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Dangan Ronpa; Despair Returns

Summary:

Shinakio Shimuzu, the ultimate Producer, wakes up on what looks to be a college campus. Except.. he wasn't meant to arrive at the all new Hopes Peak University for another month. Finding himself among sixteen other students he finds that something is incredibly wrong, but they're left to their own devices for an entire year before they get any word from the people who trapped them there. Bonds have been formed, stakes are high, how will our protagonist cope when he and his friends are thrown into a killing game run by a monocolored cat?

Chapter 1: Author notes and character list

Chapter Text


Author's Note;


Hello Dangan ronpa fans and confused archive users who happened upon this fanfiction. I decided a bit ago that I was going to plan and write my own story to feed the ever hungry beast that is my mind and its hyper fixation on a particular death game. This is the only update there will be for a bit while I write the first chapter- and I will add character portraits as they're introduced in the story to this chapter (and when i finish drawing them). For now- all you will get is the names and their character profile but that will be untrue depending on how far in the future you read this. 
I am deviating from canon lore! I won't go into all the details, as that will be explained in the story, but all the events of the previous games and anime are concluded. The world has gotten back to normal and a new generation of Ultimates have risen up through Hopes Peak academy and graduated onto Hopes Peak University; a program to continue to guide ultimates and train them in leadership, teamwork, and other essential skills to be pillars of their society. However, more than 30 years after the last killing game concluded and Hopes Peak resumed schooling, a copycat of despair has risen and has decided to run their own killing games to serve the twisted minds of an underground audience. 
That's all I'll say!
Onto the character list. 


Characters;


Names go Last-First but I will be referring to them by their first names because I'm an American not used to the name traditions and etiquette in Japan. Therefore I will not pretend to. 

 

Shinakio Shimizu; Ultimate Producer

  • Age: 18 yo
  • Gender: Cis-male
  • Sexual/romantic orientation: Homo-romantic Asexual
  • Zodiac sign: Libra
  • Likes: True crime, classical music
  • Dislikes: Swimming, large crowds

Watanabe Tatsumi; Ultimate Geologist

  • Age: 18 yo
  • Gender: Cis-female
  • Sexual/romantic orientation: Aro-ace
  • Zodiac sign: Capricorn
  • Likes: Cooking (P 1.1)
  • Dislikes: Poor manners (P 1.1)

Furuki Rikio; Ultimate Yoga Instructor

  • Age: 19 yo
  • Gender: Non-binary (He/they) 
  • Sexual/romantic orientation: Bisexual
  • Zodiac sign: Virgo
  • Likes: Cooking (P 1.1) 
  • Dislikes: Unknown

Botan Oshiro; Ultimate Park Ranger

  • Age: 19 yo
  • Gender: Cis-male
  • Sexual/romantic orientation: Doesn't label
  • Zodiac sign: Leo
  • Likes: Cuisine ( P 1.1)
  • Dislikes: Unknown

Onagi Rei; Ultimate Daredevil

  • Age: 18 yo
  • Gender: Cis-female
  • Sexual/romantic orientation: Lesbian
  • Zodiac sign: Scorpio
  • Likes: Unknown
  • Dislikes: True Crime ( P 1.1)

Moto Zenshira; Ultimate Biathlon

  • Age: 19 yo
  • Gender: Trans-female
  • Sexual/romantic orientation: Closeted lesbian
  • Zodiac sign: Gemini
  • Likes: Lacrosse ( P 1.2) 
  • Dislikes: Rei ( P 1.2)

Kurumada Chisu; Ultimate Activist

  • Age: 18 yo
  • Gender: Cis-female
  • Sexual/romantic orientation: Bisexual
  • Zodiac sign: Pisces
  • Likes: Band ( P 1.2)
  • Dislikes: Unknown

Kikuchi Yagura; Ultimate Pro-skateboarder

  • Age: 18 yo
  • Gender: Trans-male
  • Sexual/romantic orientation: Homosexual
  • Zodiac sign: Aries
  • Likes: Unknown
  • Dislikes: Unknown

Harada Kazuo; Ultimate Fencing Champion

  • Age: 18 yo
  • Gender: Cis-male
  • Sexual/romantic orientation: Heterosexual
  • Zodiac sign: Aquarius
  • Likes: Unknown
  • Dislikes: Unknown

Eito Aikiya; Ultimate Racer

  • Age: 18 yo
  • Gender: Cis-female
  • Sexual/romantic orientation: Bisexual
  • Zodiac sign: Cancer
  • Likes: Unknown
  • Dislikes: Unknown

Hidayoshi Kou; Ultimate Game Developer

  • Age: 19 yo
  • Gender: Cis-female
  • Sexual/romantic orientation: Bisexual
  • Zodiac sign: Capricorn
  • Likes: Unknown
  • Dislikes: Unknown

Uchikosi Sato; Ultimate Groundskeeper

  • Age: 19 yo
  • Gender: Non-binary (they/them) 
  • Sexual/romantic orientation: Biromantic Asexual
  • Zodiac sign: Virgo
  • Likes: Unknown
  • Dislikes: Unknown

Nakahara Dai; Ultimate Toy-Maker

  • Age: 18 yo
  • Gender: Cis-female
  • Sexual/romantic orientation: Aromantic Lesbian
  • Zodiac sign: Pisces
  • Likes: Unknown
  • Dislikes: Unknown

Murakami Gin; Ultimate Astrologist

  • Age: 18 yo
  • Gender: Trans-Male
  • Sexual/romantic orientation: Undecided
  • Zodiac sign: Gemini
  • Likes: Unknown
  • Dislikes: Unknown

Eichi Yoshida; Ultimate Actor

  • Age: 18 yo
  • Gender: Cis-Male
  • Sexual/romantic orientation: Homosexual
  • Zodiac sign: Leo
  • Likes: Unknown
  • Dislikes: Unknown

Koyama Chio; Ultimate Zookeeper

  • Age: 18 yo
  • Gender: Cis-female
  • Sexual/romantic orientation: Lesbian
  • Zodiac sign: Aries
  • Likes: Unknown
  • Dislikes: Unknown

As of 4/26/23 the only character with known details is Shimizu because he is our protagonist for the duration of this fic. The first several chapters will be prologue, character building, and domestic survival situations that transpires over the course of a year in entrapment. If you want to skip to the killing game stuff- when it's started I will write here the chapter you can skip to- but reliably the chapters labeled 'Prologue' will be the hopeful stuff and despair will start to rise in chapter 1.