execute them should they step out of line, and forced to play a DeadlyGame. [[VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward Sound]] [[VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma familiar?]] It's probably worth noting that ''Zero Escape'' creator Kotaro Uchikoshi is a good friend of Kazutaka Kodaka, so this is not exactly surprising.
*** At one point in the dubbed Episode 4, Monomi says, [[Memes/{{Nintendo}} "My body is ready!"]]
*** Episode 7 has Monaca having a speech about Junko's death, which is likely a nod to Gihren Zabi's speech about Garma's death from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''.
*** Also in episode 7 has [[Manga/ChibiMarukoChan Chibi Komaru-chan]] during Touko's fantasy. Coincidentally, Chibi Maruko-chan is voiced by TARAKO, the current voice of Monokuma. The same sequence has Togami siting on the hood of a moving car in the exact position used in the [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena "Akio Car"]] StockFootage.
*** Also in episode 7, [[spoiler:Monaca launches herself into space, and then remarks that [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency she's decided to stop thinking]].]]
*** [[spoiler: Monaca's NEET outfit in episode 7]] is clearly based on Umaru Doma's "Indoor Mode" from ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan''.
*** In episode 8, when deducing Juzo's forbidden action, Kizakura points his finger in a fashion similar to how characters point in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney''.
** ''Despair Arc'':
*** Kazuichi Soda ends up in bandages a lot like [[Anime/RurouniKenshin Makoto Shishio's]] after an...unlucky accident.
*** Ibuki playing a flamethrower-guitar, much like Coma the Doof Warrior from ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.
*** Chiaki plays a rather familiar game called ''[[VideoGame/{{Galaga}} Gala Omega]]'', complete with a suspiciously similar jingle.
*** After drinking the Doping Corn Soup, Akane's crazy hair length and combat poses are a dead ringer for [[Manga/HunterXHunter Adult Gon's]].
*** Episode 2 has Chiaki name-dropping ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonII'', along with the cast playing games visibly similar to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', and ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}''.
*** Episode 4 has Ruruka present her confections to four judges, who react like they had a foodgasm like in ''Manga/FoodWars''.
*** Episode 4's title is "The Melancholy, Surprise, and Disappearance of Nagito Komaeda", all of which are titles to books in the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' series.
*** Episode 7 has [[spoiler:Mukuro]] singing "Give Me Wings" during [[spoiler:The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy]], the same song used in [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance]] when [[spoiler:Shinji sets off Third Impact.]]
*** The premise of [[spoiler:the Student Council Killing Game]] begins very similarly to ''Literature/BattleRoyale'', with the killing being started off by the host shooting a student who stands up to them.
*** One of the weapons provided for [[spoiler: the first Killing Game]] is a [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre chainsaw]] with "[[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]] [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]" inscribed on it.
*** Episode 9 has Gundham charging a [[Anime/SaintSeiya Pegasus Meteor Fist]].
*** Episode 9's title is [[LightNovel/BoogiepopSeries Chisa Yukizome Doesn't Smile]].
*** In Episode 10, when Junko is blackmailing Juzo, the music used is the classical violin composition ''Zigeunerweisen'' by Pablo de Sarasate, well-known as the [[GameOver "Love is Over"]] music from VideoGame/{{Catherine}}.
** ''Hope Arc'':
*** One of the Future Foundation's EliteMooks does a move that looks strangely similar to [[Manga/{{Naruto}} the Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu]] when fighting Class 77.
*** According to a piece of [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/danganronpa/images/d/d5/Elite_Task_Force.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20161224014707 concept art,]] the Guile-looking foundation member is the Ultimate Franchise/StreetFighter.
* ShoutOut:
** ''Future Arc'':
*** A bunch of people are trapped somewhere with no escape, equipped with bracelets loaded with both an anesthetic that is administered at regular intervals and a poison to execute them should they step out of line, and forced to play a DeadlyGame. [[VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward Sound]] [[VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma familiar?]] It's probably worth noting that ''Zero Escape'' creator Kotaro Uchikoshi is a good friend of Kazutaka Kodaka, so this is not exactly surprising.
*** At one point in the dubbed Episode 4, Monomi says, [[Memes/{{Nintendo}} "My body is ready!"]]
*** Episode 7 has Monaca having a speech about Junko's death, which is likely a nod to Gihren Zabi's speech about Garma's death from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''.
*** Also in episode 7 has [[Manga/ChibiMarukoChan Chibi Komaru-chan]] during Touko's fantasy. Coincidentally, Chibi Maruko-chan is voiced by TARAKO, the current voice of Monokuma. The same sequence has Togami siting on the hood of a moving car in the exact position used in the [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena "Akio Car"]] StockFootage.
*** Also in episode 7, [[spoiler:Monaca launches herself into space, and then remarks that [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency she's decided to stop thinking]].]]
*** [[spoiler: Monaca's NEET outfit in episode 7]] is clearly based on Umaru Doma's "Indoor Mode" from ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan''.
*** In episode 8, when deducing Juzo's forbidden action, Kizakura points his finger in a fashion similar to how characters point in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney''.
** ''Despair Arc'':
*** Kazuichi Soda ends up in bandages a lot like [[Anime/RurouniKenshin Makoto Shishio's]] after an...unlucky accident.
*** Ibuki playing a flamethrower-guitar, much like Coma the Doof Warrior from ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.
*** Chiaki plays a rather familiar game called ''[[VideoGame/{{Galaga}} Gala Omega]]'', complete with a suspiciously similar jingle.
*** After drinking the Doping Corn Soup, Akane's crazy hair length and combat poses are a dead ringer for [[Manga/HunterXHunter Adult Gon's]].
*** Episode 2 has Chiaki name-dropping ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonII'', along with the cast playing games visibly similar to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', and ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}''.
*** Episode 4 has Ruruka present her confections to four judges, who react like they had a foodgasm like in ''Manga/FoodWars''.
*** Episode 4's title is "The Melancholy, Surprise, and Disappearance of Nagito Komaeda", all of which are titles to books in the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' series.
*** Episode 7 has [[spoiler:Mukuro]] singing "Give Me Wings" during [[spoiler:The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy]], the same song used in [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance]] when [[spoiler:Shinji sets off Third Impact.]]
