History TheScrappy / Danganronpa

** Hiyoko Saionji is a {{Jerkass}} who uses her [[OlderThanSheLooks child-like appearance and]] [[TheFakeCutie talent as a traditional dancer]] to gain popularity. She spends most of her screentime [[TheBully bullying]] Mikan and Kazuichi, with a preference for bullying the former by SlutShaming her. Not even Hiyoko's PetTheDog moments with Mahiru is enough for fans to enjoy her character. It doesn't help much that Mikan is also a fairly-liked character, making Hiyoko look even worse. Players that complete Hiyoko's Free Time Events claim that [[HiddenDepths there's more to her character than meets the eye]], and that she was going through CharacterDevelopment in chapter 3 by attempting to become a better person for the recently-deceased Mahiru (only to get cut short by her own death). Hiyoko's appearance in [[Anime/Danganronpa3 the game's anime adaptation]] also tried to tone down her bullying tendencies as an AuthorsSavingThrow. Nevertheless, fans [[NeverLiveItDown won't let the writers forget it]] when it comes to how horrible Hiyoko was to Mikan, and Hiyoko remains one of the most disliked characters in the franchise. [[https://youtu.be/MGFhxh-U6Dc The 2017 Reddit popularity poll had Hiyoko as the lowest-ranked female character]] and the third-lowest character overall, only outranking fellow Scrappies Hifumi and Teruteru.

** Hiyoko Saionji is a {{Jerkass}} who uses her [[OlderThanSheLooks child-like appearance and]] [[TheFakeCutie talent as a traditional dancer]] to gain popularity. She spends most of her screentime [[TheBully bullying]] Mikan and Kazuichi, with a preference for bullying the former by SlutShaming her. Hiyoko also insults everyone else in the cast at least once but they either ignore Hiyoko or laugh at her insults. Not even Hiyoko's PetTheDog moments with Mahiru is enough for fans to enjoy her character. It doesn't help much that Mikan is also a fairly-liked character, making Hiyoko look even worse. Players that complete Hiyoko's Free Time Events claim that [[HiddenDepths there's more to her character than meets the eye]], and that she was going through CharacterDevelopment in chapter 3 by attempting to become a better person for the recently-deceased Mahiru (only to get cut short by her own death). Hiyoko's appearance in [[Anime/Danganronpa3 the game's anime adaptation]] also tried to tone down her bullying tendencies as an AuthorsSavingThrow. Nevertheless, fans [[NeverLiveItDown won't let the writers forget it]] when it comes to how horrible Hiyoko was to Mikan, and Hiyoko remains one of the most disliked characters in the franchise. [[https://youtu.be/MGFhxh-U6Dc The 2017 Reddit popularity poll had Hiyoko as the lowest-ranked female character]] and the third-lowest character overall, only outranking fellow Scrappies Hifumi and Teruteru.

** Ryota Mitarai. He was initially one of the most popular characters thanks to his backstory and a numerous amount of theories floating around that surrounded him... but after TheReveal of Tengan's plans in the last episode of ''Future Arc'', Ryota's popularity started taking a nosedive. If he wasn't already disliked before for introducing [[FanDislikedExplanation the brainwashing anime]] to the narrative, any fan support for Ryota dropped completely when he quickly [[FaceHeelTurn became]] the BigBad as a result of Tengan's [[GambitRoulette utterly nonsensical plot]], planning to carry his plan to completion by brainwashing the world into becoming hope-crazed fanatics (which isn't that much better than what Junko did to the world with despair), only to be [[AntiClimaxBoss quickly talked down without a fight by Class 77-B]] and [[EasilyForgiven forgiven by everyone almost instantly]] without [[KarmaHoudini having to face any consequences for his actions]]. These days, Ryota's largely decried for more or less being one of the driving forces behind the weaker narrative elements in ''Danganronpa 3'' and for being just as weak of an antagonist as Tengan was.
** The mastermind of the Final Killing Game, Kazuo Tengan, [[HateSink isn't meant to be liked]], though fans usually talk about the unintended reasons why he is hated. He was originally one of the [[EnsembleDarkhorse fan favorites]] for being a badass who delivered a major beatdown on the at-the-time unsympathetic Juzo and Munakata. But a combination of inconsistent characterization, nonsensical motivations, and an absolutely terrible "plan" has led to a ''sharp'' drop in popularity with fans near universally decrying him as the worst villain in the franchise. It says something that many fans prefer [[LightNovel/DanganronpaTogami Kazuya Togami]] to Tengan (Kazuya himself one of the most widely despised characters from that spinoff). Many fans agree that Yukizome should've been the mastermind instead of Tengan, and other parties would prefer that [[VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls Monaca Towa]] should have been the final antagonist of the series. Tengan ended up getting multiple entries in the WhatAnIdiot [[WhatAnIdiot/{{Danganronpa}} page for the franchise]], just for how nonsensical his plan was. [[CreatorBacklash Even the series' creator didn't like how Tengan ended up being the mastermind]].

