Line #116 Fanfic/OrDidItEatTheLittleGirl


1	''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1873183 or did it eat the little girl?]]'', by weewooweewoo [=(WaitWhatDoIPutHere)=], is an alternative take on ''[[VisualNovel/DanganRonpaV3KillingHarmony Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony]]''. '''This fanfic assumes that the reader has completed ''V3'' and the other games in the ''Danganronpa'' series. Thus, all spoilers for them will be unmarked.'''
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3	There are two stories in the series:
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5	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23294509/chapters/55789999 or did it eat the little girl?]]'' opens with Tenko's instincts screaming at her to ''LOOK UP'' during the ritual, causing her to discover the scythe and move, foiling the trap meant to kill her. Naturally, this has an increasingly dramatic effect on how the game unfolds from there.
6	* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/25817056/chapters/62714566 let's go out with a bang!]]'', while not ''officially'' a sequel, follows after the killing game depicted in the first story, in a [[WhatIf What If]]-like scenario inspired by ''Film/TheBelkoExperiment''. All of the participants are forced to attend a convention held by Team Danganronpa, only for the festivities to promptly get derailed. But is the threat coming from outside or within?
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9	!!''or did it eat the little girl?'' contains examples of:
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12	* AllLowercaseLetters: The title of the fic, as well as all the chapter names (except for 41, [[CapsLock "AT LONG LAST".]]) This applies to ''let's go out with a bang!'', too.
13	* BittersweetEnding: Ultimately, [[spoiler:EverybodyLives, as V3 took place in a simulation. But the participants have all been heavily traumatized, and the seven who survived the whole game were forced to seek asylum in Canada in order to escape those upset that the season ended so anticlimactically]].
14	* DidntSeeThatComing: Korekiyo's plan didn't account for Tenko defying his instructions and looking up. When she survives, he's at a complete loss.
15	* DisappointedInYou: After she [[spoiler:attacks Korekiyo before his execution]], Tenko fears that the other students feel let down by her losing control. Kokichi using this to paint her as unhinged and untrustworthy certainly doesn't help.
16	* DwindlingParty: As usual, the class is whittled down one by one by the murders. In addition, [[spoiler:the GrandFinale involves the survivors fleeing from the all-consuming light of the impending reset]].
17	* EyesNeverLie: Tenko's initially frustrated by Kaito's behavior after the failed ritual, but softens a little upon noticing that his smile doesn't reach his eyes.
18	* HearingVoices:
19	** Angie's voice haunts Tenko, starting with the initial warning to 'LOOK UP' followed by mocking Korekiyo's VillainousBreakdown.
20	** Eventually, towards the final stretch of the story, [[spoiler:this is combined with LeaningOnTheFourthWall as the Readers gain their own 'voices' and get to influence the outcome]].
21	* HeroicBSOD:
22	** Tenko goes into one after nearly getting killed in the cage, struggling to process her brush with death.
23	** Shuichi enters one during the final trial after [[spoiler:Tsumugi reveals that ''she'' killed Rantaro]]. [[spoiler:Kokichi]] has a more subdued one upon seeing that [[spoiler:his scheme with Kaito to 'derail the game' was all part of the plan as well]]. Followed shortly by [[spoiler:''everyone'' [=BSODing=] upon learning that they're fictional characters]].
24	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The bulk of the chapter titles are made up of various quotes from Tenko herself. This also includes the TitleDrop of the rhyme, whose lines are spread out across several chapters.
25	* InSpiteOfANail:
26	** Kokichi still berates Himiko for her supposed hypocrisy in changing her stance towards Tenko after the murder attempt. He then folds this into trying to browbeat her into confessing ''why'' she's acted in such a contrasting, contrary way.
27	** Everything that happened prior to Tenko's time in the cage played out exactly the same way. This becomes ''extremely'' relevant during the final trial, as [[spoiler:Tsumugi reveals the truth about Rantaro's death in order to spite the Director]].
