How I Would Change the Survivors of Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair 

Alternate Sonia death: she wakes up early in the Strawberry house and hears something. She goes to investigate and Nekomaru falls on her, making Gundham feel that much worse about the entire incidence.

The ultimate survivor is Akane's button.

Can I just say that akane is underated. People talk constantly about how she didn't care for nekomaru when she is literally crying over his corpse in ch4 and after the trial gets angry at herself for not being able to protect him. And for the whole she got over his death to fast is basically explained by two facts. 1 we all mourn differently. Some people shut others of, some people cry a lot and just stay in bed, some people move on really quickly or don't cry unless they are reminded of them, some people takes day, some take weeks, and some even take years. She mourned over him her own way and just because she wasn't moping over it or constantly doesn't mean she wasn't mourning in her way. Her backstory also kinda explains this imo and she constantly had people dying around her when she grew up and if you were weak you die. So she had her siblings that she couldn't protect die around her so she learned to mourn quickly to be able to protect her other siblings.

"I think Chiaki's personality is kinda stale" Chiaki, the AI program: "what would make you say that?"

Many people claim Fuyuhiko's change was too sudden. I completely disagree, the Fuyuhiko that we see later is his actual personality, the past being a result of the pressure he felt because of being the leader of the yakuza and a defense. I really think he is a really good survivor, though i think it would have made for a good plot if Fuyuhiko had died, but i would have liked it if it happened later on in the story, propably chapter 4.

Actually, instead of making Sonia a victim I would just make Chapter 4 a double blackened case, with Gundam and her as the killers. That would've been really cool tbh

If hiyoko survived, kazuichi would have most likely died in her place. Here's how: lets say the Sonia volunteered to get the mirror for hiyoko out of pity, but kazuichi being the simp he is volunteers to get it for her and ends up getting murdered by mikan. Sonia being Sonia obviously wouldn't care that he's gone and would just think he's unreliable. She stays and helps hiyoko with her kimono. During the trial hiyoko would definitely go off on Sonia for not caring enough and taking his admiration for granted(considering she's still hurt from mahiru's death) . Then mikan of course mikan would scare the fucking shit out of hiyoko, making her rethink her bullying shtick.

I would love hiyoko as a survivor, because it was so werid to see all 4 of the twilight syndrome girls dead before the 4th chapter it's so sad to see that not one of these 4 girls didn't get a chance to live. Thankfully all 4 of them are still alive but for the killing game one should have lived and that person should have been Hiyoko.

Teruteru had better character development in one chapter than Hiyoko got in three

Sonia dying in chapter 4 and ibuki being the only victim in chapter 3 also fixes a lot of the time travel shenanigans or whatever mikan had to do, it could also establish a relationship with gundham and kazuichi in chapter 4 where they work together to solve Sonia’s death only for it to be gundham the whole time, which could be cool

Honestly yeah Hiyoko and Fuyohiko should’ve both lived. So Hiyoko would’ve had to actually deal with the consequences of Fuyohiko almost killing himself because of what she said, and Fuyohiko doing the same for getting Peko to kill Mahiru Side note, but it would’ve equally interesting if Fuyohiko died and Peko was a survivor instead. Seeing as Peko considers herself as nothing but a “tool” for him I wonder how she would react and overcome his death.

Ibuki is low key one of the most mature members of the DR2 cast given her personality.

You don't need Hiyoko to replace anyone so she can survive. Just add her to the survivors. Dr1 had six survivors, why can't this game? Edit: it's been 9 months and I now realize might not be the best idea. Just have Sonia die instead of Hiyoko

Can't wait to see your opinion on the survivors of V3.

Ngl if Gundham survived then Sonia, then it would’ve been a good chance for Kazuichi and Gundham to push aside their differences and actually learn to respect each other and possibly become friends.

I would actually save Hiyoko and "kill" Souda beacause of a reason, every survivor except Souda Hajime lost Nanami, Sonia lost Gundham, Owari lost Nidai and Fuyuhiko lost Peko but what about Souda? thats why i fill that Hiyoko fits better than Souda since she DID lost somebody,she lost Koizumi and i think her character development could go better like that

Consider: Sonia does die in Chapter 4 (although I have seen a great case for why she should have died in Chapter 3 instead of Hiyoko), and it is because she saw Gundam murder. HOWEVER, it is not because Gundam kills her to survive, because it’s heavily implied that Gundam didn’t plan to escape. If Sonia is going to die in Chapter 4, I would have had it where Sonia wished to defend Gundam despite knowing he was the murderer, they get into a fight, and Gundam accidentally kills her in their fight. I think it would have been very interesting to see his distress in the end when everything was exposed, and it would still allow Kazuichi and Gundam to have that drama.

