Line #413 Franchise/DanganRonpa


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5	[[caption-width-right:350:Ain't your usual {{visual novel}}.[[note]]Counterclockwise from top-right: [[RighteousRabbit Monomi]], [[TechnoWizard Chihiro Fujisaki]], [[BornLucky Makoto Naegi]], [[ActionGirl Akane Owari]], [[IJustWantToBeSpecial Hajime Hinata]], [[ElegantClassicalMusician Kaede Akamatsu]], [[BadassNormal Komaru Naegi]], [[SerialKiller Genocide Jack]]. Bottom: [[MascotVillain Monokuma]]. Background: [[{{Otaku}} Hifumi Yamada]][[/note]]]]
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7	->''Alright, folks! The final day of your precious carefree school life has arrived! Whether that makes you wanna jump for joy or weep till ya die, doesn't matter! This is it! So for the rest of the day, do your very tippy-toppy best!''
8	-->-- '''Monokuma, ''Danganronpa 1.2 Reload'''''
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10	''Danganronpa''[[note]]officially one word, but is often spelled as two -- literally translates to "bullet rebuttal"[[/note]] is a series of "high-speed mystery action adventure" {{visual novels}} created by Creator/KazutakaKodaka, and released by Spike (now Creator/SpikeChunsoft) for the [[Platform/PlayStationPortable PSP]], [[Platform/PlayStationVita PS Vita]], [[Platform/PlayStation4 PS4]], [[Platform/XboxOne Xbox One]], [[Platform/XboxSeriesXAndS Xbox Series X\|S]], Platform/NintendoSwitch, Platform/{{Steam}}, and [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]]. The games combine mystery-solving with elements of shooting and even {{rhythm game}}play.
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12	The premise of the first two main games in the series thus far take the same formula (while the third one is set in a new story arc and location, it generally sticks to this formula as well); the player takes the role of a new student at Hope's Peak Academy, a prestigious high school in Japan which only accepts the cream of the crop for its classes. This mentality extends towards ''any'' sort of niche, including unconventional ones like {{otaku}}, gamers, and even criminals. Students with these extraordinary talents are given an "Ultimate X" title[[note]]"Super High School-Level X" in the original Japanese, and "Super Duper High School X" in the Project Zetsubou fan translation[[/note]].
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14	Unfortunately, things start to go awry once the new kid steps inside the school itself, as they lose consciousness and wake up elsewhere, with no memory of the interim. They soon find that all the exits and windows are locked to prevent escape, and meet several other students in the same predicament. Before long, the thing who put them there reveals himself—[[BigBad Monokuma]], a sadistic, sapient teddy bear robot.
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16	He quickly reveals that the students will be forced into a "[[DeadlyGame school life of mutual killing]]". If a person murders a classmate, the rest of the student body will have a class trial to determine the killer's identity. If they get it right, the culprit is executed in a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath showy display]] [[DeathByIrony tailor-made to their personality]]. If they get it wrong, however, the killer "graduates" and gets to leave the school, while the rest die in their place.
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18	Of course, the students swear against something as extreme as ''killing'' each other. And yet, horrifyingly, the bodies begin to pile up. Throughout the game, Monokuma continues to give them all new motives to kill each other, and the player must find the killer in each chapter to make sure the survivors all have a shot of escaping together.
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20	The series is rather complicated, [[JigsawPuzzlePlot consisting of a series of stringing plotlines over several mediums]]. It also has a number of translations (official and unofficial) varying in consistency, so that context may affect how certain examples are written.
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22	The series is currently in a sort of limbo as Kodaka has left Spike Chunsoft to open his own company, Creator/TooKyoGames and no new plans about it have been revealed while ambiguous news about whether Kodaka would be helping in a new game or not spread.
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24	On June 15th 2021, a collection of ''Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc-V3'', as well as ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaSUltimateSummerCamp'', called ''[[CompilationReRelease Danganronpa Decadence]]'', was announced for release on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. This collection was released on November 4, 2021 in Japan, and outside of Japan on December 3, 2021.
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26	Compare to ''Franchise/AceAttorney'', ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'' and ''Franchise/WhenTheyCry'' for similar visual novels.
