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*** A popular type of fic is the FanSequel; brand new mutual killing games featuring 16 [[OriginalCharacter original]] [[SailorEarth Ultimates]] trapped at a particular location and forced to kill each other by Monokuma (or sometimes a [[CaptainErsatz different robotic stuffed toy]]).

*** Following ''LightNovel/DanganronpaIf'', a lot of fics popped up about Mukuro's adventures in the alternate timeline.

** It is popular to have the protagonists of ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' to be the children of Shirou and Rin, despite official world that the protagonists are based on gender-bent versions of the two characters.

*** A popular type of fic is the FanSequel; brand new mutual killing games featuring 16 [[OriginalCharacter original]] [[SailorEarth Ultimates]] trapped at a particular location and forced to kill each other by Monokuma.

** A large number of stories [[spoiler:veer away from the PsychologicalHorror and SurpriseCreepy elements and instead aim for (comparatively) LighterAndSofter SliceOfLife stories about the characters and their lives inside (and outside) of the Literature Club]]. However, a vast majority of these [[spoiler:still keep the cast's status as game characters intact, as well as Monika's MediumAwareness and RealityWarper powers.]]

** A popular number of stories [[spoiler:veer away from the PsychologicalHorror and SurpriseCreepy elements and instead aim for (comparatively) LighterAndSofter SliceOfLife stories about the characters and their lives inside (and outside) of the Literature Club]]. Whether or not these keep [[spoiler:Monika's FourthWallObserver status]] vary, but most do.

** A popular story idea is [[spoiler:getting away from the PsychologicalHorror and SurpriseCreepy elements and [[LighterAndSofter just writing a nice]] SliceOfLife story of five good friends and their lives inside (and outside) of the Literature Club]].

** Fics about Phoenix's "hobo" years are pretty common, especially shippy ones where Edgeworth returns to find out what's become of his old friend.

** ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'' crossovers tend to involve Maya channeling Sissel and becoming a catgirl as a result.

** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'':
*** There are a lot of fics involving "talentswaps" where the Ultimate titles are swapped between the students. Fics involving [[spoiler:a character other than Junko Enoshima being the mastermind behind the killing game, usually Kiyotaka Ishimaru or [[TheHero Makoto Naegi]],]] are common.
*** A popular type of fic is the FanSequel; brand new mutual killing games featuring 16 [[OriginalCharacter original]] [[SailorEarth super high school students]] trapped at a particular location and forced to kill each other by Monokuma.
** The fake spoilers for ''VisualNovel/NewDanganRonpaV3'' have been subjected into this, with people starting to write and develop the story based on them.
*** Fans would write fanfics about the V3 cast being [[spoiler:students in Hope's Peak Academy either as the 'Class 79' or being Reserve Course Students in connection of them being talentless students before the transformation and their brainwashing]].
*** Time Travelling is included as there are some characters in fanfics being Time Travellers or having experienced a Time Loop. Rantaro is the common character for being a Time Traveller due to his talent being unknown until it was revealed later in the game.
*** Fanfiction authors write fanfic involving the characters being [[spoiler:in a Virtual Simulation of the game all along and the characters who were dead in game and still got their pre game memories intact were actually alive]]. It would also give more tackling about the topic of [[spoiler:Team Danganronpa and its so called "reality shows"]].
*** Due to Kaede not really [[spoiler:being Rantaro's killer]], some fanfic writers decided to write some [[spoiler:"Kaede lives"]] fanfics.

* ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'':
** There are a lot of ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'' fics involving "talentswaps" where the Ultimate titles are swapped between the students. Fics involving [[spoiler:a character other than Junko Enoshima being the mastermind behind the killing game, usually Kiyotaka Ishimaru or [[TheHero Makoto Naegi]],]] are common.
** A popular type of fic is the FanSequel; brand new mutual killing games featuring 16 [[OriginalCharacter original]] [[SailorEarth super high school students]] trapped at a particular location and forced to kill each other by Monokuma.

** Fans would write fanfics about the V3 cast being [[spoiler:students in Hope's Peak Academy either as the 'Class 79' or being Reserve Course Students in connection of them being talentless students before the transformation and their brainwashing]].
** Time Travelling is included as there are some characters in fanfics being Time Travellers or having experienced a Time Loop. Rantaro is the common character for being a Time Traveller due to his talent being unknown until it was revealed later in the game.
** Fanfiction authors write fanfic involving the characters being [[spoiler:in a Virtual Simulation of the game all along and the characters who were dead in game and still got their pre game memories intact were actually alive]]. It would also give more tackling about the topic of [[spoiler:Team Danganronpa and its so called "reality shows"]].
** Due to Kaede not really [[spoiler:being Rantaro's killer]], some fanfic writers decided to write some [[spoiler:"Kaede lives"]] fanfics.