28	** Miu still planned to [[spoiler:kill Kokichi, only to die at Gonta's hands instead]].
29	* LackOfEmpathy:
30	** Faced with a shaking, sobbing Tenko inside the iron cage, Kokichi cheerfully asks her "What's shaking?"
31	** In the finale, a chilling amount of this is displayed by [[spoiler:both Team Danganronpa and the MediaScrum waiting outside]], as [[spoiler:Tenko is yanked around and ''brutalized'' by the guards and the reporters are far more concerned with peppering her with questions about her experiences in the game than addressing her bloodied and battered state]].
32	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: While Kokichi's claims that spirits might have killed Angie are clearly part of his usual trolling, Tenko privately considers the notion that Angie's spirit might have been the one who warned her about the scythe.
33	* MediumAwareness: Comes into play during the final trial: [[spoiler:The Director reveals that all of the classmates have fictional personalities, and that there are ''two'' audiences for V3: the Watchers (the canon audience from the original game and the Readers (those reading and commenting on the fic). The latter group provided their own influence upon the story's path via participating in polls]].
34	* RefugeInAudacity:
35	** Right after she survives the murder attempt, Kokichi [[SugaryMalice playfully suggests]] that Tenko is '''exaggerating''' the threat posed by the sickle. He also repeatedly attempts to blame Angie's death on spirits.
36	** Korekiyo also double-checks the rules before admitting that he tried killing Tenko, pointing out that there's no rule against ''attempting'' murder. And ''obviously'' his attempt isn't relevant to the matter of figuring out who killed ''Angie'', right?
37	* TheScapegoat: [[spoiler:The Director]] '''''really''''' doesn't like Tenko, blaming her for the game going OffTheRails. They similarly shift blame onto [[spoiler:Tsumugi]] during the final trial.
38	* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Tenko, Kaito and Kokichi]] all make it out of the mutual killing game alive. [[spoiler:Technically applies to ''everybody'' due to the VR setting, though those who died didn't make it out unscathed.]]
39	* StarCrossedLovers: {{Exploited}} by [[spoiler:Himiko's original self; she invented the notion of her and 'Tenko's' characters having a preexisting relationship in order to make their auditions more appealing]].
40	* TogetherInDeath: During the final trial, [[spoiler:Himiko considers this to be a viable solution to The Director's bloodlust. Tenko does not]].
41	* UnwittingPawn: During the final trial, [[spoiler:Kokichi]] realizes this about [[spoiler:himself -- rather than painting his actions as the only deviance from the script, he actually played his role as TheRival ''perfectly'' according to The Director's vision]].
42	* YouBastard: {{Downplayed}}; [[spoiler:a distinction is drawn between The Watchers and The Readers, but it is made clear that ''everyone'' in the audience is deriving some form of entertainment from the story]].
43	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:The Director]] makes this quite clear during the final trial when it comes to [[spoiler:Tsumugi]].
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46	!!''let's go out with a bang!'' contains examples of:
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48	* AgonyOfTheFeet: [[spoiler:In TheThirdOption of the final chapter has Himiko shooting herself in the foot.]]
49	* AHouseDivided: The tensions already existing amid the members of the 53rd Session flare up, aggravated by the situation, and it doesn't take long for other rifts to emerge.
50	* AgeLift: The casts of the first two games are now young adults.
51	* AnyoneCanDie: As is par for the course with ''Danganronpa''.
52	* TheAtoner:
53	** Played ''very'' darkly in "roll the dice (let's see which head will roll)", as the one attempting to atone is trying to compensate for [[spoiler:an act they haven't completed yet -- namely, murdering Himiko, Korekiyo and Junko in order to secure his alibi and scapegoat]].
54	** In the very next chapter, [[spoiler:Miu chooses to stay inside the convention center so that Kaede and the rest of her classmates can leave]]. Played with further in that [[spoiler:Kokichi argues with her about whether or not ''he'' should stay behind instead, as he's responsible for what happened to their missing two members]].
