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[[WMG: Gundam's final spell was not intended to protect ''himself''.]]

* Gundam knew the spell wouldn't work, because he knew there's no such thing as magic. His final act of defiance was intended simply to maintain, to the last possible second, his mystique.
* Gundam's spell, which ''may'' have worked, was intended to protect his hamsters. His first act after the collision is to check that they're all right.

The most typical true backstory that people who support this theory propose is that Peko was taken by the Kuzuryu Clan to pay off her family's debts. In turn, the Kuzuryu Clan raise the heir of a family of swordfighters to protect their own heir.

[[WMG: Dangan Ronpa shares the same universe as Fallout.]]

Danganronpa's audience was convinced to have a need to save each character from death in the first game as they still understood their level of humanity no matter how much each participant was favoured. In the sequel, they're the resistance rehabilitating the cast and Hajime pursuing their goal to save the surviving characters they've bonded and connected with.

If anyone is familiar with ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'', then it's pretty obvious that Gundam is having the same kind of delusions that several of the characters in that series do; he hasn't recovered from them and still fancies himself a dark overlord.

* More specifically, the body they found might have been Mukuro's(who was still dressed up as Junko). The Despair crew weren't exactly in the most stable frame of mind, so it's believable if they couldn't tell the difference.

*** Clothes? Hair? [[GagBoobs Boobs]]?

Junko is described as being born with a hunger for despair. Considering how much influence and technology the Hope's Peak Board of Regents have, she could have been a failed Izuru prototype. Considering to her data analyst abilities in ''LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero'' she probably was made to achieve the ability to analyze everything and use them for the cause of hope, but due to a messed up 1/0 binary input on the idea of hope... The other Ultimate Despairs could be seen as experiments as well, and the Despair Fever victims are simply reawakening their memories of botched experiments to create Izuru's way of thinking.

** Except the original Japanese version has Makoto instead say someone tried to implant Junko's reproductive organs, so that definitely had to have been a woman (and most likely Mikan).

She has often shown a real fascination towards Serial Killers which is shown throughout the story and free time events. This is most likely because she was a Serial Killer as a Ruminant of Despair.

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*** Post-''Anime/DanganRonpa3'' edit: the process of elimination was even easier for Tsumiki to do to determine Kamukura's identity, as she actually did recognize the name Chiaki Nanami [[spoiler:since the real person who went by that name was her friend and died right in front of her eyes]]. Her beloved could've also been the Imposter or Mitarai, as they were the first people to be nice to her.

** Also the twist that [[spoiler:Hajime being Izuru is similar to Sigma, the protagonist of ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' being Zero]]

** {{Jossed}} by ''Anime/DanganRonpa3''; [[spoiler:he was testing if hope could beat despair.]]

* Partially {{jossed}}, partially confirmed by ''Anime/{{Danganronpa 3}}''. [[spoiler:AI Chiaki is based off the students' memories of a real Chiaki, who did have leadership abilities, but the real Chiaki was never part of the student council nor killed by Izuru.]]

** [[spoiler:Confirmed with a twist: the DecoyProtagonist is the first ''killer''. The "assistant" character becomes the protagonist for the rest of the game.]]

At least up until [[VideoGame/GodOfWarIII the 3rd installment]], where the ending reveals [[spoiler:that Kratos was carrying the power of hope from inside Pandora's Box the entire time]]. [[HopeCrusher And then she snapped the disk in half]]. This didn't stop her A.I. from referencing the game anyway [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever while comparing herself to a giant boss battle]], because of her code already having been written by that point ([=GoW3=] came out in early 2010, around the time when The Tragedy would have been starting up).

[[WMG: [[spoiler:Chisa helped Izuru uploading the Junko AI into the Neo World Program]]]]

[[spoiler:In [[Anime/DanganRonpa3 Episode 9 of the Despair Arc]] it was revealed that Chisa has been brainwashed by Junko as well. So what if she is still brainwashed and joined Future Foundation in order to help uploading the Junko AI?]]

* Jossed. Monokuma explicitly informs Hajime and Kazuichi in Chapter 6 that Hiyoko is the Saionji family's only daughter.

[[WMG:Enoshima was a fan of VideoGame/{{God of War|Series}}]]

* {{Jossed}} by [[{{VideoGame/AbsoluteDespairGirls}} Ultra Despair Girls]].

* Only one thing needs to be amended; from what we've learned from ''VideoGame/AbsoluteDespairGirls'', there's basically zero chance of Junko ever being the villain again, barring a prequel.

We know from AbsoluteDespairGirls that Nagito has a literal love/hate relationship with Junko, loving her and hating her at the same time. It is possible that Izuru shares the sentiment: they're both deeply connected to hope (Nagito deeply believes in Hope; Izuru was supposed to be the Ultimate Hope) and despair (Nagito has his constant cycle of good/bad luck; Izuru started the Incident). So, while they ''follow'' Junko, they really ''hate'' her and everything about her.

[[WMG:AI Junko in this game was the one operating [[AbsoluteDespairGirls Shirokuma]].]]

