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* BilingualBonus: Anyone who knows French can figure out the culprit of Chapter 3 is [[spoiler: Shizuka]] from the dying message [[spoiler: Naomi]] left behind.
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* EurekaMoment: Takara has one in Chapter 6. [[spoiler: Turns out she realized they were all in the New World Program.
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* EurekaMoment: Takara has one in Chapter 6. [[spoiler: Turns out she realized they were all in the New World Program.]]
** Arata has one in the third trial upon hearing the dying message said [[spoiler: paintre, or painter in French]].
** Arata has one in the third trial upon hearing the dying message said [[spoiler: paintre, or painter in French]].
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* BittersweetEnding: The main story ends with [[spoiler: Takara and the other survivors getting back on their feet with the help of the Future Foundation, their previous trauma gone, Saemi defeated for good, and each of them expressing their dreams for the future as Aoi Asahina tells them she has news for them. However, Shuuya still has work to be done as it's implied that while Super High School Level Despair has been defeated in Japan, they're still running on a global scale and the rest of the world needs help. On top of that, the trauma isn't completely gone as it's mentioned some of the students are still having nightmares. And at least five of their classmates are permanently dead from what happened in the simulation.]]
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*BookEnds: Two examples. The main story begins and ends with the exact same paragraph, the difference being that it's implied [[spoiler: Takara is now writing the story down in her journal for the world to read]]. The epilogue also begins in a similar way to the prologue, with [[spoiler: someone telling Takara to wake up, her thoughts trying to set themselves straight, and being told she's the last one to wake up while being helped by a boy and a girl]]. Even the dialogue is word for word.
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* RevealinCoverup: Information about [[spoiler: Shuuya's talent]] is hidden in all the papers and files the students find. [[spoiler: Takara finds out his talent, Super High School Level Assassin, from a dream. Because of this, the students assume that the mastermind is Shuuya. Takara manages to prove them wrong though, and it helps when Shuuya himself joins them later.]]
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* RevealinCoverup: RevealingCoverup: Information about [[spoiler: Shuuya's talent]] is hidden in all the papers and files the students find. [[spoiler: Takara finds out his talent, Super High School Level Assassin, from a dream. Because of this, the students assume that the mastermind is Shuuya. Takara manages to prove them wrong though, and it helps when Shuuya himself joins them later.]]
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: Subverted. Takara's actions in the final trial make it so that the students that died didn't have a pointless death.]]
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* BigBad: Monokuma, as in canon. [[spoiler: Though this time around, he's being controlled by Saemi Sasagawa.]]
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* BigBad: Monokuma, as in canon. canon.
** BiggerBad: [[spoiler:Though Saemi Sasagawa, his controller this time around, he's being controlled by Saemi Sasagawa.around.]]
** BiggerBad: [[spoiler:
* BreakThemByTalking: Monokuma attempts this throughout the story. [[spoiler: When Saemi stops using that ruse, she tries to do it to her fellow classmates to convince them to stay. It doesn't work.]]
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* DarkSecret: Played with. The motive for Chapter 2 threatens to reveal all the details of the students romantic histories and their interests.
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* DarkSecret: Played with. The motive for Chapter 2 threatens to reveal all the details of the students romantic histories and their interests. Some details that certain students wouldn't want people to know.
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* DeathByIrony: Carried over from canon with the executions.
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* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Some of the students crossed this by the time the Future Foundation rescued them.]]
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* EurekaMoment: Takara has one in Chapter 6. [[spoiler: Turns out she realized they were all in the New World Program.
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* FailureToSaveMurder: Discussed in Chapter 3. Monokuma mentions that technically the case has [[spoiler: two killers, but depending on how you choose to look at it then only one person is the true culprit]]. The reason for this is [[spoiler: while Shigeru is the one who delivered the killing blow to Naomi, Shizuka ducking is what caused her to die in the first place]].
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* ImplausibleHairColor: Naomi's blond hair is justified due to her mixed heritage, but Kaito's platinum blond hair is never explained. Hikaru's dark gray hair also comes off as strange, considering he's around the same age as the other students.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: [[spoiler: Arata gives away the fact that he's the culprit by mentioning how hard it would be to hide a container of bleach in the restaurant with how big it was. No one aside from the killer even knew how big the container was.]]
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: [[spoiler: Arata gives away the fact that he's the culprit by mentioning how hard it would be to hide a container of bleach in the restaurant with how big it was. No one aside from the killer even knew how big the container was.]]
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* LoopholeAbuse: A rule is made that states a student can't steal from Monokuma or another student. [[spoiler: There's nothing about stealing something off of a dead student though. Shuuya also takes advantage of a loophole, considering he's not participating in the Vacation of Mutual Killing.]]
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* MotiveRant: A few of the culprits give one after being voted guilty.
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* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: It never specifies who, but one of the male students was sexually assaulted before arriving at Hope's Peak Academy. No one believed him when he told others about what happened.]]
* RevealinCoverup: Information about [[spoiler: Shuuya's talent]] is hidden in all the papers and files the students find. [[spoiler: Takara finds out his talent, Super High School Level Assassin, from a dream. Because of this, the students assume that the mastermind is Shuuya. Takara manages to prove them wrong though, and it helps when Shuuya himself joins them later.]]
* RevealinCoverup: Information about [[spoiler: Shuuya's talent]] is hidden in all the papers and files the students find. [[spoiler: Takara finds out his talent, Super High School Level Assassin, from a dream. Because of this, the students assume that the mastermind is Shuuya. Takara manages to prove them wrong though, and it helps when Shuuya himself joins them later.]]
