History YMMV / ANewHopeDanganronpa

** [[spoiler: Soshun Murasame is alive and a member of Ultimate Despair (as well as the rest of the Student Council) as is Yasuke Matsuda, who was horrendously scarred by Junko instead of killed by her.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot or WhatHappenedToTheMouse, depending on how you look at it: early on [[spoiler: Mikan is strangled to death (counting towards the amount of victims in the case), but is resuscitated in time. This established that temporary deaths like that still counted as case worthy, and set up the possibility that other victims could be saved in a similar manner. The author[[labelnote:*]]presumably not wanting to cheapen things by using that too often[[/labelnote]] then proceeded to never bring that up or use it again for the rest of the story, not even at the end as a callback or twist (not counting Kokichi being left temporarily comatose after a killing in the virtual world, as that harkened back more to Class 77-B’s date in Danganronpa2).]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot or WhatHappenedToTheMouse, depending on how you look at it: early on [[spoiler: Mikan is strangled to death (counting towards the amount of victims in the case), but is resuscitated in time. This established that temporary deaths like that still counted as case worthy, and set up the possibility that other victims could be saved in a similar manner. The author[[insertnote:*]]presumably not wanting to cheapen things by using that too often[[/insertnote]] then proceeded to never bring that up or use it again for the rest of the story, not even at the end as a callback or twist (not counting Kokichi being left temporarily comatose after a killing in the virtual world, as that harkened back more to Class 77-B’s date in Danganronpa2).]]

** This is also how it's first discovered [[spoiler: Final Horizon's events take place two years after the end of New Hope]].

** Everytime Nico guesses what Monokuma is going to say.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Kaito (and Mikan's) grandfather tells Ruruka that she and Ultimate Despair will one day get what's coming to them.]]
** [[spoiler: How is Alter Ego supposed to be killed at first? Shot by Exisals. Why doesn't that work? He hacks them and makes them shoot each other, destroying them.]]
*** [[spoiler: Then, much like canon, Ego pops up to save Makoto from an execution, then tells off the Mastermind for cheating.]]
** In chapter 109, [[spoiler: Junko reveals she's returned to the rest of the group ... and promptly gets a tray smacked upside her head by Fuyuhiko, who no longer has to hold back on a amnesiac.]]
** In chapter 110, [[spoiler: just as Monokuma is about to start the Forbidden Action motive, Junko Enoshima hits the wrong button, revealing herself TO STILL BE RYOKO OTONASHI AND ALLOWING THE CAST TO MOVE ONTO THE FINAL TRIAL!]]

* BrokenBase: The decision in ''Final Horizon'' to have the fans decide who would die in the third case, [[spoiler: ultimately leading to the death of the main character Hayate]]. Some of the readers (this troper, for exakmple) didn't particularly enjoy this decision or its outcome.

** [[spoiler: Haiji Towa being tortured by Monaca.]]

** [[spoiler: Sayaka again in the spin-off, Final Horizon. Only this time she's alive again.]]

** In Chapter 89, [[spoiler: Naegi, Asahina, and Mukuro]].

* HotterAndSexier: More romance (and subsequently love-making between characters) compared to canon.

* TheUntwist: [[spoiler: In the second case of Final Horizon, most people expected Nico to die, since her guessing skills are too useful. Many reviewvers also figured out that Rei was the culprit (the submitter of Nico even joked about it before it happened. However, most of them didn't expect Raef to make it to the endgame.]]

** This is also how it's first discovered [[Final Horizon's events take place two years after the end of New Hope]].

** To a lesser extent, Tenko kissing Akane as a distraction duringa spar. Like above, nothing comes of it nor is it mentioned outside of a later scene where Akane pulls the same move on Hajime. [[spoiler: That happens sometime after Tenko's died.]]

* [[WordOfGod Word of Writer]]: Pops up occasionally in the comment response sections at the end of chapters. It's been confirmed from this that [[spoiler: the killing game isn't in a [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2 virtual reality program]], nor is it a [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3 reality television show]]]].

