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** The third Chapter ??? is largely focused on the point of view of a mysterious member of "Dark Hand" known as "Agent 44".
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** During the third Chapter ???, Agent 44 and their superior make several references to Ultimate Despair, [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the killing school life]], and (though they never explicitly say her name) Junko Enoshima.
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** Just like the ending of the fifth trial in ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpaAnother2'', Monokuma executes the remaining survivors for supposedly not being able to find the blackened only for an unforeseen circumstance to interrupt the execution.
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** The Unlike the [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair second]] and [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony third]] games, the rival character survives past Chapter 5 rather than being the victim.
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** Becomes [[AvertedTrope averted]] in Chapter 5- while all the survivors are sent to their own unique executions, a timely blackout shuts the mechanisms down before anyone is killed.
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** Becomes [[AvertedTrope averted]] in Chapter 5- 5's mass execution- while all the survivors are sent to their own unique executions, a timely blackout shuts the mechanisms down before anyone is killed.killed.
**Hiroshi's murder also counts- he sustained numerous severe injuries before being finished off via [[HighVoltageDeath electrocution]], which by itself is a cruel and unusual way to die.
**Hiroshi's murder also counts- he sustained numerous severe injuries before being finished off via [[HighVoltageDeath electrocution]], which by itself is a cruel and unusual way to die.
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*LockedRoomMystery: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in Chapter 5; the murder took place in the North Wing's power room, with the body being found in the wing's dungeon. The problem, however, is that the North Wing became completely blocked off the morning of Hiroshi's disappearance, so the mystery becomes how the victim and the killer got ''into'' the North Wing rather than how anyone got ''out'' of it.
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*ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Hiroshi's murder in a nutshell. Bludgeoned in the head, had his ankles cut and his hands/wrists mutilated, was electrocuted to death...and even after he was dead, the killer stabbed him in the chest and suspended his body via a noose.
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*WrongGenreSavvy: Invoked, likely by Hiroshi's killer and/or Monokuma/the mastermind, in Chapter 5. In the trials prior, the blackened was always one of the students- so, the students naturally assumed the same would apply in the fifth trial and went about their debates with this mindset. It isn't until very late in the trial that they even ''consider'' the idea that Hiroshi was murdered by a third party, and even then Hana has to fight tooth and nail to actually prove this to be true.
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*HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: The fifth trial was meant to be unwinnable; none of the five surviving students murdered Hiroshi, yet there were many pieces of evidence implicating just about everyone. Not to mention the students themselves went into the trial assuming the killer was among them, as had been the case in all the trials prior- and when Hana attempts to convince them otherwise, they can hardly conceive it. Even when Hana comes up with a plan to create a five-way tie with the voting and thus force the trial into a draw, Monokuma ''still'' manages to come up with an excuse to execute everyone.
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**The first part of the Chapter 5 investigation takes place from Akira's point of view as a result of Hana being knocked out by Monokuma in the prior part.
**The executions in Chapter 5 are loaded with these:
***Akira's execution builds up her possible death by electric chair, but then a giant version of the 'judge' Monokuma arrives, tears the ceiling off, and tries to crush her with its gavel.
***Hinata's execution involves him running through a long obstacle course and actually being successful in escaping through an 'EXIT' door...only for him to be greeted by a firing squad of Monokumas on the other side.
***Akira's execution builds up her possible death by electric chair, but then a giant version of the 'judge' Monokuma arrives, tears the ceiling off, and tries to crush her with its gavel.
***Hinata's execution involves him running through a long obstacle course and actually being successful in escaping through an 'EXIT' door...only for him to be greeted by a firing squad of Monokumas on the other side.
**The rival character survives past Chapter 5 rather than being the victim.
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* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: In true Danganronpa fashion, at least two characters die per chapter (or, in Chapter 3's case, three), making the current death total nine.
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* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: In true Danganronpa fashion, at least two characters die per chapter (or, in Chapter 3's case, three), making the current death total nine.ten.
**There are a ''multitude'' of boomerangs in the fifth trial: Kaneki and Saku's wounds, the dumbwaiter in the wine room, the pulley system in the eastern watchtower (more specifically, its rope)...
**Chapter 5 reveals the power room in the North Wing, providing electricity to the castle, and the electrical equipment inside. One of these items is a pair of insulated gloves- which the killer would later use to murder Hiroshi with a live electrical cable.
**Gets [[UpToEleven even more escalated in the fifth trial,]] in which Hana has to prove ''everyone's'' innocence ([[ClearMyName herself included]]).
**Becomes [[AvertedTrope averted]] in Chapter 5- while all the survivors are sent to their own unique executions, a timely blackout shuts the mechanisms down before anyone is killed.
**Happens again in Chapter 5, when Hiroshi tells Hana there is "something important" he needs to talk to her about at some unspecified later time. He disappears and later turns up dead before Hana can find out what he means.