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* ShoutOut: Quite a number of them. Many of them get delivered by Kumiko, especially if they're video game related.
** During Kazumi's introduction, she mentions that she's from [[Main/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir West Osaka, born and raised]].
** Kumiko's nickname for Monokuma is [[Videogame/{{Persona4}} Teddie]], and her nickname for Minoru is [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]].
** During the Chapter 2 investigation, Monokuma mentions that Takara is colder than Theatre/{{Macbeth}} himself.
** Kumiko wonders if something is wrong with Naomi's [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} dreamself]] when she wakes up one morning in a bad mood.
** After coming across [[spoiler: Naomi's body]] in Chapter 3, Kumiko exclaims "Holy [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime Phazon Spores]]!"
** When the power goes out in Chapter 4, Kumiko shouts out that it's the cause of [[Videogame/BillyHatcherAndTheGiantEgg crows and they need the Legendary Chicken suits]].
** In the fourth trial, Kumiko brings up [[Videogame/{{Earthbound}} a boy with psychic powers who loves steak]].
** Kumiko mentions that [[spoiler: Minoru's]] killer must be a [[spoiler: [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} poison type]] since they used poison to kill him]].
** Kumiko shouts out [[Franchise/AceAttorney "Objection!"]] when she disagrees with Takara over the idea that [[spoiler: Minoru drank chlorine]].
** Kumiko wonders if by playing the archery game she could win a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda piece of heart]].
** Seeing the obstacle course reminds Takara of [[Series/NinjaWarrior the sports special with the four stage obstacle course]].
** Upon learning that [[spoiler: someone among them is a mole]], Kumiko says that [[Videogame/TeamFortress2 there's a spy in the base]].
** When Takara suggests that [[spoiler: Miyako committed suicide by shooting herself]], Kumiko doesn't believe it's possible and she won't be convinced by claiming it's an [[VideoGame/{{Persona3}} Evoker]].
** During the final investigation, Kumiko asks if Takara was lead by the power of the [[VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}} Monado]] to [[spoiler: Monokuma's luxury suite]].
** After [[spoiler: Saemi has been killed and they're all about to leave the simulation]], Kumiko says that they'll need more than a [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Phoenix Down]] for them to [[spoiler: bring back their classmates]].
** During Kazumi's introduction, she mentions that she's from [[Main/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir West Osaka, born and raised]].
** Kumiko's nickname for Monokuma is [[Videogame/{{Persona4}} Teddie]], and her nickname for Minoru is [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]].
** During the Chapter 2 investigation, Monokuma mentions that Takara is colder than Theatre/{{Macbeth}} himself.
** Kumiko wonders if something is wrong with Naomi's [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} dreamself]] when she wakes up one morning in a bad mood.
** After coming across [[spoiler: Naomi's body]] in Chapter 3, Kumiko exclaims "Holy [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime Phazon Spores]]!"
** When the power goes out in Chapter 4, Kumiko shouts out that it's the cause of [[Videogame/BillyHatcherAndTheGiantEgg crows and they need the Legendary Chicken suits]].
** In the fourth trial, Kumiko brings up [[Videogame/{{Earthbound}} a boy with psychic powers who loves steak]].
** Kumiko mentions that [[spoiler: Minoru's]] killer must be a [[spoiler: [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} poison type]] since they used poison to kill him]].
** Kumiko shouts out [[Franchise/AceAttorney "Objection!"]] when she disagrees with Takara over the idea that [[spoiler: Minoru drank chlorine]].
** Kumiko wonders if by playing the archery game she could win a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda piece of heart]].
** Seeing the obstacle course reminds Takara of [[Series/NinjaWarrior the sports special with the four stage obstacle course]].
** Upon learning that [[spoiler: someone among them is a mole]], Kumiko says that [[Videogame/TeamFortress2 there's a spy in the base]].
** When Takara suggests that [[spoiler: Miyako committed suicide by shooting herself]], Kumiko doesn't believe it's possible and she won't be convinced by claiming it's an [[VideoGame/{{Persona3}} Evoker]].
** During the final investigation, Kumiko asks if Takara was lead by the power of the [[VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}} Monado]] to [[spoiler: Monokuma's luxury suite]].
** After [[spoiler: Saemi has been killed and they're all about to leave the simulation]], Kumiko says that they'll need more than a [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Phoenix Down]] for them to [[spoiler: bring back their classmates]].
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* ShoutOut: Quite a number of them. Many of them get delivered by Kumiko, especially if they're video game related.
** During Kazumi's introduction, she mentions that she's from [[Main/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir West Osaka, born and raised]].
** Kumiko's nickname for Monokuma is [[Videogame/{{Persona4}} Teddie]], and her nickname for Minoru is [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]].
** During the Chapter 2 investigation, Monokuma mentions that Takara is colder than Theatre/{{Macbeth}} himself.
** Kumiko wonders if something is wrong with Naomi's [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} dreamself]] when she wakes up one morning in a bad mood.
** After coming across [[spoiler: Naomi's body]] in Chapter 3, Kumiko exclaims "Holy [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime Phazon Spores]]!"
** When the power goes out in Chapter 4, Kumiko shouts out that[[ShoutOut/DespairsLastResort Has it's the cause of [[Videogame/BillyHatcherAndTheGiantEgg crows and they need the Legendary Chicken suits]].
