History SoYouWantTo / WriteTheNextDanganronpa

* ShownTheirWork: If the characters really are at the top of their game with regards to their talent, they must possess the best part of their skillset. Watch movies regarding that talent, or read books regarding said talent. Their internal conflict, which comes in handy during the motives, can also be manifested from here.
** Performer (ballerina, singer, instrument player)? Watch media pertaining to that talent and what would possibly make them kill someone. Highly suggest watching movies like ''Film/{{Whiplash}}'' or ''Film/BlackSwan'' to have an idea of the character.
** Detective
** Academics
** Sports (may overlap with Performer)

** All Danganronpa games involve a 6 chapter structure (with a prologue, epilogue, and in ''[=DR2=]''[='=]s case a chapter 0) but if it fits the story, you don't have to stick to it.

* Hope and Despair

* Romantic Subplots
* Groups turning on each other

** Treat the premise akin to ''Film/DieHard''. As in, pull off a DieHardOnAnX, but instead of the protagonist overcoming odds against a location taken over by an antagonistic force (which sounds quite similar to Dangaronpa's premise), the protagonist, along with other students must survive through the killing game itself. The first game was set in a boarded-up high school, but the second was set on an island resort. You could go with the standard high school setting, however, if you want to do something different, other options include a hospital, campground, prison, island resort, mansion, ship, hotel, castle, or even a flying aircraft.

* The "Jerk": The closest thing it has to the AntiHero of the story. They are known for believing strange things that the protagonists may not support, and will often meddle with the scenery in order to prove their point. Their morals may be ambiguous, but they're really people who will often wedge in their decisions that hinder the protagonists in the trials. May survive the story or not.

** Performer (ballerina, singer, instrument player)? Watch media pertaining to that talent and what would possibly make them kill someone. Highly suggest watching movies like ''Film/Whiplash'' or ''Film/BlackSwan'' to have an idea of the character.

** If one wants to make the audience engage more with the protagonist, they can have a unique internal conflict that drives them through the story, and the killing game can help them overcome this to rise to the challenge. They need not be the AudienceSurrogate, and this can allow for a very interesting story going forward. They may survive through the trials, but they are capable of death [[spoiler: or being the culprit]]. In this case, they can be a DecoyProtagonist. However, if one opts to do this, they can put it at the first or the mid-way point.
** Examples: Makoto Naegi, Hajime Hinata, Kaede Akamatsu [[spoiler: until the first chapter]], [[spoiler: Shuichi Saihara]]

** Examples: Byakuya Togami, Nagito Komaeda, Kokichi Ouma

* Blood. Preferably [[BlackBlood of the pink kind]].

* Blood.

* GenderEqualEnsemble: Generally used, as the franchise handles equality very well.

* [[Fanfic/ANewHope The Legacy of Despair]] by Crit Fail.
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* The Mastermind
* The Heavyweight
* GenderEqualEnsemble

** Treat the premise akin to ''Film/DieHard''. As in, pull off a DieHardOnAnX, but instead of the protagonist overcoming odds against a location taken over by an antagonistic force (which sounds quite similar to Dangaronpa's premise), the protagonist, along with other students must survive through the killing game itself. The first game was set in a boarded up high school, but the second was set on an island resort. You could go with the standard high school setting, however, if you want to do something different, other options include a hospital, campground, prison, island resort, mansion, ship, hotel, castle, or even a flying aircraft.
* Your location should have 6 'sections' that'll be unlocked one by one after each class trial.

** If one wants to make the audience engage more with the protagonist, they can have a unique internal conflict that drives them through the story, and the killing game can help them overcome this to rise to the challenge. They need not be the AudienceSurrogate, and this can allow for a very interesting story going forward.

* The Female Lead
* The "Jerk"

Treat the premise akin to ''Film/DieHard''. As in, pull off a DieHardOnAnX, but instead of the protagonist overcoming odds against a location taken over by an antagonistic force (which sounds quite similar to Dangaronpa's premise), the protagonist, along with other students must survive through the killing game itself. The first game was set in a boarded up high school, but the second was set on an island resort. You could go with the standard high school setting, however, if you want to do something different, other options include a hospital, campground, prison, island resort, mansion, ship, hotel, castle, or even a flying aircraft.

* For your Killing Game, you need to set up a location that has the students completely isolated from the outside world, however, this doesn't limit your options for settings. The first game was set in a boarded up high school, but the second was set on an island resort. You could go with the standard high school setting, however, if you want to do something different, other options include a hospital, campground, prison, island resort, mansion, ship, hotel, castle, or even a flying aircraft.

* TheProtagonist: The main hero/heroine of the story.

* TheProtagonist:

* The methods taken by the students to cover up their tracks after the murder can be downright amazing.
* Perhaps one of Danganronpa's most iconic elements, the [[CruelAndUnusualDeath executions.]] These should involve the talent in some way, but it's also important to keep the characters personality in mind to create a truly miserable execution. Past examples include Leon's frustration with being forced to play baseball, and his execution involving him being literally chained to a batting cage while being beaten to death with baseball. Teruteru's hatred of low class food and then being turned into fried food, or Celeste wishing for an elegant death by being burned to death, only for her to be smashed by a firetruck at the last second.

''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' is mainly known for one thing; A half-white/half-black teddy bear forcing talented high school students to kill each other.

Danganronpa is mainly known for one thing; A half-white/half-black teddy bear forcing talented high school students to kill each other.

* AnyoneCanDie: The premise is high schoolers killing each other, so this is basically what you signed up for.

* SacrificialLamb / SacrificialLion: A common element of the games is to have the first killer/victim be someone who is built up as important in some way. It's not a necessary element of the games, but it does help give the first chapter more impact when the characters haven't had much time to develop yet

** Perhaps the most famous example is chapter 3, which always involves 2 murder victims, and the killer revealing themselves to be unhinged in some way during the class trial.
** All Danganronpa games involve a 6 chapter structure (with a prologue, epilogue and in some cases a chapter 0) but if it fits the story, you don't have to stick to it.

** All danganronpa games involve a 6 chapter structure (with a prologue, epilogue and in some cases a chapter 0) but if it fits the story, you don't have to stick to it.

* For your Killing Game, you could go with the standard high school setting. However, if you want to do something different, other options include a hospital, campground, prison, island resort, mansion, ship, hotel, castle, or even a flying aircraft.

* Your location should have at most 5 'sections' that'll be unlocked after each class trial.

!!!'''Set Designer/Location Scout'''