History NightmareFuel / DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls

* In Masaru's room, there's a book of laws for the children's paradise. One is that children are to kill themselves if they feel themselves turning into demons, i.e. growing up.

* The documents that can be found in the room where you meet Haiji Towa for the first time are disturbing as all get-out: The first one is an adult describing how the "newbies" who are being brought to the hideout are deeply traumatised and keep going mad, [[DespairEventHorizon making them feel hopeless]]; the second one is an adult ranting about how evil the children are, and going into [[{{Gorn}} very graphic detail]] about how [[WouldHurtAChild he wants to murder them all]]; and the last one is simply a list of the dead and missing, two lists that Komaru notes are [[WarIsHell very long]]. Even though the Resistance hideout is a relatively safe place for our heroines to (temporarily) stay in, it becomes obvious from the start that keeping all these traumatised, scared adults in one place was never going to work out in the long run...

** We've only seen one of the AI used. [[OhCrap Where's the other one?]]

** "Let's Play With Monokuma," the IronicNurseryRhyme the Monokuma Kids sing is creepy even if you don't understand Japanese and know that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5kXzOhPubM the lyrics]] are about how they'll murder all the adults, with lyrics like "Can we make mountain with a thousand corpses?" and "Set fire to a corpse and it becomes a campfire. Wow, so pretty!" The fact that it's sung by ''an actual children's choir'' makes it even worse. It's especially shocking when it suddenly starts playing in the dark hallways in Towa Hills, with teeth from Kotoko's denture launcher everywhere.

** It is also ''very likely'' that an actual, real-life kid's choir is used to record this...Just imagine that Spike Chunsoft might actually be teaching these ''real'' kids to '''GET VIOLENT!'''

** [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/danganronpa/images/6/60/Nagito_Komaeda_The_Servant_Halfbody_Sprite_%2812%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20170629134917 Komaeda has one too]], unsurprisingly. His seems to be based on the face he makes during the first trial of ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''. The marker on his face helps mitigate the effect a little but it's still rather frightening. Wanna make it even worse? [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/4b7dab9dc64f4223e0332e23276390dc/tumblr_ngx2ivzv2g1qfrcg7o1_r1_540.png Here's an edit that takes away all the marker]]. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that, without all that scribbles all over his face, you're forced to notice of absolutely creepy his eyes are or maybe it's the fact that you can clearly see how he isn't actually smiling without all the scribbles but the expression just looks ''off''
* Komaru getting possessed by Tokuichi Towa in Chapter 5. Bear in mind that, at no point in any Danganronpa media prior to this had ghosts or possession ever been even hinted at to have been real things in this universe. So, yeah, it's a little ''absolutely terrifying'' when, out of nowhere, a really creepy voice speaks up and a shot of an ethereal wisp is shown (along with Komaru's horrified expression). It doesn't help that the ghost's "talking" sprite is Komaru, except with a dead, "eyes-lulled back" expression that never changes, conplete with [[VoiceOfTheLegion his voice overlapping with Komaru's.]]

** [[{{Yandere}} Kanon Nakajima]] herself may count as NightmareFuel for some. Dangan Ronpa is not strange to obsessive characters with a SingleTargetSexuality, but Kanon's case is the first one that is not PlayedForLaughs in any way and is instead meant to be as disturbing as it should be. Since half the chapters in ''Ultra Despair Hagakure'' are from her point of view, we get to see how Leon is the only thing she seems to think about, with him being her sole motivation for doing ''anything''. Since Leon himself never saw her as a romantic prospect and she admitted to have some violent thoughts against him when she saw him on dates [[StalkerWithACrush during her stalking]], it makes you wonder if she would have snapped in a true {{Yandere}} fashion eventually, had The Tragedy never happened.

* The documents that can be found in the room where you meet Haiji Towa for the first time are disturbing as all get-out: The first one is an adult describing how the "newbies" who are being brought to the hideout are deeply traumatised and keep going mad, [[DespairEventHorizon making them feel hopeless]]; the second one is an adult ranting about how evil the children are, and going into [[{{Gorn}} very graphic detail]] about how [[WillHurtAChild he wants to murder them all]]; and the last one is simply a list of the dead and missing, two lists that Komaru notes are [[WarIsHell very long]]. Even though the Resistance hideout is a relatively safe place for our heroines to (temporarily) stay in, it becomes obvious from the start that keeping all these traumatised, scared adults in one place was never going to work out in the long run...

