History YMMV / ANewHopeDanganronpa

* CaptainObviousReveal: [=Fee5h=], who pointed out [[spoiler: Yukiko's identity as the mastermind behind the Tranquility Station Killing Game, noted how she would have used her talent to manipulate events. Even taking into account her personality and the alibis she creates, it would be fair to say that she would be the mastermind. After all, her talent just ''screams'' Mastermind off the back.]]

* Sequelitis: Post-''A New Hope'' entries have been slightly gaining fewer favorites and follows as time goes by. Even when it's rebooted into ''A New Luck'', some fans are quite reluctant to transition into the reboot timeline.

*** '''Instead:''' [[spoiler: He asks Nekomaru to cover for him to save his own skin. Then, when Nekomaru becomes even more aggravated, Teruteru tries to ''attack him.'' Nekomaru, being [[BullyingADragon way bigger and fitter than Teruteru]], ends up defeating him in a CurbStompBattle. If Hanamura valued his life rather than being a DirtyCoward, he wouldn't have ended up provoking Nidai into murdering him, and indirectly causing his [[IHaveYourWife beloved mother]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness to get murdered since she was no longer useful without her son]]. Even if Teruteru was unaware of Himiko's hemophilia, he could've at least tried to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere run to a safe place]].]]
** In ''Sea of Tranquility'', [[spoiler: Rene Musil is aware of a few clues to Miyaki and Mikhail's respective murders, like Miyaki being killed by a combat knife and Mikhail being unable to escape the Green House due to its door being chained. He ends up blurting out this information to people [[INeverSaidItWasPoison who were unaware of those factors at the time]] in the trial, not to mention how he would already garner suspicion with the fact that the Ultimate Exterminator would be an expert in pesticides.]]
*** '''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler: Rene to explain how he knew about this information and give himself a reasonable alibi to justify his claims. There is still the possibility of him being innocent.]]
*** '''Instead:''' [[spoiler: He begins to act in ways [[NotHelpingYourCase that a true culprit would act]], such as flat-out refusing to explain himself and saying things like "I will not die in this place", "You people can't touch me" and "Don't you dare vote for me" as if he knew he was going to be executed. Then he enters a VillainousBreakdown and demands for everyone to vote for the ''"damn air head"'' or the ''"snake bitch"'' rather than himself, and everyone becomes suspicious enough to vote for him. Because of his inability to prove his alibi, Rene ends up being the first to be executed.]]
** The Despairs [[spoiler: have captured a hundred students that were being considered for future Hope's Peak classes.]]
*** '''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler: They would make the most of these students, spread out their deaths through killing games and the like for maximum despair, possibly even try brainwashing some into becoming Despairs themselves.]]
*** '''Instead:''' [[spoiler: They just shove then all on a rigged roller coaster and just wastefully let eighty potential ultimates die randomly in the ensuing ride.]]
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: While it isn't that evident in ''A New Hope'', as most of them have some established backstory in canon enough for the readers to know, the [=OC=]s in succeeding stories somehow suffer from this. To name a few by entry:
** ''Final Horizon'' %% Rei, Hikaru, Ichiro
** ''Sea of Tranquility'' %% Mikhail, Miyaki, Shohei
** ''Kuma Kuma Land''
** ''House of Horrors''
** ''Railway of Despair''
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: 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 state in ''VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa 2|Goodbye Despair}}'').]]
** ''Sea of Tranquility'''s voted ending. [[spoiler: The voted ending, Luck, ended with the most survivors, the closest there is to downplayed EverybodyLives. The other endings were a little bit tacky, but were interesting in their merit; Despair had the death of the "mastermind" Yukiko as the Despair Virus is released, which would make for a jaw-dropping bad ending. On the other hand, Hope had the death of Tae Min, sacrificing himself in order to get Shiori to survive; it fits the Danganronpa mold better. Not only that, but the survivors would also go for one last challenge, which might have revealed many other things, such as the worldbuilding and characterization, but all of it was skimmed over in the Luck ending. It would also be a bit more in line with how the tone of the canonical Danganronpa series is somehow mirrored into it (see Fridge Brilliance).]]

* 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 didn't particularly enjoy this decision or its outcome. [[spoiler: The fact that he actually survived mitigates this, however.]]

* FirstInstallmentWins: Though ''A New Luck'' is still unfinished, it has yet to live up to ''A New Hope'', and perhaps the first timeline before the reboot. Also within the original timeline, ''New Hope'' is the one that gets more attention than the sequels.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: 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 state in ''VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa 2|Goodbye Despair}}'').]]
** ''Sea of Tranquility'''s voted ending. [[spoiler: The voted ending, Luck, ended with the most survivors, the closest there is to downplayed EverybodyLives. The other endings were a little bit tacky, but were interesting in their merit; Despair had the death of the "mastermind" Yukiko as the Despair Virus is released, which would make for a jaw-dropping bad ending. On the other hand, Hope had the death of Tae Min, sacrificing himself in order to get Shiori to survive; it fits the Danganronpa mold better. Not only that, but the survivors would also go for one last challenge, which might have revealed many other things, such as the worldbuilding and characterization, but all of it was skimmed over in the Luck ending. It would also be a bit more in line with how the tone of the canonical Danganronpa series is somehow mirrored into it (see Fridge Brilliance).]]