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**In Chapter 5's trial, everyone ends up becoming a major suspect at some point in the trial (except Akira).
**Prior to the fifth trial, Akira is mysteriously denied access to Hiroshi's bedroom, despite Monokuma allowing the students into the victims' bedrooms in all the previous trials. Coupled with the observation of many students that the investigation felt shorter than usual, these hint at Hiroshi's trial being a little different from the trials prior in a sinister way.
**Played straight again in Chapter 5, where Hiroshi's body is discovered in Part 4.
**In Chapter 5, Akira brings up the second catacomb entrance in the West Wing as a major piece of evidence pointing to the killer, unaware that Hana and Hiroshi had secretly found it earlier in the chapter. In an attempt to throw suspicion off herself, Hana points out how the piano on top of the western entrance would have difficult for some people to move- however, Akira had never specified that the West Wing's entrance was underneath the piano at that point.
**Had their executions been able to play out fully, then just about everyone's executions in Chapter 5 would qualify.
**Hana attempts to invoke this in Chapter 5 upon realizing none of the five students murdered Hiroshi, meaning any kind of majority vote for someone would be wrong- however, as per class trial rules, no one is allowed to abstain from voting. So, she convinces the others to all vote for themselves and create a five-way tie, thereby fulfilling the mandatory voting rule and making it so no one was truly voted as the blackened, thus meaning nobody wins the trial.
***Unfortunately, Monokuma also pulls this trope by pointing out how no winners means they all lost the trial, both the spotless and the 'blackened'- meaning he is has grounds to execute all five of the remaining students.
***Unfortunately, Monokuma also pulls this trope by pointing out how no winners means they all lost the trial, both the spotless and the 'blackened'- meaning he is has grounds to execute all five of the remaining students.
**Another one occurs at the end of the fifth trial, when Monokuma announces he is going to execute all the surviving students for not voting properly.
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* NeverSuicide: Saku's death is staged to look like he had slashed his stomach and killed himself like Itachi had done in the chapter prior- but Hana is able to prove the stomach slice was inflicted after he was already dead, so suicide would have been impossible.
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* NeverSuicide: Saku's NeverSuicide:
**Saku's death is staged to look like he had slashed his stomach and killed himself like Itachi had done in the chapter prior- but Hana is able to prove the stomach slice was inflicted after he was already dead, so suicide would have beenimpossible.impossible.
**One of the earliest theories to how Hiroshi was murdered was that he hung himself, but this idea is very quickly disproven.
**Saku's death is staged to look like he had slashed his stomach and killed himself like Itachi had done in the chapter prior- but Hana is able to prove the stomach slice was inflicted after he was already dead, so suicide would have been
**One of the earliest theories to how Hiroshi was murdered was that he hung himself, but this idea is very quickly disproven.
**After realizing the fifth trial is practically unwinnable because none of the surviving students could have killed Hiroshi, yet the are still required to vote for a blackened, Hana convinces the others to create a five-way tie in the voting to ensure that Monokuma wouldn't be allowed to execute them for picking the wrong blackened. Unfortunately, her plan ''still'' provides Monokuma justification to execute the entire class, and this is exactly what he does. Had it not been for the castle's power blowing out, Hana and her classmates would have been killed for certain.
***The fifth murder involves an incredibly complex plan by the killer, as well as involving the death of a more major character.
**Numerous aspects of Hiroshi's death are meant to confuse the others to his cause of death, but most obvious examples would be the fact that Hiroshi's body was hung via a rope and noose and the kitchen knife very visibly stabbed into his chest.
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* SeekingTheMissingFindingTheDead: In Chapter 4, Shiori and Ryoto fail to show up for the breakfast meeting one morning- and since the latest motive had been announced two days prior, naturally everyone assumes the worst and split up to look for them. They find both Ryoto and Shiori at the top of the East Wing's watchtower; however, while Ryoto is merely unconscious, Shiori is very much dead.
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* SeekingTheMissingFindingTheDead: In SeekingTheMissingFindingTheDead:
**In Chapter 4, Shiori and Ryoto fail to show up for the breakfast meeting one morning- and since the latest motive had been announced two days prior, naturally everyone assumes the worst and split up to look for them. They find both Ryoto and Shiori at the top of the East Wing's watchtower; however, while Ryoto is merely unconscious, Shiori is very muchdead.dead.
**Hiroshi vanishes for almost an entire day in Chapter 5. When the students finally find him at the end of Part 4, he has been murdered.
**In Chapter 4, Shiori and Ryoto fail to show up for the breakfast meeting one morning- and since the latest motive had been announced two days prior, naturally everyone assumes the worst and split up to look for them. They find both Ryoto and Shiori at the top of the East Wing's watchtower; however, while Ryoto is merely unconscious, Shiori is very much
**Hiroshi vanishes for almost an entire day in Chapter 5. When the students finally find him at the end of Part 4, he has been murdered.
