History DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony / TropesIToO

** In Chapter 2, Maki gives Ryoma his motive video because he was curious about it, not caring for its contents. This leads Ryoma to give up on his life and submit to Kurumi's [[TheNeedsOfTheMany role as the de facto prime minister of Japan]], allowing her to kill him, effectively setting the main murder case in motion.

* JerkassBall: In Chapter 2, the students began demanding [[{{Meido}} Kirumi]] to do things for them solely because they're too lazy to do it themselves or need her expertise in assisting them on it, which is mostly to justify Kirumi's murder of Ryoma to escape the academy later on because of them [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity taking advantage of her]]. The issue is they don't do this to her in Chapter 1, making them hold the ball solely for Chapter 2's arc.

* JerkassBall: In Chapter 2, the students began demanding [[{{Meido}} Kirumi]] to do things for them solely because they're too lazy to do it themselves or need her expertise in assisting them on it, which is mostly to justify Kirumi's murder of Ryoma to escape the academy later on because of them [[TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity taking advantage of her]]. They do not do this to her in Chapter 1, making them hold the ball solely for Chapter 2's arc.

** In Chapter 2, Maki gives Ryoma his motive video because he was curious about it, not caring for its contents. This leads Ryoma to give up on his life and submit to Kurumi's [[NeedsOfTheMany role as the de facto prime minister of Japan]], allowing her to kill him, effectively setting the main murder case in motion.

* IdiotBall: Firmly grasped by the culprit in chapter 2. [[spoiler: If Kirumi had simply left Ryoma's lab after drowning him, she very likely would've gotten away with it as there was nothing tying her to the crime. It wasn't until she came up with the plan to leave his body in Himiko's shark tank that she left a bevy of evidence.]]

* OffModel: Some of the cutscene [=CGs=] look like they are drawn by different people who are obviously trying to mimic the game's signature style. Also, Tenko is missing her left hand in the CG showing all the students after the killing game starts, and in the [=PS4=] and PC versions, Kaito doesn't have his goatee in the scene where the students get their Ultimate clothes in the prologue.

* NWordPriviliges: Miu is one of the students who does not consider robots as "people", but Keebo lets her remark slide.

* ImaginedInnuendo: In Chapter 1, Kokichi asks Kaede how far she has gone with Shuichi. Kaede takes offense to that, but Kokichi just wanted to know how far they have gone in exploring the school.

* LighterAndSofter: While a majority of the executions are much more brutal this time, Kaito's execution was this, as it ''actually averted'' the CruelAndUnusualDeath trope.
* LightIsNotGood: Hope. In the finale, Shuichi Saihara rejects K1-B0's hope, as a hope-filled ending for this season of ''Danganronpa'' would stimulate the audience and lead to future killing games. Just as much as an ending filled with despair. The ending Shuichi goes for instead is an ending full of ''disappointment'', where everyone threatens to commit suicide together with the intention of pissing off the audience so much that they never want to watch the show again, resulting in its cancellation.

** Shuichi and Kaede get some pretty cute ShipTease in Chapter 1. Turns out Kaede was the (framed) culprit for Rantaro's murder, and is executed while a tearful Shuichi watches. At the end of the chapter he's shown hallucinating her ghost and thinking back over their time together in a truly depressing fashion.

* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: V3 as the numeric is...odd, to say the least. WordOfGod states that the "V" stands for "Victory". Turns out it's an almost literal meaning. There were 53 killing games including the current one. V can also stand for 5. There's also three survivors, or in other words, 3 people were victorious. This is also to differentiate it from the anime which completes the Hope's Peak Academy's saga -- it should in theory limit confusion by not having the main games jump to the number 4.

* MetaSequel: It's revealed in the final trial that ''V3'' isn't a direct continuation of the story told in the previous ''Danganronpa'' works, but a different story set in a world where those are famous works of fiction that inspired the creation of a reality show. Thus, it has room to play with and comment on the familiar aspects of the franchise.

* MetaSequel: It's revealed in the final trial that ''V3'' isn't a direct continuation of the story told in the previous ''Danganronpa'' works, but a different story set in a world where those were famous works that inspired the creation of a reality show. Thus, it has room to play with and comment on the familiar aspects of the franchise.

* MetaSequel: It's revealed in the final trial that ''V3'' isn't a direct continuation of the story told in the earlier ''Danganronpa'' works, but a different story set in a world where those were famous works that inspired a the creation of a reality show. Thus, it has room to play with and comment on the familiar aspects of the franchise.

* MetaSequel: It's eventually revealed that this is not a direct continuation of the story told in the earlier ''Danganronpa'' works, but a story about a world where those are famous works of fiction that inspired someone to recreate them. Thus it has room to play with and comment on the familiar aspects of the franchise.

* IdiotBall: Firmly grasped by the culprit in chapter 2. [[spoiler: If Kirumi had simply left Ryoma's lab after drowning him, she very likely would've gotten away with it as there was nothing tying her to the crime. It wasn't until she came up with the plan to leave his body in Himeko's shark tank that she left a bevy of evidence.]]

