"...as such, they had no friends" 90% of the entire cast

“You like Danganronpa? Recite the entire timeline.” This MADLAD:

I love how bombing the school is like the least crazy thing that nagito has been involved with

Quick addition: Celeste was not only killed in the burning of the witch, Monokuma knew that she wanted to be unique and special, so he made her burn. That's why she was happy, she was being burned-- which is a very unique death nowadays-- in a gothic city. But, because Monokuma was evil, he made her get run over by a firetruck at the end. Getting run over by a vehicle is a very common death, so Celeste was filled with despair for her last moments.

I don't know how you can say "underground mafia tennis tournament" with a straight face.

You know there's too much stuff to cover when the phrase "Nekomaru, who is now a robot" is just dropped unceremoniously.

I’m sorry but Junkos backstory makes so much sense to me because there’s so many real life examples of people committing horrible crimes out of “boredom” or “just to know what it feels like”

There's this term called "jumping the shark" that means when a franchise has run out of ideas and starts using outlandish bullshit to keep going and keep audience attention. I feel like this series saw that as a challenge and instead designed a game who's premise was so fuckin bat shit that jumping the shark wouldn't even be possible. They saw the lengths people would go to to keep their shit relevant and said "Hold my fuckin beer you cowards"

The man really did a 3+ hours essey on the messiest lore ever and didn't even have an end card saying he's dead inside, that commands respect

The biggest thing I learned from this video is that everyone in this series needs a hug and some therapy

You forgot the event Junko did that caused the most despair: She left a single piece of cheese on the basketball court of Westmore Middle School

I love how every character in this series is solid enough to carry their own story.

And I thought I knew the full timeline.

someone pray for this man if danganronpa 4 ends up coming out

Junko: **kills and is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people** Me: Meh. Junko: **brutally tortures and kills Chiaki and blackmails Juzo for being gay** Me: Wtf is wrong with her. That's awful.

I love how in this incredibly comprehensive and detailed video about Danganronpa's lore, you literally never mentioned the Monokubs even once. I don't even mind them all that much, but it really does go to show just how unnecessary their inclusion was.

Summery: Junko, who can predict everything, got bored and decided to destroy the world. She succeeded, even when she fails.

I love how everyone in 77-B has horrifically stereotypical anime trope character traits but u look into their backgrounds and they all have terrible tragic histories to explain those traits

I don't consider Nagito the ultimate lucky student, I consider him to just be the ultimate luck, Both good luck and bad.

The fact that each character has such deeply enriching backstories just clues you in on how much dedication is poured into creating them, it's beautiful.

HE WENT OVER CHARACTER BACKSTORIES AND EVERYTHING WHAT A LEGEND

Being a Danganronpa fan should be a profession

Personally I think the best talent is makoto's luck, because it seems based on survival, in the killing game he was in, so many odd things happened that allowed them to continue, like having a busted door for the bathroom which helped bust leon, makoto also survived a execution that kirigiri didnt. He survived a fall that most definitely should have killed him, in fact I think his luck that got him into Hope's peak because it was the only way to survive with what Junko was gonna do

Makoto’s backstory involving his receiving his letter of acceptance as the ultimate lucky student is just hilarious. Further adds on to why he’s my favorite character, I can’t help but relate to this klutz

i love how there is literally an ultimate therapist yet all of the characters still lack much needed therapy-

if you're ever upset over having no friends simply remember that 90% of the characters in this game's backstory includes "they didn't have a single friend"

You know the story is wild when a guy being raised by wolfs and DINOSAUR PEOPLE is just mentioned in a short sentence and no further explained

Chiaki is the true hero of this series and uncontested best girl.