** In the fourth trial, Kumiko brings up [[Videogame/{{Earthbound}} a boy with psychic powers who loves steak]].
** Kumiko mentions that [[spoiler: Minoru's]] killer must be a [[spoiler: [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} poison type]] since they used poison to kill him]].
** Kumiko shouts out [[Franchise/AceAttorney "Objection!"]] when she disagrees with Takara over the idea that [[spoiler: Minoru drank chlorine]].
** Kumiko wonders if by playing the archery game she could win a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda piece of heart]].
** Seeing the obstacle course reminds Takara of [[Series/NinjaWarrior the sports special with the four stage obstacle course]].
** Upon learning that [[spoiler: someone among them is a mole]], Kumiko says that [[Videogame/TeamFortress2 there's a spy in the base]].
** When Takara suggests that [[spoiler: Miyako committed suicide by shooting herself]], Kumiko doesn't believe it's possible and she won't be convinced by claiming it's an [[VideoGame/{{Persona3}} Evoker]].
** During the final investigation, Kumiko asks if Takara was lead by the power of the [[VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}} Monado]] to [[spoiler: Monokuma's luxury suite]].
** After [[spoiler: Saemi has been killed and they're all about to leave the simulation]], Kumiko says that they'll need more than a [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Phoenix Down]] for them to [[spoiler: bring back their classmates]].own page]]
** During Kazumi's introduction, she mentions that she's from [[Main/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir West Osaka, born and raised]].
** Kumiko's nickname for Monokuma is [[Videogame/{{Persona4}} Teddie]], and her nickname for Minoru is [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]].
** During the Chapter 2 investigation, Monokuma mentions that Takara is colder than Theatre/{{Macbeth}} himself.
** Kumiko wonders if something is wrong with Naomi's [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} dreamself]] when she wakes up one morning in a bad mood.
** After coming across [[spoiler: Naomi's body]] in Chapter 3, Kumiko exclaims "Holy [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime Phazon Spores]]!"
** When the power goes out in Chapter 4, Kumiko shouts out that
** In the fourth trial, Kumiko brings up [[Videogame/{{Earthbound}} a boy with psychic powers who loves steak]].
** Kumiko mentions that [[spoiler: Minoru's]] killer must be a [[spoiler: [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} poison type]] since they used poison to kill him]].
** Kumiko shouts out [[Franchise/AceAttorney "Objection!"]] when she disagrees with Takara over the idea that [[spoiler: Minoru drank chlorine]].
** Kumiko wonders if by playing the archery game she could win a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda piece of heart]].
** Seeing the obstacle course reminds Takara of [[Series/NinjaWarrior the sports special with the four stage obstacle course]].
** Upon learning that [[spoiler: someone among them is a mole]], Kumiko says that [[Videogame/TeamFortress2 there's a spy in the base]].
** When Takara suggests that [[spoiler: Miyako committed suicide by shooting herself]], Kumiko doesn't believe it's possible and she won't be convinced by claiming it's an [[VideoGame/{{Persona3}} Evoker]].
** During the final investigation, Kumiko asks if Takara was lead by the power of the [[VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}} Monado]] to [[spoiler: Monokuma's luxury suite]].
** After [[spoiler: Saemi has been killed and they're all about to leave the simulation]], Kumiko says that they'll need more than a [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Phoenix Down]] for them to [[spoiler: bring back their classmates]].
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** During the Chapter 2 investigation, Monokuma mentions that Takara is colder than Theatre/{{Macbeth}} himself.
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** After coming across [[spoiler: Naomi's body]] in Chapter 3, Kumiko exclaims "Holy [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime Phazon Spores]]!"
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** When Takara suggests that [[spoiler: Miyako committed suicide by shooting herself]], Kumiko doesn't believe it's possible and she won't be convinced by claiming it's an [[VideoGame/{{Persona3}} Evoker]].
** During the final investigation, Kumiko asks if Takara was lead by the power of the [[VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}} Monado]] to [[spoiler: Monokuma's luxury suite]].
** After [[spoiler: Saemi has been killed and they're all about to leave the simulation]], Kumiko says that they'll need more than a [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Phoenix Down]] for them to [[spoiler: bring back their classmates]].
** During the final investigation, Kumiko asks if Takara was lead by the power of the [[VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}} Monado]] to [[spoiler: Monokuma's luxury suite]].
** After [[spoiler: Saemi has been killed and they're all about to leave the simulation]], Kumiko says that they'll need more than a [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Phoenix Down]] for them to [[spoiler: bring back their classmates]].
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* BrickJoke: During the Prologue, Takara swears that if she sees one more person wearing a vest or waistcoat of some sort that she'll kill them. [[spoiler: Fast-forward to Chapter 6, where Saemi shows up and is wearing a waistcoat modified from a jacket. While Takara isn't the one to do it, she gets killed at the end.]]
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** Takara has some with both Satoshi and Masaru. WordOfGod confirms that Satoshi has a crush on Takara before they met, and Masaru starts getting nervous around her in Chapter 4. Masaru also gets bummed out when [[spoiler: Satoshi comes back from the museum during the fourth investigation and is spending time with her]].
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** Takara has some with both Satoshi and Masaru. WordOfGod confirms that Satoshi has a crush on Takara before they met, and Masaru starts getting nervous around her in Chapter 4. Masaru also gets bummed out when [[spoiler: Satoshi comes back from the museum during the fourth investigation and is spending time with her]].her.]] It ends up leaning towards Masaru near the end though, [[spoiler: especially since when they leave the simulation, she holds his hand instead of Satoshi's]].
