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I'm a little amazed that so many people are holding the ending against DRV3 this strongly. Were the games ever really about the ending? Was it anything more than a framing device?

The first game has Junko pushing the world into the madness of total despair with the most horrible, unspeakable tragedy ever, and then sneaking into Light's Hope anyway and hijacking the game, making everyone think she was dead, and then pulling the strings from behind. Part of that's a cool plot twist, but otherwise it's incredibly dumb.

The second game has "but it was all a dream" in the form of a VR simulation. Oh, and every one of the characters was secretly a terrible person before they had their minds wiped and were dragged here.

Compared to that, was 3 really so terrible? Was there ever any hope for an ending based on anything else? Can you think of a way to frame a Danganronpa game with any other endings that don't sound equally loony and bad? If you're angry, it's only because this one's actually semi-plausible. In our current zeitgeist, I could absolutely see a reality TV show where the actors have to give up their past and then consequently their lives, just because it makes for good TV drama. But again, I have to maintain that the ending's not the point of the games. Or if it is, then I'm seriously missing the boat.

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