Alternate title: why i like hiyoko

Actually I like Hiyoko dying because Mikan was in love with Junko and Mikan tried to feel that despair that Junko admires so the despair disease beings Mikan's memories back and in Hope's Peek High school she befriends Ibuki and Hiyoko which were important people in her life and like I said she also loves Junko and Junko killed the two people that matter most in her life Yasuke Matsuda and Mukuro Ikusaba. Mikan did the same and killed the people that matter the most to her, Ibuki Mioda and Hiyoko Saionji in order to feel the despair Junko was so obsessed with.

if fiyuhiko died i would literally left the fandom-

Personally, I feel that it would be really interesting if during trial four we had two victims and two blackened. What if the situation with Nekomaru and Gundham still occurred, but Sonia had a similar idea to save all of her friends and tried to kill someone in the grape room. Souda, discovering her plans the morning (note this would be after nekomaru's murder) would discover her plan and Sonia would kill him. However, a similar rule as in v3 (Monokuma made a rule that only the first blackened would be executed if two blackened existed). However, Sonia, only wanting to save her friends and being extremely guilty, would confess first. However, Nagito would help the group to discover that Gundham was not only the blackened, but killed first. That would lead to some interesting interactions between the cast, and Sonia would have some interesting development in coming to terms with the fact that she killed someone, and learning not to take things to extreme measures. It would also provide some interesting tension after the fourth trial, (especially if Hiyoko survived). In other words, my list for the survivors of SDR2 would be Hajime, Akane, Sonia, Fuyuhiko and Hiyoko. This way all of the survivors could have in-depth development. I absolutely love Sonia; she's one of my favourite characters in the series, but I still think she was horribly under-utilized.

Danganronpa Development team: Person 1 - "So guys, let's talk about the third case!" Person 2 - "And if we kills Fuyuhiko and Ibuki?" Person 1 - "No, it will make Peko's death irrelevant." Person 3 - "Let's kill Hiyoko instead!" Person 1 - "PERFECT!" Me playing the game: Lol, Mahiru's death is so meaningless...

Peko, she WAS loved by fuyu and even in her excecucion in her last minutes of life she thought she killed him :(

I personally believe that hiyoko and fuyuhiko are similar characters. I would love to see interactions between these two and I feel that they should both survive

It would also be funny for Hiyoko to insult all the masterminds or whatever. (Idk if the masterminds actually meet the students in Goodbye Despair since I haven’t finished it)

I personally think the survivors of danganrompa 2 would be Hiyoko Akane Hajime Ibuki Kazuichi

Personally, I think Fuyuhiko should absolutely survive. Even against Hiyoko. For one, he started to befriend people pretty quickly, because he isn't actually very anti-people. He just didn't trust anyone yet, except Peko. He's essentially putting on a tough guy act to make up for his lack of natural intimidation. And the big showy gesture (i.e. slicing himself open) worked, people could tell he was genuinely sorry. And for the next point about the dorms. Hajime wouldn't replace Fuyuhiko, he's the main character, it's too crucial information for you too just gather. And investigating as Nagito, still, is crucial. And so we would have to play as one of the girls for grape house. But where does that leave us with our PROTAGONIST. He just doesn't do anything? And playing as Chiaki has the potential to spoil later game, as we see their thoughts. (Yes, you could play as one of the others, but Chiaki was suggested, plus who else?) In summary I don't think the game would have worked as well with Hiyoko, compared to Fuyuhiko. He may not cause as much conflict as Hiyoko, but that's not the only thing that's fun. I personally really liked Hajime and Fuyuhiko's interactions. In free time events, and out of them, They get along which I enjoyed, he was a good friend, which was nice especially considering Hajime isn't particularly close to the rest of the survivors. Most importantly, this is my opinion, and if you disagree that's fine. But yeah, even over Hiyoko I'd want Fuyuhiko. (I want to be clear, I know you included him anyway. But nevertheless my point stands. Yes, this is an edit.)

I love how this just abruptly ends

Ah yes, the “front tail thing”

omg someone else thinks the same about chiaki as me.... she was such a waste of character esp with how important she is to the plot. shame they made her so boring and the fact we’re supposed to care with hajime about her death to that degree really took me out lol. edit: i know a lot of people r mentioning the anime as her saving grace, but honestly for me it made her and everyone else’s character worse. the fact izuru only put the junko ai in the neo world program cause he wanted to see chiaki again is soooooo bad cause he’s literally supposed to be emotionless and the forced in hinanami moments made all the other characters seem like one off jokes. plus the fact i really dislike munakata and chisa and rlly overall dr3 made me come out the series a little deflated 😨

Ibuki should have survived. That's that the only thing i would have really changed.

