#DR Gaiden: Killer Killer

[neildespair]

DR main girls or at least very important of each media in my opinion< You get a kissy and whatever u want from me if u know em all

[despair-to-future-arcs]

The Orphan's Final Resting Place

Location: Elizabeth Saunders Home, Ōiso, Kanagawa Prefecture

Time: 7:21 PM

*The car then stop*

So this is the place, yeah?

Yeah it is and damn, I can still smell it here...

Smell...what?

It's... not something you want to see, but you better cover your noses; as there's a lot of bodies...

*As Akane lead them, the 2 came across bodies of bodies of children, ranging from the ages of 5 to 12 years old, all rotting corspes*

*covers his noses* What the shit?! Holy hell, the bodies smell bad here!

*covers her noses as well* Well... I guess we were warned, we should bury the bodies after we take care of the robot...

Yeah, just step inside, he'll be ready...

*As the group walk in, another taxi stop a bit far off*

DRIVER: That's as far as I go, sorry...

No no, it's fine - thank you very much for driving us here, I'll be sure to pay for your services...

*As then the car drove off*

Alright, I think I see the Future Foundation Car here, I believe they should be here, correct?

Yeah, c'mon - let's see... *As the 2 wander in, suddenly...*

Wh-Whoa, holy shit! Damn that smells...! *covers his nose*

*covers her nose too* Dear god, that smell... rotting bodies...

This...this is giving me a headache, how does anyone deal with this - let's get this-.

GUYS, LOOK OUT IT'S COMIN'!

*As then jumping from the air was a robot that jumped to the ground which then formed...*

[X]

*A giant robot with a glowing red eye appearing, it's sites were set on the intruders which then swung a fist at Juzo*

WHOA!! *Juzo quickly jumps back*

Looks like we got ourselves, guys shoot for the eye! *readies for his position*

EVERYONE: UNDERSTOOD!

*As then everyone kept shooting at the the robot with their hacking guns as Juzo kept rushing over and punching the eye*

That's a robot...isn't it? They look like Towa Corp...

Ye-Yeah and it looks really tough too, how are we gonna get pass this?

*WOOOOOOSH!!!*

*As then the robot shot a rocket from it's hand*

SHIT, COVER GUYS!!!!

*Everyone did so except for Emma and Hajime*

HOLY SHIT, EMMA LOOK OUT!!!

*Hajime pushed Emma on the ground which the rocket blew up a building from behind*

Ugh...th-that was...!

Ha-Hajime, are you alright?! We need to get out of here!

Ye-Yeah yeah, right behind you, let's go!

*the 2 rush off away and get into another taxi as the fight continues*

...

...

...

*BOOOOOM!!!*

*The robot was destory!*

Ah...ah...ahhh, d-did we win guys...?

Yea-Yeah...we did, damn that was tough as hell, everyone else okay?

FUTURE FOUNDATION MEMBER: We're find sir, but what about the bodies?

We are gonna remove them and bury them, also wear gas mask so you don't have to breath them in.

EVERYONE: Right!

*As then everyone got to work on cleaning up, except for Akane...*

[evangelistofmurder]

"There's no canon ships in DR"

NO FUCK YOU; ALIVE, WELL AND MARRIED AFTER ELOPING FROM THE HORRORS

[airportzero]

cuhrazy ass.. (which is said fondly, while twirling my hair)

[aretmaw]

Killer Killer, more like....kill me with that glare teehee :)

[evangelistofmurder]

killer killer reference,,

mukuro didn't you slaughter a whole middle school

[penguwastaken]

Danganronpa Canon Guide

I put together a guide to help people trying to get into Danganronpa and want to know what's canon or not

Canon = Main series or referenced in main series Implied Canon = Not main series or referenced in main series, but does not contradict canon Non-Canon = Alternate universes/timelines or media that contradicts canon

Canon:

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (Main Series)

Danganronpa Zero (Arguably main series, referenced in SDR2 and DR3)

Super Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (Main Series)

Danganronpa Kirigiri (Referenced in DRAE)

Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls (Arguably main series, referenced in DR3)

