History YMMV / DanganronpaTogami

* AssPull:
** Lots of them. Most blatantly [[spoiler: the end of Volume II reveals that the Kagami Sisters are actually Mioda and Tanaka in disguise]]. Not ''once'' is this remotely foreshadowed.
** Several. Good examples include [[spoiler:Taeko being TheMole for a previously unmentioned NebulousEvilOrganization, CreepyTwins Asa and Yoru actually being triplets, and Kazuya being the culprit and ''raping Shinobu'']].

'''''Spin-offs:''''' ''YMMV/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' | ''YMMV/DanganronpaSUltimateSummerCamp'' | ''YMMV/DanganronpaKirigiri'' | '''''Danganronpa Togami''''' | ''YMMV/KillerKiller''-]]]]]

* {{Misblamed}}: Yuya Satou is often accused of turning The Tragedy into a HatePlague. However, both ''LightNovel/DanganRonpaZero'' and ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' had heavily implied the same thing when one was shown a despair-inducing image, making the Despair Book little more than an expansion on the concept. ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'' [[spoiler:officially implemented the idea into the main series as well, though it was via brainwashing techniques applied to already horrific imagery]]. The final novel also reveals that [[spoiler:the Despair Book didn't even ''work'']].

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Midway through the climax of the first volume, the writer suddenly steps in to start extravagantly praising his own book. One of the most widely criticized moments in the book, owing to it being a needless interruption in the story just so Satou can flaunt his ego.

* DesignatedHero: Byakuya is an even bigger {{Jerkass}} than normal in the novel, insulting and belittling practically ''everyone'' despite his life being on the line. What makes this worse is that [[spoiler:he decides to TakeOverTheWorld, and sees nothing wrong with this in spite of how immoral his behavior is]]. Despite this, he is ''still'' meant to be the hero.

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: The fifth chapter of the first volume really wants you to think [[spoiler:Byakuya has been killed]]. Needless to say, this is a bit difficult to swallow, given that [[spoiler: Togami has appeared in no less than three games set after this]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The story clearly wishes for [[spoiler:Kazuya]] to be seen as a SympatheticMurderer, driven by [[spoiler:the pressure of the family combined with his position as an adopted child and his lust for his step-sister into murdering his siblings]]. Needless to say, this falls flat for most thanks to [[spoiler:his rape of Shinobu]], and by the end he's a completely selfish {{Hypocrite}} who's no different from the others.
* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Vol 2 falls prey quite badly to this. Even putting aside that its main plot is a ForegoneConclusion that'll end in most of the named characters dead, most of the Togami siblings are sociopathic assholes (with Asagao, the nicest of the lot, being killed off first), the story piles horror after horror on the characters (most infamous being [[spoiler:Shinobu's sexual abuse and outright rape at the hand of both of her brothers]]) and [[spoiler:Kazuya, the narrator and the most developed character, is revealed at the end to be murderous {{Yandere}} who rapes his own step-sister]]. This makes it hard for many people to care.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Sakura, Hifumi and Celeste all teaming up to help Byakuya in volume two. Hell, ''Celeste'' [[TokenEvilTeammate of all people]] even gives Byakuya something of a ThePowerOfFriendship speech when he insists he doesn't need their help.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Mystery Club, while derided for being obvious expies of the [[VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls Warriors of Hope]], still had an interesting concept and possible room for expansion. Unfortunately, thanks to the cluttered pacing of the first volume, the trio get very little development to their motives and backstory and end up lacking as much as individual personalities or even ''names'' [[spoiler:before they're all abruptly killed off by Ootsuki towards the end]].
** Similarly, the Chief of the Hokkaido Branch of the Hasegawa Institute and her assistant have barely been introduced before [[spoiler:they also get slaughtered by Ootsuki]].
** Due to the huge cast, compressed pacing and ForegoneConclusion, a lot of the Togami siblings in Volume 2 suffer this. Eyumi is the worst; early on she states that her ambition is to become heir and cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, which ''sounds'' like she'll be relevant, only for her to do basically nothing for most of the story [[spoiler:then gets killed by Jirou to show that he's gone crazy]].
** ''Byakuya himself'' ends up OutOfFocus and rarely if ever gets much in the way of screen time. Considering the people interested in the novel were mainly his fans, this pissed off a lot of people.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Hiroyuki is this among the new characters, thanks to being an awesome MetaGuy with easily some of the series' funniest lines.
** Aloysius Pennyworth, Byakuya's BattleButler, is almost unanimously agreed to be the best thing about Vol.2, thanks to being an amazing badass whose antics slip out from absurd into pure CrazyIsCool.

