![]() ![]() The first game's fifth chapter mostly serves to set up the climactic final act, but it's also a dramatic whirlwind on its own. Nagito's fanatical love for hope as a concept pushed him to punish everyone else who represented despair. Chiaki, as the traitor to the island, represented hope in the face of Ultimate Despair. Even though Chiaki is blamed and executed for Nagito's death, which was accidental at worst on her part, Chiaki was actually the one person who Nagito wanted to save. Nagito sets the stage for the revelations in the final chapter, in which it's revealed that everyone except the "traitor" used to be part of Junko's Ultimate Despair group. This performance, if successful, would essentially doom everyone on the island. However, he stages his own death to look like a murder and relies on his superhuman luck for the whole plan to go through. All of the students on the island regard Nagito as dangerous, but the only person he successfully manages to kill is himself. After his introduction as a calm, cool friend to Hajime, Nagito quickly shifts in the first trial into an unpredictable mastermind. The second game's fifth trial has become one of the most infamous cases in the game, and it's all thanks to the breakout star of the series: Nagito Komaeda. With all of Mikan's medical motifs, there was a lot of wasted creative potential for her execution. It's over in an instant and just plays up her fanservice role. That said, her motive does serve to foreshadow revelations in the endgame.Īfter the long drawn-out trial, Mikan's execution isn't even very satisfying. It would have made sense for her to suddenly lash out at Hiyoko, her bully, and perhaps kill Ibuki too as collateral damage. However, the disease suddenly reviving Mikan's Ultimate Despair memories is a bit too narratively convenient, and it actually makes her murders less compelling. The despair disease was an interesting concept, and it's only natural that Mikan would have caught it as the resident nurse. The series' trials are meant to have fun and dynamic gameplay, but this trial becomes a chore fast. The actual murder method is a bit convoluted, and the trial drags out longer than it needs to considering the player likely knows early on that Mikan is the most obvious answer. ![]() Both Ibuki and Hiyoko are taken down, removing Hiyoko from the character development she was just starting. Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair's third trial is a major disappointment after the whirlwind second case that ends in tragedy. ![]()
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