Line #36 Fanfic/ExtraLife


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4	->''Izuru knew he couldn't let her die, not like this, not while he had the power to save her. Chiaki survives her execution—but the fate of the world is still sealed. The road to recovery is a hard one, and a reunion is far off.''
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6	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/8222090/chapters/18843971 Extra Life]]'' by Creator/TheApocryphalOne is a ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' fanfic, set with the goal of [[FixFic saving Chiaki from her execution]] in ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool''--but rather than going full-on [=AU=], it keeps in line with canon, [[AnotherSideAnotherStory with Chiaki being an off-screen witness to those events]].
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8	The fic begins immediately after the SmashToBlack in ''Side:Despair Episode'' 10. Izuru, moved by emotion, decides to resuscitate Chiaki and hide her from Junko. From there, it chronicles her recovery, CharacterDevelopment, and reaction to the events around her, such as TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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10	Extra Life was completed October 5, 2017, one year after release. It can also be found on fanfiction.net [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12178638/1/Extra-Life here]], where it currently has the most Favorites of any non M-rated Danganronpa fanfic. It also has in-progress [[https://ficbook.net/readfic/4909730 Russian]], [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12677839/1/Extra-Life-French-Edition French]], [[https://www.wattpad.com/487108439-extra-life-vida-extra-advertencia Spanish]], and [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24909406/chapters/60276946 Chinese]] translations available.
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12	It has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7V-E8yKfAM a fan-made infomercial]] and an in-progress [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HorMdeof48 audiobook]] on Website/YouTube.
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14	After the fic's completion, the author also started a series of vignettes, titled ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12996456 Expansion Pack]]'' (also found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12757028/1/Expansion-Pack here]]), taking place in the same universe that fills in details about backstories and explores what happens after the epilogue. Its trope page is [[Fanfic/ExpansionPack here]].
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17	!!Tropes in ''Extra Life'' include:
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21	* AdaptationExpansion: Besides just saving Chiaki, the fic also fills in vague canon details or wraps up dangling plot threads, offers {{Worldbuilding}} about the time of the Tragedy and the Future Foundation, explains the Neo World Program's construction, gives screentime to underused characters like Miaya, and resolves what happens to [[VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls the Towa City captives]].
22	* AfterActionHealingDrama: The opening scene of the fic. Izuru [[SherlockScan deduces the severity of Chiaki’s injuries in seconds]] and rushes to pull her back from the brink of death. It takes him several hours before he’s satisfied she isn’t in immediate peril, and only then does he stop to contemplate just why he wanted to save her.
23	* AfterTheEnd: When Chiaki wakes up, the world's already ended, making the task of recovering even harder on her since nothing is familiar anymore.
24	* AmbiguouslyHuman: Amped up from canon when even Izuru notes he isn’t sure whether he’s entirely human anymore.
25	* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Most of the fic takes place from either Chiaki or Izuru's perspectives. Chapter 8, on the other hand, has a brief moment narrated by a thug who attempts to mug the two, while Chapter 21 opens from Kyoko's POV and ends in Miaya's.
26	* {{Archenemy}}: Despite his initial allegiance with her, Izuru holds Junko in high distaste. While he initially tolerates her for the chance to feel something beyond boredom, her framing him, trying to kill Chiaki, and then failing to impress him with despair all steadily erodes that tolerance... and then she seals his loathing by interfering with the [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc second killing game]], since it makes hope winning a ForegoneConclusion, not something earned. By the end of it, he's only helping her for his own benefit, and part of him is hoping she'll lose. The similarities between them just exacerbates this.
27	* AscendedExtra: Miaya Gekkogahara, [[spoiler:who was originally killed off-screen in ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'']], has a more substantial role and characterization here, serving as a sort of mentor [[spoiler:once Chiaki enters the Future Foundation]].
28	* TheAtoner: Chiaki [[spoiler:joins the Future Foundation]] in the hopes of helping to set things right, after her part in contributing to the calamity.