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* DeathOfPersonality: [[spoilers: What Saemi intends to do to her former classmates by making them members of Super High School Level Despair.]]
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* DeathOfPersonality: [[spoilers: [[spoiler: What Saemi intends to do to her former classmates by making them members of Super High School Level Despair.]]
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Saemi intends to do this to her classmates by making them members of Super High School Level Despair. Shuuya implies that Saemi herself is this already.]]
* ConvenientComa: [[spoiler: Some of the dead students are under this, implying that they could be brought back.]]
* CultOfPersonality: [[spoiler: Saemi is a part of Super High School Level Despair, and so worships Junko Enoshima like the students from the second game. Her intention is to make her classmates the same.]]
* DeathOfPersonality: [[spoilers: What Saemi intends to do to her former classmates by making them members of Super High School Level Despair.]]
* EmptyChairMemorial: Like in the games, the dead students are represented by a memorial photo that have crossed-out faces during the class trial. The pictures of the culprits have customized crosses like in the second game.
* EmptyShell: [[spoiler: Some of the dead students could be brought back, but it's revealed that some students have become brain-dead by sustaining too much damage to the head or heart. Which means in the best case scenario, Kaito, Shigeru, Naomi, Shizuka, and Miyako are permanently dead.]]
* EmptyShell: [[spoiler: Some of the dead students could be brought back, but it's revealed that some students have become brain-dead by sustaining too much damage to the head or heart. Which means in the best case scenario, Kaito, Shigeru, Naomi, Shizuka, and Miyako are permanently dead.]]
** Monokuma has a tendency to make theater related remarks. [[spoiler: This is one of the reason Takara deduces the identity of the mastermind is Saemi, Super High School Level Playwright, and not Shuuya.]]
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Kumiko punches Ryouta in the face during Chapter 5 when his paranoia starts acting up again.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Monokuma reveals that not only are the students missing their memories, but they consented to losing them. [[spoiler: He reveals in Chapter 5 that someone among them still has all their memories and is working for him.]]
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Monokuma reveals that not only are the students missing their memories, but they consented to losing them. [[spoiler: He reveals in Chapter 5 that someone among them still has all their memories and is working for him.]]]] Turns out this is because [[spoiler: the combined events of what they went through at Hope's Peak Academy and having to watch the events of the first game traumatized them and caused them to develop mental issues such as anxiety and PTSD]].
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* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler: The entire resort is this, serving a similar purpose to the second game's Jabberwock Island.]]
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* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: Saemi offers them one in Chapter 6. Either complete the final test and leave the resort with the risk of regaining their trauma and being unable to revive the comatose students, fail and allow Saemi to turn them all into members of Super High School Level Despair, or give up and stay in the resort forever with all their friends by sacrificing Shuuya.]]
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** [[spoiler: Shuuya and Miyako seem to have had something before the memory loss, or were at least especially close to each other.]]
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* BigBad: Monokuma, as in canon. [[spoiler: Though this time around, he's being controlled by Saemi Sasagawa.]]
* ContinuityCameo: [[spoiler: In Chapter 5, Kumiko begins talking with Chiaki Nanami from the second game. In Chapter 6, Takara finds a video with her and the others agreeing to the Paradise Rehabilitation Project in interviews with Makoto Naegi.]]
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* DwindlingParty: There were sixteen students at the beginning of the fic. By the time of this writing, [[spoiler: there are only six left. Though Saemi and Shuuya could possibly make it eight if they're both still alive.]]
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* DwindlingParty: There were sixteen students at the beginning of the fic. By the time of this writing, [[spoiler: there are only six left. Though Saemi and Shuuya could possibly make it eight if they're are shown to both still alive.be alive as the mastermind and a Future Foundation member respectively.]]
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Apparently ''everyone'' in Class 79 has been through some kind of hardship or tragic event before attending Hope's Peak Academy. Some of them are detailed in the story proper, such as Kaito [[spoiler: having emotionally abusive parents]] and Ryouta [[spoiler: and his family nearly losing their flower shop to a competitor]], but Monokuma's "movie" in Chapter 6 mentions others that don't clarify who had to experience it. Though that might be for the better, as [[spoiler: one of the boys was sexually assaulted while it's implied that someone ''unsuccessfully tried to prevent a friend from committing suicide'']]. It's amazing these kids had any hope left in them.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Brought up InUniverse after [[spoiler: Shizuka's execution]]. Arata wonders if [[spoiler: her reasoning to let herself be caught so that everyone else would continue to live is truly as noble as it sounds. He believes that she was actually acting on selfishness since they were the only friends she had, and her true reason was so she wouldn't be alone if they guessed incorrectly. Though even if her intentions were well-meaning like she claimed, she still murdered and shouldn't be seen differently than Kaito or Ayame because of that reasoning alone.]]
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** [[spoiler: After some of her memories come back, Shizuka remembers that there was someone she was very close to at Hope's Peak. She can't remember if the love she had for him was platonic or romantic though, leaving it up in the air just how close they were. The journal also mentions that while watching the School Life of Mutual Killing, Shizuka crossed the DespairEventHorizon after the discovery that someone was murdered. Monokuma mentions that the person she remembered is already dead, which implies that those two are one and the same.]]
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** [[spoiler: After some of her memories come back, Shizuka remembers that there was someone she was very close to at Hope's Peak. She can't remember if the love she had for him was platonic or romantic though, leaving it up in the air just how close they were. The journal also mentions that while watching the School Life of Mutual Killing, Shizuka crossed the DespairEventHorizon after the discovery that someone was murdered. Monokuma mentions that the person she remembered is already dead, which implies that those two are one and the same. Chapter 0 reveals she was reluctant to escape Hope's Peak because of this same person.]]
