Questions tagged [danganronpa]

Danganronpa (ダンガンロンパ) is a Japanese video game franchise, which has had several adaptations into other media. Use this tag in questions about the games (visual novels)¹, manga, novels and anime.

Originally developed by Spike Chunsoft, the franchise revolves about an elite High School called Hope's Peak Academy (希望ヶ峰学園). Every year the school selects 14 Ultimate Students (超高校級) - high school students who are the top on their field - along with one Ultimate Lucky Student chosen by lottery.
The school is presided by Monokuma, a stuffed teddy bear, that explains the students that their graduation depends upon them committing a murder and getting away with it.

The franchise consists of:

• Two visual novel games: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair;
• An upcoming third person adventure spin-off: Zettai Zetsubou Shoujo: Danganronpa AnotherEpisode;
• 12 manga volumes (adaptations);
• 3 spin-off novels;
• An anime adaptation (MAL page).

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