As A Former Survivor I Know Who Was Worthy Of Surviving(I Respect Every Comment 1.Akane 2.gundam 3.nekumaru 4.hajime 5.nagito

I think if they had Sonia be the victim in chapter 2 it would have been more beneficial for the plot. They could have replaced the Sato (person who killed Fuyuhiko’s sister) with another student from Sonia’s country that she bonded with as they both feel outcast-ish. Then Sonia could take Mahiru’s spot as covering up her friend’s murder. I would have Mikan still kill Ibuki only, however make it to where Hiyoko and Mahiru got in a fight earlier, so Mahiru turned toward Ibuki as her friend, and is devastated by her death. Then in chapter 4 Gundham kills Nekomaru, however Mahiru in the other house commits suicide as she feels alone because Ibuki is dead and Hiyoko is still mad at her. This would allow Hiyoko to still get her character arc, but it would also create an interesting trial for chapter 4 as it would seem that the killer was moving around the fun house where they have to deduce Mahiru’s death was unrelated and Nekomaru’s is the only *real* important one.

I think I'd go along with you, but have Hiyoko die instead of Mahiru, because we already have a bad to good story. (Fuyohiko)

Literally everyone survived except chiaki.

I wish this was the real version because I would love to have Hiyoko as a survivor.👘👸🧡

I'd actually make both of them survive with kazuichi dying rather than hiyoko

I would rewrite it like that: Keep Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 the same, but in Chapter 3 Akane fights with Monokuma, loses it and almost get killed, but Nekomaru defends her, he dies at that time saying something meaningful to her by his last breath. Later on the same chapter Ibuki gets killed by Mikan. We could see a character development for Akane and Hiyoko in this trial - Chapter 3 done. In Chapter 4 however the victim is Kazuichi and the culprit is Gundham. The reasoning for that would be simple; both of them wanted Sonia and the rest of the students to be save, so even if they dislike each other, they fight who gets killed and Kazuichi dies. In that trial Hiyoko could have said something to Sonia abt her behavior towards Souda and make her think about that or something, also she loses Gundham, her first ever friend who liked her just by being herself- boom character development for Sonia. The rest of the game would be the same, only Hiyoko being the survivor (Sorry for my english, it’s not my first language).

Video got cut a few seconds short at the end there but I said everything I wanted to say

YES IM SOO GLAD SOMEONE BELIEVES HIYOKO DESERVED TO SURVIVE I LOOVE HIYOKO

Honestly, yeah, out of all the people who should have lived, I would probably have gone with Hiyoko. Like, I may _dislike_ Hiyoko overall, but she definitely should have been a survivor because of how disappointingly cut short her development was. As for Sonia and Akane? Not gonna lie, I'm surprised you picked Sonia, honestly, but your reasoning made sense. I do have some disagreements with your pitch though. First off, I'm not 100% sure on having Gundham kill Sonia. It just feels... wrong, I guess is the wording. Gundham and Nekomaru's battle to the death was something the two ultimately agreed upon, both choosing to accept their fates no matter who lived or died. I'm not sure Gundham would do something as dishonorable as killing someone unnecessarily, especially someone he was as close to as Sonia. Granted, I don't have a better solution, but that's my take on it. Second, while I get your argument that Akane's 'strength' as it were would help her make Kazuichi stronger, I'm not sure that would actually work. Akane is very much someone who is stubborn and set in her ways. Even after Nekomaru's death and _second_ death, she constantly makes the same mistakes she did prior, rushing in full-tilt and causing trouble because she doesn't really think things through. It just feels odd that she gets barely any development despite everything she goes through. However, unlike the previous one, I actually do have an alternate proposal: have Nekomaru be the survivor and Akane the victim in Chapter 4. Imagine the despair Nekomaru would go through, not only having to see his friends struggle futilely against their impending starvation, but then seeing the body of his athlete, Akane, someone who he gave his life for once already, lying there dead. Suddenly, the fierce, energetic coach we all know becomes melancholy, blaming himself for failing his charge. In the end, however, Nekomaru finds pride in his athlete, realizing what she did in her sacrifice to save the 'team' as it were. At least, that's my take on it.

But Fuyuhiko was the only one to notice Pekos older-looking body in chapter 6 + it would make the „picture of grown Hiyoko“ scene weird.

I've watched your DR1 video on this as well and I'm just surprised that I agree with you on every point...You made me see some of the sense in Kiyotaka's death which literally broke my heart.