55	* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Eventually revealed to be the case with [[spoiler:Naegi Makoto. Outside the fictional world of Danganronpa, the HopeBringer is a pathetic DirtyCoward willing to sacrifice hundreds of lives, terrified of facing the consequences of his actions and willing to do whatever it takes to save his own ass]].
56	* BeyondRedemption: Kokichi fully believes that Miu is, refusing to let her move past the mistakes she made during the mutual killing game. [[spoiler:He eventually realizes that Miu regretted her actions far more than he recognized, and that his spiteful behavior was only serving to convince her that she had no recourse than to become a full-fledged 'bad guy', despite her own hesitance.]]
57	* BittersweetEnding: Even the [[GoldenEnding best outcome]] has a strong tinge of bittersweetness; [[spoiler:Danganronpa may finally be coming to an end, but the scars inflicted upon those who participated in the various killing games remain]].
58	* BrokenAce:
59	** Kaede is still highly regarded among her classmates as TheHeart of their session, and she's the only one amongst their number that Miu sees as a real friend. This doesn't mean that she's any less traumatized by everything she endured during V3, and the others' regard for her is a double-edged sword.
60	** Makoto remains one of the best known 'faces' of Danganronpa and a symbol of Hope... who is forced to work for Team Danganronpa, and finds himself saddled with TheChainsOfCommanding during yet another horrible crisis.
61	* BrokenTears: [[spoiler:''Kokichi'']] shedding these marks a critical shift during their confrontation with [[spoiler:the armed Miu]].
62	* BullyingADragon: No matter how dangerous the situation is, Kokichi faces it with pitch-black humor and his signature shit-eating grin, actively goading others. Even [[spoiler:facing an armed Miu]] isn't enough to deter him.
63	* ButtMonkey: Team DR forced several survivors to participate in ''multiple'' mutual killing games after their initial season. Souda Kazuichi was one of those unfortunate to be sent in again and again, building up a reputation for surviving despite the odds. Owari Akane is another.
64	* CallBack: {{Lampshaded}} and {{Discussed}} when several classmates note that Korekiyo's notebook gives him a natural advantage when it comes to making these.
65	* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: [[spoiler:Enoshima Junko]] naturally believes that this applies to both themselves and [[spoiler:Naegi Makoto]], by virtue of being [[spoiler:the 'faces' of Danganronpa]].
66	* CassandraTruth: After CryingWolf and PlayingTheVictimCard so much, Kokichi finds that nobody believes him when he insists that [[spoiler:Miu nearly shot him in the kitchen]].
67	* CommonalityConnection: To Miu's surprise, she learns that she and Sayaka have several things in common: both of them [[spoiler:tried killing somebody, only to wind up murdered themselves, and were left with a fear of bathrooms as a result]].
68	* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: {{Downplayed}}; when violence first breaks out, Himiko naturally freaks out... but reflects that this horror is all too ''familiar''.
69	* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: PlayedWith. While Tenko was the protagonist of ''or did it eat the little girl?'', Himiko and Miu serve as dual protagonists for ''let's go out with a bang!'', and {{Foil}}s to V3's original protagonists:
70	** Like Shuuichi before her, Himiko struggles with the concept of taking action -- to the point of wishing she could withdraw entirely from the painful reality.
71	** Miu, meanwhile, forges forward decisively much like Kaede... but without the support of their classmates.
72	* DarknessEqualsDeath: In Chapter [[spoiler:40]], an already tense situation catapults FromBadToWorse when the lights slam off, plunging everything into darkness and inciting widespread panic.
73	* DealWithTheDevil:
74	** Far as Team Danganronpa is concerned, signing any contracts with them effectively means that ''they OWN you''.
75	** The mastermind also made one, [[spoiler:agreeing to help Team DR 'purge' any suspected members of the THL in order to protect himself and his loved ones]].
