Super High-School Level Dangan Ronpa Discussion! (Spoilers ahead!)

[Iggy Koopa Jr]

Sooo LONG

 

[NSY]

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Finally more Monobear.

 

[Iggy Koopa Jr]

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You like Monobear?

 

[Souda-kun]

Can we ever stop using spoiler tags? It's a real hassle.

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I won't give in to despair! Anyway, I just had a thought. All that extra weight of Togami's...what if none of it's real? What if the true purpose behind it, was to fake his death?

 

[Contra(dictory)]

^
I doubt it, but it's not a twist I'd be surprised about in Dangan Rompa.

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This is definitely taking place after the first game. People Togami couldn't trust, who also couldn't trust him? Sounds exactly like the events of DR1 to me.

 

[Nabber]

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Nagito, of course.

 

[Souda-kun]

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What about Nagito? That's the white-haired one, right? Anyway, think about it. What if the real reason Togami was so picky about the location was because it needed to be suitable to him faking his death? If Monobear did something that messed up his main plan-such as revealing the existence of a traitor/the altered memories or taking down Usami, Togami might have had faking his death as a back-up plan. His existence could easily have been used to cause distrust among the others in much worse ways, such as revealing the truth about him.

 

[Master Crash]

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What about Nagito? That's the white-haired one, right? Anyway, think about it. What if the real reason Togami was so picky about the location was because it needed to be suitable to him faking his death? If Monobear did something that messed up his main plan-such as revealing the existence of a traitor/the altered memories or taking down Usami, Togami might have had faking his death as a back-up plan. His existence could easily have been used to cause distrust among the others in much worse ways, such as revealing the truth about him.

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I was talking to Perch (Hajime Hinata) about that around the time it first started, actually.

I wouldn't be surprised if it happened, but that's kind of hopeful thinking on my part as of now.

 

[Nabber]

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What about Nagito? That's the white-haired one, right? Anyway, think about it. What if the real reason Togami was so picky about the location was because it needed to be suitable to him faking his death? If Monobear did something that messed up his main plan-such as revealing the existence of a traitor/the altered memories or taking down Usami, Togami might have had faking his death as a back-up plan. His existence could easily have been used to cause distrust among the others in much worse ways, such as revealing the truth about him.

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Togami is confirmed dead. And of course it's Nagito who killed him, he was the one who had access to all the knives when he was cleaning up the lodge.

 

[Souda-kun]

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Confirmed by who? Monobear? Since when has he been trustworthy? And if the weight is faked, then it will probably be impossible to feel a pulse.

 

[Nabber]

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Confirmed by who? Monobear? Since when has he been trustworthy? And if the weight is faked, then it will probably be impossible to feel a pulse.

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It's been proven already that Monobear doesn't lie. And we've already seen Togami's obsession with food.

 

[Souda-kun]

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We talking about the same character? Monobear was already proven in the last game to be a shameless liar. You can't trust him. And I never did say he WAS lying. If Togami is faking his death, then obviously Monobear would be the person he was most likely trying to fool.

 

[Nabber]

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We talking about the same character? Monobear was already proven in the last game to be a shameless liar. You can't trust him. And I never did say he WAS lying. If Togami is faking his death, then obviously Monobear would be the person he was most likely trying to fool.

When has Monobear lied?

 

[Souda-kun]

First game spoilers:

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Everything surrounding the last "murder" of the first game comes to mind...

 

[Nabber]

First game spoilers:

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Everything surrounding the last "murder" of the first game comes to mind...

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Super High School Level Despair's death? What about that was a lie? Monobear only told the truth about it.

 

[Master Crash]

First game spoilers:

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Everything surrounding the last "murder" of the first game comes to mind...

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Super High School Level Despair's death? What about that was a lie? Monobear only told the truth about it.

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I think she's referring to the part where Naegi was lynched.

 

[Souda-kun]

First game spoilers:

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Everything surrounding the last "murder" of the first game comes to mind...

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Super High School Level Despair's death? What about that was a lie? Monobear only told the truth about it.

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I think she's referring to the part where Naegi was lynched.

