#sdr2 spoilers

[ultimafangirl]

I think I realized why the Project Eden's Garden execution affected me more than the Danganronpa executions.

It's the emotion.

Looking back, the Danganronpa executions don't have a lot of emotion. Sure, you're horrified but the expressions are kinda...

Leon is freaking out but you only get glimpses of his face once the execution starts going. I always thought that dizzy expression on Mondo's face was goofy. Celeste had a smile on her face and you don't see her when she actually dies. I can't tell what expression Alter Ego has cause the screen is too small and obscured by the carnage. Kyoko and Naegi are probably the most emotion we get in an execution cause the focus is on their expressions. Junko is... Junko.

Teruteru's expressions are goofy by default and the execution is no exception. Peko starts to cry before her execution but acts calm (for lack of a better word) during it. Mikan is... Mikan. Gundham faces his death head on with a smile. Chiaki tries to escape but ends up waiting quietly.

Kaede gets silly dizzy eyes. Kirumi lets out a scream (and she is actually my favorite execution to describe to people who don't know the series). Shinguuji is another one who gets a lot of focus on his expression. We do not talk about Gonta's execution. Kaito died with a smile on his face. Kiibo went out in a blaze of glory. And Tsumugi gave everyone a final wave goodbye.

What's one thing that didn't show up? Crying. We didn't see anyone cry as they died. But that's what we get in Eden's Garden. The culprit is crying as the execution continues. There's no determined expression, there's a scared teenaged crying, probably still begging to live. We just can't hear them over the music. There's no cutaway from their face. Instead we see the last look of horror on their face as they take the final fall.

The execution just feels so much more visceral than Danganronpa. This isn't an Ultimate trying to face death with dignity only to get that chance ripped away by a stuffed bear. This is a scared child (I'm 31 they're all children to me) who was never given a chance at dignity in the first place.

[matchamabs]

wearing a shirt that says ask me why i love kazuichi souda

[gundh]

[luckcycler]

I can't believe I have been coerced into drawing fan art by friends

based on this image

[fadedintotheflowers]

Case 3 in a nutshell.

[badlydrawnronpa]

The worst part of the Despair Arc is that we never saw Fuyuhiko being enraged that Hiyoko got a growth spurt and he didn’t

[lightprkdraws]

I'm back on my meds again!! :DD

[bronze-and-silver-keys]

I'll probably clean this up one of these days

[kirbybot]

happy birthday to my #1 favorite brain parasite (he’s fine don’t worry about it)

[ariespetal]

Chapter 5 !!!! (I shake my fist at the sky)

[drawbauchery]

real canon depiction of why he had to be nerfed before the trials

[templegate]

A terrible realization. Aka how terrible would it be if your special little guy was just some dude

[accirax]

guys they said ANTENNA how could i not

(inspired by, of course, the original as well as @samglyph 's creative modifications)

[shsl-analyzer-guy]

hey the reason that the sdr2 cast are allowed to come back and survive the NWP killing game is symbolic of the fact that even when you are the worst version of yourself, it is still you and you are still alive and you can still make the choice to become better btw. Hey the sdr2 class is inherently built upon forgiveness and redemption btw

[chickensoup1025]

Or alternatively:

[fadedintotheflowers]