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28	!!''Danganronpa'' media:
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30	[[foldercontrol]]
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32	[[index]]
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34	[[AC:Main installments]]
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36	[[folder:Main Installments]]
37	* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc''[[note]]Subtitled ''Academy of Hope and the High School Students of Despair'' in Japanese.[[/note]]: The original visual novel, starring Makoto Naegi in Hope's Peak Academy. (Japanese release: 2010, English release: 2014)
38	* ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' [[note]]''Super Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Academy'' in Japanese.[[/note]]: The official sequel to the first game, starring Hajime Hinata on the Jabberwock Island Resort. (Japanese release: 2012, English release: 2014)
39	* ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'': An original anime airing in the summer of 2016, split into two concurrently-airing arcs, ''Future Arc'' and ''Despair Arc''. Acts as the GrandFinale to the Hope's Peak Academy Saga.
40	* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony''[[note]]''New Danganronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Mutual Killing'' in Japanese.[[/note]] - The third main series game and the beginning of the Gifted Inmates Academy Saga. Despite its name, it is confirmed by [[invoked]]WordOfGod to be the fourth main entry. (Release: 2017)
41	[[/folder]]
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43	[[AC:Spin-offs]]
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45	[[folder:Spin-Off Games]]
46	* ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls''[[note]]''Zettai Zetsubō Shōjo: Danganronpa Another Episode'' in Japanese[[/note]]: A ThirdPersonShooter starring Makoto Naegi's sister Komaru; set in between the first two games and functioning as a GaidenGame.
47	* ''Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (Trial Version)'': A Japan-only, PSP-exclusive demo for the first game. Notable for featuring a fully-realised alternate story for Chapter 1 of ''Trigger Happy Havoc'', with the same basic plot but a completely different killer/victim combo; and for being popular enough in its own right to have received an official manga adaptation.
48	* ''Danganronpa: Unlimited Battle'': A Japan-only free-to-play [=iOS=] game similar to ''VideoGame/MonsterStrike''.
49	* ''Cyber Danganronpa VR: The Class Trial'': A tech demo utilizing the Platform/PlayStation4's Virtual Reality headset, the [=PlayStation=] VR.
50	* ''Kirigiri Sou'': A sound novel based around the gameplay of Chunsoft's ''Otogirisou'', centered on Kyoko Kirigiri, a character from the first game. It was released as a pack-in with the third special edition Blu-ray box set of ''Danganronpa 3'' in Japan. [[index]]
51	* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaSUltimateSummerCamp'': An expansion of the "Ultimate Talent Development Plan" board game from ''Danganronpa V3'' into a full standalone game, released as part of the ''Danganronpa Decadence'' collection of anniversary remasters in 2021.
52	[[/folder]]
53	[[/index]]
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55	[[folder:Novel/Manga Spin-Offs]]
56	* ''Literature/DanganronpaZero'': A two-part {{light novel}} prequel to the first game written by Kazutaka Kodaka released in 2011, starring Ryoko Otonashi in Hope's Peak Academy.
57	* ''Literature/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavocIf'': A short story about a WhatIf scenario for the first game, unlocked by beating the second one, starring Mukuro Ikusaba during an alternate version of the original game. One of only two prose entries in the series to have received an official English translation, the other being ''Ultra Despair Hagakure''.
58	* ''Literature/DanganronpaKirigiri'': A prequel novel series about Kyoko Kirigiri, a character from the first game; the first book was released September 2013, and there are now currently five.
59	* ''Makoto Naegi's Worst Day Ever'': A short story released with the ''Danganronpa'' anime DVD/BD.
60	* ''Ultra Despair Hagakure'': A novel included in ''Ultra Despair Girls'' that can be unlocked after completing the game, starring Yasuhiro Hagakure, a character from the first game, caught up in the events of ''Ultra Despair Girls''. One of only two prose entries in the series to have received an official English translation, the other being ''Danganronpa IF''.
61	* ''Danganronpa 1・2 Beautiful Days'': A series of non-canon {{Doujinshi}} short stories written by multiple authors and officially collected by Spike Chunsoft, based around the daily lives of the respective casts of ''Trigger Happy Havoc'' and ''Goodbye Despair''.
