History DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony / TropesPToZ

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In the final chapter, [[spoiler:Shuichi finds some evidence that suggests [[KangarooCourt the first trial was rigged]], and [[AcquittedTooLate Kaede was falsely executed]], leading to him calling for a retrial. While this is seemingly unprecedented, Monokuma shows amusement in the idea and agrees to it. In the trial, Shuichi reveals the truth, exposing Tsumugi as the one who actually killed Rantaro and got away with it, undermining the rules of the game. At this point, Tsumugi reveals herself to be the mastermind, having [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem used her position to subvert the rules and continue the killing game]], which again, is an ImmoralRealityShow, but this time, instead of hijacking the airwaves, the killing game is fully legal and backed by a studio, the result of a TrumanShowPlot. Tsumugi then changes things up, so again, the vote is between hope and despair, but as a full on SadisticChoice. Hope will have Tsumugi and two of the survivors move onto the next season of Danganronpa and partake in that killing game (it?s implied Rantaro took a similar deal in the previous season), while despair will lead to K1-B0, the UltimateHopeRobot, being executed and the killing game?s continuation. Shuichi instead decides to TakeAThirdOption, where everyone abstains from voting, [[HeroicSacrifice even knowing that doing so will lead to their execution]], in order to give the show the most disappointing ending possible and drive the viewing audience away from the show. It takes a lot of effort, but Shuichi eventually convinces the others to abstain, even with K1-B0 being hijacked by said audience in the studio?s last ditch effort to foil his plan. Despite the intent for everyone to be executed, K1-B0 performs the execution, only killing Tsumugi and then [[TrashTheSet proceeding to self destruct to destroy the set]], allowing the remaining three to escape alive]].

* PoolScene: The hidden bous scene in Chapter 2, where Shuichi sets up a parasol for Tenko at the pool, who brings Angie, Himino and K1-B0 along for a "celebrity like vacation" at the poolside, with Kirumi pampering them.

* StealthSequel: The game is supposed to show the events that occurred following the events of the ''[[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool Hope Arc]]'' anime, after Makoto reopened Hope's Peak Academy and allowed anyone to enter through submissions than scouting. Instead of showing the effects in real-time, however, they are instead shown through the Flashback Lights under the guise of the {{Metafiction}}al plot of the ''Danganronpa'' TV show.

* SympatheticVillainDespicableVillain: The culprits behind Chapter 4's murder, [[GentleGiant Gonta Gokuhara]] and [[ManipulativeBastard Kokichi Ouma]]. Gonta is the sympathetic villain, trying to MercyKill his classmates due to genuinely believing they all would truly be better off dead after Kokichi showed him the AwfulTruth of the outside world being destroyed and the killing game participants being humanity's last survivors (which Kokichi fully knew was false) only to be betrayed by Kokichi midway through the trial and sent to one of the most gruesome deaths in the whole franchise. Kokichi, on the other hand, is the despicable villain who only used Gonta in order to dispose of the victim (who was trying to kill him) and make himself look like the mastermind in order to steer control away from the actual one and win the killing game due to hating being controlled. Never actually intending to go along with the ForcedEuthanasia plan he suggested to Gonta, he exposes Gonta as the culprit, laughing with malicious glee as Gonta is dragged off to his execution and mocking his classmates' grief afterwards. Despite later orchetrating [[ThanatosGambit his own demise to try and end the Killing Game]], Kokichi himself states that it wasn't done out of any concern for the others but simply because he hated being controlled by the mastermind. Although he may be lying.

* TheDogBitesBack: Sick of being abused by Kokichi, Miu Iruma eventually orchestrates a plan to kill him and escape the academy. [[YankTheDogsChain Too bad that he saw it coming, though...]]

* RewatchBonus: Replaying the second half of Chapter One knowing Kaede is the culprit makes a lot of seemingly innocuous things take on an entirely different meaning. It's also possible to pinpoint the exact moment during the trial that Shuichi realises she's the one who seemingly killed Rantaro.

* TraumaCongaLine: Shuichi suffered SO much. He Got trapped in a Killing Game, saw Rantaro's corpse with the knowledge of who killed him, had to fight Kaede and watched her being executed in front of his face, had to fight against his closest friend, Kaito to prove Gonta killed Miu, had to deal with Kokichi who was being a Jerkass to everyone, had to fight Maki and lose Kaito in Chapter 5, faced the truth of being in a reality show where the role his past self wanted was [[DetectiveMole "the detective who committed the best murder of all"]], and out of trauma, goes against K1-B0 while under the effects of DespairEventHorizon, and that's not even the full list. It's like he suffered as much as Mikan does.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:

** Both here and in the second game the murder in the fifth game is orchestrated by the victim, and is constructed in such a way as to make it unsolvable.