*** The premise of [[spoiler:the Student Council Killing Game]] begins very similarly to ''Literature/BattleRoyale'', with the killing being started off by the host shooting a student who stands up to them.
*** One of the weapons provided for [[spoiler: the first Killing Game]] is a [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre chainsaw]] with "[[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]] [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]" inscribed on it.
*** Episode 9 has Gundham charging a [[Anime/SaintSeiya Pegasus Meteor Fist]].
*** Episode 9's title is [[LightNovel/BoogiepopSeries Chisa Yukizome Doesn't Smile]].
*** In Episode 10, when Junko is blackmailing Juzo, the music used is the classical violin composition ''Zigeunerweisen'' by Pablo de Sarasate, well-known as the [[GameOver "Love is Over"]] music from VideoGame/{{Catherine}}.
** ''Hope Arc'':
*** One of the Future Foundation's EliteMooks does a move that looks strangely similar to [[Manga/{{Naruto}} the Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu]] when fighting Class 77.
*** According to a piece of [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/danganronpa/images/d/d5/Elite_Task_Force.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20161224014707 concept art,]] the Guile-looking foundation member is the Ultimate Franchise/StreetFighter.
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* SerialEscalation: In more ways than one. Most notably, prior DR ''DR'' instalments stuck to having about 2-3 main characters for brevity's sake. [=DR3=] ''[=DR3=]'' has '''eight''' main characters (Naegi, Kirigiri, (Makoto, Kyoko, Munakata, Yukizome, Hinata/Kamukura, Hajime/Izuru, Nanami, Enoshima Junko and Mitarai) Mitarai), [[RotatingProtagonist all of whom drop in and out of focus as it suits the narrative]].
* ShoutOut:
** ''Future Arc'':
*** A bunch of people are trapped somewhere with no escape, equipped with bracelets loaded with both an anesthetic that is administered at regular intervals and a poison to execute them should they step out of line, and forced to play a DeadlyGame. [[VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward Sound]] [[VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma familiar?]] It's probably worth noting that ''Zero Escape'' creator Kotaro Uchikoshi is a good friend of Kazutaka Kodaka, so this is not exactly surprising.
*** At one point in the dubbed Episode 4, Monomi says, [[Memes/{{Nintendo}} "My body is ready!"]]
*** Episode 7 has Monaca having a speech about Junko's death, which is likely a nod to Gihren Zabi's speech about Garma's death from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''.
*** Also in episode 7 has [[Manga/ChibiMarukoChan Chibi Komaru-chan]] during Touko's fantasy. Coincidentally, Chibi Maruko-chan is voiced by TARAKO, the current voice of Monokuma. The same sequence has Togami siting on the hood of a moving car in the exact position used in the [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena "Akio Car"]] StockFootage.
*** Also in episode 7, [[spoiler:Monaca launches herself into space, and then remarks that [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency she's decided to stop thinking]].]]
*** [[spoiler: Monaca's NEET outfit in episode 7]] is clearly based on Umaru Doma's "Indoor Mode" from ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan''.
*** In episode 8, when deducing Juzo's forbidden action, Kizakura points his finger in a fashion similar to how characters point in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney''.
** ''Despair Arc'':
*** Kazuichi Soda ends up in bandages a lot like [[Anime/RurouniKenshin Makoto Shishio's]] after an...unlucky accident.
*** Ibuki playing a flamethrower-guitar, much like Coma the Doof Warrior from ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.
*** Chiaki plays a rather familiar game called ''[[VideoGame/{{Galaga}} Gala Omega]]'', complete with a suspiciously similar jingle.
*** After drinking the Doping Corn Soup, Akane's crazy hair length and combat poses are a dead ringer for [[Manga/HunterXHunter Adult Gon's]].
*** Episode 2 has Chiaki name-dropping ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonII'', along with the cast playing games visibly similar to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', and ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}''.
*** Episode 4 has Ruruka present her confections to four judges, who react like they had a foodgasm like in ''Manga/FoodWars''.
*** Episode 4's title is "The Melancholy, Surprise, and Disappearance of Nagito Komaeda", all of which are titles to books in the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' series.
*** Episode 7 has [[spoiler:Mukuro]] singing "Give Me Wings" during [[spoiler:The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy]], the same song used in [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance]] when [[spoiler:Shinji sets off Third Impact.]]
*** The premise of [[spoiler:the Student Council Killing Game]] begins very similarly to ''Literature/BattleRoyale'', with the killing being started off by the host shooting a student who stands up to them.
*** One of the weapons provided for [[spoiler: the first Killing Game]] is a [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre chainsaw]] with "[[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]] [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]" inscribed on it.
*** Episode 9 has Gundham charging a [[Anime/SaintSeiya Pegasus Meteor Fist]].
*** Episode 9's title is [[LightNovel/BoogiepopSeries Chisa Yukizome Doesn't Smile]].
*** In Episode 10, when Junko is blackmailing Juzo, the music used is the classical violin composition ''Zigeunerweisen'' by Pablo de Sarasate, well-known as the [[GameOver "Love is Over"]] music from VideoGame/{{Catherine}}.
** ''Hope Arc'':
*** One of the Future Foundation's EliteMooks does a move that looks strangely similar to [[Manga/{{Naruto}} the Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu]] when fighting Class 77.
*** According to a piece of [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/danganronpa/images/d/d5/Elite_Task_Force.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20161224014707 concept art,]] the Guile-looking foundation member is the Ultimate Franchise/StreetFighter.narrative]].
* ShoutOut:
** ''Future Arc'':
*** A bunch of people are trapped somewhere with no escape, equipped with bracelets loaded with both an anesthetic that is administered at regular intervals and a poison to execute them should they step out of line, and forced to play a DeadlyGame. [[VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward Sound]] [[VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma familiar?]] It's probably worth noting that ''Zero Escape'' creator Kotaro Uchikoshi is a good friend of Kazutaka Kodaka, so this is not exactly surprising.
*** At one point in the dubbed Episode 4, Monomi says, [[Memes/{{Nintendo}} "My body is ready!"]]
*** Episode 7 has Monaca having a speech about Junko's death, which is likely a nod to Gihren Zabi's speech about Garma's death from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''.
*** Also in episode 7 has [[Manga/ChibiMarukoChan Chibi Komaru-chan]] during Touko's fantasy. Coincidentally, Chibi Maruko-chan is voiced by TARAKO, the current voice of Monokuma. The same sequence has Togami siting on the hood of a moving car in the exact position used in the [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena "Akio Car"]] StockFootage.
