History CruelAndUnusualDeath / VisualNovels

** ''VisualNovel/GyakutenKenji2'': Horace Knightley, stabbed in the throat. Isaac Dover, bludgeoned to death with a rock-salt ornament, then hidden inside an ice sculpture for over 10 years. Jill Crane, beaten to death with an auction gavel, ''then'' stabbed in the chest with a candlestick. Jack Cameron, hit in the back of the head with a brick. Di-Jun Huang's double, crushed to death under a hot air balloon's basket (the autopsy report for this one was so brutal everyone was convinced he must have been stepped on by a {{Kaiju}}[=-esque=] monster). Not to mention the game involves a ProfessionalKiller whose main weapons were [[RightHandAttackDog his dog]] and ''woodcarving chisels''... yeah, this game has a lot of brutal deaths.

* In ''VisualNovel/CorpseParty'', any death in Heavenly Host Elementary is going be gruesome, undignified, unsettling, and sometimes heartbreaking. Among the countless people who died there, some of the those who got it the worst include --

* The victim of the first case of ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'': Adventures was poisoned with Curare, a paralytic that [[PerfectPoison couldn't be detected through scientific means]] in Meiji-Era Japan. He choked to death in a restaurant full of people, unable to let out even the tiniest scream of pain. One character rightly describes it as being a living hell.

*** Melted to death, despite already being fatally wounded by swords spontaneously stabbing out of your own body... due to ''falling from a third floor window''.

* The deaths in ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' can get exceedingly gruesome, but the worst is what happens to the Ninth Man. The nine main characters have been forced to swallow an explosive that has already passed into their intestines, and the Ninth Man is used by the game to demonstrate that this is no idle threat. The bomb goes off in his gut while he is crying and screaming about his impending death, and the game goes into a disturbing amount of detail as to just what his shattered and twisted remains look like.
** The sequel, ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' also has its share of nasty deaths, but the worst may be what happens to Dio in one route. He is locked in a medical pod as a way of holding him on suspicion of murder. The characters later return to find that his oxygen supply was cut off, and he suffocated within the pod, clutching his throat in his final moments. He likely also saw his murderer as it happened, unable to do anything about it. [[AssholeVictim Couldn't have happened to a less nasty guy.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}''. Carno's murder of his wives ranges from {{Narm}} (how can someone's head be twisted 360 degrees ''[[ArtisticLicenseAnatomy before]]'' the neck snaps?) to absolutely horrifying (ever wonder what death by [[ForceFeeding force-feeding]] [[NauseaFuel looks like?]])
** The sequel isn't much better. We've got a guy getting the shit beaten out of him, crucified with exacto knives, ''his mouth stapled shut'', and finally being cut open with a box cutter, another guy getting his head beaten in with a sledgehammer, another character beaten, stabbed, and electrified ''using her own blood'', a woman getting melted down into a human pizza, and finally the main character's best friend is strangled with wires (which is, oddly enough, the ''tamest'' death).

* [=ClockUp=]'s ''Euphoria'': The [[EarnYourBadEnding Special Bad Ending]] has Kanae be dissected. Alive. Even when you take into account [[BitchInSheepsClothing her true personality]], it's hard not to feel sorry for her when she's crying throughout. And considering [[FateWorseThanDeath what happens to everyone else]], the sweet release of death may indeed be more comforting...

* The sequel, ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'' also has its share of nasty deaths, but the worst may be what happens to Dio in one route. He is locked in a medical pod as a way of holding him on suspicion of murder. The characters later return to find that his oxygen supply was cut off, and he suffocated within the pod, clutching his throat in his final moments. He likely also saw his murderer as it happened, unable to do anything about it. [[AssholeVictim Couldn't have happened to a less nasty guy.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}''. Carno's murder of his wives ranges from {{Narm}} (how can someone's head be twisted 360 degrees ''[[ArtisticLicenseBiology before]]'' the neck snaps?) to absolutely horrifying (ever wonder what death by [[ForceFeeding force-feeding]] [[NauseaFuel looks like?]])

*** The time when ''another'' witch, Eva-Beatrice, decided to join the "let's kill people gruesomely over and over" game. Her victims? [[HarmfulToMinors Maria]] and her mother Rosa, who get to fly (and then fall to their deaths), drown in jelly, and get crushed by a giant cake. It was in such bad taste that even ''Beatrice'' was all [[EvenEvilHasStandards "What the...?"]]. The VisualNovel had a few more deaths: being [[BalefulPolymorph turned into a butterfly and eaten by a spider]], falling into a pot of boiling chocolate, and getting baked inside an oven.

