History Fanfic / ExtraLife

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/8222090/chapters/18843971 Extra Life]]'' by Creator/TheApocryphalOne is a ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' fanfic, set with the goal of [[FixFic saving Chiaki from her execution]] in ''Anime/DanganRonpa3''--but rather than going full-on [=AU=], it keeps in line with canon, [[AnotherSideAnotherStory with Chiaki being an off-screen witness to those events]].

* {{Archenemy}}: Despite his initial allegiance with her, Izuru holds Junko in high distaste. While he initially tolerates her for the chance to feel something beyond boredom, her framing him, trying to kill Chiaki, and then failing to impress him with despair all steadily erodes that tolerance... and then she seals his loathing by interfering with the [[VisualNovel/DanganRonpa second killing game]], since it makes hope winning a ForegoneConclusion, not something earned. By the end of it, he's only helping her for his own benefit, and part of him is hoping she'll lose. The [[NotSoDifferent similarities]] between them just exacerbates this.

** InUniverse, Izuru considers the outcome of [[VisualNovel/DanganRonpa the second killing game]] to have been this the moment Junko tried to frame Makoto for Mukuro's murder. Once she’d broken her own rules, it was only a matter of time before the students found out and used that to force her into the open.

* ShipperOnDeck: While watching the [[VisualNovel/DanganRonpa events of the first game]], Chiaki off-handedly mentions thinking Makoto and Kyoko are good for each other.

* [[spoiler:CryIntoChest]]: In Chapter 10, Chiaki opens up to Izuru about her guilt over her role in the events that plunged her friends into despair, and breaks down in tears. How does he respond? [[spoiler: Taking a cue from [[NiceJobFixingItVillain his final encounter with Junko in Chapter 3]], he reaches behind Chiaki's head and gently eases her close to him, allowing her to embrace him and cry into his chest.]]

* BreakTheCutie: '''Chiaki.''' The author stated that the price for her survival was a boatload of emotional trauma, and it shows. From being left unable to even walk for months, to learning the truth of what happened to Hajime and her friends, to dealing with her guilt and self-loathing for her role in the world’s end, to [[spoiler:finding a SecondLove and then losing him, too]], she has no shortage of misery.

* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: [[spoiler:Miaya is doomed to be killed off before the Final Killing Game, but still gets some screentime, backstory, and development here as well.]]

* DyingTown: A year and a half after it started, the fighting in Towa City hasn't settled down at all, and as a result the only living beings in it anymore are the warring factions of adults and children. Every non-combatant has been killed.

* RealityEnsues: You cannot get up and move on with your life after eight months in a coma. When Chiaki first wakes up, she can barely move because her muscles have atrophied and literally needs Izuru to do everything for her. It takes her a year of physical therapy to regain her mobility, not to mention months of mental therapy for her PTSD.

After the fic's completion, the author also started a series of vignettes, titled ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12996456 Expansion Pack]]'' (also found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12757028/1/Expansion-Pack here]]), taking place in the same universe that fills in details about backstories and explores what happens after the epilogue.

