DANGANRONPA 1 UNUSED TRIAL & CASE 

They would have really done Mukuro dirty in this trial. Imagine the Ultimate soldier dying to a baseball player. Like imagine learning about her later in the game and how she "never got a single injury in battle" and yet Leon was able to just stab her easily.

The fact that Kiyotaka could be the antagonist and STILL be the ultimate moral compass impresses me

leon dramatically breaking a jar is so amazing for no reason

The most interesting thing about this beta version imo is that it means Sayaka would live past chapter 1, which certainly makes me curious what her role would have been going forward

I don't think the scenario would've played out with Leon overpowering Mukuro. She is the Ultimate Soldier, so it's likely she's fought stronger foes. I see him killing her not by surprise or brute force but some kind of unknown interference, like Junko herself purposely causing Mukuro to lower her guard just long enough for him to deal a fatal blow.

Mukuro Ikusaba, disrespected to death even in the beta she is innocent in my eyes forever

Idk when this was decided, but Junko was supposed to be just Junko in earlier versions not Mukuro in disguise, so maybe Leon could overpower someone who was just the ultimate fashionista and nothing more

There is clearly a reason why this trial was scrapped It didnt include 11037

Hearing that the case supposedly took place on the third floor makes me wonder if their was a version where all the participants were trapped on the third floor and had to work their way down to the enterance. Of course that does create a bit of an issue with the fact that floors only unlock when they survive another trial, but I kinda assume it works like you can either work together with the others and _maybe get out eventually_ or kill someone and hope you dont get caught to fast track your way out.

It's possible that Leon also tried breaking the vase at 12 pm to give himself an Alibi, alongside making everyone else think the murder occurred at twelve. Leon could claim he was simply relieving some stress by throwing the vase down on the ground.

The only issue i have with it actually being mukuro that was killed is that there would be few people capable of killing the ultimate soldier. Maybe sakura could overpower her but unless junko somehow was directly involved in catching her by surprise i dont think it would play out the way the killler wants.

It kinda sounds like what happened in Twilight Syndrome Murder Case, with the broken vase and a different weapon used.

Idk if you ever thought of this, but have you ever considered doing an alternate protagonist video? The canon games tended to go with people who were more average, so it would be interesting to see someone "not so average" take the reigns for once. I think most of the DR characters are pretty interesting and are strong enough to carry the plot on their own, so I'd love to see how having another character as the protag (say maybe Celeste or Ishimaru or even Sayaka) would change up the story and possibly the cases and the victims.

One thing I noticed they changed from the beta to the final was the lighting of the sprites in the trial. In the beta, you can see when leon gets pissed that the lighting drastically changes his face, making it a more menacing look. I actually really like that and I wish they would’ve kept that.

I am definitely happy they decided to change this trial. Like you said, it seems very poorly made. Although, at the same time it makes sense because of the fact they made it in order to just present something to the higher ups. I personally have no idea what they were trying to go for with this trial. Although, I like to believe that maybe leon pulled a kaede. What if for the first motive, Junko gave each student a piece of paper saying a random, stupid fact about Hopes Peak Academy and the killing game. For example students could receive a paper saying “the windows are boarded up with iron” or “you must kill someone to graduate.” Maybe to push it even further, the papers can say even dumber stuff which would lead the students thinking it as a joke and maybe getting pissed about it. Although little did they know, Leon got handed a paper saying “Junko is the mastermind of this killing game.” Obviously since Mukuro is dressed up as Junko, leon would think she was the mastermind. While all the other students are bashing Monokuma for giving them ridiculous facts, leon would be too stunned at what he learned. After that maybe leon thought that maybe if he killed mukuro/junko, everyone would be free. This is what Junko would want in order for the killing game to start. Leon would send a leter to Mukuro maybe wanting to talk about something which leads to those series of events happening. I hope this makes sense, I suck at explaining things ;-;

To be fair, 11037 was made more for Japanese players who don't read Latin script, but yeah the original first chapter definitely work way better. This was probably more of a test like you said, or maybe an early draft they updated and switched the killer to Sayaka. People are hard on the first game and first trial but for the reasons you say I really do appreciate it a lot. Some stuff is easy cuz first trial but oh well. Also AUs based on Distrust could be fun!

