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I think the worst part about all this is everyone telling Hajime "its okay to be normal" and he still goes through with the Izuru project.
Feels bad, man.
Feels bad, man.
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Danganronpa 3 The End of Hope's Peak Academy |OT| Nagito Komaeda's Wild Ride Part Two
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A Link to the Past
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In life, it doesn't matter how much people believe in you when you aren't strong enough to believe in their belief
UberTag
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Granted, if Hajime's family was wealthy, strength wouldn't have been a necessity for him. It's his own damn fault that he had a foolish notion of wanting and needing to attend Hope's Peak despite having no discerning talent whatsoever. Hearing "it's okay to be normal" when he's that committed to realizing his dream and has a solution to his financial woes placed right in his lap... I mean, one little chat with Tengan isn't going to dissuade that.
Stuff like this is why Hajime is the ultimate audience surrogate
His arc in DR2 makes me cri every time
Hours Left
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If that's the case, then I definitely misread that exchange.
That was Hajime's theory, yes
However
It's wrong. Gundam challenged Nekomaru to a one on one fight. He explicitly denies having used his hamsters to hit the sleep button on Nekomaru.
This image is pretty striking (his hamsters are nowhere to be seen), and his choice of words are important. The fact that both characters fought is pretty much undeniable, and the subtext makes it pretty clear that Gundam didn't use his hamsters to fight. It was a battle to the death and Gundam won.
Honestly this is the first time I've ever heard it explained that way, so it's news to me.
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Kingpin Rogers
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Hey guys, just thought I'd mention my severe disappointment at the title of this OT.
In my opinion, it holds a massive spoiler in the fact it confirms Nagito lives through Danganronpa 2. I'm someone who only just started playing Danganronpa 2 and once I remembered seeing this topic and the name included it was like a gut punch. My whole experience with the game has been changed since I now know he doesn't die. If you could please change it to something less spoilerish that would be appreciated. Also, I'm only up to chapter 3 of Danganronpa 2 so please don't mention any spoilers about that either.
In my opinion, it holds a massive spoiler in the fact it confirms Nagito lives through Danganronpa 2. I'm someone who only just started playing Danganronpa 2 and once I remembered seeing this topic and the name included it was like a gut punch. My whole experience with the game has been changed since I now know he doesn't die. If you could please change it to something less spoilerish that would be appreciated. Also, I'm only up to chapter 3 of Danganronpa 2 so please don't mention any spoilers about that either.
MetroidPrimeRib
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You assume too much. DR3 Despair is a prequel anyway. You're more likely to be spoiled by something real by coming in here.
You're trolling right?
stop
If they go down the Hajime/Chiaki romance route then that's a pretty big reason for him to go through with the project, given that he'd have to leave the school otherwise.
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DR3 is a prequel so its not as spoilerish as you think it is.
R_thanatos
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I think you're mistaken about 2 things.
First the entire cast of dangan 2 is in the despair arc , it's a prequel so everyone is there in the anime.
Second, this thread is about the current events we're actively discussing DR1, 2 , AE events , you should flee from here ASAP.
Third , there are no spoilers in that title thread.
Oh you sweet summer child. Flee while you can.
This actually might be the case, aside from his inferiority complex and financial struggles. Changing a school is a kind of big deal in Japan, if I am not mistaken. He might've thought he won't be able to see Chiaki anymore.
It's kind of unreasonable how much more enjoyable the Despair Arc is than the Future Arc. It's like every time they make a new cast in this series, 90% of them are worse than the previous bunch. And then all the good few die, so you have to live with the sucky ones until you don't hate them as much.
I'm preferring the Future arc right now.
Ludger Kresnik
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I'm liking the Despair arc more as well, but part of it is probably because of the familiar cast in a familiar setting. I know practically nothing about most of the Future cast, aside from them being total assholes, so there's a disconnect. The mystery is the only thing driving Future right now, while Despair has the mystery and characters I know and care about. Despair's mystery is also imo the more interesting one, since it's SDR2's biggest unanswered question, though I do really like how I have no idea what to expect in Future.
Despair is also more typical Danganronpa in tone, while Future is just grimdark grimdarkness with zero comic relief atm.
Despair is also more typical Danganronpa in tone, while Future is just grimdark grimdarkness with zero comic relief atm.
The episode ends with him going out on a date with Chiaki. It's happening.
It had some comic relief but someone put a knife in her ample bosom at the end of episode 1.
The Silver
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But man though, P4 protag and his bros need to cut Naegi some slack, this is the guy that beat motherfucking Junko, a bunch of ultimate despairs killed themselves off when they saw it, how much more proof do you need this guy is on your side? They barely give him a chance to speak, they go straight for the jugular, calm down you fucks.
I mean to be fair she let him win and Makoto states that things got a lot wilder in response to her death like some sort of retaliation. Not to mention these are people witnessed the collapse of society and death of countless innocents while Makoto and Friends were playing their cozy little murder game to see who could escape purgatory to go to hell. I'm not saying they're nice people, but they definitely have good reasons to be mad at Makoto even if what he did was ultimately the right thing.