!!Tropes in ''Expansion Pack'' include:
* ADayInTheLimelight: Chapter 7 is solely about Miaya Gekkogahara and her backstory.
* AndroidsArePeopleToo: Class 77 treats the AIs like they're any other person, much to the World Destroyer's confusion. [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman He believes they're fully expendable and only exist to carry out orders]], so everyone insisting he's a valued friend is seen as bizarre.
* TheCameo: Koichi Kizakura pops up in the first chapter, scouting Chiaki for Hope's Peak.
* CharacterDevelopment: When Class 77 is in focus post-''Extra Life'', their chapters usually provide this in one way or another.
** Peko tries to find [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife what to do with herself]] and learn how to live as a person, not a tool.
** Kazuichi eventually is forced to confront the fact his idolization of Sonia is unhealthy and that he needs to let go.
** Mikan stands up for herself for the first time against Hiyoko; though she immediately breaks down when the bullying starts, she's later able to do it again, taking the first steps growing out of being an ExtremeDoormat.
** Hiyoko admits she's wrong to have bullied Mikan so much, apologizes, and starts trying to be a better person.
* DoAndroidsDream: The central question of the World Destroyer's chapter. He spends a lot of time reflecting on whether he "counts" as human; he believes, that he doesn't, but he also has this called into question by Class 77 and the existence of [[VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2 an AI who already]] GrewBeyondTheirProgramming.
* LaughingMad: Kazuichi eventually spirals into sobbing and laughing after Sonia rejects and [[WhatTheHellHero gives him a piece of her mind]] for stalking her.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In Chapter 4, Kazuichi rebels against the idea that he's [[ForegoneConclusion following some pre-written script]].
* MythologyGag: Chiaki asks Peko if she remembers the time they bought snacks together, referencing an event in one of the ''Dangan Ronpa 3'' anthologies.
* RobotsThinkFaster: Mentioned briefly; while talking with Hajime about [[spoiler:bringing Usami and AI Chiaki back]], the World Destroyer remarks to himself that "humans think so slowly" when the former takes a couple of seconds to mull things over.
* ThemeNaming: Like ''Extra Life'', all the chapters have video game themed titles.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Downplayed, but Mikan can't forgive Hiyoko for her bullying. She does, however, state she'll try to get to a point where she can, since Hiyoko is also trying to stop being a bully.
* ThrowTheDogABone: After spending all of ''Extra Life'' trying and failing to beat Izuru in video games, Chiaki pulls off a single win in Chapter 3. Also counts as one for Hajime too, since now his victory isn't 100% assured.
* WakeUpFighting: Mentioned; Hajime asks Chiaki not to try physically waking him if he's having a nightmare, because he has SuperStrength and is afraid of hurting her if this trope happened. Chiaki herself sometimes wakes up in this manner, but because Hajime is much stronger than her, he's able to keep either from getting hurt.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** In Chapter 4, Kazuichi yells at Hajime for not telling him Gundham was going to ask Sonia out.
** In the same chapter, Sonia politely but firmly calls Kazuichi out on his [[StalkerWithACrush behavior]].
** Everyone gives Hiyoko this after her bullying drives Mikan to a panic attack in Chapter 5.
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* SparedByTheAdapdation: The story starts with Chiaki surviving her execution.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Izuru first realizes something is seriously wrong with Chiaki when he sees the shattered pieces of her Game Girl Advance on the floor.

* {{Archenemy}}: Despite his initial allegiance with her, Izuru holds Junko in high distate. While he initially tolerates her for the chance to feel something beyond boredom, her framing him, trying to kill Chiaki, and then failing to impress him with despair all steadily erodes that tolerance... and then she seals his loathing by interfering with the [[VisualNovel/DanganRonpa second killing game]], since it makes hope winning a ForegoneConclusion, not something earned. By the end of it, he's only helping her for his own benefit, and part of him is hoping she'll lose. The [[NotSoDifferent similarities]] between them just exacerbates this.

* PrecisionFStrike: Junko interfering with the Second Killing Game infuriates Izuru so much, he outright calls her a bitch the next time his POV rolls around.

-->''"The first time Nanami Chiaki crossed the threshold of this sanctuary, she’d been vegetative and had to be carried through the front door. The last time Nanami Chiaki crossed the threshold of this sanctuary, it was on her own two feet."''

Extra Life was completed October 5, 2017, one year after release. It can also be found on fanfiction.net [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12178638/1/Extra-Life here]], where it currently has the most Favorites of any non-M Danganronpa fanfic. It also has in-progress [[https://ficbook.net/readfic/4909730 Russian]], [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12677839/1/Extra-Life-French-Edition French]], and [[https://www.wattpad.com/487108439-extra-life-vida-extra-advertencia Spanish]] translations available.

Extra Life was completed October 5, 2017, one year after release. It can also be found on fanfiction.net [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12178638/1/Extra-Life here]], where it currently has the most Favorites of any Danganronpa fanfic. It also has in-progress [[https://ficbook.net/readfic/4909730 Russian]], [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12677839/1/Extra-Life-French-Edition French]], and [[https://www.wattpad.com/487108439-extra-life-vida-extra-advertencia Spanish]] translations available.

It can also be found on fanfiction.net [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12178638/1/Extra-Life here]]. It was completed October 5, 2017, one year after release. It also has in-progress [[https://ficbook.net/readfic/4909730 Russian]], [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12677839/1/Extra-Life-French-Edition French]], and [[https://www.wattpad.com/487108439-extra-life-vida-extra-advertencia Spanish]] translations available.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/8222090/chapters/18843971 Extra Life]]'' by Creator/TheApocryphalOne is a ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' fanfic, set with the goal of [[FixFic saving Chiaki from her execution]] in ''DanganRonpa3''--but rather than going full-on [=AU=], it keeps in line with canon, [[AnotherSideAnotherStory with Chiaki being an off-screen witness to those events]].

It has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7V-E8yKfAM a fan-made infomercial]] on Website/YouTube.

** During [[spoiler:her reunion with Hajime]], Chiaki mentions being afraid that if she lets go, he'll disappear, a reference to what ''he'' said at the end of her AI's Free-Time Events in the second game.

