History TearJerker / DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc

** According to ''VideoGame/AbsoluteDespairGirls'', he ''isn't''....which means there's a good chance he witnessed her death on the broadcast.

** Earlier, Makoto is also seen struggling to hold back tears, followed by a shot of the victim's portrait--and even the portrait is made sadder, as instead of a black and white copy of the default sprite, [[https://danganronpa.wikia.com/wiki/File:Danganronpa_the_Animation_(Episode_05)_-_Yasuhiro_Hagakure,_Chihiro_Fujisaki%27s_death_portrait,_and_Byakuya_Togami_at_the_second_trial.png it's the victim staring wide-eyed at the camera]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:This picture could have been {{Fanservice}}, [[FanDisservice yet]] [[BreakTheCutie this]] [[FromBadToWorse is just the beginning of]] [[NiceGirl her]] [[TraumaCongaLine suffering]] in Hope's Peak Academy.]]

** Earlier, Makoto is also seen struggling to hold back tears, followed by a shot of the victim's portrait--and even the portrait is made sadder, as instead of a black and white copy of the default sprite it's the victim staring wide-eyed at the camera.

* The execution in Chapter 4 is a huge tear jerker, especially given how many fans this particular character had on the Website/SomethingAwful thread: It's not a living person. ''Alter Ego'' is the one being executed. The artificial intelligence that everyone bonded with, who only ever wanted to help his friends, who risked discovery to try to help them all escape...gets a completely unceremonious death as Monokuma destroys his laptop by bashing it with a bulldozer's claw a million times, and then having the laptop being molded into a ball with Monokuma's face. To add insult to injury, it wasn't even because of Alter Ego's conspiracy against Monokuma, either. Monokuma just executed him because there was no real murder culprit and Monokuma wanted to execute ''someone'', so Alter Ego doesn't even get to die in heroic martyrdom, either.

** As bad as the above scenario is it [[WhatCouldHaveBeen could have been much worse if Sayaka didn't hesitate and succeed in killing Leon]]. Makoto is forced to confront her and after he proves her guilt would witness her execution. She instead of Leon would be condemned to an undignified death (She would sing for her life underneath a huge beartrap while trying to get a perfect score. Before she does so Monokuma destroys the score meter automatically triggering the failure condition and the beartrap activates.) and Makoto would shoulder [[ILetGwenStacyDie a huge burden that results from it]].

[[caption-width-right:350:This picture could have been {{Fanservice}} [[FanDisservice yet]] [[BreakTheCutie this]] [[FromBadToWorse is just the beginning of]] [[NiceGirl her]] [[TraumaCongaLine suffering]] in Hope's Peak Academy.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:This picture [[WhatCouldHaveBeen could have been]] {{Fanservice}} [[FanDisservice yet]] [[BreakTheCutie this]] [[FromBadToWorse is just the beginning of]] [[NiceGirl her]] [[TraumaCongaLine suffering]] in Hope's Peak Academy.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:This picture could have been {{Fanservice}} yet [[BreakTheCutie this is just the beginning of her suffering]] in Hope's Peak Academy.]]

* For all of the huge flaws in the first part of episode 5 (the one concerning the second trial and execution), [[http://zamii070.tumblr.com/post/57081973751/oh-dear-no the scene in the second half]] that shows Kiyotaka's '''massive''' HeroicBSOD upon Mondo being pronounced guilty and then executed for it is [[AdaptationDistillation even more heartbreaking]] than in the game. So much that [[Creator/KosukeToriumi his desperate screams]] as well as him being in the PoseOfSupplication after Mondo's death, instead of plowing the scene into {{Narm}}, actually [[NarmCharm enhance it]].

** As bad as the above scenario is it [[WhatCouldHaveBeen could have been much worse if Sayaka didn't hesitate and succeed in killing Leon]]. Makoto is forced to confront her and after he proves her guilt would witness her execution. She instead of Leon would be condemned to an undignified death (She would sing for her life underneath a huge beartrap while trying to get a perfect score. Before she does so Monokuma destroys the score meter automatically triggering the failure condition and the beartrap activates.) and Makoto would shoulder a huge burden that results from it.