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** Then, in Chapter 3, Asuna undergoes a complete personality change after misinterpreting the advice Akira had given her after Kaneki's trial. She believed that, when Akira told her not to let her grief control her, she shouldn't let herself grieve or truly feel ''anything'' at all (not helped by the guilt she was already feeling). This results in Asuna becoming completely [[TookALevelInJerkass vicious and hostile]] towards her classmates, only being brought out of it when Hana basically spells out what Akira actually meant. In short: Asuna was doing exactly what Akira told her NOT to do. Hana even names this trope when explaining this to Asuna.
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** Then, in Chapter 3, Asuna undergoes a complete personality change after misinterpreting the advice Akira had given her after Kaneki's trial. She believed that, when Akira told her not to let her grief control her, she shouldn't let herself grieve or truly feel ''anything'' at all (not helped by the guilt she was already feeling). This results in Asuna becoming completely [[TookALevelInJerkass vicious and hostile]] towards her classmates, only being brought out of it when Hana basically spells out what Akira actually meant. In short: Asuna was doing exactly what Akira told her NOT to do. Hana even names this trope by name when explaining this to Asuna. Asuna.
**The end of Akira's execution, where the judge Monokuma grows to giant size and is about to smash her with a giant gavel, is reminiscent of [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix's]] nightmare at the start of ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Justice For All]]''.
**The titles of Ryoto and Asuna's executions reference the song "Highway To Hell" and the play ''[[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors Little Shop of Horrors]]'' respectively.
**The titles of Ryoto and Asuna's executions reference the song "Highway To Hell" and the play ''[[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors Little Shop of Horrors]]'' respectively.
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* WhamEpisode: Chapter 5, Part 3; just when things are looking up for Class 80, Monokuma reveals everyone had their memories of attending Hope's Peak Academy erased. Not only that, but there is one student (who is still alive) who not only did not have their memories erased, but also knows the truth behind the killing game and did nothing to prevent it or their classmates' deaths.
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**Chapter 5, Part 3; just when things are looking up for Class 80, Monokuma reveals everyone had their memories of attending Hope's Peak Academy erased. Not only that, but there is one student (who is still alive) who not only did not have their memories erased, but also knows the truth behind the killing game and did nothing to prevent it or their classmates'deaths.deaths.
**The final part of Chapter 5's trial. Hana discovers none of the five students (herself included) could have murdered Hiroshi, thereby uncovering some kind of conspiracy/cover-up by someone (implied to be Monokuma/the mastermind) to ensure the real killer wouldn't be able to be identified. Then, Monokuma forces everyone into a five-way mass execution, which the students barely manage to escape from thanks to a well-timed blackout.
**Chapter 5, Part 3; just when things are looking up for Class 80, Monokuma reveals everyone had their memories of attending Hope's Peak Academy erased. Not only that, but there is one student (who is still alive) who not only did not have their memories erased, but also knows the truth behind the killing game and did nothing to prevent it or their classmates'
**The final part of Chapter 5's trial. Hana discovers none of the five students (herself included) could have murdered Hiroshi, thereby uncovering some kind of conspiracy/cover-up by someone (implied to be Monokuma/the mastermind) to ensure the real killer wouldn't be able to be identified. Then, Monokuma forces everyone into a five-way mass execution, which the students barely manage to escape from thanks to a well-timed blackout.
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--->'''Monokuma:''' ''[[KillEmAll I'm going to execute all five of you!]]''
--->'''Monokuma:''' ''[[KillEmAll I'm going to execute all five of you!]]''
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[[caption-width-right:246:The story's cover art [[note]]Top row, far left and going right: [[TheStoic Itachi Kunata]], [[NonIdleRich Tadao Shimaru]], [[DeadpanSnarker Shiori Sauchi]], [[CreepyMortician Hiroshi Ashi]], [[ShipperOnDeck Rumi Hamasaki]]. Middle row: [[{{Chuunibyou}} Azami Kurobe]], [[OnlySaneMan Mikio Nakamura]], [[TheProtagonist Hana Amari]], [[CrusadingLawyer Akira Rimutsu]], [[GentleGiant Saku Yamamoto]]. Bottom row: [[LargeHam Ryoto Miura]], [[{{Troll}} Hinata Yonade]], [[NervousWreck Asuna Izumi]], [[PerpetualSmiler Shiro Koichi]], [[AdventurerArchaeologist Kaneki Tenmaru]].[[/note]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:246:The story's cover art [[note]]Top row, far left and going right: [[TheStoic Itachi Kunata]], [[NonIdleRich Tadao Shimaru]], [[DeadpanSnarker Shiori Sauchi]], [[CreepyMortician Hiroshi Ashi]], [[ShipperOnDeck Rumi Hamasaki]]. Middle row: [[{{Chuunibyou}} Azami Kurobe]], [[OnlySaneMan Mikio Nakamura]], [[TheProtagonist Hana Amari]], Amari, [[CrusadingLawyer Akira Rimutsu]], [[GentleGiant Saku Yamamoto]]. Bottom row: [[LargeHam Ryoto Miura]], [[{{Troll}} Hinata Yonade]], [[NervousWreck Asuna Izumi]], [[PerpetualSmiler Shiro Koichi]], [[AdventurerArchaeologist Kaneki Tenmaru]].[[/note]]]]
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* AlasPoorVillain: The first two killers receive this; for the most part, they are treated sympathetically once their reasons for committing the murders come to light.
