Let's Play Dangan Ronpa!

Shush shush shush

Kind of makes me wonder what would happen if say, a domino effect happened. Like say there were three bodies, but it was really because Person A killed Person B who beforehand, killed Person C and soforth. That's not the same person murdering three people. What would Monokuma do then?

And I'm glad to see this up and running again. I was beginning to think it was abandoned. It's only been a few months since the last update, glad to see we get two.

 

I would assume there'd be a trial for each case

 

Kind of makes me wonder what would happen if say, a domino effect happened. Like say there were three bodies, but it was really because Person A killed Person B who beforehand, killed Person C and soforth. That's not the same person murdering three people. What would Monokuma do then?

I'd imagine that the last surviving killer in that scenario would be the "culprit", and they'd just treat it as a double homicide until the facts became more clear.
--------------------------------------------------


Let's look at these student ID cards some more!

Chapter 2 Part 13:

Spoiler

Togami Byakuya:

Hm...? What's this...?

Naegi Makoto:

...what's wrong?

Togami Byakuya:

It's strange. Just one of the electronic student ID cards here...

...it won't start up.

Naegi Makoto:

Is it broken? Who's is that?

Togami Byakuya:

On the other electronic student ID card's start up screen, the name Enoshima Junko appears...

Naegi Makoto:

Then, the one that won't start up is... Kuwata's?

Togami Byakuya:

...if that's so then it might not be unreasonable.

Being showered with so many... hard balls...

Showered with... hard balls...

Just then I recalled...

What killed Kuwata... that cruel execution...

Planned by that asshole of a mastermind...

That incredibly brutal and untasteful execution...

Naegi Makoto:

Certainly... just from having that done to it... it wouldn't be odd for it to break, even...

Monobear:

Hey hey...!

Hey hey hey hey...!

Hey now!!

Naegi Makoto:

W-what...

Monobear:

That electronic student ID card is an essential item for this campus lifestyle.

Therefore, it wouldn't be broken that easily!!

Naegi Makoto:

But, currently it's...

Monobear:

It wouldn't break so it wouldn't break!!

After all, it can even bear 10 tons, and even being 100 meters underwater is no concern for it, right?

So for hard balls, no matter how many balls it was struck by, it wouldn't be broken!!

Given how durable these cards are, I wouldn't be surprised if they themselves could be used as a weapon later down the road, or for self defense.

Ah, but... even those electronic student ID cards have a sole "weak point"...

Naegi Makoto:

A weak point...?

Monobear:

It's a secret. If I tell you that and it gets broken it would be bothersome.

Togami Byakuya:

Well then, while Kuwata was unaware, he hit that weak point, and broke it?

Monobear:

Well, how about that?

But this is what I think. I think that his electronic student ID card isn't broken.

So, how about that...!?

Leaving us just with those words deep in meaning, Monobear vanished again...

Naegi Makoto:

...what was that, just now.

Monobear says it wasn't broken... but, the fact of the matter is that Kuwata's ID card won't start up...

Togami Byakuya:

It's not an important question. At least, I wouldn't expect it to be related to this time's incident.

I wonder if that's alright... I have a nagging feeling, but...

You recorded the broken electronic student ID card in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

Togami Byakuya:

Well now... this much should be enough for a preface.

Soon, we'll seriously advance our investigation, and determine that guy's true form.

Naegi Makoto:

The culprit who killed... Fujisaki, right?

Togami Byakuya:

...that's not exactly correct.

Huh? That isn't exactly right...?

For some reason, the game decides to give us back control for a moment here, but the only thing we can really do is talk to Togami, I think. So we'll continue talking to him.

Naegi Makoto:

Togami, by 'that's not exactly correct'... what do you mean?

Togami Byakuya:

Certainly, the one whose true form I want to determine is the culprit's but, to say it more correctly...

I want to determine Genocider Syo's true form.

Naegi Makoto:

Then, Togami, you really think...

You think that the one who killed Fujisaki is Genocider Syo?

...of course. There's no doubt that this incident's culprit is Genocider Syo.

I have confidence that it's them. That Genocider Syo is among us.

It's been a while since we've had a reaction talk event. We'll try asking about "Genocider Syo" first.

>Genocider Syo

Naegi Makoto:

By Genocider Syo, you mean... that murderer?

Togami Byakuya:

There's no other, right?

Seeking the bizarre, repeatedly committing atrocious murders with cruel methods...

Because they're like a phantom killer, only killing suddenly and without discrimination, even the police haven't been able to catch a trace of them...

The name given to this serial murder's suspect on the net is....

Naegi Makoto:

Genocider Syo...

The victims number in the thousands... so as one would expect they're an urban legend, but...

Anyways, you're saying that that aberrant murderer is among us...?

Togami Byakuya:

Yes, it's just like that...

Naegi Makoto:

But... no matter how many times you say it...

Togami Byakuya:

I also have evidence that can convince you of that. I'm going to show it to you...

Well that didn't really tell us anything new. Let's ask about that confidence he has instead. That confidence being how confident he is that this incident's culprit is Genocider Syo.

>confidence

Naegi Makoto:

You say you have confidence... is that true...?

Togami Byakuya:

After this I'll take you to that place. There I'll show you the "evidence".

The evidence that the one who killed Fujisaki Chihiro is Genocider Syo!

E-evidence... does he really have...

???:

Ah! You two!!

Asahina Aoi:

I-it's a disaster, help...

Togami Byakuya:

We're busy. Don't get in our way....

Asahina Aoi:

It's an emergency... a state of emergency...

So help! Please!!

Asahina's interrupted the plot, but I don't really feel like dealing with her right now, so let's talk to Togami and see if we can continue on with that evidence he has.

Togami Byakuya:

Noisy girl...

But that's all he says. Guess we have no choice but to see what Asahina's going on about.

Asahina Aoi:

It's an emergency, a state of emergency!! So help... please, please!!

Naegi Makoto:

Calm down a bit, Asahina...

Asahina Aoi:

But... but... it's an emergency...!

Another reaction talk, but we only have one choice this time.

>Emergency

Naegi Makoto:

An emergency... what happened...?

Asahina Aoi:

Fukawa, it's terrible... somehow her appearance has become strange...

No... even in that point of time before, she was strange enough, but...

Naegi Makoto:

...what should we do, Togami?

Togami Byakuya:

Fukawa Touko... I'm a bit worried about her...

Why don't we go and see how she looks...

Naegi Makoto:

...really?

Togami Byakuya:

Don't make me say it again.

That was... somewhat of an unexpected response. Surely I thought he would treat her coldly but...

Asahina Aoi:

Then quickly come along! Come on, hurry hurry!!

Naegi Makoto:

W-wait a second... Asahina!

Togami Byakuya:

She was headed towards the dormitory. To Fukawa's private room, likely...

Naegi Makoto:

Y-yeah...!

And now we're in front of Fukawa's room, in the dormitory hallway. Asahina's the one that dragged us out here, so let's see what she has to say.

Asahina Aoi:

You're slow, both of you!!

Naegi Makoto:

Asahina, you're... too fast...

Togami Byakuya:

So... what's wrong?

Asahina Aoi:

After the girl's changing room, we made Fukawa rest in her room, but...

After awhile, I called out to her to check on her condition. But, when I did that...

She looked strange...

She wouldn't come out from inside no matter what, and she was saying nothing but strange things...

Naegi Makoto:

...strange things?

Togami Byakuya:

How about we try calling out to her ourselves...

Naegi Makoto:

Y-yeah... let's...

But before we do that let's talk to Togami to see what his thoughts on the current situation are.

Togami Byakuya:

...quickly now.

No dice, it seems. Only thing left to do now is knock on Fukawa's door.

I'll try ringing the intercom...

Ding dong...

Upon doing so, without even making a sound, the door slowly opened...

Fukawa Touko:

............

T-this is...!

Due to the negative aura that was flowing out of the crack of the opened door, I unconciously gulped.

Fukawa Touko:

......what?

Naegi Makoto:

W-well... Asahina is worried... since you've shut yourself up here...

Fukawa Touko:

Leave me alone...

Naegi Makoto:

Ummmm... for now, won't you open the door once?

Fukawa Touko:

............

I... won't let... you...

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...?

Fukawa Touko:

I won't let Genocider Syo... do what they want...!!

She vigorously shut the door...

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...? W-wha...?

Asahina Aoi:

She's been like that.. this whole time. Earlier, when I pressed the intercom...

Fukawa Touko:

That murdering... killer... I'll drive them out!!

Asahina Aoi:

...it doesn't make sense, no?

But, I was worried about leaving her in there so, I tried to forcibly wrench open the door but...

Somehow, the door looks like it was fixated from the inside, and it won't open any more than that...

To fixate the door... Fukawa is that frightened...

Is she also... thinking the same thing as Togami?

Is she thinking that the one who killed Fujisaki is the serial killer Genocider Syo?

Then, Fukawa is... this scared of Genocider Syo?

Asahina Aoi:

At any rate I'm worried... about Fukawa.

Isn't there someone who could persuade her, I wonder...

If only there was someone who could. Someone tall and rich and cold as ice.

Naegi Makoto:

Hey, Togami, couldn't you ask Fukawa?

For her to come out of her room...

Togami Byakuya:

............

Well, alright...

Asahina Aoi:

...what? Togami's going to persuade her? How surprising, even he has a soft spot!

Togami Byakuya:

............

Remaining silent, Togami stood in front of the door, and put his finger on the intercom.

Ding dong...

Shortly thereafter...

Fukawa Touko:

Leave me alone! You persiste-te-te-te...

-Tegami!!

Togami Byakuya:

It's Togami...

Fukawa Touko:

............

S-sorry... I wasn't... able to keep my promise...

B-but... don't worry... there won't be... any more than this...

I won't...! Because I won't let Genocider Syo do as they please!!

And then... once again, the door was closed...

Asahina Aoi:

Even Togami was no good, huh...

Togami Byakuya:

There's no helping it. Well then, let's return to the investigation.

Naegi Makoto:

W-wait a second!

Hey, Togami... what did Fukawa mean by her words just now?

Her promise... what did she...

Togami Byakuya:

...promise? I don't know. Wasn't that just her daydreamer coming out again?

Naegi Makoto:

B-but...

Togami Byakuya:

I said I don't know, so I don't know. It would be best if we left Fukawa to Asahina...

Asahina Aoi:

Y-yeah... understood... then, I'll be standing guard here.

Togami Byakuya:

Well then, let's go.

Without even waiting for my reply, he quickly walked off.

Naegi Makoto:

T-togami...!

I ran after him, confused.

Along the way, no matter how many times I called out to him...

He didn't even look back, much less reply.

He just turned towards his destination and continued walking.

Those legs of his... they finally stopped in front of "that room"...

Naegi Makoto:

...the library room?

Togami Byakuya:

Quickly go in now...

And now we're in the library again. There's many things to interact with in here, but if we pick anything other than the door on the left Togami says something like this:

Togami Byakuya:

Even if you investigate there, there's no point. Find better clues...

