Another 'Ranking the Danganronpa Trials' Video For Your Binge Routine (Happy 10th Anniversary!) 

I did not elaborate very well on why I believe Chihiro's case has strong elements of transmisogyny. I was originally going to make a lengthy video explaining this in further detail (i might still do so, actually). However, Lindsay Ellis actually released a video a couple of weeks ago that encapsulates the issues present in Chihiro rather well, even if not a perfect 1-1 to Chihiro's character. I recommend the watch if you have an hour to spare and want further information: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cHTMidTLO60.html

We all should've known Gonta was screwed when the first two games made the "kill the bara in chapter 4" trend

so glad kirumi was actually alive and personally beat kokichi to death. such a shame so many people like the fanfiction where she dies and they try to redeem kokichi.

I strongly believe in Gonta supremacy.

“You wouldn’t defend him as hard if he looked like TeruTeru or Hifumi” SOMEBODY FINALLY SAID IT And yeah I don’t hate Kiyo he’s actually one of my favorite characters lmao

When your too shy to say anything in the live chat: Well i better chill here then-

This will be interesting, seeing as you hate 2-5 and 3-5 unlike most people.

Why does nobody ever mention the fact that kokichi's plan to "save" everyone by revealing the truth of the outside world nearly led shuichi and himiko to suicide? Like, himiko was literally begging maki to kill her until she used the flashback light.

Aeris be like, “You can’t beat my insanely well written Danganronpa analyses if I analyze EVERYTHING!”

You know, I don't really understand the placement for # 11. From what I remember, Gonta didn't kill anyone and survived until the end with everyone else. Kokichi was executed for murdering Miu and everything else went on as it should. Gonta especially didn't have an execution that made me cry into my pillow for three hours and has caused me to have a passionate hatred for Kokichi.

Going to repost this: For anyone wondering, the Standard Galactic Alphabet in the thumbnail says: 2: IAMNONBINARYDUCKYOUIGOTMONEY 3: CRYOVERHEPIANO 5: ITSALLFICTIONAL 6: NOTEVENGONNAMAKEHERE 8: LEONUPSLDEDOWN I might have gotten some symbols wrong, or Aeris might've, but it's still readable.

Though I don’t agree with some of your placements, I understand why you placed them there and there.

Personally I actually like the best to worst style of "top tiring" much better than the usual worst to best. I find most top 10 videos to get a bit dull as the video goes on so I agree with leaving the spicier opinions for last

2-5 & 3-5 : *”oh no.”*

People really overhate the weird looking characters 😔. If we just analyse the actions of Teruteru and Ryoma you could easily see that their actions are very sympathetic and human-like, they have realistic struggles but also a variety of flaws which makes them incredibly compelling and also my favorites. I just wish people gave them the attention they deserve :( (Also they kinda cute ngl 👀)

Most people like the case 5 trials because their favorite character dies

First, I got to see Aeris collab with _the_ Mandy. Now, I finally get to see this long awaited video! You keeping on giving, Aeris!

I think the thing that I took away from V3 chapter 6 will always be "you're not weird for caring about fictional characters and being emotional over the things that happen to them" I feel weird cause I always feel like the one person who got this message and it feels like I've missed something oops.

I just realised this but, Kokichi is technically one of the characters responsible for the most deaths Which include Himself Miu Iruma Gonta Gokuhara And Kaito Momota

