History TearJerker / ThePredespairKids

* Mod J has made it clear that, no matter what anyone does, five students are going to end up dead before the blog ends. After spending almost a year with them through all their quirky adventures, through all their ups and downs, we can do nothing but watch as some of our favorite students are murdered. And this time around, aside from a select few, [[AnyoneCanDie nobody is safe]]. There's a good reason one anon compared the entire situation to the song ''When It Falls,'' the theme for volume 3 of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}.''

* Mod J has made it clear that, no matter what anyone does, the Tragedy ''is'' going to happen and five students are going to end up dead before the blog ends. After spending almost a year with them through all their quirky adventures, through all their ups and downs, we can do nothing but watch as our favorite students are murdered. And this time around, [[AnyoneCanDie absolutely nobody is safe]]. There's a good reason one anon compared the entire situation to ''When It Falls,'' the theme for volume 3 of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}.''

* When Rina runs into Peko, who is suffering from LaserGuidedAmnesia, Peko shoots down every single statement that the two of them are friends or that they'd even met before. And this is right after Rina finally manages to accept herself and actually start using her real name. Made even worse by the fact that she secretly has a crush Peko. Thankfully, two manage to reconcile with no hard feelings.

** Chihiro ends up locking himself in his room, crying his eyes out and not wanting to see anyone. After the timeskip, the poor kid has temporarily left town.

** Kyoji: From [[MysteriousStranger what we know about him]], his life hasn't been too pleasant. He was bullied in school for being part-Korean, he feels extreme guilt over not helping stopping Mikan's bullying when she needed, and his mother died of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glioblastoma_multiforme Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)]] and he couldn't save her, he was manipulated by the Steering Committee into becoming partially involved with the Izuru Kamukura project without even knowing it, and dropping out of Hope's Peak also earned him the EmbarrassingNickname "Ultimate Dropout."

** Kyoji: From [[MysteriousStranger what we know about him]], his life hasn't been too pleasant. He was bullied in school for being part-Korean, he feels extreme guilt over not helping stopping Mikan's bullying when she needed, and his mother died of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glioblastoma_multiforme Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)]] and he couldn't save her. He was also manipulated by the Steering Committee into becoming partially involved with the Izuru Kamukura project. Dropping out of Hope's Peak also earned him the EmbarrassingNickname "Ultimate Dropout."

** Kyoji: In a conversation with Mikan as Mr. Otashi, he reveals that his mother died of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glioblastoma_multiforme Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)]] three years earlier. His desire to help her is what sparked his interest in medicine, but there was sadly nothing he could do for her. Dropping out of Hope's Peak also earned him the EmbarrassingNickname "Ultimate Dropout," which suggests he faced a lot of scorn for doing so.

** Karma: After her mother [[DeathByChildbirth died giving birth to her]], [[AbusiveParents her father]] kept her locked in the basement without any outside contact until she was 13. He's also responsible for the large burn covering half her face. The reason she acts like stereotypical 90's kid? That was all she had for entertainment for those years.

** Chihiro ends up locking himself in his room, crying his eyes out and not wanting to see anyone.

** Chihiro ends up locking himself in his room, not wanting to see anyone.

* After Celeste is revealed to be both the killer and a Remnant of Despair, and then sniped by some of the others while trying to escape, poor Hifumi is left speechless.

* After [[spoiler: Celeste]] is revealed to be both the killer and a Remnant of Despair, and then sniped by some of the others while trying to escape, poor [[spoiler: Hifumi]] is left speechless.

* After Celeste is revealed to be both the killer and a remnant of despair, and then sniped by some of the others while trying to escape, poor Hifumi is left speechless.

** And then Leon is found unconscious in his room with a faint pulse. Kyoko only barely arrives in time with some of Seiko's antidote and emergency CPR. All while Sayaka, Kazuichi, Makoto, and Fuyuhiko can only watch helplessly. Thankfully, he manages to recover.

** Kyoji: In a conversation with Mikan as Mr. Otashi, he reveals that his mother died of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glioblastoma_multiforme Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)]] three years earlier. His desire to help her is what sparked his interest in medicine, but there was sadly nothing he could do for her. Him dropping out of Hope's Peak also earned him the EmbarrassingNickname "Ultimate Dropout."

** Kyoji: In a conversation with Mikan as Mr. Otashi, he reveals that his mother died of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glioblastoma_multiforme Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)]] three years earlier. His desire to help her is what sparked his interest in medicine, but there was sadly nothing he could do for her.

