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DISTRUST (ダンガンロンパ DISTRUST), was the original game proposal of an adventure game that Kazutaka Kodaka presented at one of Spike's in-house presentations, however due to how gruesome the game was , the concept was reworked into what we know of today as Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.

Development
Before DISTRUST was developed, there was a two year period for Spike between 2007 - 2009 where most of the company's releases were either sequels or adaptations of existing franchises with only three original titles being released. This was because the expectation of quality in a new IP was heightened after their previous attempts at publishing original title's only received "average" scores.