History YMMV / IdTradeMyLifeForYours

* BetterThanCanon:
** In the second class trial, some readers prefer how [[spoiler:Korekiyo]]'s character was handled compared to the game, particularly if they weren't fans of the reveals regarding them in the game's third class trial. On the one hand they were given more dignity and honor to their actions and were [[AdaptationalHeroism a bit more sympathetic]] here, but in exchange [[spoiler:Kiyo's [[BrotherSisterIncest romance with his sister]], more horrifying elements like planning to murder Kaede after their second Free Time Event, and his general history as a SerialKiller]] are left as mere implications which can leave a sense of wasted potential or feel like an over-reliance on the readers knowing their "story" from the game.
** The same can be said for [[spoiler: Miu]]. The fans have admitted to liking her more as her [[spoiler:[[HiddenDepths insecurities over her self worth along with her fears of being killed]] are given more attention and care in the narrative along with her friendships with Kaede and Kiibo]] making her a more dynamic character. Especially considering how the canon mistreated her where [[spoiler:her insecurities were PlayedForLaughs and everyone agreed that [[TheFriendNoOneLikes there was nothing to like about her even after her death]].]]

* FoeYay: [[AmbiguouslyGay Kokichi]] calling Kaito his "darling" multiple times raises more than a few eyebrows. Eventually evolves into HoYay when Kaito starts to take a liking to Kokichi and tries to befriend him despite the latter's unwillingness to bond.

* BetterThanCanon: In the second class trial, some readers prefer how [[spoiler:Korekiyo]]'s character was handled compared to the game, particularly if they weren't fans of the reveals regarding them in the game's third class trial. On the one hand they were given more dignity and honor to their actions and were [[AdaptationalHeroism a bit more sympathetic]] here, but in exchange [[spoiler:Kiyo's [[BrotherSisterIncest romance with his sister]], more horrifying elements like planning to murder Kaede after their second Free Time Event, and his general history as a SerialKiller]] are left as mere implications which can leave a sense of wasted potential or feel like an over-reliance on the readers knowing their "story" from the game.

* FoeYay: [[AmbiguouslyGay Kokichi]] calling Kaito his "darling" multiple times raises more than a few eyebrows.
** Eventually evolves into HoYay when Kaito starts to take a liking to Kokichi and tries to befriend him despite the latter's unwillingness to bond.

--->'''Kaede (during Chapter 1)''': “I hope [Rantaro] he’s okay. I just don’t think anything good can come from running off and doing stuff all on your own without confiding in anyone, you know?”
--->'''Angie (during Chapter 2)''': “And when you [[spoiler: die, God says you go back to the stars to be with him]].”
--->'''Himiko''': “I dunno. That sounds pretty nice… [[spoiler: just bein’ a star forever]].”
* NeverLiveItDown: A few of the students, notably Maki and Kokichi, aren't about to let Kaede off the hook after what happened with Shuichi's trial.
** Not even Kaito is safe from this due to Kokichi's teasing.

* RewatchBonus: If you've already played through the canon game then you'll definitely notice vague clues and hints hidden in the story that pertain to major spoilers. Such as [[spoiler: Tsumugi being the mastermind and organizing the killing game]].

* AwesomeArt: Because of the popularity of the story, the author has received more than several fanart based on scenes from the fanfic over the past few months. They even created a masterlist in chapter 36 with the links to all the fanart/content they've received.

* AwesomeArt: Because of the popularity of the story, the author has received more than several fanart based on scenes from the fanfic over the past few months. They plan to create a masterlist in the near future to share the links of every fanart they have received.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: Maki Harukawa has received quite alot of discussion from the story's fans/reviewers about the direction of her character development at the start of Chapter 5. Some people are upset that Maki has become a flat and unlikeable character as all she does now is bicker with Ouma or Kaede while clinging onto Kaito. Other people consider this characterization justifiable as she no longer has the positive interactions she had in the canon source which allowed her to let her guard down and be more open with others. It also doesn't help that Kaede has been a source of antagonism for her since the beginning which gives Maki no reason to soften up. Surprisingly, the author is aware of these debates and is [[ApprovalOfGod more than welcoming of them as they encourage insightful discussions among the fans]] while also appreciating them being polite and civil with each other as they discuss the issue.

