History VideoGame / DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls

** The reason that Toko HasTwoMommies is explained as two women who raised Toko each believed that Toko was the other's child, and wanted nothing to do with her. Toko even comments that they used to lock Toko in a closet as punishment for minor things.

* MockingTheMourner: [[spoiler:In the epilogue, while Izuru brings Shirokuma's and Kurokuma's heads with him for his plans, Alter Ego Junko converses to herself through the heads, eventually littering Chiaki's VerbalTic "Hey, hey" into every line of her conversation. This causes Izuru to stop and directly pull out the A.I. chips he needed from the heads to get them to shut up. In her last lines, she mockingly questions if the loss of Chiaki actually triggered some AmnesiacResonance feelings within him despite his DeathofPersonality as Hajime.]]

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Toko is regularly made the target of various physically painful misfortunes.

* HistoryRepeats: An emotionally stunted prodigy learns of the plan of the BigBad, tries to betray them, fails when she exploits his love for her, and ends up having an immense emotional breakdown. [[LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero Sound familiar?]]

Set between the events of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' and ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', ''Ultra Despair Girls'' focuses on Komaru Naegi (younger sister to [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Makoto Naegi]]) as she struggles to survive in the [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic world]] created by [[HatePlague Ultimate Despair]].

Forming [[OddCouple an unlikely tag-team]] with Toko Fukawa (a survivor of the [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc first game's killing school life]]), Komaru must out-gun a legion of deadly Monokuma robots and [[EnfantTerrible the fanatical "Monokuma Kids"]], who seek to turn Towa City into a "paradise for children" by [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans murdering all of the adults]] with the mysterious group called the Warriors of Hope.

Unlike the main series games (which were visual novels), this is a ThirdPersonShooter; Komaru wields a "megaphone hacking gun" that she can use to attack enemies, take control of them, and manipulate the environment. Since she's accompanied by Toko, she can temporarily switch her in and have her call upon her power as Genocide Jack, effectively initiating a SuperMode in which Toko is invincible and can easily cut down hordes of Monokuma.

* AccidentalTruth: Towa Group propaganda claims that the Ultimate Despair created the Future Foundation, and also leads it to be intentionally dysfunctional in order to further drive the world into despair. While this conspiracy theory was most likely just an excuse for Towa to refuse to cooperate with the Future Foundation so they wouldn't discover Towa's own role in the Tragedy, ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'' reveals that [[spoiler:Chisa Yukizome, an Ultimate Despair ManchurianAgent, manipulated the Foundation's ''de facto'' leader to drive him into the deepest despair]].

* AssholeVictim: The parents of the Warriors of Hope. All the abuse those rodents put their children through, up to and including using one as a guinea pig for science experiments, wishing they were dead to their face, and prostituting them to people in the entertainment industry is just vile, and there's not a tear to shed for them when finding out the kids killed them.

* BittersweetEnding: By the end of the game, much of Towa city has been destroyed, thousands are dead, and Nagito and Monaca escape, allowing Monaca to become Junko Enoshima's successor, although ''Danganronpa 3'' reveals that [[spoiler:he was so insane that he snapped Monaca out of it instead]]. On the other hand, the villains' plans were stopped, Byakuya is saved, Komaru finds her strength in the end, Toko finally has a real friend, and the other members of the Warriors of Hope all survive and pull a HeelFaceTurn. All in all, arguably the happiest ending in the franchise thus far.

* EnfantTerrible: All the Warriors of Hope are in elementary school, but are capable of heinous acts and want to massacre all adults in the city. Special mention goes to Monaca, who is both the sweetest of the kids, and the worst of them.

* FanDisservice: A few moments like this occur, but there are two that primarily stand out. The first is the part of Chapter 3 where Kotoko captures Komaru, binds her, and then uses mechanical hands to try and touch her in inappropriate places. Thankfully, the player is given a chance to swat them away. It's even worse when you take into account [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior how young Kotoko is]], not to mention that she herself was a rape victim. The second one isn't nearly as disconcerting, but normally a kiss between two characters would be praised and adored by shippers. Instead, the kiss between Nagisa and Monaca was met with shock, disgust, and fear for what will happen to Nagisa and his sanity.

* GreaterScopeVillain: The epilogue reveals that Shirokuma and Kurokuma are Alter Ego Junko, implying that Junko created both of the main groups in the game just so she could play them against each other when it would cause the most destruction, since while the real-life Junko made the Warriors of Hope by preventing their suicides, AI Junko (as Shirokuma) saved most of the adults who would become the resistance fighting against the child army those kids created in her name.

