Every Danganronpa Chapter RANKED 

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“i like that ryoma wanted to die, id wanna die too if i looked like that” IM CRYING

My personal favourite case is V3-6, which definitely doesn’t mean I can’t see why people hate the case or even think it ruined the series, but the twist and characters just really resonated with me in this chapter and Shuichi’s voice acting is just s+ in my opinion

This may be controversial, but my favourite case has definitely got to be 3-4. The virtual world was confusing but so much fun to figure out- and the voice acting?? Absolutely crazy!! Kokichi and Kaito just went at it the whole trial. All the 4th cases were really good in my opinion.

My personal favourite case is 2-4. People dislike it because of strawberry/grape house but Gundham is my fave character and his motives are so honourable, and I love the funhouse aesthetic

The 3rd chapters in every case have a habit of doing this thing where they kill off the characters undergoing character arcs in the chapter or just had a lot of involvement in the chapter anyways. Taka, Hiyoko, and Tenko were all undergoing arcs during the 3rd chapters. Also I think it's fair that you don't like Junko. You are correct that in the games she doesn't exactly have a ton of nuance. I'm a big fan of her though. I think there is some nuance in the way that she does feel despair at killing her sister, but like in a weird hellraiser way. "I killed my sister and that's sad, but because I feel sadness I feel despair and I like despair." LOL She does become a much more interesting character in Danganronpa Zero.

I was so onboard until 2-2, I personally think it's meant to be a more emotionally driven chapter and that's what most of the chapter 2s are like. I'm also just a Peko simp 😭

I feel we could not disagree more with the final cases of the games haha. I always loved the final cases I think 1-6 and V3-6 are like 9-10/10 cases. I never really minded the exposition since it was all things I really wanted to learn. I do think it helps that both twists really worked for me (I love Junko as a villain and I love the everything is fiction twist). I think the dialogue and character work in the final cases are so good and I feel they are so captivating to unravel.

All last cases seem to want to upstage each other. I don't hate them (even though I usually prefer standard cases, as long as it's not a third) but I wonder if the reason they can't make a fourth game is because they cannot possibly outdo the twist in V3-6.

My personal favorite case and least favorite is the cookie cutter options. 2-5 is my favorite and 2-3 is my least. However, I have a soft spot for 1-5. I kind of like the idea that the mastermind would try to invent a murder to get a contestant eliminated. Also I think you are correct. 1-5 is the shortest case in the series. Also I know a lot of people don't like the exposition dumps that are the final cases, but I really love their investigation sequences. The remixed investigation music used in the 5th and 6th cases of each game is hype as hell and I really like how everything is in the table. Personal favorite is 1-6 because you get the opertunity to explore every room in the school. Shootouts to 3-6 though. Like the timed aspect and how it really rewards the player for understanding the layout of the cage.

Finally finished V3, so I can actually watch this now! This was a really fun video, I’m definitely excited for any DR stuff you might make in the future. I was surprised to hear you didn’t like 2-2, it’s one of my favorites! I loved how challenging the mystery was, getting things wrong in DR has very little consequences so I like it when they take it in a more difficult direction. I can see why people dislike the targeted motive but I do think it makes sense since the SDR2 killing game is basically just Junko messing around for funsies. And this one just hit so hard emotionally- I literally had to take a break after the body discovery announcement, and Kuzuryuu and Pekoyama’s conversation at the end makes me cry like a baby. I can definitely agree with you on Chapter 6s though. I love all the twists but they can get so infodumpy.

Watching through this video I can see where most of your opinions are coming from, and I agree wholeheartedly, but you're the first person I've seen bring up the Mass Panic Debate in v3-6 and having failed that thing so much I ran out of influence and had to start over, i was screaming at the screen in agreement

I didn't mind the V3-6 twist at all personally, and I really liked V3-2 because I happened to max out the killer right before it on my first run. My favorite is probably 2-5 though because holy shit