Ultra Despair Hagakure (Referenced in DRAE)

Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School (Main Series)

Super Danganronpa 2.5: Nagito Komaeda vs. The World Destroyer (Connects to DR3)

Implied Canon:

Makoto Naegi Secret File

Danganronpa Gaiden: Killer Killer

Kirigiriso (Only Plant Girl True End route, all other routes are non-canon)

Non-Canon

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc IF: The Button of Hope and the Tragic Warriors of Despair (Alternate version of DR)

Danganronpa 1・2 Beautiful Days (Alternate events of DR and SDR2)

Danganronpa Togami (Contradicts canon)

New Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (Alternate universe)

Happy Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp (Contradicts canon)

[hopeymchope]

Thoughts on MDA: Rain Code so far as I approach the end of Chapter 2

(...which is the game's third full-length chapter...)

I'll start with SPOILER-FREE thoughts before shifting into SPOILER MODE after the cut.

Yuma is so spineless and unable to stand up for himself or his own sense of what's right/wrong that he gives me some "Early Part of V3" Shuichi vibes. The poor bitch... I feel like this might come to bite him in the ass before he'll manage to toughen up.

However, it's really other characters I've met who remind me the MOST of specific Danganronpa characters. Of course the game is still in its early going, so there's plenty of time for most characters to get more development/focus. But right now, THE EXAMPLES: Take Sonia Nevermind, but imagine a woman from a powerful noble family who is even MORE clueless about reality because she lives in even MORE of her own insular bubble, and that's Fubuki Clockford. She's Sonia²,if you will. Zilch Alexander? He's reminiscient of Byakuya "Twogami" — he starts off giving you the snobby egotism of real Togami before swiftly displaying that surprisingly kind undercurrent of the Imposter's version. And one particularly weird example is Vivia Twilight, who is giving me strong echoes of a Danganronpa spinoff character. To be specific, Vivia strongly resembles the, er, "public face" of Takumi Hijirihara from Danganronpa Gaiden: Killer Killer. Y'know... the super-lowkey almost-sleepy guy who is constantly cramming himself into tight spaces that he finds comforting?

Panels such as this could easily be describing Vivia Twilight. They're even both detectives!

3. As has been pointed out by others, Rui Komatsuzaki really just straight-up gave Halara Nightmare the same face and hairstyle as Chiaki Nanami. At least Halara has a different hair color, I guess? And I suppose a lot of Komatsuzaki's characters share similar faces, which isn't uncommon among Japanese manga/anime-style artists. But it's still pretty striking to see Tall, Stern Nanami stroll up if you're familiar enough with the DR characters.

Beyond this cut, there will be spoilers for Master Detective Archives: Rain Code Chapters 0 through Chapter 2.

But nothing beyond that.

4. At the risk of stating the obvious: Yuma totally entered his pact with Shinigami because he wanted a "Forte" power, right? That's where that part of the backstory is obviously going.

5. We're still a long way from understanding Yuma's backstory and/or how he got into this contract with Shinigami, but we have a few hints at least. We know Yuma found a book in the WDO headquarters taht contained Shinigami, and it's been implied that maybe she's contracted with detectives in the past. But despite how their pact is core to the gameplay loop of Rain Code, I don't think it's going to turn out being a good thing for Yuma. Lil' Cocoa-Head keeps getting himself cornered in situations where he or someone else will die unless he can solve a mystery right fucking now, which means he keeps relying on Shinigami to save his ass, which means we KEEP KILLING THE CULPRITS by the end of each chapter, which is a really fucking bad trend that is going to eventually bite us in the ass for sure. The natural, obvious result of this is that Yuma will become the prime suspect for the extremely sudden deaths of all these killers. But I think it might go even harder than that... because what if, by the game's end (or maybe in a future sequel), we have to direct Shinigami (or some other spirit if we play as a different character later on/in a later game) to reap Yuma's own soul for his crimes? I feel like that's the obvious endgame here — Yuma is so incredibly complicit in these killings that he could be argued to be their murderer, and that's going to come full circle on him. But I guess we'll need a lot more time to tell on that front.

