“16 elite students trapped on an island must kill to escape, led by sadistic bear Monokuma.”
Danganronpa 2: Ultimate Luck and Hope and Despair
スーパーダンガンロンパ2 超高校級の幸運と希望と絶望
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Synopsis
16 elite students trapped on an island must kill to escape, led by sadistic bear Monokuma.
At Hope's Peak Academy, an elite school for "Ultimate" students, 16 teenagers have gathered together to begin their new year. However, once they set foot inside, they all promptly pass out and awaken later in a classroom. A pink and white bunny named Usami appears and informs the students that they will be going on a school trip to an island, and that they can leave once they become good friends with one another. However, their fun in the sun is quickly interrupted by a black and white bear named Monokuma. He overpowers Usami and introduces himself as the students' headmaster, revealing that they are on a "School Killing Trip": if they want to leave, they have to kill one of their classmates without being caught. When the first body is discovered, Nagito Komaeda, the "Ultimate Lucky Student," strongly believes that none of them could be capable of murder. However, with so much at stake, even Komaeda's feelings of hope may be overridden with despair.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
What 6 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.80 · some divergence
4.3 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 4.0
↓ 0.67
Running avg · Jan 2021 → Mar 2025
- 8 “This manga has it's ups and downs but I thought this manga was really interesting and better than the first manga (Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei The Animation) due to the...”
- 7 “This manga was interesting, though I'm not sure it's for everyone. I loved the artstyle, and the perspective of Nagito is always something interesting to see, so this manga was great in that...”
- 8 “This is a spin-off of sorts from the original Super Danganronpa 2, as it is told from Nagito Komaeda's perspective. Honestly, I quite enjoyed it because I find Nagito to be a fascinating character...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 25 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 20m approx
- Published Nov 2012 – Oct 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M21363 catalog