History NightmareFuel / DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls

** Jataro's mother regretted ever having him because she felt he limited what she could do with her life, to the point where she wished he'd disappear or that she'd wake up one morning and he'd be dead.

** To be more specific, he collects the chips containing the fragments of Alter Ego Junko, thus leading to the events of ''[[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair]]''.
** We've only seen two portions of Junko's AI program. [[OhCrap Where's the rest of it?]] Thankfully, it was later established that Shirokuma and Kurokuma were each ''one half of Alter Ego Junko''.

** "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 you hear it out of nowhere in the dark hallways in Towa Hills, with teeth from Kotoko's denture launcher everywhere.

'''Shirokuma''': [[NotSoDifferent I may be wicked, but you are too.]] After all, we are!\\

* Getting a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayf9AtOiLb4 Game Over sequence]] in general since you literally get EatenAlive whole by the Monokuma unit

* At the start of Chapter 3, it's implied that Kotoko is a rape victim, but later we find out the sordid details: Kotoko was actually forced into child prostitution by her parents, and was most likely raped by those involved in the production of her shows. Her mother felt that it was the best way to help Kotoko's career, and she even prostituted herself along with Kotoko while believing that it was all for her daughter's best interest. Her father, however, just used the money earned from all of this for his own gain, and was even having an affair with his dental hygienist. To make matters worse, he was planning to sell her off into sex slavery once she got older and the gravy train slowed down. The whole experience was so traumatizing that just hearing the word "gentle" [[TraumaButton causes her to have a breakdown]], as she was constantly told that the people she was being prostituted to would be gentle with her. It is especially upsetting the second time it happens in the game, when Toko says she is confused with how [[BigBad Junko]] [[TheCorrupter Enoshima]] got to convince the Warriors of Hope that she was "some sweet, '''gentle''' girl", in which she tearfully yells at Toko and Komaru that [[FateWorseThanDeath she'd rather be]] ''[[FateWorseThanDeath killed]]'' [[FateWorseThanDeath than have anyone be "gentle" with her]].

--->'''Junko''': [[WhamLine It's]] ''[[WhamLine me!]]'' Puhu! Puhuhuhuhu! Well, they're pretty much the same. [[BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad White despair. Black hope.]] In the end, neither won... but I guess that works too. I mean, I didn't really give a damn about this town from the beginning. The fact that ''those'' guys will take an interest in this place will yield a ''much'' more fruitful harvest! Hey! Don't you think so? Personally, I think they did a ''pretty'' good job for a group of kids! Hey, hey! Don't you think so? Thanks to them, the preparations are nearly ''complete!'' [[CallForward Laying the foundations for the final match]]—[[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair it's so despairingly perfect!]] Hey, hey, hey! Don't you--

** The Monokuma attack. Considering the comically demented Monokuma everyone is familiar with, it is ''very'' jarring to watch these Monokuma, silent, murderous robots who massacre people with explicit gore.

* The reveal that the Warriors of Hope were a bunch of kids from abusive families that were pushed by Hope's 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.

* The SadisticChoice that Komaru faces in Chapter 5: does she break the Controller that will destroy all the Monokumas, given the possibility that this will ''also'' make the brainwashing helmets all the Monokuma Kids are wearing explode? Or does she refuse, allowing the Monokuma to keep rampaging and riling up the already angry mob baying for the kids' demise? Even worse, it's ''not'' a cutscene. It is ''you'' who has to make that decision multiple times!

** [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity For the sake of creating hope by any means necessary]], [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Nagito]] swears to raise [[CreepyChild Monaca]] into being Junko's successor after admitting that he set himself up to be captured by the Warriors of Hope. As she's already a ManipulativeBitch obsessed with despair much like her mentor, just imagine what her personality could be like years in the future...[[note]]Episode 7 of ''Danganronpa 3: Future Arc'' reveals that Nagito's rants about hope and despair ultimately led Monaca to become a NEET.[[/note]]

** [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity For the sake of creating hope by any means necessary]], [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Nagito]] swears to raise [[CreepyChild Monaca]] into being Junko's successor after admitting that he set himself up to be captured by the Warriors of Hope. As she's already a ManipulativeBitch obsessed with despair much like her mentor, just imagine what her personality could be like years in the future... (Thankfully, as seen in the ''[[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School]]'' sequel, all he did at the end was to convince Monaca to give up instead)

** Right after Kurokuma's last line, "Dso_new World Order" plays as the whole truth is clarified. To elaborate, '''[[AxCrazy Alter]]''' '''[[ManipulativeBastard Ego]]''' '''[[ArticialIntelligence Junko]]''' [[TalkingToThemself has a conversation with herself]] detailing how she [[MasterActor posed as both Kurokuma and Shirokuma]] in order to [[HopeCrusher spread despair in Towa City]] [[PlayingBothSides by turning its children and its adults against each other]]. There's also her subtle confession to [[CallForward her plan for revenge against three of the Future Foundation's members]] for their roles in [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc her first defeat]].