''"The first time Nanami Chiaki crossed the threshold of this sanctuary, she’d been vegetative and had to be carried through the front door. The last time Nanami Chiaki crossed the threshold of this sanctuary, it was on her own two feet."''

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* ShoutOut:
** A LOT of video games get name-dropped or alluded to; a given that most of the narration comes from the Ultimate Gamer, who uses them as points of reference for things she lacks experience in. Just a few include ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', ''VideoGame/PokemonEmerald'', ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'', ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', ''Franchise/HarvestMoon'', ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'', ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', and ''VideoGame/AceAttorney''.
** Chiaki tells herself that if she was willing to spend an entire day grinding for the [[VideoGame/EarthBound Gutsy Bat]], then she is willing to spend however long it takes for legs to work again.
** When learning that all her friends were brainwashed, a dazed Chiaki thinks [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI this is how Celes must have felt when the world ended]].
** She also wonders how [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Kairi was able to work up the nerve to give Sora her Lucky Charm]] when trying to give Izuru her hairpin.
** Chiaki's pet rabbit is named [[VideoGame/{{Okami}} Yumigami]].
** When talking about his SplitPersonalityMerge, Hajime describes it as [[VideoGame/Persona5 "personas fusing"]].
** Chiaki compares [[spoiler:the possibility of her meeting her AI]] to [[VideoGame/ParasiteEve2 Aya Brea meeting Eve]].
** For a non-video game example, Nagito mentions reading [[Literature/OneQEightyFour a book about a woman who falls into an alternate dimension and a man investigating a manuscript's secrets]].

** InUniverse, Izuru considers the outcome of [[VisualNovel/DanganRonpa the first killing game]] to have been this the moment Junko tried to frame Makoto for Mukuro's murder. Once she’d broken her own rules, it was only a matter of time before the students found out and used that to force her into the open.

** InUniverse, Izuru considers the outcome of [[VisualNovel/DanganRonpa the first killing game]] to have been this the moment Junko tried to frame Makoto for Mukuro’s murder. Once she’d broken her own rules, it was only a matter of time before the students found out and used that to force her into the open.

* MassOhCrap:

** Chiaki tells herself that if she was willing to spend an entire day grinding for the [[VideoGame/Earthbound Gutsy Bat]], then she is willing to spend however long it takes for legs to work again.

* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Chiaki falls for Izuru during her year of being nursed back to health by him.

** InUniverse, Izuru considers the outcome of the first killing game to have been this the moment Junko tried to frame Makoto for Mukuro’s murder. Once she’d broken her own rules, it was only a matter of time before the students found out and used that to force her into the open.

* TheGlomp: [[spoiler:Ibuki's directly described as doing this when she sees Chiaki alive.]]

** She has another one when [[spoiler:she sees the video of her classmates claiming to be behind the Final Killing Game.]]

* BookEnds: Two-fold! [[spoiler:The beginning and ending of ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2'' involve Class 77 throwing a beach party and the survivors of the Killing Trip hoping to revive their comatose classmates, respectively. ''Extra Life'' ends with Class 77 throwing a beach party and hoping to revive AI Chiaki and Usami.]]

* TheAtoner: Chiaki [[spoiler:joins the Future Foundation]] hoping to help make things right, after her part in contributing to the world’s destruction.
* BeneathNotice: [[spoiler:Eventually, Chiaki expresses a desire to join the Future Foundation to atone. The problem? She’s assumed dead, and revealing herself to have been saved by a Remnant of Despair would likely get her arrested, not to mention [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Chisa]] is still there. So Izuru creates a fake identity and she enters as not the Ultimate Gamer, but an intern.]]
* BerserkButton: Junko is Izuru’s, for [[TranquilFury as close to berserk]] as [[TheStoic he]] gets. The first time Chiaki hears the slightest bit of anger from him is when she asks if he’s still working for her.
* BigDamnReunion: [[spoiler:The ''entirety'' of Chapter 26 is a huge, soppy, [[TearsOfJoy tearful]] reunion between Chiaki, Hajime, and Class 77.]]

* BreakTheCutie: '''Chiaki.''' The author states the price for her survival was a boatload of emotional trauma, and it shows. From being left unable to even walk for months, to learning the truth of what happened to Hajime and her friends, to dealing with her guilt and self-loathing for her role in the world’s end, to [[spoiler:finding a SecondLove and then losing him too]], she has no shortage of misery.

* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler:Chiaki hopes to help rescue Chisa from the Final Killing Game. Unfortunately, Chisa's [[DeathOfPersonality been dead]] for a while at that point, as she discovers.]]