Tropes from the Sixth Season (Class Trials 61-70) of the r/DanganRoleplay subreddit.
Class Trial 61
After Monokuma forces the students to camp outside on Jabberwock Island, Mahiru Koizumi ends up becoming the latest victim of these killing games.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: A modified flashback light brainwashes Komaru with Junko's memories and personality.
- Dying as Yourself: Subverted. Junko-Komaru acts as though she has returned to her old self after being voted up for execution solely to guilt the students.
- Hidden Weapons: Junko-Komaru smuggles a spear in a telescope to get it past the other students.
- For the Evulz: Junko-Komaru had no particular reason to kill Mahiru, having just chosen her randomly.
- Troll: After being voted as Mahiru's killer, Junko-Komaru feigns having regained Komaru's memories in order to fill the students with guilt as a seemingly innocent girl is put to death by them.
- Vagueness Is Coming: After revealing her identities Junko-Komaru teases that there may be more Flashback Lights that were given out to the students.
- Would Hit a Girl: Surprisingly enough, Mondo decides to punch Junko-Komaru in the face after her reveal.
Class Trial 62
An upgraded Chem Lab has been installed in Hope's Peak Academy just in time for Monokuma to host a Science Fair with life-or-death stakes. Before the Science fair can take place though, lab partners Himiko and Tenko find themselves caught in a sudden explosion.
- Absence of Evidence: Miu's guilt is made clear when she is unable to present a Door Stopper that she mentioned having after it is brought up that it would've been useful for keeping Tenko and Himiko from escaping the Lab and would've gotten burnt.
- Crippling Overspecialization: Miu's Ultimate Inventor talent proves to be this as she is unable to come up with a good High School Level Science Fair project.
- Face Death with Dignity: Averted as Miu continues to resist confessing even while being unable to provide the Door Stopper. Sayaka snarks afterwards that she didn't give up with her dignity intact because Miu never does anything with dignity.
- Failsafe Failure: The ventilation fans for the Chem Lab get broken by glass bottles.
- No OSHA Compliance: The Chem Lab upgrades ultimately make Himiko and Tenko's murders possible.
Class Trial 63
Monokuma decides to reuse some old motives to get back to the simpler days in time for Aoi Asahina to be found dead in a locker.
- Continuity Cavalcade: Monokuma reuses all the motives from the first game to incite a murder.
- Girls vs. Boys Plot: Hina was planning a Boys Vs Girls athletic competition before being murdered.
- Villainous Breakdown: Celeste
Class Trial 64
An Arts Fair in the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles ends when the absent Asahina is found headless in the Pool Room.
- Chekhov's Skill: Various drones are handed out to the students and the killer is one of a group who participated in a race.
- Complexity Addiction: Korekiyo, as per canon
- One-Hour Work Week: Byakuya takes a moment to call out how everybody working on the art show decided to spend more time on a break than they actually spent working on their projects.
- The Peeping Tom: Kaito uses a drone for these purposes.
- Rube Goldberg Hates Your Guts: Korekiyo makes use of an elaborate setup to drown Hina outside of the pool and then blow up her head and the glass case used to drown her.
- Serious Business: Korekiyo is very upset with Angie and unravels his art show project while searching it for clues.
Class Trial 65
Monokuma installs three Isolation Rooms within Hope's Peak Academy which must always be occupied by one participant of the Killing Game. Although the students try to adapt to this new rule, it isn't long before the Isolation Room alarms sound and the bodies of Komaru and Tenko are found within one.
- Accidental Murder: Mondo went into Komaru's Isolation Room after noticing that it was empty and accidentally bludgeoned her when she popped out of the vent and surprised him.
- Kazuichi killed Tenko in a panic when she confronted him over his various misdeeds.
- All for Nothing: Kaito and Komaru discover a vent in one of the Isolation Rooms and take elaborate steps to try and go through it and investigate. In the end, it turns out not to lead anywhere and Monokuma admits to having known it was there.
- Bridal Carry: Although it isn't visible with the sprites, Gonta starts carrying Kokichi like this for much of the trial.
- Confess to a Lesser Crime: Kazuichi finally admits to stealing the candy only when
- Disproportionate Retribution: Kazuichi is thrown in an Isolation Room for hours over refusing to admit that he stole candy.
- Gambit Pile Up: Both killers acted entirely independently of each other.
- Go Mad from the Isolation: A day in the Isolation Chamber leaves Kazuichi so desperate to avoid going back that he kills Tenko.
- Innocent InnuendoIbuki: We gotta be onto something! Ibuki can feel it in her bones! There's glory in this hole theory waiting for us on the other side; all we gotta do is look into it!Gonta: Okay. So if we find Glory Hole, everything be okay!
- Know When to Fold 'Em: Knowing that he'll be executed anyways if he can't expose the other killer, Mondo eventually confesses to his crime to give everybody a better chance of discovering the whole truth.
- Never My Fault: Kazuichi
Class Trial 66
After an unusual motive, Sonia Nevermind is found dead at the bottom of a lake on the grounds of the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles
- Found the Killer, Lost the Murderer: As per the rules of the killing game, Byakuya gets off scot-free for hiring Maki to commit murder.
- If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him!: The survivors are forced to talk Kazuichi down after the vote when he pulls a gun and threatens to kill Byakuya.
- Manipulative Bastard: Byakuya makes use of his awareness of Maki's Assassin Organization to hire her to commit murder
Class Trial 67
With a love potion being made available for use and the opportunity to take somebody else with you as you escape, it was only a matter of time before Hina and Akane were found murdered. This trial has received two sequels so far.
This Trial received several sequels. It has its own page at Class Trials CT 67
Class Trial 68
Capitalism overtakes the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles as Monokuma introduces MonoBucks, putting a price tag on basic needs and offering luxuries to those able to earn in the Casino. It isn't long though before Nekomaru Nidai is found dead in a classroom.
This trial received several sequels. It has its own page at Class Trials CT 68
Class Trial 69
With the loved ones of the students of Hope's Peak Academy being held hostage, Nekomaru Nidai is found dead in a strange storage room on Jabberwock Island.
- Absence of Evidence: Rantaro is ultimately convicted as the culprit on the basis that the person who heard the culprit sneaking around was sharing a room with the other suspect and would've noticed if it had been her own room that the culprit was entering.
- Blackmail: Kokichi discovers Teruteru preparing to poison somebody and proceeds to blackmail him into acting as his accomplice in a prank.
- The Dead Guy Did It: Although he isn't the actual culprit, Nekomaru is revealed to be the one who built the death trap in which he was killed.
- Despair Event Horizon: Akane passes it as her siblings are held hostage, even agreeing.
- Dragon Ascendant: Monotaro takes over as the host for this trial.
- Girl Posse: Chiaki, Ibuki, Sonia, and Sayaka spend three days hanging out in the same group.
- Rube Goldberg Hates Your Guts: Nekomaru set himself up to be killed in a death trap that takes the entire trial to figure out.
- Spanner in the Works: Rantaro overhears Nekomaru's arrangement with Akane and sets off the trap instead to Kill Steal
- Suicide by Assassin: Wanting to help her escape, Nekomaru tasks
- 30-Second Blackout: Teruteru and Kokichi stage one as a prank.
- Unspoken Plan Guarantee: Nekomaru fails to make it clear to Akane how she was supposed to trigger the trap, leading her to toss a badge in the room and leave with the assumption that she had completed her end.
Class Trial 70
It all started with a silly lost Idol Contest among classmates. But, when Monokuma threatens to slaughter the loved ones of the losers, the obvious winner Sayaka Maizono is promptly murdered on stage.
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