* Makoto nearly going into a HeroicBSOD after the first murder. Perfectly understandable, given that Sayaka was killed in his shower, and almost everyone's pulling TheCorpseStopsHere on him. To say nothing of the fact that they became relatively close in such a short amount of time up to that point.

** As bad as the above scenario is it [[WhatCouldHaveBeen could have been much worse if Sayaka didn't hesitate and succeed in killing Leon]]. Makoto is forced to confront her and after he proves her guilt would witness her execution. She instead of Leon would be condemned to an undignified death (She would sing for her life underneath a huge beartrap while trying to get a perfect score. Before she does so Monokuma destroys the score meter automatically triggering the failure condition and the beartrap activates.) and Makoto would shoulder a much huge burden that results from it.

** The manga has one thing that shreds a bit of a sympathy on Celeste. Before she's exposed as Taeko Yasuhiro, we're treated with a flashback image of a young girl, utterly alone, isolated without friends because she was too plain. This is actually Taeko/past!Celeste. Which means, the reason she became such a gigantic liar, including one who'd even dream about getting a castle with cosplayer servants, and even orchestrated two deaths, was because her past as a plain girl isolated by many was too much to bear and she had thought that if she presented herself as someone as grand as 'Celestia Ludenberg' she could escape loneliness, and then [[BecomingTheMask went overboard.]] Then there's her execution. While it looks normal, we get to see Celeste's face as the truck runs her through... she's sadly horrified. And at the end, a doll with its head charred rolls to the floor, which seems to be what remains of her... a doll labelled with the name 'Taeko'.

A new rule is added in the play: You get executed with the murderer if you choose wrong if the majority is right. What does this lead to? Kiyotaka getting executed with Mondo. Implying that he rather die a painful death than be without his friend.

** All the worse by how close they all seemed to be. Just based on Junko's intel, the secrets this group was willing to share with one another include Toko's SplitPersonality, Chihiro's [[UnsettlingGenderReveal gender]], Mondo's [[MyGreatestFailure dead brother]], Celeste's [[BecomingTheMask real name]], Kyoko's [[ScarsAreForever burn scars]] and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Makoto's bed-wetting problem]]. Even more telling is the mysteriouis photographs, and the extraordinary contrast of personalities seen within. First we have [[ShrinkingViolet Chihiro]] laughing along and horsing around with Leon, when the Chihiro we've come to know would've more likely been terrified in such a situation. Meanwhile Mondo, who we usually see crafting an aura of aggressiveness instead has a goofy grin plastered across his face as he plays right along with them. In the second photo we see the servile ButtMonkey Hifumi instead having the guts to mess with Celestia in some way involving his signature Princess Piggles camera, while she's sporting a very girlish blush instead of the venomous rage we would expect from her upon suffering some kind of indignity. Meanwhile Sayaka is in the background laughing as if this is normal for them. One can only imagine how hard it must have hit the six survivors to [[ExpositionBeam have regained their memories]] in [[VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpa2 the second game]]: to truly realize the enormity of the relationships they've all lost.

--> '''Kiyotaka''': "Why would you apologise? [[MadnessMantra Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?!]] [[BrokenPedestal Why did you do that?!]]"

A new rule is added in the play: You get executed with the murderer if you choose wrong if the majority is right. What does this lead to? Kiyotaka getting executed with Mondo. Implying that he rather die a painful death than be without his friend.

** There's another one, in the anime, which is after the first murder, surprisingly going with Heartwarming. Kyoko told him to move on if he wants to survive. Makoto refused, he'll survive while not moving on the deaths of both Sayaka and Leon. Yes, despite what Sayaka did, despite condemning Leon to an undignified death, Makoto is still horrified at what happened to them and will keep them in his heart as friends. Also, since this is in the anime, without free times and such, it's also both tear-jerking and heartwarming that Makoto would consider such a thing for Leon, who probably only interacted with him in the trial, and not exactly a good interaction at that.

** A particularly heartbreaking point in his brokenness is when you find him in a room with a huge machine. When Makoto muses about what it is, Monokuma shows up and declares that it's a time machine. Kiyotaka rouses himself out of his funk to ''beg'' Monokuma to use it so the consequences of the last chapter could be undone, and Monokuma laughs and reveals that he was only lying and that it's really an air purifier. He leaves Kiyotaka [[UpToEleven even more broken]] than before, and Naegi comments on how awful Monokuma really is.

