Manga like Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei

What is Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei about?

Status: Finished

A group of 15 elite high school students are gathered at a very special, high class high school. To graduate from this high school essentially means you'll succeed in life, but graduating is very difficult. The school is presided over by a bear called Monokuma, and he explains to them that their graduation hinges around committing a murder. The only way to graduate is to kill one of your classmates and get away with it. If the other classmates discover the identity of the killer, the killer is the only one executed. However, if they fail to catch the killer, only the killer graduates and the others are annihilated. Which of the 15 will survive the bloodbath to come?

An adaptation of the game mostly told from the perspectives of the victims and killers, so we can learn more about their motives.

Tags: School , Ensemble Cast , Death Game , Battle Royale , Post-Apocalyptic , Twins , Amnesia , Detective , Artificial Intelligence , Dissociative Identities
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Here is a list of Manga similar to Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

Super Danganronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubou Gakuen

Also known as Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Manga adaptation of Danganronpa 2.

Hajime Hinata, who enrolled in Hope's Peak Academy, a place where Ultimate talents gather, was excited to begin his high school life. However, he suddenly becomes dizzy and ends up on an island with 15 other "Ultimate" students... in order to escape from the island, they must kill someone and get away with it. Who kills and who gets killed? As suspicion spreads, the first murder occurs, and the Killing School Trip begins.



Tags: Anti-Hero , Battle Royale , Death Game , Amnesia , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Virtual World , Philosophy , Yakuza , Gore , Detective , Ensemble Cast , Meta , Yandere
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Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei

Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

A short manga adaption of the playable "Trial Version" of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. It came bundled as a bonus for anyone who pre-ordered the game during its original release on the PSP through certain stores.

Tags: Death Game , School
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Danganronpa: The Animation

Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei The Animation

Also known as Danganronpa: The Animation.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Each year, the elite Hope’s Peak Academy selects only the most gifted and talented students to enroll... plus one ordinary student, chosen by lottery. Makoto Naegi was that lucky person—or so he thought! When he shows up for class, he finds the elite students are a bizarre cast of oddballs under the ruthless authority of a robot teddy bear principal, Monokuma. The bear lays down the school rules: the only way out of Hope’s Peak is to not only murder another student... but get away with it, as every murder is followed by a tribunal where the surviving students cross-examine each other!



Tags: Death Game , Detective , Male Protagonist , School , Battle Royale , Amnesia , Philosophy , Shounen , Dissociative Identities , Femboy , Suicide
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King's Game: Origin

Ousama Game: Kigen

Also known as King's Game: Origin.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological

"The King's orders are absolute. Fail to obey, and you will be punished." 30 years ago in the remote Yonaki Village, a black envelope is delivered to a single villager. The command inside threatens to draw the entire population into a terrible tragedy! Take a deep breath, steady your heart, and prepare for a shocking, terrifying survival horror adventure! The latest chapter in the wildly popular "King's Game: Origin" saga has begun. It all starts here!

Tags: Seinen , Male Protagonist , Rural , Tragedy , Death Game , Suicide , Heterosexual , Police , Curses , Detective
Ousama Game Rinjou

Ousama Game Rinjou

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological

Side story of Ousama Game; takes place around the same time as Ousama Game: Shuukyoku.

While Nobuaki Kanazawa and Natsuko Honda struggle to escape the curse of the King's game, far away, two schoolgirls in search of thrills break into an abandoned school at night. On the wall, in the notebooks, they find messages of hatred and anger... One of them particularly intrigues them: "Who is the King?" A year earlier, it was in this high school that Natsuko had her first experience of the cruel survival game! At that time, she only thought of one thing: to save her friends, and especially Kentaro, the boy she loved... But good intentions are no match for the King's cruelty... How far will Natsuko and Kentaro go to survive

Tags: Death Game
Nakanohito Genome [Jikkyouchuu]

Nakanohito Genome [Jikkyouchuu]

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

Iride Akatsuki is a popular game footage uploader. He wakes up one day to find that he's been kidnapped and taken to a strange place, along with a number of other uploaders who specialize in different genres of games.

A mysterious alpaca-headed host gathers them after the initial stage, to explain how the game will proceed. Will the group of gamers clear the game and make it back to their real lives?



Tags: Video Games , Shoujo , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Death Game , Tsundere , Virtual World

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