76	* DemotedToExtra: While Tenko was the protagonist of the first fic, she plays a relatively minor role in this one.
77	* DisabledInTheAdaptation: Some of what participants experience in the VR killing games translates over to the real world, such as Kaede having difficulty speaking or Kirumi being confined to a wheelchair.
78	* DoubleStandard: Miu finds herself up against this while dealing with Kokichi. Both retain their nasty, unpleasant attitudes and behavior from the game; however, their classmates [[UnreliableNarrator seem to be]] willing to grant Kokichi '''far''' more leeway while scolding her for rising to his baiting. This feeds into Miu's sense of persecution and tendency to [[NeverMyFault blame her problems on everybody else]].
79	* DramaticIrony: ''(i've never been so scared)'' reveals that [[spoiler:Makoto agreed to serve as Team DR's mastermind for the convention in hopes of protecting Kyouko from them and the AHL]]. The reader already knows that [[spoiler:Kyouko is part of the AHL, and thus one of the dissents Team DR is trying to eliminate]].
80	* EvilIsPetty: Team DR ''loves'' pulling petty shit to remind everyone who's participated in their games that ''they'' '''OWN''' ''them''. The story begins with everyone being forced to attend a mandatory promotional event, and it's revealed that they used LoopholeAbuse to deny Tenko access to the Survivor's Fund. To say nothing of how they went out of their way to schedule an event on the day [[spoiler:Makoto and Kyouko were going to secretly get married]], then blamed the victims for not telling them, knowing full well that [[spoiler:the two didn't want their marriage to be turned into another damned promotional event]].
81	* ExactWords: Depending upon the ending, [[spoiler:Miu has a chance of realizing that there's nothing barring Himiko from choosing another target]]... or, more critically, that [[spoiler:the shot doesn't have to be fatal]].
82	* FireForgedFriends: Despite all their stress-induced squabbling, [[spoiler:most of]] the Session 53 kids rally around [[spoiler:Kaede once she's marked for death]].
83	* FirstNameBasis: Cruelly referenced by [[spoiler:The Director]], who cheerfully tells Makoto that they should be on a first name basis by now, if not using nicknames.
84	* FourIsDeath: While things are already obviously bad, the situation [[FromBadToWorse steadily deteriorates ever further]] over the course of the fourth day, as [[spoiler:Makoto and the enforcement team decide to meet the second deadline by executing the necessary amount of people to reach the forty-death requirement]].
85	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: {{Deconstructed}} with Miu; she's ''very'' aware that she holds this status among the V3 alumni. This does nothing to help with her growing sense of paranoia and isolation.
86	* FromNobodyToNightmare: The various mutual killing games effectively demonstrated that practically ''anyone'' could be pushed to kill, given the right impetus. Naturally, this feeds into the fears of those trapped inside the convention center.
87	* HappyEndingOverride: After everything they went through during V3, the 53rd Class is forced to attend one of Team Danganronpa's promotional events, plunging them right back into danger when the convention gets derailed.
88	* HeelRealization: In ''(with no consequence, I will do it again)'', it's heavily implied that [[spoiler:Kokichi is forced to recognize how he pushed Miu to the breaking point]].
89	* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: The AHL hopes to arrange this by [[spoiler:hacking into Team Danganronpa's list of targets and adding the names of the DR Officials present, so that they will be gunned down by their own murder machines]].
90	* HourglassPlot: The events at the convention reveal that [[spoiler:Junko and Makoto]] have effectively switched places. [[spoiler:Junko has become a SpannerInTheWorks against the mastermind, complicating his plans to help Team DR eliminate all suspected members of the AHL.]]
91	* IAmSpartacus:
92	** PlayedWith: After [[spoiler:Kaede]]'s name is called, [[spoiler:Maki]] stands up and claims to be the person they're looking for. Nobody is fooled, especially because [[spoiler:Kaede already stood up]]; the gesture seems largely symbolic... [[spoiler:until Maki fights back against the enforcement team]].
