50 Fun Facts About Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

Danganronpa V3's finale reveals the killing game its students supposedly chose to join is what?

A reality show is the truth: the cast are contestants in the 53rd run of a lethal programme based on the Danganronpa games, which exist only as fiction in their world.

In Danganronpa V3's virtual world murder, inventor Miu Iruma is strangled with which household item?

Toilet paper did it: Gonta Gokuhara strangled her inside a simulation she had modified, and the effect carried over to her real body. She had been plotting a murder of her own there.

Ryoma Hoshi's body is found in a Danganronpa V3 magician's tank, devoured by which creatures?

Piranhas stripped the body after Kirumi Tojo drowned him in a sink and moved him to the tank. Ryoma had let her do it, having learned that nobody outside was waiting for him.

Which Danganronpa V3 student dies of his own illness mid-execution, denying Monokuma the kill?

Kaito Momota, the Ultimate Astronaut, fulfils his dream of reaching space during the punishment, then succumbs to his disease before it can finish him. Monokuma is furious.

How do Shuichi Saihara and friends end the killing games for good in Danganronpa V3's last trial?

They refuse to vote, though abstaining means execution for all, because either choice on offer would keep the killing games going. Even the mastermind abstains.

Sayaka Kanda, Japanese voice of Danganronpa V3's Kaede Akamatsu, also dubbed which Disney heroine?

Anna in the Japanese dub of Frozen won Sayaka Kanda the Best Lead Actress prize at the Seiyu Awards, and she returned to the part for Kingdom Hearts III.

Who is Danganronpa V3's mastermind, the self-styled '53rd generation of Junko Enoshima'?

Tsumugi Shirogane, the unassuming Ultimate Cosplayer, ran the game from inside the class and framed Kaede Akamatsu for a murder she herself committed.

Korekiyo Shinguji kills in Danganronpa V3 so that which late relative has company in the afterlife?

His older sister, he believes, deserves friends beyond the grave, so he sends her women he judges exceptional. He even carries a second personality modelled on her.

Gonta Gokuhara, the gentle giant of Danganronpa V3, first says which animals raised him as a child?

Wolves, Gonta says, brought him up in the wild. He later amends the story: his foster family were really dinosaur people.

Which Danganronpa V3 gadget does the mastermind finally admit is really a brainwashing device?

Flashback Light beams feel like recovered memories, yet each one implants an invented past. Even the students' talents and personalities turn out to be fabricated.

Kirumi Tojo, whose motto is 'duty before self', holds which Ultimate title in Danganronpa V3?

Maid is only her day job: a motive video reveals that Kirumi is also Japan's de facto prime minister, and she turns to murder in a bid to escape and protect her people.

Shuichi Saihara's Ultimate Detective title in Danganronpa V3 once belonged to which heroine?

Kyoko Kirigiri carried the same title in Trigger Happy Havoc. Shuichi doubts he has earned it, believing he solved his famous cases only by chance.

Fake memories persuade Danganronpa V3's students that which earlier school sent them into space?

Hope's Peak Academy, they come to believe, launched them into orbit under Makoto Naegi to save humanity from meteors and a plague. None of it ever happened.

Danganronpa V3 first launched in Japan in January 2017 on a Sony home console and which handheld?

PlayStation Vita copies even outsold the home console version in the first week, part of the strongest Japanese debut any Danganronpa game had managed.

Gonta Gokuhara, the gentleman tricked into murder in Danganronpa V3, holds which Ultimate title?

Entomologist is his calling: Gonta adores arthropods and hates violence. He kills only after a classmate convinces him that dying unaware of the ruined outside world would be a mercy for everyone.

Korekiyo Shinguji, who eats with his mask on in Danganronpa V3, holds which Ultimate title?

Anthropologist Korekiyo has roamed the world out of a deep love of human nature. He cheerfully admits that he looks like a potential murderer.

Maki Harukawa poses as Danganronpa V3's Ultimate Child Caregiver, but what is her true talent?