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Arata and Kumiko have blue and hot pink hair respectively. Averted with Kazumi, as her green hair is a result of hair dye.
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* WistfulAmnesia: [[spoiler: Shizuka]] shows signs of this during Chapter 2 and Chapter 3. [[spoiler: Turns out there was an upperclassman she was close to during her time at Hope's Peak Academy, but she willingly gave up all memories of that time. She manages to remember him after she murders Shigeru and Naomi.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Arata and Kumiko have blue and hot pink hair respectively. Shigeru also has blue hair. Averted with Kazumi, as her green hair is a result of hair dye.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Arata and Kumiko have blue and hot pink hair respectively. Shigeru also has blue hair. Averted with Kazumi, as her green hair is a result of hair dye.
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* HopeSpot: After [[spoiler: Arata's execution]], the remaining students say they're not going to do what Monokuma wants and will work together. Then Monokuma comes up with a motive that reveals [[spoiler: if they can find whoever has been stealing his files, he'll give them a reward]]. And that [[spoiler: one of them has all their memories and is working for him]]. It doesn't take long for them to start doubting each other and arguing.
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* HopeSpot: After [[spoiler: Arata's execution]], the remaining students say they're not going to do what Monokuma wants and will work together. Then Monokuma comes up with a motive that reveals [[spoiler: if they can find whoever has been stealing his files, he'll give them a reward]]. And that [[spoiler: one of them has all their memories and is working for him]]. It doesn't take long for them to start doubting each other and arguing. [[spoiler: And then Miyako turns up dead.]]
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* [[spoiler: BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor]]: Kazumi says that she wouldn't mind seeing Shigeru wind up dead, to which Ayame replies that she won't be laughing if it actually happens. [[spoiler: Two chapters later, Shigeru does wind up as one of the two victims. However, his murderer turns out to be Shizuka]].
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* [[spoiler: BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor]]: BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Kazumi says that she wouldn't mind seeing Shigeru wind up dead, to which Ayame replies that she won't be laughing if it actually happens. [[spoiler: Two chapters later, Shigeru does wind up as one of the two victims. However, his murderer turns out to be Shizuka]].
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* DwindlingParty: There were sixteen students at the beginning of the fic. By the time of this writing, [[spoiler: there are only seven left. Though Saemi and Shuuya could possibly make it nine if they're both still alive.]]
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* DwindlingParty: There were sixteen students at the beginning of the fic. By the time of this writing, [[spoiler: there are only seven six left. Though Saemi and Shuuya could possibly make it nine eight if they're both still alive.]]
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* ShownTheirWork: The author has been doing research on both murder methods and certain aspects of Japanese culture, but what stands out the most is [[spoiler: the detail put into the way Minoru was murdered]].
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* [[spoiler: BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor]]: Kazumi says that she wouldn't mind seeing Shigeru wind up dead, to which Ayame replies that she won't be laughing if it actually happens. [[spoiler: Two chapters later, Shigeru does wind up as one of the two victims. However, his murderer turns out to be Shizuka]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's noted that no one knows much about Shizuka's personality, and for all Takara knows, her optimism is just a mask. [[spoiler: Which it is. She hides her real self so she can start over and make friends, but reveals the truth before her execution.]]
** Kaito doesn't seem all that great at debating or handling stressful situations, which [[spoiler: tips Takara off during the first investigation when he acts strangely. And during the trial, he constantly tries to direct attention away from himself, but debates poorly.]]
** During the exploration of the newly-opened Health District, Arata mentions how Ryouta's always giving him dirty looks and thinks that [[spoiler: he'll poison his drink. Arata does poison someone when he tries to escape, but his target isn't Ryouta.]]
** Kaito doesn't seem all that great at debating or handling stressful situations, which [[spoiler: tips Takara off during the first investigation when he acts strangely. And during the trial, he constantly tries to direct attention away from himself, but debates poorly.]]
** During the exploration of the newly-opened Health District, Arata mentions how Ryouta's always giving him dirty looks and thinks that [[spoiler: he'll poison his drink. Arata does poison someone when he tries to escape, but his target isn't Ryouta.]]
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* HopeSpot: After [[spoiler: Arata's execution]], the remaining students say they're not going to do what Monokuma wants and will work together. Then Monokuma comes up with a motive that reveals [[spoiler: if they can find whoever has been stealing his files, he'll give them a reward]]. And that [[spoiler: one of them has all their memories and is working for him]]. It doesn't take long for them to start doubting each other and arguing.
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** In Chapter 2, it's made to look like Ryouta is the one behind [[spoiler: Hikaru's murder]], but that's due to a combination of bad coincidences and [[spoiler: Ayame trying to frame him]].
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* TheCasanova: Hikaru is implied to be one of these, but it comes off as an InformedAbility since none of the girls show much interest in him.
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* TheCasanova: Hikaru is implied to be one of these, but it comes off as an InformedAbility since none of the girls show much interest in him. The way he acts suggests he's more of a ChickMagnet since he doesn't know why so many girls like him, [[spoiler: but the fact that he's cheated on all of his girlfriends gives more evidence to this trope]].
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* FlatWhat: This is Takara's reaction to seeing Monokuma for the first time.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: AbortedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Kazumi wants to declare her feelings for Shizuka after finding out she's the third culprit, but can't bring herself to do it.]]