* NightmareFuel: Given the source material, it's a given. But the executions here are no less terrifying than the ones from the source material:
** First Case: [[spoiler: "Detective of Love Whodunit: Shot through the Heart!" Shuichi chooses to lie and lets himself be the culprit and executed in Kaede's stead, kickstarting the plot with a brutal execution. Shuichi is dragged to a room with see-through walls and odd statues of Monokuma dressed like cupids placed at the walls and ceiling. Kaede can see him through the walls and has to watch him be shot at the leg by a Monokuma statue before he's ganged up by more Monokuma statues brandishing a pipe, a knife, a candlestick, and a wrench before he's beaten up with the aforementioned items, with the Monokumas purposely missing the vitals to drag this execution as much as they can. Kaede is then given a HopeSpot when Monodam strangles Monokid with the rope that was going to be used to hang Shuichi...only for that to be shattered when one of the cupid statues ''fires a flaming arrow at his heart'', stopping at the surface of his skin instead of piercing through his heart...and Shuichi is then incinerated from the inside out.]]
** Second Case: [[spoiler: Korekiyo is the culprit, having fought Kirumi in a DuelToTheDeath, and his execution is the same as the source material's...only because [[{{Squick}}certain aspects]] of his character were ommited and Kiyo is presented in a far more decent light, all BlackComedy aspects are removed, making it a far more horrifying execution than the original.]]
** Third Case: [[spoiler: "Wax Angel: Burned by the Light": Both Gonta and Himiko are the victims of this case, but because of the "First Come, First Served" rule, only Gonta's killer is executed. Nonetheless, Angie's fate is a horrifying one: She's placed on a cardboard island setting with drums playing in the background as a fake Volcano causes hot wax to fall from the sky and stick to Angie's body while the latter is clearly agonizing from the pain, but doesn't stop praying nor breaking her serene expression. Monokuma is then kicked into the set by Monodam, facing a similar fate. The wax keeps sticking to their bodies until they become a wax statue in their entirety...A hammer is brought down on angie, tied to a string, and a light tap from the hammer [[LiterallyShatteredLives ''shatters Angie to small shards'' before Monodam grabs the hammer himself and does the same to Monokuma]]]].
** Fourth Case: [[spoiler: "Ages of Invention: Reinventing the Wheel". This time, Miu is up on the chopping block for what is the most nightmarish execution of this story. Unlike Kiyo and Angie, who accept their fate with dignity, Miu is screaming throughout the entire execution as she is trapped to a spinning wheel on the ceiling of her execution chamber along with Monotaro, Monophanie and Monodam. As the wheel rotates with the screaming Miu trapped in it, a projector flicks on, reading “The Stone Age” before the first Monocub is smashed by a large stone hammer, switching to "The Bronze Age" before the second Monocub is smashed by a large copper hammer, followed by the wheel Miu is trapped to speeding up, scattering the crushed Monocubs' remains across the chamber while the screen then reads "The Iron Age" before the final Monocub is crushed by a metal hammer, dragging on the execution for as long as possible to instill as much despair in the already broken Miu, who continues to scream in agony and scream to K1-B0 for help her. The screen finally reads "The Execution Age" before ''a guillotine comes down on Miu'', missing her the first time and then [[OffWithHerHead successfully decapitating her the next]]. And had the ceiling of the Trial Grounds not shut off beforehand, ''Miu's decaptiated head out have fallen before the other students''.]]
*** The lead up the the execution deserves mention as well: [[spoiler: Much like the source material, the entirety of the Fourth Case is a massive TearJerker. Before the trial ends, Miu has a gradual MyGodWhatHaveIDone when she realizes that the victim, K1-B0, one of the few people in there that she trusts completely, was killed by a trap ''she'' set up...to kill Kokichi...and it gets worse when more evidence pile up against her and she realizes she is going to be executed...getting to a point where she begs one of the other students to MercyKill her so she doesn't have to go through the execution. A HopeSpot is given when Miu hijacks an Exisal and fights the other Exisals for her survival...but she lets her guard down and is dragged to her execution by a chain clamped around her neck. Made even worse by the fact K1-B0 has to ''watch her die while she's screaming for his help''.]]

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Maki Harukawa has received quite alot of discussion from the story's fans/reviewers about the direction of her character development at the start of Chapter 5. Some people are upset that Maki has become a flat and unlikeable character as all she does now is bicker with Ouma or Kaede while clinging onto Kaito. Other people consider this characterization justifiable as she no longer has the positive interactions she had in the canon source which allowed her to let her guard down and be more open with others. It also doesn't help that Kaede has been a source of antagonism for her since the beginning which gives Maki no reason to soften up. Surprisingly, the author is aware of these debates and is [[ApprovalOfGod more than welcoming of them as they encourage insightful discussions among the fans]] while also appreciating them being[[FriendlyFandoms polite and civil with each other as they discuss the issue.]]

* ArcNumber: Whether the author intended to or not, each chapter has certain qualities that reflect its particular number.
** Chapter 1 had its outcome changed because of one person's [[WhatIf lie]].
** Chapter 2 featured [[spoiler:two students willing to kill one another for their own ends.]]
** Chapter 3 saw [[spoiler:three people killed for different reasons. It also confirms the three students who are not suspected by Kaede and Kokichi as the mastermind.]]
** Chapter 4 contained [[spoiler:four failed murder attempts on the same person.]]
** Chapter 5 has [[spoiler:five students explore the remaining areas of the school.]]

