History WhatCouldHaveBeen / Danganronpa

** In this build, Kyoko, who survives the entire game and is the deuteragonist of the story, was in fact the very first victim. In the final version, Sayaka, who would've lasted longer in this version, took her place[[note]]The creators did so since, as the first female character designed, she's used as the base of the female characters, but the creators grew sick of her, hence why she's the first victim in the final game[[/note]].

** In this build, Kyoko, who survives the entire game and is the deuteragonist of the story, is the very first victim.

* Like the first game, there were alternate executions planned both for characters who wound up not being culprits in the final game and characters who did:
** "Princess Sonia!": Sonia Nevermind is forced into the role of Snow White to Monokuma's Evil Queen. After being puppeted into eating the poisonous apple, she dies for real and the Evil Queen celebrates.
** "OX Life or Death Game!": Chiaki Nanami is put on a Candyland-style board game and forced to repeatedly throw a die. After she manages to avoid a trap tile, Monokuma gets annoyed and turns ''all'' the tiles to trap tiles, causing Chiaki to be electrocuted.
** "Real Photo!": Mahiru Koizumi is dumped in some abandoned ruins where she finds a photo album that copies/predicts everything happening to her. When the last photo shows her dead and a camera appears, she tries to get rid of the camera but is strangled by unseen hands before she can succeed.
** "Underground Travels!": In a reversal of Jin Kirigiri's execution, Kazuichi Souda is bound and blindfolded in a drilling machine. As it drills towards the center of the Earth, it melts in the mantle, killing him.
** "Running Tanaka!": Instead of being trampled by a stampede, Gundham Tanaka is killed when he protects his Devas from being crushed by a giant Monokuma ball on a spinning hamster wheel.
** "Best Battle!": Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu is trapped in the midst of fighting yakuza gangs. Spotting Peko, he rushes to protect her from a Monokuma with a sword, but is shot down in the process. The "Peko" he was attempting to save turns out to be a Monokuma in a fake mechanical suit.
** "Scratch de Hinata!": Hajime Hinata finds himself printed onto a giant lotto card. Using a giant coin, Monokuma scratches Hajime out of existence and disappointedly throws away the card at the "Try Again!" result.
** "Rope Master!": Nagito Komaeda finds himself standing on a circus aerialist's platform with dozens of ropes hanging around him. Above, Monokuma uses a machine to begin slashing at the ropes looking for prizes, but none of the ropes are attached to anything. Annoyed, he sets the platform on fire and leaves. With no way to climb off the platform, Nagito is burned to death.

** Teruteru was a standard tall and slender {{Bishounen}} for two of his early designs.

** Teruteru was a standard tall and slender {{Bishounen}}.

** "Super Fujisaki Brothers": If Chihiro had been a culprit (in the unlikely scenario that he [[KillingInSelfDefense kills Mondo in defending himself]]), he would've been sentenced to run forward in a side-scrolling 8-bit platformer game, but a huge group of pixel sprite Monokumas would've caught up to him, and Chihiro's "sprite" would've eventually "popped" out of existence.

** Furthermore, another scenario in the proposal and an early build of the final game (the latter of which has an unused Closing Argument) indicate that the first victim was to be Junko. Humorously, this means that, in a way, all three of Makoto's canon love interests (assuming that the latter was actually Mukuro) were going to be the first victim at one point or another.

** Furthermore, another scenario in the proposal and an early build of the final game (the latter of which has an unused Closing Argument for) indicate that the first victim was to be Junko. Humorously, this means that, in a way, all three of Makoto's canon love interests (assuming that the latter was actually Mukuro) were going to be the first victim at one point or another.

** Furthermore, another scenario in the proposal and an early build of the final game indicate that the first victim was to be Junko. Humorously, this means that, in a way, all three of Makoto's canon love interests (assuming that the latter was actually Mukuro) were going to be the first victim at one point or another.