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* ClosedCircle: Chapter 4 has the students trapped inside the hotel due to a terrible storm. The only one who isn't trapped is [[spoiler: Satoshi, as he ran out after an argument with Takara and got stuck in the museum]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Carried over from canon, and even taken up to higher extremes in some cases.
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* ClosedCircle: The students are trapped in Paradise Resort with no way out, with Monokuma even destroying the docks to make sure of that. Chapter 4 has the students trapped inside the hotel due to a terrible storm. The only one who isn't trapped is [[spoiler: Satoshi, as he ran out after an argument with Takara and got stuck in the museum]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Carried over from canon, and even taken up to higher extremes in somecases.cases with the executions.
** Not only the executions, but [[spoiler: Minoru's murder]] qualifies as this as well. [[spoiler: His smoothie drinks are poisoned with chlorine bleach. His mouth is burned from the chemicals, his stomach lining is worn away, and he vomits stomach acid. Before his death, he's even coughing and gagging.]] Compared to the other murder methods, this one is just downright cruel.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Carried over from canon, and even taken up to higher extremes in some
** Not only the executions, but [[spoiler: Minoru's murder]] qualifies as this as well. [[spoiler: His smoothie drinks are poisoned with chlorine bleach. His mouth is burned from the chemicals, his stomach lining is worn away, and he vomits stomach acid. Before his death, he's even coughing and gagging.]] Compared to the other murder methods, this one is just downright cruel.
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** With the exception of Chapter 4, all the murders have a member of one sex murder someone of the opposite sex. [[spoiler: Even the third case, which has two victims, accounts for this. Shigeru is responsible for killing Naomi, while Shizuka kills him back.]]
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Monokuma reveals that not only are the students missing their memories, but they consented to losing them. [[spoiler: He reveals in Chapter 5 that someone among them still has all their memories and is working for him.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Shizuka's]] reaction once [[spoiler: she realizes that she's killed Naomi and Shigeru]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Shizuka's]] reaction once [[spoiler: she realizes that she's killed Naomi and Shigeru]]Shigeru]].
* MythologyGag: When Takara asks why Monokuma decided to bring up [[spoiler: their missing memories]] now instead of at the beginning or the end, he says it's because "revealing a shocking twist at the midway point would land some interesting results.
** Monokuma mentions that he locked up the guns in the shooting range because he doesn't want a trigger happy havoc.
* MythologyGag: When Takara asks why Monokuma decided to bring up [[spoiler: their missing memories]] now instead of at the beginning or the end, he says it's because "revealing a shocking twist at the midway point would land some interesting results.
** Monokuma mentions that he locked up the guns in the shooting range because he doesn't want a trigger happy havoc.
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* ShoutOut: Quite a number of them. Many of them get delivered by Kumiko, especially if they're video game related.
** During Kazumi's introduction, she mentions that she's from [[Main/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir West Osaka, born and raised]].
** Kumiko's nickname for Monokuma is [[Videogame/{{Persona4}} Teddie]], and her nickname for Minoru is [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]].
** Kumiko wonders if something is wrong with Naomi's [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} dreamself]] when she wakes up one morning in a bad mood.
** When the power goes out in Chapter 4, Kumiko shouts out that it's the cause of [[Videogame/BillyHatcherAndTheGiantEgg crows and they need the Legendary Chicken suits]].
** In the fourth trial, Kumiko brings up [[Videogame/{{Earthbound}} a boy with psychic powers who loves steak]].
** Kumiko mentions that [[spoiler: Minoru's]] killer must be a [[spoiler: [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} poison type]] since they used poison to kill him]].
** Kumiko shouts out [[Franchise/AceAttorney "Objection!"]] when she disagrees with Takara over the idea that [[spoiler: Minoru drank chlorine]].
** Kumiko wonders if by playing the archery game she could win a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda piece of heart]].
** Seeing the obstacle course reminds Takara of [[Series/NinjaWarrior the sports special with the four stage obstacle course]].
** Upon learning that [[spoiler: someone among them is a mole]], Kumiko says that [[Videogame/TeamFortress2 there's a spy in the base]].
** During Kazumi's introduction, she mentions that she's from [[Main/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir West Osaka, born and raised]].
** Kumiko's nickname for Monokuma is [[Videogame/{{Persona4}} Teddie]], and her nickname for Minoru is [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]].
** Kumiko wonders if something is wrong with Naomi's [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} dreamself]] when she wakes up one morning in a bad mood.
** When the power goes out in Chapter 4, Kumiko shouts out that it's the cause of [[Videogame/BillyHatcherAndTheGiantEgg crows and they need the Legendary Chicken suits]].
** In the fourth trial, Kumiko brings up [[Videogame/{{Earthbound}} a boy with psychic powers who loves steak]].
** Kumiko mentions that [[spoiler: Minoru's]] killer must be a [[spoiler: [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} poison type]] since they used poison to kill him]].
** Kumiko shouts out [[Franchise/AceAttorney "Objection!"]] when she disagrees with Takara over the idea that [[spoiler: Minoru drank chlorine]].
** Kumiko wonders if by playing the archery game she could win a [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda piece of heart]].
** Seeing the obstacle course reminds Takara of [[Series/NinjaWarrior the sports special with the four stage obstacle course]].
** Upon learning that [[spoiler: someone among them is a mole]], Kumiko says that [[Videogame/TeamFortress2 there's a spy in the base]].