* HateSink: Monaca intentionally presses the TraumaButton of several of the Warriors of Hope to control them, physically abuses them as well, manipulates Komaru and Toko, gets several people killed, and wants to start a war that will see even more people die. And all of this because of an obsession with Junko Enoshima. The creators admitted that Monaca was intentionally designed so that the player would hate her, and even in-universe she actively pushes for Komaru to hate her so that she can succumb to despair.

* DirtyKid: In the shopping center area, there are two Monokuma kids seemingly looking up the skirt of a dead female citizen. A girl Monokuma kid can also be seen video taping...

* StoryBranchFavoritism: A minor one. Since it's impossible to clear all the Free-Time Events in the amount of time given in the first game, Toko claiming Komaru is her first true friend at least allows fans to declare her event path non-canon, where the last event sees her instead giving this distinction to her brother after reading him her poetry.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The "Warriors of Hope2 leading the slaughter of the city's residents are five kids from Hope's Peak elementary school. Their followers are all children themselves, out to kill the "demonic" adults with their own hands.

* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: Monaca's attempt at an ultimate trump card against [[spoiler:Komaru]] in the climax. [[spoiler:She reveals that she had her and Naegi's parents tortured and hung to death, as revenge for him defeating Junko. She tries to use this to push Komaru into giving into her anger and hatred, and play into her XanatosGambit. After everything is said and done, it is left ambigious if they are really dead. Komaru points out that, in hindsight, the video recording that Monaca claimed was of her parents' corpses actually included no conclusive evidence that it was them (the victims' faces were notably obscured), so it is possible that Monaca was lying and faked the whole thing to get Komaru to play into her plan.]]

* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: Monaca's attempt at an ultimate trump card against [[spoiler:Komaru]] in the climax. [[spoiler:She reveals that she had her and Naegi's parents tortured and hung to death, as revenge for him defeating Junko. She tries to use this to push Komaru into giving into her anger and hatred, and play into her XanatosGambit. After everything is said and done, it is left ambigious if they are really dead. Komaru points that there was no conclusive evidence that Monaca was telling the truth, so she could have faked the whole thing.]]

* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: Monaca's attempt at an ultimate trump card against [[spoiler:Komaru]] in the climax. [[spoiler:She reveals that she had her and Naegi's parents tortured and hung to death, as revenge for him defeating Junko. She tries to use this to push Komaru into giving into her anger and hatred, and play into her XanatosGambit.]]

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The 'Warriors of Hope' leading the slaughter of the city's residents are five kids from Hope's Peak elementary school. Their followers are all children themselves, out to kill the 'demonic' adults with their own hands.

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The "Warriors of Hope" and the Monokuma Kids are out to turn Towa City into a 'peaceful, kids-only paradise'... by murdering all the adults. One of the commandments for the "Children's Paradise" written by the Warriors of Hope is to kill yourself if you feel you are becoming a demon.

* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: Monaca's attempt at an ultimate trump card against [[spoiler:Komaru]] in the climax. [[spoiler:She reveals that she had her and Naegi's parents tortured and hung to death, as revenge for him defeating Junko. She tries to use this to push Komaru into give into her anger, and play into her XanatosGambit.]]

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The 'Warriors of Hope' and the Monokuma Kids are out to turn Towa City into a 'peaceful, kids-only paradise'... by murdering all the adults. One of the commandments for the "Children's Paradise" written by the Warriors of Hope is to kill yourself if you feel you are becoming a demon.

* ShipTease:
** Komaru and Toko. Toko even says that Komaru is as important to her as Byakuya is, while refusing to betray Komaru for the key to Byakuya's cell.
** Nagisa and Monaca. Nagisa often acts shy around Monaca, clearly indicating he has a crush on her, a fact that Monaca uses to her advantage to manipulate him.
** Masaru and Kotoko.

* StoryDifficultySetting: The game has an EasierThanEasy mode designed for players [[http://www.siliconera.com/2014/08/21/danganronpa-another-episode-mode-players-just-want-see-story/ who just want to see the story]], due to worries about the spin-off being a genre departure from the franchise's usual VisualNovel[=/=]AdventureGame style.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair:
** Four of the five Warriors of Hope have brightly colored hair: flame red, pastel pink, green, and light blue, respectively. Jataro is wearing a mask most of the time, though from what we see his hair is light brown. [[spoiler:And when his mask comes off, he's shown to be a natural blond.]]
** Among the heroes, Hiroko has pinkish hair, Toko's hair is purple, and Komaru's is a grayish green.