Far from being the usual, impartial list of instructions, the tutorial has a bit of personality behind it. It cracks jokes that fall flat, and makes the odd snide comment as well (in fact, it seems to be mocking the player behind a veneer of politeness). Most tellingly, it constantly apologizes: the first trial has it ask you to forgive its "ear-tainting rudeness," it dismisses its own advice as "meaningless" if you're playing on "Gentle" mode, and it cheerfully reassures you that it won't "fall into despair." From his role in ''VideoGame/AbsoluteDespairGirls'', not to mention his nature in both games, we know that Nagito's relationship with the fourth wall is rather...[[BreakingTheFourthWall wonky]]. In fact, he could well be providing the tutorial for that game too...

Sorry, had to make this joke due to their similar designs. :P

* Izuru was bored with the world and did end up killing people before being corrupted by Junko, but Junko has been planing The Biggest, Most Despair-Inducing Incident in All of Human History before they meet. You can infer this by her small background story in Chapter 6 of VisualNovel/DanganRonpaTriggerHappyHavoc,where she says she and her sister has felt despair since they were born.
** Confirmed by by Anime/DanganRonpa3.

Junko is described as being born with a hunger for despair. Considering how much influence and technology the Hope's Peak Board of Regents have, she could have been a failed Izuru prototype. Considering to her data analyst abilities in LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero she probably was made to achieve the ability to analyze everything and use them for the cause of hope, but due to a messed up 1/0 binary input on the idea of hope... The other Ultimate Despairs could be seen as experiments as well, and the Despair Fever victims are simply reawakening their memories of botched experiments to create Izuru's way of thinking.

[[WMG: Peko Pekoyama was created as a {{Foil}} to [[VisualNovel/DanganRonpa Touko Fukawa]].]]

* Izuru was bored with the world and did end up killing people before being corrupted by Junko, but Junko has been planing The Biggest, Most Despair-Inducing Incident in All of Human History before they meet. You can infer this by her small background story in Chapter 6 of DanganRonpa: Trigger Happy Havoc,where she says she and her sister has felt despair since they were born. Proven by DanganRonpa 3.

Junko is described as being born with a hunger for despair. Considering how much influence and technology the Hope's Peak Board of Regents have, she could have been a failed Izuru prototype. Considering to her data analyst abilities in DanganRonpaZero she probably was made to achieve the ability to analyze everything and use them for the cause of hope, but due to a messed up 1/0 binary input on the idea of hope... The other Ultimate Despairs could be seen as experiments as well, and the Despair Fever victims are simply reawakening their memories of botched experiments to create Izuru's way of thinking.

* For example, the foil piece. Hajime and Chiaki both mistake it as trash when they see it; the only way to know what it was, was if someone happened to look under the fire grenades for no reason. And yes, Sonia did that, but...Nagito knowing about that would be very, very low since he was apart of the group for so long. He also really tried to hide the foil piece; Hajime only saw it on a second search under the bed.

* On deceiving Monokuma: this is only true if you think the theory is true. Him needing to deceive Monokuma to increase the chances of Ultimate Despair surviving would only be true if ''him wanting Ultimate Despair to survive'' is true. If he didn't want them to survive, there'd be no reason for him to deceive Monokuma. In short, it's a logical fallacy. It doesn't do anything to prove the argument itself; it's just an assumption based on the argument being true.

* On the Russian roulette symbolism: it's interesting, but it's again a logical fallacy. Stating the symbolism is what it is (the gun the trial, the bullets Ultimate Despair dying, the blanks them living) only makes sense if ''Nagito wants Ultimate Despair to survive''. It doesn't do anything to prove the theory is true, it only makes an assumption ''depending'' on the theory being true (that Nagito gave them a 1/6 chance of survival to guarantee their survival). That doesn't mean it ''is''; [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic symbolism can be gleaned from anything, but that doesn't mean it was intended to be there at all.]]

* And finally: Nagito states very explicitly in his video message that he wants the traitor to live. If things worked out for the other students, hope could be born from it, but it was still a loss to him. You can always argue he's lying...but what reason does he have to lie, at that point?

*** Post-''Anime/{{DanganRonpa3'' edit: the process of elimination was even easier for Tsumiki to do to determine Kamukura's identity, as she actually did recognize the name Chiaki Nanami [[spoiler:since the real person who went by that name was her friend and died right in front of her eyes]]. Her beloved could've also been the Imposter or Mitarai, as they were the first people to be nice to her.

*** Post-''Anime/{{Danganronpa 3}}'' edit: the process of elimination was even easier for Tsumiki to do to determine Kamukura's identity, as she actually did recognize the name Chiaki Nanami [[spoiler:since the real person who went by that name was her friend and died right in front of her eyes]]. Her beloved could've also been the Imposter or Mitarai, as they were the first people to be nice to her.

** [[spoilers:Confirmed with a twist: the DecoyProtagonist is the first ''killer''. The "assistant" character becomes the protagonist for the rest of the game.]]

[[spoiler:In [[DanganRonpa3 Episode 9 of the Despair Arc]] it was revealed that Chisa has been brainwashed by Junko as well. So what if she is still brainwashed and joined Future Foundation in order to help uploading the Junko AI?]]