Danganronpa 3: Mirai Hen – 02

Oh good. Another witch hunt.

Despite being the Future Foundation, nobody really seems all that hopeful. Though at least a few characters seem to have the right idea, so maybe it’s not all lost.

There are different rules for the killing game right now, and they seem pretty fun (all things considered). Having a designated killing time makes things interesting. Also, having people unable to perform actions makes things interesting too. Sure, it killed Bandai, but the forbidden actions should be an interesting factor in how the plot progresses. For example, like how Naegi can’t run. That rule seems like it would be something that could clear him of a crime, but it also seems like it will hold him back, since that means people like Munakata will catch up to kill him easier.

But without trials now, it seems like people’s suspicions will only grow worse. It was bad enough that people in the previous games were mistrusting enough to kill each other, but at least there was some kind of relief after the murderer was found out in trials. In this game, the culprit can just keep killing over and over, and from the looks of how the first few episodes were, people will just keep blaming Naegi for it. But at least some people (seem to) believe in him. Gozu and Gekkougahara seem nice enough at least, and it’s nice that some people believe in what they saw him do on the first broadcast. …Unless, of course, one of them killed Asahina.

So once again, Naegi seems like the person everyone will blame for the first murder, and will probably have to go through hell trying to clear his name (as if he didn’t have enough problems already). But on the plus side, this might be easy to convince people that he’s not actually guilty. If someone was trying to frame him, they chose the lowest hanging fruit in doing so. Out of all people he could have killed, why would he chose his biggest supporter, Asahina? It would make more sense for him to target someone who’s trying to actually kill him, like Munakata. If he had the time to grab a knife (unless they tried to take him into custody without checking if he was armed?), he probably had time to kill someone else. Though seeing how unreasonable everyone has been thus far, this might be why he he looks guilty in their eyes. They could just say that he’s trying to trick them into thinking he’s not guilty.

But wow, so much for plot armour. I suppose this is like the initial shock in the 2nd game of when the first victim was “Togami”, with the newest victim being Asahina. She wasn’t quite the first person to go, but she still seems to have died pretty early in the grand scheme of things. But at least Kirigiri and Hagakure are still around. Unless I counted wrong, the initial “16 survivors” number seemed to include Hagakure. …Plus even if he was on the outside, it’s not like he would be much help getting them out of there, right?

It looks like the deaths from the OP seem to be how people will die in the series. There are a few different things though, since Asahina’s clothing seems to be just slightly different than what she died in. Also, it’s kind of hard to tell how Yukizome died, but the blood appears to have come from her wrist in the OP. …Maybe they’ll explain that later, or maybe the differences are to avoid obvious spoilers like “oh, Asahina is wearing a tank top now, so she must be dying soon”.

Nagito took his love of hope a little too far in the 2nd game, and twisted it into a reason to create the worst despair to give birth to the best hope. Munakata and Sakakura seem to be the same with twisting the concept of hope to suit their needs, even to the point of wanting to kill if it’s for the sake of defeating despair. They were bad enough before with asking Naegi to kill himself, but the lowest point for them was probably where Sakakura indirectly killed Bandai, and no one had a reaction of “gosh, maybe we should stop now”. Sure it gave a pretty good example of how the rules on the bracelets should be considered a real threat, but it was still pretty sad that someone had to go that way without the instigator even saying sorry.

Moe moe kyun?

To be fair though, people involved with the Despair side seem to be exceptionally resilient. Almost to the point of ridiculousness, since despite Junko dying in the first game, she’s found ways to (kind of) return in both the 2nd and Despair Girls games. The Future Foundation’s fears are kind of justified (even without them being completely aware of the events of the 2nd game), even if they’re totally being asshats right now. It would be really crazy if there wasn’t really a traitor and they were going to kill each other just out of paranoia, but we’re a little early on to figure out the big picture just yet.

There was a lot more action than the games ever had, but things are pretty interesting right now. Right away, Asahina’s murder is going to change the dynamics of the characters. Plus Naegi doesn’t seem to have Kirigiri around to back him up and talk sense into everyone if they all start yelling at him (or you know, pull out their weapons) again. Hopefully after a bit things calm down enough for them to actually question the situation. If they can break through the floor, why can’t they break through a wall to get out?  I have a few things I’d like to know too, like when did they have time to turn all of the TV sets in the building into Monokuma faces? Though that might be something with an answer like “they just did because the power of despair”, so I’m not going to question it too much.

About Karakuri

University student and the one at Metanorn who's known for wearing glasses. Likes blood, insanity and plot twists, but also plays otome games and adores cute romance anime. It balances out... somehow.