* In ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'', if a chapter's spirit is destroyed instead of pacified, then its grudge will remain and kill the protagonist's companions in a multitude of grisly ways. In contrast to ''VisualNovel/DeathMark'', where said deaths were offscreen, this time there are [=CGs=] showing exactly how gruesome their deaths are:

* ''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}'':
** Each of the "executions" in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' is specifically tailored to the guilty party.
*** The guilty party of the first case, Leon Kuwata, is a baseball player who is chained to a post and bludgeoned to death by baseballs.
*** Biker Mondo is strapped to a motorcycle in a "cage of death" that goes so fast his body is pulverized.
*** Goth Celestia starts out being burned at the stake [[BaitAndSwitch but is instead]] [[DeathByAmbulance smashed with a fire truck]].
*** Computer program Alter Ego is crushed by a dozer.
*** Kyoko in the bad ending is stuck to a desk and slowly brought via conveyor belt to a trash compactor and crushed to death.
*** The BigBad Monokuma/Junko goes through all of the above and more.
** The sequel ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' has even more unfortunate executions, thanks to the twist that the events of the game take place in a virtual world.
*** Ultimate Chef Teruteru is covered in egg and breadcrumbs and ''fried alive'' in a volcano.
*** Swordswoman Peko Pekoyama is forced to fight her way through a horde of samurai robots (and accidentally [[EyeScream slices out the right eye]] of her friend/master Fuyuhiko when he tries to rescue her).
*** Mikan, a nurse, is sent into space on a rocket shaped like a giant arm (and she has a phobia of big things).
*** Animal breeder Gundham is trampled to death by wild animals.
*** Gamer Chiaki and Monomi are crushed to death by Tetris blocks.
** Some of the murders in ''Goodbye Despair'' also count.
*** Ibuki gets strangled to death and is then hung.
*** Nekomaru gets dropped from a great height and smashed to pieces (thankfully in his robot body, not his human one).
*** Not to mention what happens to Nagito: he tricked another student into poisoning him ''after'' he'd tied himself up, stabbed himself in the legs, arm, and then hand, and rigged up a spear attached to a rope and weight to stab him in the stomach when he lost consciousness from being poisoned.
** From ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', the executions are [[BloodierAndGorier much more brutal and nightmarish this time]] to the point where Leon's execution looks a lot more peaceful in comparison.
*** [[TheHeroDies Kaede]], the Ultimate Pianist and [[DecoyProtagonist the initial protagonist]], is tortured to death by being stoned and repeatedly slammed around by a rope to the neck while playing a giant piano with her body, and her corpse is later destroyed when the spiked piano cover closes on her (it's even worse when you learn '''''[[FrameUp she wasn't even the culprit]]''''').
*** Maid Kirumi is forced to climb a thorny vine, lacerated by buzzsaws, and falls to her death after reaching a dead end in an attempt to escape the school.
*** Anthropologist Korekiyo is boiled alive at ridiculously high temperatures before his ghost is pelted with salt and melts by Monokuma and the ghost of his sister, ceasing to exist.
*** Entomologist Gonta is stung in the face by wasps, impaled by [[BigCreepyCrawlies a much larger robotic wasp with a scythe as a stinger]], and incinerated with a flamethrower. ''Yeesh.''
*** During each of the executions, the Monokubs died pretty unpleasant deaths as well, but the standouts are [[AssholeVictim Monokid]] (body crushed and decapitated by the spiked piano cover that destroyed Kaede's corpse) and Monophanie ([[ChestBurster stomach torn open]] by the aforementioned robotic wasp).
*** Kokichi and Ryoma were also murdered in very gruesome ways; the former was shot with crossbow bolts, poisoned, and ''crushed by a hydraulic press'', while the latter was drowned and StrippedToTheBone by piranhas. The worst part? '''''They allowed themselves to die in such a manner''''', but for different reasons: Ryoma was a suicidal DeathSeeker, while Kaito wanted to save Maki from being executed after she poisoned Kokichi, so Kokichi agreed to let Kaito murder him as a part of his plan to derail the killing game and to atone for causing the deaths of Miu and Gonta.
*** This is ''actually averted'' for Kaito, as he died peacefully and his execution was much LighterAndSofter compared to the game's other executions. Also a subversion since he was ''meant'' to undergo one of these, but his virus killed him mid-execution, much to Monokuma's chagrin. It's also averted for [[BigBad Tsumugi]] and Monokuma, who just quickly get crushed by debris, and Keebo, who makes a brave and dignified HeroicSacrifice to end the ImmoralRealityShow.
* Not even fan games are safe from it. In ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaAnother'' and its sequel ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpaAnother2'', things get even BloodierAndGorier than they did in canon.