** ''Railway of Despair''

** And then [[spoiler: The author did it ''again'' with a completely random choice of how the penultimate trial would conclude.]]

* ArchivePanic: The Legacy of Despair currently has 7 main series stories. With at least 3 more in development. On top of that, the first story is 113 chapters and over 740k words! Making it quite the journey to get caught up fully on the AU.

** ''Final Horizon''
** ''Sea of Tranquility''

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: While it isn't that evident in ''A New Hope'', as most of them have some established backstory in canon enough for the readers to know, the [=OC=]s in succeeding stories somehow suffer from this.

** Shifting POVs and protagonists. Again, this only applied to ''A New Hope'' due to the readers' prior knowledge of the characters. But with the [=OCs=], it's hard to determine who exactly we're rooting for. This wasn't a nominal problem in ''Final Horizon'' due to establishing Hayate and Alice well during the story, but it's evident in Sea of Tranquility, especially with its rushed introductions.
** FlatCharacters. In a franchise with a wide range of three-dimensional characters each with its own stories, the characters in sequels sometimes feel hollow. Some of them have personalities that revolve around their talents, others are simply there with a certain character quirk placed on them. Not helping are the rushed introductions, all of which sputter out some lines and often feel as if they're ''scripted'' to introduce themselves. Overall, it hurts the immersion in the story and may leave fans out.

** A problem that's often overlooked is the pacing of the sequels, with ''Final Horizon'' and ''Sea of Tranquility'' being big offenders. Normally, the Killing Game goes for a balanced pace, allowing the audience to bond with the characters for a little while right before the first murder. With the faster pace, sometimes it's hard getting to know the characters. The murders happen a few chapters away from single scenes, and it is only then that most of their backstories are revealed. Turns out, they might have something compelling to tell, but couldn't due to the speed at which the audience learns. The end result? A ton of cases of WeHardlyKnewYe and TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter (see below), all of which hurt the experience. In ''A New Hope'', this isn't that much of a problem since many of the characters are well-established in canon. But with [=OCs=], this becomes even more of an issue which leads to them sometimes falling flat. There is some mitigation in the sequels, though the problem still persisted very well.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: 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 state in ''VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa 2|Goodbye Despair}}'').]]

** [[spoiler: Sayaka Maizono, and her constant appearances. Sayaka has appeared in no less than five stories(A New Hope, Final Horizon, Isle of the Damned, Terror in the Skies, and the soon-to-begin Prisons of the Past. This has caused debate on whether or not she's being featured far too much in the series.]]

* FirstInstallmentWins: Though ''A New Luck'' is still unfinished, it has yet to live up to ''A New Hope'', and perhaps the first timeline before the reboot. Also within the original timeline, ''New Hope'' is the one that gets more attention than the sequels.

* HilariousInHindsight: A Killing Game taking place in space and in the moon? While it's not exactly Danganronpa, [[VideoGame/AmongUs there's a similar game with a similar premise and a similar setting]].

* MoralEventHorizon: The [[spoiler: second]] Mastermind of ''A New Hope'' [[spoiler: (Makoto Naegi after a FaceHeelTurn)]] continuing to run the Killing Game against the trapped students of [[VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2 Class 77-B]], [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc 78]] and [[VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3 79]] [[spoiler: (the latter of whom had nothing to do with him)]], forcing best friends to kill each other no matter how innocent they were. [[spoiler: To say nothing of when he stabbed his clone for trying to help him and attempted to bury everyone under the collapsing Hope's Peak.]]

** [[spoiler: And it was ''really'' unexpected, bordering on [[WhamEpisode Wham]] moment considering the timeline implications, when [[Anime/Danganronpa3 Natsumi]] turned up, ''alive'', in chapter 70 as Fuyuhiko's hostage. She gets along well with Chihiro's dad, it seems.]]

*** '''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler: Teruteru to knock Himiko unconscious to minimize bloodspill, and then throw her body and the staff into the piranha tank to dispose of her easily. Since there wouldn't be any evidence pointing to him, he could've just appeared at the scene and acted as if he was just as shocked at the rest of the students. It'd be just like the second murder of VisualNovel/DanganRonpaV3 but at least Teruteru never had any loose clothing that would be the only evidence present.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: 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 state in Danganronpa2).]]