* TearJerker: The second half of chapter 61 swings between happy and sad as who of the five kidnapped victims is revealed to have lived or died. Same for the last scene of chapter 62. [[spoiler: Even ''[[HopeBringer Makoto]]'' is left feeling despair!]]
** [[spoiler: Kirumi's desperation to take the blame for Hiyoko's killing of Gonta in Chapter 70.]]
** [[spoiler: Peko's goodbye the following chapter.]]
** [[spoiler: Kyoko's reaction to Ryoma's death in chapters 77 & 78.]]
** [[spoiler: The murders of several of the dead students' hostages.]]
*** [[spoiler: Ruruka murders Hifumi's sister Fujiko by forcing her to eat a poisoned cupcake while Kaito (and Mikan's) grandmother begs for her life.]]
*** [[spoiler: Takemichi and Gundham's mother beg Chisa to kill them and spare the other but Chisa ignores their pleas and gleefully kills them both.]]
*** [[spoiler: When Shinobu Togami kills Gonta's family, Aloysius Pennyworth tells her that Byakuya would be ashamed of how she's sullied the Togami name. Shinobu tells him that the Togami name is meaningless now.]]
** [[spoiler: Izayoi visibly reacts when Chisa kills Ruruka.]]
** [[spoiler: Sakura's death, the reactions to it, and Alter Ego's death shortly afterwards, all like in canon.]]
** [[spoiler: Kenshiro learning of Sakura's death.]]
** [[spoiler: Akane trying to attack Monokuma out of the despair of having lost so many people close to her.]]
** [[spoiler: Kaito's reaction to Maki's death. Also her final thoughts as she dies.]]
** [[spoiler: The truth behind Maki's death. She gave in to the Hostage Motive and [[SexEqualsDeath after confessing and making love to Kaito]], she leaves the room and leaves Kaito behind, filled with regret as she searches her planned victim, Nagito. She spots "Nagito" in the same room where she was killed, only it was actually Kiibo, who was hijacked by the mastermind and forced to kill Maki. The Mastermind gets away scot-free and undiscovered, while Kiibo gets executed as the Blackened for a murder he was mind-jacked into comitting. Everybody's reactions to Kiibo's death just twists the knife further.]]

* FridgeHorror: Before Leon is executed, Monokuma has Kanon killed as she's no longer useful as a hostage. Now remember that Toko, Hagakure, Ishimaru and Sayaka are dead too. Who's to say their hostages haven't been killed as well for the same reason?
** Monokuma later says he'll kill another hostage at random if a sacrificed student (like Tsumugi) has no hostage of their own. Korekiyo likely didn't have a hostage. [[OhCrap Think it out.]]
*** [[spoiler: Except then [[WordOfGod Word of Writer]] confirmed only Kanon has been killed out of the hostages. Sayaka's and Hagakure's hostages are shown to be alive in later chapters.]]
*** [[spoiler: The hostages of the dead students are considered dead weight and are killed, save for a few that manage to escape.]]

** '''Then: Nekomaru Nidai shows up and finds Teruteru cleaning the blood, with a bottle of bleach and Himiko's bloodied staff in his possession.'''

** UnexpectedCharacter: It was less than expected to suddenly cut to [[VideoGame/AbsoluteDespairGirls Komaru and Yuta]] being held hostage in chapter 67.

* UnexpectedCharacter: It was less than expected to suddenly cut to [[VideoGame/AbsoluteDespairGirls Komaru and Yuta]] being held hostage in chapter 67.

** [[spoiler: Izayoi visibly reacts when Chisa kills Ruruka.]
** [[spoiler: Sakura's death, the reactions to it, and Alter Ego's death shortly afterwards, all like in canon.]]

** [[spoiler: Izayoi visibly reacts when Chisa kills Ruruka.]]