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Monobear says Naegi did it and tries to execute him. He does the same to Kirigiri in the Bad Ending. He tries to pass it off as a recent murder. He even holds a trial, despite the fact that death wouldn't fall under the rules.

 

[Souda-kun]

Update 26!: D

 

[NSY]

I think you have a SA account, if so can you mirror some of the updates for us.

 

[Souda-kun]

If you're talking about me, I don't have one. I just Follow the Twitter thing that announces all the updates.

 

[RandomYoshi]

Spoiler: SDR2 Update #26 — Part 1

Ikoroshia

Investigation Start! But, before we begin, I have some sad news. Togami isn’t the only one who died recently in the game. That’s right --

RIP Chibimi. Cause of death: severe lack of attention, Culprit: me. Luckily, we can press the triangle button to get another chance! Yay trivializing pet death!

Left alone to die in despair in piles of its own accumulated filth. Kinda puts being stabbed eight times in perspective, doesn’t it?

Here we go. Um, I guess I’d better clean the place up, too.

There. We’ll do better next time, I promise!

And now, time to really start the investigation. Let's begin with the place one usually begins when investigating a murder.

Under this table... Togami is...

............

I...I think I'll check on top of the table first.

...Um... But... The only significant thing on top of this table is...

...This tabletop lamp.

It looks like an antique, and feels somewhat heavy...
Its power cord is attached to an outlet in the wall, so it wouldn’t have been much help during the blackout.

It doesn’t look like anything else here is important... so...

............

This... is not a time I can afford to look away...

...I have no choice!

Steeling myself, I looked under the table.

Re: All All Apologies

At once, an indescribable smell -- like rotten metal -- assaulted my nose.

Just looking at Togami’s dead body caused a tingling pain somewhere behind my eyes.
"Super High-school Level" Byakuya Togami... He may have had an arrogant, holier-than-thou manner, but...

All the same, as our leader, he did his best to pull all of us together.

Why... did this happen...?

I should do everything I can right now... for his sake.

...Everything I can.

I will find out the truth behind your death!

Ikoroshia

There are several interesting things under the table, but we'll start with the largest.

Under the table... Togami's body was lying face down.
He looks as if he was just in the middle of doing something, but...

According to the Monobear File, he was stabbed repeatedly between his stomach and his throat.

Stabbed again and again...
Did... Did one of us really do such a thing?

...Hm? What's this?

They look like... binoculars...?

Why are there binoculars under the table?

Hinata-kun... those aren't binoculars.

Eh? So... what are they?

I'm pretty sure... they're night-vision goggles.

N...Night-vision goggles?

I saw them at the supermarket when we were there earlier. They had a whole stand of military and survival stuff...

In that case...

Did the culprit use night-vision goggles to stab Togami during the blackout?

This blood-stained knife... Is this the murder weapon?

...And... Hey, wait a minute...

How did a murder weapon even get into the hall?
I mean... Togami was very thorough in his body checks, and even went to check around the lodge...

Every dangerous item should have been inside that duralumin case.

Maybe... someone could have swiped it from the case.

Or maybe... it was hidden somewhere and Togami didn’t see it.

There's one more interesting thing about this knife...

There’s some kind of paint all over the handle.
When I look at it under the table, where the light is dim, it seems to be faintly luminous...

...Could this be glow-in-the-dark paint?

The blood flowing out of Togami's body is making a large pool under the table.

That's a lot of blood... There are stains all over the tablecloth across from me...
...And also on the part I lifted up when I found the body. It’s everywhere...

There must have been... quite a lot of blood splattered all around from the force of the stabs.

But... there aren’t any traces of a trail of blood anywhere.

Hm? There is something stuck to the underside of the table here...

Is this... packing tape?

It looks like... there’s paint all over it, too.
When I look at it under the table, where the light is dim, it seems to be faintly luminous...

...Is this glow-in-the-dark paint?

Um... I think I've investigated all I can under the table.

I guess I did pretty well... all things considered...

I'm probably a little closer now to understanding the truth behind Togami's death.

Let's see what the students who are still hanging out in the hall are thinking.

Uuu... why must we investigate a friend’s death? T...This is horrible...

B...But! I’m the only one here who's a medical worker!

S...So... I have to do something...! S...S...Something...

How about calming down a little first?