93	** Notably, an {{Inversion}} occurs in the same chapter as the above when [[spoiler:Junko reveals herself in order to DrawAggro away from the Session 53 kids]].
94	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each chapter [[WaxingLyrical quotes song lyrics]], such as ''[[Music/TheMountainGoats i hope you die. (i hope we both die)]]''
95	* ImportantHaircut: PlayedWith. Junko discusses having gotten one in the past while convincing [[spoiler:Korekiyo]] to get their own hair cut off. It was one of the few things she was ''allowed'' to do with Team Danganronpa fiercely dictating her image.
96	* ImprobableWeaponUser: During a desperate struggle, [[spoiler:Angie]] wraps their necklace around their hand as a sort of makeshift brass knuckles, while [[spoiler:Himiko]] uses a pack of ''playing cards'' as slashing weapons.
97	* JustAKid: The participants of Session 53 find themselves repeatedly dismissed as this, partly due to their ages and partly due to their inexperience with dealing with Team Danganronpa.
98	* JustJokingJustification: Kokichi casually tells Miu to [[SuicideDare throw herself off the roof]], then dismisses the others' protests before claiming he was just joking... though he's quick to clarify that he really ''does'' consider her to be a horrible person.
99	* LoopholeAbuse: Since Tenko wasn't ''meant'' to survive her season, Team Danganronpa denied her any access to the Survivor's Fund.
100	* MaamShock: Junko protests being called 'Ma'am', insisting that she's "nineteen, maybe".
101	* MirrorCharacter: Miu and Kokichi. Both cling to their awful personas from the game as defense mechanisms, cruelly lashing out at their classmates and each other. Once shit hits the fan, both investigate independently, and their distrust of their peers feeds into yet more problems that they blame on others (and each other) rather than acknowledging their own screw-ups.
102	* MoralMyopia: Kokichi's grudge towards Miu is [[ItsPersonal entirely personal]], given that she planned to kill him inside the sim. What he completely ignores is that [[spoiler:he ''succeeded'' in killing '''HER''']] -- when she confronts him about this and spells out how [[spoiler:she's haunted by the memory of him watching her strangle to death]], he's completely taken aback.
103	* MoralityChain: Kaede is the only other member of the V3 alumni that Miu considers to be anything close to a real friend. Sadly {{Deconstructed}} in how this frustrates the crap out of her, as she feels bound by her desire to [[DisappointedInYou avoid disappointing Kaede]] while Kokichi [[TheUnfettered could care less about such things]].
104	* MultipleEndings: Hinging upon how Himiko/the reader resolves the final SadisticChoice set before her. These range from [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]] to [[DownerEnding incredibly depressing]]; even the [[GoldenEnding best option]] has its own bittersweet tinge.
105	* MyGreatestSecondChance: {{Deconstructed}}. On top of ''[=SDR2=]'', Akane was forced to participate in several other seasons of Danganronpa. Each successive season left her with further regrets about all the things she ''didn't do'' in them, and her determination to avoid that feeling ''this'' time around drives her actions.
106	* NeverMyFault:
107	** While Miu's status as TheFriendNobodyLikes is largely due to her own actions, she prefers blaming everybody else. Especially Kokichi.
108	** Kokichi also refuses to acknowledge how antagonistic and unhelpful his behavior is, especially when it comes to Miu.
109	** Once revealed, the mastermind pulls this card, blaming [[spoiler:Junko for getting Himiko and Korekiyo involved and letting them hear his confession]].
110	* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
111	** Himiko fears that she's got a chronic case of this, which doesn't help with her indecisiveness and tendency towards freezing up.
112	** Kirumi warns Kaede that she should be more careful around Miu, as the rest of the class is getting worried about her [[spoiler:involvement with the enforcement team]]. Unfortunately, Miu overhears part of this warning, and it factors into [[PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure their relationship going south]].
