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Jul 4, 2013 9:40 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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I'm watching this on a stream as its airing.

oh my god tHIS IS SO FAITHFUL IM GOING TO CRY.

I can't understand a word they're saying, but in terms of their interactions, personalities, and facial expressions, damn. Damn.



I've been up for fourteen hours waiting to create this thread and watch this episode. I'm going to cry. This is beautiful.
ihateeveryoneJul 4, 2013 9:52 AM
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Decent casts so far.

This guy has some nice hair:


Lol @ the fish. Monokuma's weird as hell. The way he walks and talks. I'm liking the theme of the show though. It has that survival like feeling to it.

Question: who is the leader of these kids??

Also lol @ the weird laugh, HEHEHEHEHE. /wtf.
Jul 4, 2013 10:07 AM
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Is anyone aware on the estimated time of the first english sub to come out, Just wondering?
Jul 4, 2013 10:08 AM
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NerdTalent said:
Is anyone aware on the estimated time of the first english sub to come out, Just wondering?
The same as Half Life 3 probably.
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Jul 4, 2013 10:11 AM
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OH man i just feel so happy. Togami literally gives no shits.

It will probably take about 30 min to an hour at least to sub i think.
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HA HA time for despair!

I like the way they handled the character introduction, also dat game OST along with some new BGMs nice.
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Jul 4, 2013 10:13 AM
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ihateeveryone said:
I've been up for fourteen hours waiting to create this thread
... lol'd
Jul 4, 2013 10:16 AM
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First episode wasn't as bad as I thought it would be yeah it was a bit rushed but not as rushed as I had thought it would be, so I'm more hopeful for the series now.

Also it is really nice seeing everyone animated
Jul 4, 2013 10:16 AM
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Sourire said:
ihateeveryone said:
I've been up for fourteen hours waiting to create this thread
... lol'd


If you think I'm exaggerating ask sakuraoogami or masserati94.
Jul 4, 2013 10:19 AM

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Dammit, I was forced to miss it due to an emergency potty break.

Tell me, just how much have they adapted. I can see from the screenshot that they've got the little cut-scenes for each character, which is really surprising to keep, but what else was there?
Jul 4, 2013 10:20 AM

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I love it so far, hope they'll keep up with the game. They even preserved some character's pose from the original game, that was awesome!

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Jul 4, 2013 10:21 AM

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I'M SCREAMING I JUST SAW CELES SPEAKING AND NAEGI BLUSHING AND YAMADA BOUNCING ON THE BED AND ASAHINA BEING A CUTIEPIE I DON'T CARE IF IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS THE GAME I'M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL MOVING

ihateeveryone said:
Sourire said:
ihateeveryone said:
I've been up for fourteen hours waiting to create this thread
... lol'd


If you think I'm exaggerating ask sakuraoogami or masserati94.


Dude she's not exaggerating I've been with her during these hours of struggle
Jul 4, 2013 10:21 AM

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MrOCD said:
Dammit, I was forced to miss it due to an emergency potty break.

Tell me, just how much have they adapted. I can see from the screenshot that they've got the little cut-scenes for each character, which is really surprising to keep, but what else was there?


They ended it at


They adapted a little over half of the first chapter, to say the least.
Jul 4, 2013 10:22 AM

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I don't know how to deal with this fandom
Jul 4, 2013 10:23 AM
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Sourire said:
ihateeveryone said:
I've been up for fourteen hours waiting to create this thread
... lol'd


She's serious.

Like, seriously, I've been talking to her about it for most of my day - you have no idea how dedicated she was to this.
Jul 4, 2013 10:25 AM

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Do these kids have a leader or something btw?
Jul 4, 2013 10:26 AM

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Stark700 said:
Do these kids have a leader or something btw?

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Jul 4, 2013 10:27 AM

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Stark700 said:
Do these kids have a leader or something btw?


Define "leader."
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ihateeveryone said:
Stark700 said:
Do these kids have a leader or something btw?


Define "leader."

As in someone who gives out orders/commands and formulates a plan to get through this.
Jul 4, 2013 10:29 AM

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Stark700 said:
ihateeveryone said:
Stark700 said:
Do these kids have a leader or something btw?


Define "leader."

As in someone who gives out orders/commanders and formulates a plan to get through this.


I think about the main detective trio:


But not really one leader per se, no.
Jul 4, 2013 10:30 AM

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Stark700 said:
ihateeveryone said:
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Do these kids have a leader or something btw?


Define "leader."

As in someone who gives out orders/commands and formulates a plan to get through this.


