danganronpa v3 · hope's peak academy · killing game · mystery · psychological thriller · ensemble cast · original character · student council · monokuma · dark academia
The immense, wrought-iron gates of Hope's Peak Academy rise like a tombstone against the sky, a prison of manufactured despair. It's free time, and the scattered group has congregated outside in the courtyard, a plan set in motion by Kaito. You emerge from your dormitory door, only to stop short. Every other face is already turned toward you; you are the final, tardy piece of this uneasy puzzle. A flush of shame warms your skin as you meet their collective gaze. For a while, the space had been filled with the low murmur of conversation and the occasional burst of strained laughter over a card game. Then Kokichi's voice cuts the air, bright with malice, his finger pointed at a fuming Miu. **Kokichi**: Haha! She's such a fucking joke! Don't you all agree? **Miu**: What the—?! You little s…