Nagito's plan was never to stab Hajime or anyone else from the ultimates. He rather set himself up to be killed. If it weren't for Imposter's night-vision goggles, which Nagito openly admitted to everyone that he didn't predict or see coming, Nagito wouldn't have been shoved from under that table by Imposter. Nagito has always been suicidal, not homicidal. He begs and pleads with everyone else to kill him afterwards and his actions throughout the killing game, such as playing Russian roulette with five bullets, showcase his disregard for his own life. He would never dare kill any of the ultimates directly when he thinks he's worthless by comparison. If you think he was trying to kill anyone then give me the answer for these questions: 1) Why did Nagito blatantly reveal his plan to Teruteru by laughing out loud whilst setting everything up? 2) How would Nagito be able to stab anyone in utter darkness? 3) If you assume he was going to indiscriminately stab someone, then what would he do about all the blood splatter? It's obvious that the knife was never intended to be the murder weapon from the start and it's only in-line with Nagito's characterization to want to die there. Also, Teruteru doesn't really have much of a sense of justice. His motive was never to stop Nagito from doing anything dangerous to stop and protect the others. He just saw an opportunity and took it. Monokuma called him out on this and told him to be honest at the end. He wanted to sacrifice everyone and escape in order to find out what happened to his mum and diner. He knew about the class trial system ahead after all, unlike Sayaka. Sure, he's sympathetic but absolutely not justified in any way. In regard to 2-5, I honestly don't think AI Chiaki was ever intended to have a deep connection of sorts with Hajime or anyone else, as she's an all-loving AI who's incapable of forming interpersonal relationships. All she can give is universal love. Her FTEs make it abundantly clear that she doesn't understand romance what with the dating sims genre being her only weakness in terms of gaming. The way I see this case, when dissected to its most basic form, perfectly parallels 1-5. The person with closest to the protag (Kyoko, Nagito) put him in trouble and an AI (Alter Ego, AI Chiaki) come in a clutch to save them. It's true she appears before Hajime in 2-6 but I think that's because it could have only been her, because no one else can deliver the "you're not part of the game" speech.

I got physically aggressive when Aeris said taka wasn’t an interesting character WE KNOW THE BABYS WHOLE PERSONALITY IS BEING A HALL MONITOR BUT HES OUR HALL MONITOR

Can we say #Gontadeservedbetter ?

As a Kokichi fan, I must say his actions are indeed unjustifiable. Fun, but unjustifiable.

am i the only person who thinks teruteru's design is cute, idk what it is but i actually really like & i prefer the design we got over his beta cus his actual design is way more unique & lets him stand out against not only his cast but other danganronpa characters

about the 11037 thing: to type on a computer in japanese, one of the most common methods is to actually use english characters to write a word/phrase and then select from a list what those characters are. for example, if you type "migikata" it turns each syllable into hiragana or katakana ”みぎかた” and then you press space, which is when a list would pop up next to it and you can then choose what specifically you were trying to type (”右肩“、"右下腿“、"右肩を", etc..) once you highlight with the arrow keys or cursor which one you want in the list, you press enter and then you can continue typing. we know that kyoko and makoto type on the laptop to talk to alter ego (at least in the game), and the anime shows that they actually use this method to type and talk to alter ego on the laptop. therefore, makoto and kyoko would at least know how to write japanese in english characters (and likely what sound each letter makes). while L isn't used in japanese when talking, it IS used to make smaller hiragana characters when using IME （ぁ、ぃ、ぅ、ぇ、ぉ）and so they likely also know what sound L makes or at least what L is. E and O come up in japanese often and even have standalone characters （エ/え，お/オ）, as a majority of consonants are immediately followed by vowels, and N is also definitely used in japanese and it, too, has it's own character (ン/ん)． it wouldn't be too hard for makoto and kyoko to piece together that it says "leon" upside down or at least that it said "eon", and then notice no one else's name at hope's peak ends in "eon" except for leon's

chapter two ( DRV3 ) will always be a number one for me. Apart from Kirumi dying I felt terrible and sad for Ryoma, an overshadowed and underrated character in DRV3 in my opinion. Him giving his life to Kirumi to save the nation really made me agree even more of how noble and tragic he was. And before his death he says how lame it was that he kept saying he didn't have a reason to live. The most depressing part of this is that his death could've been avoided if that lying little bitch Kokichi just would've said that Maki's true identity was the ultimate assassin, then Maki wouldn't have given Ryoma his motive video but having nothing on his motive video, knowing that he has no one in his life that is important to him or anyone else must have left him so distraught it hurts me. It overall was a painful trail for me and many others.

Teruteru isn’t the best character obviously, but I’m just say he’s kinda underrated. Not saying he’s excused for attempt s**ual assault- I’m just saying he doesnt deserve as much hate as he gets

"To this day, this is the only person to take their own life." But... Nagito? Kokichi?

I feel like Miu and Maki should have switched places. Miu trying to kill someone doesn’t fully make sense in my opinion, because she is a key way of ending the killing game. Maki makes more sense as a victim who tries to kill Kokichi cause she is the Ultimate Assassin and uses Miu for her own work. Her attacking Kokichi while not knowing the virtual world would be a way Gonta kills her cause he is saving his friend while Kokichi rolls with it. Miu is a prime suspect for it while Gonta is the one revealed as the culprit. It also opens Miu to development and being more nicer. And MAYBE will redeem Kokichi. Also as a Miu x Kiibo shipper, a small kiss before Kiibo faces the exisals would be very nice.