Permanently A
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Oddly enough I feel more excitement watching Future arc and seeing where the plot will go, whereas I dread watching Despair arc because everything is too cheerful. I just felt horrible watching Chiaki and Hajime's meet cute.
I'm enjoying Future more cause I don't know what's going to happen. There is mystery involved and I don't know the fates of these characters. I like Danganronpa for it's mysteries.
We all know how Despair ends, we just get to see how it happens. It's super great to see these characters again though and learn more about them.
We all know how Despair ends, we just get to see how it happens. It's super great to see these characters again though and learn more about them.
The Silver
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I don't mind that their initial reaction is to be mad about it, the problem is that they go 0-100 ,I mean if there's anyone on the planet to give the benefit of the doubt to before you go straight to execution its Naegi.
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I hope Hagakure doesn't die. That would be just kind of disappointing. I would have been fine if Asahina survived for him to die, but not both of them. I'd honestly sooner have any other character from the original cast die than him, Toko aside.
I think we still have 10 weeks of episodes.
lazyproblems
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Count me as someone who currently prefers Future arc over Despair. I look forward to Future each week as it's more exciting and interesting. I'm eager to see where it goes and how they finish up the HPA saga. I personally like learning more about the new characters and seeing how they adapt to the new game. Also, I love mysteries and as mentioned we have the benefit of not knowing how it ends.
Despair is still fun, and it is cool seeing how things went to hell. That said, one of the big reasons I look forward to it each week is because we get to learn more about Future arc's characters and events, and how the past shapes the future.
Despair is still fun, and it is cool seeing how things went to hell. That said, one of the big reasons I look forward to it each week is because we get to learn more about Future arc's characters and events, and how the past shapes the future.
You shouldn't even be here if you fear spoilers.
Do like what some of us did. Go on a blackout or whatsoever until you are done with the game. Don't even go on Youtube and search stuff related to Danganronpa.
UberTag
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I'm a little curious how they'll handle the fact that the Future arc will have its finale before the Despair arc. I mean, if the Future arc's closing moments are the franchise's capper then what will that Despair finale boast. Just the Despairs raising havoc and a Junko showcase or will it offer something more than that? (Or will there be a twist of some kind - which may have already been inferred at the beginning of Despair Episode 1.)
GoodMorningPluto
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I just want to say that dual releases a week is one of the best thing about all this. There is basically no downtime and painful waiting for a new episode to drop, and always something new to stir up conversation. I know it's not feasable for other anime (both financially and story-wise), but damn I wish more series would adapt that.
It's quite taxing on the animation studio though. Hopefully they wouldn't break down halfway and we get episodes delayed and stuff.
hahahaha
oh my god. aside from the fact that DR3 despair is a prequel, please, come back after you've finished danganronpa 2 just so that you can re-read your post and laugh at it with us.
specifically regarding your assumption about nagito
Permanently A
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Its really genius. I was totally skeptical of it, thought it would be confusing to follow and the mood whiplash would be detrimental, but they totally sold me on how they developed Chisa's character postmortem. The way we're going to get exposition in Despair arc about the FF members so Future arc can be nonstop action and tension is masterful.
dakkumauji
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I'm a lot more interested in the future arc than the despair arc since we don't know how the future will end
we don't know who will die, what twists, etc, like I have no idea whats the end goal will be so its definitely a lot more interesting to tune in every week
the despair arc is a lot more enjoyable cause I love the characters but we mostly know their fate, so it's just slowly watching everything go terribly wrong with them and its a bit horrible knowing there's nothing we can do about that
we don't know who will die, what twists, etc, like I have no idea whats the end goal will be so its definitely a lot more interesting to tune in every week
the despair arc is a lot more enjoyable cause I love the characters but we mostly know their fate, so it's just slowly watching everything go terribly wrong with them and its a bit horrible knowing there's nothing we can do about that
the despair arc is absolutely engrossing for me purely because I know their fate. And I'm scared to see how they end up there.
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Ludger Kresnik
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Sgt.Pepper
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That's a
virtual world.
The DR1 cast did kill each other after the memory wipe, and according to
Mukuro
Virtual or not, it doesn't change the fact that they were made to "kill" each other after a time when they seemed to all be best buddies with each other.
What compels me about the Despair arc is the upcoming downfall. I enjoy seeing situations deteriorate dramatically.
Well yeah, I know its a virtual world. They still killed each other.
Only four of them did! And one of those was to save everyone else in a mutual and honourable fight to the death! The only true murderers were Teruteru (twisted by nagito), Pekoyama (twisted sense of honour), Mikan (sabotaged by monokuma into remembering the past) and Gundham (mutual battle with a robot Nidai to save everyone). The only debatable one was Nagito, but he killed himself, and was only doing so to eliminate despair.
And the fact is, they all entered into the game knowing exactly what was going to happen. Their plan was to kill each other and be taken over by AI Junko. But hope won in the end
I'd say that's a good outcome. The "dead" aren't even technically dead.
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