*** Also in episode 7, [[spoiler:Monaca launches herself into space, and then remarks that [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency she's decided to stop thinking]].]]
*** [[spoiler: Monaca's NEET outfit in episode 7]] is clearly based on Umaru Doma's "Indoor Mode" from ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan''.
*** In episode 8, when deducing Juzo's forbidden action, Kizakura points his finger in a fashion similar to how characters point in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney''.
** ''Despair Arc'':
*** Kazuichi Soda ends up in bandages a lot like [[Anime/RurouniKenshin Makoto Shishio's]] after an...unlucky accident.
*** Ibuki playing a flamethrower-guitar, much like Coma the Doof Warrior from ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.
*** Chiaki plays a rather familiar game called ''[[VideoGame/{{Galaga}} Gala Omega]]'', complete with a suspiciously similar jingle.
*** After drinking the Doping Corn Soup, Akane's crazy hair length and combat poses are a dead ringer for [[Manga/HunterXHunter Adult Gon's]].
*** Episode 2 has Chiaki name-dropping ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonII'', along with the cast playing games visibly similar to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', and ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}''.
*** Episode 4 has Ruruka present her confections to four judges, who react like they had a foodgasm like in ''Manga/FoodWars''.
*** Episode 4's title is "The Melancholy, Surprise, and Disappearance of Nagito Komaeda", all of which are titles to books in the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' series.
*** Episode 7 has [[spoiler:Mukuro]] singing "Give Me Wings" during [[spoiler:The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy]], the same song used in [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance]] when [[spoiler:Shinji sets off Third Impact.]]
*** The premise of [[spoiler:the Student Council Killing Game]] begins very similarly to ''Literature/BattleRoyale'', with the killing being started off by the host shooting a student who stands up to them.
*** One of the weapons provided for [[spoiler: the first Killing Game]] is a [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre chainsaw]] with "[[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]] [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]" inscribed on it.
*** Episode 9 has Gundham charging a [[Anime/SaintSeiya Pegasus Meteor Fist]].
*** Episode 9's title is [[LightNovel/BoogiepopSeries Chisa Yukizome Doesn't Smile]].
*** In Episode 10, when Junko is blackmailing Juzo, the music used is the classical violin composition ''Zigeunerweisen'' by Pablo de Sarasate, well-known as the [[GameOver "Love is Over"]] music from VideoGame/{{Catherine}}.
** ''Hope Arc'':
*** One of the Future Foundation's EliteMooks does a move that looks strangely similar to [[Manga/{{Naruto}} the Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu]] when fighting Class 77.
*** According to a piece of [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/danganronpa/images/d/d5/Elite_Task_Force.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20161224014707 concept art,]] the Guile-looking foundation member is the Ultimate Franchise/StreetFighter.
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* ArcWelding: To insane degrees. Random incidents spread over the franchise are revealed to form a web that encompasses both sides.
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* ArcWelding: To insane degrees. Random incidents spread over the franchise are revealed to form a web that encompasses both sides.main arcs.
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* {{Bookends}}: ''Side:Despair'' starts with [[spoiler:Chisa in a movie theater watching her death]]. Side:Future ends with [[spoiler:Chisa, and this time Junko, in the movie theater again watching the events of the episode unfold]].
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* AntiVillain: Lots of them. The only antagonist characters who aren't shown in a sympathetic light are Junko and the Hope's Peak Steering Committee. [[spoiler:Even Tengan's sympathy depends on whether one can accept his actions, as his goal is still based on hope]].
* ArcWelding: To insane degrees. Random incidents spread over the franchise are revealed to form a web that encompasses both sides.
* ArtEvolution: The anime features a darker color palette more akin to the anime cutscenes in ''VideoGame/UltraDespairGirls'' than the anime adaptation of the first game.
* ArtShiftedSequel: The style of art used is drawn to look more mature than the previous incarnations. This gives the feeling that characters are taller and more mature even though Kazutaka Kodaka has stated they haven't actually grown taller as it is merely a style change.
* BackForTheFinale: Lots of characters from across the franchise return for this final installment.
* BigBadEnsemble: The entire show has [[BigBad Big Bads]] out the wazoo. In Side:Future, there's [[KnightTemplar Munakata]] [[spoiler: (who undergoes a HeelFaceTurn in episode 10)]] the attacker [[spoiler: (who we find out isn't even a character, let alone a villain)]], the mastermind [[spoiler:who's also Future Foundation's figurehead]] and [[spoiler: Mitarai]], while in Side:Despair, there's [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness The Steering Committee]], [[HopeCrusher Junko]] and [[spoiler: [[FaceHeelTurn Chisa]]]].
* {{Bookends}}: ''Side:Despair'' starts with [[spoiler:Chisa in a movie theater watching her death]]. Side:Future ends with [[spoiler:Chisa, and this time Junko, in the movie theater again watching the events of the episode unfold]].
* BlackBlood: Averted. For the first time, the blood is very, very red. In ''Side:Future'' anyway; It's still pink in ''Side:Despair'', [[spoiler:even during the very messy and violent First Killing Game.]]
* BloodierAndGorier: '''Oh very much yes'''. Not only has the BlackBlood been averted for the first time in the franchise's history, but being a late night anime allows it to go ''much'' farther with the violence. To give an example, [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Sayaka]] was merely stabbed in the bathroom and [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair the Imposter]] didn't have a visible wound and just a pool of blood. [[spoiler: Yukizome]], on the other hand, is graphically shown hung upside-down from a chandelier. ''Side:Despair'', while still keeping the pink blood, is still very gruesome at points, particularly [[spoiler: During the First Killing Game and the scene where Junko forces a reserve course student to cut off his own head with a hacksaw.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Present in both Despair and Future. In Despair, we have the [[spoiler: torture and Ultimate Despair-ification of Chisa, and the death of Chiaki being used to turn all of class 77 into Ultimate Despairs (with Mikan already being one at that point)]] and in Future we have [[spoiler:Aoi and Makoto's reactions to the (apparent) death of Kyoko.]]
