Okay all you Dangan Ronpas out there, I’ve been seeing this picture fly around the tag all of today where people are questioning what the context of this picture comes from. I can’t tell you guys are joking or you actually have no idea what this picture means. I’m going to help you clear the air.
INVESTIGATION START!
So what are the assumptions made by people today?
- Fukawa is dead
- Asahina is the mother of all children in this picture
- Togami is at peace and even smiling
- They all grew up together in Hopes Peak
- Kirigiri is either dead or she is taking the picture
It’s good start based on just mere observation. But that’s all it is right now. It’s all assumptions and we need to find evidence to back up or deny these claims.
Let’s start with the floor plan of Hope’s Peak (1).
First Floor
Dorm Area
Second Floor
Third Floor
Fourth Floor
Fifth Floor
Teacher’s Area
Notice the rooms that are on the floor plan. See anything that’s out of place?
I’ll give you a hint: This room doesn’t exist.
Ready for the answer?
This school lacks a photography room.
You’re probably asking yourself why does that matter? It solidifies the fact that they didn’t use a traditional film camera but a digital camera. So now that begs the question, where did the camera come from? Well the school is covered in security camera, surely Monokuma wanted to make an update picture of all of them right? Not really, since when did the mastermind or Monokuma care about these guys growing up? Seems pretty pointless to do anything of the sort if you ask me.
So now I as you to think back when times were a little less peaceful when most of the kids were around. Who was the one that possessed a digital camera?
I was none other than the Super High School Level Doujin Author, Hifumi Yamada (2).
So now we know about who owns said camera is Yamada but how do we know for sure that it’s his camera being used? Remember back when everyone was checking it out and Hagakure managed to figure out some notable points about the camera itself (3).
Things to remember:
- The specs are awful
- It has space for 5 shots
- It doesn’t have a self timer
Looking at the picture above, it’s not the greatest quality that you want to expect out of Hope’s Peak high security camera. But out of a little toy camera, yes. This is when everyone has aged so the picture quality that was used in Celestia’s trial is going to be better than the one above.
Let’s recap for a bit:
- Hope’s Peak lacks a photography room
- A digital camera was used to take the picture
- Said camera was actually Yamada’s
The answer is now becoming clearer in this picture and now we must ask ourselves, who is taking the picture? Pft it must be Kirigiri because Fukawa is dead right?
YOU’VE GOT THAT WRONG!
Fukawa is not dead and I can prove it! Like Hagakure mentioned above, the camera itself does not have a self timer on it so someone must be behind the camera to take it. Fukawa is the only one who can do so. Togami is holding up a picture of Fukawa in his hands and it’s the same picture that is used when people are murdered and put in their spot. But look closely the picture itself is not crossed out in blood like everyone else that was murdered. If Fukawa did actually die then her picture would be crossed out as well. My claims sound a little fishy doesn’t it? Well let me make this clear, this picture occurs years after Kirigiri dies (4). This is where a lot of people get confused if you were just following the anime or the playthroughs that goes through it all without any faults.
In the first trial of Mukuro Ikusaba, Togami found evidence of a missing key that belonged to a locker inside the archery room that was later found in Kirigiri’s room. Naegi was the only who knows that Kirigiri could’ve gotten into her room with out her room key that Togami took in front of everyone because she had Monobear’s master key. In the game, Naegi has a choice to call her out on it or keep his mouth shut. If he chose to rat Kirigiri out then she would’ve been executed detention style. Then everyone would’ve been able to live out their lives in Hope’s Peak. This is the bad end.
With that being said, Fukawa is alive and taking the picture.
Now we get to the last portion, who’s kid belongs to who? Not a huge thing but let’s get this out of the way while we are on a roll here.
The assumption everyone has at the moment is that Asahina is the only woman alive (which was just debunked) so naturally she had all of the kids. Well she had two of them not three.
In Hagakure’s free time event Naegi was a little reluctant that the Super High School Level Shaman could get anything right since his predictions were right only 20% of the time. Which he took offense too and told Naegi he made his divination while he spoke so ill of him (5).
If I were Naegi, I wouldn’t be too keen on this either. But knowing this information we can rightfully assume that the children that Asahina is holding is her own and belongs to both of them. But what about the blonde one next to her? Isn’t that her’s too?
I would like to conclude no. That’s actually Fukawa’s and Togami’s child.
If you look at their hairstyles for a bit, the child’s hair mostly resonates with Fukawa’s hair (and if expression too if you want to go there).
Now to figure out why he was placed there. Looking at the picture, I believe that he was placed next to the children as a photographer would normally do when children are involved. Also assuming that he is the oldest and tallest of the kids. He couldn’t stand next to Togami because he would’ve been blocking Fukawa’s picture. He couldn’t do that with Naegi or he would’ve been covering him up as well. So the only place he could go was right in front of Hagakure because he’s the tallest and covering him up wouldn’t be a big deal.
LET’S END THIS!
With everything that has been looked into with all the evidence gathered, we can now call it an end.
Let’s go over it:
- This picture occurs years after the death of Kirigiri
- The kids decided to live out their lives in Hope’s Peak and raise a family together
- Fukawa is taking the picture with Yamada’s less than impressive camera
- The children that Asahina is holding belong to her, Naegi, and Hagakure
- The child next to Asahina with a worried expression on his face is actually Fukawa’s and Togami’s child because he was too tall to stand next to his father
- Togami is a gentleman and is holding Fukawa’s picture so she could be included into the shot as well
Now we know the full context of this picture. But remember this never really happened. Naegi only imagined it in his little head.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THIS SCHOOL’S TRIAL!
Sources:
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