Top 10 Best Plot Twists in the Danganronpa Series

The Danganronpa series is basically built around its plot twists, so you'd hope that there are some great ones in the series.

If you came to this list without expecting spoilers, then you really do deserve to get every good twist ruined for you.

The Top Ten

  1. Kaede Akamatsu was framed for Rantaro Amami's murder by the true mastermind

    This made a lot of sense in hindsight and really made the mastermind detestable. I appreciated this one due to how it made the Trial 1 twist that much more shocking.

    I did see this coming, sadly. We all knew that it was too good to be true, did we not?

    This was an amazing plot twist! Do I even need to explain why?

  2. The main cast of Danganronpa 2 were revealed to be the Remnants of Despair

    This twist had so much impact, primarily because of the implications of the protagonists all being heartless killing machines. It also wasn't completely obvious until Chapter 0.

    This will always be the best plot twist in the series. I am just objectively right.

    This was an amazing plot twist, but I wish they had actually made a game where you play as the Remnants of Despair and try not to make it too dark. I mean, you kind of get introduced to the Remnants of Despair in Danganronpa 3.

  3. Kokichi Oma was not truly evil and was attempting to end the killing game

    I don't forgive him for his actions, especially Chapter 4, but this developed his character in an amazing way. Thanks to this, he probably became the most complex character in the series.

    Kokichi is, like, the most misunderstood character ever. His actions in Chapter 4 had reasons, but I think I've explained it too many times, and I don't have all day.

    See, this is one of the many reasons I love Kokichi. He's a really complex character.

  4. Junko Enoshima was the mastermind controlling Monokuma during the Hope's Peak Academy killing game

    I absolutely love how they pretended to kill off Junko in the second episode so that we could forget about her until her reveal. Epic plot twist.

    Out of everyone, I didn't expect her to be the real mastermind. It was a nice twist.

  5. The entirety of Danganronpa V3 was revealed to be a television show that the participants had willingly joined

    This surprised me, but I slightly expected it. It made sense.

    I can't imagine Gonta signing up for a killing game, even now.

  6. Toko Fukawa was revealed to have a split personality, the serial killer Genocide Jack, who would emerge when she sneezed or fainted

    This shocked me. Now, Genocide Jill/Jack/Syo is my favorite character from Trigger Happy Havoc.

    This was just really funny to me.

  7. Hajime Hinata was revealed to be the former identity of Izuru Kamukura

  8. Shirokuma was revealed to be controlled by an AI of Junko Enoshima that was leaking information to the Warriors of Hope

  9. The character posing as Byakuya Togami was revealed to be the Ultimate Imposter

  10. Chiaki Nanami was revealed to be the traitor working for the Future Foundation

    I genuinely think this shocked me more than anything, even the Izuru Kamukura bit. That was a high-key good part, though. It made me sad. This was a tearjerker - the whole thing. They brought up the spy as a bad thing at first to make the reader feel disdain. But to see our sweet little Chiaki be the traitor we swore against? How despair-inducing!

    Not to mention, it would have been a normal suicide if Nagito hadn't done that. I don't like Nagito, but it was clever, and also heartbreaking. Why did it happen? Nagito wanted everybody who was a Remnant to die, and Chiaki (who did NOT cause despair) to live. And what happened? Our gamer girl was wiped out! She even knew she had to prove it, even if she WAS an AI.

    To put it simply, Nagito Komaeda's plan caused Chiaki Nanami's downfall, even if it was supposed to keep her alive. And with her downfall came despair. Junko could easily push despair onto the survivors, all thanks to Nagito.

    11. The Newcomers
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    Shuichi Saihara was revealed to be the true protagonist after Kaede Akamatsu's execution

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    Chihiro Fujisaki was revealed to be biologically male

    This was one of those subtle surprises.

    13. The Contenders

  13. The "Junko Enoshima" who died in the first chapter was her sister, Mukuro Ikusaba, in disguise

  14. Tsumugi Shirogane was revealed to be the mastermind of the Danganronpa V3 killing game

  15. Sakura Ogami was revealed to be the traitor working for Monokuma

  16. Makoto Naegi was framed for murder in the fifth trial, forcing the player to choose between exposing Kyoko Kirigiri or accepting a bad ending

    This truly shocked me.

  17. Sayaka Maizono attempted to murder Leon Kuwata and frame Makoto Naegi, but was killed in the process

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