History TearJerker / DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc

!!Moments from the game itself:

!!Moments from ''Danganronpa IF''

* Related to the above, but taking place in ''If'', and partially terrifying, Monokuma giving Sayaka a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment by almost revealing what Sayaka was up to when visiting Makoto. While Leon thankfully stops Monokuma from doing so, Sayaka almost had a BSOD over it, and it's justified since the reason is the same as in the game: Kill Leon and frame Makoto for it! It's bad enough to know that you almost killed someone who you spent two years being friends and having fun with, but the reason you forgot all that is [[LaserGuidedAmnesia not even your fault]], and Monokuma having no other reason for revealing her shame other than seeing her despair just tacks on even more bastard points for Monokuma and Junko as a whole. Given how Sayaka acted in the game proper, it gets even more sad.


!!Moments from the manga

!!Moments from the stage play:

!!Other

** Sayaka reacts to the One Thousand Blows about as well as you'd expect--namely, by looking utterly horrified as Leon is bludgeoned to death in front of her. At the end, all she can ask is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone "Why was I so reckless?"]]

!!Moments from the anime series
* Leon's execution in the game was already sad enough, but, in the anime, it is ''so much worse.'' Here, before his execution starts, Leon actually ''breaks down in tears'' and tries to desperately escape to the door, pleading for his life. And then Monokuma sends him to his death anyway.
** Not to mention, [[HeroicBSOD the horrified and often tearful reactions of several students]]. Especially Makoto (VisibleSilence first, starts screaming at Monokuma after he gloats), Chihiro (goes into a TwistedKneeCollapse and [[TenderTears sobs in a corner, murmuring "I can't take this... I can't take this!")]] and Toko (grabbing her head and shivering all over, saying "What's this, what the heck is this...?").
** What's more, the sobbing breakdown happens just after he's asked why he did it, and he screams that he had to and it could've been any of them in his place. The anime leaves out the part where Celeste points out he didn't ''have'' to kill once his would-be killer had retreated, so there's more of a focus on his misfortune in being chosen as a victim in the first place.
* The fourth episode has Makoto's sorrowful ShowerOfAngst and ''especially'' the rendition of the moment when Chihiro's lifeless body is found. [[http://i44.tinypic.com/2m4f5aw.png The close-up to the poor kid's face is heartbreaking.]]
* For all of the huge flaws in the first part of episode 5 (the one concerning the second trial and execution), [[http://zamiiz.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]].
--> '''Kiyotaka''': [[FiveStagesOfGrief "I won't believe it."]]
--> '''Mondo''': "I'm sorry."
--> '''Kiyotaka''': "Why would you apologize? [[MadnessMantra Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?!]] [[BrokenPedestal Why did you do that?!]]"
** After the execution, as it cuts to a shot of Kiyotaka sobbing onto the floor, sharp-eyed viewers will notice the ''puddle'' underneath him.
** 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://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/danganronpa/images/d/d9/Danganronpa_the_Animation_%28Episode_05%29_-_All_Secrets_Revealed_%2865%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20181210143158 it's Chihiro staring wide-eyed at the camera.]]
* In spite of being incredibly rushed to accommodate for ''a lot'' of ground during Chapter 3, episode 6 has quite a few, including Kiyotaka tearfully speaking to Alter Ego about Mondo, and Hifumi's final words, sadly choked out before his death. For anyone knowing the truth about Hifumi's killer and their motivation for it, it makes the scene even more gut-wrenching than it was in the game, pacing-issues aside.
* The end of episode six added Hifumi, with tears in his eyes as he dies.
* It's also rushed, but episode 7 had a different case of TearJerker in case of Celeste. In the game, Aoi [[WhatTheHellHero called her out]] after being revealed as a culprit where Celeste gleefully made a point that she had a case of LackOfEmpathy. That thing was omitted from the anime, making it like Aoi still considered Celeste a friend and is worried about and couldn't do a thing about it. Although Makoto's monologue about her fake smile in the game was omitted, Celeste's comment with Kyoko when handing Alter Ego's key can have the implications that she's not like them, she couldn't treat Alter Ego like a HopeBringer like the rest, which [[DespairEventHorizon led her to do all those of pursuing her dream.]]
* Everything involving episode 9.
** In-game, the sprites in the courtroom tend to retain the last expression from when the character had dialogue, which can lead to some odd moments when they're in view as another character speaks, but the anime has the extra touch of Yasuhiro lowering his head in shame as Aoi accuses everyone of driving Sakura to her death.
** Hina's flashback to Sakura's death:
-->'''Hina:''' (''pounding at the door'') Don't do this! Open the door! They're jerks, all of them! [[PleaseDontLeaveMe Don't leave me!]] (''sinks to the floor'') Take me with you, Sakura...[[DespairEventHorizon I'd rather be dead than alone...]]
* Makoto's panic when he realizes everyone's voted for him as Mukuro's killer. Bryce Papenbrook really sells it in the dub--you can tell Makoto's both angry at the unfairness of the trial and terrified of dying.
-->'''Makoto:''' [[InopportuneVoiceCracking DAMMIT IT WASN'T ME!]]