113	** Following their fight, Miu vents to Mondo about what happened. Mondo responds by [[spoiler:putting Kaede's name on his list of suspects/candidates to be eliminated]].
114	* NotAllowedToGrowUp: {{Downplayed}}; one side-effect of being in a simulation is that your body's physical growth is completely arrested for as long as you're inside. Due to the popularity of their seasons, the casts of the first two games have been forced to participate in many, ''many'' simulations; as a result, none of them are as old as they ''should'' be. Makoto gives his age as 'around twenty-four', Junko ''thinks'' that she's 'nineteen, maybe', and none of them are considered to be older than twenty-six.
115	* OddFriendship: Himiko befriends and works with Korekiyo, someone who had (or at least a past version of him had) killed her friend, almost killed her girlfriend and tried to pin the murder on her. [[spoiler:She and Korekiyo also end up becoming friends with Junko who... ''is Junko''.]]
116	* PoorCommunicationKills:
117	** The SelectiveEnforcement Miu sees with Kokichi is more along the lines of Kokichi not ''caring'' or ''cooperating'' with the others' efforts to rein in his [[TheGadfly trolly tendencies]].
118	** Kaede's reluctance to share information with Miu that she worries might incriminate some of their friends leads Miu to assume the worst. The communication breakdown is underscored by Miu [[spoiler:grabbing Kaede's wrists so that she can't sign]].
119	** This is how [[spoiler:Kaede's name ends up on Mondo's deadly list]] in ''how much can you fit under your skin?'' Mondo isn't aware that [[spoiler:Kaede is one of Miu's classmates]], only that [[spoiler:she dodged around her questions regarding the AHL]], making them sound incredibly suspicious.
120	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
121	** Kokichi twists an exercise in 'speaking his truth' into one of these for Miu, even cheerfully telling her that [[SuicideDare she should kill herself]]. Miu naturally fires back, [[DisappointedInYou much to Kaede's disappointment]].
122	** Several chapters later, they do this ''again'' under even worse circumstances, when [[spoiler:Miu hunts him down with intent to kill and he mocks her by claiming she was ''always'' going to do this]]. They even use the conceit of 'speaking their truths' again.
123	* RuleOfSymbolism:
124	** Spending time in the VR simulators stunts the participants' physical growth. This reflects how their emotional and psychological growth has been dramatically impacted as well, as they struggle to deal with the horrors Danganronpa put them through.
125	** Kaede's experiences during V3 damaged her ability to speak. While she still functions as her group's primary peacemaker, her condition underscores how she needs others to willingly participate in the process; they learned sign language in order to communicate, and no amount of signing ''or'' speaking makes any difference when nobody's willing to pay attention. During her PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure with Miu, the latter [[spoiler:grabs her wrists to keep her from signing]], driving home her absolute refusal to listen.
126	** In the best of the five endings, [[spoiler:Himiko shoots herself in the foot, reflecting how the Director effectively did the same by setting up this whole 'real-life killing game' in the first place]].
127	* SadisticChoice:
128	** Whoever is behind the lockdown specializes in this, starting with a declaration that if thirty people haven't been killed before the time limit passes, everyone trapped in the convention center will suffer severe consequences. [[spoiler:They fail.]]
129	** The second challenge placed before the victims is similar: eliminate ''forty'' people or else ''eighty'' will be killed at random.
130	** In the penultimate chapter, [[spoiler:the Director]] forces one of these upon Himiko, insisting that her only options are to [[spoiler:shoot Makoto and make him a martyr for Danganronpa]] or [[spoiler:shoot Kyouko and 'defeat' the AHL]]. They warn that trying to TakeAThirdOption by [[spoiler:shooting ''him'' instead]] will not end well. This doubles as one for [[spoiler:the ''reader'' as well]].