* TheCameo:
** ''Future Arc:''
*** [[spoiler:Every dead member of the 78th class except Mukuro and Junko appear in Naegi's dream in episode 11]].
** ''Despair Arc:''
*** Maizono is shown on a magazine that Nagito gives to Teruteru in episode 4.
*** [[LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero Yūto Kamishiro]] appears in episode 5. In the same episode, application papers with portraits of both Celestia Ludenberg and Kiyotaka Ishimaru also appear, and Makoto Naegi appears briefly, walking into the school building.
*** [[LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero Yasuke Matsuda]] appears briefly in episode 8, watching the "parade".
*** Every character from [=DR1=] is seen in Episode 11, locking themselves in the school.
* CerebusRollercoaster: Invoked, ''Side:Future'' begins to take a less grim and more action-packed tone around the same point in which things start going to hell in ''Side:Despair'' [[spoiler:and ''Side:Hope'' has the most uplifting and hopeful tone of all the episodes]].
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Danganronpa 3'' plays this ''viciously'' straight. No more funny antics and BlackComedy, this DeadlyGame is a dead serious TenLittleMurderVictims scenario where people suffer and BloodierAndGorier is the norm (with the iconic BlackBlood gone completely), with the ever quirky [[LaughablyEvil Monokuma]] DemotedToExtra. And, despite initially looking LighterAndSofter, ''Side:Despair'' quickly becomes ''even worse'', with scenes of violence that are legitimately horrific.
* DemotedToExtra: Pretty much all of the returning characters to varying degrees, with the exception of Naegi, Kirigiri, Asahina and Monomi in ''Side:Future'' and Hinata and Nanami in ''Side:Despair''. This is especially notable of Monokuma and Komaeda, the SeriesMascot and BreakoutCharacter respectively, who here have much smaller roles.
* {{Doorstopper}}: A meta example. The material written by Kazutaka Kodaka is ''200 pages'' in Microsoft Word. Bear in mind that this ''isn't'' the scripts.
* EvolvingCredits: The Opening of ''Side: Future'' features the current survivor count, which naturally decreases with each death. The hypothetical deaths shown for each character also change between the first episode and the second onward: in the first episode, the characters are fully rendered with uncolored blood, while the later episodes feature silhouettes and garishly colored blood. Later episodes also feature slight changes in coloring and effects.
** In the first episode of ''Side: Despair'', Chiaki appears in the opening as a silhouette. In the second episode, she is fully shown. Later, in episode 6, with [[spoiler: Junko joining the school and Hajime turned into Izuru]], the OP background went from white to purple and darker pastel colors were used, including showing class 77 with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], as they had as Remnants of Despair. Not only that, but Izuru fully appears on the OP while Hajime has his image with lower opacity and interference.
* EyeScream:
** In the first episode of ''Side:Future'', Mikan Tsumiki (as a remnant of despair) is about to do this to some poor bastard, but Seiko Kimura manages to prevent it. In the fifth episode, a mutual attack between [[spoiler:Tengan and Munakata results in Munakata [[SlashedThroat slashing Tengan's throat open]] and Tengan forcing a metal bar through Munakata's right eye.]] At the end of the episode, he's seen with the ruined eye bandaged as part of an EvilMakeover that shows [[SanitySlippage just how much he's losing it.]] The eleventh episode [[spoiler:reveals that the Great Gozu stabbed his own eyes under the effects of the brainwash video.]]
** The sixth episode of ''Side:Despair'' has a very disturbing scene, where [[spoiler:Junko Enoshima gouges out a trustee's eye (with a spoon no less) to bypass a retina scanner.]]
* ForcedOrgasm: During the end of the Despair Arc Chisa's Brainwashing process involves Mukuro Ikusaba tempering with her brain with needles, affecting the pleasure center and forcing her to orgasm as she watches the Despair Video, thus equating her newfound pleasure into despair. It's very much played for horror, as we get [[FanDisservice close-up shots of Chisa's face, groin, and breasts as she vainly attempts to resist it]].
* FullyAbsorbedFinale: Being the GrandFinale, the anime in no way skirts on what to include. Everything, from the main games to obscure side-material gets included.
* GrandFinale: As the subtitle indicates, it is this to the Hope's Peak Saga.
* InconsistentDub: Just like in the [=DR1=] anime, Creator/{{Funimation}} chooses to stick with the original Japanese terms rather than the ones NISA uses in the games.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: To be expected, given its status as the GrandFinale to the Hope's Peak Saga:
** The teaser alone includes a mass of terms and images related to ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', ''LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero'' and ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', many of which are tied to spoilers from those installments. The first proper PV summarizes ''the entirety'' of the first two games.
** The main visual also spoils the fact that Makoto, Aoi, and Kyoko survive the first game.
** [[spoiler: Monaka Towa's appearance at the end of Episode 4]] is a '''''major''''' spoiler for ''VideoGame/UltraDespairGirls''. [[spoiler:The other Warriors of Hope]] also appear in Episode 7, revealing that they survived [[spoiler:their supposed executions in]] ''Absolute Despair Girls''.
** Mukuro and Junko appearing in ''Side:Despair'' spoils a lot of the secrets in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc''.
** The fact that ''Side:Future'' and ''Side:Despair'' were being aired at the same time will spoil some moments in both arcs depending on what order you watch the arcs. Of course, both are ''supposed'' to be watched as such, and both ultimately lead into ''Side:Hope'' anyway.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The anime has far and away the largest cast of possibly the entire franchise, with a total of 16 characters on either side, along with two mascots, that equals a total of ''34'' characters. And that's far from all of them.
* LoveHurts: Wouldn't be ''Danganronpa'' without this trope in play. For added fun, we have four couples this time.
** Nanami and Hinata: [[spoiler:All Nanami's influence on Hinata ultimately does is add fuel to him becoming Kamukura. She then spends a year waiting for him until she finally meets him as Izuru, who personally states he doesn't remember her. He then watches her die, triggering some level of too-late recollection as he cries, and holds onto her hairpin in grief and memory.]]
** Munakata and Yukizome: [[spoiler: Munakata losing Yukizome drives him insane. Then for added fun it's shown Yukizome was tortured into Despair during ''Side:Despair'' and has been spending the time between ''Side:Despair'' and ''Side:Future'' corrupting him into the man he is currently.]]
** Naegi and Kirigiri: [[spoiler:Kirigiri willingly sacrifices herself, refusing to betray Naegi again leaving Naegi heartbroken. Subverted when it turns out at the end she didn't really die.]]