Assassin is the truth, exposed when Kokichi Oma watches her motive video. The orphanage that raised her had handed her over to a group of killers.

Who insists her tricks are real magic and leaves Danganronpa V3 alive with Shuichi and Maki?

Himiko Yumeno, the drowsy Ultimate Magician, would rather be called a mage. A murdered friend's advice to voice her feelings turns her into a determined optimist.

Tenko Chabashira dies in Danganronpa V3 while taking part in which ritual?

A séance to contact Angie Yonaga was really a ruse by Korekiyo Shinguji, who had already killed Angie. Tenko's neck was pierced with a sickle while she was caged for the ritual.

In Danganronpa V3, what does Monokuma vow to do if nobody is murdered within two days?

Kill every student is the threat, and it works: Kaede Akamatsu sets a trap for the mastermind just before the deadline, and a classmate ends up dead.

Kokichi Oma of Danganronpa V3 boasts of leading which secret society of over 10,000 members?

D.I.C.E. turns out to be a small gang of pranksters and petty criminals whose motto is 'no killing', nothing like the vast hidden empire he describes.

Kokichi Oma, the prankster behind Danganronpa V3's fourth murder, holds which Ultimate title?

Supreme Leader is his title, and he has the brains for it: his room turns out to hold evidence he quietly hoarded from the earlier cases and a whiteboard tracking every classmate.

Kaede Akamatsu's trap in Danganronpa V3 seems to kill Rantaro Amami with which heavy object?

A shot put ball was Kaede's weapon, yet her plan failed to kill anyone: the mastermind murdered Rantaro and let her take the blame and the execution.

Rantaro Amami, who cannot recall his talent in Danganronpa V3, turns out to be the Ultimate what?

Survivor is his title because he had already lived through an earlier killing game. In a bonus mode he instead remembers being the Ultimate Adventurer.

Misreading her master's advice, Danganronpa V3's Tenko Chabashira comes to distrust which group?

Boys, she is convinced, always shift the blame and can never be trusted, so she bristles at their compliments. Tenko is the Ultimate Aikido Master, with a style built on striking first.

Danganronpa V3's playable demo guest-starred Makoto Naegi and which hero of the second game?

Hajime Hinata joined Makoto Naegi in the demo, uniting the leads of the first two games a few weeks before the new one reached Japanese shops.

Danganronpa V3's fifth case hides who died, even from Monokuma, by crushing the body with what?

A press machine crushed Kokichi Oma beyond recognition at his own request, a scheme meant to make the case unsolvable and bring the killing game to a halt.

At the very end of Danganronpa V3, what does robot student Keebo do on the mastermind's last order?

He destroys the school in an assault that kills the mastermind and Monokuma, then triggers his own self-destruct. That makes Keebo the final casualty of the game.

Shuichi Saihara of Danganronpa V3 built his name solving murders as apprentice to which relative?

His uncle took him on as an apprentice, and the police came to know him for cracking murders. It takes Kaede Akamatsu's encouragement to make him trust his own ability.

Angie Yonaga, devotee of the god Atua, founds which group in Danganronpa V3 to stop the killing?

The Student Council set out to stop the killing but stripped classmates of most of their rights. Its founder, the Ultimate Artist, soon became the third victim.

Which green, near-silent Monokub briefly overthrows Monokuma to rule Danganronpa V3's school?

Monodam takes charge in the third chapter, but his siblings doubt his competence and beg Monokuma to come back. He stays quiet because he has closed off his heart after being bullied.

Which trial mode new to Danganronpa V3 splits the class into two sides that argue head to head?

Debate Scrum lines up two factions, and the player must answer each opposing claim with a matching statement from their own side.

Which Danganronpa V3 trial minigame has players clear coloured blocks to uncover a picture?

Mind Mine asks the player to remove coloured blocks until an illustration appears. It joined the trials in this game alongside a driving challenge called Psyche Taxi.