You're right... I...I have to calm down.

I mean... I am prone to accidents even when I'm not panicking...

Yeah... I can tell by the way you keep falling down.

T...That was a truly disgraceful pose I found myself in, wasn’t it...

Nooooooo! I...I just remembered it again!

T...That embarrassing pose... i...in front of everybody...!

Embarrassing or not... how did you even end up like that?

S...Somehow... I was distracted by the blackout and my foot got caught in the edge of the carpet... And I tried to get loose and...

Wahh... it is embarrassing after all...!

Please... erase it from your memory!

Um... unfortunately, it's not that easy to forget...

...I'm sorry.

Sniff... I can't take it...!

Hey, Hinata-kun. There's something I want to confirm with you...

Togami-kun... was here with us at the main hall until the lights went out, right?

...Yeah, I am sure of that.

And since we found his body after the lights came back on...

...That means he has to have died during the blackout, right?

Yeah, I guess you're right...

But... Why did we find Togami-kun's body under that table?

If the culprit wanted to hide the body, it wasn't a very effective hiding place...

...I don't get it at all.

Yeah...

It seems... that figuring out what happened during the blackout would be a huge step toward solving this mystery.

But there's no way we can do that, is there? It was completely dark back then. No one could see anything.

You're right. Seeing was impossible. But maybe there's someone who could hear what happened?

...Hear?

I... think I know who he has in mind.

 

[RandomYoshi]

Spoiler: SDR2 Update #26 — Part 2

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Koizumi... are you alright?

Alright? Sure...

...Of course I'm not alright! This is madness!

I mean... we were just talking to that guy... and now he's...

...How could this ever be "alright"?

And that's not all! One of us killed him, right?!

We... still don't know that for sure...

...Yes, we do! I'm sure you've figured that much out by yourself already!

And now... we have to find out who the culprit is.... We have to accuse one of our friends of killing another friend...

I don't like it myself... but if we don't, we're done for.

This isn't every man for himself! We have to do it for everyone's sake!

............

If I had just acted a little more calmly during the blackout, Togami would probably not be dead now.

And we wouldn't be doing this right now...

Come on... You can’t blame yourself for this...

............

Ah, I've had it!!

This isn't like me at all, being consoled by a man like this!

Hey, Hinata. This conversation never happened. Got it?!

Uh... Sure...

Anyway... I'll try and stop thinking about it too much. I don't want to be a hindrance to everyone.

And... there's one thing I have on me that might be helpful...

...You have something helpful?

Photos. Do you remember? I took some right before the blackout happened.

Hey, Togami! Everyone! I'm taking another picture!

Say cheeeeeeese...!

* click *

I see... You have the photos from back then...

Do you want to see them? This is a digital camera, so we can look at them straight away.

Yeah, let's see them!

Um... there's this photo and...

This one, as well.

I took both right before the blackout, but...

Huh...?

...Is something wrong?

I just noticed. Take a look at where Togami was standing before the blackout...

He's quite a distance from that table we found him under, isn't he?

I mean, that table is that one with the lamp on it, right under the monitor, right?

Well, Togami’s standing clear on the opposite side of the room!

You're right... That's pretty far away...

Something isn’t right here...

Perhaps... we should figure out exactly where everyone was standing before the blackout.

Hey, can we tell exactly where everyone was standing from these pictures?

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

It's a little difficult to tell just by looking at them, though, but we should be able to figure it out if we’re careful...

But... would that really be helpful?

I still don't know for sure... but it couldn't hurt.

Got it... so, leave that to me. I think this is a job only I can handle.

Yeah, that would be great.

Right, in that case...

You've got work to do too, don't you?! How long do you plan to stand here being useless?!

I fully expect you to bring to light the reason Togami was killed. Understand?

Y...Yeah, I understand...

For better or worse, she’s back.

O, Devildog Earring... answer my calls!

............

Argh! Will nothing work...?!

Um, are you... still looking for that earring you dropped?

It is no ordinary earring... It is "The Devildog Earring"!

............

Once, in a distant land, there lived a savage beast that couldn't be tamed -- even by his so-called “master”. They called him "The Devildog"...

I regret asking.