Pretty much what sakuraoogami said, Kirigiri, Naegi, Togami. Though yeah, there really isn't a "leader" in the show.
Jul 4, 2013 10:31 AM

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ihateeveryone said:
They ended it at...
...They adapted a little over half of the first chapter, to say the least.

Oho, as I've expected, they ended it on that point as a cliffhanger. Sounds great so far, but
Jul 4, 2013 10:33 AM
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Stark700 said:
ihateeveryone said:
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Do these kids have a leader or something btw?


Define "leader."

As in someone who gives out orders/commands and formulates a plan to get through this.


Kind of hard to say, there's no real "leaders", although there are definitely characters who have more of a say in things than others.
Jul 4, 2013 10:34 AM

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MrOCD said:
ihateeveryone said:
They ended it at...
...They adapted a little over half of the first chapter, to say the least.

Oho, as I've expected, they ended it on that point as a cliffhanger. Sounds great so far, but


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Stark700 said:
ihateeveryone said:
Stark700 said:
Do these kids have a leader or something btw?


Define "leader."

As in someone who gives out orders/commands and formulates a plan to get through this.


Well there is the trio (togami, kirigiri and naegi) who try to think of way out of the situation (mostly) and Ishimaru who is probably the closet to a leader.
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Oh dang they are on point with this, it better stay that way.

Sakura *u*

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OH man i just feel so happy. Togami literally give no shits.

It's gon' be good seeing all the shits he won't give.


Yes my Summer is almost complete.
Jul 4, 2013 10:44 AM

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Something smells fishy here.
Jul 4, 2013 10:50 AM
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That was really cool. A bit rushed but cool.
And I love that they kept things like sprite poses from the game and all. Aah, I'm diggin' it.
Jul 4, 2013 10:52 AM

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Upset that they didn't show Yamada walking with his peculiar thigh gap.
But hey, at least we saw him jumpin on a bed.
Jul 4, 2013 10:54 AM

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Papde said:
NerdTalent said:
Is anyone aware on the estimated time of the first english sub to come out, Just wondering?
The same as Half Life 3 probably.

cackles in utter amusement because that is hilarious and slightly true.
Jul 4, 2013 11:08 AM

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This is just wishful thinking, I do hope the subs follow the fan translation's version of the game's particular choice of words, some examples being the electroiD and the Super Duper High School titles. It won't kill me to know they won't, but it does calm my worries in knowing that they /do/ know what they are translating.

Some of the more particular wordings like
This is probably one of the only times being liberal may be a bad thing. It's just those nuances are very important in solving the puzzles.
Jul 4, 2013 11:17 AM

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Miyata-san voicing a girl? Hikasa-san's character is... calm girl? The girl with people phobia is Sawashiro-san? Sakurai-san as deliquent? And Ishida-san's megane guy? etc. full of interesting characters. lol @ principle is Monokuma!! So the clip with family destroyed is working... despair.

OP is instrumental!! ED is good as what we've seen in CM!
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sakuraoogami said:


I don't know how to deal with this fandom


Danganronpa has one of the most obnoxious fanbases I have ever seen. Very few of them have even played the game before, yet they are so fanatic and obnoxious about it. I don't understand it at all.
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Where are the raws, damnit! I've been checking for a while and still only the Rozen Maiden appeared! UGhhh!
Jul 4, 2013 11:34 AM

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It's a Doraemon voiced bear D:


Jul 4, 2013 11:44 AM

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sakuraoogami said:


I don't know how to deal with this fandom


Danganronpa has one of the most obnoxious fanbases I have ever seen. Very few of them have even played the game before, yet they are so fanatic and obnoxious about it. I don't understand it at all.


Very few actually played the game because it's, you know, only out in Japan. The translated patch only came out last week and now people are playing it. But before actually playing with their own hands we had the opportunity of reading a FULL translation (Oren's LP isn't just any LP - he literally translated the whole game, fully, every detail and free time, with every audio rip, video, event sprite and full soundtrack), and since Dangan Ronpa is a visual novel it's almost comparable to experience it on first hand. Idk about the fanbase being obnoxious, but I am HUGE fan of the franchise only having read LP's and summaries for both games, and I'm really emotionally invested into it, so there's not much logic in what you're saying right now.
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sakuraoogami said:
HiddenDoorway said:
sakuraoogami said:


I don't know how to deal with this fandom


Danganronpa has one of the most obnoxious fanbases I have ever seen. Very few of them have even played the game before, yet they are so fanatic and obnoxious about it. I don't understand it at all.


