E-Handbook

The Electronic Student Handbook, or e-Handbook for short, known as Monopad in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, is an object featured in the Danganronpa series. It's a digital handbook used by the students of Hope's Peak Academy and the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles.

Functionality
The e-Handbook functions as digital record of many things, such as the rules of the school, the name and gender of the student who owns it, a map of the school and so on.

Student ID
Every e-Handbook has the full true name and gender of the student who owns it. This function of the e-Handbook has come up a few times in Class Trials to figure out the Blackened as important evidence. Such as Celestia Ludenberg's true name (Taeko Yasuhiro) and Chihiro Fujisaki's gender in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.

School Regulations
Each e-Handbook has a list of the School Regulations given by the Headmaster of that time. Most of the Regulations were placed there by Jin Kirigiri (and previous Headmasters presumably) but after Hope's Peak Academy is taken over by the Mastermind for the Killing School Life, it is Monokuma who begins to add them. To note however, in Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, A.I. Junko Enoshima states she couldn't remove Regulations no matter how hard she tried due to the Neo World Program's coding. She could only add them.

Killing School Life Rules

 * 1) Students may reside only within the school. Leaving campus is an unacceptable use of time.
 * 2) "Nighttime" is from 10 pm to 7 am. Some areas are off-limits at night, so please exercise caution.
 * 3) Sleeping anywhere other than the dormitory will be seen as sleeping in class and punished accordingly.
 * 4) With minimal restrictions, you are free to explore Hope's Peak Academy at your discretion.
 * 5) Violence against headmaster Monokuma is strictly prohibited, as is destruction of surveillance cameras.
 * 6) Anyone who kills a fellow student and becomes "blackened" will graduate, unless they are discovered.
 * 7) Additional school regulations may be added if necessary.
 * 8) Once a murder takes place, a class trial will begin shortly thereafter. Participation is mandatory for all surviving students.
 * 9) If the guilty party is exposed during the class trial, they alone will be executed.
 * 10) If the guilty party is not exposed, they alone will graduate, and all remaining students will be executed.
 * 11) Lending your e-Handbook to another student is strictly prohibited.
 * 12) The guilty party may only kill a maximum of two people during any single "Killing Game."
 * 13) Attempting to break into locked rooms is strictly prohibited.

Killing School Trip Rules

 * 1) Extreme violence is prohibited on this island.
 * 2) Please live peaceful and relaxing lives with your fellow students.
 * 3) Be considerate of each other and work together to obtain Hope Fragments.
 * 4) Littering is not allowed.
 * 5) Let us coexist with this island's bountiful nature in "mutual prosperity".
 * 6) The lead teacher cannot directly interfere with the students. An exception to this rule is made if any student violates a rule.
 * 7) Once a murder takes place, a class trial will begin shortly thereafter. Participation is mandatory for all surviving students.
 * 8) If the blackened is exposed during the class trial, they alone will be executed.
 * 9) If the blackened is not exposed, the remaining students will be executed.
 * 10) As a reward, the surviving blackened will be forgiven of their crime and allowed to leave the island.
 * 11) The Body Discovery Announcement will play as soon as three or more people discover a body for the first time.
 * 12) Destroying any property of this island without permission is expressly prohibited. This includes the surveillance cameras and monitors.
 * 13) You are free to investigate this island at your own discretion. Your actions in this regard are not limited.
 * 14) Additional School Trip Rules may be added at the headmaster's discretion. The following rule was added later:  The blackened may only kill a maximum of two people during any single "killing game".

Killing School Semester Rules

 * 1) Students must live at the Ultimate Academy for the remainder of their foreseeable future.
 * 2) Once a murder takes place, all surviving students must participate in a class trial
 * 3) If the blackened is exposed during the class trial, they alone will be executed.
 * 4) If the blackened is not exposed, all remaining students will be executed.
 * 5) If the blackened survives the class trial, they will graduate and re-enter the outside world.
 * 6) The killing game and class trials will continue until only two surviving students remain.
 * 7) "Nighttime" is from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. The dining hall and gymnasium are off-limits at night.
 * 8) Violence toward Monokuma, the headmaster of the Ultimate Academy, is strictly prohibited.
 * 9) Monokuma will never directly commit a murder.
 * 10) Your Monopads are very important items. Please do not damage them.
 * 11) The "Body Discovery Announcement" will play when three or more students discover a body.
 * 12) With minimal restrictions, you are free to explore the campus at your discretion.
 * 13) Further, there may be new additions to the school rules according to the convenience of the headmaster.
 * 14) Swimming is prohibited in the pool during nighttime. Touching the water is also against the school rules.
 * 15) If two different murders by different murderers occur at the same time, only the one whose victim was found first will be the blackened.

Truth Bullets
Records for all Truth Bullets are kept in the e-Handbook for every case. The player may go through and read details on each one. Truth Bullets can also be updated.

Other Functions
Within Hope's Peak Academy the e-Handbooks can be used to access doors around the school. You need to swipe your e-Handbook over the card reader. You need a male student's handbook for the boys locker, and a female student's handbook for the girls. It is not possible for two people to enter at the same time. Additionally, lending someone your e-Handbook is violation of the school regulation.

In Danganronpa 2 there is an additional feature of virtual pets.

The Headmaster's e-Handbook
The Headmaster of Hope's Peak Academy has a special e-Handbook that is entirely limitless with what it can access. It can access any and all doors within the school. This handbook is found by Kyoko Kirigiri and Makoto Naegi in the headmaster's private room.

Durability
According to Monokuma there is no way to break an e-Handbook, as they are waterproof and could survive to a huge amount of damage and won't have a single scratch. However as later discovered there is only one way to break one, and that is to expose it to a high temperature for an extended period of time where it will break and become completely unusable. (As proved by Mondo Owada in the second chapter/trial in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.)