Please don't put that fake death portrait for Kirumi ever again. That was really scary and you almost had me believing something bad happened to her.

Aeris: Doesn't like chapter 5 of V3 Me: So... I wasn't the only one? I found the "Kokichi was good" part really forced, and Kaito being mad at Shuichi because THEY SURVIVED TRIAL 4 was stupid. I think that I only liked the Maki and Kaito confession at the end and the fact that we didn't know who the victim was, but other than that this is not my favorite trial, but at the same time it is not my least favorite

Yeah, your videos are the best to binge, honestly. I've seen that Sayaka video like 3 times because it's that entertaining to listen to

Spoilers I find it so cool that Kirumi and Ryoma were able to survive and make it to the real world before Shuichi, Maki, and Himiko!

I'm with you on Gonta. Heck, he is literally the one character whose execution I cannot usually handle and so most times I will skip it.

Ibuki likes saying things twice, I can already tell where 2-5 and 3-5 will be at Dead last.

Aoi was the fanservice in Chapter 3. Celeste was the fans service in Chapter 3.

I honestly would’ve liked teruteru less if his beta design was used. It disgusts me that people can pass of s3xual assault because of how they look, and I would respect his character a lot less because of it.

One of my favorites is 2-4, mainly because I find the basis of the mystery being the architecture of the building really interesting and adds another layer of mystery to the murder. Not too mention, the character moments, not just for the obvious Gundham, though I love what this chapter did for Gundham as well as Akane. The character I want to focus on is my favourite character not just in Danganronpa 2, but in the entire franchise, Nekomaru. I really feel this character gets overshadowed by Gundham this chapter, considering he killed Nekomaru, and now we can't interact with him and pick apart his mind, but I feel Nekomaru's Free time events play into the events of this case PERFECTLY, or at least pretty damn well, as he was born with an extremely weak heart, which had him in and out of the hospital constantly as kid and these events even show impact before the murder, when Nekomaru returns as a robot, where it's him that tells Akane it's okay and there's no need to be sorry, because he's alive and that is what matters most, to live life to the fullest and not take it for granted, because 2nd chances at life don't come often like they did for Nekomaru. And the fact that Nekomaru was willing to sacrifice himself for his friends, so they can keep living whilst forfeiting his own life, speaks volumes about Nekomaru as a character.

Funny enough, trail 5 from danganronpa v3 is also my least favourite and I never knew why I just think its cause of the fact that I never really cared for Kaito's character but I will admit when Maki cried I cried as well, her character development is one of my favourite things in the game. Edit: I'm trans and I think its always amazing to see someone defend the trans community

Two things i would like to point out!!: - completely agree with chapter 5 V3, i actually hate it because it excuses kokichi's actions throughout the whole game even when he was supposed to be the "rival character" and made him extremely dislikeable just to justify him at the end?? kokichi is annoying, and i would've loved if he had an execution //he would be the first rival in danganronpa to have an execution!! neither byakuya or nagito have one// -and V3's final chapter actually intentionally makes tsumugi more dislikeable by it's lenght, is the LONGEST danganronpa trial ever, and even if i adore tsumugi so much, it makes it pretty hard to like her, even considering she has gone full-blown psycopath to everybody wich is really entertaining. //also her execution is very ironic, bc the character that wanted to join danganronpa so bad, didn't got a planned execution and a rock just fell on her lmao, and i like to think she looked sad bc she ended the one thing she cared about the most// anyway i would've loved for someone to finally call out kokichi on the horrible things he did, and more people didn't got to like and experience tsumugi well, bc of how painfully long the final trial is. tsumugi is really interesting and she represents escapism and the worst parts of each fandom!!