We can also try talking to him directly, but he's just as useless then too.

Naegi Makoto:

Um... is it really in this library room? The evidence that points to Genocider Syo's crime...

Togami Byakuya:

...don't make me say it twice.

So instead we'll see what's behind that door now.

Beyond this door, certainly...

Naegi Makoto:

There's an archive... right?

Togami Byakuya:

Quickly, let's go inside.

Naegi Makoto:

Then... it's in here?

Togami Byakuya:

If we go inside you'll understand...

Wow... there's an amazing amount of files and books here... moreover...

Naegi Makoto:

There's also... an exceptional amount of dust...

Togami Byakuya:

I think there's worth in putting up with this dust, in this place...

And so we're finally in the archives. Let's take a look around.

Huh? This desk lamp...

Right. It's the same as the one Togami was using in the library room.

Togami Byakuya:

...is something up with that desk lamp?

It was placed here and I took it with me over there.

Over there it was dim so... I made use of it.

Monobear Medal Get!

The interior of this wooden box is... empty.

But, going from the traces of dust, it looks like something was in here...

Naegi Makoto:

What was... in here, I wonder?

Togami Byakuya:

...an extension cord was in there. I also used that in the library room.

An extension cord, huh...

Files are jam packed in this shelf...

For some reason or another I try taking one of the files into my hand...

Togami Byakuya:

Picking up that file, you seem to have an eye for this...

Naegi Makoto:

...huh?

Togami Byakuya:

The report on an investigation concerning the assassination of that country's president... stored in the country's official archives, that there is a copy.

Originally it would be finally made public 30 years from now but, are you thinking you'll look at that?

You'd know but it'd be the end... you know who would be after your life, right?

Naegi Makoto:

............

Silently, I returned the file to the shelf...

The bookshelf is fully packed with thick files...

Togami Byakuya:

If you plan on looking through those... before you do, let me give you just one piece of advice.

There, a great number of graphic photos of crime scenes of various incidents have been filed.

Among them, there will also be some that ordinary men couldn't stand the site of. Exercise caution...

Naegi Makoto:

Wha? What do you mean...?

Togami Byakuya:

Those files lined up there are all investigative reports on unresolved incidents.

Originally these wouldn't be leaked out. They're the police's private internal documents...

Naegi Makoto:

Wh...at...?

That's all the time we have for now. Next time we'll continue investigating the archives.

 

Let's continue to investigate the archives!

Chapter 2 Part 14:

Spoiler

So we've interacted with most of the things in here except for the bookshelf in the middle, which we'll now do.

Naegi Makoto:

...are these some documents? The book shelf is jam packed with files and booklets.

Togami Byakuya:

Those documents there are... dangerous.

Naegi Makoto:

...dangerous?

Togami Byakuya:

Packed in that shelf are the detailed documents of the people who control the world. An ordinary person like you isn't allowed to touch them, that's the truth of the world...

Naegi Makoto:

No way... are these the members of the Diet's documents?

Note: Diet here refers to the National Diet, Japan's bicameral legislature. So their members would be similar in role to the members of Congress in the United States, I'd imagine. High ranking politicians. You can read more about it here if you are interested.

Togami Byakuya:

...those are the documents about the "true ruling class" that manipulate those people from the shadows.

If you don't mind being erased, then take a look. There are some interesting names lined up there...

Naegi Makoto:

Y-you're... joking, right?

Togami Byakuya:

Well, am I?

For now... I think I'll stop...

This is a pretty scary archive, since according to Togami, reading most things here will get you killed. Or so he says, anyways.

The next scene happens right after this one, and I think is triggered by checking out all of the bookshelves.

Togami Byakuya:

...well, you've understood the greatness of these archives, right?

The reason I've taken interest in the library room... that reason is these archives.

In here, the government's secret documents and the police's internal documents, that is, documents that really aren't made public are gathered here in rows.

...it's quite a magnificent view, right?

Naegi Makoto:

Aren't you... kidding me?

Togami Byakuya:

That's your guys' problem. Just because you think it's not realistic, you decide it's a lie...

Naegi Makoto:

But...

Besides, this many... who and how would someone have been able to gather this much?

Togami Byakuya:

Hope Peak Academy could have just this much power, or possibly...

This might also be the master mind's regard for us, so that we wouldn't get bored...

U-um...

...it's no good. I can't follow this. No matter how many times I try, this is just too disconnected from reality...

Togami Byakuya:

What's wrong? Can you still not believe it?

Naegi Makoto:

Rather... how can you believe it, Togami? Normally, someone wouldn't be able to...

Togami Byakuya:

What is normal...?

Not this game, that's for sure.

Normal, ordinary, simplicity... those things don't exist anywhere in this world.

Don't you understand the meaning of these words? These don't appreciate the true nature of things...

My ears... feel like they're hurting...

Togami Byakuya:

Besides... this standard, it comes from thinking with your common sense, right?

Don't apply your standard of common sense to me...

...the files gathered her are, without a doubt, the real thing. I've looked at them many times, so I'm certain in that.

Another reaction talk event. Not much to do here but react to the only choice we're given.

>I've looked at them many times...

Naegi Makoto:

W-wait a second! You said you've looked at them many times...

But, the ones here are secret documents, right? Then, how did you...

Togami Byakuya:

Even at my house, there exists a reading room similar to these archives. It's not this cramped and dusty of a space, but...

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...?

Togami Byakuya:

I am a member of the Togami family, so it is possible for me to look over all of the documents connected to the government.

Moreover, even if they're foreign or domestic, I can look over them...

Naegi Makoto:

W-why... that's...

Togami Byakuya:

I said it before, right? That there exists a "true ruling class" that manipulates the world from the shadows...

The Togami family and I are also members in that class.

Sooner or later... even I will manipulate the world to my heart's content... as a man of great lineage...

To serve as that kind of ruler, I need to know various things about the world, including both the light and the dark sides.

Therefore, when I've had just a bit of spare time, I've been looking over the documents and archives that I have interest in.

Therefore, I can affirm it. That the documents gathered here are, without a doubt, the real thing.

To believe or not believe... it's no longer... at that level...

Togami... he really is... much more terrifying than the master mind...

Yes, he is much more scary than the person who is actively trying to get you all to kill each other.

Togami Byakuya:

And, the ones that I've held interest in are the investigative reports on the police's "unresolved incidents"...

From when I was a child, as a hobby, I would look well over these files in my hand.

These became a rather good exercise for my mind. There might even be 1 or 2 incidents that I resolved from looking at these documents.

Even among these, the one that I've recently especially taken a fancy to is...

The "Genocider Syo incidents"...

Togami, while continuing to talk with me, picked out one file from the shelf...

Togami Byakuya:

This is that incident's file...

Here, the reports concerning the Genocider Syo incidents have been collected.

There's a rather large number of them, so why don't I just briefly summarize and explain the gist of it.

First, in the Genocider Syo incidents, there are 2 characteristics to the incidents...

The first characteristic is...

The killer always leaves the words "Blood Stained Fever" at the scene of the crime, written in blood. Moreover, they use the victim's blood.

And then, the other characteristic is...

The victim is always "crucified", and then killed...

"Blood Stained Fever" written in blood... and being "crucified"...

It's the same! The same as the circumstances that Fujisaki was killed under!!

Togami Byakuya:

It's still too early to be surprised. Here is where it gets interesting.

What I said just now, the 2nd characteristic... the information that "the victim is crucified"...

The ones who know that are only those in the police, and moreover the top brass, it seems...

This fact doesn't even seem to be known by the mass media...

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...?

Togami Byakuya:

In other words the matter of the "message written in blood", as the topic of the news and the net, is known by everyone, but...

The matter of the "crucifixion" could only be known by the police, the top brass, and the killer themself...

So, returning the conversation to Fujisaki's corpse...

That girl's corpse was... certainly crucified.

Naegi Makoto:

The culprit who killed Fujisaki... how did they know to crucify her...

Togami Byakuya:

...that's it. That's the question.

But, the answer is actually quite simple.

The culprit isn't a copy cat killer but... the real Genocider Syo.

Naegi Makoto:

...!!

Togami Byakuya:

In other words, this is the evidence. The evidence that Genocider Syo is hiding among us.

T-then...! Genocider Syo... is really...

Such an atrocious murderer is... among us...

Togami Byakuya:

Hehehe... hasn't this gotten interesting?

I never expected for that topical serial murder to be participating in this game...

Naegi, wouldn't it be good if you looked at this evidence?

In addition, there are probably various clues to be found in it.

If you cry and beg to me, I'll show you it.

The game gives us control again here. But unfortunately we don't have a button for "crying and begging", so we'll just have to talk to Togami again here and hope for the best.

Naegi Makoto:

Um, Togami... would you let me see the file too?

That... Genocider Syo file...

Togami Byakuya:

You didn't cry and beg, but, well alright...

I don't care how much time you take to look at it in this place. If you don't take it out from here...

With my tense hands, I began to turn the pages of the file I took from Togami.

What stopped my hands was...

The page where the photos of the serial murders' crime scenes were collected.

The names of the victims killed by Genocider Syo are lined up in rows, spanning who knows how many pages.

The following names were all in Kanji, so I might've messed up their readings but it shouldn't be too important to the story.

Haruda Ken (32), Honda Tetsuhiro (17), Shouji Takashi (23), Sugano Issei (14), Yoshida Takeshi(30)...

Komatsuna Tarou, Kouno Takefumi, Onda Youji, Kishida Eito, Tsuji Osamu, Uchida Naohisa, Kishi Masamune, Yumeshima Yoshito... there's no end to them.

But, what I at least understood was...

The large number of victims were all killed in the same way, and were all crucified in the same way.

And, at their crime scenes, the words "Blood stained fever" were always left behind, written in blood...

Togami Byakuya:

...take a look at the next page too. There's also something interesting written there.

Naegi Makoto:

The next... page?

Profiling results...?

The chain of crimes occur on late at night on weekdays... or, on days off from mid-day to night time.

The highest frequency of which is on days off in the afternoon...

From the above, it is guessed that the killer is a "student".

Couldn't this also fit the schedule of anyone with a 9 to 5 job?

And, along with there being traces that the killer remains at the crime scene for a long time, there are also traces that they get flustered and run away from the crime scene.

There aren't any reports of witnesses so, without any external cause, these are strange behaviors to be exhibited by the killer.

From this incoherent behavior...

Naegi Makoto:

There is a major possibility that the killer has "dissociative identity disorder"...?

Togami Byakuya:

The main point is, that the killer might have "multiple personalities".

Multiple personalities... like you'd see on TV or something?

This too is... again, disconnected from reality...

But... things up until now have all been disconnected from reality...

This much might not be all that strange... have I gone numb?

You recorded the Genocider Syo Incident's file in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

Togami Byakuya:

Well then, how about we get going now?

Naegi Makoto:

Huh? Get going... to where?

Togami Byakuya:

...to leave here. We no longer have any business here.