-->'''Makoto:''' [[InopportuneVoiceCrack DAMMIT IT WASN'T ME!]]

** The stage play also adds a scene where everyone gets ready to vote with each trial. Even as the others have already made up their minds, Leon breaks down into complete hysterics and goes up to each of his classmates pleading for them not to convict him, at one point even running to Makoto grabbing him and begging him for forgiveness and eventually just reduced to screaming that he doesn't want to die. Even worse, many of the others sympathize with him, but because of the rules of the killing game, they all ''have'' to vote him guilty or else the rest of them will die.

* Chapter 4 has the reveal that Sakura committed suicide. Aoi tries to take the blame and goes into a MotiveRant about how the other students drove Sakura to that point, so a guilty verdict would mean that the 'real' culprits are punished - and Aoi can die with her. It's heartbreaking.

** Chihiro has already forgiven Mondo by the time he witnesses the Cage of Death and as he watches Mondo spinning, he pleads with him to survive for everyone. When he sees the empty motorcycle, he looks utterly ''devastated'' and can only choke out a SmallWhat when he sees the [[{{Squick}} Mondo Butter]].

** Sakura's tries to remain stoic during Excavator Destroyer, but she can barely contain her rage when Alter Ego is hit with the first blow, lamenting the fact that she can't protect them.

[[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.]]

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!!Moments from the game itself:

** The manga has one thing that sheds more light and 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'.

* 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. And while his face while he's being crushed is hard to see in-game, [[https://danganronpa.fandom.com/wiki/File:Danganronpa_1_Alter_Ego_Execution_Concept_Art_(1).png this concept art]] of him crying makes it even sadder.

** 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.fandom.com/wiki/File:Danganronpa_the_Animation_(Episode_05)_-_All_Secrets_Revealed_(65).png it's the victim staring wide-eyed at the camera]].

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* 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.

* 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. And while his face while he's being crushed is hard to see in-game, [[https://danganronpa.wikia.com/wiki/File:Danganronpa_1_Alter_Ego_Execution_Concept_Art_(1).png this concept art]] of him crying makes it even sadder.

** 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 mysterious 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.
*** The timeline as established in Danganronpa 3 only makes it worse. Those pictures all come from their first year as students at Hope's Peak, and they spent another full year locked in after the Tragedy began. They spent a year bonding even more, including with Junko and Mukuro.
* Everything about Mukuro Ikusaba, starting with the fact that she followed Junko thinking that she understood her and having the hopes or receiving a "I love you, sister", only to be betrayed by her and killed in the game. She also has to deal with the fact that her first and only friends will be killed by each other and that no one will remember her. To add salt to the wound, considering the events of ''Danganronpa IF'' and ''Dangan Zero'', being treated as someone dangerous by the students. There were also implications that she developed a crush on Makoto, who was the kindest to her.

!!Moments from VisualNovel/DanganRonpa IF

** 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)_-_All_Secrets_Revealed_(65).png it's the victim staring wide-eyed at the camera]].

* It's also rushed, but episode 7 had a different case of TearJerker in case of Celeste. In the game, Aoi [[WhatTheHellHero called her out to be the worst]] after being revealed as a culprit where Celeste gleefully made a point that she had a case of LackOfEmpathy. That thing was omitted from the anime, making it like Aoi still considered Celeste a friend and is worried about and couldn't do a thing about it. Although Makoto's monologue about her fake smile in the game was omitted, Celeste's comment with Kyoko when handing Alter Ego's key can have the implications that she's not like them, she couldn't treat Alter Ego like a HopeBringer like the rest, which [[DespairEventHorizon led her to do all those of pursuing her dream.]]