I have a certain dislike to this video, the contrarian attitude is the main thing, but i do see your genuine analysis of the characters. This may be my opinion, but it feels like you ranked the bad trials high and the good trials low just because you felt like it, I understand opinionation but judging a trial based on YOUR personal favourite characters not getting the spotlight is upsetting, some of the rankings seem to be based on the execution, where others are not. "Forced Heterosexuality" is something that upsets me, as Maki and Kaito have interacted enough to the point I saw the feelings coming, but anyway it's your opinion and i respect it. I do highly agree with the assessment of Leon and Teruteru, character analysis seems to be your strong suit, due to the lack of subjectivity you put in there. I do enjoy your other content, just this video struck a bell of slight irritation inside of me, I hope you don't see this as insulting but more as a poorly made piece of constructive criticism. but who am I to judge, I would never be able to make a better video, and hell formatting it Best to Worst flowed very well in my opinion. anyway, this is where I stop speaking

Thr Sakura part with the minecraft music 😭😭😭

0:09 I can't even begin to explain how much I love this sprite they made, it's so cute

I prefer the version of the DR abriged of the 1-2 “Chihiro Fujisaki’s corpse was moved to the girl’s dressing room. But in reality, the crime took place in the boy’s room. The reason for this; it’s because Fujisaki... is designated male at birth though I cannot say either way whether they identify as either or any gender but nontheless their ID recognizes them as male. ”

gasp an opinion t i m e t o p e r i s h

The idea of Pregame characters really do fascinate me, as what society would the characters have been a product of? I just really despise the fetishization and really bad stuff that goes into people's AUs.

Also I’m happy that fans of Danganronpa v3 made a version where Shuichi is the protagonist. Because we all know that the Kaede’s execution only takes part in that fan made game and she is the real protagonist. Also I’m so happy that Kaede survived with Ryoma, Kirumi, Shuichi, Maki and Himiko in the real game!

The comment section is surely gonna be civilized

You say kirumi’s was fanmade, BUT WE BOTH KNOW GONTA’S WAS COMPLETELY FAN BUILT

I like lists that the fandom uses to disagree because it shows that everyone has different opinions. And one more time, Aeris making an incredible video, with good editing and stuff.

Honestly I have to agree with you on Game 1’s Chapter 3 Trial being the best. Looking back on it, it was pretty cool to see a chapter 3 culprit that was just dead set on getting out of the killing game instead of killing just because.

I like to hate Kokichi a lot. From how he was an ass throughout the game and was mostly the reason why Gonta and Miu to die. One thing that made me hate is that how he died. He's death was one of the disappointing deaths in the game series even after replaying it. To be completely honestly I really wanted to see a Kokichi execution like it will be really cool what he's execution will be. Anyway there's so many reasons why I love to dislike him. Chapter 5 was one of the reasons why I don't like him.

Thank you so much for pointing out the various hypocrisies and inconsistencies within the fandom (pre-games aren't canon, so you can't use that to justify or redeem Korekiyo and Kokichi, and how people give Miu a pass, and hate Teruteru). These things have always really bothered me, and it makes me happy to see other people acknowledging them.

Your points against 2-5 ignore like, almost all of the actual trial. You're always extremely vague when you talk about this trial and refuse to talk about like 80% of it. It's really strange.

Not trying to talk over trans people here, just giving my two cents: I personally connected to Chihiro Fujisaki in a big way. I relate to his feelings of "weakness" and insecurity a lot, and appreciated the message behind his character arc. It felt.. reassuring. As a cis guy, I’ve never been super "traditionally" masculine, and I've struggled to accept myself despite not fitting into that mold, so seeing another character face a similar kind of internal conflict meant a lot to me. When tackling issues of toxic masculinity in popular media, we tend to get a lot of antagonistic characters driven by that (Mondo, as you said), but I don’t think we focus enough on how these social norms surrounding gender can affect people who don’t conform to stereotypes / attached ideals, particularly from a male perspective. Good video all the same.

GUYS I HAVE GOOD NEWS, you can actually interpret drv3 final chapter however you want, the creator said himself that basically, the whole idea for v3 was "why is everyone believing the mastermind?" so aeris saying that kirumi didnt die its actually semi-canon Also to defend celestia, i have revisited the third trial and her actual reason was simply get out of there, its also said that the dream she has becoming true was just a plus coming with getting out of there, also F*CK THE FIFTH TRIAL OF V3

11:56 is just me but with Ryoma instead

I’m personally a big fan of 1-2, 2-5, and 3-5 but hey shit hits different people different. Seeing someone hate on those generally loved trials is unique and new and I liked hearing your thoughts on them.