** Teruteru Hanamura isn't very well-liked thanks to taking AnythingThatMoves to the extreme, to the point where it got grating. One of this {{Establishing Character Moment}}s is trying to trick PrincessClassic Sonia Nevermind into giving a blowjob; while this was meant to make Teruteru come off as creepy, it was seen as going way too far. Granted, his execution and the circumstances surrounding it [[AlasPoorScrappy earned him some sympathy]], but much of it vanished after his Free Time Events. There is very little revealed about him, [[{{Hypocrite}} several of his Events outright contradict his love for his family]] by portraying him as resentful and insulting towards his younger siblings' talents, and end with him drugging Hajime. His appearances in ''Anime/Danganronpa3'' were better received than in ''Danganronpa 2'', but it wasn't enough to get him RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap. [[https://youtu.be/MGFhxh-U6Dc The 2017 popularity poll conducted on Reddit]] saw Teruteru in the second-lowest spot, just above Hifumi Yamada.
** Hiyoko Saionji is characterized as a {{Jerkass}} who uses her [[TheFakeCutie innocent and sweet]] [[OlderThanSheLooks child-like appearance and talent as a traditional dancer]] to gain popularity. One of the main reasons why people dislike her is because she spends most of her screentime [[TheBully bullying]] Mikan and Kazuichi, with a preference for bullying the former by SlutShaming her. Hiyoko also insults everyone else in the cast at least once (but unlike Mikan and Kazuichi, they either ignore Hiyoko or laugh at her insults). Not even Hiyoko's PetTheDog moments with Mahiru is enough for fans to enjoy her character. It doesn't help much that Mikan is also a fairly-liked character, so this reaction was to be expected (then again, Mikan gets to [[TheDogBitesBack kill]] [[TakeThatScrappy Hiyoko]] in chapter 3 for [[SheKnowsTooMuch becoming a witness]] to Ibuki's murder). Players that complete Hiyoko's Free Time Events claim that [[HiddenDepths there's more to her character than meets the eye]], and that she was going through CharacterDevelopment in chapter 3 by attempting to become a better person for the recently-deceased Mahiru (only for this to get cut short by her death). Hiyoko's appearance in [[Anime/Danganronpa3 the game's anime adaptation]] also tried to tone down her bullying tendencies as an AuthorsSavingThrow. Nevertheless, fans [[NeverLiveItDown won't let the writers forget it]] when it comes to how horrible Hiyoko was to Mikan, and Hiyoko remains one of the most disliked characters in the franchise. [[https://youtu.be/MGFhxh-U6Dc The 2017 Reddit popularity poll had Hiyoko as the lowest-ranked female character]] and the third-lowest character overall, only outranking fellow Scrappies Hifumi and Teruteru.

* ''LightNovel/DanganronpaZero'': Yuto Kamishiro. Pretty hard not to see why, given much of his personality is being a outright sex offender. Even the creators regard him as a failure.

** Angie Yonaga. Common reasons include her cultist shtick being rather one-note and creepy, [[DieForOurShip her continued inference in Tenko Chabashira and Himiko Yumeno's relationship]], her perceived lack of character depths in an installment praised for more complex characterization and hijacking everyone's efforts in Chapter 3 to impose her religious beliefs, which in practice makes her look like an unsympathetic, delusional tyrant. Even her attempted PetTheDog moment did little to satisfy fans, and some accuse her of being [[StrawCharacter strawman]] for which Kodaka can project his views on religion.

** The CosplayOtakuGirl and [[BigBad Mastermind of the killing game]] Tsumugi Shirogane is fairly disliked by the fanbase for many reasons. Before TheReveal of her being The Mastermind, she spends most of the story OutOfFocus, without establishing any meaningful relationships with the cast and lacking the CharacterDevelopment the other surviving students from chapter 5 onwards have. She is also a fountain of [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] to multiple anime and manga, but they mostly come out of nowhere and are seen as cringy. The fact that she is the Mastermind didn't win her many fans either and she is mostly seen as a ReplacementScrappy of the Mastermind of the previous two games, [[AxCrazy Junko Enoshima]], lacking her unique traits and motivations (the fact that the final chapter of the game is BrokenBase does not help either) and that her role as the BigBad can be seen as a CaptainObviousReveal due to how little she contributes to the story aside from framing [[DecoyProtagonist Kaede]] of Rantaro's murder in the first chapter and fooling everyone, including Kaede herself (the fact that Kaede is also a [[EnsembleDarkHorse popular character]] probably didn't help much either). Her actions in the Final Trial don't make up for any of this, with her coming out as an AnticlimaxBoss seeing how little to no effort she puts in hiding her identity as the Mastermind, unlike Junko who tried to keep it a secret until the end. One thing that fans do agree on however, is that her ability to [[VoluntaryShapeshifter quickly cosplay as the characters from the previous two games]] was well-received.