Naegi Makoto:

Ah, wait! Togami!!

Chasing after Togami, who was walking out on his own, I also left the archives behind.

Togami Byakuya:

Well now... I'll part ways from you here. I have things to do before the school trial...

Naegi Makoto:

Huh? This suddenly...?

Togami Byakuya:

Hey hey... spare me the troubling and unpleasant misunderstanding. Did you even think we'd be together the whole time?

For the rest, do something on your own. Continue the investigation by yourself...

...bye.

And then, just like that, he disappeared from before me...

If even his inviting me to investigate with him was sudden then... so was his parting from me...

In the end, I feel like he might've just been showing off...

But... thanks to him, it's also true that I got some important clues...

Genocider Syo... that is, Fujisaki's killer...

And, that murderer is...

...among us!!

Who is Genocider's true form... I need to do something, and find that out...

For that... once more, the place I should investigate is...

First the scene of the crime, the girl's changing room. And next, I wonder if I should also look at the neighboring boy's changing room...

And, I might be able to get some information from everyone else as well...

I'll ask around...

And so now we're free to investigate on our own for a bit. First we should probably check out the crime scene again, but along the way we run into...

...Yamada Hifumi. Let's see why he's hanging around the changing rooms.

Yamada Hifumi:

Ding-a-ling! I've discovered evidence of the culprit~!

He he he, my parameters went up again...

Naegi Makoto:

Evidence of the culprit... what did you find?

Yamada Hifumi:

I can't say that yet...

Nevertheless, this is certainly evidence that will choke the life out of the culprit!

Really...?

Yamada Hifumi:

...right right, certainly even Celes was saying that she witnessed something...

Naegi Makoto:

Witnessed... what?

Yamada Hifumi:

...she didn't tell me. What she teasing the one she likes? What do you think?

Yamada thinks she's playing hard to get. Poor guy.

Naegi Makoto:

With that... where is Celes?

Yamada Hifumi:

The dormitory's warehouse... certainly, she was seemingly there or seemingly not there...

Which is it...

Well that wasn't particularly useful. Let's head to the crime scene, then.

Kirigiri's probably our best bet here, since she was helpful in the last case, so let's talk to her again.

Naegi Makoto:

Kirigiri... are you making progress with your investigation?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...generally, yeah.

But... I must go now... I have something else I must do apart from the investigation...

Naegi Makoto:

Something you must do apart from the investigation?

What's that...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

It's not something you'd care about. You should be concentrating on this murder...

Naegi Makoto:

B-but...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

In the end, I'll just tell you this...

Re-examine Fujisaki's corpse well.

And, Fujisaki's electronic student ID card is gone. It might be good to find out its whereabouts.

...that's all I'll say. I wish you good luck.

And, truly just saying that, Kirigiri left the girl's changing room behind.

Naegi Makoto:

Re-examine the corpse, huh...

Moreover... Fujisaki's electronic student ID card is gone?

Certainly... that also is on my mind...

You recorded Fujisaki's electronic student ID card in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

So I guess that's all the help we're getting from her for now. Let's see if we can't find any other clues on the corpse itself.

Kirigiri was saying... to re-examine the corpse...

Naegi Makoto:

Even if I'm told to do it in detail... there's limits to what I can do, but...

...I'll just do it, give it a try.

Ummm...

Both of Fujisaki's hands... are tied up with a rope like object...

Using this rope, it looks like she's been hung up in this crucified state.

...wait, what?

...is that a plug attached to it!?

Then, this isn't... a rope?

But... if I stay calm and thing about it... that isn't the only thing that's weighing on my mind.

Fujisaki's fatal wound, this blow to the head...

In other words, she was hit in the head and killed?

Hmmm... speaking of the crucifixion, and the fatal wound...

From when I saw it first, nothing really feels out of place, but...

Upon investigation it after looking at the Genocider documents, somehow something is nagging at me...

...what could that be?

You recorded the state of the corpse in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

Anyways, what looks like it would be connected to this mystery's answer is...

The true form of the "rope-like object" that was used to crucify Fujisaki.

Concerning this, it might be best if I went and checked "that place" once more...

While I'm at it, I also want to look at that incident's file just once more...

If you haven't figured it out, that "rope-like object" looks like an electrical cord or something. So we'll probably want to check the library, since there was an extension cord being used their earlier.

While we're here, let's ogle that pin-up poster that's on the wall some more.

A blood stained poster... upon looking at it again, my eyes are drawn to the blood, but...

This was a pin-up poster of a busty idol.

Somehow, I feel it doesn't suit the girl's changing room...

Well that's all we can look at in here for now, I think. Time to check out the boy's changing room again.

And what do you know, this room has a poster too. Let's see if this one "suits" the room.

Huh, this poster...

It's a poster of "Tornado"... that idol group that's popular with the girls...

Somehow, I feel it doesn't suit the boy's changing room...

Naegi Makoto:

...but wait. Speaking of that, the other changing room's poster...!

Right, this is strange... no matter how you think about it, it's strange...

For the poster in the boy's changing room to be of the idol group that's popular with the girls...

And for the poster in the girl's changing room to be of a busty idol that's popular with the boys...

Perhaps... the posters have been switched...?

Even if they were... who, and why...?

Naegi Makoto:

Maybe it'd be best if I checked with someone... someone who's familiar with the changing rooms...

You recorded the 2 changing room's posters in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

There's one other thing we can look at in here

There's a mysterious stain on the carpet...

This is... a stain of what?

You recorded the boy's changing room's carpet in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

That's all for this part. Next time we'll try talking to someone who's familiar with the changing rooms.

 

Let's try talking to someone who's familiar with the changing rooms!

Chapter 2 Part 15:

Spoiler

To ask about the posters, in case you've forgotten. First we'll talk to Oogami, since if anyone works out, it's her.

Naegi Makoto:

Oogami, you've been training in the girls changing room a lot, right?

Oogami Sakura:

Since we've been able to use this place, I've been coming almost everyday. Occasionally Asahina will also keep me company...

Naegi Makoto:

Then, there's something I wanted to ask...

Did the boy's and girl's changing rooms' posters switch places, maybe?

Oogami Sakura:

...sorry but I don't recall. I never took a good look at the posters...

Naegi Makoto:

Right...

Oogami Byakuya:

However, speaking of this changing room, there's something that's been weighing on my mind...

After training, I usually drink a protein coffee, but...

Naegi Makoto:

You had... protein.

I think she might take a little bit more than just "protein", to be honest.

Oogami Sakura:

In the warehouse. It's the cheap stuff but I've no choice but to put up with it.

And, I make the protein coffee, and drink it after training but...

The other day, I spilled it on the carpet, and it made a stain...

Naegi Makoto:

A stain...?

But, on this girl's changing room's carpet, it looks like there's no stains or anything...

Oogami Sakura:

...right. I also noticed it earlier, that that stain has disappeared...

Perhaps someone cleaned it...

But even if they did, don't you think it's awfully clean? It's almost as if there was never a stain to begin with.

You recorded the vanished stain in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

Seems Oogami doesn't know anything about the posters, but we got some more information on that myserious carpet stain. There's one other person who's familiar with the changing rooms, so let's try talking to her as well.

She's in the cafeteria right now, for some reason.

Naegi Makoto:

Ah... Asahina. Did Fukawa calm down?

Asahina Aoi:

She's the same as usual. She didn't even give any indication that she was going to come out, and moreover, she was still going on about Genocider or something...

...so I left her there.

Naegi Makoto:

Y-you left her there...?

Asahina Aoi:

Because my head was full with too many problems, and while I was at it, I thought I'd fill my stomach too.

But, once I'm done eating this, I'll go back there again, so don't worry.

Fukawa is a weird girl, but a worry is a worry.

Naegi Makoto:

By the way... what are you eating?

Asahina Aoi:

Donuts, of course!!

Naegi Makoto:

Of course...

Asahina Aoi:

I only acknowledge God for having created donuts and space.

Naegi Makoto:

I-is that so...

Asahina Aoi:

Fujisaki too... she probably wanted to eat more donuts... it's a shame...

This girl really likes her donuts.

Ahhh... it would've been better if I had gotten along with Fujisaki more...

Naegi Makoto:

Speaking of that... who was Fujisaki close with?

Asahina Aoi:

Somehow... she was a bit strange, she didn't get along with us girls very much.

Or rather... from the other side, it's like she was keeping us at a distance...

Naegi Makoto:

Speaking of that, Oogami was also saying something...

That no matter how many times you and Oogami invited her to go training, Fujisaki continued to decline...

Asahina Aoi:

That's right... and not just us, but it looked like she kept all the girls at a distance...

Naegi Makoto:

Was it... shyness?

Asahina Aoi:

...but, in comparison to that, she talked with the boys quite cheerfully.

To be shy with the same sex but okay if it's the opposite sex, isn't that strange?

Ah, wait! Maybe it's...!

Maybe she's the kind of type... that wants to be pampered by boys. If we're talking about people who don't act the way they look!

That girl...? I really couldn't see her as that type, though...

You recorded Asahina's testimony in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

Well Naegi didn't think to ask Asahina about the posters, so I guess that's that.

Yamada was talking about Celes witnessing something before, so I tracked her down to ask her about it.

She was hiding here, in the warehouse. I guess she really was there, as Yamada implied.

Naegi Makoto:

Celes... what are you doing here?

Celes:

Isn't this warehouse an amazing place... so many living necessities are gathered here.

From groceries to jerseys and towels... you can really pick and choose.

Naegi Makoto:

More than that... Celes, did you find a clue relating to the incident?

Celes:

...as I thought, you'd ask that.

I tried to deceive you with an explanation of the warehouse but... it was useless, huh.

Come on now, Celes, trying to distract us with information we already know. Naegi isn't so simple minded that he'd be fooled by that (I hope).

Naegi Makoto:

...then, you know something?

Celes:

Well then, "just for you", I'll tell you.

...I saw her last night. Fujisaki, in this warehouse...

Naegi Makoto:

Wha...? Fujisaki!?

Celes:

That was, it was just before night time...

Celes:

Oh? What are you doing here, at this time, and in this place?

Fujisaki Chihiro:

U-um... I'm just...

Celes:

Are you thinking of starting training, maybe?

Fujisaki Chihiro:

Eh!? How... did you know?

Celes:

It's sticking out from your sports bag. The sleeve of that blue jersey...

Fujisaki Chihiro:

You're right... thank you...

Then... I'm in a hurry so I'll be going...

Celes:

............

Celes:

Flustered, she put away the jersey in her bag. As if she was trying to hide it...

And then... like that she went off.

I thought certainly she was only going to go training the next morning, but...

Somehow or other, she ignored the night time rule, and went to go training, it seems.

She ignored the rules so... this happened to her...

You reap what you sow...

Then, of course, Fujisaki...

She went to the girls' changing room secretly in the night to do some training... therefore, she was doing it expressly at night time...

Huh, but that's weird...

At that crime scene, the jersey or bag that Celes saw weren't even left behind.