When a Danganronpa V3 Nonstop Debate has no clear contradiction, what new move can players make?

Tell a lie is the new option: the player swaps a Truth Bullet for its opposite and fires a falsehood to push the discussion on. Dishonesty is the theme Kazutaka Kodaka chose for the game.

Which Danganronpa V3 rhythm minigame has players build a sentence to silence a panicking classmate?

Argument Armament took the place of the Bullet Time Battle and Panic Talk Action of earlier games. The player taps buttons to the beat, then assembles the final line from four word groups.

Which deliberately brutal platform minigame sits under a manhole at Danganronpa V3's school?

Death Road of Despair is built to be almost impossible, sending all sixteen students through a gauntlet of bombs, traps and pits as they try to flee the grounds.

Which unlockable Danganronpa V3 extra has Monokuma cancel the killing game so students can bond?

Salmon Team Mode swaps murder for matchmaking, with Monokuma recasting the class as a dating line-up. It follows the School Mode and Island Mode extras of the first two games.

Which company published Danganronpa V3 in the West before Spike Chunsoft took the rights back?

NIS America handled the 2017 Western release. In 2020 the game was briefly pulled from sale on consoles while publishing rights moved to Spike Chunsoft's own Western arm.

Composer Masafumi Takada sought a more mature sound for Danganronpa V3, leaning on which genre?

Jazz colours much of the score, which grew so large that it had to be split across two album releases on the composer's own label.

Which former sculpture student, later the artist of Akudama Drive, designed Danganronpa V3's cast?

Rui Komatsuzaki had never designed characters before Danganronpa, and the series' odd name was also his coinage.

The 'V' in Danganronpa V3's title was added to set the game apart from which same-numbered project?

An anime series called Danganronpa 3 was in production at the same time as the game, a double workload that its producer and writer both described as difficult.

The first Danganronpa was styled 'psycho-pop'; developers described Danganronpa V3 as psycho-what?

Psycho-cool was the developers' word for a game built to mirror the first one's campus setting while looking distinct from it.

Famitsu Awards prize winner Danganronpa V3 also took a Game Informer adventure award for best what?

Plot Twist was the category, apt for a story whose advertised heroine is executed after the opening trial and whose ending rewrites everything before it.

Megumi Hayashibara, Danganronpa V3's Shuichi Saihara in Japanese, voices which Evangelion pilot?

Rei Ayanami is one of her signature parts. She seldom voices male characters, but was cast as Shuichi for her long experience with detective characters.

Johnny Yong Bosch, English voice of Danganronpa V3's Rantaro Amami, found fame in which TV series?

Power Rangers cast him in 1994 as Adam Park, the second Black Ranger, long before he became a prolific voice in dubbed Japanese series such as Bleach and Trigun.

Akio Ōtsuka, the deep Japanese voice of Danganronpa V3's Ryoma Hoshi, also plays which stealth hero?

Solid Snake of the Metal Gear games is among his best-known parts. The casting plays against Ryoma's small stature and suits his grim, pessimistic outlook.

Hiro Shimono, Japanese voice of Danganronpa V3's Kokichi Oma, plays which Demon Slayer swordsman?

Zenitsu Agatsuma shares his voice with Kokichi, and so do Connie Springer in Attack on Titan and Dabi in My Hero Academia.

Pianist Kaede Akamatsu's Danganronpa V3 execution is named after which simple beginners' tune?

Der Flohwalzer, the 'Flea Waltz', is often the first piece a keyboard learner picks up. In Japan it goes by a title meaning 'I Stepped on the Cat'.

Danganronpa V3 reached Nintendo Switch in 2021 inside which bundle with a board-game spin-off?

Decadence packaged the three main games with a brand-new board game spin-off to celebrate the franchise turning ten.

Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese voice of all five Danganronpa V3 Monokubs, plays which Disney character?

Donald Duck is one of several Disney parts he plays in the Kingdom Hearts games. The developers wanted a single actor for all five cubs, and he was the first person they thought of.