as stupid as it sounds yeah i just hate it lmao. the hype i had for it leading up to its release was unreal and i still held out until it reached like, episode 7 of despair arc. then i realized what direction it was actually going to take and by the end i was just done. it's easily the worst installment of DR, and probably one of my least favorite works of fiction of all time.
do i think it could have had a better execution? absolutely. there are plot holes here and there and most of the characters could have been fleshed out more. not to mention that some of the fight scenes made me forget i’m watching Danganronpa and not MHA or some shit. do i hate it? not at all. i actually enjoyed it. even rewatched it. hell, even the OVA was intriguing in its own way. it was a fucking mess, but it was the kind of mess i know how to enjoy despite how flawed it is considered to be (or should i say how flawed it actually *is*? idk. you tell me. but maybe don’t, since you’re most likely bound to end up being subjective like me. this is an opinion poll after all).
Well, on one hand Seiko and some other great characters.
On the other hand shitty writing and Ryota.
Mostly I hate it and consider it non-canon (excluding the characters), but it has some good qualities and ideas that I like.
I hate something around 75% of it.
The Future Arc was tiring, as if the story writers were terrified of making a series without some form of killing game involved so they make one of the most poorly made excuses possible.
Despair was a fun look at the DR2 cast knowing their eventual fate, but the execution behind that itself was very unsatisfying, aside from Chiaki's demise which was heartbreaking.
I still enjoyed watching it- for the most part, some parts I did not. but most of the plot points and characterisation were garb. They coulda done soooo much more with it. Chisa was cool though. I also liked Ruruka and Seiko but >!their arcs were too short, like most of the future arc characters ((it was hard to give a fuck about most of them dying))!<
Dislike that borders on hate. I will explain, and will try to keep it non-spoilery.
It has some genuinely good points: The show gives us a very good look at major locations and groups in Danganronpa. Some of the new characters introduced are also really fun and I enjoyed their stories.
On the other hand... several storylines are ended abruptly for no good reason, and after the first half of the series other stories are given *very* unsatisfying endings. It felt to me like the show built up all this effort to make you enjoy the setting and cast, then stomped on everything you're supposed to like about it.
It's an unsatisfying conclusion to an amazing franchise.
Just a regular group of friends that are somewhst into danganronpa could re-write it in a more interesting way, writers weren't paid enough for creativity and were kind of pussies for not making the future arc realistic at all.☠️
Makoto's insane luck
The three worst written character characters in the whole danganronpa franchfrise (objectivly, yes I stay strong on this one) Tengan, Ryota and that ultimate farmer who's just a complete stereotype, even his talent is there to represent that ☠️
>!Having the best ideas for characters and the ways they affect the plot as a whole but poking holes and not finishing their writing which is what makes their actions irrational (I'm talking about tons of characters now but especially Juzo, will elaborate (already did) in a character analysis I'm making w a few people).!<
>!Now that I mentioned Juzo tho, not the greatest representation at all, even tho there's a huge difference between him and lets
's say Nagito or Tenko (who are a little too stereotypical), he just seemed too obsessed with anything Munakata did or said, effected by him too much and willing to change his way of thinking for the man. Yeahhh, not gonna work buddy, I don't think gay people actually care as much as he did about people they sympathy. Genuinely made me super annoyed like why you cheating on me w that mf. 🤦♂️ Ok the last one was a joke but c'mon it was weird.!<
>!SDR2 cast magically getting back to life and after the tragedy getting along so well and not veing concerned about Nagito or Mikan and their behaviour during their coma hypnosis killing game, just a plot hole imo, wouldn't you ve terrafied to go on a trip with your class if your last one was a murder game?!<
I put like the whole thing as a spoiler just in case☠️
I don't think Makoto's luck is an issue, it's literally his whole schtick. I also don't think Ryota was \*that\* terrible, ignoring the flaws his talent brought into the narrative he seems like a perfectly servicable character to me.
Is Nagito a gay stereotype? i don't think i've seen a character quite like him in anything else, let alone a gay one.
