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GAME · 2017 · JAPAN

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

Original title
New Danganronpa V3: Minna no Koroshiai Shingakki

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Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is a 2017 visual novel in which a group of gifted students are forced into a killing game by the bear Monokuma.

12 Interesting Facts About Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

Interesting Facts (9)

  1. #001

    Since the game lets players lie during Trials, Sugawara wanted to make the protagonist more villainous, but Kodaka rejected the idea outright.

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  2. #002

    Sugawara came up with the Exisals and gave them their name, envisioning them as new mascots. Kodaka, however, reworked them into high-performance humanoid killing machines.

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  3. #003

    The game's code contains an unused Miu sprite made for moments when she was angry. When players first found it, it gained a certain notoriety in the fandom, for reasons that need no explanation.

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  4. #004

    Tenko tells Shuichi, Kaito and Maki that she joined Angie's Atua cult only to protect Himiko, who she believed was being brainwashed.

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  5. #005
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    Rantaro has an unused Debate Scrum sprite that appeared in promotional materials so his role as the first victim wouldn't be spoiled.

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  6. #006
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    In an interview, Dorothy Elias-Fahn said she didn't know Tsumugi was the Mastermind until she received the script for it.

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  7. #007
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    Angie walks in on Korekiyo sawing the beam and is struck by the loose board; her body is later moved to her lab.

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  8. #008
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    During Korekiyo's execution, Monodam walks into the fire heating the cauldron, and after Monokuma returns, Monodam apparently kills himself once he loses power.

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  9. #009
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    Kirumi's execution borrows some elements from the unused executions of both Byakuya and Kiyotaka.

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Easter Eggs & References (1)

  1. #010
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    Korekiyo's goal was to kill 100 girls and send them to his dead sister in the afterlife; he claims to have killed more than 90 before the Killing Game began.

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Deeper Meaning (2)

  1. #011

    A common belief holds that Miu was designed to be disliked, but Kodaka never said this; the idea stems from a mistranslation. His actual remark was that he hadn't expected her to be liked as much as she was.

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  2. #012
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    During the chant, Korekiyo steps on the loose floorboard, and the seesaw effect it creates flings Tenko upward into a dagger he had placed in the cage.

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