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* BeachEpisode: Kind of. Chapter 2 has a party at the waterpark since they don't actually have a beach, but it's meant to serve a similar purpose. The author even lampshades that it's supposed to be a beach episode!
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* GenderEqualEnsemble: As in canon, the students are equally split in terms of boys and girls. [[spoiler: Even the two missing students, Saemi and Shuuya, keep the genders equal.]]
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* MediumAwareness: Monokuma seems to be aware that they're in a story, he mentioned that he's trying to keep the story at a T rating and away from a E rating. He also mentions how "no one wants to read a boring story about a peaceful vacation".
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* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Minoru, Ryouta, Shizuka, Kaito, Kazumi, and Shigeru all seem to be wearing their old high school uniforms.
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** Hikaru and Ayame are always spending time together, insist they're not an item despite their behavior saying otherwise, and [[spoiler: Ayame gets pretty upset upon learning that Hikaru cheated on all the girls he dated in the past. She also felt pretty betrayed by the fact that he tried to kill her.]]
** Naomi and Shigeru have some as well, though it's more subtle. Shigeru mentions that he finds her to be one of the more intelligent students and tries to help her gather information. [[spoiler: They also plan to commit a double murder together, though Shizuka stops that from happening.]]
** Takara has some with both Satoshi and Masaru. WordOfGod confirms that Satoshi has a crush on Takara before they met, and Masaru starts getting nervous around her in Chapter 4. Masaru also gets bummed out when [[spoiler: Satoshi comes back from the museum during the fourth investigation and is spending time with her]].
** Kazumi really seems to like [[spoiler: Shizuka]]. They spend almost all their time together, Kazumi [[spoiler: tells her the truth that she's gay while promising not to go after her]], and [[spoiler: Kazumi begged Monokuma not to execute her while Shizuka tried to reassure her.]]
** [[spoiler: After some of her memories come back, Shizuka remembers that there was someone she was very close to at Hope's Peak. She can't remember if the love she had for him was platonic or romantic though, leaving it up in the air just how close they were. The journal also mentions that while watching the School Life of Mutual Killing, Shizuka crossed the DespairEventHorizon after the discovery that someone was murdered. Monokuma mentions that the person she remembered is already dead, which implies that those two are one and the same.]]
** Naomi and Shigeru have some as well, though it's more subtle. Shigeru mentions that he finds her to be one of the more intelligent students and tries to help her gather information. [[spoiler: They also plan to commit a double murder together, though Shizuka stops that from happening.]]
** Takara has some with both Satoshi and Masaru. WordOfGod confirms that Satoshi has a crush on Takara before they met, and Masaru starts getting nervous around her in Chapter 4. Masaru also gets bummed out when [[spoiler: Satoshi comes back from the museum during the fourth investigation and is spending time with her]].
** Kazumi really seems to like [[spoiler: Shizuka]]. They spend almost all their time together, Kazumi [[spoiler: tells her the truth that she's gay while promising not to go after her]], and [[spoiler: Kazumi begged Monokuma not to execute her while Shizuka tried to reassure her.]]
** [[spoiler: After some of her memories come back, Shizuka remembers that there was someone she was very close to at Hope's Peak. She can't remember if the love she had for him was platonic or romantic though, leaving it up in the air just how close they were. The journal also mentions that while watching the School Life of Mutual Killing, Shizuka crossed the DespairEventHorizon after the discovery that someone was murdered. Monokuma mentions that the person she remembered is already dead, which implies that those two are one and the same.]]
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* ClosedCircle: Chapter 4 has the students trapped inside the hotel due to a terrible storm. The only one who isn't trapped is [[spoiler: Satoshi, as he ran out after an argument with Takara and got stuck in the museum]].
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* EveryoneIsASuspect: Aside from [[spoiler: Satoshi and Takara]], everyone is under suspicion in Chapter 4 since [[spoiler: Minoru died during a blackout.]]
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1682828/chapters/3576434 Despair's Last Resort]] is an ongoing fanfiction set in the VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa}} universe writen by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/ParadoxProphet/pseuds/ParadoxProphet ParadoxProphet]].
The story follows Super High School Level Journalist Takara Tsukuda as she finds herself invited to Hope's Peak Academy along with fifteen other students. She and her fellow classmates wake up in a place called Paradise Resort, with the news that the school is sending them on an extended vacation. However, their trip is soon hijacked by Monokuma and they are forced into a mutual killing game.
!!This ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'' series contains examples of:
* AnyoneCanDie: No one is safe in the resort.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Shigeru and Naomi to an extent.]]
* BigBad: Monokuma, as in canon.
* BigNo: Kumiko's reaction to [[spoiler: Chiyo being the first victim.]]
* BluntYes: Miyako invokes this from time to time.
* TheCasanova: Hikaru is implied to be one of these, but it comes off as an InformedAbility since none of the girls show much interest in him.
** CasanovaWannabe: Kaito tries to impress a number of the girls in the resort, but fails every time.
* ClearMyName: Kumiko is suspected of being [[spoiler: Chiyo's murderer]] in Chapter 1, and part of the investigation is spent gathering evidence to prove she's innocent.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Carried over from canon, and even taken up to higher extremes in some cases.
* DarkSecret: Played with. The motive for Chapter 2 threatens to reveal all the details of the students romantic histories and their interests.
* DwindlingParty: There were sixteen students at the beginning of the fic. By the time of this writing, [[spoiler: there are only seven left. Though Saemi and Shuuya could possibly make it nine if they're both still alive.]]