I've got to say, you are severely underrated!! I've watched a few of your videos now and they're super good :)

"the two short people telling at the cast" BAHAHAHA

That always got me wondering if mikan killed Fuyuhiko instead of hiyoko would it be a more planned murder since fuyuhiko is a yakuza i assume he is aware of some self defense i dont see fuyuhiko seeing mikan and just die instantly i expect that there would be a fight to break out and idk probably mikan just sets a trap for fuyuhiko

Finally people are speaking out on how Hiyoko should have lived, she’s literally my favourite character

genuinely love your idea about the changed 4th murder/trial that would have been so cool

I do agree that Hiyoko should've survived instead of Sonia, but I kinda prefer the idea of her being killed by Mikan over Gundham, as the whole idea of Gundham and Nekamaru trying to kill each other was to save everyone else from starvation, so for Gundham to kill Sonia after killing Nekaramu just kinda ruins that sentiment for me, especially considering their relationship. On that subject, I also think that having Sonia killed off in Chapter 3 not only sets up some character development for Hiyoko, but also for Fuyuhiko and Kazuichi. For Fuyuhiko, he'd be building a stronger bond with Hiyoko (not as strong as with Peko, but you get the idea) as they both work to redeem themselves. As for Kazuichi, he'd be coming to terms with Sonia not being this fantasy caricature that he pictured her to be, but rather just another human being just like everyone else, something that Gundham recognized her as, which would force him to acknowledge that Gundham really was the better match for her.

Between 1 & 2, the survivors in goodbye despair were so much more disappointing and it's probably one of my only gripes with the game. (I haven't completed V3 so I can't speak on that yet.) I didn’t really think any of them deserved to survive besides Hajime and Fuyuhiko, and i think the characters that ended up dying in the game were much more interesting due to the creators giving them more character development. I know in order for the story of the second game to play out, characters such as Chiaki and Nagito needed to die, but I feel like they could've at least given the surviving cast more character development instead of focusing on Nagito and Chiaki the entire time just for them to end up dead. Kazuichi, Sonia, and Akane all unfortunately still felt one dimensional to me by the end of the game. If I were to make any changes I personally would start off by giving the relationships between Akane & Nekomaru and Sonia & Gundahm more screen time. Next, I would switch Kazuichi's surviving spot to Hiyoko. This would make the entire surviving cast have one theme in common. Loss. Think about it...Fuyuhiko loses Peko, Akane loses Nekomaru, Sonia loses Gundahm, Hiyoko loses Mahiru, and of course Hajime loses Chiaki.

I hate people saying Sonia is not a good character without having a solid proof and valid criticism like yours. Aside from Hajime,Nagito and Chiaki, she is the most intelligent character and contributed more than most of the characters.

It would also be more impactful if Sonia died while her and Kazuichi were having some sort of fight or period that they weren't talking to each other. Even if not I personally think Sonia kinda ruined Kazuichi as a character, it made him really annoying and more 2 dimensional to me because he was always just talking about Sonia and seemed like he would do anything for her despite it only being because she's some pretty princess rather than any real deep interactions.

I would to tho Saionji deserves so much love and knowing that some people love her and prefer her over anyone else makes me so happy :) also the idea of a Nagito and Chiaki investigation sounds amazing I would love that

This video was lit, now I wish I saw Mikan Tsumiki and Hiyoko Saionji interact in trial 3

This may be controversial but I think Fuyuhiko and Hiyoko are too similar to both live. There development would feel the exact same to me but I’d thing you COULD have a suicide with Fuyuhiko for Peko in ch 3.

I felt like if hyoko and ibuki survived. They'd comfort eachother

Honestly, I liked that Sonia survived. The game AND anime just really fucked her over. So did the fan base. Sonia got harassed by TWO people (teruteru and Kazuichi) and she never got her comeuppance or justice for it. It was even worse in the anime when Kazuichi planned to RAPE/MOLEST her. Plus she could have had a GREAT impact on the game if they just focused on her and Novoselic more than just shunting her to the side so Kazuichi and his “simping” (predatory) ways got to shine. I would actually kill off KAZUICHI, and make Sonia a good influence and friend to Hiyoko. Sonia is underratedly the SWEETEST character out of the whole cast and she could have had a GREAT impact on HIYOKO. Sonia is a Princess, she could have bluntly and authoritatively given Hiyoko the hard truth about how harmful her bullying is, and it would give Hiyoko a real good dose of reality. Plus Kazuichi as a victim would make Sonia a GREAT murder suspect to make the third trial more interesting, then it would shift to Mikan and Mikan getting found out. So in conclusion I would have Hiyoko replace Kazuichi and have Sonia stay alive. Just focus more on their development instead of Kazuichis “development”.

I would gladly take Hiyoko over Kazuichi. Seeing her grow as a person would easily be satisfying, and the way Kazuichi interacts with Sonia is just… ugh.

