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Alright so this review is soley based on the anime, I have not played the games or have watched a playthrough at all.
Danganropa is a pretty decent anime with a nice little mystery built up in it, a lot of people don't like it, mainly people who have played the games first.
Story (9)
The entire premise is very interesting, kids getting locked up in a school forced to kill each other and only one will be allowed to graduate. Only thing that knocks it off from being a 10/10 is the little twist at the end where the world went to shits, kinda came out of nowhere. But yeah, amazing story
Art (7)
Nothing mind boggling fantastic but its pretty good with some character designs like Sakura being very cool looking. Ishimaru's white haired alter ego is also very nicely animated. Only thing that wasn't that good was the weird animation style they used during excecutions. It was nice at first with Leon's death, but as the deaths got more and more strange, the animation lost it's luster.
Sound (6)
Most of the show had no background music playing at all which is kind of lazy, along with the ending theme being pretty mediocre, the only thing saving this was the banger opening. I love the rap tunes on a Japanese show.a
Character (8)
My main issue with this anime is that it is only 13 episodes, leading none of the early death characters to be really fleshed out. When Leon died, I felt nothing towards it because his only character was that he was mentioned to play baseball. In fact, Leon, Aoi, and Hagakure never really got to show what their strengths are other than the show just telling us. But the characters that we did get to learn about, were awesome! My favorite character being Ishimaru, he's just so extra XD.
Enjoyment (8)
I really enjoyed the anime! The mystery had a really nice build up to keep me engaged, and the show getting darker as the episodes went on was really awesome to watch, along with the trials leading me to play along with the characters!
Overall (7)
Perfectly decent anime but the mediocre sound, limited use of characters and generic art did not really help it, but the story and characters were awesome!
