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Dangan Ronpa

Dangan Ronpa (Tag name: ダンガンロンパ) is a Playstation Portable-exclusive game published by Spike and released on November 25th, 2010. It's described as a "High-speed Mystery Action Adventure" by the publisher.
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The full title is Dangan Ronpa: Academy of Hope and High School Students of Despair. However, due to the length, fans all over the world (and on Pixiv) shorten it to Dangan Ronpa. The shortened name has caught on.


A sequel was recently released, called Super Dangan Ronpa 2: Goodbye, High School of Despair. (The tag for it is スーパーダンガンロンパ2).


Summary



In order to "graduate", you must kill someone and not get caught.


Characters

Makoto Naegi


超高校級の。


Super High-School Level Lucky Student

Voiced by: Megumi Ogata


The protagonist. An utterly normal high-school boy who was chosen to attend Hope's Peak Academy by lottery. His most redeeming quality is his positive attitude.


Sayaka Maizono


らくがき


Super High-School Level Idol

Voiced by: Makiko Oomoto


The forefront singer for a national idol group. She has a neat and gentle personality, and was Naegi's classmate in middle school. She considers the other members of the group to be family and treats them well.


Leon Kuwata


イキキル


Super High-School Level Baseball Player

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai


A top-class player in high school that professional teams have an eye on. He displayed an extraordinary amount of baseball skill, even without practicing. However, he hates baseball and dreams of becoming a musician.


Kyouko Kirigiri



Super High-School Level ???

Voiced by: Youko Hikasa


Of all the other students, she is the most mysterious. Even her talent is unknown. She's a girl with quite the cool and unapproachable image. However, during the trials, she gives Naegi advice and points out strange things about the corpses.


Byakuya Togami



Super High School-Level Heir

Voiced by: Akira Ishida


The heir to the global financial cabal, the Togami Conglomerate. He's truly an elite, with absolute confidence in his ability to rule his father's corporation. Many remark that his confidence make him come off as patronizing and arrogant.


Aoi Asahina


朝日奈葵


Super High-School Level Swimmer

Voiced by: Chiwa Saitou


The captain of both the swimming team and the volleyball team. She is always bright, energetic, and sporty. Doughnuts are her favorite food. Sakura Oogami is her close friend.


Sakura Oogami


センシティブな作品


Super High-School Level Westler

Voiced by: KUJIRA


The world's strongest high-school girl, she's familiar with every martial art. Despite her outward appearance, she has a prudish and thoughtful personality, and dislikes unnecessary fights. Aoi Asahina is her close friend.


Kiyotaka Ishimaru


【正義狂い】


Super High-School Level Hall Monitor

Voiced by: Kousuke Toriumi


The prodigy of the public morals committee at a famous preparatory school. He's very upright. In fact, he puts an extraordinary effort into following the rules, and hates those who don't.


Mondo Oowada


大和田


Super High-School Level Gangster

Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai


The second-generation gang leader of a bunch of bikers from Kanto. He's very old fashioned, personality wise, when it comes to things like duty and kindness. Deeply reveres his older brother. By the way, the name of his bike gang is Crazy Diamonds (クレイジーダイアモンド).


Chihiro Fujisaki


超高校級の天使


Super High-School Level Programmer

Voiced by: Kouki Miyata


The creator of several groundbreaking voice recognition programs and various other systems from a young age. She's also currently involved in artificial intelligence research. This combined with her fragile appearance gained her many fans who're absolutely crazy about her.


Celestia Ludenberg


無題


Super High-School Level Gambler

Voiced by: Hekiru Shiina


A female high-school student who's a genius at lying. She loves Goth-Loli clothes. Everything about her heritage is wrapped in mystery.


Hifumi Yamada


ひふみん


Super High-School Level Doujinshi Artist

Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi


One of the most popular and charismatic doujn authors. In the past, his works sold 10,000 copies. The theme of his works are "The Opposite of Human Nature".


Touko Fukawa


腐川冬子


Super High-School Level Literary Girl

Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro


A young lady who's an overwhelmingly popular new author. Her elaborate romance novels (based on her own delusions) have utterly swept the awards. However, the lady in question has an extreme persecution complex, even going so far to base it upon first appearance.


Hagakure Yasuhiro


だべ!


Super High-School Level Fortune Teller

Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze


A high-school student who's selling point is that his predictions are right 20% of the time. He had to repeat a year 3 times, so technically he's already an adult. Because he tends toward big, dramatic reactions, he causes many misunderstandings. His defining characteristic is his huge dreadlocks.


Junko Enoshima



Super High-School Level Gal

Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi


A charismatic model who decorates the front of adult fashion magazines. She seems like a very "fashion leader" type -- that is, high-class and popular. However, she can be immature and lash out at others too.


Monobear


今度うpするカスタムテーマ


Hope's Peak Academy's "Principal"

Voiced by: Nobuyo Oyama


A half-black, half-white bear. In order to agitate his pupils after they kill one another, he puts on a show of the criminal's "punishment". Uses the pronoun "Boku". His trademark laugh is "Upupu~!"


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Aoi Asahina Sakura Oogami Kiyotaka Ishimaru Mondo Oowada Chihiro Fujisaki

Celestia Ludenburg Hifumi Yamada Touko Fukawa Hagakure Yasuhiro Junko Enoshima

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