* DuelingWorks: Is an unintentional one with another story called Fanfic/ThreePointShot. Both works share notable similarities with one another aside from Kaede's survival.
** The two stories contain instances of Keebo being knocked out by one of the students attempting to commit a murder.
** Though his role varies between the two stories, [[spoiler: Korekiyo is one of the characters who die in the second case.]]
** Both [[spoiler: Gonta and Angie are the third case's victim and culprit respectively.]]
** The fourth trial reveals some rather disturbing revelations to the group while exposing [[spoiler: Miu as the blackened.]]

* CharacterDerailment: If you don't think Korekiyo's portrayal here as BetterThanCanon you could see it as this since [[spoiler:the only reason he stays so civil during trial 2 here is because he possibly saw killing Kirumi alone as filling his "100 friend" quota so he could die without regrets... Even though in canon he didn't seem to consider indirectly killing "worthy" girls, like voting for Kaede, as counting as making them his sister's friends before and he's the ''least'' likely person to see Kirumi's life as being worth more than just one more ghost to keep his sister company. This can make a lot of the reasoning for his DuelToTheDeath with Kirumi feel rather off.]]

** Though his role varies between the two stories, [[spoiler: Korekiyo is one of the characters who die in the second case through arguably a case of CharacterDerailment.]]

** Second Case: [[spoiler: Korekiyo is the culprit, having fought Kirumi in a DuelToTheDeath, and his execution is the same as the source material's...only because [[{{Squick}}certain aspects]] of his character were ommited and Kiyo is present in a far more decent light, all BlackComedy aspects are removed, making it a far more horrifying execution than the original.]]

** Fourth Case: [[spoiler: "Ages of Invention: Reinventing the Wheel". This time, Miu is up on the chopping block for what is the most nightmarish execution of this story. Unlike Kiyo and Angie, who accept their fate with dignity, Miu is screaming throughout the entire execution as she is trapped to a spinning wheel on the ceiling of her execution chamber along with Monotaro, Monophanie and Monodam. As the wheel rotates with the screaming Miu trapped in it, a projector flicks on, reading “The Stone Age” before the first Monocub is smashed by a large stone hammer. Then, it switches to "The Bronze Age" before the second Monocub is smashed by a large copper hammer. The wheel then picks up speed, scattering the crushed Monocubs' remains across the chamber. The screen then reads "The Iron Age" before the final Monocub is crushed by a metal hammer, all while Miu continues to scream in agony and scream to K1-B0 for help her the screen finally reads "The Execution Age" before ''a guillotine comes down on Miu'', missing her the first time and then [[OffWithHerHead successfully decapitating her the next]]. And had the ceiling of the Trial Grounds not shut off beforehand, ''Miu's decaptiated head out have fallen before the other students''.]]

*** The lead up the the execution deserves mention as well: [[spoiler: Much like the source material, the entirety of the Fourth Case is a massive TearJerker. Before the trial ends, Miu has a gradual MyGodWhatHaveIDone when she realizes that the victim, K1-B0, one of the few people in there that she trusts completely, was killed by a trap ''she'' set up...to kill Kokichi...and it gets worse when more evidence pile up against her and she realizes she is going to be executed...getting to a point where she begs one of the other students to MercyKill her so she doesn't have to go through the execution. A HopeSpot is given when Miu hijacks an Exisal and fights the other Exisals for her survival...but she lets her guard down and is dragged to her execution by a chain clamped around her neck. Made even worse by the fact K1-B0 has to ''watch her die while she's creaming for his help''.]]

** Though his role varies between the two stories, [[spoiler: Korekiyo is one of the characters who die in the second case.]]