* MegamixGame: Characters from the previous game appear in the last trial, and each murder case is more thematic and exclusive compared to the previous two games.

* InterfaceSpoiler:
** Unlike the previous games, now you manually vote on who the culprit is at the end of the class trial. You don't have to actually vote for the culprit because everyone else will do so, but you do need to vote for ''somebody'' or you get a game over. The significance of this comes at the very end of the final case, where the remaining survivors perform a suicide pact by all refusing to vote for hope or despair.
** In the first chapter, Kaede can't get more than two Free Time events from any character, because the game intends you to collect all of them with Shuichi instead.
** On a less "spoiler" note and more "capable of being figured out by a perceptive player", you can get the sheet music and metronome presents from the [=MonoMono=] Machine, which would obviously be best appreciated only by Kaede as a recipient. There is also the "Gun of Man's Passion," which like the items "A Man's Fantasy" and "Man's Nut" in the first two games, unlocks a hidden {{fanservice}} scene of spying on girls bathing, which makes much more sense for a male protagonist.
** Perceptive players will also notice that during a character's second Free Time event, they will speak a fully voiced line or two near the end, something only reserved for final Free Time events in ''Danganronpa 2''.
** Also, you can find hidden Monokumas as Kaede, but unlike the previous game there's no display rack for them in her room. The rack is in Shuichi's room.
** In previous games, your Influence Gauge emptying would result in all the survivors voting the PlayerCharacter guilty, which, since said individual isn't the culprit, would result in Monokuma declaring that everyone besides the blackened will be executed. This time, however, the game over sequence cuts off just before the votes are cast. This is most likely because in the first trial, [[DecoyProtagonist Kaede]] is considered the culprit (as the person who takes the fall for the mastermind's crime), so executing her would be the correct decision.

* JustifiedTitle: The "[=V3=]" in ''Danganronpa V3'' is meant to distinguish it from the anime ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'', and indicate that it's the start of a new StoryArc. According to WordOfGod, the "V" stands for "Victory". However, the final chapter reveals that [[TrumanShowPlot it's the 53rd season of the]] ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' {{reality show}}, with "V" being the Roman numeral for 5. The Japanese subtitle, "'''Everyone's''' New Killing School Semester", refers to AudienceParticipation in which viewers can influence the K1-B0's actions through polls.

* LighterAndSofter: While a majority of the executions are much more brutal this time, Kaito's execution was this as that execution ''actually averted'' the CruelAndUnusualDeath trope.

