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 ====== Danganronpa ======
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-ダンガンロンパ(Danganronpa) is a franchise about the eternal battle between **Hope** and **Despair** packaged as a few [[lb:Visual Novels|Visual Novel]] mystery [[lb:Games]]. Interestingly, however, most of the franchise's media comes in the form of spin-off manga.
+**ダンガンロンパ**(Danganronpa) is a franchise about the eternal battle between **Hope** and **Despair** packaged as a few [[lb:Visual Novels|Visual Novel]] mystery [[lb:Games]]. Interestingly, however, most of the franchise's media comes in the form of spin-off manga.
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 ===== Reviews =====
 Unfortunately, I have few specific things to say, because it's been a while since I've played the games, so I'm only going off of what I remember.\\
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 The manga is also an accurate adaptation of the first game, although it's longer and covers more than the anime. From my own hazy memories, the manga includes more details than the anime\\
 The artwork is also quite impressive, matching the art-style of the game very well.\\
-I don't have much to say on the manga that wouldn't just be unfiltered praise. Of the ways to experience the Danganronpa storyline itself, the manga is probably the best. It streamlines the story, but keeps many of the details intact (per my memory). For those who want to just go through the story, then I guess I'd recommend this.
+I don't have much to say on the manga that wouldn't just be unfiltered praise. Of the ways to experience the Danganronpa storyline itself, the manga is probably the best. It streamlines the story, but keeps many of the details intact (per my memory). For those who want to just go through the story, I guess I'd recommend this.
 ==== Super Danganronpa 2 ====
 This was the first Danganronpa game I actually played((:fn:>Somewhat heretically, I watched a let's play of the first game...which is how I learned about Danganronpa in the first place. Thank the TTV Channel on YouTube for getting me into Danganronpa!)), and it's an experience I don't think I'll forget...because it was the first time I felt like I was //forced// to think about what I was doing in regards to the mysteries.\\
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 === Future ===
 I remember very little about this in particular, except that it has similar issues to Despair. Some things in here are just completely nonsensical, even by the standards of Danganronpa.
-==== Danganronpa V3 ====
+==== New Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony ====
 This is a sequel that leaves behind the previous storyline in favor of a new one. While I, and presumably others, expected this would lead to something different yet similar...no, well yes, but no.\\
 The budget for the game is visibly higher than for the others, likely due to the unexpected popularity of the series. V3 is probably the prettiest of the Danganronpa games, which extends to the artwork as well as the 3D backgrounds.\\
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 The bonus board-game mode is surprisingly fun, and it really doesn't surprise me that it got spun off into its own game...which I'll definitely end up buying at some point.
-The mis-step that is V3 is probably comparable to the [[playground:nge:rebuilds]], due to the increased budget and popularity, and the presumed confidence of the creators. This point of comparison will require more thought, so I'll leave it there for now.
+The mis-step that is V3 is probably comparable to the [[lb:eva:rebuild]], due to the increased budget and popularity, and the presumed confidence of the creators. This point of comparison will require more thought, so I'll leave it there for now.
 ==== Spin-off manga (collective) ====
 One of the big surprises of the Danganronpa franchise is that if you count up all the official media together, you find that most of the franchise is comprised of manga. This isn't all that surprising for a Japanese multi-media franchise, but is surprising if you consider that Danganronpa's core is comprised of Visual Novel mystery Games - of which there are only 3.\\
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 Being manga anthologies, each individual chapter has a different art-style, and different tone. The 4コマ ones are exclusively comedic however.\\
 Having gone through...a lot of them, I can say that they are great supplements to the series as a whole, and quite entertaining. Of course, if you're not accustomed to Japanese humor, then you likely won't enjoy yourself as much.
+All these anthologies have the effect of confusing me. I'm not sure how these all came to be created. It's possible that after the second game, it simply became habit, but exactly why the creators thought it was a good idea is a mystery to me. I should be clear that I don't think it was a bad idea, it simply perplexes me.
 ===== Trivilinks =====
   * [[https://www.danganronpa.com|Official Site]]
   * [[https://danganronpa.fandom.com/wiki/Danganronpa_Wiki|The Wikia]] - Actually pretty good.
-  * This series has had the unintended (or perhaps, entirely intended) effect of making me think long and hard about Despair. The result of this thinking has been an integration into the Naegi-school of Hope into my personal life philosophy.
+  * This series has had the unintended (or perhaps, entirely intended) effect of making me think long and hard about Despair. The result of this thinking has been an integration of the Naegi-school of Hope into my personal life philosophy.
   * The Danganronpa series instantly became one of my favorites once I got down to play the games, and has been useful in identifying what kind of media I like.
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+  * I mentioned the [[lb:TTV Channel]] in a footnote, so I'll mention their let's play here a bit (before I outsource it to the article that doesn't exist yet).
+    * The let's play is actually really interesting to watch for two main reasons:
+      - There are 4 people playing the game (2 who are familiar, 2 who are unfamiliar)
+      - They always pause before going to the trial to think about the evidence; figuring out who the killer is just from the information they have.
+    * And, often, they do actually figure it out before the trial. This approach to playing Danganronpa is quite unique((:fn:>As far as I'm aware...)) and I think a lot of other people should try it out too. Though, I...didn't.