“This character has a tragic back story and thus had no friends” “This character had a tragic back story and thus only has one person that was extremely important to them. This person is going to die in 6 months”

I think the Danganronpa apocalypse is especially disturbing. No nukes or zombies or environmental catastrophe. Just pure human nature and mass psychosis

facts that I have learned abt mainly just DR V3 from comments: - Angie started a cult to try and save everyone - Junko started the killing game to show her love for her class - Korekiyo was gr00m€d and s€xu@lly assaulted and more by his own sister, and yet he still wanted to be with her - Kokichi framed Gonta trying to save him and everyone else from the killing game - Kaede died thinking she killed Rantaro - Kaito wanted to get to space as quickly as he could because he knew he was dying - Akane was abused, s€xu@lly @ss@ult€d, and witnessed murder during her childhood

2:50:28 I love the little nod between hajime and makoto, it just gives off a vibe of "we've served our purpose as protagonists, time to let the next one take the stage."

The fact that hajime becomes the most talented and has all the talents implies he's also a talented housemaid

I like how makoto was able to notice the fact that mukuro was disguised as junko only because her assets were slightly smaller but nobody in class 77 was able to tell that the ultimate imposter was not actually ryota

Geez... for me the most disturbing part of the entire series has to be the lobotomy of Chisa... It literally made me feel sick to my stomach and I can't watch that scene whenever I rewatch the series.

My daughter loves these games so I'm gonna do three hours of research, so that I me be able to bridge the growing teenage gap that's been growing between us. Wish me luck.

This entire story is one giant "oh I like this characte- what the fuck"

You know how when you get into a new fandom, you start seeing it everywhere? I just got into Danganronpa about a month ago, because I suddenly remembered seeing a certain half and half bear mascot, and wondered which anime it came from. Little did I know there was a whole rabbit hole awaiting

One thing I definitely love about Danganronpa is the lord behind all the characters. Imagine having to not only come up with an interesting story line but also create a interesting and different backstory for each character! Sounds like possibly years of work to me!

I like Sakura's take on love. And I want to reassure her that love, when handled correctly, can make you so much stronger and so much more powerful than a martial artist who never knew what love was. In the words of Yukako Yamagishi, love is invincible.

so we're just gonna casually skip over the fact that leons main love interest is 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣

Nagito: Has a brain disease that will kill him in 6 months. Also Nagito: Is still alive 3 years after the diagnosis. Bad luck and good luck.

I realized that Izuru could technically be the ultimate life form or stand user but realized that the school can only discover such abilities in the series

Danganronpa is a game that I saw on sale in steam and randomly bought one day to play. Little did I know what was going to happen. Not only did this become one of my favorite games of all time but it also got me into watching anime. This game lead me to watching assassination classroom and from there I fell in love with anime. This game as weird as it is means a lot to me.

I think this is the first time ive actually realized how important Chihiro was to the main plot of danganronpa as a whole...... How bout u???

What surprised me was how long the entire video was. Like, 3 hours, for me, wasn’t really enough but holy hell this guy clearly explained the whole series.

the fact that I had to see my favorite character Chiaki die twice, once in a retro game compilation and the other in a zelda dungeon, fills me with so much dispair but I know that from that dispair there will be a stepping stone to hope...NOPE YALL SUCK YALL KILLED THE GAMER GIRL THAT EVERYONE LOVED SO MUCH I HATE THIS WHOLE FRANCHISE AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH (CRIES LOUDLY)

I remember reading Gaiden Killer just because it caught my eye and I was just like "Oh, a detective story that has some violence, that's cool". And then (small spoiler) Kyouko suddenly showed up near the end and I was like "The hell? Is this connected to Danganronpa?" It was quite the surprise lol

For those who don't know Sonia nevermind is a nirvana reference

they should rename this franchise to, "a world void of therapy"

Now knowing about Yasuhiro's little side adventures during Despair Girls I am really starting to question whether he is an ultimate clairvoyant or just another ultimate lucky student that made a few good guesses.

The danganronpa universe is one I consider to be the scariest fall ever cause it’s not as if it was a bunch of military power or corrupted adults it was all one person who manipulated others

Damn, and you even covered the novels to THIS is a true timeline

drinking game: every time he says "hope" or "despair" take a shot (Disclaimer: do not try at home)

Are we gonna talk about how a high trained and educated bodyguard and trusted staff member let a girl get away with a crime and cause millions of deaths because of a stupid crush?

