Despair Arc Chapter One: Sealing the School!
- Original Release: September 15, 2020 (Fanfiction.net), September 16, 2020 (AO3)
Summary
Having agreed to the Hope's Peak Sheltering Plan, Class 78th begins to seal the school for their protection.Tropes
- Call-Back: Makoto locking himself in his room after his and Kyoko's breakup and Sayaka and Leon accidentally walking in on Makoto and Kyoko gets briefly mentioned.
- Continuity Nod: The chapter starts with Class 78 sealing the school and Makoto's Coincidental Dodge, just like in the end of DR3's Despair Arc.
- Declaration of Protection: Kyoko thinks to herself how she needs to protect Makoto due to the dangers of the Tragedy.
- The Klutz: Kiki calls Present!Makoto this after hearing about his Coincidental Dodge while thinking about times where he would just randomly slip on nothing. Present!Makoto just notes how he's glad that Kiki didn't inherit his clumsiness.