** Kazuya Togami. Fans ''despise'' the little twit, thanks to being an utterly remorseless murderer who ''rapes his step-sister moments after she's been mutilated'' and in the latter half acts completely arrogant over his the prophecy he's supposedly involved in. Many fans ''cheered'' when he is caught in the fire. It really does not help that Kazuya's implied to actually be the Ultimate Imposter, and as such many fans are outraged that Satou is trying to paint the Ultimate Imposter as a rapist by trying to poorly {{Retcon}} how [=DR2=] (and to a lesser extent [=DR3=]) heavily indicated they had no relation to Togami in the first place.

* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': A lot of people don't like [[FatBastard Hifumi Yamada]]. Reasons why are typically cited as Hifumi being a stereotypical nerd, his perverted tendencies, the NoYay relationship between him and his crush [[ArtificialIntelligence Alter Ego]], killing off Kiyotaka who became one of the most popular characters in the game, and generally being unimportant for most of the plot. [[AlasPoorScrappy While people still felt bad when he died]], a lot of that sympathy goes away once you realize Hifumi tried to have everyone besides him and Celeste killed, which still makes him an AssholeVictim regardless of whether he believed the accusations that Taka raped Celeste to be true or not. Even beyond that, Hifumi murdered an innocent man in cold blood for something he didn't do, not even bothering asking Taka about it before beating him to death. With all that under his belt, it's hard to feel bad for Hifumi, and most people didn't mourn his loss. [[https://youtu.be/MGFhxh-U6Dc A 2017 popularity poll conducted on Reddit]] saw Hifumi come in last place among all of the ''Danganronpa'' characters, even below the {{Big Bad}}s and {{Hate Sink}}s, which says pretty clearly just how much Hifumi is disliked.

** Teruteru Hanamura isn't very well-liked thanks to taking AnythingThatMoves to the extreme, to the point where it got grating. One of this {{Establishing Character Moment}}s is trying to trick PrincessClassic Sonia Nevermind into giving a blowjob; while this was meant to make Teruteru come off as creepy, it was seen as going way too far. Granted, his execution and the circumstances surrounding it [[AlasPoorScrappy earned him some sympathy]], but much of it vanished after his Free Time Events. There is very little revealed about him, [[{{Hypocrite}} several of his Events outright contradict his love for his family]] by portraying him as resentful and insulting towards his younger siblings' talents, and end with him drugging Hajime. His appearances in ''Anime/Danganronpa3'' were better received than in ''Danganronpa 2'', but it wasn't enough to get him RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap. [[https://youtu.be/MGFhxh-U6Dc The 2017 popularity poll conducted on Reddit]] saw Teruteru in the second-lowest spot, just above a fellow Scrappy in Hifumi Yamada.

** Teruteru Hanamura was assigned this from the start thanks to taking AnythingThatMoves to the extreme, to the point where it got grating. Granted, his execution and the circumstances surrounding it [[AlasPoorScrappy earned him some sympathy]], but much of it vanished after his Free Time Events, which reveal very little about him, [[{{Hypocrite}} outright contradict his love for his family]] by portraying him as resentful and insulting towards his younger siblings' talents, and end with him drugging Hajime. Fortunately for him, his appearances in ''Anime/Danganronpa3'' were [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap better received]] than in ''Danganronpa 2''.

** Hiyoko Saionji is characterized as a {{Jerkass}} who uses her [[TheFakeCutie innocent and sweet]] [[OlderThanSheLooks child-like appearance and talent as a traditional dancer]] to gain popularity. One of the main reasons why people dislike her is because she spends most of her screentime [[TheBully bullying]] Mikan and Kazuichi, with a preference for bullying the former by SlutShaming her. Hiyoko also insults everyone else in the cast at least once (but unlike Mikan and Kazuichi, they either ignore Hiyoko or laugh at her insults). Not even Hiyoko's PetTheDog moments with Mahiru is enough for fans to enjoy her character. It doesn't help much that Mikan is also a fairly-liked character, so this reaction was to be expected (then again, Mikan gets to [[TheDogBitesBack kill]] [[TakeThatScrappy Hiyoko]] in chapter 3 for [[SheKnowsTooMuch becoming a witness]] to Ibuki's murder). Players that complete Hiyoko's Free Time Events claim that [[HiddenDepths there's more to her character than meets the eye]], and that she was going through CharacterDevelopment in chapter 3 by attempting to become a better person for the recently-deceased Mahiru (only for this to get cut short by her death). Hiyoko's appearance in [[Anime/Danganronpa3 the game's anime adaptation]] also tried to tone down her bullying tendencies as an AuthorsSavingThrow. Nevertheless, fans [[NeverLiveItDown won't let the writers forget it]] when it comes to how horrible Hiyoko was to Mikan, and Hiyoko remains one of the most disliked characters in the franchise, to the extent that [[https://youtu.be/MGFhxh-U6Dc the 2017 Reddit popularity poll had her come dead-last as far as the series' female characters go]], only outranking Hifumi and Teruteru.

