Main installments: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc | Danganronpa Zero | Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair | Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School | Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
Spin-offs: Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls | Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp | Danganronpa Kirigiri
Warning! All spoilers below are unmarked.
It's virtually impossible to list tropes for this game without spoiling everything or creating Self-Fulfilling Spoilers because of the large amount of twists and Murder Mystery-related tropes it contains.
- Acting in the Dark: According to this interview
with Dorothy Elias-Fahn, she was not aware of Tsumugi being the Mastermind until she was given the script for it. - All-Star Cast: The Danganronpa franchise is known for bringing in new blood and veterans alike together, but this one pretty much stands out. Amongst the veterans, they include, but are not limited to; TARAKO, Hikaru Midorikawa, Kikuko Inoue, Maaya Sakamoto, Kenichi Suzumura, Akio Ōtsuka, Megumi Hayashibara and Kōichi Yamadera, the last of whom voices five characters! Hoo boy.
- Ascended Fanon: The well-known Danganronpa doujin artist Orima (known for artwork that can EASILY be mistaken for official because its just that good at mimicking its style and its high quality) made some fan execution concepts for various characters in Danganronpa 2. One of their concepts for a Kazuichi's execution is very similar to that of Kaito's, being trapped in a vehicle drilling into the Earth.
- Banned In South Korea: Likely due to featuring murders by high schoolers that were similar to a case of a 17-year old girl killing and dismembering an 8-year old girl in that country. Because the criminal was found to have been a regular participant of roleplaying communities (and Danganronpa was pretty big in the South Korean roleplaying scene), she was thought to have copied the game. In truth, she had never participated in roleplaying Danganronpa specifically, but a spokesperson of the South Korean ratings board committee has stated that V3 will remain banned because "[They have] determined that the game had crossed the line where it was difficult to allow this in society".
- Blooper: The characters, both sprite- and CG-wise, are often drawn off-model, most likely due to time constraints. While some particularly egregious art errors only appeared in the demo and were fixed in the actual game (like Miu's goggles being transparent and one sprite of Kokichi having six fingers), others are present in the full game, with Kaito (who is often missing his beard in the CG's and has an Ambidextrous Sprite in the Scrum Debate) suffering from this the most.
- Cross-Dressing Voices:
- Keeping up with the tradition of having the protagonist be voiced by a female, Megumi Hayashibara voices Shuichi in the Japanese version.
- Monophanie in the Japanese version is also voiced by the opposite gender, by virtue of all five of the Monokubs being voiced by the same person.
- While Monokuma is no longer voiced by Nobuyo Ōyama in Japanese, TARAKO keeps the tradition of having Monokuma voiced by a female alive.
- Directed by Cast Member: Wendee Lee is not only the director of the English dub, but she also voices Miu.
- Dummied Out:
- There is an unused sprite◊ of Miu holding a spiked dildo that can be found in the game's code, intended to be used for when she was angry. When it was first discovered, it became rather infamous in the fandom for obvious reasons. (Warning: NSFW)
- Rantaro has an unused Debate Scrum◊ sprite, which was used in promotional materials to avoid spoiling that he's the first victim.
- There is an unused sprite
- Fandom Nod: In the English version of Maki's first free time event, Kaede says she was expecting "some kinda Super-Duper High School Level Ultimate childcare technique!" "Super Duper High School" was the title used for students in the Project Zetsubou Fan Translation of the first game instead of "Super High School Level" (used in the anime adaptation of Trigger Happy Havoc and the Danganronpa 3 anime) or "Ultimate" (used in the games).
- God Never Said That: Kodaka never said that Miu was meant to be disliked. This comes from a mistranslation. What he actually said was that he didn't expect her to be as liked as she was.
- Meme Acknowledgment: Ever since Kokichi's official artwork of holding a bottle of grape Panta, the fans seem to treat it like it is his Trademark Favorite Food even though Kokichi never talks about Panta in the actual canon (although his report card says he likes carbonated drinks). NicoCafe menu drinks that are themed after this game ended up having Grape Fanta as his drink.
- The Other Darrin: Due to his Japanese voice actress Nobuyo Oyama's dementia, Monokuma is now voiced by TARAKO (AKA Zero III), carrying over from Danganronpa 3.
- Playing Against Type: Zig-zagged with Akio Ōtsuka as Ryoma. The actor's most iconic roles are generally tall, muscular manly men, while Ryoma is tiny, chubby and cartoonish-looking. On the other hand, Ryoma's grizzled, contemplative Death Seeker personality, as well as his backstory of having destroyed an entire gang by himself, perfectly matches up with one of Akio Ohtsuka's more typical characters.
- Promoted Fangirl: Sayaka Kanda, the woman who played Junko in the stage play adaptation of the first two games and sang the OP and ED of Danganronpa 3 Side:Future, was a big fan of the Danganronpa franchise. In this game, she voiced Kaede.
- Refitted for Sequel:
- Ryoma's death was likely a reference to Aoi's unused execution from the first game.
- On a smaller note, Kirumi's execution features some elements of both Byakuya and Kiyotaka's unused executions.
- Schedule Slip: The mobile port was originally slated for release on May 26, 2021, but was then delayed just two days before the scheduled release. It is now scheduled to release on April 12, 2022.
- You Sound Familiar: A lot of voice actors from the previous games in the series return here.
- Shuichi Saihara is voiced by Grant George, who voiced Leon Kuwata in the first game.
- Kaede Akamatsu is voiced by Erika Harlacher, who voiced Kyoko Kirigiri in the first game.
- K1-B0 is voiced by Lucien Dodge, who voiced Hifumi Yamada in the first game.
- Maki Harukawa is voiced by Erica Mendez, who voiced Nagisa Shingetsu in Another Episode.
- Himiko Yumeno is voiced by Christine Marie Cabanos, who voiced Chiaki Nanami in the second game.
- Rantaro Amami is voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch, who voiced Hajime Hinata in the second game.
- Ryomi Hoshi is voiced by Chris Tergliafera, who voiced Gundham Tanaka in the second game.
- Kirumi Tojo is voiced by Kira Buckland, who voiced Hiyoko Saionji in the second game.
- Angie Yonaga is voiced by Cassandra Lee Morris, who voiced Aoi Asahina in the first game.
- Tenko Chabashira is voiced by Julie Ann Taylor, who voiced Ibuki Mioda in the second game.
- Miu Iruma is voiced by Wendee Lee, who voiced Akane Owari in the second game.
- Gonta Gokuhara is voiced by Kaiji Tang, who voiced Yasuhiro Hagakure in the first game.
- Kokichi Oma is voiced by Derek Stephen Prince, who voiced Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu in the second game.
- Kaito Momota is voiced by Kyle Hebert, who voiced Kazuchi Soda in the second game.
- Tsumugi Shirogane is voiced by Dorothy Elias-Fahn, who voiced Sayaka Maizono and Chihiro Fujisaki in the first game.
- Monotaro is voiced by Sean Chiplock, who voiced Kiyotaka Ishimaru in the first game.
- Monokid is voiced by Patrick Seitz, who voiced Nekomaru Nidai in the second game.
- Monophanie is voiced by Natalie Hoover, who voiced Sonia Nevermind in the second game.
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