Gonna try to SparkNotes this, apologies in advance for the long comment. XD 1-1: Good tutorial, wish it did a little more leg work in setting up characters and the Leon thing is a little too obvious for my taste, but it does the job well. 1-2: Favorite case in the game. Great character development from a bunch of my favorites, especially Byakuya and Mondo, super fun murder to solve with some fun twists, and the best emotional payoff in the game. Love it, hate that the game peaks so hard here. 1-3: My favorite chapter 3, but that’s not saying too much. Celeste was way too obvious and this was the chapter that started Aoi on her “be as annoying as possible” trend. Furthered the trend of making every character as dumb as possible and that only got worse in chapter 4. 1-4: Controversial, but my least favorite traditional chapter in the game. The suicide was way too obvious and I can’t believe for a second that Kyoko wasn’t immediately able to figure it out. I do like the humble pie moment for Byakuya, but they needed to make this murder more complicated for it to land in my eyes. Just makes everyone look dumb, especially Kyoko. I also cannot stand Aoi by this point, so that really doesn’t help. Sakura carries this one hard. 1-5: Not much to add from what you said, short and more of a plot furthering chapter than an actually interesting murder to solve. Mid-tier as hell. 1-6: I’ve grown to not completely hate this chapter, but it does set the trend for plot dumps at the end of the game that sadly did not get fixed. 2-1: Very underrated chapter, I think. Does a great job balancing this very large cast and establishing their roles and personalities early on. Nagito twist is fantastic and it’s a pretty fun murder to solve. Only real gripe is killing off “Byakuya” felt like a cheap attempt at emotional investment early on, but that’s a nitpick. 2-2: Don’t care for this one. Love Fuyuhiko’s development, but I don’t care one bit about the rest of the main players in this chapter. Pretty boring murder and the twilight syndrome stuff is more annoying than fun after a while. 2-3: Could’ve been great if they didn’t tack on Hiyoko’s death as well. The fact that she’s a victim and has almost zero relevance to finding the murderer is embarrassing. I also cannot stand this motive, although it does do a good job of foreshadowing the twist at the end of the game. Just a lot of wasted potential. 2-4: I think this is the most fun chapter in the series. I love this specific cast of characters, they play off each other so well and the trial is a constant riot from start to finish. The motive is super fun and the murder is a blast to solve. I’ve replayed these games more times than I can count and this is the one I always look forward to most. Not the best, but probably my favorite. 2-5: I mean, it’s the best chapter in the series, not much to add at this point. This one and chapter 4 go so well together. 2-6: Pretty much the same as the first game’s chapter 6. I do like Junko a lot more in this game and seeing the main 3 from the first game again was fun, but these final chapters can only be so good. 3-1: The twists kinda carry this. Rantaro and Kaede being the victim and killer respectively were fantastic subversions, but the rest is not that interesting. The motive is just a less good version of 2-4 and the murder itself is pretty bland. Protag swap carries hard. 3-2: I think this chapter is pretty underrated. As someone who really liked Ryoma, I love the dichotomy between him and Kirumi, and I think this chapter does a much better job of balancing the cast and getting the side characters involved than the first chapter. It’s the chapter that really sets up Kaito and Maki as meaningful characters and starts making Kokichi relevant. Not the best by any means, but I like it. 3-3: Just awful. Worst in the series and it’s not even close. The wasted potential here is so aggravating, the idea of bringing someone back from the dead is dumb as hell anyway, but introducing that idea and then not doing it is even worse (minor gripe, but it makes no sense for them to want to bring back Rantaro after last chapter when pretty much all of them begged to let Kirumi live. That was the last chapter, guys, way to make that payoff feel meaningless). Speaking of wasted potential, introducing the concept of a murderer not being executed because they didn’t kill first and not running with that idea at all is even more infuriating. Also, the fact that Angie’s murder is completely unsolvable until after Tenko dies is infuriating writing to me. Detective games like this require a lot of suspension of disbelief as it is since the player always gets just enough evidence to solve the case, making one of the murders genuinely unsolvable until some other random thing happens is a step too far in my eyes. Horrible chapter from top to bottom, only saving grace is Kokichi and Kaito doing their thing. 3-4: Very fun chapter. Always like the super mindfucky ones and this fits the bill so well. Interesting and unique location and circumstances for a murder, fun trial where Kokichi knows what happened and is constantly leading everyone as he sees fit, and a fantastic emotional payoff. The moment where Shuichi has to validate everyone’s alibis and leave Gonta as the only possible killer is so heartwrenching, and making the player do every step of that deduction is phenomenal game design. Love it. 3-5: Great story chapter. I think V3 did the best job balancing their late game cast and making them all feel important at the end, and it pays off beautifully here. Every bit of Kaito, Kokichi and Maki’s conflict feels earned because these characters were set up this way so early on. That being said, this is the least replayable chapter in the series. It’s a lot less “murder solving” and more “following along with the story,” which is fine the first time, but not so much the times after. The fact that there’s a moment where you have to say Kokichi is in the mech when that’s completely false is the biggest example of that, it makes sense the first time, but knowing it’s false the second time and having to remember the right decision there is annoying. Everything the chapter tries to do, it does incredibly well, but replay value is a big thing for me in these games and it has none of that. 3-6: First half of the chapter, I love. It makes Kaede’s death even more tragic and I love that every survivor here has an actual impact on the events that occur, which neither of the last two games did very well. But the second half is notoriously silly. There’s nothing I can really add to it, it’s subversive for the sake of subversion and it genuinely makes the rest of the franchise worse from its existence. This game deserved a better payoff, which I guess it true of all three of these games.