2:22:37 One thing to note is that if you return to the area where Chihiro’s father is killed, his body disappears (I believe the only time a body in-game does so) and there is a new note there, implying he possibly survived, though it is never confirmed.

I'm glad this video went over Danganronpa Gaiden: Killer Killer and Ultra Despair Hagakure, as those were 2 pieces of Danganronpa material I knew absolutely nothing about, despite having heard of them

No one: Class 78's lives: *being not very pleasant or just straight up weird*

nothing more broke than the scene where chisa got brainwashed and from that point everything crumbled :') when literally a sign of hope becomes the catalyst for despair and our poor chiaki was one of them ...

Thank you so much for this video! I only ever played the mainline games, so this really tied everything missing nicely together!

1:55:50 The luckiest student whose letter was burnt was lucky as she did not end up into the game of death. :D

The V3 backstories seems to be absurd to me compared to the original members of the Danganronpa but upon realizing that being the 53 seasons you will run out of ideas and you will try to "stay original" in the end it turned into something that doesn't feel like it is from the same series (I feel that the original people made up these stories it sounds a bit fanfic-y to me)

I have very little experience in Danganronpa, but genuinely I am loving this lore. Absolutely batshit insane. Completely unrealistic, impossible even. Wonderful.

WHOO thank you so much for making this, it must have been really hard. I've always wanted to know the details of the whole series but never wanted to hunt down and play ALL of the games. This is amazing dude! Thanks again!

Even with knowing about Mikans past before this video, actually hearing it be told hurt me so much. She, and all the rest of her classmates, deserved better than what was dealt to them prior to Hopes Peak

Are we gonna talk about how all of this happened because junko was BORED or what?

Great job! I played all the games and had a loose understanding of why Junko did everything, but you made it make sense. Great video!

I've never knew danganronpa had such a expansive Plot and Timeline! Such an amazing story.. 1:17:00 is the point I actually cried over this...

Even till this day, Chiaki's death is one of the most painful to watch.

Wait a sec, I noticed a pretty big error in here: Hajime distinctly mentions that "hope" is not the cause he fights for and not the route he chooses to walk on. He pretty much says outright, that both "hope" and "despair" are garbage and that he chooses a third path--> To make his own future independent of those concepts.

I just wanna drop a comment and say this is amazingly comprehensive, awesome job

Nothing will ever compare to Danganronpa, it's such an amazing story that easily captivated me and inspired my love for story writing. Having it all layed out to look over just gives me this unmatched feeling of nostalgia and love for it. I will never forget this anime/game/manga it is truly a masterpiece.

In conclusion Junko is actually one of the most amazingly written characters ever and even if her plans failed she’ll always win in the end cuz that’s literally what she wants

the feminine urge to plunge the entire world into despair because you're bored 🤪

absolutely obsessed with, "he was invited to an underground mafia tennis tournament-" as the start of a sentence, fucking brilliant

This man did a 3+ hour recap of EVERYTHING in Danganronpa, and then to seal the deal he RELEASED THE VIDEO ON NAGITO'S BIRTHDAY.

K1-BO is literally twitch plays danganronpa

My theory on V3 is it's an alternate reality where Ryota Mitarai succeeded in airing the hope brain washing video. Thus the events of Hope's Peak and the tragedy were believed to be mere fiction. The people being brainwashed by hope quickly grow bored as there's no struggle that doesn't diminish there hope. So they revive the despair based "fiction" Danganronpa in the form of a reality show. This would also explain the audience always choosing hope in their votes, until the very end when the hope brainwashing finally starts to fade.