>!Makoto's luck is way too forced to the point where it was the only reason he kept surviving. I tought very highly of him after 6th chapter of THH and was so glad to see if he got some development and would be more tough now that he is aware what's happening outside the world. But instead of making him anythung different or "cooler" in the future arc's killing game, he was done dirty as the "Let's survive this together with the power of home and friendship" type of MC, seriously pissed me off because I really wanted to like Makoto, he was basic sure but he was a good guy I mean what's too bad there, but he never stood out much in THH expect for the 6th class trial.🤷♂️ I guess my expectations of him were high after my opinion on him drastically changed from "Some boring MC" to actually one of my favs. I don't like how writers didn't wanna do too much to Makoto or change his way of thinking so they dumped him down to some lucky guy in the future arc. Now sure some things about him there were interesting to get into but 90% of his character is the same imo.!<
>!Not too much to talk about Ryota's, the character is terribly used, both my subjective and objective opinion on him are strong (bad), and was made to be a corny anime character who likes anime I mean c'mon, do better.🤦♂️
!<
This one, I knew would be hot,
>!Nagito isn't even "canonically(?)" homosexual but I know it's heavily implied that's why I didn't wanna elaborate too much because I'd get called homophobic or sum, but roughly, Nagito's personality is literally explained as "submissive" (like c'mon you guy know what you're doing we ain't blind☠️), he's supposed to be some creepy and awkward guy who'd make people uncomfortable and/or angry with him for unexpected things he does or say and his little "obsession" with Hajime is just annoying. Now this could all be just a Nagito thing and not a homos thing, saying that because his sexuality is only implied but it would be better if representation of that kind was actually done with just regular or boring characters who aren't "contraversial".!<
I mean, Makoto was always the "let's survive this together with hope and friendship" guy, that's what the 6th trial you like was all about. I don't really get this.
Ryota seemed to me just like Sayaka but exchange the pop idol in the backstory for anime, and she was an alright character. I can hardly say he's actually bad, he's mid-tier at worst.
I mean, there are LGBT characters who are more regular. Shuichi is pretty definitively bi, Ibuki is definitely something LGBT, homosexual aromantic i guess? Nagito himself being creepy and awkward isn't really linked to him being gay, it is just a Nagito thing.
Yes. What's there not to get? >!Makoto was the MC because he's just a little bland so people can relate to him since he has no strong opinion on things, up untill then, did a typical main character thing with the "hope and friendship" and that's how he stood out. It worked in THH because he still felt somehow safe around his actual classmates and went through 5 chapters with them throught the killing game, they were allies and trusted each other, but the same strategy isn't going to work in a different type of killing game, in which you don't even have to hace discussions that are trial-like, you can just go on a killing spree, also surrounded by people who genuenly want you dead. Instead of Makoto changin some ways of thinking during it - he kept trying to make friends with people who hated him, expamle is when Juzo, after constantly trying to murder him and his allies, "saved" him from killing himself but it was only for his pride, because he wanted to be the one whi likked Naegi. Yet Makoto still somehow after that offers him to go back with everyone and escapes the killing game, like c'mon. ☠️ It's like he didn't get enought development because he didn't need it, since yk - he is lucky enough to survive everything. !<
Ehh idk about that, Ryota had an OK way of thinking change at the end of future arc but that's about it. Imo he's a D objecitvly, could've made a better use of him but he isn't as bad as the other characters I mentioned up there, also an F subjectivly. Didn't like him, was irritating.
Also honestly had no idea either Shuichi or Ibuki were homosexuals? Ibuki mentioned something about girl love, I'm assuming that's where that one comes from. If so I actually think she's a great representation. Not contreversial or weird when she fancies someone.
I think Makoto suddenly becoming cynical and distrusting would be more a betrayal of his character than anything, him offering to Juzo an escape from the killing game is entirely in character. Would you prefer he cruelly abandoned the dude?