29	* BeneathNotice: [[spoiler:Eventually, Chiaki expresses a desire to join the Future Foundation to atone. The problem? She’s assumed dead, and revealing herself to have been saved by a Remnant of Despair would likely get her arrested or worse, not to mention [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Chisa]] is still there. So, Izuru creates a fake identity for her, and she enters as not the Ultimate Gamer, but as intern Keiko Watanabe.]]
30	* BerserkButton: Junko Enoshima is Izuru’s, for [[TranquilFury as close to berserk]] as [[TheStoic he]] gets. The first time Chiaki hears [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness the slightest bit of anger from him]] is when she asks if he’s still working for her.
31	* BigDamnReunion: [[spoiler:The ''entirety'' of Chapter 26 is a huge, sappy, and [[TearsOfJoy tearful]] reunion between Chiaki, Hajime, and Class 77.]]
32	* BookEnds: Two-fold! [[spoiler:The beginning and ending of ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' involve Class 77 throwing a beach party and the survivors of the Killing Trip hoping to revive their comatose classmates, respectively. ''Extra Life'' begins with Izuru hoping to revive Chiaki, who has fallen into a coma, and ends with Class 77 throwing a beach party and hoping to revive AI Chiaki and Usami.]]
33	* BreakTheCutie: '''Chiaki.''' The author stated that the price for her survival was a boatload of emotional trauma, and it shows. From being rendered an invalid and having to relearn everything, to learning the truth of what happened to Hajime and her friends, to dealing with her guilt and self-loathing for her role in the world’s end, to [[spoiler:finding a SecondLove and then losing him, too]], she has no shortage of misery.
34	* BreatherEpisode: After the heavily emotional Chapters 9 and 10, which revolve around Chiaki's depression and SurvivorsGuilt after regaining her memories, Chapter 11 is full of fluffy moments between the two protagonists.
35	* TheBusCameBack: Kanon, whose fate was left ambiguous after the events of ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'', makes a return later in the fic. The other Captives are also mentioned as being rescued, but do not actually appear.
36	* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Izuru departs to begin enacting the events of ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' at the end of Chapter 18.]]
37	* CallBack:
38	** Chiaki’s [[spoiler:final farewell to Izuru]] in Chapter 18 is written deliberately to parallel [[spoiler:her farewell to Hajime in Episode 3]].
39	** A delirious Nagito mistakes Kyoko for Seiko when Class 77 is captured, and starts to apologize for [[Recap/TheMelancholySurpriseAndDisappearanceOfNagitoKomaeda "that trouble with the bomb"]].
40	* TheCameo: [[Literature/DanganronpaZero Ryouko Otonashi and Yasuke Matsuda]] make a brief one at the end of Chapter 2.
41	* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Though angered by her almost killing Chiaki, Izuru decides to let Junko live because he still needs her around so he can properly observe the conflict between hope and despair.
42	* CannotSpitItOut: Chiaki was in love with Hajime, but was too afraid of rejection to tell him; she later wonders whether anything would have changed if she had. [[spoiler:In Chapter 18, she resolves not to repeat the mistake with Izuru.]]
43	* TheCavalry: Future Foundation forces, [[spoiler:including Chiaki]], ride to rescue their branch leaders from [[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool the Final Killing Game]] at the end of Chapter 23.
44	* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The boat Izuru gives Chiaki in Chapter 17 is used in Chapter 26 to bring her to Jabberwock Island.]]
45	* ChekhovsSkill: Being an avid player of many video games has given Chiaki some useful skills; she deciphers Sayaka’s dying message because the Unown alphabet in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' is strongly related to English, and has excellent marksman skills from shooters. [[spoiler:The latter turns out to be especially important, as her superb aim helps her survive the brainwashed military's attack.]]
46	* CoveredInScars: The traps in the maze have left Chiaki’s arms and legs criss-crossed with scars.