** Byakuya Togami himself tends to verge on this, thanks to his {{Jerkass}} demeanour being dialed UpToEleven while being forced to wield a massive IdiotBall. To make things worse; in the main series, Togami's behaviour nearly got him killed and led to him [[TookALevelInKindness becoming less of a prick]], but here he's praised constantly by the main narrator and rarely suffers repercussions for his actions to absurd degrees. The fact that he's infamously OutOfFocus does not help.
*** Despite this, this does ''not'' apply to Togami in any other piece of media, where he's actually [[BreakoutCharacter quite popular]], if a bit [[BaseBreakingCharacter controversial]].

** Teruteru Hanamura was assigned this from the start thanks to taking AnythingThatMoves to the extreme, to the point where it got grating. Granted, his execution and the circumstances surrounding it [[AlasPoorScrappy earned him some sympathy]], but much of it vanished after his Free Time Events, which reveal very little about him, [[{{Hypocrite}} outright contradict his love for his family]] by portraying him as resentful and insulting towards his younger siblings' talents, and end with him drugging Hajime.
*** Fortunately for him, his appearances in ''Anime/Danganronpa3'' were [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap better received]] than in ''Danganronpa 2''.

** Ryota Mitarai. He was initially one of the most popular characters thanks to his backstory and a numerous amount of theories floating around that surrounded him... but after TheReveal of Tengan's plans in the last episode of ''Future Arc'', Ryota's popularity started taking a nosedive. If he wasn't already disliked before for introducing [[FanDislikedExplanation the brainwashing anime]] to the narrative, any fan support for Ryota dropped completely when he quickly [[FaceHeelTurn became]] the BigBad as a result of Tengan's [[GambitRoulette utterly nonsensical plot]], planning to carry his plan to completion by brainwashing the world into becoming hope-crazed fanatics (which isn't that much better than [[NotSoDifferent what Junko did to the world with despair]]), only to be [[AntiClimaxBoss quickly talked down without a fight by Class 77-B]] and [[EasilyForgiven forgiven by everyone almost instantly]] without [[KarmaHoudini having to face any consequences for his actions]]. These days, Ryota's largely decried for more or less being one of the driving forces behind the weaker narrative elements in ''Danganronpa 3'' and for being just as weak of an antagonist as Tengan was.

*** Monokid and Monophanie are easily the most disliked among the Monokubs. Monokid is meant to be a HateSink that does nothing but [[TheLoad be an annoyance to his siblings]] and [[KickTheDog misstreat Monodam]] all the time he is on-screen. The other Monokubs seem to think about him this way too, with none of them mourning his death and Monophanie outright saying "screw him". Monophanie is hated for the amount of [[VomitIndiscretionShot Vomit Indiscretion Shots]] she has, which get more annoying and repetitive each time they happen, and because she outright shows interest in VillainousIncest in more than one occasion, whether that'd be from [[ItMakesSenseInContext Monokuma licking her]] or by having a BrotherSisterIncest relationship with Monotaro (simply because he forgot that she was his sister, but she didn't express distaste for the idea) which ends up in her getting pregnant with [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext a giant insect that]] [[ChestBurster bursts out of her chest]], [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext kills Monotaro and plays a role in Gonta's execution]].

** Hiyoko Saionji is characterized as a {{Jerkass}} who uses her [[TheFakeCutie innocent and sweet]] [[OlderThanSheLooks child-like appearance and talent as a traditional dancer]] to gain popularity. One of the main reasons why people dislike her is because she spends most of her screentime [[TheBully bullying]] Mikan and Kazuichi, with a preference for bullying the former by SlutShaming her. Hiyoko also insults everyone else in the cast at least once (but unlike Mikan and Kazuichi, they either ignore Hiyoko or laugh at her insults). Not even Hiyoko's PetTheDog moments with Mahiru is enough for fans to enjoy her character. It doesn't help much that Mikan is also a fairly-liked character, so this reaction was to be expected (then again, Mikan gets to [[TheDogBitesBack kill]] [[TakeThatScrappy Hiyoko]] in chapter 3 for [[SheKnowsTooMuch becoming a witness]] to Ibuki's murder). Players that complete Hiyoko's Free Time Events claim that [[HiddenDepths there's more to her character than meets the eye]], and that she was going through CharacterDevelopment in chapter 3 by attempting to become a better person for the recently-deceased Mahiru (only for this to get cut short by her death). Hiyoko's appearance in [[Anime/Danganronpa3 the game's anime adaptation]] also tried to tone down her bullying tendencies as an AuthorsSavingThrow. Nevertheless, fans [[NeverLiveItDown won't let the writers forget it]] when it comes to how horrible Hiyoko was to Mikan, and Hiyoko remains one of the most disliked characters in the franchise.

* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': A lot of people don't like [[FatBastard Hifumi Yamada]] for being a stereotypical nerd, his perverted tendencies, the NoYay relationship between him and his crush [[ArtificialIntelligence Alter Ego]], killing off Kiyotaka who became one of the most popular characters in the game (though that it was because Celeste told him that Kiyotaka raped her), and generally being unimportant for most of the plot. [[AlasPoorScrappy While people still felt bad when he died]], a lot of that sympathy goes away once you realize Hifumi tried to have everyone besides him and Celeste killed, which still makes him an AssholeVictim regardless of whether he believed the accusations against Ishimaru to be true or not. Even beyond that, Hifumi murdered an innocent man in cold blood for something he didn't do, not even bothering asking Ishimaru about it before beating him to death. With all that under his belt, it's hard to feel bad for Hifumi, and most people didn't mourn his loss.

** In a rare case of an execution being considered one, Mikan's execution, "Bye Bye Ouchies", is loathed by the fanbase. The primary reasons are because it makes very little sense and barely relates to Mikan's Ultimate Talent outside of the beginning, it being clearly designed around providing fanservice rather then the CruelAndUnusualDeath{{s}} that executions are normally known for, and not even showing Mikan actually dying

* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'':
** A lot of people don't like [[FatBastard Hifumi Yamada]] for being a stereotypical nerd, his perverted tendencies, the NoYay relationship between him and his crush [[ArtificialIntelligence Alter Ego]], killing off Kiyotaka who became one of the most popular characters in the game (though that it was because Celeste told him that Kiyotaka raped her), and generally being unimportant for most of the plot. [[AlasPoorScrappy While people still felt bad when he died]], a lot of that sympathy goes away once you realize Hifumi tried to have everyone besides him and Celeste killed, which still makes him an AssholeVictim regardless of whether he believed the accusations against Ishimaru to be true or not. Even beyond that, he murdered an innocent man in cold blood for a crime he did not commit, and did not even bother asking Ishimaru about it before beating him to death. With all that under his belt, it's hard to feel bad for Hifumi, and most people didn't mourn his loss.

** Teruteru Hanamura was assigned this from the start thanks to taking AnythingThatMoves to the extreme to the point where it got grating. Granted, his execution and the circumstances surrounding it [[AlasPoorScrappy earned him some sympathy]], but much of it vanished after his Free Time Events, which reveal very little about him, [[{{Hypocrite}} outright contradict his love for his family]] by portraying him as resentful and insulting towards his younger siblings' talents, and end in him drugging Hajime.

* ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'': Kanon Nakajima, co-protagonist of ''Ultra Despair Hagakure'' and Leon Kuwata's cousin, is pretty unpopular due to most of her character being [[KissingCousins obsessively in love with her cousin]], to the point of being an outright {{Yandere}}. Leon has constantly rejected Kanon's advances -- at one point in dialogue, it's said that she confessed her love to him ''3,909'' times in ten years. Despite this, a good portion of the book is spent on her rather creepy obsession with her cousin without much development besides this one-note characterization, leading to Kanon taking away focus from the actual main character of the book.

** Ryota Mitarai. He was initially one of the most popular characters thanks to his backstory and a numerous amount of theories floating around that surrounded him...but after TheReveal of Tengan's plans in the last episode of ''Future Arc'', his popularity started taking a nosedive. If he wasn't already disliked before for introducing [[FanDislikedExplanation the brainwashing anime]] to the narrative, any fan support for him dropped completely when he quickly [[FaceHeelTurn became]] the BigBad as a result of Tengan's [[GambitRoulette utterly nonsensical plot]], planning to carry his plan to completion by brainwashing the world into becoming hope-crazed fanatics (which isn't that much better than [[NotSoDifferent what Junko did to the world with despair]]), only to be [[AntiClimaxBoss quickly talked down without a fight by Class 77-B]] and [[EasilyForgiven forgiven by everyone almost instantly]] without [[KarmaHoudini having to face any direct consequences for his actions]]. These days, he's largely decried for more or less being one of the driving forces behind the weaker narrative elements in ''Danganronpa 3'' and for being just as weak of an antagonist as Tengan was.
** The mastermind of the Final Killing Game, Kazuo Tengan, isn't meant to be liked, though fans usually talk about the unintended reasons why he is hated. Originally one of the [[EnsembleDarkhorse fan favorites]] for being a badass who delivered a major beatdown on the at-the-time unsympathetic Juzo and Munakata, a combination of inconsistent characterization, ''nonsensical'' motivations and an absolutely terrible "plan" has led to a ''sharp'' drop in popularity with fans near universally decrying him as the worst villain in the franchise. It says something that many fans prefer [[LightNovel/DanganronpaTogami Kazuya Togami]] to him (himself one of the most widely despised characters from that spinoff). Many fans agree that Yukizome should've been the mastermind instead of him, and other parties would prefer that [[VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls Monaca Towa]] should have been the final antagonist of the series. It is pretty much worth mentioning that he ended up getting multiple entries in the WhatAnIdiot [[WhatAnIdiot/{{Danganronpa}} page for the franchise]], just for his plan, and [[CreatorBacklash even Kodaka didn't like how he ended up being the mastermind]].

