Line #17 Fanfic/ThingsThatNeverHappened


1	''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/12240360 Dangan Ronpa: Things That Never Happened]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/ikuzonos/pseuds/ikuzonos ikuzonos]] is an ongoing Dangan Ronpa fanfiction that features an original cast, all of whom are students of Hope's Peak Academy.
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3	The reader follows Asuka Ishikawa, the Super High School Level Tattoo Artist, who appears to hate the school. Things take a turn for the worse when she awakens in a mysterious location, with the threat of death hanging overhead. Who will survive?
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5	...It might not be as simple as you think.
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7	The fic takes on a 'Choose Your Own Adventure' type story at a certain point; the reader gets to make a choice for the protagonist, and as a result of this, different people will die.
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10	!! Dangan Ronpa: Things That Never Happened contains examples of:
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12	* AlternateTimeline: The result of being allowed to make your own decisions at various points. Currently, Chapter Three has split into the Archangel (Side Blue) route, and the Belladonna (Side Red) route.
13	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Yumiko,]] in the middle of the second trial.
14	* AnyoneCanDie: A trope common enough in Danganronpa that gets taken up to eleven with the fic's gimmick.
15	* BigBad: Monokuma, as usual, is the one running the DeadlyGame.
16	* BodyOfTheWeek: In true Dangan Ronpa fashion!
17	* ButterflyOfDoom: You get to make major decisions for Asuka! Too bad they always end with people dying.
18	* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: Pretty standard for the source material, which carries over into this.
19	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Saki and Yumiko.
20	* ClosedCircle: The hotel is perched on top of a cliff with a drop of over a hundred feet.
21	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Hikari]] is tied to a rising platform similar to a [[spoiler: floating garden]] and is attacked by snakes until [[spoiler: one of them bites her throat out.]]
22	* DarkSecret: No ‘wetting the bed until the fifth grade’ bullshit here. ''Everyone'' has a secret that could legitimately drive them to murder in order to stop it from getting out.
23	** The only person to avert this is [[spoiler: Hikari- while she’s already dead when the secret motive is revealed, WordOfGod says that her secret would have been that she’s never been kissed.]]
24	* EmptyChairMemorial: Like in the games proper, the deceased students are represented in trial by memorial photo with their faces crossed out.
25	* EvidenceScavengerHunt: After each murder, Asuka is tasked with collecting evidence to solve the case, much like in the games proper.
26	* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Yumiko]] goes through this when [[spoiler: Saki’s body is discovered.]]
27	* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Hikari Matsumoto, as the chapter one culprit]] is the first to fall into this, but they won't be the last.
28	** From the Archangel route, [[spoiler: Ayano and Shun]] definitely qualify. On the Belladonna route, [[spoiler: Masuyo.]]
29	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Everyone’s missing three years worth of memories from the time they spent at Hope’s Peak Academy, and then some. [[spoiler: Or so they believe.]]
30	** The Archangel route sheds some light on this. [[spoiler: Everyone is missing closer to nine months of memory, and is likely to not be a student of Hope's Peak Academy at all.]]
31	* LightsOffSomebodyDies: What Monokuma attempts to invoke by turning off the lobby lights at night.
32	* MissingMom: Asuka and Masuyo don't have a clue where their respective mothers are.
33	* MurderMystery: Self-explanatory
34	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The first culprit hits this pretty hard. [[spoiler: Hikari killed Kousuke in an attempt to stop him from killing Natsumi... only to find out that he wouldn't have gone through with it. And just prior to that, Natsumi herself pretended to be dying in an attempt to force a confession. Believing that she had killed the one person she was trying protect was enough to break her.]]
35	** [[spoiler: Natsumi goes through this too as a result of her actions in the trial. After finding out that Hikari was trying to keep her alive, despite barely knowing her, she shows genuine remorse for her FakeKillScare.]]
36	* TheMole: Chapter 3 heavily implies that there is one among the cast, and Chapter 4 outright confirms it.
37	** The Sacrificial (Silver) route reveals their identity; [[spoiler: Natsumi Uchiyama, who reveals this in a posthumous letter.]]
38	* ThePowerOfHate: Saki really, really hates Minoru.
39	** Starting in the Martyrdom route, [[spoiler: ''everyone'' suddenly finds themselves despising Hachirou, though they can't figure out why.]]
40	** Yumiko absolutely despises [[spoiler: Hiroki, Natsumi, and Arata for their respective roles in Saki's death.]]
41	* ThickerThanWater: Averted. Asuka holds deep-seated disdain towards her [[spoiler: abusive]] mother. See MissingMom above.
42	* TragicKeepsake: After they die, Asuka keeps [[spoiler: Kousuke's clipboard and Hikari's hat.]]
43	** This list extends to [[spoiler: Saki's notebook and bow, and Hiroki's secret slip]] after the second trial, then [[spoiler: Shun's hoodie string, Ayano's necklace, and Yumiko's beanie]] from Chapter 3's Archangel trial, or [[spoiler: Itsuki's lighter and Masuyo's sunglasses]] from the parallel Belladonna trial. [[spoiler: She briefly holds onto Hachirou's pocket watch, but smashes it following the Belladonna trial's conclusion.]]
44	** From Chapter Four, there's [[spoiler: the pins from Arata's typewriter]] in Martyrdom, [[spoiler: Kenta's tie and a letter from Natsumi]] in Sacrificial, and [[spoiler: Yumiko's hat and pins from Arata's typewriter]] in Torpor.
45	** Chapter Five's Autumn route has [[spoiler: Asuka start to wear Natsumi's jacket]] while the Spring route has [[spoiler: Ayano's eyepatch and Kenta's tie.]]
46	* VomitIndiscretionShot: [[spoiler: Kazue]] in 2-2. Luckily, unlike the last person to violently throw up, they don't die.
47	* WinYourFreedom: The killing game in a nutshell.
48	* YouAllMeetInACell: Everyone meets for what they believe is the first time at the mysterious hotel.
49	* YouMonster: [[spoiler: Arata]] gets this when their secret is revealed in Chapter 3.

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