* CompleteMonster: Unsurprisingly, a number of antagonists end up in this category:
** Dr. Jibo Momota, The Ultimate Biologist. A SocialDarwinist who thinks only Ultimates deserve to live, he joined Ultimate Despair (''not'' through being brainwashed) and ended up [[spoiler: experimenting on the members of Class 80-A, without remorse. His [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate resume]] during that time includes cutting teenagers, forcing them to relive traumatic events, lecherously focusing on the girls (to the point of [[DirtyOldMan blatantly staring at Alice's body]] and implying [[SexualExtortion a certain requirement for her to leave his care]]), and sending an adult {{Sadist}} to do [[NothingIsScarier who]]-[[ColtBloodedTorture knows]]-[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil what]] to one teenager who HatesBeingTouched.]] All while espousing how morals hold people back and how he'd kill 99% of humanity for the 1% of Ultimates if he had to. [[spoiler: He's currently Masterminding a Killing Game somewhere as well.]]
** Ringo Takagami. A hitman and [[TheSociopath genuine sociopath]], he sees the Killing Game (and indeed, life in general) as just a way of testing/honing his abilities. Uncaring of his fellow classmates, even going so far as to threaten to kill someone immediately when the option to do so and leave is available (only ''not'' doing so because that would end the fun too early and, allegedly, only trying to do so to see if Monokuma would stop him), he makes it clear from the get go he fully intends to win the game on his own time and in his own way. He eventually follows through by rigging traps throughout the station, fully intending to kill everyone indirectly to leave as the SoleSurvivor. [[spoiler: Even before the Killing Game he expressed a desire to hunt his fellow Ultimates on the station.]] And no, he had no DarkAndTroubledPast to explain himself; he just liked using live people as his target practice.
** [[spoiler: [[KidsAreCruel Dylan Rufheiser]], the Ultimate Psychopath, arguably [[EvilerThanThou manages to take Ringo's crown]] after he reveals his true colors beneath his MaskOfSanity. He is a StrawAtheist who doesn't care about what others believe and [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead sees no value in the dead]], and is also an AxCrazy killer who sees murder as orgasmic. He [[KillTheCutie murdered Mallory in cold blood]] [[ItAmusedMe for his own amusement]] and was the one who murdered Miyaki in the first case while framing Rene in his place and causing his execution. Once he removes his facade of innocence, Dylan deliberately antagonized the others to make them hate him, causing them to want to kill him to end the madness. Before his eventual demise, he murdered most of the animals in the ranch and fed the remaining animals the corpses of the dead students [[DesceratingTheDead which he descerated]]. If you thought the some of the other villainous students ([[ManipulativeBastard Tsumugi]], [[SerialKiller Korekiyo]], [[PsychoForHire Ringo]] and [[AGodAmI Jana]]) were bad, [[{{Sadist}} Dylan]] is undoubtedly worse than all of them combined.]]
** [[spoiler: And even more EvilerThanThou is [[TheChessmaster Yukiko Fukunaga]], the Ultimate [[TheSociopath Sociopath]], is [[TheMadBehindTheMan the one holding Dylan's leash]], in a literal sense for her since she merely thinks of Dylan as a non-human RightHandAttackDog and nothing more. Acting for no reason other than to (as an ArtificialHuman with nothing from before the game) 'leave a legacy', she poisons Mikhail after directing Dylan to kill Miyaki, set Amare up to kill someone (knowing that Amare had been blackmailed like this before), directed Dylan to destroy the memorial to demoralize everyone (the murder was unintentional), and orchestrated the events of the fourth and fifth cases. She even used a trap to kill Dylan without his knowledge not because she thought [[AssholeVictim he deserved it]], but because [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness she was tired of him]] and didn't want him to "ruin her fun". She later reveals that she's another of Jibo Momota's offspring and [[DaddysLittleVillain she's followed in his footsteps]]. Then, she activates a Despair Virus that would kick-start a second Tragedy and then [[DirtyCoward ditches the others and leaves them to fight Despair by themselves]].]]
** [[spoiler: Alexander Fotia, the Ultimate Sorcerer. While on the surface he's a charming and flirtatious man, underneath he is nothing more than a [[SerialKiller Serial Killer]] with an insane bloodlust. This is furthered with the reveal that he was working with [[BigBad Junko]], purely because she was as crazy as he is.]]

** Rika Nyan Nyan[[labelnote:Explanation]] A nickname for the Ultimate Neko, Riku Ito, that originated as a joke on the Discord, which then not only became canon, but recieved fanart of said character dressed in a pink outfit, which also became canon. The name has become synonymous with Riku's creator, BirblordAlmighty as well.[[/labelnote]]

** The Ultimate Buttmonkey[[labelnote:Explanation]]One of the writers and fans of the series, BirblordAlmighty, has become notable due to 3 of his 4 currently canon characters (Axel, Riku and Takeo) displaying Buttmonkey tendencies. It's become somewhat of a joke on the Discord that every character he makes will become a Buttmonkey. Has since died down with BirblordAlmighty, but has grown with user Trust Me, due to much mockery regarding the lewdness of his OCs.