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

--->'''Shirokuma''': Well, when you think about it, the plan was flawed from the beginning. Trying to create a successor [[FiveSecondForeshadowing while the original still exists?]]\\

'''Kurokuma''': [[FiveSecondForeshadowing No! Not we. Maybe I... or maybe...]]
** Right after Kurokuma's last line, "Dso_new World Order" plays as the whole truth is clarified. To elaborate, '''[[AxCrazy Junko]]''' [[TalkingToThemself has a conversation with herself]] detailing how she [[MasterActor posed as both Kurokuma and Shirokuma]] in order to [[HopeCrusher spread despair in Towa City]] [[PlayingBothSides by turning its children and its adults against each other]]. There's also her subtle confession to [[CallForward her plan for revenge against three of the Future Foundation's members]] for their roles in [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc her first defeat]].
--->'''Junko''': [[WhamLine It's]] ''[[ArtificialIntelligence me!]]'' Puhu! Puhuhuhuhu! Well, they're pretty much the same. [[BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad White despair. Black hope.]] In the end, neither won... but I guess that works too. I mean, I didn't really give a damn about this town from the beginning. The fact that ''[[AllLovingHero th]]''''[[DeadpanSnarker ose]]'' [[BornDetective guys]] will take an interest in this place will yield a ''much'' more fruitful harvest! Hey! Don't you think so? Personally, I think they did a ''pretty'' good job for a group of kids! Hey, hey! Don't you think so? Thanks to them, the preparations are nearly ''complete!'' [[CallForward Laying the foundations for the final match—it's so despairingly perfect!]]
* During Junko's expository spiel, [[FallenHero Izuru Kamukura]] punches through Shirokuma and Kurokuma's heads like it was ''nothing'' without saying ''anything''. His facial expression [[TranquilFury doesn't even change whatsoever]]. Badass as it may be, remember that this is the guy who ''unwittingly helped Junko start the Tragedy''.

** And remember that this guy used to be '''Hajime Hinata'''. That cynical but caring NiceGuy we came to know in the second game is already [[DeathOfPersonality long gone]], having been replaced by... [[AmbiguouslyHuman something]] [[TheChessmaster else]]. What drives it home is that it's all thanks to the academy he admired so much.

-->'''Shirokuma''': Well, when you think about it, the plan was flawed from the beginning. Trying to create a successor [[FiveSecondForeshadowing while the original still exists?]]
-->'''Kurokuma''': I know this was kind of my idea, but kids sure are stupid idiots!
-->'''Shirokuma''': Not ''just'' the kids! The adults are idiots too. [[ManipulativeBastard Just by causing a]] ''[[ManipulativeBastard little]]'' [[ManipulativeBastard unrest... just pushing them a teeny bit—I had them spinning around in the palms of my hands!]]
-->'''Kurokuma''': Despite how you look, you sure are wicked inside! Even if the outside's white, the inside's ''pitch'' black! You a rice ball or something?
-->'''Shirokuma''': [[NotSoDifferent I may be wicked, but you are too.]] After all, we are!
-->'''Kurokuma''': [[FiveSecondForeshadowing No! Not we. Maybe I... or maybe...]]

-->'''Junko''': [[WhamLine It's]] ''[[ArtificialIntelligence me!]]'' Puhu! Puhuhuhuhu! Well, they're pretty much the same. [[BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad White despair. Black hope.]] In the end, neither won... but I guess that works too. I mean, I didn't really give a damn about this town from the beginning. The fact that ''[[AllLovingHero th]]''''[[DeadpanSnarker ose]]'' [[BornDetective guys]] will take an interest in this place will yield a ''much'' more fruitful harvest! Hey! Don't you think so? Personally, I think they did a ''pretty'' good job for a group of kids! Hey, hey! Don't you think so? Thanks to them, the preparations are nearly ''complete!'' [[CallForward Laying the foundations for the final match—it's so despairingly perfect!]]

** [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity For the sake of creating hope by any means necessary]], [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Nagito]] swears to raise [[CreepyChild Monaca]] into being Junko's successor after admitting that he set himself up to be captured by the Warriors of Hope. As she's already a ManipulativeBitch obsessed with despair much like her mentor, just imagine what her personality could be like years in the future... (Thankfully, all he did was to convince Monaca to give up instead)

** [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity For the sake of creating hope by any means necessary]], [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Nagito]] swears to raise [[CreepyChild Monaca]] into being Junko's successor after admitting that he set himself up to be captured by the Warriors of Hope. As she's already a ManipulativeBitch obsessed with despair much like her mentor, just imagine what her personality could be like years in the future...