47	* CryIntoChest: In Chapter 10, Chiaki opens up to Izuru about her guilt over her role in the events that plunged her friends into despair, and breaks down in tears. How does he respond? [[spoiler: Taking a cue from [[NiceJobFixingItVillain his final encounter with Junko in Chapter 3]], he reaches behind Chiaki's head and gently eases her close to him, allowing her to embrace him and cry into his chest.]]
48	* CueTheSun: Happens toward the end of Chapter 24 when [[spoiler:the fighting dies down. Although the world's sky [[RedSkyTakeWarning is almost perpetually red]] as a result of the Tragedy, it's still not unheard of (albeit rare) for the sky the clear. Each time this happens in the story, it's during serene, beautiful moments. Chiaki takes time to enjoy the rare occasion before [[PostVictoryCollapse collapsing from exhaustion.]]]]
49	* CurbStompBattle: Izuru delivers this onto several muggers that [[MuggingTheMonster mistake him and Chiaki as easy targets]].
50	* {{Deuteragonist}}: Though the fic is primarily about Chiaki, Izuru gets several chapters from his perspective and has his own character arc about coming to terms with emotions.
51	* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: [[spoiler:Miaya is doomed to be killed off before the Final Killing Game, but still gets some screentime, backstory, and development.]]
52	* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler: Miaya's corpse is found with her eyes stretched wide.]]
53	* DueToTheDead: The Future Foundation holds a public memorial service for the deceased students, presumably excluding Junko and Mukuro, from Class 78 when they recover their bodies.
54	* DyingTown: A year and a half after it started, the fighting in Towa City hasn't settled down at all. As a result, the only living beings in it anymore are the warring factions of adults and children. Every non-combatant has been killed.
55	* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Chiaki spends 95% of the fic and three in-fic years clawing her way through therapy, emotional pain, fear, and danger for the chance of a happy ending. And at the end of it all? She gets to reunite with everyone she loves and live in peace on Jabberwock Island.]]
56	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Junko’s genuine feelings for Yasuke are brought up. Instead of humanizing her, though, it [[KickTheMoralityPet exacerbates how awful she is]].
57	* ExactEavesdropping: Attempted. Chiaki tries to eavesdrop on [[spoiler:Miaya and Kyosuke's conversation about Makoto hiding Class 77]], but to her frustration their voices eventually drop too low for her to hear, and she only gets a few details.
58	* ExactWords: When she leaves the Future Foundation, Chiaki tells everyone that she is leaving to live with some friends. She just doesn't say that these friends [[spoiler: are Class 77]].
59	* FakingTheDead:
60	** To keep her safe, Izuru claims to have disposed of Chiaki's body when interrogated by Junko and doesn't tell any of her family or friends she's alive. She later maintains this when [[spoiler:joining Future Foundation under a fake identity]].
61	** [[spoiler:Between Chapter 26 and the epilogue, Class 77 film a fake video of their deaths, so that the rest of the world will leave them in peace.]]
62	* FirstNameBasis: [[spoiler:When they reunite in Chapter 26, Chiaki and Hajime switch to this.]]
63	* FixFic: The entire fic was written to save Chiaki from her execution.
64	* FlashbackNightmare:
65	** Chapter 7 delivers part of Chiaki's past with loneliness and bullying via one of these.
66	** Chiaki regains her memories of being tortured almost to death via an extensive nightmare of the sordid event, and keeps suffering them after.
67	* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Chiaki falls for Izuru during her year of him nursing her back to health.
68	* ForegoneConclusion:
69	** Since it sticks with canon, some things are inevitable, namely that Izuru is going to leave to enact the events of [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair the second game]] no matter what Chiaki says or does.
70	** Miaya is [[spoiler:going to be dead]] by the time of ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool''.
71	** InUniverse, Izuru considers the outcome of [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the second killing game]] to have been this the moment Junko tried to frame Makoto for Mukuro's murder. Once she’d broken her own rules, it was only a matter of time before the students found out and used that to force her into the open.
72	* ForeverWar: While the rest of the world starts to rebuild after Junko's death, Towa City stays embroiled in endless fighting. [[spoiler:The epilogue reveals it finally came to an end when Monaca left, though.]]