your videos deserve so much more love in my opinion 😄 just amazing

i think something that would benefit future dr videos would be showing the clips where you praise the voice acting

Hey man good video, one of the more *ahem* reasonable dr rankings I’ve seen on RU-vid. I am very passionately against Kodaka mystery writing philosophies in terms of like what info ur given and how it’s give to you but I think I’m an incredibly cynical mystery game player haha. Personally my favorite case by far is 2-4 bc of the atmosphere and the game abuses the fact that it DOESNT have to be grounded at all and can do a bunch of crazy shit. Ace attorney/judgment/ etc could never do something this crazy. I think when DR leans into the insanity but in interesting ways is when it’s best and not random ass “despair disease” or like weird incest guy who murders young girls as a hobby???

I have my problems with many of the chapters, but the ones that never dissapointed me were the 4th chapters

2-5. Basic, but listen. 2-5 is just a roller coaster. I hyperfixate on characters in games, and Nagito was the character I always had my eye on. Seeing him go more insane was fantastic, and the body discovery and plan still gives me chills, and you know DAMN well what the trial is like. The entire thing centered around the character and seeing him on full display, along with picking apart his psyche. Plus, that threat of destroying the island and Monokuma NOT providing a motive makes it stick out more to me. Overall, the trial is its major reason for being my favorite, but when you look at the chapter as well? It’s pretty solid in terms of everything going into high gear and the stakes getting much, MUCH higher with no hope other than to listen to the lunatic who’d put them in danger multiple times.

I do agree that v3-3 did waste its potential, and is the weakest chapter in the game, but honestly, I think it's probably my favorite of the case 3s in this series. Even if the culprit was super obvious (as well as the fact that they weren't going to use that "two killers" potential), the two murders really were fun to solve. Maybe I can't forgive Kiyo for killing two people for selfish reasons, but I really can't be mad at how he did it.

It's good to know I wasn't the only one who didn't realize the culprit was Leon in 1-1

personally i totally predicted sayaka's death because immediately i noticed that, if a character was going to die soon, they would start to receive more screentime than others. same thing happened with chihiro since they were talking about wanting to be stronger, then hifumi since he was getting some focus regarding alter ego. later entries in the series were less predictable for me though for the *most* part, 3-1 especially subverted my expectations.

My favorite cases from each game 1-4 2-1 V3-3

to be honest, I think alot of the games mysteries are made easier due to being lost in translation, the two big examples are 1-1 and 2-4, the characters had a hard time with "11037" because theyre japanese and in japan its common to refer to people by their last name like Hifumi does and in 2-4 when Nagito asks about the octagon in the japanese version, he speaks in english rather than japanese which throws Hajime for a loop rather than them speaking english the entire time

Welp I just found out why to quit and it’s so sad, I really would have enjoyed seeing more DR content from you.

