History Headscratchers / Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair

** Just because AI Junko was made before the killing game, doesn't mean she wouldn't have Junko's memories of Makoto during the two years that preceded it. (And Monokuma was talking about Nagito)**

** Maybe he was impersonating Byakuya before entering Hope's Peak? He expresses considerable respect for him during his free time events, so he at least knows _of_ Byakuya. He likely switched to Ryota Mitarai after entering Hope's Peak because it would be impossible to impersonate a guy who you have a good chance of being in the same physical location as, and then switched back as an ultimate despair.

* Why did the Ultimate Impostor not realize something was off? They were disguised as Byakuya because of their role in the Tragedy, but if their last memory was of before Hope's Peak, when they would have had 0 reasons for being Byakuya, then it should have been a red flag.

* So Island Mode is what happens had AI Junko's virus been deleted by the system and Naegi's plan goes down without a hitch. So far so good, everyone is working on getting along and resocialising. As we all know, our main character can get involved in a number of romantic scenarios. One of which involves Chiaki Nanami, one half of the AI overseers. Now the prize question is: what exactly made the guy responsible for Nanami's ability to respond positively to romantic affection think that's a good idea? I mean, the idea is challenging enough. "Hey, guys, you were the Absolute Despair and the majority of the planet wants you dead," is a tough sell as it is. If you add on "Furthermore, that girl you fell in love with is an AI, the real one died years ago to help brainwash you into despair," it can become outright despair-inducing.

*** The original Japanese name for Jack/Jill is Genocider Shou, a gender-neutral name. Moreover, Japanese is known to avoid pronouns whenever possible, so her actual gender is easily obscured in casual conversation. IIRC, at least the Japanese DR1's reveal of Shou was centered around her being specifically Toko, as opposed to a girl (since the Jack/Jill issue doesn't exist). When translating to English, which does have liberal usage of pronouns, it's reasonable to assume the guys just missed that Shou's gender was supposed to be unknown to the public, and used "she" as they themselves knew Shou was a her. The part of Sonia knowing Shou was specifically a sailor fuku-clad girl does come from left field, though, since the only possible time they could have learned that is between Ultra Despair Girls and just before DR2.

** My own theory is this is simply a translation error--maybe the original Japanese used a gender-neutral pronoun but the English translators decided to translate it as "she" without thinking about the internal logic of the situation? Tho that wouldn't explain how they know about the uniform.

** Sonia is a serial killer enthusiast. She might have stumbled across some clue or bit of trivia that the first cast (save possibly Byakuya) didn't know, which led to her realizing Jack is female. Hajime I'm more stumped on, but Sonia says Genocide Jack has a reputation on the Internet...maybe he read an InUniverse [=WMG=] about her being female?

* In the library when Sonia talks about serial killers, Hajime and Sonia seemed to know beforehand from their pre-Hope Peak Academy memories that Genocide Jack is female, and Sonia even knows that Genocide Jack is specifically a middle or high school girl wearing a sailor uniform. How do they know this? Everyone (Aside from possibly Byakuya) in Trigger Happy Havoc were under the impression that Jack was male. It'd be possible for the future foundation to implant memories about Genocide Jack being someone resembling Toko, but that wouldn't serve any purpose whatsoever.

** While Nagito may have made out to Teruteru that he was going to commit murder, it is apparent from his gloom at Imposter dying, his longing for death and to be a stepping stone for others, as well as the blasé manner he reveals the entire set-up to Teruteru, that Nagito actually intended to be the first victim. To what extent Teruteru became the first murderer due to luck or Nagito's considerable intelligence (as Teruteru had shown himself to be one of the easiest to rattle and Nagito must have expected him to be hanging around if the party took place) is unclear, but Nagito must have suspected something was going to happen by how Teruteru continued to pretend everything was normal in front of the other students. On top of that, though Nagito would have wanted in this scenario to be proved as the murderer, he still wants to provide a challenge. There would have been no way for Nagito to find someone in the dark and violently stab them to death without getting any blood on himself or his clothes, thus ending the trial within minutes.

** It didn't matter. All he wanted was to be a "stepping stone so that hope could shine even brighter". Anyone would have done.

* During Chapter 1, even if Nagito had been able to retrieve the knife taped to the underside of that table without either Twogami/Ultimate Impostor or Teruteru interfering, who was his planned victim? Even with a weapon, he was still in a pitch-black room due to the blackout.

** Either Monokuma or Mahiru told him.

** Didn't Monokuma say that Hajime reminded him of "him" (presumable meaning Makoto) at one point? That doesn't sound like something someone who never met Makoto firsthand would say.

* In Chapter 2, when Hajime brings food to Nagito, he mentions Twilight Syndrome Murder Case, and implies that he goaded Mahiru into playing it. But how did Nagito learn of that game's existence in the first place? It seems quite doubtful that any of the students told him, and he had no way of checking for himself due to being tied up.

** People could use the shower after having swum in the sea. Or to shower before going to swim in the sea. Not naked, but simply with their swimsuits/trunks on.