** During the investigation, [[LargeHam Gundham]] is left completely speechless for the longest time, but he tries to play it off like nothing is wrong. When Sonia, Kazuichi, and Mage confront him about it in his room, he admits that he's actually scared. The only deaths he's had to deal with up until now are those of animals; it's much different when it's human lives, especially people he probably considers his first real friends. The fear of losing them plus the fear of being alone again. He even begins ''tearing up'' as he asks them not to tell anyone else what happened, which they agree to.

** During the investigation, [[LargeHam Gundham]] is left completely speechless for the longest time. When asked if something's wrong, he tries to play it off.

* "The Thing That Makes Her Break" update. Mahiru, Ibuki, and Mikan all receive mysterious letters telling them to come to the gym. When they arrive, there's no one there to greet them. However, Mikan notices something sticking out from beneath the bleachers. Ibuki goes to check, reeling back in horror and telling Mikan to get help. It's revealed to be our very first casualty: Hiyoko Saionji, whose crumpled body lay face-down in a pool of her own blood. Mahiru, now having lost two of her friends, utterly breaks down.
** And not long after that, they discover our second victim: Yasuke Matsuda, floating face-down in the pool.
* During the investigation, [[LargeHam Gundham]] is left completely speechless.

** And not long after that, they discover our second victim: Yasuke Matsuda, floating face-down in the pool.

* "The Thing That Makes Her Break" update. Mahiru, Ibuki, and Mikan all receive mysterious letters telling them to come to the gym. When they arrive, there's no one there to greet them. However, Mikan notices something sticking out from beneath the bleachers. Ibuki goes to check, reeling back in horror and telling Mikan to get help. It's revealed to be our very first casualty: Hiyoko Saionji, whose crumpled body lay face-down in a pool of her own blood. Mahiru, now having lost two of her friends, utterly breaks down.

* "The Thing That Makes Her Break" update finally gives us our first casualty: Hiyoko Saionji.

* "The Thing That Makes Her Break" update finally gives us our first casualty: [[spoiler: Hiyoko Saionji.]]

** Kyoji: In a conversation with Mikan as Mr. Otashi, he reveals that his mother died of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glioblastoma_multiforme Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)]] three years earlier. His desire to help her is what sparked his interest in medicine, but there was sadly nothing he could do for her.

* The Incident of Hope's Peak Academy initially started as one. Rogue finally decides to turn against Junko, who then promptly decides to kill her. Mukuro arrives to protect her, but Junko pulls out a silenced pistol and threatens to kill them and everyone else on the school roof. While Mukuro is ready to fight back, Junko tries to crush her resolve by bringing up Fenrir and insisting they're NotSoDifferent, which sends Mukuro into a HeroicBSOD of her own. Then Mikan appears, revealing herself as the first of Junko's Remnants of Despair, and prepares to kill both Mukuro and Rogue. Of course, all of this turns into one massive CrowningMomentOfAwesome for [[BigDamnHeroes several of the students]], especially [[FakeDefector Mikan]].

* As in canon, many of the characters have had very rough lives, which various asks have helped make clear.

** Sayaka: admits to having done some terrible things in order to make it big as an idol, a position where she has to maintain a cutesy facade toward an audience that's often fetishistic toward her and where she can't even reveal her [[BiTheWay true sexuality]]. But she refuses to go back, on the grounds that everything she's done would've been AllForNothing.

** Mikan: endured a lifetime of bullying and abuse before she arrived at Hope's Peak, which has left her with a perpetually low self-esteem. It's also heavily implied her first sexual experience [[RapeAsBackstory was not consensual]]. When pressed about it by [[{{Jerkass}} some anon]], she breaks down and ''begs'' for them not to make her talk about it.
* The entire situation with Taka's [[HeroicBSOD breakdown]]. During the truth or dare challenge, Mukuro was challenged to "make someone throw up, get really fucking scared, make them go insane or something." What does she do? Goes up to Taka, brings up the fact that his father (a police officer) has probably been watching this whole time, including the part where he revealed to the entire world that he has feelings for Mondo (leader of the biggest biker gang in Japan). Taka, someone who's been nothing but a flawless honor student and who's never done anything to wrong anyone in his life, then absolutely ''loses it'' at the thought of his father not accepting him for his sexuality. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Hiyoko says Mukuro went too far]]. The games are put on hold as the students do their best to help Taka recover.
** Really, the truth or dare challenge goes from funny to depressing as the students are pressed into more and more humiliating situations, but none of them are willing to give up.

* The entire situation with Taka's [[HeroicBSOD breakdown]]. During the truth or dare challenge, Mukuro was challenged to say something horrible to Taka or to scare the hell out of him. What does she do? Suggests that reveals to the entire world that Taka has feelings for Mondo