*** This is ''actually averted'' for Kaito, as he died peacefully and his execution was much LighterAndSofter compared to the game's other executions. Also a subversion since he was ''meant'' to undergo one of these, but his virus killed him mid-execution, much to Monokuma's chagrin. It's also averted for [[BigBad Tsumugi]] and Monokuma, who just quickly get crushed by debris, and Keebo who makes a brave and dignified HeroicSacrifice to end the ImmoralRealityShow.

** Each of the "executions" in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' is specifically tailored to the guilty party. For example, the guilty party of the first case, Leon Kuwata, is a baseball player who is chained to a post and bludgeoned to death by baseballs. As for the rest, biker Mondo is strapped to a motorcycle in a "cage of death" that goes so fast his body is pulverized, goth Celestia starts out being burned at the stake [[BaitAndSwitch but is instead]] [[DeathByAmbulance smashed with a fire truck]], computer program Alter Ego is crushed by a dozer, Kyoko in the bad ending is stuck to a desk and slowly brought via conveyor belt to a trash compactor and crushed to death, and the BigBad Monokuma/Junko goes through all of the above and more.
** The sequel ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' has even more unfortunate deaths, thanks to the twist that the events of the game take place in a virtual world. Ultimate Chef Teruteru is covered in egg and breadcrumbs and ''fried alive'' in a volcano. Swordswoman Peko Pekoyama is forced to fight her way through a horde of samurai robots (and accidentally [[EyeScream slices out the right eye]] of her friend/master Fuyuhiko when he tries to rescue her). Mikan, a nurse, is sent into space on a rocket shaped like a giant arm (and she has a phobia of big things); animal breeder Gundham is trampled to death by wild animals; and gamer Chiaki and Monomi are crushed to death by Tetris blocks. Some of the murders also count. Pity poor Ibuki, who gets strangled to death and then hung, then Nekomaru gets dropped from a great height and smashed to pieces (thankfully in his robot body, not his human one), not to mention what happens to Nagito: he tricked another student into poisoning him ''after'' he'd tied himself up, stabbed himself in the legs, arm, and then hand, and rigged up a spear attached to a rope and weight to stab him in the stomach when he lost consciousness from being poisoned.
** From ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', the executions are [[DarkerAndEdgier much more brutal and nightmarish this time]] to the point where Leon's execution looks a lot more peaceful in comparison. [[TheHeroDies Kaede]], the Ultimate Pianist and [[DecoyProtagonist the initial protagonist]], is tortured to death by being stoned and repeatedly slammed around by a rope to the neck while playing a giant piano with her body, and her corpse is later destroyed when the spiked piano cover closes on her (it's even worse when you learn '''''[[FrameUp she wasn't even the culprit]]'''''). Maid Kirumi is forced to climb a thorny vine, lacerated by buzzsaws, and falls to her death after reaching a dead end in an attempt to escape the school. Anthropologist Korekiyo is boiled alive at ridiculously high temperatures before his ghost is pelted with salt and melts by Monokuma and the ghost of his sister, ceasing to exist, and entomologist Gonta is stung in the face by wasps, impaled by a much larger insect, and incinerated with a flamethrower. ''Yeesh.''
*** However, this trope is ''actually averted'' for Kaito as he died peacefully and his execution was much LighterAndSofter compared to the game's other executions. Also a subversion since he was ''meant'' to undergo one of these, but his virus killed him mid-execution, much to Monokuma's chagrin. It’s also averted for [[BigBad Tsumugi]] and Monokuma who just quickly get crushed by debris, and Keebo who makes a brave and dignified HeroicSacrifice to end the ImmoralRealityShow.
*** Kokichi and Ryoma also died very gruesome deaths; the former was shot with crossbow bolts, poisoned, and ''crushed by a hydraulic press'', while the latter was drowned and StrippedToTheBone by piranhas. The worst part? '''''They allowed themselves to die in such a manner''''', but for different reasons: Ryoma was a suicidal DeathSeeker, while Kaito wanted to save Maki from being executed after she poisoned Kokichi, so Kokichi agreed to let Kaito murder him as a part of his plan to derail the killing game and to atone for causing the deaths of Miu and Gonta.
*** The Monokuma Kubs died pretty unpleasant deaths as well, but the standouts are [[AssholeVictim Monokid]] (body crushed and decapitated by the spiked piano cover that destroys Kaede's corpse) and Monophanie ([[ChestBurster stomach torn open]] by a [[BigCreepyCrawlies massive robotic wasp with a scythe as a stinger]]).