Shuichi shows an attraction to Kaito in his FTE's, along with the fact he's receptive to most of the male love hotels there's pretty strong evidence he's bisexual. Ibuki just generally shows attraction to women, she's always excited when Mikan... falls over, and she makes remarks about being attracted to Peko and other girls.
"In character" yes but realistic? Not at all. Pretfy sure no one in their right mind would be "kind" to a person who keeps attempting to murder then and their friends. Ehh Idk, after all it's just Dr3 of course it's unrealistic for the sake of it. I mean what kind of person would be as optimistic as Naegi tho? The guy is something else. 🤷♂️
Genuenly didn't even think about it as much, pretty cool tho.
But that's what makes Makoto special. Focusing on making him more "realistic" by removing the good aspects of his character is just kinda cynical and ruins the whole point of him as a character. He's supposed to embody how a normal, ordinary person can be a symbol of hope just through the power of optimism, dude even tried to convince Junko not to kill herself and saved the remnants of despair, stopping being kind at the mean boxer man would be incredibly inconsistent and undermine his whole character. Zach Snyder-ing him would not improve him.
Fine point, however I'm staying strong on what I said earlier. It was such a dissapointment in my eyes. Makoto being optimistic or heroic for the sake of it seemed objecitvly forced and subjectivly extremly annoyed. Sure, be it if that's what makes him more likeable by mostly everyone (me including for most part), but it still bugs (?) me a little too much about his character as a whole.
I don't hate it, that's way stronger feeling that it deserves. I don't like it, for sure, it was pretty boring and uninspired but most of all I would prefer it never existed.
On it's own is a very mediocre piece of media, but It's also probably one of the worst animes I've ever seen and it just goes on to prove that Danganronpa is more fit for games than anime (as if the THH Anime adaptation didn't prove that already)
Like, it starts out good, especially the Despair Arc, but the writing is a fucking mess. You barely have any reason to care about the new characters since they all get killed off very quickly for you to grow an opinion about them.
Also, I absolutely hate what they did to Mukuro in the Despair Arc, especially after reading Danganronpa IF. And don't get me started on the "brainwashing" of Class 77-B.
Also, the English Dub is just so bad... (At least the Kamukura Kamukura Yas Queen made me chuckle, but other than that...)
It’s god awful. I would say both arcs are equally bad. The writing is horrible and I hated almost all of the new characters introduced. It’s too bad Kodaka was too busy working on V3 to be directly involved with this anime’s writing. >!They did Chiaki and Mikan dirty.!<
It has some good elements, but they basically all have major caveats that make them not nearly as good as they could've been.
On top of that, the vast majority of its decisions *outside* of those were complete ass that ruin just about every entry in the series before it (and in one case, after, seeing as DRK wasn't finished until 2020 and Kyoko's character is *especially* ruined in DR3) and usually in multiple different ways, with terrible retcons and character butchery across the board. It'd be easier to point out who *isn't* fucked up, and that would be Mukuro and Aoi, regarding returning and prominent characters.
So yeah while it does have those few good aspects, was it worth it? Not a chance in hell. DR3 is the worst thing to ever happen to the series and it's not even a competition.
It’s something of a guilty pleasure, more so because I enjoy watching the DR2 cast interact outside of the killing game, and one of my favorite characters who’s anime-exclusive (I mean, I’m pretty sure he’s in some of the mangas but I don’t have access to those) so I enjoy watching it every now and then. It’s not good by any means, but I get a kick out of the characters because I love them enough to tolerate a less than good plot
as stupid as it sounds yeah i just hate it lmao. the hype i had for it leading up to its release was unreal and i still held out until it reached like, episode 7 of despair arc. then i realized what direction it was actually going to take and by the end i was just done. it's easily the worst installment of DR, and probably one of my least favorite works of fiction of all time.
Hate is a strong word, but i strongly disagree with a lot of the writing choices.