Oh hey a fellow Mikan Fan!!!! Thats so rare to come by lol

"The main thing about 2 - 1 is Chihiro" NO THAT'S WRONG!!! (I totally respect your opinion and know that this was made 2 years ago so it might've changed but this is my favourite Danganronpa trial of the first 2 games (haven't played v3) and I'm going to explain why! You're opinion is really good btw. The trial started with everybody blaming a serial killer (who ironically survives the KG) and like... that just seems funny. Then it's Byakuya being an ass, what a PLOT TWIST!!! And then it turns out to be MONDO?! Of all characters? The guy was such a chill dude (ofc not when it came to punching makoto but he was chill in other ways and didn't mention it in his FTEs) like... how'd we get from point a to point b. The way the crime was set up, the way Mondo knew he had to be caught, and only tried to protect Chihiro's secret. The reason Mondo "was jealous of the strength" was because of his trauma, when people with trauma hear a word or specific link to their trauma they get a trigger. This causes them to snap, and as we know Mondo doesn't truly think before he acts. This is an issue because he's strong physically, he can't control himself and he kills Chihiro. In the canon SC manga we get his and Chihiro's POV of the situation, and the last thing Chihiro sees is him crying over his dead body. :( Also, THE VOICE ACTING!!! Specifically Ishimaru, people talk about Byakuya or Fuyuhiko having good voice acting (and I agree, they're both great) but can we talk about Ishimaru?! I know people hate the anime, but his VA did such a dam good job displaying the emotion within a 5 minute time slot of goodbyes. The trauma that all three main-plot-characters went through (Taka, Mondo, Chihiro) just... perfect, because they all contradict each other and have the domino effect. E.G: Mondo: brother dies -> goes to the kg, kills chihiro because of a trauma trigger -> has to say goodbye to his "newfound brother" (his actions affected them both) Chihiro: accidentally triggers the ptsd -> dies -> the possibility of Mondo being the murderer is low because of the "she's a girl" stuff. Kiyotaka: Gets his first friend -> who would kill somebody so pure bro? -> oh! Bro killed somebody so pure -> goes fucking catatonic -> dies. Like the actions had cause and effect, which the chapter utilises. The motive is good, the body discovery is good, and butter jokes aside THE EXECUTION WOULDVE BEEN SO GOOD IF THE FANDOM TOOK IT SERIOUSLY (his insides get churned and liquified bro? Would that NOT be painful?!) Anyways I rambled sorry haha!

I remember when I loved this series. The first game was so damn good. Great atmosphere and characters with such a cool plot setup and a pretty good OST too. And then the second game improved on just about everything. Of course when Ibuki was killed I wanted to take a break for a day because I genuinely loved her as a character. And then I just so happened to be coincidentally spoiled for the rest of the game including that one of my other favorites, Mikan, was the killer. And then I was also spoiled quite a bit of the third game and saw what the fandom had become. Needless to say I’ve become kind of disillusioned with the franchise. Still, I think I might only go up to case 2-3 in this video incase I ever decide to go back...

The meat on the bone thing is so real, cause those four words have multiple ways for you to word it and still make sense. " on the bone meat" " bone on the meat " a bit iffy on this one but still makes sense Ans then ofc "meat on the bone" Sweat spike chunsoft did that to troll us lmal

More danganronpa videos please!

I enjoyed the story behind 3-4 but I hated controlling my character in the virtual world. It just felt off to me. I really enjoyed case 2-5!

0:57 AGREE 7:41 junko is very much, either you can accept her or you can’t kind of villain. There’s no real good reasoning behind her, after all, despair is just her characterization! I like Junko, but I only like her in the context of Danganronpa. In any other game I’d probably hate her lol 16:34 disagree - I think it’s BECAUSE it’s Kaede? Like I know everyone hates that we didn’t have Kaede for a full game but Kaede is such a perfect character for the fakeout protag (after all, that’s what she was designed to be). It’s everything about Akamatsu Kaede that hard carried V3-1, much more than the twist did. I have a really popular favorite, I’d say: 1-4. The unique motives and character relationships are so deeply compelling, and almost every last character shines. My least favorite is a very very unpopular take: 2-4! I can’t stand it!! Oh my god I really can’t, I don’t care about a single character highlighted and the Funhouse is absolutely the worst environment ever introduced.

Danganronpa and Ace Attorney content? Perfect channel

2 - 3 Was actually top 4 in the series just because Hiyoko died, making Mikan one of the most GOATED characters in existence.

Was I the only one to just fully trust Monomi during DR2?