* WhamEpisode: The end of Chapter 3. Jack prevents Kotoko's execution. Soon after, Nagisa shows up and deactivates Komaru's bracelet begging her to leave the city. Then, the location shifts to Monaca, who along with Kurokuma reveals her plan isn't to create paradise, but to create a second Junko Enoshima.
** The epilogue, of all places, has a plot-changing reveal when it turns out that Shirokuma ''and'' Kurokuma were Alter Ego Junko this whole time.
* WhamLine:
** When Nagito encounters Komaru and Toko near the secret exit from the city in Chapter 4, he makes the following line, whch reveals Toko's true reason for accompanying Komaru.
--->'''Nagito:''' Rather, the one who disappointed me was Toko. [...] ''(to Toko)'' Now, perhaps I am mistaken, but I believe we made a promise. You were to escort her to headquarters.
** In Chapter 5, Komaru is possessed by Tokuichi Towa's ghost, and asks if he's Haiji's father. Tokichi not only confirms it, but also reveals that another person Komaru knows is part of the family.
--->'''Tokuichi''' ''(speaking through Komaru)'' : I see... You know Haiji. Then do you know his little sister [[BigBad Monaca]], too?
** For the entire game, Komaru has been desperate to escape Towa City, a goal that's merely put on hold near the end of the game. As such, this exchange after the FinalBoss comes off as quite a surprise.
--->'''Komaru:''' I...I know I can save both the adults and the children.\\
'''Toko:''' Well, we can chat about it after we get out of this damn town once and for all!\\
'''Komaru:''' Toko... I... I'm staying in this town.

* ShoutOut:
** [[VisualNovel/ThePortopiaSerialMurderCase "Yasu is the culprit!"]] is scowled on the title screen.
** Toko's method of using her stun gun makes it look like she's [[VideoGame/Persona3 conjuring her persona]].
** One of Jack's specials resembles the [[Anime/DragonBallZ Spirit Bomb]].
** Jack makes a reference to Giri Giri Girls, a risqué Japanese pop group.
** Byakuya's butler's name is [[Series/{{Thunderbirds}} Aloysius]] [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Pennyworth]].
** A Monokuma in Masaru's room is posed in front of a soccer goal using the [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven God Hand]].
** Kotoko straps up Komaru at one point, and attempts to [[VideoGame/CriminalGirls tickle her into submission]]. She even refers to it as Motivation, and the minigame is heavily reminiscent of those minigames.
** In '"Ultra Despair Hagakure'', when Kotoko starts molesting Kanon with her portable motivation machine, she excitedly says she can't wait for Kanon to [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Mega Evolve]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything into enjoying it]], saying those two words as shown.
** During the final boss, Toko quips [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons “Is this old lady out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong.”]]
** The arcade machines' surroundings are quite clearly [[Series/TwinPeaks The Black Lodge]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The very first promotional image for the game shows Komaru striking almost the exact same pose Junko Enoshima has in her official art.
** When the kids are discussing Masaru and Jataro's deaths, it's explicitly noted that in neither case was a body found. Turns out neither are actually dead.
** When Nagisa is explaining the motivation behind creating a children's paradise, Komaru quickly points out how implausible it is that ''every'' child in the city would hate adults as much as the Warriors of Hope do, to the point of wanting to murder their own parents. Nagisa just [[HandWave hand waves]] her rebuttal, saying that adults are so horrible it's natural for children to want to get rid of them. It turns out that Komaru was right. The Warriors of Hope are the only children acting out of their free will, while the Monokuma kids are being brainwashed by the helmets they wear.
** Kotoko's statement about liking sweet things and hating salty ones are an indication of how she was abused in the past.
** Why would a little girl in a wheelchair have a room that could only be accessed by a ladder? This clue eventually becomes the clue to finding the real door leading to Monaca.
** Some of the Warriors of Hope refer to Komaru as "Big Sis". [[BigBad Who else do they refer to as Big Sis?]]

** Among the heroes, Hiroko has pinkish hair, Toko's hair is purple, and Komaru's is a grayish green.

* BittersweetEnding: By the end of the game, much of Towa city has been destroyed, thousands are dead, and Nagito and Monaca escape, allowing Monaca to become Junko Enoshima's successor. On the other hand, the villains' plans were stopped, Byakuya is saved, Komaru finds her strength in the end, Toko finally has a real friend, and the other members of the Warriors of Hope all survive and pull a HeelFaceTurn. All in all, arguably the happiest ending in the franchise thus far.

* HateSink: Monaca intentionally presses the TraumaButton of several of the Warriors of Hope to control them, physically abuses them as well, manipulates Komaru and Toko, gets several people killed, and wants to start a war that will see even more people die. And all of this because of an obsession with Junko Enoshima. The creators admitted that Monaca was intentionally designed so that the player would hate her.