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* AlasPoorVillain: The first two Most of the killers receive this; for the most part, they are treated sympathetically once their reasons for committing the murders come to light.
** Earlier in Chapter 4, while reading up on possible locations the castle could have been built in, Hana reads about [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Jabberwock Island.]]
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*** The fourth murder has a theme of [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice,]] and is portrayed as tragic.
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* BetrayalByInaction: Monokuma invokes this trope in Chapter 5, where he reveals one of the still-living students not only has all their memories intact, but knew almost everything about the nature of the killing game and chose to let it happen anyways. Therefore, Monokuma brands them a 'traitor' to their classmates for their inaction.
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* MassOhCrap: The surviving students have one of these when Monokuma reveals the students had their memories of attending Hope's Peak Academy erased (although doubt his truthfulness), then reveals that one of the six survivors still has their memories as well as vital information about the nature of the killing game.
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* ThePowerOfFriendship: In Chapter 5, Hana remembers that it was through the support of her classmates and friends that allowed her to continue fighting on after each and every class trial, not to mention the students supporting each other as well. It is remembering this simple truth that allows Hana to break free from the mysterious thoughts of nihilism that had been plaguing her for most of the chapter up to that point.
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** Hana delivers this one in the final line of Chapter 1 Part 6, in regards to who she thinks the killer is:
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->'''Rumi:''' Don't say it!
->'''Monokuma:''' ''It's time for-!''
->'''Ryoto:''' ''Don't say it!''
->'''Monokuma:''' Your brand new...motive!
->'''Itachi:''' [[SarcasmMode ...He said it.]]
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->'''Monokuma:''' It's ''time for...!''
->'''Rumi:''' Don't say it!
->'''Monokuma:''' ''It's time for-!''
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** [[PlayedForDrama Played for drama]] after the fourth trial- Hana, grief-stricken and frustrated over everything that happened, throws her e-Handbook across the room and starts furiously beating on the bedroom wall.
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** The railing on the second floor of the East Wing is described as being loose and wobbly, which could mean someone leaning on it too hard would break the railing and cause that person to fall- which directly leads to Shiori's ([[AccidentalMurder accidental]]) murder in Chapter 4.
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** The railing on the second floor of the East Wing is described as being loose and wobbly, which could mean someone leaning on it too hard would break the railing and cause that person to fall- which directly leads to Shiori's ([[AccidentalMurder accidental]]) murder death in Chapter 4.
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* AncientTomb: The North Wing has a hidden entrance to a set of maze-like catacombs that extend underneath the entirety of the North Wing and the northern section of the courtyard.
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* BigFancyCastle: The main location of the killing game, officially dubbed "The Castle of Mutual Killing" in Chapter ???: Eyes and Ears.
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* ArcSymbol: The red hand outline with a modified Monokuma eye in the center, which appears to have ties to something called 'Dark Hand'.
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** Tadao: Is put through the preparation of a giant chicken and vegetable dish on a cooking show, ending with him being put into a giant oven with the dish which ultimately catches fire, [[KillItWithFire incinerating him into a skeleton]], before the (somehow) perfectly cooked dish is served to a king version of Monokuma.
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** Tadao: Is put through the preparation of a giant chicken and vegetable dish on a cooking show, ending with him being put into a giant oven with the dish which ultimately catches fire, [[KillItWithFire incinerating him him]] [[StrippedToTheBone into a skeleton]], before the (somehow) perfectly cooked dish is served to a king version of Monokuma.
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Chapter ??? takes place from the perspective of an unnamed observer watching over the killing game (implied to be the mastermind).
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**The first Chapter ??? takes place from the perspective of an unnamed observer watching over the killing game (implied to be themastermind).mastermind).
**The second Chapter ??? is told from the perspective of the mysterious 16th member of the 80th Class, Nanako Tokumei.
**The first Chapter ??? takes place from the perspective of an unnamed observer watching over the killing game (implied to be the
**The second Chapter ??? is told from the perspective of the mysterious 16th member of the 80th Class, Nanako Tokumei.
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** The story also has a lack of an Ultimate ???.??? (unless one counts Nanako Tokumei, whose talent has yet to be revealed).
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*LoveHurts: The story heavily implies Hinata and Rumi have a crush on one another- which makes the latter's execution at the end of Chapter 4 all the more sad.