For me, my favourite case from each game is 1-2 (controversial, I just liked Mondo's reveal as the murderer as I really liked his backstory. 1-4 is a close 2nd), 2-5 and v3-5, with my overall favourite being 2-5. While v3 has the best collection of cases imo, I think 2 is the better game overall. The combination of characters, setting, story and cases just clicked with me, while v3 has some issues with the ending and characters that knocks it down for me

1-2 is not controversial lmao. It’s probably one of my favorite, and personally one of the saddest endings after the trial ends

I thought that the name Sayaka wrote would end up being a way to frame someone since I came from Ace Attorney 😭

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the 2nd cases are actually usually my favourites.. they usually have a nice mix of realism and ridiculousness!! fav of all time is probably 2-5 tho of course lol god i hated 3-4 tho, i was so sick and tired of the stupid virtual world, i did NOT care about how it was made

1-6 and 3-6 are tied for my least favorite, personally. I don't feel like either was an emotionally satisfying finale, and they really are poorly paced. Just exposition dumps. 2-6 has a lot of the same issues, but I at least think it was set up better than the other 2. My overall favorite is tough. 3-1, 3-4, 3-5, 2-4 and 2-5 are all contenders for me. If I had to pick one, though, I think I'd go with 3-1. No other twist in the series caught me this off guard.

Me, who just outright liked most of the trials in this game.

Teru was definitely a pervert, but his motive was so sad. I really felt bad for him after the trial

My fave chapters: 1-1 1-2 1-4 2-1 2-5 3-1 3-2 3-4 Least fave chapters: 1-6 2-3 2-6

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I’m team 2-4

Tbone be like: “1-1 it’s good I’ll make a video about it someday.” “2-1 oh this man was so annoying ill make a video about it someday” “1-3 bad case make a vid about it some day” These videos are never coming 💀

Hot take: I didn’t think 2-5 was that great. More like a 6 or 7 for me

I don't think chapters 6s arnt even proper trials their simply plot dumps so I won't mention them My favorite case is the one everyone says boring I know , it has to be 2-5 that chapter's writing is so phenomenal it blows all the other Cases out of the water My least favorite is surprisingly not 2-3 like everyone else says I think that chapter premise and body discoveries we're quite good imo and loved mikans breakdown in the trial , anyways my least favorite is actually 1-3 simply because Celeste was the most obvious culprit in the series for me (yes I was one of those that didn't figure out 11037 immediately lol) and her plan with hifumi was so braindead

Idk why you complain about chapters being "lore dumps" when this is a visual novel game, one that relies on showing the truth about the game at the end of it. What did you expect? About Junko, her motivation is very broad intentionally, she is the embodiment of despair. It comes in many diffeays, what matters more is what the end result ended up becoming.

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This is a case ranking

It sucks how when a character is getting development in chapter 3, they get killed off and it wasted potential

I’m probably in the major minority here but i personally do not mind the plot dumpy trials

YES A FELLOW JUNKO HATER!!

2:00 you bring the topic into the video yourself, only to backpedal like “but let’s keep it out of the video”. like bruh 💀 you’re the one who felt the need to go saying bs like that

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Yeah I agree with 2-3 being a mess filled with plot holes, but I actually liked the Despair Disease and don't think it was lazy at all. It's a nice way to foreshadow the idea of them being Ultimate Despair, which is revealed at the very end of the game. It literally helps soften the lore dump that you brought up countless times as negative points for final cases. I also thought it was funny as fuck to see how other characters were affected. But most importantly, it helped make the killer a lot more likeable to me. I never really liked Mikan before case 3, mainly because of how the writers handled her character. She was literally just there for fanservice, and they kept joking about her going through years of abuse yet never doing anything with it. This case helped in making her more likeable in my eyes and I found myself putting a lot of faith in her to cure the despair disease. So honestly? I think the motive was great. The rest? Not so much. Great video otherwise, nice to see some Danganronpa on the channel!

Aeris Akamatsu did a pretty good video of Sayaka's motivation, in the way that she had no idea that she was gonna get everyone killed. They also did a video on how Guhndam's motive, was kinda.... poorly written which brings up some valid points.

I think 2-6 sucks It’s very very very bad. I don’t want to say everything about it is bad, in fact I think some ideas about it are quite good. The problem is that the bad things are just intolerable. The epilogue is just a middle finger to many rules just established in the chapter itself. It’s just unbelievably disgusting how you say that there will be consequences and then they don’t happen and friendship wins. Hajime “Is not that strange if a miracle were to happen!” (Yes it would be that’s why it’s called “miracle”) Junko “there’s no way something that convenient would happen” I don’t know what to say it’s so incredibly dumb that I’m actually agreeing to something that garbage fashionista of a character one time. That’s not your everyday bullshit that’s advanced bullshit.

Cool vid it's really nice. I really don't have an chapter that I dislike ,except for v3-5

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Danganronpa V3 isn't in the same canon as the other games so the final trial twist doesn't really change anything for me