The Devildog wandered from one battlefield to the next, his fangs forever slimy with hot blood...

His fur, stained red, drying in the wind... he wandered the earth alone for eternity...

And on the day I finally domesticated the Devildog, I was given an earring as a keepsake...

That is the legend of the Devildog Earring.

I carry it always... so I shall never forget the day I fought that fearsome pomeranian...

A fearsome... pomeranian. Right.

I get that it's important to you, but... what about Togami’s murder?

Where is it?! Answer me! Where did it disappear to?!

............

Maybe... it fell under the floor?

The carpet doesn't extend to the corners of the hall, so it's possible it fell through the gaps in the floor...

Muhahaha! So, that is what happened! A fine observation...!

Tanaka laughed loudly, and walked to the corner of the room. There, he crouched down and pushed his face toward a gap in the floor.

Then... a concentrated expression appeared on his face.

I...It's there...

It's there! My Devildog Earring!!

Fuha! Fuhahaha! God favors Gundam Tanaka alone!

That's great.

............

...But, how do I get it out of there?

My hand will not fit through this gap, and it seems no tool can reach far enough in...

I guess you have to give it up, then?

...Give up on the world?

The earring.

Bah! Do you not know?!

Should this earring ever be lost to mankind, this world will end in an instant...!

You humans... forever satisfied with your fabricated wisdom!

These falsehoods will not protect you when the cold comes, ignorant one.

Why... is he mad at me?

Feh. I was naive to think I could depend on you... So be it. I shall see to this matter personally.

The wellbeing of this world... falls once again into my hands.

I guess he really wants that earring back. That's some determination he has, though...

...I wish he'd use it to help with the investigation.

There are still some things of interest in this room.

An air conditioner and its remote control...

...Hm? An air conditioner?

That's right, maybe, back then...

For heaven's sake, can't you all act a little more responsibly...?

* Beep-beep! *

...Hm? What was that sound just now?

* ka-chack! *

The only machine in this hall is this air conditioner...

And... huh? This remote control...

Its timer is set to 11:30.

That's about the same time Togami was killed.

In that case...

That mechanical beep back then must have been this air conditioner turning on!

I guess I have my moments of inspiration.

Ah, that's... the duralumin case Togami was carrying.

It seems it's been opened at some point...

There's a nightstick inside... and a can of tear gas... and some other unsettling items.

...Hm? What is this?
It's a hard plastic case... but it's empty.

What was inside...? That would be interesting to know.

But, there's one more interesting thing in here.

This key... It must be the key to the other duralumin case.
The one with all the dangerous items in it. The one in the office...

If the key’s still here, inside this case, then...
It stands to reason that the other case hasn’t been opened...

In other words... The weapons inside that other case have nothing to do with Togami's murder...

But... I feel like I understand even less now.

Why did Togami have this case with him?

It’s packed full of defense items...
But these... aren’t exactly the kinds of things you keep around “just in case”.

Maybe... he knew something was up?

And... he was so cautious he had to keep these things with him?

Well, then. Is there anywhere left for me to investigate here?

Ah, Hinata-kun... Do you have a second?

...Hm? What is it?

If you're done investigating the hall for now, how about we go talk to the others together?

See, if I go talk to them alone, there might be some who would be on their guard and won't talk to me...

Well... We've just been told the culprit is one of us, so it's natural people will be on their guard...

But, why me?

Hmmm... why indeed? You're easy to talk to, Hinata-kun. And... I feel you're a little like me.

We both have special feelings toward Hope's Peak Academy... don't we?

Well, I guess...

...Sure. But if we're going together, let's do it quickly. We don’t have time for chatter.

...That's a relief. You're a lifesaver.

Special feelings, huh...

I really don't think me and him are anything alike, though...

 

[Nabber]

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Tanaka's earring in the corner? Means he either was there, killing Togami (please no) or the person who stole it kill Togami. In which case we just need to find out who stole it.

 

[Yoshi K]

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I knew I was looking over something. The earring could be important, but didn't Tanaka lose it before Togami died? In which case it would be less likely that Tanaka was the killer.

And what's up with the knife with paint on it?

 

[Souda-kun]

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Glow-in-the-dark paint to make it easier to find during the blackout, maybe?