A note for the Grape House Strawberry house players- I honestly do believe you would play as Sonia. Chiaki wouldn't have that large of a role, just out of nowhere, but it would make sense to play as Sonia, she kinda has playable character energy

Me: Excuse me wtf After hearing your reasoning: Okay maybe-

If I were to change the survivors, I feel like Hiyoko should’ve survived instead of Sonia. Reasons: 1. Hiyoko had hints at a character arc but it never happened because of chapter 3. 2. Sonia’s only contribution in my opinion was a Love Triangle (more like a lollipop) in chapter 4. 3. Soda could’ve been given more develop with Sonia out of the picture. I feel like he would start caring more about his friends rather than just Sonia.

Terruterru had a quick and small story just like him

Tbh I found a lot of this reiterated from Aeris Akamatsu but then the chapter 4 thing and the comment you made about Chiaki made this pretty unique. My respects 📈📈

akane calling hiyoko "baby dancer" in place of baby gangster

You know, I'm realizing that Hiyoko had an amazing potential and that makes me like her significantly more than before. A shame her character was wasted.

I would have made it so that instead of kazuichi surviving I would make gundham survive because it would be interesting to see how he would react because in the trial they would still think it was him until eventually something clicked and kazuichi was found guilty

"Despair will hit Kazuichi like a truck." people that watched the anime: JSJSSJSJJSJSJSJS

No matter what hajime akane and fuyuhiko would survive anyways

Hiyoko supremacy

It would be intresting to see Sonia's execution play like snow white theme

That shit with the double murder in chapter 4 blew my mind. I thought that was really smart honestly and I think youd make for an amazing writer.

now i want a DR where there isnt A PROTAGONIST. as in...you play as random characters each chapter

Here's my way Chapter 1: Keep it the same as is Chapter 2: Victim- Hiyoko (I know lots of people want her to survive but this would give MAHIRU a chance to have character development) Killer- Fuyuhiko Acomplice- Peko Chapter 3: Victims- Kazuichi and Sonia Killer- Mikan Chapter 4- Victim- Nekomaru Killer- Gundham *this is where it changes and Monokuma is like oh after the next murder you can bring somebody back Chapter 5: Victim- Chiaki Killer- Nagito (Just switched their roles) They also chose to revive Fuyuhiko Survivors: Fuyuhiko Ibuki Mahiru Peko Akane And Hajime

Imo i would replace kazuichi with Gundam mainly because of how... boring and irrelevant he is. Also his interactions with Sonia isn't funny its just like a redundant gag in the game thats just annoying. Hajime is literally the plot point, Baby gangsta (fuyuhiko) is cute and his relationship with peko was also good story arc Sonia is just flat out hilarious And Akane is.... there, not that relevant but eh. Gundam however has the entire plot of SoniaxGundam and also, animals. And his personality. Also Hyoko really should stay dead as it makes the most sense for her to die when Mikan becomes Despair and I dont like her. At all. She's just flat out rude, provides nothing to the plot its just a waste of space and while she opened up mahiru. Nothing changed when she died. She was literally just a suspect which could have been like, anyone else.