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*ObliviousGuiltSlinging: Since it's most likely Shiori started planning/setting up her plan to murder Rumi the morning/afternoon after the motive was initially announced (as that was when she first spoke to Ryoto, telling him to go to the East Wing at 11:30 PM), then everything Hana (and likely Asuna and Rumi) says and does with Shiori throughout Parts 4 and 5 could count.
**Especially when taking into consideration the implication that Shiori felt ''very'' hesitant and stressed about the idea of killing someone, right up to the moment she stabbed Rumi in the East Wing.
**Especially when taking into consideration the implication that Shiori felt ''very'' hesitant and stressed about the idea of killing someone, right up to the moment she stabbed Rumi in the East Wing.
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*BloodyHorror: The scene in the storage room in Chapter 2- namely, the fact that blood is spattered all over the walls, shelves, and is smeared on the floor. Before Hana and Ryoto even fully see the victim, the storage room is described as "a scene straight out of a horror movie".
**Additionally, the scene at the top of the eastern watchtower in Chapter 4- large amounts of blood are smeared and spread on the floor and wall, including being smeared on the wall behind where the victim is slumped.
**Additionally, the scene at the top of the eastern watchtower in Chapter 4- large amounts of blood are smeared and spread on the floor and wall, including being smeared on the wall behind where the victim is slumped.
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*SeekingTheMissingFindingTheDead: In Chapter 4, Shiori and Ryoto fail to show up for the breakfast meeting one morning- and since the latest motive had been announced two days prior, naturally everyone assumes the worst and split up to look for them. They find both Ryoto and Shiori at the top of the East Wing's watchtower; however, while Ryoto is merely unconscious, Shiori is very much dead.
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*LoopholeAbuse: In order to make himself look more like a suspect during Chapter 4, Hinata decides to click on his motive video- doing so will cause the icon to become dull once the video runs through once, indicating that the person watched it. However, Hinata realizes the icon will only go dull to indicate the recipient clicked on the icon and that the video ran to completion once- it won't indicate whether the person actually watched the video or not. Thus, Hinata clicked on the video and hid it somewhere to let it run, then retrieved it after a few minutes- the video had finished and the icon was darkened, and Hinata never actually watched a second of his motive video.
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**However, it's later revealed the blood on Ryoto and the blood all over the crime scene wasn't Shiori's blood either- it was blood from several blood bags from the medical room, used to make the top of the watchtower look like the scene of the murder, so technically it was nobody's (or nobody significant's) blood.
**However, it's later revealed the blood on Ryoto and the blood all over the crime scene wasn't Shiori's blood either- it was blood from several blood bags from the medical room, used to make the top of the watchtower look like the scene of the murder, so technically it was nobody's (or nobody significant's) blood.
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**This one during the fourth trial:
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** Rumi's execution is a pretty major call-back to Homer's epic [[Literature/TheOdyssey ''The Odyssey'']]- specifically, the parts involving the sea monster Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis.
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** Rumi's execution is a pretty major call-back to Homer's epic [[Literature/TheOdyssey ''The Odyssey'']]- ''[[Literature/TheOdyssey The Odyssey]]''- specifically, the parts involving the sea monster Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis.
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* AllForNothing: Itachi was determined to avert this trope in Chapter 2; whether he won or lost the trial, he refused to simply give up and confess in order to ensure Kaneki's murder was not meaningless.
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* AllForNothing: Itachi AllForNothing:
**Itachi was determined to avert this trope in Chapter 2; whether he won or lost the trial, he refused to simply give up and confess in order to ensure Kaneki's murder was notmeaningless. meaningless.
**Played tragically straight in Chapter 4, when all of Hinata's attempts to ensure Rumi wouldn't be found as the blackened ended up being futile.
**Itachi was determined to avert this trope in Chapter 2; whether he won or lost the trial, he refused to simply give up and confess in order to ensure Kaneki's murder was not
**Played tragically straight in Chapter 4, when all of Hinata's attempts to ensure Rumi wouldn't be found as the blackened ended up being futile.
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* AnyoneCanDie: It's [[Franchise/DanganRonpa Danganronpa]], after all. So far, seven out of the fifteen students have been killed.
* ArcWords: The phrase "Remember the class. Remember your own role." seems to be becoming this, as it appears at the end of the strange messages Hana receives on her e-Handbook at the end of each chapter.
* ArcWords: The phrase "Remember the class. Remember your own role." seems to be becoming this, as it appears at the end of the strange messages Hana receives on her e-Handbook at the end of each chapter.
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* AnyoneCanDie: It's [[Franchise/DanganRonpa Danganronpa]], after all. So far, seven nine out of the fifteen students have been killed.
* ArcWords: The phrase "Remember the class. Remember your own role." seems to be becoming this, ", as it appears at the end of the strange messages Hana receives on her e-Handbook at the end of each chapter.
* ArcWords: The phrase "Remember the class. Remember your own role.