** The Monokubs have their own share of detractors, who consider them annoying and less appealing than Monokuma and a ReplacementScrappy to Usami/Monomi from the previous game. This applies in-universe as well, as the audience watching the ''Danganronpa'' reality TV show finds the kubs annoying as well. Even [[NiceGuy Shuichi]] doesn't seem to care when they get blown up in the final trial, and when they engage him in a Rebuttal Showdown to save themselves, he coldly reminds them that none of the deceased students wanted to die either (except for [[DeathSeeker Ryoma]], [[DrivenToSuicide who allowed himself to be murdered by Kirumi]]).

** Fans have expressed their distaste for [[TheDitz Yasuhiro Hagakure]] due to him [[PluckyComicRelief being stupid just for the sake of being stupid]] (which also seems to be a case of CharacterizationMarchesOn, as he is not as much of an idiot during the first chapters as he is from chapter 3 onwards) while overall being irrelevant to the plot for the most part. His Free Time Events don't help at all, picturing him as such a {{Jerkass}} that even [[MessianicArchetype Makoto of all people]] can't stand being next to Yasuhiro, even stating that he can't bring himself to call him a friend even after his final Free Time Event (If you need context, Yasuhiro begged Makoto to give him '''his organs''' just so he could pay off a debt with the yakuza as [[TheScrooge he doesn't want to use his own savings. To make things worse, he kicks Makoto out of his room when he declines]]). It also doesn't help that he constantly refers to [[GentleGiant Sakura]] as [[DehumanizingInsult "Ogre"]] instead of her name. Some fans go as far as to state that he overstayed his welcome in the game and that other characters such as [[WholesomeCrossdresser Chihiro]] or [[DitzyGenius Kiyotaka]] [[YouShouldHaveDiedInstead should have survived instead of him]]. It appears that even Spike Chunsoft is willing to [[TakeThatScrappy take potshots at him]], with him becoming the DesignatedVictim in the demos of both ''Trigger Happy Havoc'' and ''[[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Killing Harmony]]''.
*** Despite this, the light novel ''Ultra Despair Hagakure'' and the anime ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'' have helped the fandom [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap come to terms with his survival]], primarily due to his CharacterDevelopment and providing some [[PluckyComicRelief comedy]] during their otherwise [[CerebusSyndrome dreary narratives]].

** A lot of people don't like [[FatBastard Hifumi Yamada]] for being a stereotypical nerd, his perverted tendencies, the NoYay relationship between him and his crush [[ArtificialIntelligence Alter Ego]], killing off Kiyotaka who became one of the most popular characters in the game (though, in his defense for that one, it was because Celeste told him that Kiyotaka raped her), and generally being unimportant for most of the plot. [[AlasPoorScrappy While people still felt bad when he died]], a lot of that sympathy goes away once you realize he tried to have everyone besides him and Celeste killed, which still makes him an AssholeVictim regardless of whether he believed the accusations against Ishimaru to be true or not. Even beyond that, he murdered an innocent man in cold blood for a crime he did not commit, and did not even bother asking Ishimaru about it before beating him to death with a hammer.

** Hiyoko Saionji is this especially because she is characterized as a {{Jerkass}} who uses her [[TheFakeCutie innocent and sweet]] child-like appearence (altough she is OlderThanSheLooks) and talent as a traditional dancer to gain popularity, which is the complete opposite of her personality. She is presented as someone who enjoys killing bugs for fun and one of the main reasons why people dislike her is because she spends most of her screentime [[TheBully bullying]] Mikan and Kazuichi, with a preference for the former who she usually [[SlutShaming Slut-Shames]], and she insults everyone else in the cast, sans Mahiru, at least in one occasion each (but unlike Mikan and Kazuich, they either ignore her or laugh at her insults). Not even her PetTheDog moments with Mahiru is enough for fans to enjoy her character. It doesn't help much that Mikan is also a fairly liked character (or a BaseBreakingCharacter depending on who you ask), so this reaction was to be expected (then again, Mikan gets to [[TheDogBitesBack kill]] [[TakeThatScrappy her]] in chapter 3 for [[SheKnowsTooMuch becoming a witness]] of Ibuki's murder). While players that do her Free Time Events claim that there is more to her character than what meets the eye and that she was going through CharacterDevelopment in chapter 3 by attempting to become a better person for the recently deceased Mahiru, only to get her arc cut short because of her death in chapter 3 being a last-minute addition (as [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Fuyuhiko was originally going to be killed by Mikan in this chapter alongside Ibuki and Hiyoko was meant to be a survivor]]), and that her appearence in ''Anime/Danganronpa3'' tried to tone down her bullying tendencies, fans NeverLiveItDown when it comes to how horrible she was to Mikan.

* ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'': Kanon Nakajima, co-protagonist of ''Ultra Despair Hagakure'' and Leon Kuwata's cousin, is pretty unpopular due to most of her character being [[KissingCousins obsessively in love with her cousin]], to the point of being an outright {{Yandere}} for him despite him having said no to her ''countless'' (she confessed to him ''3,909'' times in 10 years) times. Despite this, a good portion of the book is spent on her rather creepy obsession, leading to her taking away focus from the ''actual'' main character of the book.

