History Literature / DanganronpaKirigiri

* UsefulNotes/JapaneseSiblingTerminology: Samidare asks Kirigiri to call her "Yui-onee-chan," since while Samidare is older, she thinks of herself as more of an older sister than a [[SenpaiKohai senpai]]. Kirigiri calls her "Yui-onee-sama," a much more formal variant.

* FiveManBand: The group of detectives assembled in Volume 4:
** TheHero: Samidare
** TheLancer: Fukurou
** TheBigGuy: Yaki
** TheSmartGuy: Mizuiyama
** TheChick: Kirigiri
** TheSixthRanger[=/=]WildCard: Lico

Running from 2013--2020, ''Danganronpa Kirigiri'' is a series of prequel {{light novel}}s for the ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' franchise, starring the heroine of [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the original game]]. It is written by Takekuni Kitayama and illustrated by Rui Komatsuzaki, who also draws the official art for the games.

* GreatDetective: Given the Detective Library is a massive database for all detectives, these show up a lot. The top, however, are the four who achieved 000 status, those being Gekkan Ryuuzouji, Johnny Arp, Rei Mikagami and an unknown fourth. [[spoiler: Volume 2 reveals the fourth is the BigBad and MasterOfDisguise Mikado Shinsen, with Ryuuzouji and Johnny working under him. Volume 3 subsequently reveals Lico to be Mikagami, though as it turns out neither is his real name.]]

* LateArrivalSpoiler: The series openly gives away the nature of Kirigiri's talent in the book. [[TheUntwist Not that it was hidden much anyway]].

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Dozens of them, with numerous new faces introduced every book.

* ShipTease: A downright relentless amount between Yadorigi and Mizuiyama over the course of Volume 4.

* WhamEpisode: The end of Volume 3. [[spoiler: After solving one of Ryuuzouji's cases, Samidare goes to Kirigiri's place to find out why she disappeared for two weeks, only find in the backyard a rotting corpse wearing '''Fuhito's clothes'''. She's subsequently attacked by a mysterious woman in an apron, only to be saved by Jin Kirigiri. While she's being driven back, Samidare comes to the conclusion that Fuhito has been DeadAllAlong and impersonated by Shinsen all this time.]]

* ShoutOut:
** Norman's Hotel is a fairly obvious reference to ''Film/{{Psycho}}''.
** Several characters seem modeled on the characters of mystery writer Creator/RanpoEdogawa. [[spoiler:Shinsen]] is akin to the [[MasterOfDisguise Fiend of Twenty Faces]], Ryuuzouji has a number of similarities to Akechi Kogoro and Lico is a KidDetective with effeminate looks who pursues mysteries out of curiosity, much like Yoshio Kobayashi.

* WhamEpisode: The end of Volume 3. [[spoiler: After solving one of Ryuuzouji's cases, Samidare goes to Kirigiri's place to find out why she disappeared for two weeks, only find in the backyard a rotting corpse wearing '''Fuhito's clothes'''. She's subsequently attacked by a mysterious woman in an apron, only to be saved by Jin Kirigiri. While she's being driven back, Samidare comes to the conclusion that Fuhito has been DeadAllAlong and impersonated by Shinsen all this time.]]

* MementoMacGuffin: Possibly, at the moment depending on how things go, but the rose in vitro [[CoolBigSis Samidare]] gives to Kirigiri, later on becomes one of her favorite presents in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc''.

* {{Foreshadowing}}[=/=]MementoMacGuffin: Possibly, at the moment depending on how things go, but the rose in vitro [[CoolBigSis Samidare]] gives to Kirigiri, later on becomes one of her favorite presents in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc''.
** Near the end of Volume 2 [[spoiler: Fuhito contacts Kirigiri and reveals that Shinsen is The Variationist, which comes off as very odd since it was said there was jamming equipment in place. As Volume 3 reveals, it most probably wasn't Fuhito talking...]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: ''Whoo boy'':
** The victims of the Sirius case (Amino, Inuzuka and Enbi) are all decapitated with hedge clippers and have their body parts rearranged.
** [[spoiler: Uosumi gets shot off a railing, falls onto a table and subsequently bursts into flame.]]
** The victim of the haunted house case, Suntetsu Shirasu, is killed [[spoiler:by being impaled with a sword propelled forward by what is essentially a slingshot.]]

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The better part of Volume 3 changes gears of the plot of previous books from a mystery to instead introducing Lico, the third main character, providing more of a suspense story and closing in a battle with a group of hitmen.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/danganronpa_kirigiri_vol_3_cast.png]]

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Ryuuzouji openly notes this to be the case with him and Samidare. Samidare isn't happy about it.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Yui shields Kyoko from the elements until medical attention can arrive. When Kyoko later wakes up in the hospital, she learns Yui didn't make it.]]

Running from 2013--2020, ''Danganronpa Kirigiri'' is a series of prequel {{light novel}}s for the ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' franchise, starring the heroine of [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the original]].

* TenLittleMurderVictims: The motif of the of Norman's Hotel case, which involves ten people, including Kirigiri and Samidare, who get imprisoned and killed one by one each night. [[spoiler: It seemingly ends as the culprit (Yozuru) is caught, only for Nanamura to turn traitor and kill nearly everyone, followed by him committing suicide.]]