Yesterday was Ryoma Monday great

in all honesty, all I can say is FUCKING FINALLY. Finally someone chose to acknowledge how the 5th chapter of v3 was a mess, and that Kokichi's narrative had so much favoritism put into it where the first chance someone has to even try to kill them, they got shot in the foot and are labeled a skank for touching the "uwu gay boi." ( Also yea it's pretty obvious I enjoy Miu as a character from my pfp, But still she doesn't deserve to be hated on just for trying to kill a character some really favor over others. ) In all seriousness, This video was great, I'm so happy to see a danganronpa RU-vidr finally ackonowledge the fact that some trials were genuinly bad. and that rant at the end oh so fucking good.

“ *FINISH THAT SENTENCE AND I WILL FINISH YOUR EXISTENCE* “ my new favorite quote :D

I dont think they intended to be "misogynistic" with Kaede getting killed and switching to Shuichi yeah i would've like a female protagonist besides Komaru although she isn't in a killing game anyway. But to be honest I think majority prefer Shuichi to Kaede even if Kaede was the true protagonist

I really like the part in chapter 2 where Kirumi runs away and escapes alive and well and goes on to be happy and safe.

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Honestly, going back to the ending of DR1 it's very underrated for being the first game in the series. Also I understand why people dislike Teruteru but he really was a caring person deep down. Plus Sonia in chapter 4 seemed like she would get really good character potential for 4 lines and then she acts like nothing ever happened

So out of curiosity, what do you think about this for a rival charater: The ultimate lawyer. Basically, it was someone who was wrongly accused and went to prison, which was complete hell for him. He served his sentence, but then he decided that he doesn't want anyone to suffer his fate. So he decided to become a lawyer to help protect the weak and innocent. However, because he was the ultimate lawyer, it got to the point where he would do anything to defend his clients. Even lying and manipluation, just so his client can survive...even if he knows his client is guilty. Oh, and to clarify, he usually tries to defend the people that almost everyone is turned against in the class trial...which could either be the culprit, or innocent people, including the player. What kind of character is this to you in your opinion?

"Hajime barely reacted to the Kamakura reveal" My guy went through the FIVE STAGES OF GRIEF, DISSOCIATED BIG TIME, HALLUCINATED LIKE ALL HELL?!?!? "barely reacted"?????

Finally! Idk that always bothered me that the “pretty” pervy characters are fan favorites when the ones that are drawn goofier and have less conventionally attractive features are overhated.

I completely agree on Toko and Syo in DR1. One of my closest friends is part of a system herself, and I've actually met a Danganronpa fictive in their system (don't want to say who exactly for privacy reasons). Syo is treated like a shock rather than her own legitimate character and it's gross. Not only that, but she is treated as dangerous, when in fact most systems are dangerous at all..! I'm not a system myself so I can't say much, I just don't like how they were written...

god i remember i cried at least 11 different times during trial 4 of v3, and i even cried about it during this video. gonta really deserved so much better

1-2 really hit me where it hurts. As a boy who's always been bullied for being "weak, soft, girly", etc. Chihiro was someone i could relate to, more than any other character. I think his strength is admirable, but what hurts is just the way he died. It felt so.. unnecessary and cruel. I get that it's supposed to showcase this deep despair, but having him killed for opening up to someone really scared me off for a good while.

How they handled Chihiro's gender in chapter 2 of Dr1 was very bad, but I'm not sure if that's exactly the reason Mondo killed him. I think it was that he was jealous of how strong Chihiro was to come out to him and actively want to change, and that jealousy reminded him of the incident that killed his brother, which caused him to enter a blind rage and kill him by accident. I'm not exactly sure, though.

Man now I want a whole video of you talking about kokichi because nobody talks about how terrible of a person he is.

Teruteru gets so much shit, like yeah pervert characters can be tiring but tons of other characters can say everything under the sun but somehow Teru is the worst? He’s just a scared country bumpkin that tried to do right but ultimately screwed up. Like with his free time events he’s very obviously just struggling with his identity and status, which could explain why he wants to get married/date/sleep with someone because companionship is a sign of status when you live in a tiny remote town. Same with Hifumi, if Hifumi or Teru were busty anime girls they’d both be fan favorites.