6. The loss of the Chapter 0 characters still kinda hurts, because so many of them were fascinating. Pucci Lavmin in particular was unlike any other character we've ever seen in Kodaka's ouvre, and it sucks that she was taken out of the mix without us getting any chance to develop or explore her further. My hope is that eventually we'll see some kind of AU side-story DLC or game that lets us dive deeper into even the deceased characters... I mean, Danganronpa always did that, and Rain Code DOES have its own Season Pass after all :P

7. I really thought for a while there that Chapter 2 would end with us having to accept that the real culprit was the very person we were attempting to exonerate and free from the Peacekeepers' sinister clutches. It doesn't go that route, but I feel like that's a twist that could (and SHOULD) come up in the future. Before this game is over, I expect to see a chapter where the real culprit is the very person we're trying to prove innocent. Can't wait to see how wrong I am! :P

[demos-cloud]

Although there were flaws and they were by no means perfect, I really did enjoy the Dangan Ronpa series, and feel that every installment had some parts it did better than the others.

The first game was rather novel at the time, and the real-time 'trial' gameplay it introduced was tons of fun and allowed for more tension compared to the trials in the Ace Attorney games (which are fun in their own right). The intertwining of the characters and discussions of social issues such as the idol industry, the perception of "man" and "manliness", otaku culture, how others could interpret suicide, and so forth, paired with the simplicity of "hope versus despair" in its purest form allowed the cast to feel so full of depth, much more than their initial introductions made them seem. It was truly revolutionary. Also Ouyama voicing Monokuma in Japanese felt like being hit by a 50-freight train.

SDR2's story was more fantastical compared to DR1 but it absolutely excelled with its puzzles and trials. I found them to be far more interesting and more difficult/complex which really drew me in. The characters are also absolutely spectacular (I am pretending Hanamura doesn't exist) and I adore that none of them have a simple relationship with another. From the conflicting Pekoyama who devotes herself as merely a tool to be used and discarded by her master, Fuyuhiko, who desires for her to learn and grow and eventually stand by his side as an equal - as a human; to the appreciation and loathing that Saionji holds towards Mikan; to the muddled mixture of love and hatred that is KomaHina. It was all so wonderful and I found myself so attached to these characters.

Ultra Despair Girls existed.

Dangan Ronpa: Zero and DR: Kirigiri were interesting reads and helped to provide additional characterization for some of the cast members that didn't get as much game screen time. They were by no means exceptional, but I would consider them decent supplementary material.

Dangan Ronpa Gaiden: Killer Killer was surprisingly more interesting than I expected. It introduced new characters which weren't the most compelling, but the primary focal relationship was just so charming and the finale was fantastic and I am such a sucker for double suicide-murders as a way to convey your love I mean what.

NDRV3 ends with another charming cast but primarily the OumaSai dynamic which felt like it really made you think and wonder and speculate. The overarching theme of "truth/real versus lie/fake" was delivered spectacularly within the confines of these two characters, and I am furthermore biased with the existence of all the wonderful girls this game introduced. Tenko you are so wonderful and even though you are a fictional character, you deserve so much better.

DR3 Side: Hope existed.

DR3 Side: Future was... interesting. I enjoyed a lot of the characters - and I feel that this is one of the series' strong points - and yet, somehow many of them felt lacking. Ruruka especially got on my nerves as she was played up to be this competent manipulator type and ended up as just. bratty.

[makowo]

Apologies, but… what’s DR Gaiden? Is that the Killer Killer manga??? (If it is, I would like to remind everyone that towards the end a person is beheaded so cleanly that their head REATTACHES ITSELF after falling back on their neck. No, I’m not kidding.)

No. unfortunately it is NOT the Killer Killer manga. the manga is actually pretty good and i liked it when i read it, so stupid but so funny

the word "Gaiden" is used to refer to side stories to a main series however, which is why this awesome ao3 fic series that's most likely got a longer total reading time than all three games + the anime, is called DR Gaiden.