** With a NightmareFace to boot, [[AmbiguouslyEvil Nagito]] swears to raise Monaca into the next Junko after admitting that he set himself up to be captured by the Warriors of Hope. As she's already a ManipulativeBitch obsessed with despair much like her mentor, just imagine what her personality could be like years in the future...

* 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 revelation that Komaru and Makoto's parents were subjected to ColdBloodedTorture before

* At the start of Chapter 3, it's implied that Kotoko is a rape victim, but later we find out the sordid details: Kotoko was actually forced into child prostitution by both her parents, and was most likely raped by those involved in the production of her shows. Her mother felt that it was the best way to help Kotoko's career, and she even prostituted herself along with Kotoko while believing that it was all for her daughter's best interest. Her father, however, just used the money earned from all of this for his own gain, and was even having an affair with his dental hygienist. And he was planning to sell her off into sex slavery too, once she got older and the gravy train slowed down. The whole experience was so traumatizing that just hearing the word "gentle" [[TraumaButton causes her to have a breakdown]], as she was constantly told that the people she was being prostituted to would be gentle with her. It is especially upsetting the second time it happens in the game, when Toko says she is confused with how [[BigBad Junko Enoshima]] got to convince the Warriors of Hope that she was "some sweet, '''gentle''' girl", in which she, completely in tears, yells at Toko and Komaru that [[FateWorseThanDeath she'd rather be]] ''[[FateWorseThanDeath killed]]'' [[FateWorseThanDeath than have anyone be "gentle" with her]].

* After the BossBattle with Genocide Jack in Chapter 4, Komaeda casually walks over and dumps a shakerfull of pepper in her face, making her sneeze and bring Jack back out. It really drives home that he won't be satisfied until ''something'' gives. And what ends up giving is Jack slicing his knees open.

* Haiji's insistence on destroying the controller [[WouldHurtAChild in spite of the prospective deaths of the kids]]. Dear ''goodness''...
* Monaca's RoomFullOfCrazy containing of photos of [[BigBad Junko]] [[SatanicArchetype Enoshima]] is deeply unsettling. [[https://33.media.tumblr.com/3f27a218763142b424f62c76246be139/tumblr_ncimgnCeGb1sh4t49o4_1280.jpg Especially when you look at the ceiling...]]
* The revelation of what happened to Komaru and Makoto's parents.
** Mitigated somewhat in the fact that their fate is left fairly ambiguous. It ''might've'' been them, but we don't know for sure.

** In a conversation between Kurokuma and Shirokuma, it's revealed they were co-conspirators working together the whole time, with one WhamLine after another beginning to cement the TwistEnding.

** Right after Kurokuma's last line, "Dso_new World Order" plays as '''[[AxCrazy Junko]]''' [[TalkingToThemself has a conversation with herself]] that details how she [[MasterActor posed as both Kurokuma and Shirokuma]] in order to [[HopeCrusher spread despair in Towa City]] [[PlayingBothSides by pitting the Warriors of Hope and the Monokuma Kids against the Resistance and its adult supporters]]. There's also her subtle confession to [[CallForward her plan for revenge against three of the Future Foundation's members]] for their parts in [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc her first defeat]].

** In a conversation between Kurokuma and Shirokuma, it's revealed that were co-conspirators working together all along, with one WhamLine after another beginning to cement the TwistEnding.

** Right after Kurokuma's last line, "Dso_new World Order" plays as '''[[AxCrazy Junko]]''' [[TalkingToThemself has a conversation with herself]] that details how she [[MasterActor posed as both Kurokuma and Shirokuma]] in order to [[HopeCrusher spread despair in Towa City]] [[PlayingBothSides by pitting its children and adults against each other]]. There's also her subtle confession to [[CallForward her plan for revenge against three of the Future Foundation's members]] for their parts in [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc her first defeat]].

** 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 ''Ultra 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 SadisticChoice that Komaru faces in Chapter 5: does she break the Controller that will destroy all the Monokumas, given the possibility that this will ''also'' make the brainwashing helmets all the Monokuma Kids are wearing explode? Or does she refuse, allowing the Monokuma to keep rampaging and riling up the already angry mob baying for the kids' demise? Even worse, it's ''not'' a cutscene; it is ''you'' who has to make that decision multiple times!
* Haiji's insistence on destroying the controller [[WouldHurtAChild in spite of the prospective deaths of the kids]]
* Monaca's RoomFullOfCrazy full of photos Junko Enoshima is deeply unsettling. [[https://33.media.tumblr.com/3f27a218763142b424f62c76246be139/tumblr_ncimgnCeGb1sh4t49o4_1280.jpg Especially when you look at the ceiling...]]