Does that mean the culprit destroyed the evidence...?

You recorded Celes' testimony in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

That's what Celes saw, or so she says.

We're running out of things to do now, so I'm just going to try to find everyone I haven't talked to yet and see if they have anything interesting to say.

Ishimaru's just standing around in the hallways, as usual.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

As I thought, we should have confessed our embarrassing secrets to each other...!

Ugh! Sorry, Fujisaki... for my great weakness!!

And, as usual, there's not much to be learned from him. Next we'll find Hagakure.

He's in the entrance hall. Maybe he's trying to escape again?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Oh, Ohh! What's up, Naegi...

I-I wasn't really doing anything, yeah? I wasn't looking inside the letter case, yeah!

Well that isn't at all suspicious. Anyways, let's go back to the library room now, since we have a few things left to check there.

First, we'll check this lamp, since if you remember, we saw Togami using an extension cord with it before.

Huh, it isn't turned on...

Right, it isn't plugged in.

At this range, the desk lamp's cord doesn't reach the outlet...

But... when I saw it before, it seemed like the desk lamp was being used in this place...

Right. At that time, Togami was using the extension cord!

But, right now that extension cord isn't here...

Then... could it be that...

You recorded the library room's desk lamp in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

Naegi wanted to look at that Genocider file one more time, since he's re-examined Fujisaki's corpse. To check the details of the killings.

Let's try looking over that file about the Genocider Syo incident one more time...

Naegi Makoto:

Umm, certainly it was here...

............

...what? It's gone...!

Did someone take it from here?

But, the only one who could have done that was...

Togami... it's unthinkable that it'd be anyone else.

Ding, Dong... Dang, Dong!

Monobear:

Uh, I too am tired of waiting so... we'll boldly start soon?

The awaited school trial, that is!!

Well then, I ask that you gather at the usual spot!

On the school area's first floor, please enter the red doors.

Upupu, see you later~!!

It's beginning... the school trial...

Naegi Makoto:

It's beginning, huh...

Beyond those red doors is...

............

Looks like our time for investigating is up. Nothing to do now other than head through those doors.

Monobear:

Uhh, everyone's gathered... wait, what?

Aren't we missing one?

Oowada Mondo:

The one who ain't here is Fukawa...

Monobear:

Fukawa...?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

You don't remember?

Monoear:

...I'm kidding! As if I could forget!

Fukawa's presence will be indispensable at this school trial!

Then I'll drag her out here by force! Wait here for a bit!!

Just like he said, Fukawa was dragged here by Monobear...

...a few minutes later.

Fukawa Touko:

Uu... Uugghh...

I was saying no, and yet... to drag me out here... forcibly, is...

It's cruel... so cruel......!!

Monobear:

Ah~, with this, everyone is gathered!

Then, how about you guys board the elevator that you can see in front of you, and then we'll go to the trial's location!

I'll be going one step ahead of you guys~!

Togami Byakuya:

...well then, how about we go? To expose the true form of the culprit that killed Fujisaki Chihiro...

Fujisaki...

Fujisaki Chihiro...

Kind, gentle, and frail, and yet, a girl who didn't seem to be hated by anyone...

The culprit who... killed that girl...

That culprit is... among us.

One of... us...

And now we can go on the elevator down to the trial. But first let's talk to everyone once more, before we head off.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Let's prepare ourselves, and go, yeah...?

Oogami Sakura:

That scoundrel who laid their hands on such a weak person... let's expose their true form...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...shall we go?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

This time, we haven't even figured out the culprit's objective, but...

Somehow we'll do it! Justice will win without fail! Right, brother!?

Yamada Hifumi:

Little Chihiro... for being 3D she was rather outstanding...

Well, it's saddening just that she was 3D, though...

Oowada Mondo:

That Fukawa... what's gotten her so upset?

Fukawa Touko:

Uu... Uugghhh......

Celes:

Fukawa's appearance is funny...

I feel that her being shocked doesn't explain it alone...

Asahina Aoi:

In the end, I didn't make any progress at all with the investigation or anything from there... ehehe...

That's not something to be "ehehe"-ing about, Asahina.

Togami Byakuya:

I gave you that much of a hint... so show me, as best as you can, a good guess...

That's everyone, so now we'll board the elevator, in which I'm sure Naegi will have an internal monologue waiting for us.

Naegi Makoto:

I have no choice... but to go, right?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

That's right...

With those words, I bowed my head a little...

And then, after letting out a big sigh, I carried my shaking legs towards the elevator.

Continuing step by step, my heart rate also increased gradually.

And then, right when all of us had boarded the elevator...

The elevator started to move.

With many feelings whirling around us... and, with anticipation upon us...

With the painful sound "Woom, woom" reverbating in the elevator, it went deeper and deeper underground.

Continuing down and down, the anxiety inside of my heart was also gradually growing...

Even so, the elevator was rapidly diving further underground...

And then...

...we suddenly stopped.

Monobear:

Well? I've remodeled the place! Isn't it fresh? Aren't you excited?

Togami Byakuya:

Whether it's one way or the other... whatever's fine, so hurry up and start.

Monobear:

Good~, you're eager~! I don't hate it, that kind of thing.

Then, we'll start now!

You guys, please be seated at the seats with your names written on them!

Like that, the curtains open again...

The trial for our lives... cheating each other for our lives... treachery for our lives...

Solving the mysteries for our lives... excuses for our lives... trusting for our lives...

The school trial... for our lives...

And thus ends the investigation. Next time we'll be starting the 2nd school trial, and like before I'll try to make video parts as well (since the trial's are fully voice acted).

 

Let's start the second school trial!

Chapter 2 Part 16:

Spoiler

The trials are fully voice acted, so for them I’m going to be making video counterparts of the LP. They might have a bit less commentary on certain things (mostly things I have to explain because you aren’t seeing the game in action though).

So if you want to watch the video version of this part, here's the link: link

Be sure to turn on video annotations if you do watch it though, or else there will be no translations.

I changed the difficulty to "malicious" for both the reasoning difficulty level and the action difficulty level, since the trials are a bit too easy without them. Hopefully I won't regret this later.

Monobear:

First, let’s start with a simple explanation of the school trial! The outcome of the school trial will be determined by your guys’ vote.

If you can identify the correct bad guy, only the bad guy will be punished. But... if you pick the wrong person to be the bad guy...

Everyone other than the bad guy will be punished, and only the bad guy who deceived everyone will be cleared and graduate!

Well now... then, first...

Let's start with talking about the lethal weapon~!!

The weapon that delivered the fatal blow to Fujisaki... first, we need to clarify that.

Discussion Start!

The Genocider Syo Incident file
The library room's desk lamp
The changing room's dumbbell

Oogami Sakura:

Fujisaki's fatal wound was...

"An injury to the head", it seems.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Written in the Monobear file...

What was this blunt object!?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Surely, it was an "iron pipe"!

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

I see!

Indeed, that is blunt weapon-ish!

Asahina Aoi:

Poor Fujisaki...

No... the weapon that killed Fujisaki was an object that was in the changing room...!

So first the game throws us a soft ball here. If you remember from the crime scene, there was a bloodstained dumbbell there that is much more likely to be the weapon than an iron pipe, which was never seen at the crime scene.

The changing room's dumbbell > "iron pipe"

Naegi Makoto:

That's wrong!

The weapon that delivered the fatal blow to Fujisaki, wasn't that the dumbbell at the scene of the crime?

That dumbbell also had a blood stain on it, and there wasn't anything else at the crime scene that could really be a weapon.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

The dumbbell's shape also matched the injury on the victim's head.

There's no room for doubt... no mistaking it.

Asahina Aoi:

Y-you investigated... the mark of the wound...?

Yamada Hifumi:

Aiee, that's disgusting!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

............

Togami Byakuya:

Well then, how about I talk next. From here, we'll move to the topic of the culprit.

But even if I say that... I wonder if we've identified the culprit already...

Looks like this will be a short trial.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Wha!? Are you for real!?

Togami Byakuya:

The culprit who killed Fujisaki Chihiro is...

The serial killer Genocider Syo!!

The serial killer... Genocider Syo...

Are they... the culprit...?

Some new elements will be added to the non-stop discussion. Will you hear the explanation?

-I don't want to hear
-Please let me hear

>Please let me hear

In the next discussion, noisy words will appear and hinder your remarks.

When a dispute bullet hits a noisy word, it will disappear, hindering your argument.

In order to not be hindered by the noisy words...

With the O button silencer, you need to hit and erase the noisy words.

However, when the silencer hits not a noisy word but a spoken word...

The time limit will diminish. Please aim well at the noisy words.

By the way... if the action difficulty is set to "kind", then the noisy words won't appear at all.

Since you won't need to use the silencer, please relax, and focus on the mystery.

That's all, so please, confirm this for yourself.

This right here was why I decided to go back and change the difficulty level, since the game apparently balances difficulty by removing features entirely. I'll be putting the "noisy words" in parentheses (), to distinguish them from what's actually being said by the character currently speaking.

Discussion start!

The Genocider Syo Incident file
The library room's desk lamp
The changing room's dumbbell

Togami Byakuya:

The culprit is "Genocider Syo".
(R-really...?!)

This is a determined fact.
(Genocider Syo...?)

Asahina Aoi:

That's impossible!
(Right, right!)

Togami Byakuya:

Why, is it impossible?
(Hmmmm...)

Asahina Aoi:

Because... by anyone's count... that's....

Or rather, "there's no evidence"!
(I also think that!)

Yamada Hifumi:

By the way, Genocider Syo is...

Who is that again?

The evidence that... Genocider Syo is related to this incident... certainly, that's...

Asahina's claim that there's no evidence that Genocider Syo is linked to the incident is the falsehood here, so we'll correct her on that, by shooting her (with a dispute bullet).

The Genocider Syo Incident file > "there's no evidence"

Naegi Makoto:

That's wrong!

If it's evidence then... we might have some...

Asahina Aoi:

What!?

Naegi Makoto:

It's written in the file we found in the archives of the library room...

It seems like it's the police's secret document that has summarized the Genocider Syo incidents...

Oowada Mondo:

W-wait! Isn't that strange!? Why was something like that in the archives!?

Togami Byakuya:

It's difficult to explain. We'll skip it.

I like how everyone is fine with skipping this explanation, given that without it, the validity of the files in the archives is a major hole in proving that Genocider Syo committed this murder.

Anyways, in this document, the characteristics of the Genocider Syo incidents are written down in detail.

According to this, it seems that the Genocider Syo incidents have 2 features.

The first is that words, written in blood, are always left behind at the crime scene...

Yamada Hifumi:

It was "Big Boobs Fever", right?!

Clearly, Yamada is not Genocider Syo.

Asahina Aoi:

"Blood stained fever"...

Togami Byakuya:

What's important is the one other feature. At any rate, it's because it's a fact that hasn't been announced to society...

Oowada Mondo:

A-a fact that hasn't been announced to society...?

Togami Byakuya:

Naegi, why don't you tell them.