131	* SelectiveEnforcement: In Miu's eyes, Kokichi gets away with constantly insulting her and everyone else, but ''heaven FORBID'' she bite back! Clearly that means ''she's'' in the wrong!
132	* SignificantAnagram: [[spoiler:Sakine Hujomon is an anagram of her true identity: Junko Enoshima.]]
133	* SwappedRoles: [[spoiler:Makoto being the mastermind of a killing game-esque scenario, while Junko is just one of the participants.]]
134	* SwitchingPOV: Himiko and Miu serve as dual protagonists, swapping back and forth between the pair.
135	* TakeAThirdOption: PlayedWith. During the final SadisticChoice, Himiko is warned against attempting this by [[spoiler:shooting the Director]]. Should she go that route anyway, [[spoiler:it doesn't end well]]. However, [[spoiler:she pulls this off successfully in the 'Shoot Herself' route, thanks to Miu's last-second realization that she isn't forced to shoot someone ''fatally'']].
136	* ThenLetMeBeEvil: After learning how wary her classmates are growing of her, Miu hisses to herself "I'll show them fucking ''bad guy''."
137	* TookALevelInBadass: Himiko is noticably more proactice here than she is in ''V3'' or the first fic.
138	* UnreliableNarrator: {{Downplayed}} with Miu; events seen from her perspective aren't ''distorted'' for the audience, allowing them to see things she's missing or overlooking.
139	* WellIntentionedExtremist:
140	** The Anti-Hope League are so determined to put an end to Team Danganronpa's tyranny that they are willing to [[spoiler:sacrifice 149 innocent people in order to eliminate the 51 Danganronpa Officials present at the convention]].
141	** [[spoiler:Naegi Makoto]] ''wants'' to believe that they're one, as well, and that their decision to [[spoiler:help Team Danganronpa hunt down and eliminate everyone in the Anti-Hope League]] is completely justified... no matter [[spoiler:how many other people have been killed in the process]].
142	* WhamEpisode:
143	** ''bang! bang! bang! (here we go)'' is appropriately named, as [[spoiler:the time limit for the first task runs out during Makoto's meeting, and the reception hall is drowned in a sea of bullets]].
144	** ''let's save the pitiful children!'' reveals that [[spoiler:Kyouko is head of the AHL, with the majority of her classmates as members... and Kaede and Shuichi are members as well]].
145	* WhamLine:
146	** A recurrent one: once the nightmare begins, a counter appears at the end of each chapter, marking how close the participants have gotten to the required death count. This includes fatalities from off-screen events, leading to {{Gut Punch}}es in the vein of NothingIsScarier.
147	** ''what choice but simple duty?'' ends on [[spoiler:Makoto calling Kaede's name as the final sacrifice]].
148	* WhatTheHellHero:
149	** Come ''how much can you fit under your skin?'', Kyouko and Byakuya are absolutely ''infuriated'' with Makoto after he decides to go behind their backs and [[spoiler:attempt to meet the second deadline]].
150	** [[spoiler:Junko herself]] calls Makoto out for his willingness to [[spoiler:help Team DR slaughter innocents]].
151	** In a {{Flashback}}, Mukuro reads Makoto the riot act after he makes a comment during the post-Season 37 press conference that Team DR twists around and uses to send the whole cast back into the sims for Season 38.
152	* WhatYouAreInTheDark: During the climax of the fourth day, one such moment occurs when [[spoiler:Miu corners Kokichi in the kitchen alone. Her inability to just pull the trigger surprises them both]].
153	* WouldntHurtAChild: One perk of the Session 53 participants being seen as [[JustAKid Just Kids]] is that there is some effort made to protect and shield them from the horrors unfolding around them. [[spoiler:Until Kaede's name is written down as a potential sacrifice, anyway.]]
154	* WoundedGazelleGambit: Kokichi ''constantly'' pulls this with Miu, harassing her and pulling out the CrocodileTears whenever she fights back, twisting around her anger as 'proof' that she's evil and irredeemable.
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