* Some of the other free times, particularly Toko and Mukuro Ikusaba disguised as Junko. In the former's case, she was humiliated by a boy who was set up on a date with her as a 'punishment' from his friends, and in the latter's case, she spends a lot of time slipping out of character and revealing her interest in Makoto. Toko eventually uses her skills to write a semi autobiographical novel, which Naegi describes as 'harrowing' and gives no further detail. Same goes for Byakuya's free time events - similar to Seto Kaiba of Yu-Gi-Oh!, he went through a harsh upbringing to get where he is, and subsequently sacrificed a great number of things.

** All the worse by how close they all seemed to be. Just based on Enoshima's intel, the secrets this group was willing to share with one another include Fukawa's SplitPersonality, Fujisaki's [[UnsettlingGenderReveal gender]], Owada's [[MyGreatestFailure dead brother]], Ludenberg's [[BecomingTheMask real name]], Kirigiri's [[ScarsAreForever burn scars]] and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and Naegi's bed-wetting problem]]. Even more telling is the mysteriouis photographs, and the extraordinary contrast of personalities seen within. First we have [[ShrinkingViolet Fujisaki]] laughing along and horsing around with Kuwata, when the Fujisaki we've come to know would've more likely been terrified in such a situation. Meanwhile Oowada, who we usually see crafting an aura of aggressiveness instead has a goofy grin plastered across his face as he plays right along with them. In the second photo we see the servile ButtMonkey Yamada instead having the guts to mess with Celestia in some way involving his signature Princess Piggles camera, while she's sporting a very girlish blush instead of the venomous rage we would expect from her upon suffering some kind of indignity. Meanwhile Maizono is in the background laughing as if this is normal for them. One can only imagine how hard it must have hit the six survivors to [[ExpositionBeam have regained their memories]] in [[VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpa2 the second game]]: to truly realize the enormity of the relationships they've all lost.

* Chapter 5's bad ending. It's a Tear Jerker for multiple reasons, too. First of all, you get the bad ending just by doing what you've been doing this whole time: revealing a lie, this time by Kyoko, and pointing it out in court. Any player would naturally choose "Reveal the lie", especially since you get that choice right after ''Kyoko accuses you of murder in court'', so having it turn out to be the wrong choice is a nasty shock. Second, the execution itself is a tear jerker: poor Kyoko is slowly moved on a conveyor belt to be crushed to death by a huge block. But before the crushing happens, you first see Kyoko's shoulders heaving slightly and her face turn blue with fear: [[BreakTheHaughty Kyoko's stoicism has finally been broken, just before she dies.]] Third, the game then tries to make you think this was the best move]]. You get a happy photograph of a more grown-up Makoto, Byakuya, Yasuhiro, and Aoi, with a photo of a dead Toko suggesting that Toko has somehow died in the interim. Makoto's narration suggested they lived in eternal peace and bliss inside the schools, with no murders taking place. Why is that a tear jerker, you ask? Because for one thing, while there aren't any more murders, they're all living in a gilded cage, wasting their potential and dreams. For another thing, Aoi is holding ''babies'' -- which, since Toko's dead for some unexplained reason, means Aoi is the only one who could've given birth to them -- unless one of them ''is'' Toko's either fell victim to DeathByChildbirth or died soon afterwards. (Though it could [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation also mean that Aoi's got a "reverse harem" of sorts with Makoto, Byakuya and Yasuhiro, thus at least trying to make the best out of her situation.]] '''Hopefully'''.)

** All the worse by how close they all seemed to be. Just based on Enoshima's intel, the secrets this group was willing to share with one another include Fukawa's SplitPersonality, Fujisaki's [[UnsettlingGenderReveal gender]], Owada's [[MyGreatestFailure dead brother]], Ludenberg's [[BecomingTheMask real name]], Kirigiri's [[ScarsAreForever burn scars]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and Naegi's bed-wetting problem]]. One can only imagine how hard it must have hit the six survivors to [[ExpositionBeam have regained their memories]] in [[VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpa2 the second game]]: to truly realize the enormity of the relationships they've all lost.

* Makoto nearly going into a HeroicBSOD after the first murder. Perfectly understandable, given that Sayaka was killed in his shower, and almost everyone's pulling TheCorpseStopsHere on him.