(Image ID: The AO3 statistics of DR Gaiden. It has 1,352,107 words, 216 works, is confirmed not to be completed yet, and has a total of 44 bookmarks. Across every single one of these works. End ID)

DR Gaiden is a currently ongoing series made by Wi.iF.an2.00.9 and Mo.ilo.ru, and despite its name, it follows Makoto and Kyoko throughout the entire series as they face the challenges given in the wake of The Tragedy, and forge a perfect happy ending out of it. It's a canon divergence AU, where trauma is basically nonexistent/resolved immediately after formation in one fic, and LGBTQ+ people are at BEST a background prop.

Yeah, I don't even know if Sakakura is gay in this I'm gonna be honest. it's like the most christian series ever without having any explicit christian imagery in it. There's some INSANE reaches for straight ships in this, it's really fucking obnoxious. But that is the LEAST of the problems in this, tbh.

(Image ID: An excerpt from "The Ultimate Detective and The Ultimate Hope Gaiden: Maki Moves In!" It says this: "Babe? Isn't that kinda misogynistic? Kaito thought, frowning as his brow furrowed." End ID)

Characters will say the most unrealistic shit ever. It feels like every five lines I'm going "they would not fucking say that." There's an anti-abortion message in this series, did you know that? It's revealed that Makoto almost got aborted but apparently his Ultimate Hope talent is a real, literal thing, and he stopped his own abortion by it. Uh. Manifesting? It was weird, it was really weird.

There's also some very interesting fics around. Like the one where Makoto proposes to Kyoko, but the ring won't fit over her glove, so she does the only realistic thing to do in this sort of situation; Throws her gloves into the fireplace and proclaims that she's "completely and utterly his." The backlash to this was apparently so bad that it was later rectified in a fic where Kyoko is suddenly nervous again about not having gloves.

There's some other stuff too, but I won't get too into. Just know that there is an accepted commission in this where the main fankid, an UNDERAGE CHARACTER, I believe around in her early teenage years at the time, in an. I'll just say explicit fic. You can go search for it yourself if you're curious, but I'm not talking about it here.

Then ofc, there's the infamous autism therapy fics. One is the initial diagnosis, and the second is the month of therapy thereafter. And they both suck so so so fucking bad.

There's ofc more to cover, way too much to cover tbh, but that's just. a sample of this series. This shouldn't have been this long but I have very strong feelings about this series, and it's hard to not ramble about.

[despair-to-future-arcs]

Meanwhile!

Location: Orphanage

Time: 12:55 PM

*typing away as she looks over her computer* ...

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-As say, we are interrogating the Junko clones as we speak.

And what did you pick up?

Well it seems they were followers of Junko and pretended to be her, even going to the Ultimate Imposter to impersonate her perfectly during her final moments and it seems that now, they'll agree to turn themselves in peacefully.

Hmph, if she were the real thing I would of beaten the shit out of her...

...Sir, I would recommend you keep your anger under control, we are working on it and I think you can let me handle this, alright? Anyway-.

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*Monaca watch the meeting as it continue but then stops* Hope won again and despair loss, I thought there be fighting or an execution.

Monaca wanted to see hope and despair class but even then it turn out peacefully somehow... why are things getting so boring, Big sis Junko say this was the excitement and unpredictability.

Well... Monaca will keep waiting until despair happens, puhuhuhuuu!

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Well honestly I think the tragedy being done is a good thing you edgelord.

???: Sunako? It's lunch...

Hm? Oh... hello miss Nijiue, I suppose your here to drop lunch?

Well I was calling you to come down but I see your busy, want me to bring lunch for you?

Actually, I'm nearly done - just finish up some files...

Honesly reading these files the Warriors of Hope wrote, especially their commandments is giving me a headache trying to understand half of them and their 'punishments' supposedly.