Very few actually played the game because it's, you know, only out in Japan. The translated patch only came out last week and now people are playing it. But before actually playing with their own hands we had the opportunity of reading a FULL translation (Oren's LP isn't just any LP - he literally translated the whole game, fully, every detail and free time, with every audio rip, video, event sprite and full soundtrack), and since Dangan Ronpa is a visual novel it's almost comparable to experience it on first hand. Idk about the fanbase being obnoxious, but I am HUGE fan of the franchise only having read LP's and summaries for both games, and I'm really emotionally invested into it, so there's not much logic in what you're saying right now.


You tell them.

Really though, don't go insulting an entire fanbase because "very few have played the game." I'm sorry if we come off as obnoxious to you, but your reasons for saying that we are are quite flawed.

To put it bluntly,
Jul 4, 2013 12:44 PM

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Just watched the raw! It's alright for an anime-of-the-game like feel. It's the best it could be with just 13 episodes.

Now, a test to see if the subbers can get this part right:


Hold on, this is the same director of the Devil Survivor 2 game-to-anime adaption, right? Oh boy.
IIRC, he also did Angel Beats! and Persona 4 and as well as Jinrui, some of the anime I liked to a certain extent.
It seems he is just better off just doing direct adaptions without messing around with the plot, like as to what happened to Devil Survivor 2.
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Enjoyed the first episode as much as I could without subs. Really digging the anime thus far, pacing was my main concern since they only have 13 episodes to accomplish a lot, but thus far it seems pretty alright.

Honestly it was just amazing to see characters I already love so much moving and speaking (well speaking more than they did in the game)!
Jul 4, 2013 12:53 PM

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This thread needs a bouncy Yamada.

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(Never underestimate the power of loli!)

Happy Birthday to me ^^!

Really loved the anime version, the manga version sucks. The animation looks like a VN, or some theatrical presentation, but the character designs are very good, the colors are appealing, and the BGs are detailed and clear.

The Prologue seems to start with a death penalty. The settings, the characters, and the Mastermind [insert zetsubou x doubt] are smoothly introduced. Also the rules of a game no one has expected:



Of course, I have favourites, whose play I will follow, but the anime pays attention to mina-san.

A good start, eager for the TL and the next episodes!
Jul 4, 2013 1:13 PM

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And the translation in the LP isn't even that great, the one in the fantranslation is a bit better, but not really. It doesn't even really capture the feel that the game is supposed to have, and over exaggerates the 'wackiness' and zany nature of the game far more than it should.

I don't exactly agree with that notion, but because it is impossible for me to be able to play the game with the original text, I can't exactly argue with that.

But do tell me, in your opinion, how would you scale the quality of the writing of the fan translation (not the let's play one) in comparison to some many other official localisation companies like NIS America, Aksys, and Xseed? Also, what do you mean by "feel?"
I personally think the game's fan translation is better than some of the said localisation companies in terms of nuance, and of how natural one would normally speak.

And about the rest of your post about SA's Dangan Ronpa fans and whatnot, I don't have an opinion other than because I've only played the game, and stayed well away from potential spoilers.

I also apologise to everyone for even remotely hinting any spoilers in this site, I won't do it again. The ones I'm referring to are the ones without spoiler tags. Mentioning it so people don't misunderstand and think that I'm misunderstanding things. heh.
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This episode was so awful... I can't even say how awful.

I loved the game (and especially the second one... these final chapters were amazing) but... this will not work.

I'll still watch for Monokuma but... ugh.
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Liking the pace of the anime so far, but I'm still worried about fitting all 6 chapters into 13 episodes, I just hope they don't skip too much. But overrall I really enjoyed the 1st episode, and it's nice to see they preserved they're poses & the game OST.

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This thread needs a bouncy Yamada.

Thank you this is everything I needed.
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I really liked this first episode. I can't wait to see how it will play out.
I actually loved how they introduced all the characters and they all seem pretty interesting, especially monokuma. Definitely looking forward to the rest of the series. I want to play the game now.

The ED song is awesome.
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Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit,

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Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me

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Definitely looking forward to the rest of the series. I want to play the game now.

I'd highly suggest you play the game first if you want to have a much less rushed experience, assuming you own a PSP and is okay with, well, playing a patched version of the game, but it is the only way to get it other than SomethingAwful's LPs of it.

In my opinion, the anime is fine in it's own right. I just think it may impact your experience of the mystery solving and unveiling when it comes to watching the anime first then playing the game.
Vice versa.
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Leeeet's not turn this thread into a discussion about the fandom (although I do agree that a majority of the western fanbase is /really/ bad, but I don't really get involved with these people, and I don't even see how someone can stop themselves from enjoying something just because a group of people who like said thing are annoying but well).

Let's focus on how cute Naegi is.
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