Chapter 2 Episode 7 - Danganronpa: Despair Time (Fan Series)

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26:35 when Whit said "hanging" i immediately knew what was going to happen

When Whit was like "You don't think she'd be hanging out in the playground?" ahahahaha we all knew what was coming...

Spoilers What makes Arei's death creepier is that there is no BDA sound. Just Arei dangling on the swings, while the friggin creaking noise is heard. Fucking chills man.

I'm a little peeved by how little people seemed to care that Ace literally almost got murdered???? Like I know the guy is a jerk but seeing how it seem like the only one who was on his side was Levi feels kind of wrong. Also man poor Rose, finding out she was being manipulated by Nico, that they used her talents and what she loves doing to try to KILL someone, I can't imagine how that must feel

SPOILERS A few episodes ago, Arei said she always getting letters telling her to kill herself, along with presents with rope inside, obviously indicating hanging. God, the brutal irony…

Spoilers The conversation at 4:15 will definitely be important to keep in mind. The "grippy tape" and Rose's turpentine are gone, the latter of which is presumed to be stolen by Nico. While there's no immediate sign of either of these being used, this is possible proof this murder was premeditated. My guess right now is that the turpentine was used to make Arei faint, making hanging her easier.

What is with slapping red heads

Spoilers This is the most anxiety inducing BDA I have ever seen in a danganronpa game/show

Yay, Veronika finally gets some screen time. Looks like she pushed someone over the edge with her creepy commentary.

As much as I love Veronika... Knowing her, she probably deserves the slap she'll be getting

"She was hanging out in the playground." She was indeed.

Spoilers: Dude… she even said she didn’t want rope because she was always told to go hang herself. Why’d the killer do that to her?

The second Whit mentioned hanging i literally said " i swear to god if you ddlc me right now"

Spoilers: That body discovery was so good! Like the production quality is good enough that my brother was surprised it was fan made.

Me in dodgeball/basketball when the ball hits me straight in the face and i have to pretend that im ok

I THINK J IS THE KILLER (WITH A LOT OF EVIDENCE). Just let me explain. Ok, i already know I made 2838383 comments 😢. This is the last one, i swear. Also, INCOMING SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE AND SUPER DANGANRONPA ANOTHER 2. Here’s my theory: What if arei was dead for a while? I know what you guys might be saying, “arei appeared at 1:56 , she couldn’t have been dead!!” But let me say this: what if that wasn’t the REAL arei we saw? If you have watched/played Super Danganronpa Another 2, you would know the case of the second chapter. For those who don’t know, the murderer basically dressed up and acted as the victim in order to screw up the time of death (so the people think the victim was alive, although they weren’t). What if it’s the same scenario here? In an earlier episode, Teruko stated that there was MULTIPLE outfits for each character. Meaning that Arei had multiple duplicate outfits. And then there is the dressing room, which could have wigs to replicate Areis hair. In addition, Arei did not say a WORD in this episode. Yes, she was present, but even in the moments where she was present she was quiet and had her hair covering her face. Isn’t that a little odd? I mean, we’re literally talking about Arei: a girl who insults people and starts trouble any second she can. Isn’t it off for her to be quite? We already established the duplicate clothes, potential wig, unusual behavior, and the hair covering the face. So now, let me explain my theory. I think J is the killer. J, as we already know, comes from a family of ACTRESSES. Even though she wasn’t an actress herself, she still should have known a thing or two about her mothers career. It’s also confirmed in a previous episode that J is extremely good at hiding from paparazzi, and in order to do that, you would need to know a thing or two about disguises. Also, J is cold and introverted, so if she was acting as Arei, Arei’s weird behavior at 1:56 could be explained. Another thing that further proves my theory is the conversation between Teruko and Veronnica. The ENTIRE conversation they had was about the ability to tell somebody based off of their face alone. Veronnica LITERALLY SAID “if I put on makeup, contacts, and new clothes, would you still be able to recognize me?”. I mean cmon guys, the evidence is right there. Teruko literally admitted to not being able to tell apart facial features, so it would make sense if Teruko didn’t notice that J was acting as Arei. IN CONCLUSION: I think J killed Arei for the purpose of getting away from Arturo. Arei bullied her too, so that could be an alternative purpose. She probably asked for Arei to meet her in the computer lab, saying that she “has Areis motive and wants to discuss it with her”. Arei would meet up with her, in which J would smash her head into the computer lab wall (in the video, a dent is seen in the computer lab wall). Also, in the beginning of the video, MonoTV says that J tried going into the gym to train. That confirms that J works out, meaning that she has the strength to punch Arei into the wall. After this, she could’ve hid Arei in her room. Nobody goes out as night, so nobody would see J with Areis body. Then, she would have time to disguise as Arei, and meet up with the others during breakfast. Since Teruko is confirmed to not have the ability of telling peoples faces apart, she wouldn’t have noticed J being in Areis disguise. That’s probably the reason “Arei” didn’t talk, because J has a deeper voice and Arei has a high pitched voice. If J talked, then it would be obvious she isn’t actually Arei. Like i said previously, J could pull of such a feat, especially with her mom in the acting industry. Why did she do this? I’m assuming it was to throw off the time of death. The same case happened in Super Danganronpa Another 2. The murderer faked being the victim to throw off the time of death. After hiding Areis body, J waited for everyone to go away in order to hang Arei in the playground. I believe that she WANTED IT TO LOOK LIKE SUICIDE. What I’m trying to say is that Areis real cause of death was from getting her head smashed in the wall; not because of being hanged. In order to cover up the true cause of death, J hanged her in the playground. A lot of people knew about Areis backstory, so it would “make sense” for her to commit suicide. You might be asking, then why did J dress up as Arei? It’s because she wanted to draw the suspicion off the hole in the computer lab. If “Arei” was seen after the hole was made, then she couldn’t have possibly been killed by said hole. Therefore, everyone would be forced to believe that hanging was the cause of death, and that the death happened AFTER breakfast. If this plan doesn’t work, i think J would blame it on Nico, as Nico was seen “trying to kill ace by hanging”. So it would seem as if he used the same technique on Arei. Edit: I later realized that J has a specialty for disguising, as it was revealed in a previous episode that she can alter her appearance completely for avoid paparazzi. Also, Arturo could be an accomplice since he’s willing to do anything for J. He could give J a false alibi, lying and saying that she was with him at the time of the murder. So yea, this is my theory, sorry for it being so long. I’m genuinely upset because Arei was my fav 😭

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CAN SOMEONE PLEASE NOT GET INJURED/THREATENED/ OR JUST STRAIGHT UP KILLED FOR ONE MOMENT

I don't know if i'm missing something, but idk why no one has talked about the reason why Arei decided to talk to David in episode 5. She said "you know damn well what i want to talk about. That "secret"-(then it gets interrupted by Teruko and Eden) What if she wanted to expose his real secret to him in private

Spoilers: This episode creeped me, you wouldn't know who would die. Arei's BDA gave me the creeps. It might be David, cause he was suspicious this episode and I always thought he would kill for his motive to be not revealed, pretty sure he lied and David was a person Arei could trust so he could've took advantage of that. (😔)