i much prefer actual trial 1. it would have annoyed me far too much to find out that the baseball kid successfully killed the ultimate soldier. but it's danganronpa, so it probably wouldn't have been so simple - i can imagine mukuro overpowering leon instead and junko interfering to kill her at the last minute, leaving us with a DRV3 style false first blackened and a similar last trial where they rehash the first trial. that could have been very danganronpa, with leon insisting on his innocence until the end and the others dismissing him as pretty awful for killing first and never admitting to it even until his execution, when actually he was telling the truth and they unfairly put someone they barely even got to know to death.

No, I completely understand what Leon was doing. He was obviously trying to make a seesaw effect.

Wow they really hated Leon which is sad his character story was really interesting and I feel like it had a lot of potential I wished he would have been a survivor instead of Yasuhiro

My theory is that sayaka was trying to save everybody at the cost of one. She didn’t know anything about the trials rules so she thought that she would be let out and would call for help

As much as I love the polished and natural-proportioned characters in the final game, the beta designs and sprites in this demo look really cool! I love how stylistic and edged out all the characters look, and it really fits the tone and themes of the first Danganronpa.

I feel bad for Sayaka as she was actually okay staying in the school with Makoto until she saw her motive video where it made her snap

help beta kyoko built like a chopstick someone give her some food 💀😭

The broken vase think really looks like Twilight Syndrome Murder Case.

2:56 *They forgot to feed our girl Kirigiri!!* 😩

I'm glad we got what we got. The trial that made it into the game is great because of how it sets up all of the blurred lines - that the victim isn't always innocent, and the culprit isn't your enemy specifically to be your antagonist, but because they have lives to fight for, and you are insignificant to them in comparison. I also like that "Junko's" death was different than everyone else's, it paints her as 100% innocent and unfortunate but makes for a more significant punch and makes just more sense narratively when she's revealed as one of the bad guys (especially since she was inly supposed to be "imprisoned" and was killed on a whim instead).

The actual first case also teaches you that the perfect safety of the rooms isn't as safe as you initially think it is. Also it sets up Naegi to become mega man. =3

I personally like to think that what Leon did the with the vase was more of Hagakure move (I'm referring to his meeting with Sakura) since I still like the idea of Mukuro asking someone to meet with them, only to kill And then once again, Leon has to make up something on the spot

I honestly find it interesting if for example Junko set up Mukuro by maybe making a deal with Leon or blackmailing him into killing her and therefore silencing her. Sayaka makes sense as a first victim, but i can't help but think how interesting it would be if she stuck around for a while

as much as I love the story we ended up with, this makes me REALLY interested in a timeline where Mukuro was murdered by another student, not Junko. It would be so much harder for the rest of the class to figure out the mastermind at the end, and I feel like it would be an even bigger deception on Junkos part to Mukuro

If your theory is correct, I have the same question as many of my fellow commenters: how on earth could Leon have caught Mukuro off guard? I think perhaps if Leon mentioned the note to her in a confrontation prior to killing her, that could just catch her off guard enough that he could stab her, since the only person who could have sent that note is Junko, and that could shock Mukuro enough that he could take the opportunity to attack while she was distracted

This trial seems very interesting! I would have loved to play it, although DR1's first trial is already a perfect way to start the game, in my opinion. And this is unrelated to the trial, but I'm a big fan of how you use Kaede's sprites at times while you talk. It fits really well!

Leon’s plan in this makes even less sense than the one he had to think of on the spot in the final product

More than likely Leon planned to Frame Sayaka by making sure she had no alibi for the time he tried to have everyone believe the murder took place. He probably had an alibi but a weak one which was easily debunked by Sayaka seeing him Now why he choose specifically sayaka? No idea But a He said She Said Situation is pretty hard to decipher if you have no info.