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* BerserkButton: A flashback towards the end of the second trial reveals Kaneki accidentally pushed Itachi's when she tried to talk him out of his murder plot; the conflict and shame he felt while planning the murder was driving him borderline insane, and the complication that Kaneki brought was enough to cause Itachi to [[NotSoStoic finally snap]] and fly into a murderous rage.
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**In Chapter 4, one might think it would be the giant sea monster or the violent whirlpool it creates that would kill Rumi- however, it ends up being the dozens of sea animals living in the coral reef destroyed by the whirlpool that finish her off.
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**A flashback towards the end of the second trial reveals Kaneki accidentally pushed Itachi's when she tried to talk him out of his murder plot; the conflict and shame he felt while planning the murder was driving him borderline insane, and the complication that Kaneki brought was enough to cause Itachi to [[NotSoStoic finally snap]] and fly into a murderousrage.rage.
**Hinata doesn't take Rumi's execution well at all; almost immediately after it ends, he flies into a rage and charges at Monokuma with full intent to attack him for executing her. Even when Ryoto and Hana manage to restrain him, he still furiously shouts about how he'll kill both Monokuma and the mastermind with his "bare hands".
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**A flashback towards the end of the second trial reveals Kaneki accidentally pushed Itachi's when she tried to talk him out of his murder plot; the conflict and shame he felt while planning the murder was driving him borderline insane, and the complication that Kaneki brought was enough to cause Itachi to [[NotSoStoic finally snap]] and fly into a murderous
**Hinata doesn't take Rumi's execution well at all; almost immediately after it ends, he flies into a rage and charges at Monokuma with full intent to attack him for executing her. Even when Ryoto and Hana manage to restrain him, he still furiously shouts about how he'll kill both Monokuma and the mastermind with his "bare hands".
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* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: In true Danganronpa fashion, at least two characters die per chapter (or, in Chapter 3's case, three), making the current death total seven.
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* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: In true Danganronpa fashion, at least two characters die per chapter (or, in Chapter 3's case, three), making the current death total seven.nine.
**In Chapter 4, when Hinata is claiming how he's trying to cut down on his stealing, several paperclips fall out of his pocket- which he states he uses for lockpicking. It's these same paperclips that Hinata would later use to lockpick his way into the eastern lounge's cabinet to retrieve the katana kept inside.
**Later on in Chapter 4, Rumi is attempting to write romantic poetry for someone (heavily implied to be Hinata)- when Hana and Hiroshi look at the papers, she is incredibly embarrassed and flustered. During this scene, Hana and Hiroshi comment on how neat her handwriting is; during the trial, when the subject of who wrote the memo found in the fireplace comes up, both Hana and Hiroshi see the note again and are able to recognize the neat handwriting as Rumi's.
**Later on in Chapter 4, Rumi is attempting to write romantic poetry for someone (heavily implied to be Hinata)- when Hana and Hiroshi look at the papers, she is incredibly embarrassed and flustered. During this scene, Hana and Hiroshi comment on how neat her handwriting is; during the trial, when the subject of who wrote the memo found in the fireplace comes up, both Hana and Hiroshi see the note again and are able to recognize the neat handwriting as Rumi's.
**Once again, Chapter 4 incorporates quite a few:
***The suit of armor in the training room- not only does Shiori wear parts of it to disguise herself from Ryoto, but she also stuffs him inside the full suit to hide him from anyone who may enter the East Wing afterwards (mainly Rumi).
***The katana and the glass statue of Themis- the former is used as a false murder weapon, the latter is the (technical) ''true'' murder weapon.
***The pulley system in the eastern watchtower, which Hinata uses to transport a Ryoto (who is still unconscious) and Shiori's body up the tower, as the stairs are too damaged for him to take them up normally.
***The blood bags inside the medical room cooler, which Hinata uses to make the top of the eastern watchtower look like the scene of the murder.
***The suit of armor in the training room- not only does Shiori wear parts of it to disguise herself from Ryoto, but she also stuffs him inside the full suit to hide him from anyone who may enter the East Wing afterwards (mainly Rumi).
***The katana and the glass statue of Themis- the former is used as a false murder weapon, the latter is the (technical) ''true'' murder weapon.
***The pulley system in the eastern watchtower, which Hinata uses to transport a Ryoto (who is still unconscious) and Shiori's body up the tower, as the stairs are too damaged for him to take them up normally.
***The blood bags inside the medical room cooler, which Hinata uses to make the top of the eastern watchtower look like the scene of the murder.
**Hana later has to do this in the fourth trial for ''two'' people- first for Ryoto, then for Hinata.
**Rumi: Gets her boat destroyed by a massive sea monster, caught in a raging whirlpool that destroys a nearby coral reef, and then is ultimately mauled to death by the angered sea animals living in said reef.