** Not to mention how Tokuichi [[AbusiveParents treated Monaca back when he was alive.]] Yikes, no wonder she decided to kill him.

* Komaru getting possessed by Tokuichi Towa in Chapter 5. Bear in mind that, at no point in any Danganronpa media prior to this had ghosts or possession ever been even hinted at to have been real things in this universe. So, yeah, it's a little ''absolutely terrifying'' when, out of nowhere, a really creepy voice speaks up and a shot of an ethereal wisp is shown (along with Komaru's horrified expression). It doesn't help that the ghost's "talking" sprite is Komaru, except with a dead, "eyes-lulled back" expression that never changes.

** To be more specific, he collects the chips containing the fragments of the Junko AI that appears in [[VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpa2 DR2]].

* Just why were Komaru and the rest of the original ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'' cast's family and friends still being held hostage? Because Junko was planning on using them again as a motive in the first game. She would've shown the kid's loved ones murdering one another, and likely would've only made it stop should another murder occur. The only reason this wasn't used was because things came to a head before another motive was needed. She was planning on creating another killing game just to keep the main killing game going! Who knows what horrific things would have happened had this actually occurred in the first game...

* The documents that can be found in the room where you meet Haiji Towa for the first time: The first one is an adult describing how the "newbies" who are being brought to the hideout are deeply traumatised and keep going mad, making them feel hopeless; the second one is an adult ranting about how evil the children are, and going into [[{{Gorn}} very graphic detail]] about how [[WillHarmAChild he wants to murder them all]]; and the last one is simply a list of the dead and missing, two lists that Komaru notes are [[WarIsHell very long]].

* In the room where you first meet Haiji Towa, there are three documents that can be found in the room: Memoir of an Adult 1, Memoir of an Adult 2, and a list of the missing/dead. Memoir 1 is scary enough, describing a person's hopelessness as more "newbies" comes to the Resistance hideout and lose their minds, but it somehow doesn't hold a candle to Memoir 2; the writer says the kids are "Devils in the bodies of children" and "damn devils!" before describing in graphic detail how they want to murder all of them - like boiling them in pressure cookers, or [[EyeScream stabbing them in the eyes]]. And then, during your first conversation with Haiji, he claims that the children "aren't children anymore, they're devils" - making it [[FridgeHorror very plausible]] that he was the one who wrote it.

** Monaca's mother dumped her off with her biological father and half-brother, who treated her like an alien in their own home. They hated hearing her laugh or smile, and even hit her on regular occasions. Eventually she started pretending to be paralyzed to garner some sympathy from them. It really makes you wonder just ''what'' they were doing to her to make that seem like a plausible excuse.

** "Let's Play With Monokuma," The IronicNurseryRhyme the Monokuma Kids sing is creepy even if you don't understand Japanese and know that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5kXzOhPubM the lyrics]] are about how they'll murder all the adults, with lyrics like "Can we make mountain with a thousand corpses?" and "Set fire to a corpse and it becomes a campfire. Wow, so pretty!" The fact that it's sung by ''an actual children's choir'' makes it even worse. It's especially shocking when it suddenly starts playing in the dark hallways in Towa Hills, with teeth from Kotoko's denture launcher everywhere.

* It's revealed late in the game on that most of the kids wearing helmets are actually being brainwashed. Think about the implications of that.

* It's revealed early on that most of the kids wearing helmets are actually being brainwashed. Think about the implications of that.

* Junk Monokuma. It's a defective unit with elongated, mangled limbs and a disturbingly human-looking eye. If ''that'' weren't enough, it's also covered in blood, and not the same pink blood used throughout the series.

** It went FromBadToWorse very soon, when we start seeing the sequels such backstory left in Kotoko's mind. It's as much of a TearJerker as it is NightmareFuel to know she sees rape and sexual assault as a form of punishment towards 'cute female demons'. There are few things scarier than seeing such a young child trying to sexually assault Komaru in chapter 3. It got EVEN worse in ''Absolute Despair Hagakure'', where she tries and ''successfully'' sexually assaults Kanon Nakajima the same way she did to Komaru in the game proper, describing gleefully how she wants to make her into a "living urinal" while heavily implying she's inflicting on Kanon the same things that were inflicted on her. It's NightmareFuel, {{Squick}} and TearJerker at once, and getting to read Kanon's thoughts while it happens it's much more terrifying.