** Ruruka and Izayoi: [[spoiler:Despite Izayoi's loyalty, Ruruka murders him so he can't betray her in the future. Izayoi still responds that he loves her, leaving Ruruka full of regret and self-loathing.]]
** Adding insult to injury, unrequited and platonic love are also used to the most hurtful degrees, such as Junko using Juzo's UnrequitedLove for Munakata as a way to manipulate him and using the fact that Chiaki is the most loved person in the 77th Class to throw the rest of the class into despair.
* NonUniformUniform: Of the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 32 characters]] on both sides, only a handful (Naegi and Mitarai in ''Side:Future'' and Hinata, The Imposter, Nanami, Koizumi, Tsumiki and Sonia in ''Side:Despair'') actually wear the proper uniform. Everyone else either wears the uniform customized or not at all.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: ''Side:Despair'' reveals many of the new characters actually have connections to older ones; Yukizome was the homeroom teacher for Class-77-B, Mitarai was a member of Class-77-B and had his identity used by the Ultimate Imposter, Kizakura was best friends with Jin Kirigiri and so on.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: The "Gloomy Sunday" version of Monokuma Theater brainwashed its viewers to kill themselves. [[spoiler:In Future Side, this is what actually caused all the killings by the "Attacker", with the victims being woken up during the sleep periods, and upon viewing the video on the monitor, the victims killed themselves. In Despair Side, this is revealed to be first sent by Junko herself to the Reserve Course students during The Parade, which caused all two thousand something students to kill themselves.]]
* {{Retcon}}:
** Hiyoko was shown in one of the ''Twilight Syndrome'' photos to be wearing the normal uniform. In the anime, she wears a kimono, and wears her hair differently. Additionally, the events of ''Twilight Syndrome'' play out much differently than in the game: ([[spoiler:Sato never confesses her murdering Natsumi to Mahiru, Mahiru never helps her cover anything up, and Sato's body is found after three days instead of one]]). It's possible Monokuma lied like WordOfGod says, but it's still a noticeable discrepancy.
** Nagito explicitly states in Chapter 0 of ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' that this is the first time he's ever met Izuru. [[spoiler:Episode 8 of ''Side: Despair'' has Izuru confronting and shooting him, which needs the HandWave that Izuru just erased both their memories of the event.]]
** Episode 11 of ''Side: Future'' shows [[spoiler:the events directly after the GainaxEnding of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', with what exactly the surviving members of the 78th class first saw upon leaving the school and the result of the Tragedy on the world. Toko in [=DR:AE=] and the emails in [=SDR2=] of the 78th class Survivors becoming FF members implied that the Survivors were surviving in the hostile environment of post-Tragedy Earth for a while on their own before they finally were found and joined Future Foundation. However, according to this episode, Munakata and Tengan already had an FF Rescue Squad lined up to arrive at Hope's Peak the moment Naegi and the others opened the door, meaning they were picked up almost immediately upon them escaping, contradicting what other sources said prior.]]
* RotatingProtagonist: The main characters jump in and out of focus depending on the situation. Side:Future has Makoto, Kyoko and Munakata as main characters, while Side:Despair has Hinata, Junko, Nanami, Mitarai and Yukizome.
* SerialEscalation: In more ways than one. Most notably, prior DR instalments stuck to having about 2-3 main characters for brevity's sake. [=DR3=] has '''eight''' main characters (Naegi, Kirigiri, Munakata, Yukizome, Hinata/Kamukura, Nanami, Enoshima and Mitarai) [[RotatingProtagonist all of whom drop in and out of focus as it suits the narrative]].
* ShoutOut:
** ''Future Arc'':
*** A bunch of people are trapped somewhere with no escape, equipped with bracelets loaded with both an anesthetic that is administered at regular intervals and a poison to execute them should they step out of line, and forced to play a DeadlyGame. [[VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward Sound]] [[VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma familiar?]] It's probably worth noting that ''Zero Escape'' creator Kotaro Uchikoshi is a good friend of Kazutaka Kodaka, so this is not exactly surprising.
*** At one point in the dubbed Episode 4, Monomi says, [[Memes/{{Nintendo}} "My body is ready!"]]
*** Episode 7 has Monaca having a speech about Junko's death, which is likely a nod to Gihren Zabi's speech about Garma's death from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''.
*** Also in episode 7 has [[Manga/ChibiMarukoChan Chibi Komaru-chan]] during Touko's fantasy. Coincidentally, Chibi Maruko-chan is voiced by TARAKO, the current voice of Monokuma. The same sequence has Togami siting on the hood of a moving car in the exact position used in the [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena "Akio Car"]] StockFootage.
*** Also in episode 7, [[spoiler:Monaca launches herself into space, and then remarks that [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency she's decided to stop thinking]].]]
*** [[spoiler: Monaca's NEET outfit in episode 7]] is clearly based on Umaru Doma's "Indoor Mode" from ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan''.
*** In episode 8, when deducing Juzo's forbidden action, Kizakura points his finger in a fashion similar to how characters point in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney''.
** ''Despair Arc'':
*** Kazuichi Soda ends up in bandages a lot like [[Anime/RurouniKenshin Makoto Shishio's]] after an...unlucky accident.
*** Ibuki playing a flamethrower-guitar, much like Coma the Doof Warrior from ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.
*** Chiaki plays a rather familiar game called ''[[VideoGame/{{Galaga}} Gala Omega]]'', complete with a suspiciously similar jingle.
*** After drinking the Doping Corn Soup, Akane's crazy hair length and combat poses are a dead ringer for [[Manga/HunterXHunter Adult Gon's]].
*** Episode 2 has Chiaki name-dropping ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonII'', along with the cast playing games visibly similar to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', and ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}''.
*** Episode 4 has Ruruka present her confections to four judges, who react like they had a foodgasm like in ''Manga/FoodWars''.
*** Episode 4's title is "The Melancholy, Surprise, and Disappearance of Nagito Komaeda", all of which are titles to books in the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' series.
*** Episode 7 has [[spoiler:Mukuro]] singing "Give Me Wings" during [[spoiler:The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy]], the same song used in [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance]] when [[spoiler:Shinji sets off Third Impact.]]
*** The premise of [[spoiler:the Student Council Killing Game]] begins very similarly to ''Literature/BattleRoyale'', with the killing being started off by the host shooting a student who stands up to them.