73	* FuzzTherapy: Izuru gets Chiaki a pet rabbit, who she calls Yumigami, to help her overcome her depression. He even specifically [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the usefulness of this trope.
74	* GambitPileup:
75	** Junko and Izuru are both manipulating each other for the Neo World Program plan; Junko uses Izuru to get her AI in so she can [[BrainUploading upload her personality]] in the event of her death, while he goes along with it to test whether hope can beat despair. For that purpose, he anonymously backs the Future Foundation so they don't get destroyed before the program is finished, plans to exploit Makoto's kindness to get himself and Class 77 placed in the program, and makes the time to [[spoiler:toss a MemoryGambit in there just in case the worst scenario comes to pass]].
76	** Chisa [[spoiler:helps Izuru and Class 77 infiltrate the Neo World Program, then turns around and sells them out to Kyosuke to incite his anger at Makoto. Her ultimate goal is to get all the branch heads in one place and then wiped out, except Kyosuke, and she counted on him putting Makoto on trial to provide just that opportunity.]]
77	* TheGlomp: [[spoiler:Ibuki gives Chiaki a ''big'' hug when they reunite.]]
78	* HeroicBSOD:
79	** Remembering her role in her beloved classmates’ brainwashing horrifies Chiaki and makes her fall into a depression. It’s so severe she even [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness breaks one of her consoles]].
80	** She has another one when [[spoiler:she sees the video of her classmates claiming to be behind the Final Killing Game. Kyoko and Makoto offering to hear her out pulls her out of this despair]].
81	* HomeGuard: Everyone in the Future Foundation who isn't disabled or sick is taught to fight and made part of a reserve military; even if they aren't in combat-specific branches, they can still be called upon for deployment if necessary. [[spoiler:Such is the case for Chiaki at the end of Chapter 23.]]
82	* IKnowMortalKombat: Zigzagged. Chiaki's extensive experience with video games [[spoiler:makes her a very quick study when it comes to marksmanship, but is useless for learning hand-to-hand combat when she joins the Future Foundation]].
83	* ImportantHaircut: Izuru, now going by Hajime after the events of the Neo-World Program, cuts his hair short to symbolize his [[TheAtoner turning over a new leaf]].
84	* InnerMonologue: Used for insight. Both Chiaki and Izuru are prone to inwardly musing on what happens around them and on each other, [[TheStoic Izuru moreso]]. In fact, the first chapter has no dialogue at all, but is entirely Izuru analyzing why he saved Chiaki.
85	* IsThisWhatAngerFeelsLike: When he encounters Junko for the first time after saving Chiaki, Izuru needs a few moments to recognize what he's feeling as pure fury.
86	* ImprobablyQuickComaRecovery: Averted, as you cannot get up and move on with your life after eight months in a coma. When Chiaki first wakes up, she can barely move because her muscles have atrophied and literally needs Izuru to do everything for her. It takes her a year of physical therapy to fully regain her mobility, not to mention months of mental therapy for her PTSD.
87	* ItGetsEasier: [[spoiler:As Chiaki gets thrust into combat in Chapter 24 and has to actually fire her gun at assailants to defend herself, she notes that it doesn't really affect her as much as she thinks it should. The realization disturbs her greatly.]]
88	* IWillWaitForYou: Again, [[spoiler:Chiaki is willing to wait a long period for the man she loves]]. It’s slightly easier on her this time, as [[spoiler:he actually tells her he’s leaving beforehand, and she has her work with the Future Foundation to keep her occupied]]. Then slightly deconstructed later on—the stress and loneliness of waiting really makes her unhappy, but she won't give up on reuniting.
89	* KickTheMoralityPet: Discussed. Junko claims that hurting and killing those you love brings the greatest despair and thus the greatest pleasure. Izuru is less than convinced, partially because consistently doing it seems like it’d get boring and partially because he just doesn’t enjoy despair.