** Each of the "executions" in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' is specifically tailored to the guilty party. For example, the guilty party of the first case, Leon Kuwata, is a baseball player who is chained to a post and bludgeoned to death by baseballs. As for the rest, biker Mondo is strapped to a motorcycle in a "cage of death" that goes so fast his body is pulverized, goth Celestia starts out being burned at the stake [[BaitAndSwitch but is instead]] [[DeathbyAmbulance smashed with a fire truck]], computer program Alter Ego is crushed by a dozer, Kyoko in the bad ending is stuck to a desk and slowly brought via conveyor belt to a trash compactor and crushed to death, and the BigBad Monokuma/Junko goes through all of the above and more.

* In ''VisualNovel/TheFruitOfGrisaia'' during [[spoiler:Amane's flashback]], we see the results of a bunch of middle school girls trying to survive a bus crash. It doesn't go well: One girl dies wallowing in her own filth because she was too embarrassed to say anything and couldn't get out because her legs were broken. One girl's lacerated stomach became infected and began leaking pus and other various fluids. The flashback cuts out when the narrator ran from the group, but we get the second half of the story in ''VisualNovel/TheEdenOfGrisaia'' with deaths every bit as gruesome, including two stabbing-based deaths and one girl's broken nose beginning to leak not just blood but intercranial fluid. However, these deaths all still contained more dignity than those in the first flashback, perhaps because the girls had largely given up their hopes of escaping alive.

** The sequel ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' has even more unfortunate deaths, thanks to the twist that [[spoiler: the events of the game take place in a virtual world]]. Ultimate Chef Teruteru is covered in egg and breadcrumbs and ''fried alive'' in a volcano. Swordswoman Peko Pekoyama is forced to fight her way through a horde of samurai robots (and accidentally [[EyeScream slices out the right eye]] of her friend/master Fuyuhiko when he tries to rescue her). Mikan, a nurse, is sent into space on a rocket shaped like a giant arm (and she has a phobia of big things); animal breeder Gundham is trampled to death by wild animals; and gamer Chiaki and Monomi are crushed to death by Tetris blocks. Some of the murders also count. Pity poor Ibuki, who gets strangled to death and then hung, then Nekomaru gets dropped from a great height and smashed to pieces (thankfully in his robot body, not his human one), not to mention what happens to Nagito: he tricked another student into poisoning him ''after'' he'd tied himself up, stabbed himself in the legs, arm, and then hand, and rigged up a spear attached to a rope and weight to stab him in the stomach when he lost consciousness from being poisoned.

** From ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', the executions are [[DarkerAndEdgier much more brutal and nightmarish this time]] to the point where Leon's execution looks a lot more peaceful in comparison. [[TheHeroDies Kaede]], the Ultimate Pianist and [[DecoyProtagonist the initial protagonist]], is tortured to death by being stoned and repeatedly slammed around by a rope to the neck while playing a giant piano with her body, and her corpse is later destroyed when the spiked piano cover closes on her (it's even worse when you learn [[spoiler:'''''[[FrameUp she wasn't even the culprit]]''''':))]]. Maid Kirumi is forced to climb a thorny vine, lacerated by buzzsaws, and falls to her death after reaching a dead end in an attempt to escape the school. Anthropologist Korekiyo is boiled alive at ridiculously high temperatures before his ghost is pelted with salt and melts by Monokuma and the ghost of his sister, ceasing to exist, and entomologist Gonta is stung in the face by wasps, impaled by a much larger insect, and incinerated with a flamethrower. ''Yeesh.''