*** One of the weapons provided for [[spoiler: the first Killing Game]] is a [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre chainsaw]] with "[[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]] [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]" inscribed on it.
*** Episode 9 has Gundham charging a [[Anime/SaintSeiya Pegasus Meteor Fist]].
*** Episode 9's title is [[LightNovel/BoogiepopSeries Chisa Yukizome Doesn't Smile]].
*** In Episode 10, when Junko is blackmailing Juzo, the music used is the classical violin composition ''Zigeunerweisen'' by Pablo de Sarasate, well-known as the [[GameOver "Love is Over"]] music from VideoGame/{{Catherine}}.
** ''Hope Arc'':
*** One of the Future Foundation's EliteMooks does a move that looks strangely similar to [[Manga/{{Naruto}} the Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu]] when fighting Class 77.
*** According to a piece of [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/danganronpa/images/d/d5/Elite_Task_Force.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20161224014707 concept art,]] the Guile-looking foundation member is the Ultimate Franchise/StreetFighter.
* ToBeContinued: Both the Future and Despair sides end with the message "Continued on the hope side" following TheStinger.
* TorturePorn: The anime has quite a lot of disturbing scenes, especially in ''Side: Despair'', with [[spoiler:Nanami's execution]] taking the cake.
* TrueCompanions: Naegi and the other surviving members of the 78th Class, the 74th class trio and, thanks to the influence of Yukizome and Nanami, Class 77-B.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The two guys are Munakata and Sakakura, and the girl is Yukizome. However, by all appearances, Munakata is the "girl" that the "guys" Yukizome and Sakakura have a rivalry over. [[spoiler: ''Side:Despair'' Episode 6 reveals Sakakura's deal to be [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy something else entirely]].]]
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* ArcWelding: To insane degrees. Random incidents spread over the franchise are revealed to form a web that encompasses both sides.
* ArtEvolution: The anime features a darker color palette more akin to the anime cutscenes in ''VideoGame/UltraDespairGirls'' than the anime adaptation of the first game.
* ArtShiftedSequel: The style of art used is drawn to look more mature than the previous incarnations. This gives the feeling that characters are taller and more mature even though Kazutaka Kodaka has stated they haven't actually grown taller as it is merely a style change.
* BackForTheFinale: Lots of characters from across the franchise return for this final installment.
* BigBadEnsemble: The entire show has [[BigBad Big Bads]] out the wazoo. In Side:Future, there's [[KnightTemplar Munakata]] [[spoiler: (who undergoes a HeelFaceTurn in episode 10)]] the attacker [[spoiler: (who we find out isn't even a character, let alone a villain)]], the mastermind [[spoiler:who's also Future Foundation's figurehead]] and [[spoiler: Mitarai]], while in Side:Despair, there's [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness The Steering Committee]], [[HopeCrusher Junko]] and [[spoiler: [[FaceHeelTurn Chisa]]]].
* {{Bookends}}: ''Side:Despair'' starts with [[spoiler:Chisa in a movie theater watching her death]]. Side:Future ends with [[spoiler:Chisa, and this time Junko, in the movie theater again watching the events of the episode unfold]].
* BlackBlood: Averted. For the first time, the blood is very, very red. In ''Side:Future'' anyway; It's still pink in ''Side:Despair'', [[spoiler:even during the very messy and violent First Killing Game.]]
* BloodierAndGorier: '''Oh very much yes'''. Not only has the BlackBlood been averted for the first time in the franchise's history, but being a late night anime allows it to go ''much'' farther with the violence. To give an example, [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Sayaka]] was merely stabbed in the bathroom and [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair the Imposter]] didn't have a visible wound and just a pool of blood. [[spoiler: Yukizome]], on the other hand, is graphically shown hung upside-down from a chandelier. ''Side:Despair'', while still keeping the pink blood, is still very gruesome at points, particularly [[spoiler: During the First Killing Game and the scene where Junko forces a reserve course student to cut off his own head with a hacksaw.]]
* BreakTheCutie: Present in both Despair and Future. In Despair, we have the [[spoiler: torture and Ultimate Despair-ification of Chisa, and the death of Chiaki being used to turn all of class 77 into Ultimate Despairs (with Mikan already being one at that point)]] and in Future we have [[spoiler:Aoi and Makoto's reactions to the (apparent) death of Kyoko.]]
* TheCameo:
** ''Future Arc:''
*** [[spoiler:Every dead member of the 78th class except Mukuro and Junko appear in Naegi's dream in episode 11]].
** ''Despair Arc:''
*** Maizono is shown on a magazine that Nagito gives to Teruteru in episode 4.
*** [[LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero Yūto Kamishiro]] appears in episode 5. In the same episode, application papers with portraits of both Celestia Ludenberg and Kiyotaka Ishimaru also appear, and Makoto Naegi appears briefly, walking into the school building.
*** [[LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero Yasuke Matsuda]] appears briefly in episode 8, watching the "parade".
*** Every character from [=DR1=] is seen in Episode 11, locking themselves in the school.
* CerebusRollercoaster: Invoked, ''Side:Future'' begins to take a less grim and more action-packed tone around the same point in which things start going to hell in ''Side:Despair'' [[spoiler:and ''Side:Hope'' has the most uplifting and hopeful tone of all the episodes]].
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Danganronpa 3'' plays this ''viciously'' straight. No more funny antics and BlackComedy, this DeadlyGame is a dead serious TenLittleMurderVictims scenario where people suffer and BloodierAndGorier is the norm (with the iconic BlackBlood gone completely), with the ever quirky [[LaughablyEvil Monokuma]] DemotedToExtra. And, despite initially looking LighterAndSofter, ''Side:Despair'' quickly becomes ''even worse'', with scenes of violence that are legitimately horrific.
* DemotedToExtra: Pretty much all of the returning characters to varying degrees, with the exception of Naegi, Kirigiri, Asahina and Monomi in ''Side:Future'' and Hinata and Nanami in ''Side:Despair''. This is especially notable of Monokuma and Komaeda, the SeriesMascot and BreakoutCharacter respectively, who here have much smaller roles.
* {{Doorstopper}}: A meta example. The material written by Kazutaka Kodaka is ''200 pages'' in Microsoft Word. Bear in mind that this ''isn't'' the scripts.
