#Danganronpa v3: Killing Harmony

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[vellichorom]

there are times it's necessary to admit defeat.

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Something came over me

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programming like this was made possible by viewers like you

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Spoilers for ch 3‼

Trial 3 be like

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i have SO much shit to do with vacation packing, artfight prep AND making a portfolio for a zine, but i really wanted to get this out before i left! happy late birthdays to danganronpa's assigned-queer-at-birth characters 🎂🎉

[konxhk]

Sure, I may focus on art and all but that doesn't mean I can't also make stupid stuff.

[shsl-analyzer-guy]

Do you ever think about how every killer in drv3, by some manner, killed not for themselves but for the sake of others. How Kaede have up her freedom in exchange for a chance at finding the mastermind, how Kirumi killed to try and save Japan as a whole, how Kork killed for the sake of his sister, how Gonta wanted to save his friends in a mercy kill, how Kokichi sought to end the game and how Kaito revealed himself so that who remained would live.

And do you think about how that ongoing theme of sacrifice mirrors the way the pre-game contestants sacrificed their lives and their beings for the sake of their love unified into one franchise, the same way that Tsumugi had. Something about the all consuming love of creation that ate them all whole, given by their own free will.

How something beautiful can come out of self sacrifice, but also how it shouldn't have to. How those who survive come out battered and bruised, a ghost of their former selves. Something about the exploitation of their love twisting it into a malicious series that cares only about the end result and not for the people they're supposedly catering to. Something about the inherent greed of capitalistic success and how it turns something meant to inspire hope in the future becoming a vicious cycle of violence just for the sake of it. The original meaning of perseverance lost, with the only ending being in cutting the head off the snake and letting it die

Hey did you know V3 was about reality tv-

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[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

Shuichi, Himiko, Keebo, and Maki represent our fave characters in general. They’ve been made aware of their existence as characters and are horrified by the way they are being written.

Tsumugi represents companies that continue to milk franchises dry because the public keeps consuming the content. They don’t care about the significance of the story, they care about what sells. So, they keep coming up with all these ridiculous storylines to keep the show going, even though it’s at the expense of the characters we love.

The DRV3 in-game fanbase is the other main villain since they’ve lost appreciation of the story. All they want is more blood and lewdness, they don’t care about the characters and their journey. The thing is, the loss in appreciation happened because the company (aka Tsumugi aka Team Danganronpa) keeps churning out content for people to consume.

So it becomes a vicious cycle of the company not understanding the significance of the story they’re telling, which makes the audience care less and less about what they’re consuming. Tsumugi LITERALLY takes the form of previous Danganronpa characters just so the audience can go, “OMG, it’s my fave character from the other game!” There’s no other reason why Makoto and Kyoko show up, they’re just there for us to cheer as cameo characters.

And how do the villains justify their treatment of the heroes? They tell them that it’s all fiction, so it doesn’t matter what they do to them. Who cares if we kill off all your favorite characters, it’s just fiction bro. You’re just there for people’s entertainment, so do what the audience wants. Say the line everyone likes, or make their favorite ship canon. It doesn’t matter how much we torture you (read: “butcher your story” / “assassinate your character”), we can do whatever we want to you since it’s all fiction anyways.

And how do our heroes fight back? They tell Tsumugi and the audience that their lives matter and that fiction can change the world. That we need to remember that the media we consume has meaning and that we shouldn’t treat it like disposable material. It doesn’t matter if they’re fictional, they matter to someone out there.

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Perhaps I’ve been too harsh on V3. People were so up in arms about the game supposedly dissing the fanbase when the ending was warning us about the dangers of companies destroying their own IPs by not letting them rest, as well as toxic fanbases losing appreciation of the series they’re a fan of. And they did it by having the characters themselves speak about how their lives are being ruined by the people writing/influencing their stories.

This is straight up something Black Mirror would make. In fact, they kinda did with Bandersnatch.

Okay, it’s official. V3 is my favorite Danganronpa. It’s got a lot of flaws, but I give it props for the vision.

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Stage 1: Denial

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ACT 5: the last

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