I really sat through this entire video and all I gotta say is amazing job putting this all together

in Danganronpa, i love how every character is extremely different, but it also makes even more sense if you bring every one of them together with the lore. also, the gameplay has a strange thing with building memories and making all that game feel like a fever dream. i remember getting into that game about 3 years ago. now, as im back to knowing the lore and all, it makes it feel even more dreamy. i absolutely love it.

Legit the only thing I hate about Danganronpa was the fact that Makoto reopened Hope's Peak Academy at the end. Like... did he damn learn NOTHING from everything that happened??? What was the point of re-establishing the exact hierarchy Junko took advantage of? As if everyone is gonna be fine with the elite turning their nose up at the "untalented" again 🙄

If I had a quarter for everytime a parent dies in this story I would have enough to pay for therapy after listening to this

I love that you’re using To Zanarkand in this video. One of my absolute favourite pieces of video game music. I would go insane trying to do this video. I love the games. My partner and I played them together last year and loved the first one so much we basically binged all three and would play all through the night til about 9am. I’m usually the one into the genres the series mashed up. I love weird otome games, graphic novel games, longtime Phoenix Wright fan, I love detective games and character-driven puzzle games. My partner will watch me play sometimes but Danganronpa really caught their attention from the start and we played through with me controlling the game while we worked out the mysteries and theorised together and they played the minigames during trials. Genuinely had such a blast together and was one of my favourite gaming experiences.

The shit that happened to the Warriors of Hope always makes me cry. The unforgivable shit their parents put them through. Especially Kotoko for me. As a CSA survivor, I would kill the person who assaulted me with no hesitation knowing it was wrong, and seeing what Kotoko went through made me take a break from Ultra Despair Girls for a month. I couldn't take it.

Makoto's background was so weird I am laughing my ass off. Like wow he isn't the ultimate lucky student because he is fortunate, he is the ultimate lucky student because he is the Qrow of Danganronpa.

Slight Correction: Kokichi didn't just hate that fact he was forced to play, he hated the idea of murder all together. The entire purpose of his plan was to stop any deaths that would come after Chapter 4, not just to pull one over the mastermind.

The fact that I was waiting 2:08:50 for the trial music I was dying to hear is a feat. Bravisimo, you got a sub for life.

i come back to this video so much, its actually so crazy how well made this video is and how effectively it describes the whole story of danganronpa so coherently (well, as coherently as possible considering the craziness that is the DR story)

"gundham tanaka.." oh, ive seen that guy! "the ultimate breeder." EXCUSE ME?!?!?!?!

Izuru is really underrated in the fandom, and this just makes me realize how cool he really is

Omg thank you so much for going through the whole story! :) DR is such an amazing game and franchise with characters who deserved so much better

I remember seeing Junto's execution on Animax years back. That was the first time I'd seen a Danganronpa episode and I thought, "Damn this show is batshit crazy." It's only after watching this video that I realized how intricate this story was. In addition to being batshit crazy. Also, amazing video. The condensation was excellent, because even though I've never played/watched the series, the progression I saw was very adequately explained with all the relevant events mentioned even with so little time per character, very nice backstory recaps, while keeping great tempo, I didn't lose track of the video at any point . And also no drop in intensity at the end or complaint about the video length was refreshing.

Me before watching the video: I've heard of this series but never got around to it. Let's see what it's like. Me after watching the video: What the actual f*** Japan?

"Ultimate Pianist" Yakko: "Good night everybody!"

I finished the whole vid Good job it was amazing ✨✨ Keep up thw good work and thank you for the long video I knew alot but this was VERY informational!

Ive been a fan for years and found stuff out i didn't know happened!! this video is awesome!!! it reminded me of the good times when Danganronpa was super interesting and fun :)

I was today years old when I realized Mondo is just a giant JoJo reference

You can skip to any part of this video and listen for like a minute and it's gonna be the most insane string of sentences ever lmaoo. duuude, mad respect for this video, I can't even imagine how much work went into this.

I was so surprised when Izone appeared lol thank you for using them as an example 1:28:38

The effort you put into this video... EruptionFang is the Ultimate High School level Story Teller.