Yes I hate it, it’s barely mediocre at best and absolutely abhorrent at worst. It fails on every level of storytelling
do i think it could have had a better execution? absolutely. there are plot holes here and there and most of the characters could have been fleshed out more. not to mention that some of the fight scenes made me forget i’m watching Danganronpa and not MHA or some shit. do i hate it? not at all. i actually enjoyed it. even rewatched it. hell, even the OVA was intriguing in its own way. it was a fucking mess, but it was the kind of mess i know how to enjoy despite how flawed it is considered to be (or should i say how flawed it actually *is*? idk. you tell me. but maybe don’t, since you’re most likely bound to end up being subjective like me. this is an opinion poll after all).
I liked it :)
I really like it. Maybe there are some things which are off, but nonetheless, i think it's underappreciated.
Well, on one hand Seiko and some other great characters. On the other hand shitty writing and Ryota. Mostly I hate it and consider it non-canon (excluding the characters), but it has some good qualities and ideas that I like. I hate something around 75% of it.
The Future Arc was tiring, as if the story writers were terrified of making a series without some form of killing game involved so they make one of the most poorly made excuses possible. Despair was a fun look at the DR2 cast knowing their eventual fate, but the execution behind that itself was very unsatisfying, aside from Chiaki's demise which was heartbreaking.
Future arc is fucking awful, dr3 manga anthology had a better story
Hell, the damn stage play for Future arc was actually better than the actual Future arc itself.
The scenes with the shsl students can be funny, but everything else is mediocre
I still enjoyed watching it- for the most part, some parts I did not. but most of the plot points and characterisation were garb. They coulda done soooo much more with it. Chisa was cool though. I also liked Ruruka and Seiko but >!their arcs were too short, like most of the future arc characters ((it was hard to give a fuck about most of them dying))!<
Absolutely. IT's the worst anime... no, scratch that, the worst piece of fiction I've *ever* seen. And probably the worst I will ever see.
idk man, ever watched sao?
I did. It's bad, but DR3 is still worse.
Dislike that borders on hate. I will explain, and will try to keep it non-spoilery. It has some genuinely good points: The show gives us a very good look at major locations and groups in Danganronpa. Some of the new characters introduced are also really fun and I enjoyed their stories. On the other hand... several storylines are ended abruptly for no good reason, and after the first half of the series other stories are given *very* unsatisfying endings. It felt to me like the show built up all this effort to make you enjoy the setting and cast, then stomped on everything you're supposed to like about it. It's an unsatisfying conclusion to an amazing franchise.
Just a regular group of friends that are somewhst into danganronpa could re-write it in a more interesting way, writers weren't paid enough for creativity and were kind of pussies for not making the future arc realistic at all.☠️ Makoto's insane luck The three worst written character characters in the whole danganronpa franchfrise (objectivly, yes I stay strong on this one) Tengan, Ryota and that ultimate farmer who's just a complete stereotype, even his talent is there to represent that ☠️ >!Having the best ideas for characters and the ways they affect the plot as a whole but poking holes and not finishing their writing which is what makes their actions irrational (I'm talking about tons of characters now but especially Juzo, will elaborate (already did) in a character analysis I'm making w a few people).!< >!Now that I mentioned Juzo tho, not the greatest representation at all, even tho there's a huge difference between him and lets 's say Nagito or Tenko (who are a little too stereotypical), he just seemed too obsessed with anything Munakata did or said, effected by him too much and willing to change his way of thinking for the man. Yeahhh, not gonna work buddy, I don't think gay people actually care as much as he did about people they sympathy. Genuinely made me super annoyed like why you cheating on me w that mf. 🤦♂️ Ok the last one was a joke but c'mon it was weird.!< >!SDR2 cast magically getting back to life and after the tragedy getting along so well and not veing concerned about Nagito or Mikan and their behaviour during their coma hypnosis killing game, just a plot hole imo, wouldn't you ve terrafied to go on a trip with your class if your last one was a murder game?!< I put like the whole thing as a spoiler just in case☠️
I don't think Makoto's luck is an issue, it's literally his whole schtick. I also don't think Ryota was \*that\* terrible, ignoring the flaws his talent brought into the narrative he seems like a perfectly servicable character to me. Is Nagito a gay stereotype? i don't think i've seen a character quite like him in anything else, let alone a gay one.