* MythologyGag:
** The demo uses Hagakure as the victim to hide Case 1's true victim, just like the first game. Monokuma even lampshades this stating how this was the "second time" Yasuhiro died.
** This is not [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair the first time]] a PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo is liberally referred to as a "protagonist".
** When Kaede gives Hajime her unconditioned trust in the demo, Hajime declines it by saying if Kaede really trusts him, then she should suspect him first. This is in line with his own game's Case 3, where "belief without doubt is a lie" is the underlying theme.
** Kokichi dislikes pork's feet. This could be viewed as a reference to Hiyoko's nickname towards the Ultimate Imposter in [=DR2=] with her calling them "Mr. Porkfeet".
** Other items in Mind Mine in the demo besides the kitchen knife are a crystal ball and a dumbbell.
** One of presents is a white grabbing hand called "Tentacle Machine", referencing Kotoko's "motivation machine" she used to molest Komaru in ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls''.
** The "Outlaw Run" game in the casino has you driving a car in Towa City and running over blue and purple silhouettes representing civilians.
** During Rantaro's second free time event, he tells Kaede that he could be the Ultimate Murderous Fiend for all they know.
** The first Rebuttal Showdown is against the victim of Chapter 2, just like ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''.
** By all initial appearances, it looks like Ryoma's Chapter 2 murder harkens back to an unused execution from the first ''Danganronpa'' game. In it, Aoi Asahina was put into a tank for a magic show trick, and when the curtain goes up again, only her bones remained.
** Angie's first free time event makes a reference to Jabberwock Island:
--->'''Angie''': I sorta remember a place like that... Jabba-something Island, I think?
** In the Neo World Program, Himiko is disappointed that it's a snowy mansion and chapel, and wishes it was a tropical island.
** During the first class trial, everyone has to discuss the possibility that someone was able to kill the victim from another room by throwing a shot put ball at them with lethal force. Just like how [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Leon Kuwata used his throwing skills to access an incinerator that was blocked off with a gate]].
** During the third class trial, it was falsely suggested that one of the victims committed suicide just like in ''Danganronpa 2''.
** Kaede isn't the first musician in the series to be killed by strangulation with a rope and had her lifeless body left hanging. Additionaly, her execution finishes with a Casting Gag as her body is crushed. It gets even better when it's revealed that the Chapter 1 Class Trial, just like the Chapter 5 Class Trial of the original game, is a FrameUp orchestrated by the mastermind in order to cover up their own crimes. However, it was possible for Makoto Naegi to outwit the mastermind in the original ''Danganronpa'' (and the canonical choice as well), to the point that even when Monokuma attempts to execute him in retaliation he's foiled by Alter Ego. By contrast, the mastermind's scheme goes off without a hitch in ''V3'' as [[YouCantThwartStageOne it's impossible to save Kaede even if you're aware of the truth.]]
** Gonta's execution references how the past Chapter Four killers died as he was poisoned like Sakura and he was run over by animals like Gundham. In addition, an AI version of himself is executed as well, similarly to how Alter Ego was executed in [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the first game]].
** Just like in [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the first game]], the Chapter Five victim was unknown at the start of the investigation.
** Just like in [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair the second game]], Chapter Five has the TokenEvilTeammate orchestrate his own death in a ThanatosGambit.
** Kaito's execution is a recreation of the Headmaster's execution in the first game's prologue. However, Kaito succumbs to his disease before it can be finished.
** Tsumugi's skill is called "2D Love" which is a reference to Hifumi's love for 2D Girls.
** The third murder involves a katana with gold leaf covering that easily rubs off, just like the first murder of the first game.
** During the third trial, Tsumugi suggests that Tenko's murderer may have stabbed her from below by hiding in the crawl space under the floorboards and marking her location with glowing paint, which is how the first murder of the second game was carried out.
** Once again, an Alter Ego character comes into play. This time, the survivors use Alter Ego Gonta to find out their motivation for committing the fourth murder, since the flesh-and-blood culprit is suffering from amnesia due to a botched entry into the Neo World Program.
** The mastermind's room contains the same type of monitor seen in ''Anime/Danganronpa3 Future Arc''.
** The Hope's Peak Academy Monopad theme costs 11037 casino coins.
** In K1-B0's event with Miu in the Ultimate Talent Development Plan, she suggests giving him the feature to "cry" juice and tea from his eyes, similar to Mechamaru.
** During the final trial, one of Tsumugi's lines is phrased very similarly to one of Junko's lines from Case 6 of [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the first game]], though altered to reflect [[TrumanShowPlot the nature of the new killing game]]:
--->'''Junko ([=DR1=]):''' In other words, if you see despair as the enemy, then your enemy...is the world itself!\\
'''Tsumugi:''' So if you want to make me your enemy...then your enemy is the world of ''Danganronpa'' itself!
** Then following that she says lines, cosplaying as different characters that are references to things they have said in the past games or that stay in-character: The final piece of evidence that reveals Leon as the first killer in [=DR1=] is when the characters realize Sayaka's dying message was a series of letters not numbers.
--->'''Leon:''' But isn't it just rad how it looks like a letter but it's really a number!
** After Nagito earns the prize from the final dead room he learns Hajime has no talent:
--->'''Nagito ([=DR2=]):''' An average, talentless human....That's right, you were never an Ultimate! you had no talent whatsoever.
--->'''Nagito:''' You're just normal, average, everyday people, with no Ultimate talent whatsoever.
** Chiaki's speech to Hajime during the final class trial in [=DR2=] is said as words of encouragement to inspire the indecisive Hajime to just act, with the faith everything will work out. However, Tsumugi repeats this phrase, telling the V3 cast, they believed in their fake talents so much that just acting upon them led to desirable outcomes.
--->'''Chiaki ([=DR2=]):''' I guess what I'm trying to say is... If you just do it, things will turn out okay.\\
'''Chiaki:''' Kinda like a form of auto suggestion...you know like if you do it, it'll all work out.
** In [=DR2=] Sonia is a serial killer enthusiast. In V3 Tsumugi compares giving the V3 cast fake talents, personalities, and upbringings to what happens in the Netflix series ''Making a Murderer''.
--->'''Sonia:''' Much like that delightful documentary ''Making a Murderer''.
** In [=DR2=] the 4th Trial is spurred on due to Gundham's displeasure with his friends resigning themselves to die and no longer trying to live, all to avoid killing each other. Tsumugi uses his line to show displeasure with everyone refusing to vote (grounds for immediate death), to end the killing game with a unsatisfying ending for the audience.
--->'''Gundham:''' Such foolishness! To cast your life away is the height of stupidity./(Non-stop debate) To choose death is a blaspheme against life itself.
** The [=DR2=] ending was about Hajime moving to the future with all it's uncertainties, and the importance in deciding your own future. In the same Non-stop debate as above Tsumugi uses it as an excuse for why the V3 cast should move forward.
--->'''Hajime:''' You can't throw away your futures.

* TheKillerWasLeftHanded: It may not affect the fact that Gonta was the culprit in Chapter 4, but it did affect the trial because he couldn't remember anything about it. That is because, when he had to connect the cords to the VR set, he followed Himiko's nervous instruction, which indicated that the red cord goes on the "hand you hold your chopstick in", referring to her right hand. ''No one knew Gonta was left-handed until he said it... '''almost at the end of the trial'''. It was a surprise. ''

* OutsideContextProblem: No one considered the possibility of someone being killed during a murder investigation. It stops everyone cold and forces the Monokuma to make a new rule up on the spot.