** Alternate Grail Wars, or future Grail Wars, especially with ''LightNovel/FateZero'' getting an anime adaptation. A distinctive trend is having Servants being sourced from other series.

** There's the general "Shirou is/replaces <main character of another story>" plotline, again, due to his backstory basically being a blank cheque to be pretty much any male teenage protagonist. Notable examples include ''FanFic/FateReachOut'' and ''FanFic/InFlight'', where Shirou turns out to be [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Yu Narukami]] and [[Manga/{{Sekirei}} Minato Sahashi]] respectively, and thus gets dragged into their respective plotlines, with Shirou's general personality, skills and existing supporting cast causing major changes.
** Shirou time traveling back to Medieval Britain to prevent Saber's downfall, and TimeTravelRomance have become quite popular.

** The murderers of various cases meet up in jail. The ones most commonly involved in this kind of fic are Godot and Kristoph Gavin.

** There are a lot of ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'' fics involving "talentswaps" where the Ultimate titles are swapped between the students. Fics involving a character other than Junko Enoshima being the mastermind behind the killing game, usually Kiyotaka Ishimaru or Makoto Naegi, are common.

** Fans would write fanfics about the V3 cast being students in Hope's Peak Academy either as the 'Class 79' or being Reserve Course Students in connection of them being talentless students before the transformation and their brainwashing.
** Time Travelling is included as there are some characters in fanfics being Time Travellers or having experienced a Time Loop. Rantaro is the common character for being a Time Traveller due to his unknown talent until it was revealed in the game.
** Fanfiction authors write fanfic involving the characters being in a Virtual Simulation of the game all along and the characters who were dead in game and still got their pre game memories intact were actually alive. It would also give more tackling about the topic of Team Danganronpa and its so called "reality shows".
** Due to Kaede not really being Rantaro's killer, some fanfic writers decided to write some "Kaede lives" fanfics.

** There's a LoveTriangle between Keiichi, Rena, and Mion that never gets resolved. Fanworks either pair him with Mion, with Rena, or [[OneTrueThreesome with both]].
** A lot of fanfics, fanart, and at least one [[FanAnimation MAD]] revolves around a PerspectiveFlip of the first arc from Rena's POV.
** Satoshi returning is extremely common in fanworks. One arc that was never adapted into the anime and manga , which was an alternative version of the final arc, actually had him coming back.

* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' '''(Heavy Spoilers Ahead!)'''
** Re-writing the story from one of the girls' points of view; [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DDLCMods/comments/7zr9qr/doki_doki_rainclouds_is_officially_released/ Doki Doki Rain Clouds]] is the entire first Act from Sayori's point of view including her descent into depression and eventual suicide.
** A popular story idea is getting away from the PsychologicalHorror and SurpriseCreepy elements and just writing a nice slice-of-life story of five good friends and their lives inside (and outside) of the Literature Club.
** A fair number of fan mods focus on resolving one or all of the girls' personal issues, whether as plot points or as the overall premise. It's particularly popular to [[InterruptedSuicide stop Sayori from suicide in the nick of time]], rescue Natsuki from her abusive home life, or help Monika overcome her jealousy and existential crisis.

** A popular story idea is getting away from the PsychologicalHorror and SurpriseCreepy elements and just writing a nice slice-of-life story of four good friends and their lives inside (and outside) of the Literature Club.

** After ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', it became popular to make alternate versions of the Great Holy Grail War with different Servants on each team, or even with Ruler summoning her own Servant as in ''FanFic/FateMagnusBellum''. Even still, the general idea of a Servant Team battle is good enough that there are fics set in Fuyuki that play around with the idea.

** The murderers of various cases meet up in jail. The ones most commonly involved in this kind of fic are [[spoiler: Godot]] and [[spoiler: Kristoph Gavin]].

** ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'' crossovers tend to involve Maya channeling Sissel [[spoiler:and becoming a catgirl as a result]].