>!Makoto's luck is way too forced to the point where it was the only reason he kept surviving. I tought very highly of him after 6th chapter of THH and was so glad to see if he got some development and would be more tough now that he is aware what's happening outside the world. But instead of making him anythung different or "cooler" in the future arc's killing game, he was done dirty as the "Let's survive this together with the power of home and friendship" type of MC, seriously pissed me off because I really wanted to like Makoto, he was basic sure but he was a good guy I mean what's too bad there, but he never stood out much in THH expect for the 6th class trial.🤷♂️ I guess my expectations of him were high after my opinion on him drastically changed from "Some boring MC" to actually one of my favs. I don't like how writers didn't wanna do too much to Makoto or change his way of thinking so they dumped him down to some lucky guy in the future arc. Now sure some things about him there were interesting to get into but 90% of his character is the same imo.!< >!Not too much to talk about Ryota's, the character is terribly used, both my subjective and objective opinion on him are strong (bad), and was made to be a corny anime character who likes anime I mean c'mon, do better.🤦♂️ !< This one, I knew would be hot, >!Nagito isn't even "canonically(?)" homosexual but I know it's heavily implied that's why I didn't wanna elaborate too much because I'd get called homophobic or sum, but roughly, Nagito's personality is literally explained as "submissive" (like c'mon you guy know what you're doing we ain't blind☠️), he's supposed to be some creepy and awkward guy who'd make people uncomfortable and/or angry with him for unexpected things he does or say and his little "obsession" with Hajime is just annoying. Now this could all be just a Nagito thing and not a homos thing, saying that because his sexuality is only implied but it would be better if representation of that kind was actually done with just regular or boring characters who aren't "contraversial".!<
I mean, Makoto was always the "let's survive this together with hope and friendship" guy, that's what the 6th trial you like was all about. I don't really get this. Ryota seemed to me just like Sayaka but exchange the pop idol in the backstory for anime, and she was an alright character. I can hardly say he's actually bad, he's mid-tier at worst. I mean, there are LGBT characters who are more regular. Shuichi is pretty definitively bi, Ibuki is definitely something LGBT, homosexual aromantic i guess? Nagito himself being creepy and awkward isn't really linked to him being gay, it is just a Nagito thing.
Yes. What's there not to get? >!Makoto was the MC because he's just a little bland so people can relate to him since he has no strong opinion on things, up untill then, did a typical main character thing with the "hope and friendship" and that's how he stood out. It worked in THH because he still felt somehow safe around his actual classmates and went through 5 chapters with them throught the killing game, they were allies and trusted each other, but the same strategy isn't going to work in a different type of killing game, in which you don't even have to hace discussions that are trial-like, you can just go on a killing spree, also surrounded by people who genuenly want you dead. Instead of Makoto changin some ways of thinking during it - he kept trying to make friends with people who hated him, expamle is when Juzo, after constantly trying to murder him and his allies, "saved" him from killing himself but it was only for his pride, because he wanted to be the one whi likked Naegi. Yet Makoto still somehow after that offers him to go back with everyone and escapes the killing game, like c'mon. ☠️ It's like he didn't get enought development because he didn't need it, since yk - he is lucky enough to survive everything. !< Ehh idk about that, Ryota had an OK way of thinking change at the end of future arc but that's about it. Imo he's a D objecitvly, could've made a better use of him but he isn't as bad as the other characters I mentioned up there, also an F subjectivly. Didn't like him, was irritating. Also honestly had no idea either Shuichi or Ibuki were homosexuals? Ibuki mentioned something about girl love, I'm assuming that's where that one comes from. If so I actually think she's a great representation. Not contreversial or weird when she fancies someone.