The one other feature of the Genocider Syo incidents that society doesn't even know about...

The message written in blood left behind
The murder occurred in the changing room
The victim is crucified

>The victim is crucified

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

In the Genocider Syo incidents, the victim's corpse is always "crucified", it seems...

This fact is, besides the killer themself, known only by people in the police's top brass...

Togami Byakuya:

But, in this time's incident, Fujisaki was certainly crucified.

Well then, why did the culprit know this? Only the killer themself and the top brass of the police know of the crucifixion feature...

...there's only one reason that's imaginable.

The culprit is... the true Genocider Syo.

Oowada Mondo:

N-no way...!!

Celes:

Well then, is Genocider Syo among us?

Togami Byakuya:

...Fukawa Touko.

Fukawa Touko:

Huh...?

Togami Byakuya:

Fukawa Touko is, Genocider Syo's true form.

Well that was fast. I thought we would have to do some more detective work to figure out *who* Genocider was, but Togami is clearly not in a mood to waste time.

Yamada Hifumi:

No waaaaaayy!!

Fukawa Touko:

H-h-h-h-huh...?

Asahina Aoi:

W-wait a second!

But, isn't Fukawa bad with blood? A murderer that's bad with blood, I've never heard of that before!

Togami Byakuya:

Genocider Syo is her and isn't her... that would be the answer to your question right now.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Is this a riddle? It's rather roundabout, yeah!

Certainly, it looks like a riddle... but...

I feel like... I can see something in it...

That Genocider Syo is Fukawa and isn't Fukawa... the meaning behind that is...

Insightful Anagram Start!

This game also gets harder, with the increase in difficulty. If there's a game I'd get stuck in, it would be this one.

But it's not too hard right now. The phrase we end up solving for is "multiple personality".

Naegi Makoto:

It's because Genocider Syo is... someone with multiple personalities...?

Asahina Aoi:

...huh?

Naegi Makoto:

Even in that file... this was written, right...?

That it was thinkable that... the killer might have a "dissociative identity disorder"...

Yamada Hifumi:

T-therefore, if Fukawa Touko was like that...

Togami Byakuya:

...we can assert that.

The fact that Fukawa has multiple personalities, is shown by her strange speech and conduct immediately after the discovery of the corpse.

The strange speech and conduct that shows Fukawa has multiple personalities... what was that?

Her tone changed
She came late
She fainted

>Her tone changed

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

...would that be, that her tone changed?

Togami Byakuya:

Try to recall it. When she saw Fujisaki's corpse and fainted, and then opened her eyes again...

Fukawa Touko:

I’m fine, I’m fine! Gyahahaha…!

Ah, it’s a corpse! Hey, that person is dead!

Gyahahahahaha!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

As I thought… she hit her head pretty badly, yeah…

Fukawa Touko:

The world is made up of what you see and what’s behind it. 9 times what you see and 9 times what’s behind it, truth and lies even!

Yamada Hifumi:

It’s somewhat scary… or rather, hasn’t her tone changed?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Certainly, her appearance was strange! Her signature "gloomy tone" was gone!

Fukawa Touko:

Don't just willfully... attach that signature to me...

Togami Byakuya:

Moreover, after she came to, she was calm even though she was looking at Fujisaki's corpse...

In other words, mixed inside of you are a personality who's bad with blood, and one that's not.

Fukawa Touko:

Uu... uhh......

Asahina Aoi:

Then... what was that when Fukawa was scared of Genocider, and locked herself inside her room...?

Fukawa Touko:

I won’t let Genocider Syo… do what they want…!!

That murdering… killer… I’ll drive them out!!

Togami Byakuya:

In the first place, she didn't lock herself up in her room so that "someone outside couldn't get in"...

But so that "someone inside wouldn't get out".

Asahina Aoi:

Huh...?

Togami Byakuya:

Fukawa Touko was afraid. Afraid that the murderer inside herself would go on to kill someone...

That's all the time we have for now. Next time we'll continue discussing Genocider Syo's true form.

 

Kind of makes me wonder what would happen if say, a domino effect happened. Like say there were three bodies, but it was really because Person A killed Person B who beforehand, killed Person C and soforth. That's not the same person murdering three people. What would Monokuma do then?

This was addressed by Monokuma (Monobear) in Danganronpa 2. In such a case the killer for the purpose of the trial would be the mastermind behind the murders amongst the killers. So that would likely be Person A.

 

Yes, that is what I had in mind. What about a mass killing, though? I mean something like (unrealistically speaking) someone sets an explosive when three people are nearby, therefore successfully killing those three people at once. I suppose as we learn in this investigation, there are ways to get around Monobear's rules, perhaps intentionally.

I've always wondered who was speaking those noisy words; perhaps they are Naegi's interrupting thoughts. Or maybe some person is peeved because Naegi keeps yelling that their claims are wrong.

 

Monokuma's definition of murder is very broad. Disease, old age, and Monokuma's punishments are the only means by which you can die without triggering a class trial and branding someone the culprit, no matter how incidental that tie may be.

Each person can only murder up to two people, so three would be grounds for punishment. As such the blackened wouldn't make it to trial. Though I can't remember if that rule has been introduced by this point in the game.

 

As such the blackened wouldn't make it to trial. Though I can't remember if that rule has been introduced by this point in the game.

Is that what the official translation calls the current culprit when referred to by Monobear? Monobear literally calls them the "black", however this would have negative cultural connotations in English so this can also be translated as the "black-hat" or, what I chose, the "bad guy". Blackened is an odd choice for the word though, since it makes it sound more like something has happened to the aggressor rather than the aggressor commiting an act of evil.

And Monobear has already mentioned this rule by this point, not that long ago actually (shortly after the 2nd case's corpse was discovered):

Monobear:

Ohoho, there's no need to worry about that!

In this "killing each other" campus life, "the same bad guy can kill up to 2 people"!

 

Is that what the official translation calls the current culprit when referred to by Monobear? Monobear literally calls them the "black", however this would have negative cultural connotations in English so this can also be translated as the "black-hat" or, what I chose, the "bad guy". Blackened is an odd choice for the word though, since it makes it sound more like something has happened to the aggressor rather than the aggressor commiting an act of evil.

It's what they're called in the dubbed version yes, at least in the trailer. (As a side note, Monokuma's voice sounds goofy in the dub, but maybe that's because I'm used to hearing the Japanese audio.) Well, that explains a lot.

And Monobear has already mentioned this rule by this point, not that long ago actually (shortly after the 2nd case's corpse was discovered):

Yeah I know. I was just wondering what would happen if the killer set it up so that more than two people were killed simultaneously. But I guess that wouldn't be very beneficial to the killer, considering the fact that it lessens the possibility of choosing the wrong culprit. Even so, how immediate would intervention happen? It's a rhetorical question; I'm sure Monokuma answered it as some point. I just have yet to check.

 

(As a side note, Monokuma's voice sounds goofy in the dub, but maybe that's because I'm used to hearing the Japanese audio.)

To be fair, his voice is pretty goofy in the Japanese dub too, but you wouldn't be able to tell without a proper frame of reference like you have for English voices.

Even so, how immediate would intervention happen? It's a rhetorical question; I'm sure Monokuma answered it as some point. I just have yet to check.

Judging by how quickly Enoshima was "punished" for breaking the school rules in chapter 1, I'd guess that intervention would be pretty much immediate.

 

Let's continue to discuss Genocider's true form!

Chapter 2 Part 17:

Spoiler

If you want to watch the video version of this part, here’s the link: link

Be sure to turn on video annotations if you do watch it, or else there will be no translations.

Fukawa Touko:

W-w-w-why...?

Asahina Aoi:

Right, why do you know that much!?

Note: The Japanese word for why and how are sometimes the same word, as in this case. So Asahina is actually more likely asking "how" here, but "why" seems to work well enough in English, and still communicates the misunderstanding.

Togami Byakuya:

...Asahina, you're misunderstanding the situation.

What Fukawa meant when she said "why" is not "why do you know?"...

But "Why did you expose me?".

Asahina Aoi:

...huh?

Togami Byakuya:

She proposed a strange discussion to me, last night... just before we were given the talk about our motives by Monobear...

There, she actually told me a very interesting story.

Inside herself exists a murderer... she's always scared, that it might grow restless...

Thanks to that, she herself has become introverted and exclusive. Isn't that right?

Fukawa Touko:

Ugh.... uugghh....

Asahina Aoi:

It's a lie... right? Fukawa...?

Fukawa Touko:

Even though you said... y-you'd keep quiet about it...!

Asahina Aoi:

...huh!?

Fukawa Touko

Even though... you p-promised...! You d-d-decieved... me...!?

Togami Byakuya:

That was just a misunderstanding you made on your own. Despite not even hearing me say that, you flaunt your own sorrowful story...

...this is the real world. Not the world of romance novels, right?

Fukawa Touko:

Ugh...... Ugggghh......!

Togami Byakuya:

Besides, you're the one who broke the promise before. You certainly said this...

While we're here, if something happens then I have to not let Genocider murder anyone, no matter what...

And yet, in spite of that...

Fukawa Touko:

S-sorry… I wasn’t… able to keep my promise…

B-but… don’t worry… there won’t be… any more than this…

I won’t…! Because I won’t let Genocider Syo do as they please!!

Fukawa Touko:

If I was able to keep the promise... you would've gone out with me...

Therefore... I promised, and yet...!

Togami Byakuya:

That's why I'm saying it. That that's your misunderstanding...

But, either way, you weren't able to keep the promise. As I thought, the exhilaration of killing won out, no?

Fukawa Touko:

I-I tried so hard... to frantically hold it down, but...

Togami Byakuya:

Too bad, it seems that that effort was for nothing.

Fukawa Touko:

Uuu...... you're too cruel......

Togami Byakuya:

Well then, any second now the opening performance will end. After, let's try to hear the story directly from the murderer herself...

Fukawa Touko:

T-the murderer herself...!?

T-t-t-that'sssssss...!

Fukawa's body bent back greatly...

And then, she collapsed with a thud. But, in the next instant...

Genocider Syo:

Shall I take over from here, I wonder!?

Yamada Hifumi:

Aiei! Oh no, what!?

Genocider Syo:

By chance, have I been exposed? Ah well! So it goes!

I'm Genocider Syo, the "Super High School Level Murderer"! My real name is Fukawa Touko, but that's such a bo-oring name!!

Oowada Mondo:

W-what the hell... this guy...!

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

W-what's wrong... Fukawa?

Genocider Syo:

So what that I have 2 personalities! So what that one of them is a murderer!

Just turn a blind eye to one of my faults!!

In this game, it's really not that big of a deal.

Gyahahaha!!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

The tension is high now...!

Genocider Syo:

A sound murder dwells within a sound mind and body!!

Oogami Sakura:

At any rate, she's different from how she's been up to now... from her usual self...

Genocider Syo

Right, the whole world is made up of what you see and what's behind it.

9 times the surface and 9 times the back... with lies amidst the truth...

