Blast Off! (宇宙旅行 lit. The Space Journey) is the first execution in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, as well as the series, with Jin Kirigiri being executed.
Sequence[]
A silhouette looms over the darkness, before a spotlight suddenly lights up to reveal Monokuma, who is sitting on the floor with his "Punishment Button." Across from him, Jin is tied to a chair with his eyes blindfolded, desperately trying to struggle free while Monokuma innocently tilts his head to the side. The bear then presses the button, triggering a rocket shaped like an iron maiden that wraps it's metal doors around Jin as he screams in terror.
The rocket then Blasts Off! upward, drilling through several floors of Hope's Peak Academy as it hastily takes off into space. As the rocket launches, caricatures of the moon and a planet watch it progressively heat up, and subsequently plummet back down to Earth. As it falls, it speeds up until it violently smashes into the classroom from whence it launched. The crashed rocket's casing bursts open, revealing all that remains of Jin Kirigiri is a skeleton with a sad, cartoonish expression fixed on his skull. The execution ends with Monokuma giggling to himself as it zooms into his evil red eye.
Aftermath[]
In Chapter 5, the rocket used in this execution is found by Makoto Naegi in the trash dump that he falls into after Alter Ego saves him from his execution. Later during the final investigation, Jin's skeletal remains are discovered inside a gift box by Kyoko Kirigiri and Makoto in the headmaster's secret room.
Trivia[]
- In the prologue of Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls, there is a rocket with iron maiden shape on the television, this possibly referencing to the rocket that was used in this execution.
- These "Monokuma Maidens" are also used in challenges, in which Komaru Naegi must find the one containing the Monokuma Kid controlling the Beast Monokumas by following the kid's singing.
- The concept for this execution is used again in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony for Kaito Momota's execution: Blast Off! Second Ignition.
- In Danganronpa Kirigiri, Jin's wife's maiden name is revealed Uzuchi, which means a "rabbit hammer". In Japanese culture, there is a well-known story about a rabbit hammering mochi on the moon, and thus her maiden name could be a reference to her husband's space-related execution.