See, I never really saw Mondo as a toxic masculinity rep, more like a guy who doesn't know any better. He ultimately killed Chihiro because he felt like it was the universe calling him weak that a character that he knew this whole time to be shy and frail was ultimately stronger that he was. I really like Mondo because in some respects I can sympathize with him. Has to play the tough guy cause if his weakness shows everything he's ever worked on is ruined. Plus his friendship with Kiyotaka is something I know all too well, two dudes being strong together because they believe they have to be when under the surface there is a more emotional side to thier friendship. I personally just think Mondo is bad at expressing himself, something show in the ultimate development plan (which I know isn't fully canon, but the character traits are). Either way, cool video, its always nice to get others opinions on topics!

You know Mondos trial is odd to me. I’m a person who relates to Chihiro as a guy who likes to wear female clothing and I see Mondo as someone who had anger issues that doubled down on his toxic masculinity. I do feel bad for Mondo too but only because I see him as someone who was equally failed by society. I’m sorry if that is bad in other people’s eyes, but I suppose that’s the fault of my brain 😅. I totally see where you’re coming from and I suppose I just didn’t have the mindset to see that, especially the trans hate.

YES. YOU PUT EXACTLY HOW I FEEL ABOUT KOKICHI INTO WORDS. THANK YOU. Also, I agree about Gonta. He really deserved better. I really liked him, and seeing how Kokichi treated him during the trial made me so sad.

Aeris: “I completely shut down after seeing that completely fanmade Kirumi execution” Me: *So uhh who gon’ tell her-*

30:18 yes, because their relationship totally had no build-up in the previous chapters, definitely 'forced' heterosexuality.

it's not like they can't headcanon Kokichi as bi. Who cares what he says in the game? Our head is a very special space that can create many different things with no exact base other than our wishes. I can get certain ships can be wrong like shipping an adult with a minor. But you're clouding your judgement by using trauma to call a whole group of people homophobic just because they don't agree with your headcanons. And, again, trauma can hurt a lot but you can't defend yourself with it and to also attack other people because of it, it's not an excuse, especially in this case. And no once again don't assume that I'm straight or heteronormative or that I ship Oumeno (hell I don't exactly ship him with anyone, I ship Shuichi with Kaito). It's just that this is all a bit overboard for two fictional characters who aren't essentially breaking any kind of moral or legal stuff. I get you have your opinions and headcanons and that this is your space, but keep in mind you're still a creator that does influence people, both positively AND negatively depending on what you say? It's like you're sending the message that if it is straight, it is bad or forced. And, is that any different to how they treat us? I don't ask nor necessarily want a response, I just wanted to voice my problems with you. I like you as a creator but even then you still do say bad things and assume things out of an innocent group of people and then proceed to defend yourself with trauma or your gender You can read this, you can respond to this, you can block me, whatever. But you know that a response that's just to insult me won't make you any less right. I'm not attacking you for who you are, Aeris. I'm just saying this because of what you say and make other people feel. I don't think you're a bad person but you have to stop being this aggressive with no self-control. On the internet of all things. Voice your headcanons, it's fine, but don't force them onto people and then attack other normal ships and headcanons and call them name. Make a space you can be comfortable in but don't make it hell for everyone else. You're still a face in the DR community, a channel that appears when you search for DR videos. Don't represent the LGBTQ+ part of this fandom this way, don't make it seems so open, yet so closed-off. Sorry for the rant, once again, not asking for anything, less a response. I just wanted to share my opinion since I do like your content a lot. Edit: btw 28:58 for the timestamp that made me start my rant.

I find it hard to understand how trial two in THH is seen the way it is. Mondo kills Chihiro solely for the fact that they were stronger emotionally. Chihiros gender identity is not very important in that matter. Whatever interpretation you would like to take with chihiros murder I can’t see how it’s transphobic. Mondo is treated as sympathetic in his weakness and his failure to overcome it and is not shown to hate chihiro for their identity. Although the trial defo deserves to be knocked down quite a few pegs for how horribly they handled syo.

fandom: nooo you can't just explain logically why our favourites trials are terrible Aeris: ahah 33 minutes video goes brrrrrr

Bro, are you seriously hating someone over their placement of fictional trials in a video game instead of acknowledging that while the differences in your opinions may be vast you both have a right to an opinion and should put your differences aside because you both enjoy a wonderful series? That’s kinda cringe bro In all seriousness, this was a pretty good video! Even though there were some moments that made me go “Well, I don’t think that’s entirely correct.” I still understand most of your placements! It’s also good to see a fresh take on the series instead of *insert generic trial 5 good trial 3 bad list* like so many others. As soon as I saw 2-2 in the top spot, I knew that this video was going to be unique. Keep up the outstanding work!