Amidst the darkness, there's brightness as bright as the sun!!

Gyahahaha!!

This is... Genocider Syo...? This kind of...

Isn't this completely random...?!

Yamada Hifumi:

Um, Genocider Syo... I wanted to ask you something, but...

Genocider Syo:

What!?

Yamada Hifumi:

There's been talk that you're the master mind here... what do you think about that?

Genocider Syo:

I'll tell you then! I'm the genuine master mind!

...but that's a lie!!

Naegi Makoto:

Then... you're not...?

Monobear:

Of course she's not! I wouldn't work together with that pervert!

As crazy as Monobear is, I guess he's not perverted, supposedly.

Or rather, well... the police and society outside really have been quite powerless recently.

To leave this idiotic murderer at large, that is!

Genocider Syo:

I get that I'm an assailant! But, sometimes you hurt others to live.

People hurt others to live, and get hurt by others to live.

...yeah right! Gyahahaha!

Naegi Makoto:

............

Togami Byakuya:

...With this, you guys should understand. This murderer killed Fujisaki.

Without a doubt, she had more than enough of a motive to...

Oogami Sakura:

...motive, you say?

Togami Byakuya:

Last night, didn't Monobear tell us?

That if within 24 hours, someone didn't kill someone to graduate, that he would expose our embarrassing memories and our pasts that we couldn't tell to anyone...

Well then, what if Fukawa's "memory" or "past" was that she was Genocider Syo?

If such a fact were exposed, Fukawa would be ruined, no doubt about it...

In other words, for her existed the motive that "she absolutely couldn't be exposed"...

Genocider Syo:

I see... I see I see I see...

But too bad! I'm not the culprit!!

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

...huh?

Celes:

But, aside from a murderer like you, it's unthinkable that someone would be able to kill in such a bizarre way.

Genocider Syo:

But even so, that's the truth.

Oogami Sakura:

...who do you think we'll believe?

Asahina Aoi:

Right! As if I'd believe a murderer's words!

Naegi Makoto:

............

That may be so...

That may be so, but...

...but, something is pulling at the back of my mind.

The girl's words... maybe it'd be best if I listened to them a little more fully...

Naegi still has some doubts about whether or not Genocider Syo is actually the killer, probably because this trial would be way too short if she actually was.

Discussion Start!

The Library Room's Desk Lamp
The State of the Corpse
The Stain that Disappeared

Genocider Syo:

I "didn't kill anyone"!

Oogami Sakura:

Who do you think is going to believe those words?
(Right, right!)

Celes:

It'd be a different story if you had an alibi, but...
(By the way, what's an alibi?)

Genocider Syo:

It is an alibi! It's something like that!
(An alibi for the scene of the crime...)

Togami Byakuya:

The murder this time and the incidents of your past...
(In other words, at the time of the incident...)

"The methods used match" perfectly.
(You weren't there.)

It's not as if there's any evidence more than that.
(...proof of that.)

Genocider Syo:

Gyahahaha!

Togami Byakuya:

Give up... the culprit is you.

Is Genocider Syo... really the culprit? Something feels wrong, but...

I like how there's an entirely different conversation being held in the noisy words.

If you've been paying very close attention, you may have noticed that the methods used in Fujisaki's murder are a bit different from the ones in Genocider Syo's past incidents. Also, the game is hinting that that's the case, and there's only 2 possible weak points in this non-stop discussion, so even if you're unsure, the game is helping you out a bit here.

In the video part of this, you'll notice that I actually mess up in this conversation and hit one of the noisy words the first time I try to shoot down the weak point. I actually ended up having to use the silencer here to remove the noisy words, whereas in my initial play through of this part I was able to just shoot around the noisy words.

The State of the Corpse > "The methods used match"

Naegi Makoto:

That's wrong!

The methods match perfectly? Is that really so?

Fujisaki's murder and the past Genocider Syo incidents... I can't think that they perfectly match, but...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

...huh? Where do they differ?

Genocider Syo:

Oh my, don't you understand...?

Small fry! Then I'll tell ya!!

You see, I kill with passion and conviction!

Therefore, my killings have, in terms of first-class, a certain "pickiness" to them!

It's the same as how a popular ramen shop will be picky with their soup, noodles, and ingredients.

However, the murder of this Fujisaki Chihiro...

That's the popular ramen shop's administration finishing off like instant noodles!

That isn't my work!

Naegi Makoto:

I'll... explain it once more, properly...

Fujisaki's murder and the past Genocider Syo incidents have 2 points they clearly differ by.

The clearly different points... the first one is...

The victim's fatal wound
The calligraphy of the message written in blood

I'm no expert in calligraphy, so I'll have to go with the fatal wound for this one.

>The victim's fatal wound

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

The fatal wound was different...

The victims of the past Genocider Syo incidents, it looked like they were all killed in the same way...

The same way... as far as we can see from the incident's file, everyone was killed with "scissors".

But, Fujisaki took a blow to the head, and was killed, right?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

C-certainly... that is different from the past incidents...!

Naegi Makoto:

Isn't it strange? For the Genocider Syo who always uses the same method, to change her methods only this time...

Naegi Makoto:

But, that isn't all. There's 1 more point it differs by.

Genocider Syo:

Right, for the art of my murders, if the message written in blood is the roasted pork fillet...

Then the crucifixion is the boiled egg, so to speak!!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Rather, can we stop with the ramen analogy now?

That's all the time we have for now, so next time we'll continue to discuss the points of difference.

 

Let's discuss the points of difference!

Chapter 2 Part 18:

Spoiler

If you want to watch the video version of this part, here’s the link: link

Be sure to turn on video annotations if you do watch it, or else there will be no translations.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

I-in other words... the second point of difference is something related to that crucifixion...?

Right... the second point it differs by is related to the crucifixion.

The pose she was crucified in
The timing of which she was crucified
The tools used in the crucifixion

I'm not sure you can really vary the pose of a crucifixion, so that's not the answer. And also we don't really know much about the timing of it besides the fact that it most likely happened in the night, and that matches the other Genocider Syo incidents so far. So the answer is...

>The tools used in the crucifixion

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

Fujisaki's crucifixion... do you remember the tools used there...?

She was crucified with her hands bound with a "rope-like object", right?

Celes:

What's wrong with that?

Naegi Makoto:

However, in the past Genocider Syo incidents, what was used in the crucifixion was...

...there as well, the sharp scissors were used.

Genocider Syo:

You see! In both the killing and the crucifixion, I use scissors that I made myself, "my scissors"!!

Note: That "my" in "my scissors" is actually part of the name she gives the scissors.

I'm first class, so naturally I have to be picky in my tools, right?

And also and also and also and also and also!

Ma-kun, you said there was 2 points of difference, but that's wrong!!

Naegi Makoto:

By Ma-kun do you mean... me...?

Note: I'm not entirely sure why Genocider decides to give Naegi a nickname here, but she does. Comes from his first name, Makoto. I also left in the suffix "kun" since Maa just sounds kind of weird by itself.

Genocider Syo:

You see, Ma-kun! There's one more point of difference!

Naegi Makoto:

...huh?

Genocider Syo:

...Oh, you didn't notice? The guys who became my victims in my past incidents...

There, there is a hidden rule!!

Oogami Sakura:

A rule... you say?

Genocider Syo:

If you think from that rule, then you'll understand right away, won't you! That I have reason not to kill that little girl!

Um... in other words...

There's a regularity among the victims of the Genocider Syo incidents, and Fujisaki doesn't fit in there?

Right... maybe I've understood it...! The reason she couldn't kill Fujisaki is...

Because Fujisaki is a girl
Because Fujisaki is her lover
Because Fujisaki is her friend

I don't know if you noticed it before, but the names of all the victims Genocider's killed before were all male. Also, Genocider gives us a hint here by calling Fujisaki a "little girl".

>Because Fujisaki is a girl

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

Perhaps, it's because Fujisaki was a girl...?

Genocider Syo:

Bingo!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

W-what do you mean, yeah...?

Naegi Makoto:

The victims of Genocider Syo's past incidents have this regularity among them.

Haruda Ken (32), Honda Tetsuhiro (17), Shouji Takashi (23), Sugano Issei (14), Yoshida Takeshi(30)…

Komatsuna Tarou, Kouno Takefumi, Onda Youji, Kishida Eito, Tsuji Osamu, Uchida Naohisa, Kishi Masamune, Yumeshima Yoshito… there’s no end to them.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

They're all boys...?

Genocider Syo:

Right! The only ones I kill with passion and conviction are boys that I have a crush on!

Aaah, how embarassing! That I've said it!!

Oowada Mondo:

W-what the hell!!

Genocider Syo:

I can't help it, can I! Because I'm a "rotten girl"! A gloomy personality that's a prejudiced, broken, rotten girl!

Note: I put rotten girl here, which is the literal translation of "Fujoshi" (腐女子), which is what female fans of Yaoi call themselves. You can read more on that here, if you want: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaoi_fandom#Fujoshi

A rotten girl going full speed on course to become a rotten woman!

Ishimari Kiyotaka:

Y-you didn't have a crush on her, so... you wouldn't kill Fujisaki, who is a girl...?

Genocider Syo:

If a ramen worker made pasta, what would they do? Even though it's the same noodles, it feels like you're not making light of it!

If you have passion and conviction then there's a line you cannot yield to! That's the one and only perfect, flawless reality!

Togami Byakuya:

...we know your tastes and your plans. But, in the end that's the story of your tastes and your plans.

In a situation where you had to kill someone in order to survive, the story would be different, I'd expect.

Genocider Syo:

Shut up, you loser dog!

This could also be translated as "loser" or "under dog", but I liked how "loser dog" sounds here, especially since it adds to Togami's reaction.

Togami Byakuya:

Loser... dog...?

Genocider Syo:

As for me... I wouldn't kill or anything for some petty reason like doing so in order to survive or something...

But even so, if by any chance... the situation came up where I had to kill in order to survive...

Who would crucify the corpse or write the message in blood! I'd be found out so it'd just be a bother, wouldn't it!

Celes:

That's also quite right...

Genocider Syo:

Besides, whatever situation I would kill in, I absolutely wouldn't be separated from my accustomed "scissors"!

Who would go out of their way to use that shitty, heavy dumbbell!

Yamada Hifumi:

Since there was no suitable scissors in the school, you substituted them with the dumbbell that was nearby?

Genocider Syo:

Suitable Scissors...?

The ones I use aren't suitable scissors, but the ones that even the earth kneels before, my super stylish scissors of my own making!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Then all the more, they wouldn't be in this school, yeah?

Genocider Syo:

Well, I wonder about that?

Ta-dah!

Yamada Hifumi:

Gah! The equipment's been taken care of?

Genocider Syo:

So that I can kill wherever and whenever!

With these at hand, there's no way I wouldn't use the scissors I'm familiar with, and use something like a rope or a dumbbell, right?

Am I wrong? I'm not wrong, right? You loser dog!!