My Killing Order - Case 1: Teruteru Hanamura kills Byakuya Togami (Same Circumstance, but we get more of a focus on how Byakuya knew a murder would occur and sacrificed himself and how Teruteru knew the same and instead tried sacrifice everyone else) - Case 2: Peko Pekoyama kills Mahiru Koizumi (Same Circumstance. Just please cut some of the Twilight Syndrome game off, as it was so dragged out) - Case 3: Mikan Tsumiki kills Ibuki Mioda and Sonia Nevermind (Instead of Despair Disease, have everyone begin regaining some memories as they sleep, as Monokuma promised in Chapter 1 that everyone would get their memories back if a murder occurred. Mikan would see how she was treated badly by Hiyoko in Twilight Syndrome, with Ibuki and Mahiru not defending her even when they were friends. She’ll begin seeing memories of Junko, her beloved. She’ll plot to murder as everyone gets increasingly distant and on-edge due to the memories they see. Hajime gets apprehensive because all he sees is Izuru and he doesn’t recognize him. When he admits this, everyone sees Hajime as the outlier again and suspicion about him mounts) - Case 4: Gundham Tanaka kills Nekomaru Nidai (Same Circumstance; I love this trial and how it was technically unsolvable if Gundham hadn’t led everyone to the answer) - Case 5: Chiaki Nanami kills Nagito Komaeda (Same Circumstance, but have Chiaki maybe be a bit more vague about her AI origins and perhaps delve more into the Ultimate Impostor reveal) Survivors: Hajime Hinata, Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, Kazuichi Soda, Hiyoko Saionji, and Akane Owari (Why? Hajime is obviously going to survive, and I would actually have him be more involved with the other survivors throughout the main story. Have him comfort Fuyuhiko and Hiyoko after Chapter 2 and befriend Kazuichi more readily after Sonia’s death in Chapter 3. Have him truly prove his worth and have his newfound worth in Chapter 6 be because of the friendships he has made, which have helped him find something worth fighting for and living for. Chiaki obviously still appears to him, but he has a more solid foundation to stand up for his friends now. Hope’s Peak Academy may have betrayed him, but his friends are still worth fighting for. Hajime may not be an Ultimate, but he’s a part of their class nonetheless. This is his worth. Fuyuhiko still survives in this version, but things happen a little differently after Chapter 2. He has lost his eye and needs to be nursed after he slits his stomach open, so Mikan takes on this duty. Fuyuhiko begins caring for Mikan and opening up to her, which of course translates into him defending her wholeheartedly in Chapter 3’s Trial. When he finds out that she is the Blackened, he is devastated and feels lost yet again. This is where Hajime comes in to help him in Chapter 4. He begins distancing himself from the others again, and he even agrees with the Hajime is the Traitor Theory that Kazuichi comes up with. He eventually realizes how dumb he has been after learning of Gundham’s sacrifice and comes together with the group in Chapter 5. Fuyuhiko decides to stop being afraid of being vulnerable and is true to himself and what he wants. Maybe he spills some of his past to Hajime about Peko and Natsumi? How he knew about the Reserve Course because of her? Could be a bonding point. Hiyoko survives here, and it isn’t hard to see why. Just like Fuyuhiko, she loses someone very important to her in Chapter 2. Hiyoko still loses faith in the group after this, but someone manages to get close to her anyway, and this is Ibuki. After learning that she was friends with Ibuki from the Twilight Syndrome game in Chapter 2, Hiyoko is more open to Ibuki, who tries to comfort Hiyoko and take her mind off of Mahiru. Hiyoko, in turn, makes Ibuki feel better by being the only one to like her music. Hiyoko also warms to Sonia, who checks on Hiyoko periodically as she is locked in her room at the Motel. When Sonia realizes that Hiyoko could use the mirror from the Music Venue to tie her kimono, though, she decides to grab it and bring it to Hiyoko herself. This leads to her running into Mikan, who is still setting up her plan. Mikan kills her. These two deaths devastate Hiyoko even more, especially after Mikan targets her specifically at the trial for how nasty she has been. Hiyoko reflects over her actions and is quiet throughout Chapter 4. She eventually decides to be kinder and to work with the others after Trial 4. Hiyoko is no longer afraid of being weak, and Hajime helps her relate to Fuyuhiko and forgive him by forgiving Hiyoko for her past actions. Kazuichi is devastated by Sonia’s death in Chapter 3, leading to him being much more depressed and angry throughout Chapter 4. He accuses Hajime of being the traitor because he was close with Mikan and doesn’t remember his talent. He also constantly insults Gundham. Eventually, when Gundham sacrifices himself, Kazuichi realizes how good of a guy Gundham truly is and reflects on how he’s been acting and how useless he’s been to the group so far. He takes initiative in Chapter 5, cheers Akane up with Minimaru, and constructs his plan to restrain Nagito. This Kazuichi is much less selfish and actually becomes someone whom everyone is proud of for his initiative. Maybe he has an implied romance/friendship with Akane, just to show how he’s changed from obsessing over the perfect Princess to instead liking an uncouth and fiery gymnast? Akane survives yet again! This time, she actually gets development though. After Nekomaru “sacrifices” himself for her at the beginning of Chapter 3, Akane spends her time worrying about him and her putting on a brave front to cover this up. His absence through the trial makes her more antsy and irritable. Eventually, when he reveals himself in robot form after the trial, she is hesitant to be near him. She believes herself unworthy of being his friend and feels guilty every time she sees his robot form. This leads to her ditching him in the Fun House for another partner and to her being uncharacteristically meek about their situation and fate there. After Trial 4, she regains some of her fire and sees Nekomaru’s decisive but controlled actions as the way to go. She finally begins embracing the others and begins warming to Kazuichi specifically because he made Minimaru for her. She begins seeing the others as family and wants to protect them just as she protected her younger siblings. Maybe she specifically babies Fuyuhiko and Hiyoko because they’re short? Could be funny while still being plot-relevant.