Funny that in distrust and betas Leon was never the real killer. They were Junko, Hifumi and Sayaka lol

I don't think the scenario where Mukuro intended to kill Leon is likely. Remember Mukuro was unkillable. Junko only managed to do it because she tricked her into staying in place and ignoring Monokuma's death threat. There's no way Leon would have overpowered her, considering all the times Junko tried to kill Mukuro out of nowhere in the anime. Besides, Leon would have no reason to hide that he was warned about the murder after the trial, and the most logical deduction would be thinking Monokuma did it. No one would dare plan a murder if they knew Monokuma was going to give them away just like that. It would have been more interesting if Monokuma's warning was a lie and Junko wasn't planning to kill Leon at all, though it would have been a weak motive.

I have been praying and hoping for like 4 years they SOMEHOW make a new game

I don’t think Junko tried to kill Leon. Cause if you look at the closing argument, Junko looked surprised.

I really enjoy your speculative videos so any content you do relating to speculating about Distrust would be very exciting to me!

i'm glad you covered this, i remember when i was searching through the unused danganronpa 1 content and found the unused climactic reenactment, and i was trying to piece together everything with just the few pictures, but i think it's really cool that they reused the concept of disguising the TOD using the vase in danganronpa 2, my mind was blown when i realized that

My guess is that at that point if development that they: A. Knew they wanted Leon to be the first murderer (I wouldn’t be surprised if his execution was the first they came up with) and B. Set up ‘Junko’s death early on. They probably had the final trial the most developed as it is the climax as well as to set up foreshadowing. As long as they kept Makoto and Kyoko, the rest of the victims/murders could play out however they felt was the most interesting. You need a framework before you can add details, after all. It also is interesting that they revisited the idea of a vase being a decoy in SDR2’s Mystery Syndrome Case. It almost makes you wonder if it was an inside joke at some point. Like, they knew it was stupid, but they were already parodying an old game, why not include a nod to an old version, too?

I was waiting for you to do this

Leon bodying Mukuro is probably the funniest thing to ever happen in this version of the story now i'm upset these events never ended up happening

Kind of disappointed Leon was always destined to die at chapter 1 as the culprit. It really disappoints me because I think he could have been a very good character if he just lasted longer. When I first saw the beta closing argument for some reason I always thought mondo was going to be the culprit. So yeah kinda wished Leon survived instead of Yasuhiro but I like them both so oh well.

I wouldn't have PREFFERED this trial, but it would be interesting to see a reference to it in a possible future spin-off if they make one. Also, I've come up with a scene for the screenshot of Leon and Sayaka standing back to back, with them both holding guns: a UDG-type game, with Sayaka as the main protagonist and Leon as her partner. They're fighting through Towa City as they try to find their Hit List targets that they heard were trapped somewhere in the town; Sayaka's (regrettably scrapped) sister, and Leon's cousin Kanon. Along the way they're subtly helped by Hiro, who's been traveling with Kanon (so basically UDH) and gives them an update on her location during the Prologue (Lost in the Towa Mists). After that though, he's cut off, with only a flash of bright pink hair in the background to indicate his attacker. Thus, they determine that someone messed with Hiro's transmission to prevent Sayaka and Leon from finding the two missing people, and they decide their main goal is finding Hiro and Kanon before anything else happens, and then they'll try to find Sayaka's sister together. Roll with it from here, but I was thinking the main antagonists would be Kazuichi for Chapter One (Sick of Your Games), Hiyoko for Chapter Two (Height Changes, Hearts Don't), Ibuki for Chapter Three (Reunion in a Blood-Stained Bar), Sonia for Chapter Four (Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges), and Gundham for Chapter Five (Who Mourns the Forgotten?). The Epilogue (Once the Road was Traveled, Twice the Road be Remembered) would have an awesome scene with Sayaka looking completely badass holding her gun next to Leon, but idk what else.

Everyone is wondering how Leon could have possibly killed Mukuro, but this is a beta where not even the character designs are final. While it is far more finalized than most DR beta content we usually see, for all we know Mukuro could possibly not have even been the Ultimate Soldier yet.

Interesting stuff Weeby!

If this was in the game, and if this was the real Junko I would have been surprised.