** A lot of people don't like [[FatBastard Hifumi Yamada]] for being a stereotypical nerd, his perverted tendencies, the NoYay relationship between him and his crush [[ArtificialIntelligence Alter Ego]], killing off Kiyotaka who became one of the most popular characters in the game (though, in his defense for that one, it was because Celeste told him that Kiyotaka raped her), and generally being unimportant for most of the plot. [[AlasPoorScrappy While people still felt bad when he died]], a lot of that sympathy goes away once you realize he tried to have everyone besides him and Celeste killed, which still makes him an AssholeVictim regardless of whether he believed the accusations against Ishimaru to be true or not. Even beyond that, he murdered an innocent man in cold blood for a crime he did not commit, and did not even bother asking Ishimaru about it before beating him to death with a hammer. A lot of people would argue Hifumi's title as TheScrappy is well earned. (It probably didn't help that the person he believed was a rapist was the Ultimate Moral Compass, who was also a [[EnsembleDarkhorse popular character]].)
** Fans have also expressed their distaste for [[TheDitz Yasuhiro Hagakure]] due to him [[PluckyComicRelief being stupid just for the sake of being stupid]] (which also seems to be a case of CharacterizationMarchesOn, as he is not as much of an idiot during the first chapters as he is from chapter 3 onwards) while overall being unrelevant to the plot for the most part. His Free Time Events don't help at all, picturing him as such a {{Jerkass}} that even [[MessianicArchetype Makoto of all people]] can't stand being next to, even stating that he can't bring himself to call him a friend even after his final Free Time Event (If you need context, Yasuhiro begged Makoto to give him '''his organs''' just so he could pay off a debt with the yakuza as [[TheScrooge he doesn't want to use his own savings. To make things worse, he kicks Makoto out of his room when he declines]]). It also doesn't help that he constantly refers to [[GentleGiant Sakura]] as [[DehumanizingInsult "Ogre"]] instead of her name. Some fans go as far as to state that he overstayed his welcome in the game and that other characters such as [[WholesomeCrossdresser Chihiro]] or [[DitzyGenius Kiyotaka]] [[YouShouldHaveDiedInstead should have survived instead of him]]. It appears that even Spike Chunsoft is willing to [[TakeThatScrappy take potshots at him]], with him becoming the DesignatedVictim in the demos of both ''Trigger Happy Havoc'' and ''[[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Killing Harmony]]''.

* ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'': Kanon Nakajima, co-protagonist of ''Ultra Despair Hagakure'' and Leon Kuwata's cousin, is pretty unpopular due to most of her character being [[KissingCousins obsessively in love with her cousin]], to the point of being an outright {{Yandere}} for him despite him having said no to her ''countless'' (she confessed to him ''3909'' times in 10 years) times. Despite this, a good portion of the book is spent on her rather creepy obsession, leading to her taking away focus from the ''actual'' main character of the book.

** Akane Owari is fairly disliked, at least by those who don't touch Free Time Events, for her character seemingly being nothing more than running gags, being one of the students who opposes Hajime the most in trials, and having a very plain and [[MsFanservice sexualized]] design. While fans who do her Free Time Events agree [[HiddenDepths she has far more depth and a much more interesting story than you'd expect]], the main plot makes it out to be subtle and easily missed, though constantly hinted at.
*** However, similar to Hagakure and Hanamura, her reception has [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap warmed up considerably with time]], thanks to additional media and her aforementioned Free Time Events giving her more depth.

** Byakuya Togami himself tends to verge on this, thanks to his {{Jerkass}} demeanour being dialed UpToEleven while being forced to wield a massive IdiotBall. To make things worse; in the main series, Togami's behaviour nearly got him killed and led to him [[TookALevelInKindness becoming less of a prick]], but here he's praised constantly by the main narrator and rarely suffers repercussions for his actions to absurd degrees. The fact that he's infamously OutOfFocus does not help.
*** Despite this, this does ''not'' apply to Togami in any other piece of media, where he's actually [[BreakoutCharacter quite popular]], if a bit [[BaseBreakingCharacter controversial]].

While most of the characters in ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' are well liked, there's a still a number of these throughout its run.