** Fourth Case: [[spoiler: "Ages of Invention: Reinventing the Wheel". Much like the source material, the entirety of the Fourth Case is a massive TearJerker. This time, Miu is up on the chopping block for what is the most nightmarish execution of this story. Unlike Kiyo and Angie, who accept their fate with dignity, Miu is screaming throughout the entire execution as she is trapped to a spinning wheel on the ceiling of her execution chamber along with Monotaro, Monophanie and Monodam. As the wheel rotates with the screaming Miu trapped in it, a projector flicks on, reading “The Stone Age” before the first Monocub is smashed by a large stone hammer. Then, it switches to "The Bronze Age" before the second Monocub is smashed by a large copper hammer. The wheel then picks up speed, scattering the crushed Monocubs' remains across the chamber. The screen then reads "The Iron Age" before the final Monocub is crushed by a metal hammer, all while Miu continues to scream in agony and scream to K1-B0 for help her the screen finally reads "The Execution Age" before ''a guillotine comes down on Miu'', missing her the first time and then [[OffWithHerHead successfully decapitating her the next]]. And had the ceiling of the Trial Grounds not shut off beforehand, ''Miu's decaptiated head out have fallen before the other students''.]]
*** The lead up the the execution deserves mention as well: [[spoiler: Before the trial ends, Miu has a gradual MyGodWhatHaveIDone when she realizes that the victim, K1-B0, one of the few people in there that she trusts completely, was killed by a trap ''she'' set up...to kill Kokichi...and it gets worse when more evidence pile up against her and she realizes she is going to be executed...getting to a point where she begs one of the other students to MercyKill her so she doesn't have to go through the execution. A HopeSpot is given when Miu hijacks an Exisal and fights the other Exisals for her survival...but she lets her guard down and is dragged to her execution by a chain clamped around her neck. Made even worse by the fact K1-B0 has to ''watch her die while she's creaming for his help''.]]

** Third Case: [[spoiler: "Wax Angel: Burned by the Light": Both Gonta and Himiko are the victims of this case, but because of the "First Come, First Served" rule, only Gonta's killer is executed. Nonetheless, Angie's fate is a horrifying one: She's placed on a cardboard island setting with drums playing in the background as a fake Volcano causes hot wax to fall from the sky and stick to Angie's body while the latter is clearly agonizing from the pain, but doesn't stop praying nor breaking her serene expression. Monokuma is then kicked into the set by Monodam, facing a similar fate. The wax keeps sticking to their bodies until they become a wax statue in their entirety...A hammer is brought down on angie, tied to a string, and a light tap from the hammer [[LiterallyShatteredLives ''shatters Angie to small shards'' before Monodam grabs the hammer himself and does the same to Monokuma]].

*** The lead up the the execution deserves mention as well: [[spoiler: Before the trial ends, Miu has a gradual NervousBreakdown when she realizes that the victim, K1-B0, one of the few people in there that she trusts completely, was killed by a trap ''she'' set up...to kill Kokichi...and it gets worse when more evidence pile up against her and she realizes she is going to be executed...getting to a point where she begs one of the other students to MercyKill her so she doesn't have to go through the execution. A HopeSpot is given when Miu hijacks an Exisal and fights the other Exisals for her survival...but she lets her guard down and is dragged to her execution by a chain clamped around her neck. Made even worse by the fact K1-B0 has to ''watch her die while she's creaming for his help''.]]

** Not even Kaito is safe from this due to Kokichi's teasing.

* FoeYay: [[AmbiguouslyGay Kokichi]] calling Kaito his "darling" multiple times raises more than a few eyebrows.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Maki Harukawa has received quite alot of discussion from the story's fans/reviewers about the direction of her character development at the start of Chapter 5. Some people are upset that Maki is becoming a flat and unlikeable as all she does now is bicker with Ouma or Kaede while clinging onto Kaito. Other people consider this characterization justifiable as she no longer has the positive interactions she had in the canon source which allowed her to let her guard down and be more open with others. It also doesn't help that Kaede has been a source of antagonism for her since the beginning which gives Maki no reason to soften up. Surprisingly, the author is aware of these debates and is [[ApprovalOfGod more than welcoming of them as they encourage insightful discussions among the fans]] while also appreciating them being[[FriendlyFandoms polite and civil with each other as they discuss the issue.]]

* Arc Number: Whether the author intended to or not, each chapter has certain qualities that reflect its particular number.

* BetterThanCanon: In the second class trial, readers prefer how [[spoiler:Korekiyo]]'s character was handled compared to the game, given how they left a sour taste in many players' mouth by the end of the game's third class trial. It helps that they were given more dignity and honor to their actions and were [[AdaptationalHeroism a bit more sympathetic]], leaving [[spoiler: Kiyo's [[BrotherSisterIncest romance with his sister]] and his history as a SerialKiller]] as mere implication.

* BetterThanCanon: In the second class trial, readers prefer how [[spoiler:Korekiyo]]'s character was handled compared to the game, given how they left a sour taste in many players' mouth by the end of the game's third class trial. It helps that they were given more dignity and honor to their actions and were [[AdaptationalHeroism a bit more sympathetic]], leaving [[spoiler: Kiyo's [[BrotherSisterIncest romance with his sister]]] and his history as a SerialKiller]] as mere implication.

* BetterThanCanon: In the second class trial, readers prefer how [[spoiler:Korekiyo]]'s character was handled compared to the game, given how they left a sour taste in many players' mouth by the end of the third class trial. It helps that they were given more dignity and honor to their actions and were a bit more sympathetic, leaving [[spoiler: Kiyo's [[BrotherSisterIncest romance with his sister]]] and his history as a SerialKiller]] as mere implication.