This is literally the perfect list

I think ibuki had to survive because yeah its ibuki🥺

Heres what i would do: Keep Chapter 1&2 the same Except Nekomaru gets injured in Chapter 1 and Comes back in Chapter 3 Chapter 3: Change the motive from the dispear disease to a raffle which Monokuma does - Mikan wins the raffle but the prize is just a crappy Monokuma toy. Little did they know the true prize was having the winners memories restored. Hiyoko tries to change and just ignore Mikan instead of being mean to her. There is a disease which breaks out but it turns out the entire thing was faked by Mikan who wanted people to take care of - she actually just drained the 'infected people's' blood to make them look diseased. Then she kills Ibuki who tried to escape. Chapter 4: I think making Gundham kill Sonia in Chapter 4 is a bad idea as it would make Gundham a lot less sympathetic. Sonia should be killed by someone else but use the rule from V3 where only the first killer gets executed. I think they should have made Sonia the real Sparkling Justice and have her killer be never discovered but highly implied to be Chiaki. My biggest problem with Chiaki is her lack of any real character flaws so making her have anger problems and violent tendencies would not only fit with her talent but make her more interesting. I also would have her hate video games because she doesn't find them fun because she wins all the time and that she thinks her talent is useless. Heres how the events would play out: Chiaki is suspicious and has been investigating the real sparking justice since chapter 3 because Monokuma let slip that one of the students was sparkling justice. Then in the funhouse Chiaki finds Sonia acting suspicious and confronts her about it - Sonia tries to stab her but Chiaki manages to disarm her and kill her in retaliation. This happens well after Nekomaru's death. Keep chapter 5 the same, albeit with the differences to Chiaki's character intact.

I have a idea for how sonia died in chapter 4, Sonia wakes up early and walks around to get something and ends up under nekomaru as gundham drops him and she gets crushed and in the trial Gundam would feel guilty when they say Sonia died too and would accept his fate to be with Sonia in heaven.

The thing is in every danganronpa game the third case is always the double murder and the forth is when the strongest character usually dies

Yes yes yes!!! I said all of this, perfection!! Hiyoko was the character who's had the most stolen in this damn franchise

I still think I would make Sonia die chapter 3 and recently I watched someone else talk about replacing Sonia for Hiyoko and that definitely makes me think it’s a better idea for Sonia to die chapter 3.

I have a headcannon where Fuyuhiko and Hiyoko would’ve had a friendship where they just rareinsult everyone whenever they feel like it once they realize that their friends aren’t really dead and it was all a simulation, and the fact that you put her as a survivor on your list only makes this headcannon stronger for me

Seriously why do people not get that Hiyoko not getting to complete her redemption is the whole reason she died when she did its supposed to be tragic especially in comparison to Fuyuhiko who nearly died but survived to redeem himself and become a better person i mean the comparison is obvious they are both short blond and antagonistic to the group at first but after losing the person in the group they are closest to they start to change for the better but Fuyuhiko gets to complete his change while Hiyoko is killed for being in the wrong place at the wrong time and the tragedy is that her potential redemption is killed too changing that to Fuyuhiko ruins that

Although I hate Hiyoko it would've been amazing if she actually had a good redemption arc.

Ibuki and Fuyuhiko are my favorites characters bros I would be so sad in chap 3 if both of them died

Fun fact apparently in the creators files in Japanese, Mahiru and Kazuichi were originally gonna end up being a thing during the game

I know this is somewhat unrelated, but a good concept I have for the next game (if there is ever going to be another) on the survivors is that the story starts with the concept known that we are in one of the televised events in the V3 world, but Monokuma resets the story after he is exposed in the final trail. Instead of the reset being made in the beginning like in V3. Monokuma has all the memories but the cast’s memories are compleatly wiped with a few changes to their personalities monokuma tweaked. By the end of the second run, the final survivors will be different and we will be able to bond and get to know more of the cast. And also be sad to realise the personalities of those we befriended in the pervious run are all gone. The player won’t know that, but we will. And we will learn a lot more what some characters were hiding before they died. And with our knowledge on the previous game V3, we would know that everything is fabricated and fictional, but that mystery on what’s on the outside world teased in V3 will be what we learn in this game.

I would’ve made it to where Sonia died instead of Kyoko or Ibuki. If you replace Kyoko just swap which survivor tells the other about the mirror in the Music Venue, and then if it’s to swap Ibuki just give Sonia the Despair disease