I would love to see you make a video on your Distrust story theories! Thank you for the effort you put into all of these videos and keep being awesome :))

Regardless of which trial you prefer, am I the only one who would've been glad to see Sayaka live past chapter one? With the concept of her being buddy-buddy with Junko/Mukuro before she died, she could not necessarily be super close to Makoto yet. She wouldn't have stuck to him in the beginning but now that the one she was closer to died she feels alone. It could give them a chance to grow closer, maybe them not remembering they attended middle school together until later because of the crazy situation they've been put under. Now this may be an unpopular opinion, but it'd be nice to see Sayaka be the main love interest instead of Kyoko (please don't hate I just think she's overrrated).

Sayaka didn't know about the class trials before she killed Leon. All she heard was 'get away with murder.' She wasn't trying to frame Makato.

Anyone notice how the sprites don’t change anyways- Yknow how Sayaka is being blamed for the case?I think this would’ve presented itself as a harsh trial for Makoto because he ISNT Sayaka so you can’t really confirm anything because you don’t know what’s happened BUT it’s equally harsh in the current first trial because your being suspected and no one can really trust you and they won’t really care that you were close with her.

I like to imagine if this was canon, Maizono would be a survivor and would act as a love interest for makoto and maybe have a love triangle with Kyoko

4:50 maybe in the original version when it says 3-b or whatever it was. They meant that it was class B of year 3. Because I know some schools put the older years at the bottom and younger people in higher floors

If they went the Distrust route, I would've like Danganronpa more.

So in Leon’s case, to make it look like the killing took place another time… It’s like danganronpa 2 twilight syndrome? (Monokuma fan game) or fuyuhiko sister murder. That kind of cool…

For me, the breaking vase and how it was used to attempt to frame the murder at a different time gives me Twilight Syndrome Murder Case vibes. Idk if the layout would have more similarities to how that went, but it’s a connection I can’t get over.

kirigiri is literally bones like her dad

This scraped case reminds me of the twilight syndrome murder case with the broken vases

The breaking the Vase in a different classroom is very similar to the Danganronpa 2 chapter 2's motive game, I wonder if there was a reason for that or just coincidence

I had no idea this even existed that’s crazy

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In distrust, apparently Kyoko was the mastermind originally…

Distrust is kinda a mixed bag for me. On one hand, I actually like the brutality of it and the eerie atmosphere. I kinda am using it for one of my fangans actually. There's just an interesting tone for it. On the other hand, I would've *HATED* the distrust feature. It feels way too much like the creator gets to be picky for whoever dies. I liked YTTD's routes because no matter what, some characters were going to die whether you like it or not, AND it had a choice between some characters AND there was other factors to choose from instead of "do you like character A or character B hmmmmm?". That, and I find the emotional impact of being attached to characters enough to actually feel something when they die. That, and I just like linear storytelling and character deaths that matter. My point that this distrust system wouldn't be as good could be proven that about 40% of the time when people talk about it, it's to talk about how they could've prevented a certain character's death. Basically, I would find distrust pyschically brutal but not emotionally brutal And also the ultimates gimmicks would've probably been removed had Distrust existence I love the idea of ultimate talents OH NO THE ULTIMATE TALENTS NOOOOOOO TL;DR The darker atmosphere is really cool but the distrust system would've outright ruined it.

It sounds like whatever they had in mind for this mock-up trial, namely the use of a broken vase to obscure the time of death, they ended up reusing those concepts for Natsumi's murder.

It's just so funny how in the beta version almost everyone is standing at an awkward half-turned angle

I'm having a very hard time believing any of the despair sisters could get Killed by Leon, I mean you have the ultimate Soldier and the ultimate despair. I'd still love to hear more danganronpa speculations though!

I like the idea that Junko convinces Mukuro to kill Leon so they can be behind the scenes of the killing game. It make me think like how if no killed, Junko would make Sakura kill in the actual game.

I think it is impossible for Leon to defeat Junko(Mukuro) in a fight, the only thing I can think of is that she was drugged so she was defenseless and planted in the room to be killed, the note was from the real Junko. When Mukuro woke up in the classroom she could barely move, then Leon came and killed her.

