This is my first review ever lmao please help me Let me get this straight Danganronpa is one of my favorite game franchises ever. The concept is creative and the characters are amazing. BUT OH BOY WHY DID THEY MAKE THIS ANIME? There are so many things wrong with it but first let me say the things I liked The characters are interesting wich is not a great accomplishment since they were literally from the games but I guess that is a good thing... The animation is okay I liked the intro the dialogue is interesting sometimes...I guess.... Ryota babey The interactions with the 77th class were cool sometimes Now with that said lets talk about the MESS that the whole thing is Firstly a thing that really pisses me off. This anime didnt need to exist. In the games we already knew how the tragedy happened no one really needed to see it but if they are making an anime thats nice right? No they destroyed the main antagonist completely. Spoilers from the game Junko was a psycho manipulative genius who infected the world with despair herself but haha the information we recieve in the anime is that it wasnt her directly it was a BRAINWASHING GORE VIDEO that she didnt even made herself she forced Ryota to edit it to her. This is so fucking stupid a video that make people kill themselves?? The whole world? I call BS Its such a uncreative boring and laaaame way to manipulate people and plan. okay you can read from here The writing is so horny. They make so much unnecessary fanservice from these teenager school girls for no reason. They throwed the whole incest trait in Mukuros character that uhhh I guess makes sense since she was manipulated BUT DID THEY NEED TO DO HER THAT DIRTY? And you cant even use the argument that it shows how horrible Junko is because the show itself doesnt portray it as a bad thing instead they use it as comedic relief. And the plot? The plot is everywhere and Im scared. Is this anime a slice of life gore comedy horror mistery or what? Decide yourself Kodaka I guess it was better than the Hope Arc but jesus christ Everything is so confusing even for the people who know the lore of the games and is IMPOSSIBLE TO WATCH IF YOU HAVENT PLAYED ALL THE GAMES BEFOREHAND. Another thing that pains me is how boring some subplots are like Mahiru fight with Fuyuhikos sister that I wont even go in detail because it physically hurts to talk about. Fuyuhikos sister is a stupid character no one cares about cant she just shut up? Well about Hajime a funny thing that happens in this anime is Hajimes instant transformation into Izuru Kamukura. In the games it was established he went through a lobotomy correct me if Im wrong wich is a real thing where you cut connections from your brain prefrontal cortex. My guess was that he suffered the lobotomy and other experiments after and with time he became that long haired scary guy. Nope. The anime invents a weird thing where he enters in a machine and INSTANTLY changes personality and grows his hair and idk why I think its so funny. Now lets talk about a specific scene I have mixed feeling about wich is the Tragedy of Hopes Peak scene the murder of the student council. That shit took a turn I didnt expect to happen. All of the deaths were shocking even with the pink blood. I like how they made a minikilling game for them instead of killing them directly and all. In short the scene is horrifyingly well done and is the core of the whole brainwashing video and mundial tragedy. My problem is did it need to be shown? It shouldnt. We should never know what is in the video only know its something terrifying happening to the council. Yes I just said the scene is super shocking but leaving it to the publics imagination is not only better but would make the brainwashing video a more plausible thing. Everyones concept of what is the worse death you can imagine is different and it should be used by the anime in its favour. But no time to show a 10 min long gore scene. However I will give points to the anime for the Spoilers Chiakis execution The conclusion Danganronpa 3: despair arc is a mediocre anime about things that would be better if left off to the fans imagination. It has some good scenes here and there and Junko is pretty entertaining but overall the anime is barely mediocre. Dont watch it if you havent played the games do something else. Thank you for reading and byee