[adrixtheboar]

GAMES COMPLETED ON NINTENDO SWITCH

The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild

Super Mario Odyssey

Doom

Axiom Verge

Bloodstained Curse of the Moon

Shantae and the Half Genie Hero

Captain Toad Treasure Tracker

Blaster Master Zero

Megaman 11

The Messenger

Human Fall Flat

Dr Mario

Stardew Valley

Final Fantasy 9

Kirbys Adventure

Super Smash Bros Ultimate

Katamari Damacy Reroll

Mortal Kombat 11

Blaster Master Zero 2

Doom (original)

Doom 3

Vice Project Doom

Demons Crest

Blasphemous

Untitled Goose Game

Yoshis Island Super Mario World 2

Friday the 13th Killer Puzzle

Outlast 2

Kid Icarus

Luigis Mansion 3

Star Wars Jedi Knight 2 Outcast

Metroid

Ninja Gaiden

Pokemon Sword

Super Mario Bros 2

Shovel Knight Treasure Trove

The Witcher 3 The Wild Hunt

Goblin Sword

Doom 64

Crypt of the Serpent King

Castle Crashers

Animal Crossing New Horizons

Firewatch

Xenoblade Chronicles

Good Job

Waifu Uncovered

Bloodstained Curse of the Moon 2

Bloodstained Ritual of the Night

Darksiders

Donut Country

Tales of Vesperia

Carrion

Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity

Doom Eternal

Morbid The Seven Acolytes

Cyber Shadow

Evoland

Super Mario 3D World Bowsers Fury

Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze

LA Noire

Monster Hunter Rise

Shantae and the Seven Sirens

Pantsu Hunter Back to the 90s

Axiom Verge 2

Metroid Dread

Shinobi 3 Return of the Ninja

Pokemon Brilliant Diamond

Pokemon Legends Arceus

Infernax

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

The Stanley Parable

Pokemon Lets Go Pikachu

TMNT Shredders Revenge

New Pokémon Snap

Cult of the Lamb

Evil Tonight

Super Ghouls and Goblins

Astalon Tears of the Earth

Pokémon Scarlet

Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core Reunion

[despairmakoto]

if anyone is curious what order is best to consume the ronpas...

1. DR1: Trigger Happy Havoc the GAME... there is an anime adaptation but I only recommend that as a refresher. The Game is 1000x better. Use manga adaptations as refreshers too!!!

2. SDR2: Goodbye Despair (Also a Game)... Any manga/other adaptations should be treated as refreshers.

3. Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls (Game): This game DOES in fact line up with the story and is important!! Just be very careful because this game is a lot more triggering with its content. Playthroughs or summaries are okay if you can't handle the game yourself. Plays differently from the first two games. If you can handle the pain it's a pretty good game.

4. Danganronpa 3: Future Arc / Despair Arc (ANIME): Start with episode 1 of Future, then episode 1 of Despair. Then episode 2 of Future, episode 2 of Despair. Keep doing it like that. They were shown this way when it aired and it's meant to be shown like that!

5. Super Danganronpa 2.5 (ANIME): This is a single episode... just place it here. Trust me on this.

6. Danganronpa 3: Hope Arc (Anime): Finale for the Future and Despair arcs. Only one episode.

7. New Danganronpa V3 (Game): Last game in the series as of typing this. Claims to be separate but use your noggin. Watch for clues lol.

8. Danganronpa S: Mini game that is a sequel to the mini game built in to DRV3 if you beat it. It's not canon and has its own little story going on. It's not like the main games at all it's just a fun little thing, but it does come after DRV3 in the regard that it is connected to DRV3's talent building mini game

DR:0 is sort of a prequel to certain events... I would recommend completing SDR2 before touching it, however.

Danganronpa IF is a light story that is not canon and can be found in THH. Read this after THH has been completed.

Danganronpa Secret File about Makoto Naegi should be read anytime after THH.

Danganronpa Kirigiri is a novel series that I am going to go ahead and assume can be read anytime after THH! It's a prequel for Kyoko Kirigiri!

Danganronpa Togami is a novel series that is ambiguously/mixed canon. Take the last book with a grain of salt especially. Should be read anytime after SDR2 because it would have spoilers for that.

There is also Danganronpa Gaiden: Killer Killer... manga series that I have yet to read, but as far as I'm aware that should be read after finishing the DR3 anime.

Enjoy! 👍

why are Danganronpa 3 and Danganronpa V3 completely different things?

[hijinkiewinkies]

takumi hijirihara!!