So, I guess junko wasn't mukuro in this version, and mukuro was the mastermind. The fact that she died to an athlete only makes sense if that's what happened

If the creators stick with this unused trial, Sayaka may get it lucky and she will be the one to survive the killing game. It is really interesting to see the early concepts of this game! 😎

I prefer the idea of expanding the if scenario as an AU idea in which case all of the ultimate students minus Junko Enoshima (who killed herself when no one fell into despair) joined the future foundation as new members instead of six (sixteen after Komaru was rescued) anyway they search the "despairs" before sending them to virtual jabberwock island found the Junko virus and destroyed it there by returning them to normal selves and the ex despairs joined future foundation and also they arrested the person who was planning the forbidden action killing game and stopped it before it happened and so on

hey weeby this dosen´t have with the video to do but i have to ask, now that you´ve done the main story of danganronpa another despair academy will you do a "spin the wheel" for that game? i hope so i love your spin the wheel videos

While the old trial victim being Mukuro is interesting, I don't think it would work. We've seen before that she can notice even the smallest change in someone's movement to protect herself from death, like when Junko suddenly attempted to stab her with an ice pick.

Woah never been this early. Excited to watch the video

The way I see the vase being important was that he broke the vase where no one could hear it and carried the shards, then he killed junko earlier at 10AM, because sayaka and junko had plans to meet at 12, or he sent a letter to sayaka pretending to be junko. At 12, when Sayaka went to the meeting place and found the body, he made noise breaking a vase nearby so people would rush and catch Sayaka there with the corpse, assuming she just did the deed.

I honestly really love those beta sprites, the saturation and thick lines are really appealing

i bet Junko isn't the mastermind yet in this version. that wouldn't make sense at all. also the third floor starting point working your way down is such an amazing idea. too bad it was scraped. the exit enough is a great motive on it's own.

I think I like Leon's plan in this beta more than the canon THH one.

Maizono would've experience the class trial in the beta version- WHY DID IT NOT MAKE IT IN THE ACTUAL GAME???

Junko's tie is the mukuro one but in Promo art there ties were switched but in the sprites they aren't switched

Man Leon really fucking hated pottery in this version, literally breaking every vase he could find

I’m glad my fellow Yu-Gi-Oh! fans could of assistance to the Danganronpa community. Three cheers for them! Yudias! Yudias! Yudias!

It sounds like they liked it so much that they used it for twilight murder case

Maybe when he does his Jojo pose, he's actually dodging it to seem like he was going to get killed too but escaped and then blame Sayaka since she saw him?

Here's how I would "fix" this trial (obviously not a perfect fix, but I wanted to see if I could clean up some of the sloppiness) Leon, in a fit of rage over the situation/whatever the motive was originally, smashes a vase in anger in classroom 3-4 (or some equivalent) at 10:00. Nobody hears this, since the room is soundproofed, but he still decides to clean it up anyways with the dustpan, probably still seething. While looking for a place to dispose of the shards, he sees Junko/Mukuro go into 1-B with a knife in her hand. He confronts her, and they get into a verbal argument, but not one serious enough for Mukuro to feel genuinely threatened. Leon is angry enough at this point to make impulsive decisions, so while her back is turned, he throws a book at her head, staggering her. Obviously this is not a fatal blow for the Ultimate Soldier, but it's enough to make her fall over in shock and drop the knife. Leon, still hopped up on adrenalin, grabs the knife and stabs her while she's down, killing her. The situation dawns on him, and he realizes he needs to cover this up before anybody sees. He dumps the shards around her body to make it seem like she was stabbed by the broken vase, then leaves her in the classroom, closing the door. He heads back to classroom 3-4 at 11:00 to grab another vase, and that's where Sayaka sees him. When confronted, he tells Sayaka he needs help cleaning up something that broke in classroom 3-4, and gives her the dustpan. She agrees, and while she's distracted, he grabs the vase and heads out, leaving her in the classroom with the dustpan under the guise of getting more cleaning supplies. then at 12:00, he shatters it somewhere it will be heard, probably in the classroom next to 1-B with the door open. Hifumi hears and then goes to alert the others. Sayaka is still in classroom 3-4, so it looks like she ran away from the scene, meanwhile Leon hides in a locker while the others investigate so that he can escape while they enter room 1-B and find the body. Again, this isn't a perfect fix, but maybe in this scenario the holes are more like actual faults in human behavior rather than poor writing.

