History Fanfic / NewHopeUniversityMajorInMurder

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The "Fall Break" chapter includes eleven stories about princes and princesses... and then one about a pauper.

* HollywoodBoardGames:

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Giuseppi Perfetto, who chose his name as a child to deliberately annoy his commanders.
-->"I just looked up at them and was like, 'Yeah, call me Joe Perfect.'"

* IllGirl: Mackenzie, a girl who provided financial support for Katy's works, suffered from a terminal illness. She died roughly a year after they first met, and two weeks after they fell in love.

* SugarAndIcePersonality: Most of the time, protagonist Saya is an {{Adorkable}}, friendly person, but in class trials, she becomes cerebral, cold, and manipulative. Discovering this side of her personality surprises even her.

* DwindlingParty: As might be expected from a Danganronpa fic, the body count starts piling up. As of the end of the fifth Chapter, [[spoiler:five students]] are left.

* TheGenerationGap: The cultural conflict between boomers and millennials is central to the story, and the ultimate villain is [[spoiler:representative of GenXers with contempt for both sides]].

The fic can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13105723/1/New-Hope-University-Major-in-Murder-SYOC-CLOSED here]], and is still in progress.

** The final chapter: Cram Session (the prelude to the final investigation), All Nighter (the final investigation), Final Exam(the final trial).

* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: The third chapter. [[spoiler:The first of the two murder victims is the mastermind]].

* PosthumousCharacter: Dr. Alameda has been dead for five years as of the start of the story, as revealed in the first WhamLine. The implications of this have yet to be explored.

* SympatheticMurderer: While most of the cast averts this, there a few cases. [[spoiler:Lucina ends up killing Juliet, who's probably the worst person out of the cast, and is entirely willing to confess to the crime]]. In the final chapter, a retroactive example is revealed in the case of [[spoiler:Earl, who ended up killing Ashley, the initial mastermind]].

--->Dr. Alameda did not react. This was not surprising. He had been dead for five years.

** The final chapter: Cram Session (the prelude to the final investigation), All Nighter (the final investigation).

* LostInCharacter: [[spoiler:Juliet, instead of just being born evil, became evil because she thought it was what her parents wanted her to be, and he suggestible nature caused her to inhabit the persona completely.]]

* SympatheticMurderer: While most of the cast averts this, [[spoiler:Lucina ends up killing Juliet, who's probably the worst person out of the cast, and is entirely willing to confess to the crime]].

** In the fifth Chapter, Juliet makes a reference to ''Literature/TheLadyOrTheTiger''. This ended up being more meaningful than usual, since [[spoiler:Saya faces a similar dilemma in the fifth trial. She must choose whether to expose Lucina as Saya's murder(which is what Lucina wants), resulting in Lucina's execution, or lie to save Lucina, resulting in everyone else besides Lucina dying and Lucina hating Saya. Saya chooses the former, saying that it, like choosing the lady, is a selfless choice for the sake of one's beloved.]]

* ChessMotifs: Saya assigns each character a chess piece to indicate how she sees them, not necessarily their role in the game.

** Queen: Ashley

* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Ashley suggests this is the cause of her stunted growth.

** Near the start of the fifth trial, after the class [[spoiler:enters the virtual reality simulation]], someone says, "Shut the fuck up" to [[spoiler:the simulated version of Juliet]]. What is said is less important than who's saying it- [[spoiler:Lucina, who had previously been established as being unable to speak]].

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: In a discussion of the biblical parable of Lazarus and the rich man, Jane insists the actual moral is that helping the poor is wrong, because if they never have any possessions they can be greedy with, they can never sin.

* The final chapter: Cram Session (the prelude to the final trial).