I absolutely agree with Hiyoko being a survivor. Honestly I love the survivors we have, but sometimes they get on my nerves. Specifically Souda and Akane, and I say this from a place of love because Souda is my 2nd fav Danganrompa character. These two really need someone to tell them to get their shit together. Akane needs to be called out for being so reckless after Nekomaru nearly dies for her and Souda could use an extra kick to be less of a coward. I also agree with killing Sonia because, though I like her, I feel like her character doesn't add much besides cheap comedic value, and frankly the surviving cast is funny enough without her. Also, this is a pretty selfish reason I admit, but Souda's simping over her is super annoying to me, so seeing her die would stop that AND give him motivation to grow as a character. But I feel like having chapter 4 be a double kill takes meaning from Gundham's death. He killed out of necessity; to have him take an extra life unnecessarily would taint that sacrifice. This would cause some serious changes to chapter 3, but I would've like to see Mikan kill Ibuki and Nekomaru. It would require Mikan to have access to Nekomaru instead of Monokumo dragging him away, but I don't think it's too much of a stretch. It would also add more gravity to Akane's actions; because he defended her, Nekomaru was too weak to defend himself. Thus, where a third party killed Nekomaru in the OG plot, here Akane would be directed responsible in part. I feel like Sonia needed a big moment to prove herself. She's the Ultimate Princess, but she never leads anyone or does anything too amazing really. So, to show that she's a true leader, how about have her sacrifice herself for her 'people'? So what if Sonia convinces Gundham to kill her to save their friends from starvation? That way, Gundham still gets to have his epic moment and we'll get some extra emotion from him (who doesn't want to see the emo boy cry over his dead girlfriend?) Plus, I feel that Souda would gain a deeper respect for both Sonia; he'd be able to think of her as more than just a princess, but a strong person who deserves respect for her character rather than her looks. The downside to all of this is that I'm stupid and I'm not sure how the crimes would play out with these changes. Given how hurt Nekomaru is, it wouldn't be hard to kill him. But how would Mikan move his body around? I feel like the location of the crime would need to be moved to Nekomaru, as he's too big to move easily. I also can't see case 4 playing out normally. Neko and Gundham fought for the same cause, but they still fought. Thus, Gundham gave Neko a warrior's death of sorts. I can't see that happening with Sonia though, as I think she'd willingly offer herself rather than have a duel over it. If that were the case, there'd be no need for such a brutal death as the whole elevator thing. So, I'm not sure how he'd kill her. Maybe he WOULD use the elevator, as the ultimate princess deserves to die to the ultimate weapon? I don't know, I'm just rambling here

I don't remember where I saw this, but I once saw a comment about Sonia being the mastermind and at the time it made a lot of sense and it could've been interesting. Wish I remember that comment, though. Nevermind, lol, just found a screenshot on my phone because I remember discussing it with a friend. Sonia could've been the real Sparkling Justice. She could've somehow discovered that Makoto was trying to set the rehabilitation plan and Sonia didn't agree with it. Sonia teamed with Alter Ego Junko by putting her into the Neo World Program with the agreement of "When all Remnants of Despair die, I will end you myself", she just needed to pretend to be a Remnant of Despair so she could go into it aswell. Then, in Chapter 6, she discover's Junko's true goal, she was betrayed by Junko just like Mukuro was, and once she gets to talk with Makoto, Kyoko and Byakuya, she realizes is best to co-operate even if the others are Remnants of Despair. Now that would've been a great plotline for Sonia. Wish it happened. Credits to whoever made the original comment, I don't remember the video though!

I’m pretty sure killing royalty would cause bigger problems

I think that they should kill Sonia (to make more character development for Kazuichi) or Fuyuhiko in the place of Hiyoko in Chapter 3.

I’d love if Mikan would’ve survived 🥺 she’s my confort character

AS SOON AS YOU SAID YOU WOULD HAVE HIYOKO SURVIVE I WAS SO HAPPY

I totally agree with this! The only difficulty is that Saionji and Kuzuryuu are almost too similar to both survive. Ah, well. Perhaps Saionji’s arc leads her to be more composed, similar to the late Nevermind.

The creator: I’m not really a fan of chiaki (I spelled that so wrong) Me: FINALLY SOMEONE WHO AGREES WITH ME!!!!

I should have been a Surviver in V3

The only reason why I don't like the idea of Sonia dying is because of how many strong female characters that had to die for male character's development.( !!!SPOILER WARNING (FOR ALL GAMES) !!!) For example : sayaka died for makoto's development. chiaki died for hajimes, and pekos for fuyuhikos development. and kaede died for suichis major development. So if sonia died then it would definitely be for kazuchis development adding to that change of development.

A heartbreaking thing as an alternative to Sonia getting killed by Gundham would be like, her having given up on her life in service of the others, killing herself but because she did it in a place not en route to grape tower, Gundham wouldn't encounter her. This would make her death super painful because she didn't amount to anything and also she wasn't able to see that there was another way. I imagine that in order for Gundham to still die as the blackened, she would have bled out and finally die shortly after Nekomaru which would give an interesting perspective as, like Mondo not understanding the changes to the crime scene, Gundham has no idea why she's dead. Maybe he could even have to use it to obscure his own crime in some way, having to use his best friend as a way to prolong his own life but ultimately still die. This leaving Kazuichi far more contemplative as both the girl he was crushing on and the boy he fought over her with so frequently dead in the same chapter, both in service of letting the others live on. It would really make it feel like all these tragedies and sacrifices would additionally make their endgame determination more poignant. Every death past chapter three excluding Nagito would be a sacrifice, making them more resolute to look to the future because what else would all this be for otherwise?