"Say adieu to your late cheerleader. And hello, to the incomparably wonderful world of despair. Thank you for playing. I look forward to working with you.
Side Despair #10: Smile At Despair in the Name of Hope (君は希望という名の絶望に微笑む)
Hope's Peak will recite - its death haiku of Despair - for no hope remains.
or, Junko bests Juzo when she learns of his secret, Nanami is plunged into a lethal dungeon game, and Class 77 falls victim to the Despair Video.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: The entire class 77 after this episode.
- Blackmail: How Junko gets Juzo to betray Munakata.
- Bloodier and Gorier: Nanami's execution compared to all others; particularly, her previous one.
- Call-Back: The first Class Trial Room from the first game is visited by the 77th class.
- The title is a reference to Chapter 5 of the second game: "Smile at Hope in the Name of Despair", which also featured Chiaki being executed.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Nanami's execution. It's not only the first one in the franchise, chronologically, and also one of the most brutal: stuck on a dungeon where she is tortured by deadly traps, and the exit impales her with various spears.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: Junko's treatment of Juzo when she reveals that she knows he is gay is cruelly, uncomfortably close to a brutal form of school bullying: she is stomping on him, humiliating him, with a lot of students laughing at him when she reveals the object of his affection.
- Kill the Cutie: In a horrifyingly brutal, heart-breaking fashion.
- Lampshade Hanging: A lot of Junko's comments about Juzo seem to work to lampshade his Ambiguously Gay situation up to that point.
- Longing Look: Junko figures out Juzo's crush on Munakata based on the way he looked at a picture of him.
- My Eyes Are Leaking: Despite supposedly lacking emotions, Izuru cries at the end of the episode after watching Chiaki die. However, he seemed legitimately surprised and confused by this, and in fact, didn't even realize he was crying until the tears started blurring his vision, so it's possible he really didn't feel anything from Chiaki's death... but Hajime did.
- The Reveal: Juzo's Ambiguously Gay situation is finally finished: He is in love with Munakata.
- Wham Shot: Of the supposedly emotionless Izuru crying over Chiaki's body.
