Board Thread:Dangan Ronpa Wiki Updates/@comment-33561080-20160923184313/@comment-29545515-20160924005557

Frieza1500 wrote:

King Kyogre wrote:

KoniverseTwelve wrote:

Frieza1500 wrote: It was good. I don't think it was great or exceptional, but it ended the story properly. The dialogue was weird when the class were Ultimate Despair, especially when Sonia talked about bringing her country peace and Peko said they won't kill anymore. Granted, these are the fan subs since Funimation keeps dragging their feet on releasing the episodes. I think theyre showing us that this is what the Ultimate Despairs think they're doing, when in actuality, they're plunging the world into despair and chaos. It's a very warped mentality. For example, Mikan said that she's going to send wonderful medicine to the hospitals of the world, when in actuality, she's most likely killing them.

It was a good episode, I agree. I wasnt expecting any big twists - the most exceptional thing was the fact that they showed us a bit of SDR2 animated at the end. So, I'm wondering if Chiaki will come back in Hope Side or something. I know Izuru will make his decision soon.

It did what it needed to do - end the story properly, and showed us what the Remnants did. We're practically numb from last Despair episode, anyway. I really liked a lot of the dialogue and scenes, with that last shot of Junko being partcularly impressive.

Hope Side... I'm really hyped for that. I dunno how it's gonna go, if it'll end the story or give us some much-anticipated fanservice. I think it'll be a bit of both. It isn't a one hour special, though. Or is it? I dont think it is. I believe it's not a 1 hour special, it will be released on Thursday (Normal late funimation sub time) in place of the usual Despair arc. I'm guessing this episode will be allocated to the Neo World Programme??? Maybe?

Also I think we can safely say after coming from the Neo World Programme, Izuru chose hope over despair. Kyosuke's peace keepers heading for Jabberwock island prompted Hajime/Izuru to say 'how boring', since Kyosuke wanting to annihilate the Remnants is considered despairful then it seems to suggest Izuru chose the side of hope.

So basically Koniverse, the fact Peko said 'she wouldn't kill anyone anymore' meant she was meaning the opposite. The only issue is the rest of their declarations sounded despairfully subverted rather than the complete opposite of what they meant so I don't get Peko's. I like Koniverse's explanation on how they think they are doing good when they aren't. It lines up with how Hiyoko and Ibuki say they will use their talents to spread "joy", and in the opening to future, that's what it looks like they are doing. I also found the fact that they had the patterned swirls in their eyes weird. When do their eyes turn red then?

I don't know about the Hope side. Despair side is alright, and entertaining, but it was way below my expectations. I'll take what I can get though. I am trying to lower my expectations for Hope side. Didn't really expect much, so I was pretty satisfied. From the beginning, I knew that Side: Despair would be a lot like the original Danganronpa animation, which I thought was good, despite the fact that they cut a lot of stuff from the game that might've made for important character development. It's like an abridged series, only the characters are in character and not played for laughs. Too many plot elements to fit into a series. I think each Despair episode should be an hour long. I really think many characters could benefit from that.

However, I think they handled most of the pacing and all the elements they had to cram in there rather well, for an anime. There's still problems and unfulfilled wishes, yeah (I need clarification on who created AI Chiaki, and if it's Izuru...how? Some of the dialogue seems to imply Chihiro, and Naegi outright stated that it was Chihiro's doing. Although...I dunno if that was the hologram that Junko used. I'm getting off topic.) but for the stuff they did bring in fit pretty well. One thing's for sure, it's better when watching alongside Side: Future.

Despair is definitely the weaker side, but it has it's own surprises. Heck, from Episode 7 onwards, I was more hype for Despair than Future - and for good reason.

I'm hype for Side: Hope because... well, I guess it sounds like a happy ending. I may be jinxing things, but I think Side: Hope will tie things up between Future and Despair in the first half. ANd then the second half is nothing but pure fanservice. Like, beaches, bikinis, shipping ammo out the wazoo. It's called Side: Hope for a reason. :) That's just my opinion, though.