90	* KonamiCode: Izuru uses the Konami code [[spoiler:as a trigger phrase to restore his memories of his time protecting Chiaki]].
91	* TheLadysFavor: Chiaki's hairpin turns out to be this. Izuru returns it to her when she wakes up, only for her to give it back to him [[spoiler:when he leaves for Towa City and later semi-permanently]] as a promise he'll come back.
92	* LateArrivalSpoiler: Obviously, the premise alone tells you what happens to Chiaki in ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'', but woe betide you if you haven't finished the Japanese-only ''Literature/DanganronpaZero'' before reading this. [[spoiler:Ryouko Otonashi's real identity and Yasuke Matsuda's death]], two major plot twists, are both spoiled in Chapters 2 and 3.
93	* LoveConfession: [[spoiler:After learning he’s going to leave for an unknown period of time, Chiaki decides not to repeat her mistake with Hajime and gives one of these to Izuru in Chapter 18. He returns it, to her absolute joy.]]
94	* MassOhCrap: Chapter 24 has one where, [[spoiler:during the rescue op, Chiaki reassures the others that the cyber department members are [[ExplainExplainOhCrap safe from the brainwashed soldiers]]...except]]:
95	-->[[spoiler:''We told them to barricade themselves in.''\
96	''There's a brainwashing video being broadcast.''\
97	''The room they're in is full of monitors.''\
98	It sank in for everyone at the exact same time. "''Shit!''"]]
99	* MemoryGambit: [[spoiler:Izuru predicts one of the potential outcomes of entering the Neo World Program being his possession by Junko's AI. Knowing that she would have access to his memories and would kill Chiaki, he plans to have all knowledge of saving her and their time together temporarily suppressed in case that worst scenario comes to pass. Before doing so, he gives Chiaki a TriggerPhrase to use to restore them if it doesn't.]]
100	* MoodWhiplash: Chapter 23 starts with some light banter and happy reminiscing about Miaya from her mother, right before [[spoiler:she and Chiaki discover Miaya's body. The rest of the chapter is appropriately sad, grim, and tense, devolving further when the rest of the Future Foundation learns about their branch heads being trapped and in danger.]]
101	* MoralityPet: For all his BlueAndOrangeMorality, Izuru holds genuine affection for Chiaki and actively takes steps to protect her from any negative ramifications that may come of ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''. It even exceeds his desire for unpredictability, as while he finds her HeroicBSOD interesting, he values her comfort and happiness more.
102	* MuggingTheMonster: Chapter 8 briefly shifts to the perspective of a mugger, aiming to rob his newest targets. Unfortunately for him, one of his targets is [[TheAce Izuru Kamukura]], and the other is [[MoralityPet Chiaki Nanami]].
103	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Retrospectively. Once she remembers leading her classmates into a trap, Chiaki is so anguished she falls into a depression.
104	* MythologyGag: During [[spoiler:her reunion with Hajime]], Chiaki mentions being afraid that if she lets go, he'll disappear, a reference to what ''he'' says in [[spoiler:her AI's Island Mode ending.]]
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108	* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler:Ultimately, the last time Chiaki ever sees Chisa is when she's being betrayed.]]
109	* NGOSuperpower: The Future Foundation is implied to be this, being large enough to have their own army, having connections to the police, and spearheading both the war against Ultimate Despair and the reconstruction AfterTheEnd.
110	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In Chapter 3, Junko bursts into crocodile tears over [[spoiler:killing [[Literature/DanganronpaZero Yasuke Matsuda]]]], and then mocks Izuru for not holding her in his arms to comfort her. He remembers this moment later [[spoiler:in Chapter 10, when Chiaki is having an emotional breakdown because she feels responsible for her friends turning into the Remnants of Despair. He is able to reason that Chiaki feels comfort from physical contact, and for the first time ever, he takes the initiative by gently bringing her close to him for a hug.]]
111	* NightmareSequence: Chiaki has several over the course of the story, revolving around her being trapped in Junko's death maze. One of them starts with an uncomfortable but manageable dream of painful high school memories before morphing into falling in the dungeon, and another has her being strangled by Izuru while navigating it.
