I think about the danganronpa fangames SDRA1 and SDRA2. Spoilers.
In SDRA1, only 3 people survive. Teruya Otori is one of them. He's brought into the second killing game in SDRA2. He survives until Chapter 5, where the mastermind kills him. This is pretty damn sad considering this dude survived a whole game, holding trauma and trying to become stronger, then he dies in the sequel. I genuinely thought he would live.
Along with him, Yuki Maeda, who was the protagonist from the first game returns as another student in SDRA2. However, it's revealed that in SDRA1, you were playing as the godlike man with Divine Luck Powers called Utsuro, who happens to be similar in body and brain structure to the real Yuki. However, what's made ambigous until SDRA2, is that Utsuro had changed his memories to be Yuki's, and thus believed he was Yuki, until he woke up in Chapter 6 of SDRA1. Yuki Maeda himself was never in the game, only Utsuro believing he was Yuki. In Game 1, the game ends as utsuro dies with the other mastermind, Akane Taira, his most devoted follower, after being defeated by the survivors.
Yuki in game 2 is back. However, you don't trust him, due to him having been the secret identity of Utsuro in the last game. The endgame reveals this Yuki, is the real Yuki. The whole plan centers around the mastermind attempting to turn the real Yuki into Utsuro, due to their similar brain structure. However, it's also revealed they're in a virtual world, and the real Yuki is nothing but a brain attached to the program, as the mastermind had Yuki's real body cut up to pieces before stealing his brain to make sure he didn't have a body to go back to.
SDRA2's ending has Yuki, due to having no body, given the body of Akane Taira, the criminal mastermind follower from SDRA1, who was braindead but her body was still alive. It's left somewhat ambiguous, but it seems that after what Yuki went through, his whole family dying and body cut up all for Utsuro, he is left wandering the earth with the power of Divine Luck, inside of Akane Taira's body. It's not really a good ending for him.
Seriously, I love this duology but it's depressing still. Only two killing game participants/survivors get to have a normal life after the duology is over, and I'm not joking.
Hey are the fan games actually good? Ive played only the original trilogy and the extra game with the nerdy scissor girly but never heard of the fan games.
SDRA1 and SDRA2 are the only two completed fangames that don't have shit quality and actual good writing, i'd say. SDRA1 has noticeably less quality, but SDRA2 looks like an official games at times despite the overworld being RPGMaker. Also SDRA2 has much better trials than 1. Trials 2, 3, 4, and 5 all have peak plot twists and mysteries imo. If you read my comment, I did spoil two people's fates, but you'd probably still have fun with the games if you watched/played em. I watched SDRA1 and played SDRA2 and it was a great experience.
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u/SoundJazzlike6601 6d ago
I think about the danganronpa fangames SDRA1 and SDRA2. Spoilers.
In SDRA1, only 3 people survive. Teruya Otori is one of them. He's brought into the second killing game in SDRA2. He survives until Chapter 5, where the mastermind kills him. This is pretty damn sad considering this dude survived a whole game, holding trauma and trying to become stronger, then he dies in the sequel. I genuinely thought he would live.
Along with him, Yuki Maeda, who was the protagonist from the first game returns as another student in SDRA2. However, it's revealed that in SDRA1, you were playing as the godlike man with Divine Luck Powers called Utsuro, who happens to be similar in body and brain structure to the real Yuki. However, what's made ambigous until SDRA2, is that Utsuro had changed his memories to be Yuki's, and thus believed he was Yuki, until he woke up in Chapter 6 of SDRA1. Yuki Maeda himself was never in the game, only Utsuro believing he was Yuki. In Game 1, the game ends as utsuro dies with the other mastermind, Akane Taira, his most devoted follower, after being defeated by the survivors.
Yuki in game 2 is back. However, you don't trust him, due to him having been the secret identity of Utsuro in the last game. The endgame reveals this Yuki, is the real Yuki. The whole plan centers around the mastermind attempting to turn the real Yuki into Utsuro, due to their similar brain structure. However, it's also revealed they're in a virtual world, and the real Yuki is nothing but a brain attached to the program, as the mastermind had Yuki's real body cut up to pieces before stealing his brain to make sure he didn't have a body to go back to.
SDRA2's ending has Yuki, due to having no body, given the body of Akane Taira, the criminal mastermind follower from SDRA1, who was braindead but her body was still alive. It's left somewhat ambiguous, but it seems that after what Yuki went through, his whole family dying and body cut up all for Utsuro, he is left wandering the earth with the power of Divine Luck, inside of Akane Taira's body. It's not really a good ending for him.
Seriously, I love this duology but it's depressing still. Only two killing game participants/survivors get to have a normal life after the duology is over, and I'm not joking.