![]() The first game in the series, 2010’s Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, focused on students of Hope’s Peak Academy. This ending, coupled with developer Spike Chunsoft’s treatment of the series in its seven years and creator Kazutaka Kodaka’s own statements, seems indicative of Danganronpa attempting to, for better or worse, die just as it lived: on its own terms. Using an elaborate meta-commentary Danganronpa V3 gets the final word on whether or not the franchise should continue. ![]() Technically Danganronpa V3 is a new story, but it doesn’t seem to exist as a way to start the series anew, but rather a thinly veiled look at the series, consumerism, and how market demand can push something beyond its original intent. ![]() While the latest game in the series, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, was positioned as a new beginning for the series, one that dropped the original game’s setting in favour of something brand new, I ended up coming away from the game feeling that it was actually more of an extended goodbye. When the murder mystery series’ story expanded beyond the confines of its format, its creators looked to other genres and mediums to spin its tale, ending its original story in anime form with Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School. Danganronpa is a series that has largely existed on its own terms.
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