112	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Izuru’s similarities to Junko are underlined frequently, as both are geniuses with [[BlueAndOrangeMorality skewed moral compasses]] seeking an escape from their boredom. He himself notes and loathes it.
113	* NotSoStoic: In the first chapter, Izuru is far more frazzled than anywhere else in the fic, both from being caught off-guard by the sudden swell of emotions and from having a very narrow window to save Chiaki's life.
114	* OfficialCouple: As of [[spoiler:Chapter 18]], Chiaki and Izuru. Though [[StarCrossedLovers circumstances]] make things complicated.
115	* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Chiaki mentions to have been peripherally aware of Class 78 in some way, mostly via proxy to their relationships with her other classmates (i.e. listening to Fuyuhiko complain about Yasuhiro's debt, hearing Akane and Nekomaru talk about sparring with Sakura, some being fans of Sayaka's idol group).
116	* OneeSama: Everyone in the seventh division adores Miaya, who is a bit more [[BunnyEarsLawyer silly]] than this trope normally entails but is also soft-spoken, reserved, polite, and affectionate.
117	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Izuru first realizes something is seriously wrong with Chiaki when he sees her broken Game Girl Advance on the floor.
118	* ParentalNeglect: Chiaki’s parents were too busy to provide emotional support; they substituted games for affection, their ‘celebration’ for her birthday was telling her to do whatever she wanted, and they apparently never noticed when their own daughter would sleep at public cafes instead of coming home.
119	* PostVictoryCollapse: [[spoiler:Chiaki towards the end of Chapter 24.]]
120	* POVSequel: Canon events still play out the same in the fic, but are seen (or sometimes not) from Chiaki's perspective. In times when they occur off-screen, it's shown what she was doing at those times instead.
121	* PrecisionFStrike:
122	** Junko interfering with the Second Killing Game infuriates Izuru so much, he outright calls her a bitch the next time his POV rolls around.
123	** [[spoiler:Fuyuhiko]] also lets loose several "what the fuck"s when [[spoiler:he first sees Chiaki alive.]]
124	* ProperlyParanoid: In the first chapter, Izuru considers using his own blood to replenish Chiaki's, but decides not to since he has A blood and it would kill her if she had B or O blood. As it turns out, she has O blood.
125	* PseudocanonicalFic: The author deliberately wrote the fic in adherence to the timeline and events of the canon universe so people could [[HesJustHiding headcanon Chiaki as being alive]].
126	* RecursiveFanfiction: One fan of the story wrote [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/17047724 an AU fic of it]], branching off at Chapter 24.
127	* RidiculousFutureInflation: Not as extreme as some examples, but Chiaki is shocked to find that prices for basic groceries have doubled as a side-effect of The Tragedy.
128	* RightForTheWrongReasons: Kyoko is suspicious of Class 77's call to Makoto, thinking it's a trap. It's not, but she is right that they're [[ISurrenderSuckers up to no good]].
129	* RousingSpeech: [[spoiler:Chiaki delivers one to her branch of the Future Foundation during the Final Killing Game, after laying out a plan of action for surviving their situation. Unlike the last time she tried this in canon, everything goes right, reflecting her gained worldly knowledge and caution.]]
130	* SelfImposedChallenge: In-universe, Chiaki does a playthrough of ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' with no materia or accessories to pass time while waiting for [[spoiler:the results of her therapy license examination]].
131	* ShipTease: Between Chiaki and Izuru, and Makoto and Kyoko.
132	* ShipperOnDeck: While watching the [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc events of the first game]], Chiaki off-handedly mentions thinking Makoto and Kyoko are good for each other.
133	* ShownTheirWork: The medical procedure in the first chapter was researched extensively and is greatly detailed to show it. Similarly, the therapy Chiaki goes through [[spoiler:and later learns]] sticks to real methods, and her PTSD was also researched to be accurate and respectful.