* The epilogue's cutscene. Specifically, there's [[FallenHero Izuru Kamukura]] punching through Shirokuma and Kurokuma like it was ''nothing'' and without saying ''anything''. Doesn't even [[TranquilFury change expression]]. Badass as it may be, remember that this is the guy who started the ''apocalypse''.
** To be more specific, he collects the chips containing the fragments of the Junko AI that appears in ''[[VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpa2 DR2]]''.
** We've only seen one of the AI used. [[OhCrap Where's the other one?]] Thankfully, it was later established that Shirokuma and Kurokuma were each ''one half of Alter Ego Junko''.
** And remember that this guy used to be '''Hajime Hinata.''' That cynical but caring NiceGuy we came to know in the second game is already [[DeathOfPersonality long gone]], replaced by... [[AmbiguouslyHuman something else]]. All thanks to the academy he admired so much.

** [[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 how 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''.

* 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 ''[[FingerInTheMail fingers]]'' [[FingerInTheMail later turning up in the mail]].

** [[{{Yandere}} Kanon Nakajima]] herself may count as NightmareFuel for some. ''Danganonpa'' 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 epilogue's cutscene. Nagito plans to raise Monaca to be Junko's successor...


it serves as a TwistEnding that reveals Kurokuma and Shirokuma to be [[FallenHero Izuru Kamukura]] punching through Shirokuma and Kurokuma like it was ''nothing'' and without saying ''anything''. Doesn't even [[TranquilFury change expression]]. Badass as it may be, remember that this is the guy who started the ''apocalypse''.

* Monaca forcibly making out with Nagisa and implying that she'll do more. Two kids kissing would look adorable in any other context, except that 1) it's already been established that Monaca is an AxCrazy ManipulativeBitch, and 2) Nagisa looks ''utterly terrified'' (even more so when Monaca kisses him the second time and she ''puts her tongue inside''), and has every reason to be as he starts to realize how ''twisted'' Monaca really is while she plays merry hell with his mind.

* The SadisticChoice that Komaru faces in Chapter 5: does she break the Controller that will destroy all the Monokumas, given the possibility that this will ''also'' make the brainwashing helmets all the Monokuma Kids are wearing explode? Or does she refuse, allowing the Monokuma to keep rampaging and riling up the already angry mob baying for the kids' demise? Even worse, it's ''not'' a cutscene; it is ''you'' who has to make that decision, multiple times!

* The epilogue. Specifically, Izuru Kamukura punching through Shirokuma and Kurokuma like it was ''nothing'' and without saying ''anything''. Doesn't even [[TranquilFury change expression]]. Badass as it may be, remember that this is the guy who started the ''apocalypse''.

** We've only seen one of the AI used. [[OhCrap Where's the other one?]] Thankfully it was later established that Shirokuma and Kurokuma were each ''one half'' of Alter Ego Junko.

** Kotoko's mother believed that prostituting her own daughter would be in her best interests and that she could "sparkle forever." [[KnightTemplar She refused to believe any of what she was doing was wrong]], even prostituting herself along with her as a "mother and daugher set." Meanwhile, her father was busy stealing money, cheating on his wife with his dental assistant, and planned on selling Kotoko into the sex trafficking industry once she hit puberty.

* First of all, this game appears to be a ''scarily accurate'' metaphor for a revolutionary takeover against an established government; No matter how stable, advanced and wealthy the current system is, everything can just ''crumble'' into dust by a revolutionary takeover within an instant. While the revolutionaries might have and will almost always have genuine grievances like the Warriors of Hope, the revolution itself ''will'' always have ulterior motives, and after the takeover succeeds, the entire societal order will collapse in its very fabric with the revolutionaries going out to purge swathes of people they don't like.
** Just like a real revolution, the worst traitor and instigator are always inside the gates for any of it to happen smoothly. In this case, it's Monaca Towa who happens to be the daughter of the city head!

* The SadisticChoice that Komaru faces in Chapter 5: does she break the Controller that will destroy all the Monokumas, knowing that this will ''also'' make the brainwashing helmets all the Monokuma Kids are wearing explode? Or does she refuse, allowing the Monokuma to keep rampaging and riling up the already angry mob baying for the kids' demise?
** Even worse, that's ''not'' a cutscene; it is ''you'' who has to make that decision.
*** Six Words: '''[[DespairEventHorizon BREAK THE CONTROLLER/BREAK THE CONTROLLER]]'''

* At the start of Chapter 3, it's implied that Kotoko is a rape victim, but later we find out the sordid details: Kotoko was actually forced into child prostitution by both her parents, and was most likely raped by those involved in the production of her shows. Her mother felt that it was the best way to help Kotoko's career, and she even prostituted herself along with Kotoko while believing that it was all for her daughter's best interest. Her father, however, just used the money earned from all of this for his own gain, and was even having an affair with his dental hygienist. And he was planning to sell her off into sex slavery too, once she got older and the gravy train slowed down.

** [[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''.