Though interest in the thread was initially minimal, more people were drawn in as the mystery unfolded.

Online Presenceĭangan Ronpa was largely introduced to the English-speaking web through Something Awful user orenronen's Let's Play thread of the game, created on November 5th, 2011. Eventually it is discovered the island was a simulation, and the students (bar one) are all former members of Super High School Level Despair, placed in a simulation by the survivors of the first game to rehabilitate them.Ī spinoff game, Dangan Ronpa Another Episode ( 絶対絶望少女ダンガンロンパ Another Episode), takes place between the first two games, and follows the sister of Makoto Naegi, as well as Touko Fukawa, a survivor of the first game, as they work to liberate a city from the Warriors of Hope, children aligned with SHSL Despair. However, Monokuma takes over and begins anotrher killing game. The sequel, Super Dangan Ronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubou Gakuen ( スーパーダンガンロンパ2 さよなら絶望学園, localised as Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair), is initially presented as a counterpoint to the original: the player character, Hajime Hinata, awakens on a tropical island and is told by a magical rabbit, Usami, to befriend his classmates. During the events of the game, the player discovers they had actually been in school together for two years already (during which the Tragedy had occurred) and had had their memories of it removed by the mastermind, Junko Enoshima. In the first game of the series, Dangan Ronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei ( ダンガンロンパ希望の学園と絶望の高校生, localised as Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc), the player character, Makoto Naegi, is trapped in Hope's Peak itself with his classmates. During the game, the player discovers more about an apocalyptic event (officially known as The Tragedy in the localisation) brought about by Super High School Level Despair, which left the world in ruins and allowed the killing games to happen.

After a body is discovered, a Class Trial is held, in which the students try to find the killer if the killer deceives their fellow students into voting wrongly, they will be allowed to escape alone. The basic structure of the series is similar across instalments: several students are trapped somewhere, and forced by Monokuma (a bear, and the avatar of the mastermind) to kill one of their fellow students if they wish to leave. The students are given the title 'Super High School Level' (超高校級, officially translated as 'Ultimate'). The story of the series centres around Hope's Peak Academy (希望ヶ峰学園, Kibougamine Gakuen), an elite school which accepts only students who are the best of the best in their specific niche. Warning: spoilers for the entire series follow.

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