This was organized by a group know as the ULTIMATE DESPAIR who used their connections throughout society to start uprisings, brainwash people, and do other bad things to make the situation worse. This is the part the game sort of handwaves over because it is hard to explain how something called THE BIGGEST MOST AWFUL MOST TRAGIC EVENT IN HUMAN HISTORY started because of a couple of emo high school students but honestly the logic at least makes enough sense that I won't dwell on it too much.
Monokuma now is bored of drawing manga so he just tells me the next part (while Fuyuhiko gives him weird side eyes from the same room). Junko used her despair powers to recruit other people into her despair cult. She recruited a whole bunch of powerful people so no one could stop her and then she went full on MEGA DESPAIR and ruined the whole world. What a jerk.
Humans who are obsessed with their philosophy have an uncanny power to attract others. Its a trait shared by many famous leaders throughout history right? Theres nothing strange about it. I mean its still a little strange but ok game.
Ive noticed there is a lot of meta commentary going on now where the characters of this game were basically me last game. A dojo with cherry blossom trees in full bloom HOW UNREALISTIC A single high school girl caused the world to end I DONT THINK SO A viking taking over congress THIS STORY HAS JUMPED THE SHARK.
Oh, and then at the end Monokuma throws in the tasty tidbit that at the end of the reserve course uprising the whole 2,300 person student body committed suicide. EEP IM A GHOST.
Oh no, there was one who was spared. Ok so either Im the ultimate hope or some sort of general in Junkos army. I hope Im not the real traitor. Chiaki would be so mad at me.
Nah Im good. The followers would mutilate their bodies as part of their despair and I dont look too mutilated unless Im hiding some pretty gross things under my clothes. So I must be the Ultimate Hope guy.
Fuyuhiko says okay boomer and rides off on his skateboard. Hes not afraid of Junko because shes DEAD and whatever lame dopes are still trying to fulfill her agenda cant be as bad as her. Its not a bad point, honestly, if were dealing with the mutilated B team.
Next we get confirmation the Future Foundation is made up of the survivors from the first game and also that they were the ones that took us in. Hey, Chiaki, I like you and all, but maybe tell us this next time so we dont go the entire game thinking the Future Foundation are the bad guys.
Izuru Kamukura was the founder of the school! AHA! I knew I heard that name before. Now I dont remember the context of when it came up recently that prompted me to wonder if I heard the name before, though.
Ok going through the evidence, that is the name of the person listed as The Ultimate Hope. Uh. Huh. Okay so I am not quite clear what this means, and Hajime himself points out it is a strange contradiction. STRANGE.
Uhhhhhhh why is Hiyoko a babe and not a ten year old in this photograph? I mean, congrats on the glow up and all but WHAT IS GOING ON?
Kazuichis brilliant conclusion is Hiyoko had an older sister with the same first and last name. So we have a George Foreman type of situation here where her dad just named all his kids George after suffering numerous head injuries.
Monokuma shows up to say that is 100% definitely Hiyoko and she mustve had a growth spurt or something. We say that cant be possible and he does his pu hu HUUUU routine. Mm hmm k thanks.
You know, Im beginning to think this is some sort of computer simulation, right? It would explain why reality is glitching out like it is. It would explain why Nagito had Junkos hand in the prelude and why Hiyoko was a babe in the photo but then wasnt in our time together. And why the island was all changed. It just doesnt make sense any other way. The glitches are my biggest clue here, but I feel like everything else falls into place then a bit better.
We mightve been captured by the ultimate despair and forced into this computer simulation for reasons? I dont quite know why were in a computer simulation though is the only thing.
Another room another floating email. This one details the REMNANTS OF DESPAIR which is either a screamo band from the early 2000s or followers of Junko still active after her death. They talk about a leader possibly on par with Junko considering the tragedy hasnt just ended yet. I have a bad feeling that might be me. Im either that or the Ultimate Hope and Im not sure which.
The next floating email says they managed to get all 15 of us er I mean students that are TOTALLY not related. Good! They didnt get the Remnants of Despair though. Bad! You guys might want to get on that before they unleash the second most terrible, most awful, most tragic even in all of human history.
Also if the dummies from the first game tried to save the survivors only to accidentally get us trapped in a computer murder game because they let the remnants of despair infiltrate it I will be VERY CROSS with them. All my favorite characters are dead because of you!
OH SNAP. There is yet another floating email (the worst of all email types) that indicates Makoto (and his pals?) are for some reason siding with the Remnants of Despair. Why? I refuse to believe they flipped sides after the first game. Maybe Toko since she was already a murderer. But everyone else was good people. WHAT HAPPENED?
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Moops? "I thought you were making up diseases? That's spontaneous dental hydroplosion."