**Shiori deconstructs the [[WellDoneSonGuy "Well Done, Son!" Guy]], as her intense desire to not disappoint her (fairly strict and likely abusive) parents was strong enough to motivate her, the ''doctor'', to try and commit murder.
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* EnmityWithAnObject: While doing a small investigation of the East Wing's upper floor by herself in Chapter 4, Hana takes her frustration over not finding anything out by yelling at the security cameras in the lounge and eastern watchtower.
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* EnmityWithAnObject: While EnmityWithAnObject:
**While doing a small investigation of the East Wing's upper floor by herself in Chapter 4, Hana takes her frustration over not finding anything out by yelling at the security cameras in the lounge and easternwatchtower. watchtower.
**[[PlayedForDrama Played for drama]] after the fourth trial- Hana, grief-stricken and frustrated over everything that happened, throws her e-Handbook across the room and starts furiously beating on the bedroom wall.
**While doing a small investigation of the East Wing's upper floor by herself in Chapter 4, Hana takes her frustration over not finding anything out by yelling at the security cameras in the lounge and eastern
**[[PlayedForDrama Played for drama]] after the fourth trial- Hana, grief-stricken and frustrated over everything that happened, throws her e-Handbook across the room and starts furiously beating on the bedroom wall.
**When initially investigating the East Wing, Monokuma warns about how the railing surrounding the mezzanine of the wing's second floor is loose and could break if someone leaned on it too much. Sure enough, Rumi pins Shiori against this railing when trying to talk her down from murder- and because she forgot the warning, the railing breaks and they both fall, resulting in Shiori being fatally impaled on the sword held by the glass sculpture below.
***Related to this, during the investigation following Shiori's murder, Hana examines the railing because she thinks she sees cracks in it. This results in her breaking off the (already broken but glued back together) piece of the railing and nearly falling off/onto the statue. This, as later revealed, is almost exactly how Shiori was killed.
**During Chapter 4, Akira expresses concern over the armory, as she feels someone could easily use one of the weapons from inside to commit murder. Sure enough, Shiori utilizes two items from the armory in her doomed murder plan, one of which would have been used as the murder weapon.
***Related to this, during the investigation following Shiori's murder, Hana examines the railing because she thinks she sees cracks in it. This results in her breaking off the (already broken but glued back together) piece of the railing and nearly falling off/onto the statue. This, as later revealed, is almost exactly how Shiori was killed.
**During Chapter 4, Akira expresses concern over the armory, as she feels someone could easily use one of the weapons from inside to commit murder. Sure enough, Shiori utilizes two items from the armory in her doomed murder plan, one of which would have been used as the murder weapon.
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* IKnowWhatYouFear: The fourth motive involves Monokuma giving students personalized videos that depict the thing they fear the most, although how accurate they are remains to be seen.
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* IKnowWhatYouFear: The fourth motive involves Monokuma giving students personalized videos that depict the thing they fear the most, although how accurate they most- and if Shiori's video and Rumi's reaction to hers are remains to be seen.believed, they're pretty accurate.
**[[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and [[InvertedTrope inverted]] in Chapter 4. When trying to see if Hinata, who has confessed to being Shiori's killer, is still hiding something, Hana shows him the pearl she found near the statue of Themis. Despite the pearl being obviously suspicious (due to where it was found) and Hinata claiming to have nothing else to hide, he insists he has no idea what the pearl is, something that he as the 'killer' should know, causing Hana and the others to realize Hinata is still hiding some vital information.
***Later, it's Rumi (the true killer) who is able to completely explain where the pearl came from, something Hinata was unable/unwilling to do. She even mentions the location where Hana found it, something Hana hadn't even told anyone else about at that point.
***Later, it's Rumi (the true killer) who is able to completely explain where the pearl came from, something Hinata was unable/unwilling to do. She even mentions the location where Hana found it, something Hana hadn't even told anyone else about at that point.
**Rumi, the girl who [[OceanAwe loves the ocean and its inhabitants]], is killed in the ocean by agitated sea creatures.
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** The railing on the second floor of the East Wing is described as being loose and wobbly, which could mean someone leaning on it too hard would break the railing and cause that person to fall.
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** The railing on the second floor of the East Wing is described as being loose and wobbly, which could mean someone leaning on it too hard would break the railing and cause that person to fall. fall- which directly leads to Shiori's ([[AccidentalMurder accidental]]) murder in Chapter 4.
**Rumi is downright horrified when she realizes she unintentionally broke the railing on the East Wing's second floor, resulting in Shiori being fatally stabbed by the statue below.
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* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: During the second trial, Tadao insults the victim following the revelation that they knew the murder was going to happen...and still ended up getting killed. Several students (mainly Ryoto) are not pleased by his comment.
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* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: During NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead:
**During the second trial, Tadao insults the victim following the revelation that they knew the murder was going to happen...and still ended up getting killed. Several students (mainly Ryoto) are not pleased by his comment.