* GildedCage: Paradise Resort has areas like an indoor waterpark, a hot spring, and a multi-purpose theater, but the students are all trapped and can't leave.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Shizuka, knowing she'll get to reunite with her most important person.]]
* IdiotHair: In typical protagonist tradition, Takara. It's even lampshaded by Monokuma in Chapter 1.
* [[spoiler: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Arata's execution.]]
* InformedAbility: Most of the students talents are useless in their situation. The only students who are shown using their talents are Takara, Masaru, Naomi, Shizuka, Arata, and Kaito.
* [[spoiler: LightsOffSomebodyDies: Minoru's murder is set up to look like this, but it was only a ruse to distract from the real cause of death.]]
* LimitedWardrobe: Despite the fact that Arata is the Super High School Level Designer, he's never described as wearing anything aside from the outfit he started with.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Shizuka's]] reaction once [[spoiler: she realizes that she's killed Naomi and Shigeru]]
* TheNicknamer: Kumiko has a nickname for everyone, even Monokuma.
* SharpDressedMan: Arata and Shigeru both invoke this.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Ayame and Hikaru both claim that they're just friends and nothing more, but there are hints that there's more to their relationship than meets the eye. [[spoiler: Especially if Ayame's angry reaction to finding out Hikaru cheated on women in the past is any indication.]]
* ShipTease: Due to keeping the romance ambiguous, there's a good amount of it.
* SympatheticMurderer: [[spoiler: Kaito, Ayame, and Shizuka all have shades of this. Kaito cracked under pressure, Ayame was betrayed by her best friend and then killed him on accident, and Shizuka just wanted to talk Shigeru and Naomi out of creating a double murder.]] Subverted with [[spoiler: Arata, as he openly admits that he killed Minoru because he was tired of being stuck with the others in the hotel.]]
* TapOnTheHead: [[spoiler: Naomi and Shigeru are both murdered this way.]]
* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler: Kaito is this compared to his brothers.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Arata and Kumiko have blue and hot pink hair respectively. Averted with Kazumi, as her green hair is a result of hair dye.
The story follows Super High School Level Journalist Takara Tsukuda as she finds herself invited to Hope's Peak Academy along with fifteen other students. She and her fellow classmates wake up in a place called Paradise Resort, with the news that the school is sending them on an extended vacation. However, their trip is soon hijacked by Monokuma and they are forced into a mutual killing game.
!!This ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'' series contains examples of:
* AnyoneCanDie: No one is safe in the resort.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Shigeru and Naomi to an extent.]]
* BigBad: Monokuma, as in canon.
* BigNo: Kumiko's reaction to [[spoiler: Chiyo being the first victim.]]
* BluntYes: Miyako invokes this from time to time.
* TheCasanova: Hikaru is implied to be one of these, but it comes off as an InformedAbility since none of the girls show much interest in him.
** CasanovaWannabe: Kaito tries to impress a number of the girls in the resort, but fails every time.
* ClearMyName: Kumiko is suspected of being [[spoiler: Chiyo's murderer]] in Chapter 1, and part of the investigation is spent gathering evidence to prove she's innocent.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Carried over from canon, and even taken up to higher extremes in some cases.
* DarkSecret: Played with. The motive for Chapter 2 threatens to reveal all the details of the students romantic histories and their interests.
* DwindlingParty: There were sixteen students at the beginning of the fic. By the time of this writing, [[spoiler: there are only seven left. Though Saemi and Shuuya could possibly make it nine if they're both still alive.]]
* GildedCage: Paradise Resort has areas like an indoor waterpark, a hot spring, and a multi-purpose theater, but the students are all trapped and can't leave.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Shizuka, knowing she'll get to reunite with her most important person.]]
* IdiotHair: In typical protagonist tradition, Takara. It's even lampshaded by Monokuma in Chapter 1.
* [[spoiler: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Arata's execution.]]
* InformedAbility: Most of the students talents are useless in their situation. The only students who are shown using their talents are Takara, Masaru, Naomi, Shizuka, Arata, and Kaito.
* [[spoiler: LightsOffSomebodyDies: Minoru's murder is set up to look like this, but it was only a ruse to distract from the real cause of death.]]
* LimitedWardrobe: Despite the fact that Arata is the Super High School Level Designer, he's never described as wearing anything aside from the outfit he started with.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Shizuka's]] reaction once [[spoiler: she realizes that she's killed Naomi and Shigeru]]
* TheNicknamer: Kumiko has a nickname for everyone, even Monokuma.
* SharpDressedMan: Arata and Shigeru both invoke this.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Ayame and Hikaru both claim that they're just friends and nothing more, but there are hints that there's more to their relationship than meets the eye. [[spoiler: Especially if Ayame's angry reaction to finding out Hikaru cheated on women in the past is any indication.]]
* ShipTease: Due to keeping the romance ambiguous, there's a good amount of it.
* SympatheticMurderer: [[spoiler: Kaito, Ayame, and Shizuka all have shades of this. Kaito cracked under pressure, Ayame was betrayed by her best friend and then killed him on accident, and Shizuka just wanted to talk Shigeru and Naomi out of creating a double murder.]] Subverted with [[spoiler: Arata, as he openly admits that he killed Minoru because he was tired of being stuck with the others in the hotel.]]
* TapOnTheHead: [[spoiler: Naomi and Shigeru are both murdered this way.]]
* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler: Kaito is this compared to his brothers.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Arata and Kumiko have blue and hot pink hair respectively. Averted with Kazumi, as her green hair is a result of hair dye.