* EvolvingCredits: The Opening of ''Side: Future'' features the current survivor count, which naturally decreases with each death. The hypothetical deaths shown for each character also change between the first episode and the second onward: in the first episode, the characters are fully rendered with uncolored blood, while the later episodes feature silhouettes and garishly colored blood. Later episodes also feature slight changes in coloring and effects.
** In the first episode of ''Side: Despair'', Chiaki appears in the opening as a silhouette. In the second episode, she is fully shown. Later, in episode 6, with [[spoiler: Junko joining the school and Hajime turned into Izuru]], the OP background went from white to purple and darker pastel colors were used, including showing class 77 with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], as they had as Remnants of Despair. Not only that, but Izuru fully appears on the OP while Hajime has his image with lower opacity and interference.
* EyeScream:
** In the first episode of ''Side:Future'', Mikan Tsumiki (as a remnant of despair) is about to do this to some poor bastard, but Seiko Kimura manages to prevent it. In the fifth episode, a mutual attack between [[spoiler:Tengan and Munakata results in Munakata [[SlashedThroat slashing Tengan's throat open]] and Tengan forcing a metal bar through Munakata's right eye.]] At the end of the episode, he's seen with the ruined eye bandaged as part of an EvilMakeover that shows [[SanitySlippage just how much he's losing it.]] The eleventh episode [[spoiler:reveals that the Great Gozu stabbed his own eyes under the effects of the brainwash video.]]
** The sixth episode of ''Side:Despair'' has a very disturbing scene, where [[spoiler:Junko Enoshima gouges out a trustee's eye (with a spoon no less) to bypass a retina scanner.]]
* ForcedOrgasm: During the end of the Despair Arc Chisa's Brainwashing process involves Mukuro Ikusaba tempering with her brain with needles, affecting the pleasure center and forcing her to orgasm as she watches the Despair Video, thus equating her newfound pleasure into despair. It's very much played for horror, as we get [[FanDisservice close-up shots of Chisa's face, groin, and breasts as she vainly attempts to resist it]].
* FullyAbsorbedFinale: Being the GrandFinale, the anime in no way skirts on what to include. Everything, from the main games to obscure side-material gets included.
* GrandFinale: As the subtitle indicates, it is this to the Hope's Peak Saga.
* InconsistentDub: Just like in the [=DR1=] anime, Creator/{{Funimation}} chooses to stick with the original Japanese terms rather than the ones NISA uses in the games.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: To be expected, given its status as the GrandFinale to the Hope's Peak Saga:
** The teaser alone includes a mass of terms and images related to ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', ''LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero'' and ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', many of which are tied to spoilers from those installments. The first proper PV summarizes ''the entirety'' of the first two games.
** The main visual also spoils the fact that Makoto, Aoi, and Kyoko survive the first game.
** [[spoiler: Monaka Towa's appearance at the end of Episode 4]] is a '''''major''''' spoiler for ''VideoGame/UltraDespairGirls''. [[spoiler:The other Warriors of Hope]] also appear in Episode 7, revealing that they survived [[spoiler:their supposed executions in]] ''Absolute Despair Girls''.
** Mukuro and Junko appearing in ''Side:Despair'' spoils a lot of the secrets in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc''.
** The fact that ''Side:Future'' and ''Side:Despair'' were being aired at the same time will spoil some moments in both arcs depending on what order you watch the arcs. Of course, both are ''supposed'' to be watched as such, and both ultimately lead into ''Side:Hope'' anyway.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The anime has far and away the largest cast of possibly the entire franchise, with a total of 16 characters on either side, along with two mascots, that equals a total of ''34'' characters. And that's far from all of them.
* LoveHurts: Wouldn't be ''Danganronpa'' without this trope in play. For added fun, we have four couples this time.
** Nanami and Hinata: [[spoiler:All Nanami's influence on Hinata ultimately does is add fuel to him becoming Kamukura. She then spends a year waiting for him until she finally meets him as Izuru, who personally states he doesn't remember her. He then watches her die, triggering some level of too-late recollection as he cries, and holds onto her hairpin in grief and memory.]]
** Munakata and Yukizome: [[spoiler: Munakata losing Yukizome drives him insane. Then for added fun it's shown Yukizome was tortured into Despair during ''Side:Despair'' and has been spending the time between ''Side:Despair'' and ''Side:Future'' corrupting him into the man he is currently.]]
** Naegi and Kirigiri: [[spoiler:Kirigiri willingly sacrifices herself, refusing to betray Naegi again leaving Naegi heartbroken. Subverted when it turns out at the end she didn't really die.]]
** Ruruka and Izayoi: [[spoiler:Despite Izayoi's loyalty, Ruruka murders him so he can't betray her in the future. Izayoi still responds that he loves her, leaving Ruruka full of regret and self-loathing.]]
** Adding insult to injury, unrequited and platonic love are also used to the most hurtful degrees, such as Junko using Juzo's UnrequitedLove for Munakata as a way to manipulate him and using the fact that Chiaki is the most loved person in the 77th Class to throw the rest of the class into despair.
* NonUniformUniform: Of the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 32 characters]] on both sides, only a handful (Naegi and Mitarai in ''Side:Future'' and Hinata, The Imposter, Nanami, Koizumi, Tsumiki and Sonia in ''Side:Despair'') actually wear the proper uniform. Everyone else either wears the uniform customized or not at all.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: ''Side:Despair'' reveals many of the new characters actually have connections to older ones; Yukizome was the homeroom teacher for Class-77-B, Mitarai was a member of Class-77-B and had his identity used by the Ultimate Imposter, Kizakura was best friends with Jin Kirigiri and so on.
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: The "Gloomy Sunday" version of Monokuma Theater brainwashed its viewers to kill themselves. [[spoiler:In Future Side, this is what actually caused all the killings by the "Attacker", with the victims being woken up during the sleep periods, and upon viewing the video on the monitor, the victims killed themselves. In Despair Side, this is revealed to be first sent by Junko herself to the Reserve Course students during The Parade, which caused all two thousand something students to kill themselves.]]
* {{Retcon}}:
** Hiyoko was shown in one of the ''Twilight Syndrome'' photos to be wearing the normal uniform. In the anime, she wears a kimono, and wears her hair differently. Additionally, the events of ''Twilight Syndrome'' play out much differently than in the game: ([[spoiler:Sato never confesses her murdering Natsumi to Mahiru, Mahiru never helps her cover anything up, and Sato's body is found after three days instead of one]]). It's possible Monokuma lied like WordOfGod says, but it's still a noticeable discrepancy.