**After the fourth trial, Akira doesn't hesitate to call out Shiori and Rumi for the mistakes they made that led to the murder and subsequent trial; [[BerserkButton Hana doesn't]] [[ArmorPiercingSlap take it well]].
**During the second trial, Tadao insults the victim following the revelation that they knew the murder was going to happen...and still ended up getting killed. Several students (mainly Ryoto) are not pleased by his comment.
**After the fourth trial, Akira doesn't hesitate to call out Shiori and Rumi for the mistakes they made that led to the murder and subsequent trial; [[BerserkButton Hana doesn't]] [[ArmorPiercingSlap take it well]].
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**The same thing happens with Ryoto in the fourth trial- bonus points for him being found at the falsified crime scene ''literally covered in blood.''
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**Hana advising Akira to show some trust in the others could also count, as Akira would take this advice and re-open the armory to everyone else as a show of faith. This would later allow Shiori to obtain some of the tools she needed (including a murder weapon) to execute her murder plot; Akira calls Hana out on this during the fourth investigation, although Hana does point out she never specifically told Akira to open the armory again (although Akira makes the point that Hana would have agreed with that course of action if it ''had'' been fully suggested).
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**Rumi's fear of pine tress.
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**''Everything'' Hinata does to frame Ryoto and himself throughout Chapter 4's trial invokes this, as it completely complicates what was otherwise a very quick and straightforward murder.
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**And again throughout the fourth trial, when Hinata is constantly snapping at Asuna to 'shut up' when she brings up something suspicious or confusing. The first two times he does it, she reacts rather nervously and indignantly. The third time, however...
-->'''Asuna:''' STOP TELLING ME TO SHUT UP!
-->'''Asuna:''' STOP TELLING ME TO SHUT UP!
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**Rumi's execution is a pretty major call-back to Homer's epic [[Literature/TheOdyssey ''The Odyssey'']]- specifically, the parts involving the sea monster Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis.
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**In Chapter 4, Hana is too upset by the truth of the case to do this against Rumi, and so Akira steps in (for real this time) to do this in her place.
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The story can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12999713/1/Fractured-Fates here]]. It is currently in-progress, with a prologue and three chapters concluded and a fourth chapter currently in-progress. Be warned: '''''all spoilers below are unmarked,''''' because like its [[Franchise/DanganRonpa canon counterpart]] it would be difficult to list tropes for this fic without spoiling everything.
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The story can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12999713/1/Fractured-Fates here]]. It is currently in-progress, with a prologue and three four chapters concluded and a fourth chapter currently in-progress.concluded. Be warned: '''''all spoilers below are unmarked,''''' because like its [[Franchise/DanganRonpa canon counterpart]] it would be difficult to list tropes for this fic without spoiling everything.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: The suits of armory in the East Wing's training room. Appearance-wise, they seems like your typical set of medieval steel armor; however, when Rumi puts on the armor in Part 5 of Chapter 4, it proves to be ''incredibly'' difficult to move around in.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: The suits of armory armor in the East Wing's training room. Appearance-wise, they seems like your typical set of medieval steel armor; however, when Rumi puts on the armor in Part 5 of Chapter 4, it proves to be ''incredibly'' difficult to move around in.
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*AwesomeButImpractical: The suits of armory in the East Wing's training room. Appearance-wise, they seems like your typical set of medieval steel armor; however, when Rumi puts on the armor in Part 5 of Chapter 4, it proves to be ''incredibly'' difficult to move around in.
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**While reading up on possible locations the castle could have been built in in Chapter 4, Hana reads about [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Jabberwock Island.]]
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*ForWantOfANail: In Chapter 2, the nail in question is the simple act of Asuna asking Kaneki about the note supposedly written by the latter. If she hadn't done that, then Kaneki might not have found out about Itachi's plan to kill Asuna (which would lead to her trying to interfere with it), thus allowing the plot to go off as he intended and leading to Asuna becoming the second murder victim.
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*CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: Hana does this for Asuna in order to prevent her from witnessing Ryoto [[ItMakesSenseInContext jumping off the second floor of the South Wing's main hall.]]
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*IKnowWhatYouFear: The fourth motive involves Monokuma giving students personalized videos that depict the thing they fear the most, although how accurate they are remains to be seen.
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*SecurityCling: Hana and Asuna do this to each other in Part 3 of Chapter 4 when Monokuma becomes '''extremely''' furious at them for finding the banners he had hidden in the eastern lounge.
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*** The end of Chapter 3 reveals a similar message, and this combined with her earlier head injury triggers a memory in Hana's mind that causes her to remember the girl's name: [[spoiler:Nanako Tokumei.]] Any other information about her, however, remains a mystery.
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*** The end of Chapter 3 reveals a similar message, and this combined with her earlier head injury triggers a memory in Hana's mind that causes her to remember the girl's name: [[spoiler:Nanako Tokumei.]] Nanako Tokumei. Any other information about her, however, remains a mystery.