In the first place, I can't tie knots! Therefore, I couldn't use a rope!

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Hmm... Hmmmmmmm...!

It makes no sense... is this murderer really not the culprit...!?

Oowada Mondo:

But... wasn't that corpse "crucified"? That wouldn't have been known by an ordinary person, right?

Asahina Aoi:

So, it's not an imitator, but the work of the murderer themself....

No... wait... there's just one other person it might be...

The person who was able to imitate the Genocider Syo incidents is...!

Pick the character!

And now we get to pick who really crucified Fujisaki, or at least the only person who we know would have been able to. Chances are you saw this coming, since he's been acting a bit suspicious since the case started.

Togami Byakuya

Naegi Makoto:

This is my answer!

Togami, if it was you then wouldn't it be possible, I wonder?

You're someone who's able to easily look over the secret government documents and the police documents...

And moreover, you've had a good look at the Genocider Syo incident's investigative reports before, right?

Togami Byakuya:

............

Yamada Hifumi:

I-in other words... Togami Byakuya is the culprit...?

Togami Byakuya:

............

Celes:

Well then, Togami's insisting on the "Genocider Syo theory" then was...

To blame his own guilt on Genocider Syo.

Genocider Syo:

Then, the one who disguised the crime scene, and pretended it was my crime...

It was that cool glasses guy!? How cute!

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

...how about it, Togami! Answer us!

Togami Byakuya:

Right... you're saying I'm suspicious...

Then I'll ask, from when did you begin to think I was suspicious? In regards to that, how do you answer?

Naegi Makoto:

Now, when I try to look back and think about it...

Togami's actions right before we found the corpse... I was a bit curious about that...

Togami Byakuya:

And, that changing room…

It’s suspicious… very suspicious… don’t you think so as well?

Naegi Makoto:

Suspicious…?

Togami Byakuya:

It doesn’t look like anyone’s looked at the changing rooms yet. Well then, how about we try looking at the girl’s changing room to start…

Naegi Makoto:

Togami, from the start you tried looking in the girls changing room, right? But, if you were a boy you'd normally...

Togami Byakuya:

Start with the boys changing room...?

The victim was Fujisaki, who was female. That's why I said to investigate the girls changing room first.

Yamada Hifumi:

There's nothing strange about that!

Naegi Makoto:

No... still, that's strange...!

Togami Byakuya:

Well then, what's strange...

Naegi, why don't you tell us...

In Togami's statement just now, there was clearly a contradiction...

That... I'll point that out...!

Some new elements have been added to the non-stop discussion. Will you hear the explanation?

I don't want to hear
Please tell me

>Please tell me

What will be added this time is the remembering of dispute bullets.

If you align your aim with a statement's weak point, and press and hold the triangle button...

You will remember the weak point.

Then those remembered words can be shot just once as a dispute bullet.

With the remembered dispute bullet, if you shoot or if you swap the bullet in the dispute bullet gun's cylinder, it will disappear.

But, it is possible to recollect the dispute bullet as many times as you want.

When it seems like none of the dispute bullets on hand are the answer that is related to the lie or contradiction...

Please use a remembered dispute bullet, and win the argument.

What kind of time is a good time to use your memory...? Please infer that for yourself.

For now, all we'll say is that this time, if you don't use your memory, you won't be able to win the argument.

That's all, so please, confirm this for yourself.

So now we can pick up weak points in the non-stop discussions and use them as dispute bullets. I like this feature, as it's a nice way to add to the gameplay without adding or changing too many of the existing elements.

Discussion Start!

Monobear File 2

Asahina Aoi:

You say that Togami's "actions before discovering the corpse" were weird...

...where are they weird?

Yamada Hifumi:

If you had the chance then entering the girls changing room...

As a man it'd be a natural course of action!

Yamada thinks there's nothing weird about wanting to go into the girl's changing room regardless of the situation.

Togami Byakuya:

"Fujisaki, the victim," is a girl...

That's why I said to investigate the girls changing room first.

Because it wasn't a situation to be wandering around.

How is that strange?

Yamada Hifumi:

I wish you would have taken me as well...

I heard and understood the statement about "her"... in Togami's statement just now, there's clearly a contradiction!

I'll hit Togami with the statement about "her"!

So as you'd expect we have to use a remembered dispute bullet here. Luckily it's the first weak point in the conversation that we need to use, so we can pick it up right away.

"actions before discovering the corpse" > "Fujisaki, the victim,"

Naegi Makoto:

That's wrong!

Togami's statement is, as I thought, weird...

Because, before we found the corpse, you would expect that he wouldn't know who the victim was?

In other words, the assertion that he looked in the girl's changing room first because the victim was Fujisaki doesn't hold true!

Looks like Naegi really has Togami on the ropes now. Next time, we'll keep grilling the suspect.

 

Let's keep grilling the suspect!

Chapter 2 Part 19:

Spoiler

If you want to watch the video version of this part, here’s the link: link

Be sure to turn on video annotations if you do watch it, or else there will be no translations.

Togami Byakuya:

I see... that's a good answer...

Interesting! This is interesting, Naegi Makoto! But, just this evidence alone is still weak!

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...?

Togami Byakuya:

What's wrong? Is that all you have for evidence? I'd expect that you have more. Try showing that.

W-what...? Togami's attitude is...?

It's as if... he has time to spare...?

I thought I was cornering him, and yet... it almost looks like he's another person...

Looks like Togami isn't going to go down that easy. Not that I'd expect any less of him, at this point.

Togami Byakuya:

What's wrong? You're not ending with that, are you? There's more evidence, right?

Naegi Makoto:

T-there's probably... more, I think, but...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

If it's evidence then there's more...

Earlier we were talking about it too, the points of difference between this time's incident and the past Genocider Syo incidents...

I expect that the evidence is hidden in there...

Togami Byakuya:

...the evidence that says I'm the culprit?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

............

The points of difference between this time's incident and the past Genocider Syo incidents...?

There... the evidence that Togami's the culprit is hidden...?

That's... what is that...?

Discussion Start!

The library room's desk lamp
Celes' testimony
The stain that disappeared

Genocider Syo:

The differences between the 2 incidents...

How about I explain them again?
(Please do...)

What I "use to kill" are my self-made my-scissors!
(Hmhm...)

And what I "use in the crucifixion" are also my self-made my-scissors!

Celes:

But, what was used in Fujisaki's crucifixion was...

A rope, wasn't it?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Right! It certainly was a rope!
(Was it a rope, I wonder?)

Yamada Hifumi:

That rope is suspicious!

Oowada Mondo:

Hey, Togami! Where did you get that from!?

Togami Byakuya:

"I don't remember seeing" that rope...
(If so, then who in the world...?)

It must have been carried there discreetly by someone else.

The evidence that says Togami is the culprit, is it hidden in that rope...?

It seems that's a possibility... but, before that...

That's a rope like object, but was it really a rope?

If you remember, the "rope" in question here wasn't actually a rope, but an extension cord, since it had an electrical plug on the end. And Togami was using one before when he was reading with the lamp in the library room, so he would have had to have seen it before.

The library room's desk lamp > "I don't remember seeing"

Naegi Makoto:

That's wrong!

Togami, I expect that you would remember that rope.

That rope used in Fujisaki's crucifixion... no...

That extension cord...

Yamada Hifumi:

Huuh!? It's an extension cord?

Naegi Makoto:

In fact, in the library room, Togami was using that extension cord, right?

Moreover, that extension cord was...

After the incident, it was missing from the library room...

You wouldn't expect the person who was using the extension cord themself not to notice that.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Well then, the one who took the extension cord was Togami! It's unthinkable that it'd be anyone else!

Togami Byakuya:

............

I see, is that so... well then, is this the conclusion?

After killing Fujisaki in the girls changing room, I crucified the corpse and wrote the message in blood...

And pretended that crime was the work of Genocider Syo...

...are you fine with that?

Naegi Makoto:

............

Again...

His strange attitude, as if he has room to spare...

As if he was someone else...

...huh, someone else?

Togami Byakuya:

What's wrong? I'm asking you if you're fine with that.

Oowada Mondo:

Of course that's fine! With this it's decided! You're the culprit, you asshole!

Genocider Syo:

It's the opposition of the opposition of the agreement!!

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

If it's Togami, who was saying that this was a game or whatnot, then it indeed seems like a crime he might commit!

Naegi Makoto:

............

Say, uh... can you guys wait just a bit more...?

Won't you discuss this... a little more... just a little more?

Naegi is not yet convinced, it seems. And also this trial would probably be a bit too short if we ended it here, so there's probably more to it.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Huh? Do we need to? Because, the culprit is already decided, yeah.

Naegi Makoto:

That may be so...... but...

Still... something is still pulling at my mind...

Togami Byakuya:

Pulling at your mind? What is pulling at your mind?

I killed Fujisaki Chihiro in the girls changing room, and then I disguised that corpse...

Doing so, I made that crime look like the work of that murderer who's strange in the head...

Of that... what's pulling at your mind?

Huh...?

...that right now, wasn't that strange?

In Togami's statement just now, there was something I'm a little curious about...

About Genocider Syo
About the scene of the crime
About the extension cord

This one's kind of tricky, since his statement doesn't seem all that off at first glance. But, there's one thing that doesn't add up, and that would be...

>About the scene of the crime

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

...Togami, you said you killed Fujisaki in the girls changing room, right?

But... is that really so? Isn't it also a possibility that the scene of the crime was at another place, I wonder?

Togami Byakuya:

Good grief... I'm disappointed in you...

If you're thinking of what to say... then this is a good time to be let down...

Without a doubt, that girl died in the girls changing room.

There's no way the crime scene was somewhere else.

Naegi Makoto:

But, isn't is a possibility that after she was killed somewhere else, it was moved...?

The crime scene...

Togami Byakuya:

The crime scene... you say?

............

Even I find this a bit far-fetched, to be honest. But let's see what Naegi has to say.

If you'll go as far as to say that... then you have evidence, right...?

Naegi Makoto:

Y-yeah... I believe I have evidence, but...

Wait, Togami just now...

Was he... shaking...?

Togami, who's been firm this whole time, upon the conversation turning to the scene of the murder...

Perhaps, Togami hasn't noticed it, maybe... the possibility that "the scene of the murder was another place"...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Hey, don't continue the discussion just by yourselves as you please! The scene of the murder was another place, what do you mean by that!?

Togami Byakuya:

Naegi... quickly now...!

If there's a possibility that the crime scene was another place, then tell us the evidence of that...!

The evidence that points to the crime scene being another place...

First, it would be those which were switched "with each other", going from that...!

So there is some evidence that objects in the room were switched, but both seem pretty insignificant to the case at first glance. The answer we're looking for this time is...

>The 2 changing rooms' posters

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

The evidence that points to the crime scene being another place... that would be the posters that were in the changing rooms.

Togami Byakuya:

The posters are... evidence?

Naegi Makoto:

The poster in the girls changing room...

It was a pin-up of a busty idol but... isn't that somewhat strange?

