I like your post Permanently A, but for sake of discussion I'm gonna try and defend some points. Some I can't do anything about. Not for fact of liking it but for devil's advocate.
(although I have no major gripes personally I've always felt DR is kinda shlocky and brick-a-brack with DR2 being the only decent twist in the series. I enjoy the series but I don't expect too much from it myself.)
Chisa gave the videos to the leader of the FF instead of broadcasting the despair video to brainwash the world. She should have no qualms about this since its exactly what Junko did.
Her brain working like Junko's =/= being Junko. The idea was to be duplicitous and make things unstable from the inside, convincing the future foundation to take itself down in the process. Which in a way, was a success. With Miratai brainwashing the world - who is going to trust anyone from that group anymore? Or those who associated with them.
Tengan made a killing game to convince Ryota to upload the hope video instead of just taking his phone.
Yeah I don't get this one. Surely he could've strong armed him regardless? Part of me likes the idea because it's something along the lines of using the techniques of your enemy to win. Tengen's message also makes this unclear. Had he been exposed to the video off screen? That's the only way I could think to put it. An icon of hope acting in an extreme manner?
The Hope's Peak Overseas Branch has a device that can simultaneously broadcast a signal to the entire world and even reaches space.
there are giant robots and all manner of other shit. I can pass this off as "weird world". Plot convenience indeed though.
Tengan shuts down the Hope's Peak Overseas Branch and builds an underwater portion to it because ???
He was hoping to turn it into a Seaworld and after the tragedy things got a bit awkward.
Junko is somehow able to insert the despair brainwash editing techniques into a live broadcast.
A delay on the broadcast as she edits it?
Mitarai's talent is animating, his NG code is he can't use his talent, therefore he can't play a video on his phone???
His real talent is brainwashing, he'd be using his talent by using a video he created.
How would the bracelets even detect Mitarai using his phone, or Asahina getting punched/kicked as opposed to hit with a weapon, or Seiko's shadow being stepped on?
How did Mondo get turned into butter? Things like the NWP exist it's hardly unbelievable that technology is weird in this world. You'd expect some element of human interaction though for those
Mitarai leaves Naegi alone instead of brainwashing him too.
On top of that a bump to the noggin appears to have stopped Asahina from exhibiting symptoms.
Maybe despair just needs a bash on the head.
Junko built a secret dungeon under Hope's Peak without anyone noticing.
She doesn't have the workforce at this point so I found this strange. The series seemed so concerned with portraying Junko with the same strength as post tragedy Junko - it would make sense there but she wasn't given enough screen time to explain it. You could argue that it was done using the reserve course students however since it was around the same time she had them trailing her around.
Class 77 goes after Chisa by themselves.
I don't quite get why this point exactly is a problem, could you expand? Is it more a personal dislike with the way the story went or.
Chiaki is a mary sue that didn't do anything but die.
Izayoi has no character.
Ruruka has absolutely horrendous motivations.
Most characters in this series are pretty two dimensional I feel but I agree, Izayoi was probably the worst. He was there as a pet to Ruruka. You could argue his lack of character comes from the fact he was kept under her "spell".
[*]Class 77 are brainwashed and retroactively absolved of any moral responsibility for their actions as Despairs.
Wasn't this stated by DR2 that they'd been brainwashed anyway? I don't get the surprise here.
Tengan includes Ryota in the game and gives him an NG code increasing his chances of dying and the whole killing game being for nothing.
His motives are complex.
Kirigiri arbitrarily decides not to enter the secret room and misses an opportunity to stop the game right there.
Why did Tengan even make the secret room?
I, uhh. I...
Find out on Thursday!
Monaca literally says fuck it and leaves
Literally the worst thing
(I really enjoyed UDG)