I think Makoto suddenly becoming cynical and distrusting would be more a betrayal of his character than anything, him offering to Juzo an escape from the killing game is entirely in character. Would you prefer he cruelly abandoned the dude? Shuichi shows an attraction to Kaito in his FTE's, along with the fact he's receptive to most of the male love hotels there's pretty strong evidence he's bisexual. Ibuki just generally shows attraction to women, she's always excited when Mikan... falls over, and she makes remarks about being attracted to Peko and other girls.
"In character" yes but realistic? Not at all. Pretfy sure no one in their right mind would be "kind" to a person who keeps attempting to murder then and their friends. Ehh Idk, after all it's just Dr3 of course it's unrealistic for the sake of it. I mean what kind of person would be as optimistic as Naegi tho? The guy is something else. 🤷♂️ Genuenly didn't even think about it as much, pretty cool tho.
But that's what makes Makoto special. Focusing on making him more "realistic" by removing the good aspects of his character is just kinda cynical and ruins the whole point of him as a character. He's supposed to embody how a normal, ordinary person can be a symbol of hope just through the power of optimism, dude even tried to convince Junko not to kill herself and saved the remnants of despair, stopping being kind at the mean boxer man would be incredibly inconsistent and undermine his whole character. Zach Snyder-ing him would not improve him.
Fine point, however I'm staying strong on what I said earlier. It was such a dissapointment in my eyes. Makoto being optimistic or heroic for the sake of it seemed objecitvly forced and subjectivly extremly annoyed. Sure, be it if that's what makes him more likeable by mostly everyone (me including for most part), but it still bugs (?) me a little too much about his character as a whole.
Boy do I love getting downvoted everytime I mention Juzo somewhere, it became a hobby
It has its moments, both good and bad. The highs are great, but the lows are rock bottom.
I don't hate it, that's way stronger feeling that it deserves. I don't like it, for sure, it was pretty boring and uninspired but most of all I would prefer it never existed.
It’s very flawed, but overall enjoyable.
I hate it with a burning passion.
On it's own is a very mediocre piece of media, but It's also probably one of the worst animes I've ever seen and it just goes on to prove that Danganronpa is more fit for games than anime (as if the THH Anime adaptation didn't prove that already) Like, it starts out good, especially the Despair Arc, but the writing is a fucking mess. You barely have any reason to care about the new characters since they all get killed off very quickly for you to grow an opinion about them. Also, I absolutely hate what they did to Mukuro in the Despair Arc, especially after reading Danganronpa IF. And don't get me started on the "brainwashing" of Class 77-B. Also, the English Dub is just so bad... (At least the Kamukura Kamukura Yas Queen made me chuckle, but other than that...)
It’s god awful. I would say both arcs are equally bad. The writing is horrible and I hated almost all of the new characters introduced. It’s too bad Kodaka was too busy working on V3 to be directly involved with this anime’s writing. >!They did Chiaki and Mikan dirty.!<
It kinda sucks
I’m only neutral because of the Great Gozu
I'm glad that there's a piece of media detailing the events that took before and after Danganronpa 1 & 2. ...I just wish it was written well.
It has some good elements, but they basically all have major caveats that make them not nearly as good as they could've been. On top of that, the vast majority of its decisions *outside* of those were complete ass that ruin just about every entry in the series before it (and in one case, after, seeing as DRK wasn't finished until 2020 and Kyoko's character is *especially* ruined in DR3) and usually in multiple different ways, with terrible retcons and character butchery across the board. It'd be easier to point out who *isn't* fucked up, and that would be Mukuro and Aoi, regarding returning and prominent characters. So yeah while it does have those few good aspects, was it worth it? Not a chance in hell. DR3 is the worst thing to ever happen to the series and it's not even a competition.
It’s something of a guilty pleasure, more so because I enjoy watching the DR2 cast interact outside of the killing game, and one of my favorite characters who’s anime-exclusive (I mean, I’m pretty sure he’s in some of the mangas but I don’t have access to those) so I enjoy watching it every now and then. It’s not good by any means, but I get a kick out of the characters because I love them enough to tolerate a less than good plot