** Nagito explicitly states in Chapter 0 of ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' that this is the first time he's ever met Izuru. [[spoiler:Episode 8 of ''Side: Despair'' has Izuru confronting and shooting him, which needs the HandWave that Izuru just erased both their memories of the event.]]
** Episode 11 of ''Side: Future'' shows [[spoiler:the events directly after the GainaxEnding of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', with what exactly the surviving members of the 78th class first saw upon leaving the school and the result of the Tragedy on the world. Toko in [=DR:AE=] and the emails in [=SDR2=] of the 78th class Survivors becoming FF members implied that the Survivors were surviving in the hostile environment of post-Tragedy Earth for a while on their own before they finally were found and joined Future Foundation. However, according to this episode, Munakata and Tengan already had an FF Rescue Squad lined up to arrive at Hope's Peak the moment Naegi and the others opened the door, meaning they were picked up almost immediately upon them escaping, contradicting what other sources said prior.]]
* RotatingProtagonist: The main characters jump in and out of focus depending on the situation. Side:Future has Makoto, Kyoko and Munakata as main characters, while Side:Despair has Hinata, Junko, Nanami, Mitarai and Yukizome.
* SerialEscalation: In more ways than one. Most notably, prior DR instalments stuck to having about 2-3 main characters for brevity's sake. [=DR3=] has '''eight''' main characters (Naegi, Kirigiri, Munakata, Yukizome, Hinata/Kamukura, Nanami, Enoshima and Mitarai) [[RotatingProtagonist all of whom drop in and out of focus as it suits the narrative]].
* ShoutOut:
** ''Future Arc'':
*** A bunch of people are trapped somewhere with no escape, equipped with bracelets loaded with both an anesthetic that is administered at regular intervals and a poison to execute them should they step out of line, and forced to play a DeadlyGame. [[VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward Sound]] [[VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma familiar?]] It's probably worth noting that ''Zero Escape'' creator Kotaro Uchikoshi is a good friend of Kazutaka Kodaka, so this is not exactly surprising.
*** At one point in the dubbed Episode 4, Monomi says, [[Memes/{{Nintendo}} "My body is ready!"]]
*** Episode 7 has Monaca having a speech about Junko's death, which is likely a nod to Gihren Zabi's speech about Garma's death from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''.
*** Also in episode 7 has [[Manga/ChibiMarukoChan Chibi Komaru-chan]] during Touko's fantasy. Coincidentally, Chibi Maruko-chan is voiced by TARAKO, the current voice of Monokuma. The same sequence has Togami siting on the hood of a moving car in the exact position used in the [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena "Akio Car"]] StockFootage.
*** Also in episode 7, [[spoiler:Monaca launches herself into space, and then remarks that [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency she's decided to stop thinking]].]]
*** [[spoiler: Monaca's NEET outfit in episode 7]] is clearly based on Umaru Doma's "Indoor Mode" from ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan''.
*** In episode 8, when deducing Juzo's forbidden action, Kizakura points his finger in a fashion similar to how characters point in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney''.
** ''Despair Arc'':
*** Kazuichi Soda ends up in bandages a lot like [[Anime/RurouniKenshin Makoto Shishio's]] after an...unlucky accident.
*** Ibuki playing a flamethrower-guitar, much like Coma the Doof Warrior from ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.
*** Chiaki plays a rather familiar game called ''[[VideoGame/{{Galaga}} Gala Omega]]'', complete with a suspiciously similar jingle.
*** After drinking the Doping Corn Soup, Akane's crazy hair length and combat poses are a dead ringer for [[Manga/HunterXHunter Adult Gon's]].
*** Episode 2 has Chiaki name-dropping ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonII'', along with the cast playing games visibly similar to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', and ''VideoGame/{{Bomberman}}''.
*** Episode 4 has Ruruka present her confections to four judges, who react like they had a foodgasm like in ''Manga/FoodWars''.
*** Episode 4's title is "The Melancholy, Surprise, and Disappearance of Nagito Komaeda", all of which are titles to books in the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' series.
*** Episode 7 has [[spoiler:Mukuro]] singing "Give Me Wings" during [[spoiler:The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy]], the same song used in [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance]] when [[spoiler:Shinji sets off Third Impact.]]
*** The premise of [[spoiler:the Student Council Killing Game]] begins very similarly to ''Literature/BattleRoyale'', with the killing being started off by the host shooting a student who stands up to them.
*** One of the weapons provided for [[spoiler: the first Killing Game]] is a [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre chainsaw]] with "[[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]] [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]" inscribed on it.
*** Episode 9 has Gundham charging a [[Anime/SaintSeiya Pegasus Meteor Fist]].
*** Episode 9's title is [[LightNovel/BoogiepopSeries Chisa Yukizome Doesn't Smile]].
*** In Episode 10, when Junko is blackmailing Juzo, the music used is the classical violin composition ''Zigeunerweisen'' by Pablo de Sarasate, well-known as the [[GameOver "Love is Over"]] music from VideoGame/{{Catherine}}.
** ''Hope Arc'':
*** One of the Future Foundation's EliteMooks does a move that looks strangely similar to [[Manga/{{Naruto}} the Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu]] when fighting Class 77.
*** According to a piece of [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/danganronpa/images/d/d5/Elite_Task_Force.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20161224014707 concept art,]] the Guile-looking foundation member is the Ultimate Franchise/StreetFighter.
* ToBeContinued: Both the Future and Despair sides end with the message "Continued on the hope side" following TheStinger.
* TorturePorn: The anime has quite a lot of disturbing scenes, especially in ''Side: Despair'', with [[spoiler:Nanami's execution]] taking the cake.
* TrueCompanions: Naegi and the other surviving members of the 78th Class, the 74th class trio and, thanks to the influence of Yukizome and Nanami, Class 77-B.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The two guys are Munakata and Sakakura, and the girl is Yukizome. However, by all appearances, Munakata is the "girl" that the "guys" Yukizome and Sakakura have a rivalry over. [[spoiler: ''Side:Despair'' Episode 6 reveals Sakakura's deal to be [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy something else entirely]].]]
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