62	* ''Literature/DanganronpaTogami'': A prequel novel series about Byakuya Togami, written by Yuya Sato.
63	* ''Super Danganronpa 2: Kazuichi Soda in Desperate Causality'': A spin-off centered on Kazuichi Soda, a character from the second game.
64	* ''Danganronpa Gaiden: Manga/KillerKiller'': A manga spin-off written by Yuichirou Koizumi and illustrated by Sasako Mitomo. It was initially published as a standalone work, but was later rebranded as a side story to ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'' with the release of the third chapter.
65	* There's also a collection of supplementary manga series, complementing and expanding the events depicted in the games and anime by adding missing details and using different points of view. There are no fewer than 27 manga/comic book entries in the franchise, although as of 2024 only five have been officially translated into English:
66	** ''Danganronpa: The Animation'': The manga of the anime of ''Trigger Happy Havoc'' (''not'' the direct manga adaptation of the game; that does also exist, but has not been translated).
67	** ''Danganronpa 2: Ultimate Luck and Hope and Despair'': The second game as told from Nagito's point of view.
68	** ''Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls'': A direct manga adaptation of the spin-off game.
69	** ''Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair'': A direct manga adaptation of the second game.
70	** ''Danganronpa 2: Chiaki Nanami's Goodbye Despair Quest'': The second game as told from Chiaki's point of view.
71	[[/folder]]
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73	[[AC:Animated/Live-action adaptations]]
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75	[[folder:Animated/Live-Action Adaptations]]
76	[[index]]
77	* ''Anime/DanganronpaTheAnimation'': An AnimeOfTheGame adapting the first visual novel.
78	* ''Theatre/{{Danganronpa}}'':
79	** ''Danganronpa: Kibō no Gakuen to Zetsubō no Kōkōsei The Stage'': A stage play adapting the first visual novel.
80	** ''Super Danganronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubō Gakuen The Stage'': A stage play adapting the second visual novel.
81	** ''Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibōgamine Gakuen The Stage'': A stage play adapting the Future Arc of ''Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School''.
82	[[/index]]
83	* ''Super Danganronpa 2.5: Nagito Komaeda and the Destroyer of the World'': An {{OVA}} that comes with the limited edition of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' in Japan. It's set after the events of ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' and before the Hope Arc of ''Danganronpa 3''.
84	[[/folder]]
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86	!!The ''Danganronpa'' franchise provides examples of:
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88	!!Due to the sheer volume of spoilers resulting from the nature of the franchise's media, [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff all spoilers will be unmarked ahead]]. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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90	[[AC:General examples]]
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92	[[index]]
93	* Danganronpa/TropesAToD
94	* Danganronpa/TropesEToM
95	* Danganronpa/TropesNToZ
96	[[/index]]
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98	[[AC:Tropes with their own pages]]
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100	[[index]]
101	* [[ActorAllusion/{{Danganronpa}} Actor Allusion]]
102	* [[CruelAndUnusualDeath/{{Danganronpa}} Cruel and Unusual Death]]
103	* [[Foreshadowing/{{Danganronpa}} Foreshadowing]]
104	* [[TheFriendNobodyLikes/{{Danganronpa}} The Friend Nobody Likes]]
105	* [[Hypocrite/{{Danganronpa}} Hypocrite]]
106	* [[InterfaceSpoiler/{{Danganronpa}} Interface Spoiler]]
107	* [[RedHerring/{{Danganronpa}} Red Herring]]
108	* [[ShipTease/{{Danganronpa}} Ship Tease]]
109	* [[ShoutOut/{{Danganronpa}} Shout-Out]]
110	* [[WhamEpisode/{{Danganronpa}} Wham Episode]]
111	* [[WhamLine/{{Danganronpa}} Wham Line]]
112	* [[WhamShot/{{Danganronpa}} Wham Shot]]
113	[[/index]]
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117	->''"[[CruelAndUnusualDeath IT'S PUNISHMENT TIME!]]"'' [[note]] "''[[ShutUpHannibal No, that's wrong!]]"'' [[/note]]

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