** Fans have also expressed their distaste for [[TheDitz Yasuhiro Hagakure]] due to him [[PluckyComicRelief being stupid just for the sake of being stupid]] (which also seems to be a case of CharacterizationMarchesOn, as he is not as much of an idiot during the first chapters as he is from chapter 3 onwards) while overall being unrelevant to the plot for the most part. His Free Time Events don't help at all, picturing him as such a {{Jerkass}} that even [[MessianicArchetype Makoto of all people]] can't stand being next to, even stating that he can't bring himself to call him a friend even after his final Free Time Event (If you need context, Yasuhiro begged Makoto to give him '''his organs''' just so he could pay off a debt with the yakuza as [[TheScrooge he doesn't want to use his own savings. To make things worse, he kicks Makoto out of his room when he declines]]). It also doesn't help that he constantly refers to [[GentleGiant Sakura]] as [[DehumanizingInsult "Ogre"]] instead of her name. Some fans go as far as to state that he overstayed his welcome in the game and that other characters such as [[WholesomeCrossdresser Chihiro]] or [[DitzyGenius Kiyotaka]] [[YouShouldHaveDiedInstead should have survived instead of him]]. It appears that even Spike Chunsoft is willing to [[TakeThatScrappy take potshots at him]], with him becoming the DesignatedVictim in the demos of both ''Trigger Happy Havoc'' and ''[[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3 V3]]''.

** Akane Owari is fairly disliked, at least by those who don't touch Free Time Events, for her character [[StaticCharacter continually failing to grow despite being given plenty of opportunities to do so]], being one of the students who opposes Hajime the most and contributes the least in trials, and providing less to the plot than any of the other survivors. While fans who do her Free Time Events agree [[HiddenDepths she has far more depth and a much more interesting story than you'd expect]], the main plot [[GameplayAndStorySegregation doesn't hint at any of that depth or give you a reason to want to explore her past]] beyond a few one-off lines, instead just using her as the MsFanservice and a source of crude jokes.

** Hiyoko Saionji is this especially because she is characterized as a {{Jerkass}} who uses her [[TheFakeCutie innocent and sweet]] child-like appearence (altough she is OlderThanSheLooks) and talent as a traditional dancer to gain popularity, which is the complete opposite of her personality. She is presented as someone who enjoys killing bugs for fun and one of the main reasons why people dislike her is because she spends most of her screentime [[TheBully bullying]] Mikan and Kazuichi, with a preference for the former who she usually [[SlutShaming Slut-Shames]], and she insults everyone else in the cast, sans Mahiru, at least in one occasion each (but unlike Mikan and Kazuich, they either ignore her or laugh at her insults). Not even her PetTheDog moments with Mahiru is enough for fans to enjoy her character. It doesn't help much that Mikan is also a fairly liked character (or a BaseBreakingCharacter depending on who you ask), so this reaction was to be expected (then again, Mikan gets to [[TheDogBitesBack kill]] [[TakeThatScrappy her]] in chapter 3 for [[SheKnowsTooMuch becoming a witness]] of Ibuki's murder). While players that do her Free Time Events claim that there is more to her character than what meets the eye (and unlike with Akane, the game ''actually'' hints those HiddenDepths) and that she was going through CharacterDevelopment in chapter 3 by attempting to become a better person for the recently deceased Mahiru, only to get her arc cut short because of her death in chapter 3 being a last-minute addition (as [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Fuyuhiko was originally going to be killed by Mikan in this chapter alongside Ibuki and Hiyoko was meant to be a survivor]]), and that her appearence in ''Anime/Danganronpa3'' tried to tone down her bullying tendencies, fans NeverLiveItDown when it comes to how horrible she was to Mikan.

** Fans have also expressed their distaste for [[TheDitz Yasuhiro Hagakure]] due to him [[PluckyComicRelief being stupid just for the sake of being stupid]] (which also seems to be a case of CharacterizationMarchesOn, as he is not as much of an idiot during the first chapters as he is from chapter 3 onwards) while overall being unrelevant to the plot for the most part. His Free Time Events don't help at all, picturing him as such a {{Jerkass}} that even [[MessianicArchetype Makoto of all people]] can't stand being next to, even stating that he can't bring himself to call him a friend even after his final Free Time Event (If you need context, Yasuhiro begged Makoto to give him '''his organs''' just so he could pay off a debt with the yakuza as [[TheScrooge he doesn't want to use his own savings. To make things worse, he kicks Makoto out of his room when he declines]]). Some fans go as far as to state that he overstayed his welcome in the game and that other characters such as [[WholesomeCrossdresser Chihiro]] or [[DitzyGenius Kiyotaka]] [[YouShouldHaveDiedInstead should have survived instead of him]]. It appears that even Spike Chunsoft is willing to [[TakeThatScrappy take potshots at him]], with him becoming the DesignatedVictim in the demos of both ''Trigger Happy Havoc'' and ''[[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3 V3]]''.

** Jin Kirigiri slipped into this big time after ''Despair Arc'' Episode 4 showed him to be [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter a complete]] and [[IdiottBall utter idiot]] who [[FatalFlaw valued talent above actually managing the school]].

** Jin Kirigiri slipped into this big time after ''Despair Arc'' Episode 4 showed him to be [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter a complete]] and [[IditotBall utter idiot]] who [[FatalFlaw valued talent above actually managing the school]].

** Jin Kirigiri slipped into this big time after ''Despair Arc'' Episode 4 showed him to be [[FatalFlaw a complete]] and [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter utter idiot]] who valued talent above actually managing the school.