To any reader seeing this comment, I do not mean to offend anyone. My only reason for making this is to bring my perspective, as I find the DRV3 trial to be good. I keep seeing points about chapter 5 that hint at Kokichi not being aknowledged as a bad person. Yet what I find odd is that the whole game, DRV3 portrays Kokichi as a manipulative person who only does things to his own benefit while *hinting* that he has a redeeming side through having Kaito kill. Kokichi is not stated to be a good guy, but from his actions and his whole trait being a lie machine, can you actually know what his true character is like? Kokichi’s actions before chapter 5 were pretty terrible, no doubt about that. Yet he did help the group from time to time. And I saw a comment that Kaito’s hate towards Shuichi after the chapter 4 trial was uncalled for. Yet he is the definition of using emotions to find the truth. In that trial, the only person who knows the truth is Kokichi. Kaito refuses to notice that and then when Shuichi finds the actual truth, invalidating Kaito’s ideals, of course he would get mad. Because he acts impulsively. He probably couldn’t bring himself to vote for Gonta Even If he wanted to, as that would mean saying ”Kokichi is right.” And of course, he doesn’t want to agree with that because Of one thing. Kokichi is a bad person.

You know? I'm so glad that both Kirumi and Ryoma made it out of the killing game and are totally not dead. Oh did I mention v3's chapter 2 doesn't exist? Yeah chapter 2 never happened, both Kirumi and Ryoma are alive. That's the truth.

Me as soon as seeing AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA as the subtitle *oh so it's 3-2*

Great video Aeris, your comedy style is super entertaining and the balance of information and memes is superb.

3:38 Don't mind me, just saving this screenshot for later lol. Celeste is just alright for me at least compared to most of the characters, but damn if she doesn't have one of the best motives in the series

Aeris, I love your sprites! Your OC is so cute, and it’s like a glossy danganronpa style!

I hate that in trial 2:5 that everyone loses their minds over Chiaki dying. Everyone is crying and are cursing Nagito for all of this and it’s such a big deal but like WHY? What did Chiaki do that was garnering all of these tears from the characters? Like I get that she sacrificed herself but what about Gundahm? He literally sacrificed himself so everyone would live. Mikan was straight up forced to kill by despair disease and Teruteru was trying to kill Nagito, the guy who caused this whole mess. Why do they care so much about Chiaki when there are characters IN THE SAME GAME who have done basically the same thing and they didn’t care. It’s like she was meant to be the player’s favourite so the characters have to feel bad for her too, even when nothing happened between them. It just really ticks me off

"Kaede being the only female protagonist" Komaru: 😭😭

*Pauses for every meme Aeris puts in the video that are on screen for less than a second because I appreciate the jokes and effort.*

Excited for the premiere~ I’ve found I’ve never had the same view point with you on any danganronpa subjects or characters but I love & am always open to hearing other opinions! ❤︎

i would like kokichi more if the fandom didnt treat him like a god

I agree with everything except from Maki and Kaito’s relationship being forced at the end, considering there was actual development starting between them since CH2 and Kaito was literally about to be executed

In America, we are stupid, but we aren’t that stupid to elect that...thing again.

I really wonder of if sayaka’s Execution would’ve had vocals to go with the execution music

But but kaito or maki getting tired of kokichi’s bullshit and decided to shoot his ass is impossible because he’s an UwU sMolL gAy BaBy BoI But getting serious now mondo going through the trouble of carrying Chihiro’s body into the locker room which could risk him getting caught shows how much he regrets killing them and that he wanted to keep chihiro’s secret safe.

I still like 3-5, but I completely understand your feelings, I would've tried to kill kokichi way faster than miu, tbh. I love your vids and I'll keep supporting no matter what you post about. Edit: why is #7 about a fanmade trial. It isn't canon.

Great list! I don’t exactly agree with a good majority of this, but it was still a really entertaining watch and it’s nice to see everyone else’s outlook in everything here!