Because if the girls changing room's poster was a pin-up idol...

Genocider Syo:

She shouldn't be busty; she should be flat! Gyahaha!

Naegi Makoto:

And, what's posted in the boys changing room on the other side is...

A poster of the idol group that's really popular with the girls, "Tornado"...

This too... doesn't seem appropriate for the boys' changing room, right?

Celes:

In other words, the posters in the girls changing room and the boys changing rooms have been switched with each other?

Naegi Makoto:

That's not all. In those 2 changing rooms, there was one other thing that was strange.

...isn't that right, Oogami?

Oogami Sakura:

Perhaps... you're talking about the protein coffee?

Yamada Hifumi:

...protein coffee?

Oogami Sakura:

Before, in the middle of training in the girls changing room, I spilled protein coffee on the floor.

However, when I looked at it after the incident, that stain had been neatly cleaned.

No, that's not right... it's not that the stain was cleaned.

It just... moved to a certain place.

This other point is also really easy to overlook at first, but luckily Naegi has an eye for detail. The stain of course is now on...

>The boys changing room's carpet

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

It's not that the stain that was on the girls changing room's carpet was cleaned...

I found it on the boys changing room's carpet...

Oogami Sakura:

That is indeed... the mark left by my spilled protein coffee!

Celes:

Well then, are you saying that even the carpets were switched?

But, for what purpose then?

Naegi Makoto:

To move the scene of the crime from the boys changing room to the girls changing room... is that unimaginable, I wonder?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

What did you say!?

Naegi Makoto:

In other words, in order to switch the crime scene...

Along with the corpse, the bloodstained carpet and poster were moved.

Doing that, the room of the crime scene was switched.

That's all for now, so next time we'll continue to discuss the possibility of the moving of the crime scene.

 

You know that you have a serious attitude problem when your mass murderer alter ego is more likeable than you are. =o

Anyway, looks like Naegi's getting better at this sort of thing! He hasn't needed Kirigiri to carry them nearly as much. -w-

 

You know that you have a serious attitude problem when your mass murderer alter ego is more likeable than you are. =o

Anyway, looks like Naegi's getting better at this sort of thing! He hasn't needed Kirigiri to carry them nearly as much. -w-

Yeah I'm not actually sure if I like Genocider more than I do Fukawa, since Genocider definitely has more personality but her lines make no sense sometimes and are not the easiest to translate.

Also yeah he's doing pretty good this case, although he's probably going to need some help from Kirigiri sooner or later again.

 

Ah I freakin love Dangan Ronpa. I saw the anime before i looked into the game but now i'm watching a playthrough of Dangan ronpa 2 and love it as well. Such a great series.

 

Let's discuss the possibility of the moving of the crime scene!

Chapter 2 Part 20:

Spoiler

If you want to watch the video version of this part, here’s the link: link

Be sure to turn on video annotations if you do watch it, or else there will be no translations.

Celes:

Certainly, one could think that but... those actions, what meaning lies in them?

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...?

Celes:

To go out of your way to switch the crime scene... why would you need to do that?

...no, before that, if the true scene of the crime is the boys changing room...

Then how did Fujisaki, the victim, enter the boys changing room?

Naegi Makoto:

Ah...!

Celes:

To enter the changing rooms, you need to pass your electronic student ID card over the card reader.

But, with Fujisaki's electronic student ID card, you would expect that you'd only be able to go into the girls changing room.

In other words, she wouldn't have been able to enter the boys changing room.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

No, there's a way! If you'd like then I could tell you, yeah!?

Celes:

...suspicious.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

It's not suspicious! I'm telling you flat out! Of that method, yeah!!

W-was there really a way...? A way that Fujisaki could have entered the boys changing room...

Discussion Start!

The boys changing room's carpet
The broken electronic student ID card
The 2 changing rooms' posters

Celes:

Is there really a way?

A way for Fujisaki to enter the boys changing room...
(There surely is...)

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Ah! I've got it!

She "modded the electronic student ID card"!
(That way existed!)
(No matter how much you say it...)

She was a super high school level programmer...

I would expect that she could have done that much!!

People just think that you can hack into anything if you're a "programmer".

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

No, that's not it...

She used that thing that was in the entrance hall.

Yamada Hifumi:

Huh? That thing is?
(What is that thing?)
(That thing? Gyahaha!)

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Of course, that's "Kuwata's electronic student ID card", yeah!
(What!)
(Uh... but, that's...)

If she used that she could have entered the boys changing room!

Fujisaki used Kuwata's electronic student ID card... certainly, if she used that she would have been able to enter the boys changing room, but...

...but, that's if it was usable.

So as Naegi is hinting here, Kuwata's card was the broken ID card that we saw earlier in the entrance hall. And since it's broken, Fujisaki probably couldn't have used it. Therefore...

The broken electronic student ID card > "Kuwata's electronic student ID card"

Naegi Makoto:

That's wrong!

No, it's unthinkable that Fujisaki used Kuwata's electronic student ID card.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

W-why!?

Naegi Makoto:

It was broken... Kuwata's electronic student ID card that was in the entrance hall...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I see! Then it's impossible!!

Oogami Sakura:

Easily convinced, to an astounding degree...

Celes:

Before that, isn't using someone else's student ID card a violation of the school rules?

Togami Byakuya:

What's in the school rules is only that "lending to others is forbidden". Lending it to others is forbidden, but borrowing is not.

In other words, no matter how much you borrow a dead person's electronic student ID card, it's not a violation of the school rules.

Monobear:

Right! It's as he says!!

Togami Byakuya:

But, if it's broken in the first place, then it's out of the question...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

With that, then as I thought, she modded it!? Using the skills of a super high school level programmer...!

Monobear:

Hold on there, modding the electronic student ID card is impossible. It's made to ring a warning buzzer if you opened its insides on your own!

Note: What Monobear actually says here is a "prevention of crime buzzer", which is a bit wordy and doesn't exactly make sense in English, but it's basically a buzzer to warn him if anyone is meddling with the ID card, as far as I can tell, hence "warning buzzer".

Oogami Sakura:

Even without Kuwata's electronic student ID card, and without the case of modding, then...

Yamada Hifumi:

Perhaps, Naegi Makoto's reasoning is wrong?

Asahina Aoi:

Since the victim couldn't have entered the boys changing room, it seems that way, yeah...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Well then, I will vote for Togami!!

Naegi Makoto:

............

Are we really... good with that?

Fujisaki being killed in the girls changing room... and for that culprit to be Togami...?

...but, there's nothing I can do any more...

Looks like Naegi's stuck. If only there was someone who could help him out.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...wait a second.

I think Naegi's reasoning is on the right track... I support his opinion...

Oowada Mondo:

Ah? I thought you hadn't opened your mouth in a while, so what're you saying?

That guy couldn't have entered the boys changing room, right!? So...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...why has it been decided that they could not have entered? There's a possibility remaining such that they entered the boys changing room, right?

Oowada Mondo:

...what did you say!?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Kirigiri! What kind of possibility would that be!?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Right, in order to confirm that...

...I wonder, can't we have a small recess in this school trial? I have a place that I'd like to take everyone to...

Monobear:

Wait, wait...! What are you saying!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

That way, don't you think it will also add to the fun of the school trial? That is, I expect that it would be very convenient for you...

Monobear:

Huh...? Add to the... fun of the school trial...?

Then, okay! Let's declare a break in the school trial!!

Monobear is all about fun, albeit his brand of fun.

Asahina Aoi:

Huh? Really!?

Monobear:

Then, where's this thing you want to show us? If it's something boring, I won't forgive you!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I think it will be able to meet your expectations. Then, let's go...

Like that, while I didn't really understand what was going on, there was a break in the school trial...

With us being lead by Kirigiri, we turned towards that place...

That place being...

Naegi Makoto:

...the girls changing room?

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

We've investigated here long and hard! What are you saying at this time!!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

The victim's corpse... I would like you to try investigating it once more thoroughly...

Fujisaki's corpse... one more time...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Carefully investigate the whole body...

Yamada Hifumi:

Carefully... touch the corpse...?

No way no way no way no way...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

There's no way I can... touch a girl's body all over, so... i-it'd be best if I declined...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I-I... it's not that it's disgusting or something like that... this is... a religious problem or it isn't or...

Oogami Sakura:

...then, I'll do it.

Asahina Aoi:

B-but... for Sakura, who is a girl, to touch the corpse is... of course, leaving this to a boy would be...

Oogami Sakura:

No, it's preferable that Fujisaki is touched by me, a girl, rather than a male.

Leave it to me...

Asahina Aoi:

S-Sakura...

Genocider Syo:

Oh, are you two yuri? Do you two have that kind of relationship!?

Note: Yuri refers to female homosexuality, in case you've forgotten. You can read more on it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_%28genre%29

Asahina Aoi:

It's not that! Quit messin' around!!

Oogami Sakura:

Then I'll begin...

Fujisaki... sorry, but let me examine you.

After bringing both of her hands together before Fujisaki, Oogami gently touched her body.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Carefully examine the whole body. If you do that, the riddle will be solved...

Oogami Sakura:

T-the whole body... by that you mean...

What in the world is the meaning of doing th-th...th...th...

ThhiiiIISSS!?

Naegi Makoto:

What's wrong!?

Oogami Sakura:

A-absurd... this is absurd...!!

With Oogami's whole body trembling, as if she had opened her eyes, she was staring at Fujisaki.

Oogami Sakura:

S-s-she's...!

Asahina Aoi:

...what?

Oogami Sakura:

A boy...!

Yamada Hifumi:

Is that so, she was a boy, I'm really thankful for that, that...

Huuuuuhhhhh!?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

...y-you're joking, yeah?

Oogami Sakura:

I... am not telling a joke!!

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

W-w-w-well then...

She really is!?

Naegi Makoto:

A-a boy...? Fujisaki's a...?

Monobear:

Oh my, oh my? You guys didn't know? This is something that's been known from the beginning!

Fujisaki Chihiro is a boy!!

Genocider Syo:

W-what, he was cross dressing! That really gets me off! Killing him would have been good...!

Monobear:

I see... what Kirigiri wanted to show us was this...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

............

The classic Kirigiri response. This is why she's one of my favorites to translate.

Monobear:

Upupupu... this certainly has gotten interesting. She's added excitement to the trial...!

Then, with the tension being continued as it is, how about you return to the trial's location, and I'll quickly have you restart the discussion!!

Well that certainly was a shocking revelation. I wonder where this new information will take us in the trial.

That's all the time we have for today, so next time, we'll restart the discussion.

 

I don't care that he's a guy, Fujisaki is still cute as a button. :3

Or...was. Sorry.
I wonder if his name is gender neutral...

Anyway, I've a question or two to ask. If someone else wanted to start an LP here, would it be appropriate to make a mock account for the purposes of multiple posting, like LDLP? Also, what exactly is the image/post limit? For some reason I had it in my head that it was 32 images or so, and your latest update has close to 100 - a token of how unobservant I am, I suppose.