** Re-writing the story from one of the girls' points of view; [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DDLCMods/comments/7zr9qr/doki_doki_rainclouds_is_officially_released/ Doki Doki Rain Clouds]] is the entire first Act from Sayori's point of view [[spoiler: including her descent into depression and eventual suicide]].

** Not to mention alternate Grail Wars, or future Grail Wars, especially with ''LightNovel/FateZero'' getting an anime adaptation. A new trend is having Servants being sourced from other series.
** And then there's EmptyShell Shirou being raised by people other than Kiritsugu after the fire and Archer's MysteriousPast.
** And of course, [[DimensionalTraveler Zelretch]] being a {{Troll}} and making interdimensional shenanigans happening.
** There's also the general "Shirou is/replaces <main character of another story>" plotline, again, due to his backstory basically being a blank cheque to be pretty much any male teenage protagonist. Notable examples include ''FanFic/FateReachOut'' and ''FanFic/InFlight'', where Shirou turns out to be [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Yu Narukami]] and [[Manga/{{Sekirei}} Minato Sahashi]] respectively, and thus gets dragged into their respective plotlines, with Shirou's general personality, skills and existing supporting cast causing major changes.

** Also, fanfics detailing the lives of the other people in Hisao's homeroom class.

** Similar to the Bloodswap examples from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', there are a lot of ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'' fics involving "talentswaps" where the Ultimate titles are swapped between the students. Fics involving a character other than [[spoiler: Junko Enoshima]] being the mastermind behind the killing game, usually [[spoiler: Kiyotaka Ishimaru or Makoto Naegi]], are also common.
** Another popular type of fic is the FanSequel; brand new mutual killing games featuring 16 [[OriginalCharacter original]] [[SailorEarth super high school students]] trapped at a particular location and forced to kill each other by Monokuma.

*** Fans would also write fanfics about the V3 cast being students in Hope's Peak Academy either as the 'Class 79' [[spoiler: or being Reserve Course Students in connection of them being talentless students before the transformation and their brainwashing.]]
*** Time Travelling is also included as there are some characters in fanfics being Time Travellers or having experienced a Time Loop. Rantaro was the common character for being a Time Traveller due to his unknown talent [[spoiler: until it was revealed in the game.]]
*** Fanfiction Authors would also create a fanfic involving the characters being in a Virtual Simulation of the game all along and the characters [[spoiler: who were dead in game and still got their pre game memories intact were actually alive.]] It would also give more tackling about the topic of [[spoiler: Team Danganronpa and its so called "reality shows".]]
*** [[spoiler: Due to Kaede not really being Rantaro's killer, some fanfic writers decided to write some "Kaede lives" fanfics.]]

** It's heavily implied that there was a world where [[spoiler:Rena actually ''did'' blow up the school]]. Fans have written about it.
** Mion is the only one of the main characters who is never shown to have killed anyone. Naturally, quite a bit of fanwork revolves around her killing people. The most common plot is her getting jealous of Rena and killing her. [[spoiler:According to one arc, there ''was'' at least one world where Mion was jealous of Keiichi's female friends and either killed them or attempted to. It's just never depicted on-screen]].

** Satoshi returning is extremely common in fanworks. [[spoiler:One arc that was never adapted into the anime and manga , which was an alternative version of the final arc, actually had him coming back.]]

** Crossovers between ''Higurashi'' and ''VisualNovel/{{Umineko|WhenTheyCry}}'' are extremely common.

** Another popular story idea is getting away from the PsychologicalHorror and SurpriseCreepy elements and just writing a nice slice-of-life story of four good friends and their lives inside (and outside) of the Literature Club.
** A fair number of fan mods focus on resolving one or all of the girls' personal issues, whether as plot points or as the overall premise. It's particularly popular to [[spoiler:[[InterruptedSuicide stop Sayori from suicide in the nick of time]], rescue Natsuki from her abusive home life, or help Monika overcome her jealousy and existential crisis]].

** Another popular story idea is getting away from the PsychologicalHorror and SurpriseCreepy elements and just writing a nice slice-of-life story of four good friends and their lives inside (and outside) of the Literature Club.

** Crossovers between ''Higurashi'' and ''VisualNovel/{{Umineko|WhenTheyCry}}'' are extremely common.

** Crossovers between ''Higurashi'' and ''VisualNovel/{{Umineko|WhenTheyCry'' are extremely common.

** Thinking up new arcs and reasons for the characters to kill each other is the most common plot in the fandom.