Danganronpa Zero

Danganronpa/Zero is a light novel that serves as a prequel to Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, featuring events between Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy - Side: Despair and the game. There are two known volumes, which were written by the creator of the series, Kazutaka Kodaka, himself.

Synopsis
The story revolves around an amnesiac girl named Ryoko Otonashi who is an Ultimate Analyst, and the sharp-tongued Ultimate Neurologist Yasuke Matsuda, with whom she is infatuated.

She receives regular treatment from the latter for her psychological disorder, which causes her constant loss of short and long-term memories.

However, Ryoko is connected to the despair incident happening soon that Junko Enoshima has planned out.

Characters

 * Ryoko Otonashi
 * Yasuke Matsuda
 * Yuto Kamishiro
 * Jin Kirigiri
 * Kyoko Kirigiri
 * Junko Enoshima
 * The Madarai brothers
 * Soshun Murasame
 * Mukuro Ikusaba
 * Makoto Naegi
 * The Steering Committee

Mentioned

 * The Student Council
 * Izuru Kamukura

Implied

 * Chihiro Fujisaki
 * Teruteru Hanamura

Volume 1 Chapters

 * English Translation (Volume 1, Chapter 1)
 * English Translation (Volume 1, Chapter 2)
 * English Translation (Volume 1, Chapter 3 Part 1)
 * English Translation (Volume 1, Chapter 3 Part 2)
 * English Translation (Volume 1, Chapter 4)
 * English Translation (Volume 1, Chapter 5)
 * English Translation (Volume 1, Chapter 6 Part 1)
 * English Translation (Volume 1, Chapter 6 Part 2)
 * English Translation (Volume 1, Chapter 6 Part 3)
 * English Translation (Volume 1, Chapters 7-8)
 * English Translation (Volume 1, Chapter 9)
 * English Translation (Volume 1, Chapters 10-11)
 * English Translation (Volume 1, Chapter 12 Part 1)
 * English Translation (Volume 1, Chapter 12 Part 2)
 * English Translation (Volume 1, Chapters 13-14)
 * English Translation (Volume 1, Chapter 15)
 * English Translation (Volume 1, Chapter 16)

Volume 2 Chapters

 * English Translation (Volume 2, Chapters 1-2)
 * English Translation (Volume 2, Chapter 3)
 * English Translation (Volume 2, Chapter 4)
 * English Translation (Volume 2, Chapter 5)
 * English Translation (Volume 2, Chapter 6)
 * English Translation (Volume 2, Chapter 7)
 * English Translation (Volume 2, Chapter 8)
 * English Translation (Volume 2, Chapter 9)
 * English Translation (Volume 2, Chapter 10)
 * English Translation (Volume 2, Chapter 11)
 * English Translation (Volume 2, Chapter 12 Part 1)
 * English Translation (Volume 2, Chapter 12 Part 2)
 * English Translation (Volume 2, Chapter 13)
 * English Translation (Volume 2, Chapter 14)
 * English Translation (Volume 2, Chapter 15)
 * English Translation (Volume 2, Chapter 16)
 * English Translation (Volume 2, Chapter 17)

Trivia

 * It is the first Novel released in the Danganronpa franchise.
 * Chronologically, Danganronpa/Zero is second in the franchise.