* Yasuhiro finding Kanon's notebook in ''Absolute Despair Hagakure''. [[MadnessMantra The contents are nothing but "Leon Onii-chan" repeated until the ink runs out.]] The chapter then ends with Kanon discovering Yasuhiro is a Future Foundation member and trying to choke him to death.
** [[{{Yandere}} Kanon Nakajima]] herself may count as NightmareFuel for some. Dangan Ronpa is not strange to obsessive characters with a SingleTargetSexuality, but Kanon's case is the first one that is not PlayedForLaughs in any way and is instead meant to be as disturbing as it should be. Since half the chapters in Absolute Despair Hagakure are from her point of view, we get to see how Leon is the only thing she seems to think about, with him being her sole motivation for doing ''anything''. Since Leon himself never saw her as a romantic prospect and she admitted to have some violent thoughts against him when she saw him on dates [[StalkerWithACrush during her stalking]], it makes you wonder if she would have snapped in a true {{Yandere}} fashion eventually, had The Tragedy never happened.

* Just why were Komaru and the rest of the original VideoGame/DanganRonpa cast's family and friends still being held hostage? Because Junko was planning on using them again as a motive in the first game. She would've shown the kid's loved ones murdering one another, and likely would've only made it stop should another murder occur. The only reason this wasn't used was because things came to a head before another motive was needed. She was planning on creating another killing game just to keep the main killing game going! Who knows what horrific things would have happened had this actually occurred in the first game...

** It went FromBadToWorse very soon, when we start seeing the sequels such backstory left in Kotoko's mind. It's as much of a TearJerker as it is a NightmareFuel to know she sees rape and sexual assault as a form of punishment towards 'cute female demons'. There are few things scarier than seeing such a young child trying to sexually assault Komaru in chapter 3. It got EVEN worse in ''Absolute Despair Hagakure'', where she tries and ''successfully'' sexually assaults Kanon Nakajima the same way she did to Komaru in the game proper, describing gleefully how she wants to make her into a "living urinal" while heavily implying she's inflicting on Kanon the same things that were inflicted on her. It's NightmareFuel, {{Squick}} and TearJerker at once, and getting to read Kanon's thoughts while it happens it's much more terrifying.

** The Monokuma Kids broadcast. What they're saying is bad enough, but the way they treat ''a dead man's corpse'' like a children's toy is incredibly frightening.

* The reveal that the Warriors of Hope were a bunch of kids from abusive families that were pushed by Hopes Peak Academy until they broke and became suicidal. Any belief that the school was a pleasant institution is pretty much dead. The fact that the project was done by ''Nagisa's own father'' makes it far, far more unsettling.

*** Four Words: '''[[DespairEventHorizon BREAK IT / BREAK IT]]'''
* Near the end, you find journals detailing the extent of the abuse the kids parents subjected them to. The contents are ''horrifying''.

* Near the end of the game, inside Towa Hills, we get glimpses into the minds of the parents of the Warriors of Hope, and they are [[AbusiveParents utterly disgusting.]] [[AssholeVictim Makes it hard to feel any kind of sympathy for their deaths.]]

* The Monokuma Kids period, with creepy helmets, identical appearances and the fact that [[TheVoiceless they never speak]]. They also constantly have children's tune accompanying them when they appear.

* Monaca's RoomFullOfCrazy full of photos Junko Ensohima is deeply unsettling. [[https://33.media.tumblr.com/3f27a218763142b424f62c76246be139/tumblr_ncimgnCeGb1sh4t49o4_1280.jpg Especially when you look at the ceiling...]]

* The descriptions of The Worst, Most Despair-Inducing Incident in the History of Mankind can be pretty horrific at times. Komaru at one point tells Toko that several of her classmates went missing at one point, with their ''fingers'' later turning up in the mail.

** Monaca's mother dumped her off with her biological father and half-brother, who treated her like an alien in their own home. They hated hearing her laugh or smile, and even hit her on regular occasions. While we know she was faking being paralyzed, it makes you wonder just ''what'' they were doing to her to make that seem like a plausible excuse.

** Nagisa was subjected to human experimentation by his own parents, where they wanted to see just how far a child's mind could be pushed before it snapped. They forced him to study for days on end, stick IVs into him to keep him awake, and keep him under surveillance at all times. His father describes him in cold, clinical terms, referring to his son as "the subject." And in the end, disappointed with the results, he's debating switching subjects.

** She also wasn't planning on killing herself. She just thought watching the other four jump to their deaths would be a funny prank.