I reckon Leon was thinking with his one eyed snake and then came to his senses and realised that he was being tempted to his death. Then he decides to “defend” himself and the broken vase is from him panicking or something would be his defence.

some of the art looks legit better, a lot more expressive

Actually, I think Junko was planning to get Mukuro killed. As in, Junko and Mukuro swapped places until the plan to get Leon to find out that "Mukuro planned to kill him" and Leon, out of clear paranoia, decided to defend himself. After Junko sent him the note, she switched with Mukuro again, and told her that she was scheduled to meet with Leon at the set time. Edit: She actually said it later sorry-

The 1st vase was to lure Junko by the noise I think Then then 2nd vase might just be to frame the person who heard it 1st and was there before everyone else (hifumi)

It's nice to see Sayaka in a trial at least once. I missed my little assistant detective throughout the game. :'c

this is rlly interesting

Honestly, my favorite thing about the beta footage was the music. It was so good and I hate the fact that I can't find it anywhere except in that video.

Imo I feel like Leon had to see A motive video in which it crushed his spirit, feeling down Junko (Mukuro) ask him to meet her in the classroom to "discuss it further" but really she wanted to kill him but it didn't go as plan and she ended up dying that's why at the end the real Junko looks shocked about Mukuro dying given that she's A solider and all that.

What if junko wanted leon to kill mukuro so she sent the note to him and leon seen it as a chance to leave the school so he made a plan to kill mukuro or sumn Off topic but I hope in future dangan games they don't make it so predictable and i hope they don't give out all the information in the game, like they keep the player guessing whats going on kinda like at the end of v3

The Danganronpa beta is really quite interesting! Makes me hope a channel like Did You Know Gaming covered it!

Idk why but I just decided to make a story of how Leon could murder Mukuro: Leon had been shocked by the content of his motive video and was intrigued to find out what had happened to the people in the video. Since Mukuro was a “fashionista” he might have thought that she was weak as a “fashionista” is not that good at fighting. So he lured her to the classroom 3-4 with a note. There he tried to kill her but as Mukuro is a soldier and has never been hit by a weapon before. Leon finds himself in a predicament with Mukuro as Mukuro slowly turns the tables against Leon. But right as Leon is about to die, Junko said something to Mukuro that startles her and Leon overpowers her and ends up killing Mukuro. And the stuff after can be done in your scenario (vase breaking and etc). For all of you who don’t know how Junko talked to Mukuro with Leon there in the room, Junko had placed a hidden earpiece on Mukuro’s ear. So they can communicate without Mukuro going to the masterminds lair. That’s all! Tell me about how you feel about this scenario in comments!

4:43 i highly agree with this theory It's possible the first three floors of the academy were open, keeping in mind how big the school actually is compared to what we got in trigger happy havoc (or simply they originally had different layouts) but also we have to keep in mind WHY it was scrapped My possible theory on why it was scrapped was probably because it already would begin with spoilers (if the game even had the world ending plot twist), my second theory is that they already were running low on a budget (keeping in mind they have to pay the programmers, artists, etc) as at this time they had already cancelled distrust. Or simply they scrapped it as keeping in mind this game was made in the 2010's, computers did not have the capacities they have now and probably wouldn't be able to run the game correctly (or maybe yeah, idk anything about that)

I'm honestly surprised we haven't had a class trial where someone thinks they are the blackened, tries to cover it up, and it seems like everything is pointing to them, but it turns out that someone else hijacked there plan and killed their target instead like maybe the one trying to be blackened set up some sort of james bondy type kill where they didn't have to be there when the kill happened. We haven't gotten that where someone who intends to be the blacked lives on. Would be interesting. We get something kinda like that in 1 and 2 with byakua and komaeda, but not exactly.