Norman's Hotel Case

Norman's Hotel Murder Case is a Duel Noir case featured in the second volume of Danganronpa Kirigiri.

The participants of Norman's Hotel Murder Case are members of the Detective Library, with "Norman" acting as the host via a portrait.

Danganronpa Kirigiri
Once Tadashi Asakura was arrested, Yui, Kyoko, Suisei Nanamura, and other detectives were summoned to participate in the Norman's Hotel Case. Everyone meets at the front door of the hotel when they open the thick double doors to find a small room inside with another set of double doors. They open this to enter the hotel lobby, which seemed to be as wide as a gymnasium. The detectives unaware at first, get trapped inside the hotel, they meet seven people inside the lobby, Yuzen Minase, Akio Chage, Meruko Mifune, Mikado Shinsen, Sae Yozuru, Taehime Uozumi, and Seiunsai Toyano'oh. Yui and Kyoko introduce themselves to everyone that they are detectives who have come to capture a criminal, leaving out details about the Duel Noir and the Committee. Instead, she tells them that they received a notice that a murder was about to take place between the space of today and New Year's Day. Suisei decides to wait until 6 p.m. to come around and see what this auction is about.

Inside the Hotel, a microphonic voice suddenly speaks up. This voice came from a portrait and the boy's portrait mouth seemed to be able to move. In that microphonic voice, he introduces himself as Norman and his position of being a serial killer who died a century ago. Norman starts to tell them to take their seats at the dining table to begin his explanation. When everyone takes their seat, starts to tell everyone to empty their pockets and put all the money they had on the center of the dining table, due to the money not being eligible for the auction. Norman also asks everyone to body check the people on their left to prevent any cheating. Taehime afterward is ordered by Norman to collect all of the money on the table and throw it into the fireplace. Norman tells them not to fret, and to stretch their legs under the table. There they find heavy knapsacks, which they pull out. Each knapsack contains 100 million yen. Norman explains to them the rules of the Duel Noir rules. An auction every day will be hosted at 6 p.m. Since the time limit of the Duel Noir is until January 1st at 10 a.m., that means the auction will be held five times at most. No one will be able to leave the auction house until the auction is over. Also, there will be only one item, the same item, put up for sale at each auction. That way, if they miss buying it at one auction, they would have the chance to get it next auction. That item is “the Right of Detective”— the right for whoever has it to be a detective.

During the events of the auction, everyone was getting killed by a mysterious murderer, with only some people remaining including Yui, Kyoko, and Suisei. Suisei attempts to murder everyone with a revolver to take all the money in the house for himself. Suisei attempted this to not make him a suspicious culprit if there were no witnesses, Suisei approached Yui and Kyoko in an attempt to murder both of them. However, Suisei was willing to let Kyoko live if she didn't tell anyone, but to Suisei's disappointment, Kyoko decides to be on Yui's side no matter what. However, Meruko who was shot earlier appears to be still alive against all odds and it's heavily implied that she used her psychic abilities to prevent Suisei's gun from firing, ultimately saving Kyoko and Yui's lives as she managed to distract Suisei long enough for the entrance hall doors' opening time. On their way out, Yui and Kyoko encountered Mikado Shinsen. Besides Mikado, two other participants were also found behind him. Yui and Kyoko had discovered Mikado's true identity during the events. Suisei later commits suicide by shooting himself in the head. They found out that he was the head of the "Victims Catharsis Committee", standing behind the Duel Noirs, and a rogue master detective on par with Fuhito in terms of Detective work and was possibly a rank 000 detective.

List of Rules

 * Rule #1: The "Right of Detective" will be put up for sale at every auction.
 * Rule #2: The serial killer will kill one person each night. However, they cannot kill whoever has the “Right of Detective.” Also, they cannot kill in front of the person that has “Right of Detective.”
 * Rule #3: The "Right of Detective" is only effective until the next auction.
 * Rule #4: Guest rooms are locked from 10PM to 4AM. Everyone must be in their rooms by 10PM.
 * Rule #5: The serial killer has a master key. Whoever earns “Right of Detective” will also possess a master key.
 * Rule #6: If you survive, all of the money that you have left is yours.

Results and Aftermath

 * Winter vacation ends, and a new school term started up.
 * Kyoko Kirigiri briefly went missing.
 * Mikado, the mastermind behind the Duel Noir survives