134	* SleptThroughTheApocalypse: Chiaki is in a coma throughout the fall of Hope’s Peak and the first few months of the Tragedy.
135	* SparedByTheAdaptation: The story starts with Chiaki surviving her execution.
136	* SplitPersonalityMerge: Hajime and Izuru fuse after the events of ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', with the new persona going by "Hajime" and having his empathy, but still being every bit as analytical as the latter. [[spoiler:He doesn't mind Chiaki calling him "Izuru", though, and she decides to just switch since she fell in love with both of them.]]
137	* StarCrossedLovers: Poor Chiaki gets in this again, this time with Izuru. They do love each other, but [[BrokenAce Izuru has]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality too many issues]] for a relationship to work.
138	* TearJerker: In-universe, Sonia reacts this way to the ending of ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'' where [[spoiler:[[TheHeroDies Zack Fair dies a traitor's death in the mud]]]].
139	* TearsOfJoy: Shed everywhere when [[spoiler:Chiaki reunites with Hajime and Class 77.]]
140	* ThemeNaming: The fic and all its chapters take their names from video game terminology.
141	* ThisIsUnforgivable: Chiaki’s reaction to learning the [[EvilFeelsGood reasons]] behind Junko's villainy.
142	* TimeSkip: A year and a half passes at the end of Chapter 20.
143	* TookALevelInBadass: Chiaki resolves to never be as helpless as she was in ''Side:Despair'' 10 again, and starts learning to protect herself [[spoiler:when she joins the Future Foundation. It pays off majorly come Chapter 24]].
144	* TookALevelInKindness: Izuru's disposition improves ''massively'' after merging with Hajime.
145	* TraumaButton: The sight of elevators trigger Chiaki back to the events of ''Side:Despair'' 10. Neither she nor Izuru are aware of it when they watch the Killing Game, so when she sees Class 78 enter the elevator for the first trial, she has a complete meltdown.
146	* TraumaInducedAmnesia: For her first few POV chapters, Chiaki has amnesia about the events that put her in a coma. She [[HeroicBSOD does not take it well]] when she remembers.
147	* TriggerPhrase: [[spoiler:"[[KonamiCode Up up down down left right left right B A]]".]]
148	* UndyingLoyalty: Chiaki holds this for her friends and Chisa, to the extent she won't even think of [[spoiler:exposing the latter]].
149	* UnwinnableTrainingSimulation: Miaya utilizes one when training new therapists, to show them how harrowing the experience can be for a newcomer and help them recognize their own shortcomings.
150	* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Emotions in general give Izuru some confusion, but especially his feelings for Chiaki. He can explain physical attraction away with logic, but not genuine care.
151	* WhatTheHellHero:
152	** Chiaki is distinctly displeased when Byakuya tampers with Chihiro's corpse, yelling at him through the television screen for being an idiot.
153	** She repeats this for [[spoiler:Izuru]] and [[spoiler:Ryota]], chiding them for [[spoiler:uploading Junko's virus and trying to brainwash the world, respectively. Then she forgives them.]]
154	** Chiaki herself is on the receiving end of this, when [[spoiler:Kanon]] angrily snaps at her for [[spoiler:treating her with fear and suspicion despite being her therapist.]]
155	* WhenHeSmiles: Hajime apparently had a beautiful smile when he actually gave one. [[spoiler:Izuru does too, though it’s tiny.]]
156	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: One of Chiaki's emotional triggers following her execution is elevators--not an uncommon occurrence. Even the mere sight of them puts her on the verge of a panic attack. [[spoiler:[[KryptoniteIsEverywhere Even taking the stairs can be an ordeal]] when she needs to walk past an elevator to do so in the Future Foundation building.]]
157	* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler:Chiaki hopes to help rescue Chisa from the Final Killing Game. Unfortunately, Chisa had been killed by the time she arrived, as she discovers.]]
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160	-->''Even when you mess up and make mistakes…it’s not the end. You can keep going.''

Context Fanfic / ExtraLife