* IdiotPlot: Many of the events that unfolded at the Competition to determine the next Head of the Togami Family hinge upon the candidates being incredibly unobservant or just plain ''stupid''. Among the lowlights:
** One character's alibi for the murders is that he has supposedly spent the entire competition staying in his room [[spoiler:filming himself dancing around and singing in the buff]]. The great detective Nanamura accepts this based off a single snippet of film.
** Nanamura also proposes that one of the candidates was actually [[spoiler:just a human-sized doll all along]], something that [[FailedASpotCheck none of their siblings ever noticed]].
** Later on, it's revealed that [[spoiler:the triplets]] were able to smuggle themselves and [[spoiler:said doll]] to the island by splitting up and taking separate boats... while posing as each other. A plan that would have fallen apart had any of their siblings talked to each other and realized [[spoiler:they'd seen the twins]] on both boats, and ''completely ignores'' how all of the contestants were escorted directly to the meeting hall upon their arrival.
** The circumstances behind [[spoiler:Yuusuke's]] death is especially galling; [[spoiler:After witnessing Kazuya kill Wasuke, Asagao kills herself in order to make everyone stop fighting. Yuusuke finds her corpse in his room along with a suicide note revealing what Kazuya did. Rather than telling everyone, Yuusuke takes the note with the intent to '''blackmail Kazuya'''. Yes, he alters the crime scene in a way that'll ''implicate him as the culprit'' just so he can attempt to blackmail a dangerous killer.]]
** There's also the reveal that the Togami don't choose the top fifteen candidates based on their skills or intelligence, instead basing their decision ''entirely'' around [[spoiler:how well-connected their mothers are]]. This is despite most of the candidates being either insane, complete failures, or having no interest in becoming heir in the first place. And that's not even getting into the fact that [[spoiler:Suzuhiko]], whom the Togami know [[spoiler:abused his sister and is the one behind the Kuchinashi Village massacre]], is ''still'' a top candidate...
* JustHereForGodzilla: Many fans read the book less because they're interested in the plot and more because they finally get to see the ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' kids as Despair.

* BrokenBase: The book has received a very mixed reception among Japanese fans. Some like it due to providing an interesting perspective of an alluded to event, introducing a variety of interesting new characters and providing an exhilarating story to boot. Others have been...less favorable, common complaints being Yuya Satou RunningTheAsylum, his infamous SmallNameBigEgo attitude towards the work, the work being very different to Kodaka and Kitagawa's writing styles, Byakuya being OutOfFocus in a story supposed to be about him, the retconning of several established elements and the {{Cliffhanger}} to the first volume being giving no actual payoff to many plot points and characters.

* ItWasHisSled: TheReveal that [[spoiler:Blue Ink is Byakuya's sister Shinobu]] is easily one of the most well-known points about the novel, despite only being revealed near the end of the first volume.
** Due to the controversy surrounding it, [[spoiler:Shinobu's rape and the fact that Kazuya ''isn't'' Byakuya]] have become rather well-known.

* NeverLiveItDown: Satou pausing Vol 1 mid-climax in order to start praising himself, combined with a few comments he made on Twitter, has basically sealed himself as having an enormous case of SmallNameBigEgo.

* HilariousInHindsight: A RunningGag present in ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' was Toko constantly accusing Komaru of BrotherSisterIncest. Given [[spoiler:the [[IncestSubtext relationship]] between Byakuya and Shinobu]] here, this is comically ironic.

* HarsherInHindsight:
** The below-mentioned thing regarding Toko accusing Komaru of being in love with her brother became this when [[spoiler:Kazuya and Shinobu]] happened.
** Celeste and Hifumi's [[OddFriendship surprisingly close relationship in this novel]] becomes this when you [[ForegoneConclusion recall that]] [[spoiler:they would eventually forget said relationship and Celeste would end up murdering Hifumi]].

* AssPull: Lots of them. Most blatantly [[spoiler: the end of Volume II reveals that the Kagami Sisters are actually Mioda and Tanaka in disguise]]. Not ''once'' is this remotely foreshadowed.

* ShockingSwerve: Several. Good examples include [[spoiler:Taeko being TheMole for a previously unmentioned NebulousEvilOrganization, CreepyTwins Asa and Yoru actually being triplets, and Kazuya being the culprit and ''raping Shinobu'']].

Series-wide pages: [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation/DanganRonpa Alternative Character Interpretation]] | [[AwesomeMusic/DanganRonpa Awesome Music]] | [[FranchiseOriginalSin/DanganRonpa Franchise Original Sin]] | [[HoYay/DanganRonpa Ho Yay]] | [[Memes/DanganRonpa Memes]] | [[TheScrappy/DanganRonpa The Scrappy]] | [[WhatAnIdiot/DanganRonpa What An Idiot]] | [[Woobie/DanganRonpa The Woobie]]-]]]

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Blue Ink. While she's generally well liked by fans and most find her status as [[spoiler: Byakuya's elder sister and MoralityPet]] interesting, there's a segment of the Japanese fanbase who find her to be Yuya Satou's self-insert.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Vol 2 falls prey quite badly to this. Even putting aside that its main plot is a ForegoneConclusion that'll end in most of the named characters dead, most of the Togami siblings are sociopathic assholes (with Asagao, the nicest of the lot, being killed off first), the story piles horror after horror on the characters (most infamous being [[spoiler:Shinobu's sexual abuse and outright rape at the hand of both of her brothers]]) and [[spoiler:Kazuya, the narrator and the most developed character, is revealed at the end to be murderous {{Yandere}} who rapes his own step-sister]]. This makes it hard for many people to care.