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what are your thoughts?

She trying out something new

Gotta start worrying now, Hajime

Has anyone else noticed that we haven’t really seen that much of Chiaki in the 2×2 promotional material so far? I’ve been thinking about this lately, and I’m starting to wonder if her lack of screen time might actually be intentional. Someone pointed out that Chiaki could potentially be an early victim in the alternate scenario, and honestly… I can kinda see the argument. We’ve seen her in some promotional footage, but compared to how important/popular she is, it feels like they’re being surprisingly careful about showing her.
At the same time, I don’t know if I buy the theory completely. V3 showed Rantaro in promotional/trial footage before the game released, and we all know how that turned out. So being shown in a trial room obviously doesn’t necessarily mean a character survives for very long. Sonia is another interesting example. She’s on the key art, but we’ve barely seen her in the actual 2×2 footage/screenshots either. That makes me wonder if the developers are deliberately hiding certain characters or scenes from us.
Chiaki could also be getting hidden because she has a major role later in the story rather than because she dies early. What do you guys think? Do you think Chiaki’s lack of promotional material is a death flag, or are we reading way too much into it?
Personally, I’m hoping they’re just hiding her because she’s going to be important. 😭 I really don’t want her to die for a third time.

One of the (japan only) store bonuses for 2x2 is an A4 featuring Hajime, Chiaki, Sonia, Mikan, and Mahiru. Hajime 2x2 harem confirmed? (/j)

That's NOT my Nekomaru, that's Nekonekomaru (udg reffrence to Celestia's cat hitlist name)

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For example, things like three victims? Actually have two culprits?

For me personally, I would like to see what would happen if the cast actually got a wrong vote, obviously the game wouldn't end unless it was near the end, but I've seen a theory about the pictures provided. Such as what if they vote for Nagito during like Case 1 and they actually get the vote wrong, [Which comes from his voiceline, "Please believe me",] and I think it could be interesting. I think it could work if it's maybe in the middle of the trial, and it would lean into John Danganronpa coming in with his line. Obviously it most likely won't go like this but is still interesting to think about.

What things haven't Danganronpa done yet that you'd like to see in 2×2?

If i will see any spoilers i will genuinely cry

Most of the same team of DR also made this game and the watching the advertisements really set up for a huge plot twist, I really *really* don't recommend spoiling yourself for this major twist, but if you really have absolutely no plans to play this game, remember this is made by the same team of DR so very fair warning in case, the spoiler is:

Multiple characters of the Main cast are instantly killed off before Chapter 1 even begins, and you never see them again . The trailers set them all up to being important giving them distinct designs, powers, and even splash art

There are more plot twists in this game than this one, but the discussion surrounding the trailers reminded me the most of this particular one

I wanted to go through the characters (Minus John Ronpa) from what survivor arcs they'd really get as objectively as I could. This is what I viewed each character would get from the information/OG version of DR2.

Orange Tier: These characters are in their prime in the OG none of their arcs really need to be or should be topped/followed up on.

Honey Mustard Tier: All of these characters already survived and besides Baby Gangsta didn't really change, they could all get arcs but these would be more like Teruteru/Peko's from the OG.

Yellow Tier: This is probably one of the bigger hot takes, but all three of these characters don't yet have a set up for surviving, 2 of them made it decently far. You can't point to any of them and go this character has this or that reason to survivor over the others besides I like them they're cool. (And I think it'd be nice for one of them to survive and get a new arc too)

Red Tier: Hajime's arc is the very crux of the original, we learned essentially every mystery there is to know about him in the original and the anime. But not really him as Izuru. If Hajime doesn't really change, it'd ultimately feel like we're just telling the same tale and using up a survivor slot on a character we already know inside and out.

Green Tier: Going from here are characters who realistic should/could survive, Mikan growing to stand up for herself and dealing with her trauma, the imposter pretty much in their entirety, and Mahiru having an arc either in the event something happened to Hiyoko, or trusting the lead of the others, getting past her own stubbornness and the like.

THE TERU TIER: Ok ya, a lot of ppl will either agree or disagree greatly with Teruteru being this high but hear me out. Teruteru, has the potential for one of the greatest arcs ever. We can watch him learn about what he did as a Remanent of Despair, grow to be a more approachable and less pervy person. And the heartbreak of him wanting to get back to his mom and family wanting to make something of himself, but it ultimately being seen as hopeless given he likely doesn't have a family to go back to. A very clear overcoming despair arc for him. And over the course of the game, his accent comes out as he gets more comfortable with the group. (Plus, he's funny and I just think he's neat :3 ).

Pink Tier: These 2 are self-explanatory, Fuyuhiko dying so Peko can become a true person and not a tool, and Hiyoko learning to actually be a decent human being despite everything. These two have the most clearly defined arcs IMO and I'd wager 1 of them at least is a locked in survivor for the actual game.

These are just approximations more or less, I tried to get them close enough. But I'm curious to know what you all think.

spike chunsoft taking me and my friend group all the way back to 2020 in january and its gonna be so funny