* The ''Visual Fanbook'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bveynABu5Mw has a section]] that contains drafts for all of the other kids' executions. A quick summary of each of them:

* A later version had a more serious vibe reminiscent of ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'', with a DeliberatelyMonochrome artstyle. Instead of a courtroom, the equivalent of the class trials was set in a warehouse. The cast is mostly recognisible; however, their designs were less outlandish overall. An animatic of the first execution can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_W_3w_sfoI here]]; however, it still contains spoilers for the actual game. Everyone's also named differently; for instance, Kazuo Matsuzaki is pretty much a prototype design of Leon Kuwata, and their executions are identical in premise (and, in some moments) even use the exact same animation.

** "Literature/NoLongerHuman": If Byakuya had been a culprit (for instance, when framing up Genocider Syo in Chapter 2 and [[NotQuiteDead Chihiro somehow regains conciousness]] he has no other choice but to kill him to maintain the frame-up), Monokuma would've dropped him into a garbage can in a place that looks like Hell, and Monokuma would've dressed like an elementary school student and repeatedly thrown stones at Byakuya for supposedly being a dirty hobo. Byakuya would've managed to escape, but would have come out in a cold and snowy place and eventually would've died from a combination of his wounds [[SnowMeansDeath and exposure to the cold]]. He's an asshole, yeah, but that's still ''harsh''.

* [[http://danganronpa.fandom.com/wiki/File:DR2_Early_Promotional_Ingame_Image_13.jpg A promotional screenshot]] shows a final strike for a Panic Talk Action against Kazuichi, who never had a PTA in the final game. However, this may have just been a placeholder.

** "Water Illusion Show": If Aoi had been a culprit (for instance, if she failed to recover herself in Chapter 4), she would've been placed in a [[DrowningPit water tank]] with Monokuma dressed as a magician. No, Aoi would not have been sentenced [[FatalMethodActing to a slow-and-agonizing-death-by-drowning in front of everyone]], but what would've happened isn't much better: Monokuma would've placed a curtain over the water tank, lifted it back up to reveal Aoi surrounded by sharks, covered the water tank again, and lifted the curtain again only to reveal Aoi completely gone, ''{{eaten alive}} [[FedToTheBeast by the sharks]].'' This execution was likely referenced by Ryoma Hoshi's demise in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony''.

** "Water Illusion Show": If Aoi had been a culprit (for instance, if she failed to recover herself in Chapter 4), she would've been placed in a [[DrowningPit water tank]] with Monokuma dressed as a magician. No, Aoi would not have been sentenced [[FatalMethodActing to a slow-and-agonizing-death-by-drowning in front of everyone]], but what would've happened isn't much better: Monokuma would've placed a curtain over the water tank, lifted it back up to reveal Aoi surrounded by sharks, covered the water tank again, and lifted the curtain again only to reveal Aoi completely gone, ''{{eaten alive}} [[FedToTheBeast by the sharks]].'' ([[RefittedForSequel Elements of this execution were later refurbished for]] [[spoiler:Ryoma Hoshi]]'s demise in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony''.)

* [[https://danganronpa.fandom.com/wiki/File:Danganronpa_Another_Episode_Beta_Design_Warriors_of_Hope_Robots.png Robots apparently built by Kazuichi Soda]] would have appeared in the game, with one resembling Robo Justice from the first game and another piloted by someone resembling Gundham Tanaka.

** The body discoveries were far darker that what we got in the ''Danganronpa'' games (one death is discovered by the group finding a classmate's severed head on the floor, another, by their severed hands in a box on a table covered in fresh blood), and a group killing could even occur. Furthermore, the game took place over 7 days as opposed to the unlimited time frame we got in ''Trigger Happy Havoc''.

* A later versionhad a more serious vibe reminiscent of ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'', with a DeliberatelyMonochrome artstyle. Instead of a courtroom, the equivalent of the class trials was set in a warehouse. The cast is mostly recognisible; however, their designs were less outlandish overall. An animatic of the first execution can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_W_3w_sfoI here]]; however, it still contains spoilers for the actual game. Everyone's also named differently; for instance, Kazuo Matsuzaki is pretty much a prototype design of Leon Kuwata, and their executions are identical in premise (and, in some moments) even use the exact same animation.

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