What is Danganronpa (franchise)?
{{italictitle}} {{For|the 2010 video game|Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc}} {{Infobox video game series |title=Danganronpa |image=[[File:Danganronpa series English logo.svg|250px]] |caption=Danganronpa series English logo |genre=[[Visual novel]] |developer=Spike Chunsoft Co Ltd/Spike Co Ltd |publisher=Spike Chunsoft Co Ltd |creator=Kazutaka Kodaka |first release version=[[Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc]] |latest release version=Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp |first release date=November 25, 2010 |latest release date=December 4, 2021}} '''Danganronpa''' is a [[Mystery fiction|mystery]] [[action]] [[visual novel]] [[Video game|video game series]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kelly|first=Andy|date=2016-01-19|title=What the hell is Danganronpa?|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/what-the-hell-is-danganronpa/|access-date=2021-04-16|website=PC Gamer|language=en-US}}</ref> It was developed by [[Spike Chunsoft]] Co Ltd (previously Spike Co Ltd) as a beta named '''DISTRUST'''. DISTRUST was cancelled due to the story being too dark and the setting was not usable for high school students. Two animated shows were released: Danganronpa: The Animation and Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School. ==Story== === Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc/Danganronpa: The Animation === Makoto Naegi and 15 other talented students enter a high school for highly skilled students named Hope's Peak Academy. In the game, Makoto Naegi enters the school building before fainting and waking up in a classroom. While in the animation, Makoto steps foot onto the school and immediately falls unconscious. He then goes to the gym to meet fifteen other high school students who joined Hope's Peak Academy. After the introductions, a robotic bear named Monokuma introduces himself and states that they are trapped in the school. The only way to escape is to commit murder without getting caught by the other students. For the rest of the game/animation, Makoto and his classmates are to find the murderers. If they do not find the murderer they will be executed