Board Thread:Dangan Ronpa Wiki Updates/@comment-33561080-20160910074156/@comment-29545515-20160911032244

Welp. Due to Funimation's delays, I decided to spoil myself because I spent too much time waiting. Upon finding out that CHisa falls into despair, I teared up. I honestly both regret and find relief in the fact that I spoiled myself, because Chisa's torture scene would've honestly broke me. This was coming out of Kirigiri's apparent death, too.

Still, though, great episode. Class 77 isn't gonna go down without a fight. Gundham and Nekomaru are badasses, both fighting to protect their friends in their class from dying... which harkens back to SDR2's Fourth Trial. Still, badass.

About the brainwashing, too - I have a theory: Mikan seemed genuinely sorry and felt genuinely bad when she pushes Chiaki down a secret hatch. In addtion, when the one Reserve Course student killed himself gruesomely, he exclaims that he doesnt want to do so at all. With this evidence, I think that after being brainwashed, they're still able to act like themselves, but their bodies will do various things in order to cause despair, whether they like it or not. The Remnants of Despair know what they're doing is simply wrong, and yet they can't really stop due to their brainwashing. As they continue to wreck the world, they slowly fall into despair themselves and go mad.

Either that or, like Chisa, they're conditioned to love despair via literal mind rape. Oh god, that scene was painful. I have never been more disgusted by someone sounding like theyre about to orgasm in my entire life. At least the Chisa is the Mastermind/Monokuma Maid theories have some REALLY HUGE evidence now.

Also, the creators are sure as hell milking Chiaki for all these cliffhangers. I mean, she meets Izuru (mind-wiped Hajime) in Episode 8 and a brainwashed Chisa in this one. And for logical reason, too. Because we dont know what happened to one of the fandom's waifus, she's a major source of suspense. Even if you assume she's dead, you dont know how she dies.

I did notice something about this, though. Chiaki's already going down a doomed path. It may seem obvious, but there's evidence now. The two people that are the closest to Chiaki, Hajime and Chisa, are now brainwashed, with their former selves being completely gone and the two alllying with Junko. And the real kicker is that Chiaki is none the wiser, as she's trying to save both of them, not knowing that it's practically too late. ''How despair inducing would it be if Chiaki found out the truth? How even mroe despair inducing would it be if both Izuru and CHisa killed Chiaki, or played a major hand in her death? ''(Well, that's IF she dies in the first place.)

Anyway, that's about all I gotta say for the episode. I am dreading what's to come. I hope Side: Future Episode 10 gives us Jabberwock Island. Seriously. It's been 4 episodes now, and two episodes left. Izuru's had his fill of boats.