Danganronpa: Project Shima

***Danganronpa: Project Shima*** is the second season of the series, and was created within close proximity to the first. This season implemented numerous new changes, such as a new way for movements to be done, and a new way of displaying evidence for trials to be done easier. For this season, players from the first season, dead or alive, were not allowed to apply with a new character.

## Synopsis

After heading east of the killing game that he escaped previously, Strepo Narwal finds a facility. As he approaches it, he begins to feel limp and pass out due to actions taken by the Ultimate Imposter. Inside of the building, 16 other students coming from Class 75-A (with the exception of Connor Moon, who comes from a different class) are already prepared for a killing game to begin. With Strepo Narwal approaching, one of them are quickly disposed of, and he is thrown into his second killing game. But something else followed him there... 4 of the spirits from the classmates who he had just lost. This game runs at the same time as Danganronpa: Creation of Despair.

## Gameplay

### Students

This season included an upgrade for gameplay mechanics, in the sense that all movements throughout rooms could now be done through Mee6 commands. Using !goto-#, with # being the room number that they would move towards using a map provided.

Items, however, still worked the same way as in Discord Danganronpa, and would manually be done through the host, being removed from a room description and added to a player's inventory.

To interact with other players, the same would occur, and any actions towards another player would be followed with a message in the room they are currently in asking them to react within a certain time frame to do something about said action if they would like to.

### Spirits

This season featured a *'Spirits Twist'*, in which 4 people who died in the first season came back to try and come back to life. Each spirit was assigned a host and a task that the host had to complete before the fourth chapter began.

These tasks were, in all cases, things that would hurt their host, socially, or physically. If the spirit succeeded, their spirit would be recharged and they would be able to be brought back to life.

## Game Events

*(Within the lore, this game runs from February 18th, 1998 to February 27th, 1998)*

### Chapter 1

When the students all awoke and exited from their rooms, the game began, with the main rooms of interest being a gym, a library, and a kitchen accompanied by a meeting hall. The library included many scientific books which were left out, mainly speaking about the souls of humans and possible ways to combine them. The motive was the chance to escape and the threatening nature of the opening announcement.

A few days after the game had begun, two participants engaged in a duel in the back of a storage closet. The result of the duel was the death of Jeshi Ryaku at the hands of Toekino Jasinki by the use of a katana.

After the body discovery announcement had gone off and everyone cleared away from the room where Jeshi had died, Master Klauf created numerous more markings on the body using a knife he had found, though it was never investigated or revealed who had done so.

At the trial, Toekino was correctly outed as the killer and faced execution.

### Chapter 2

Once everyone had left the trial room, tensions were high due to fights that took place in the trial. And like the first season, a murder happened the same night the trial ended, leaving no time for an announcement to go off.

This kill however was found more easily, as Qwin Gasagi was killed in Connor's room by Connor Moon, who would then proceed to also kill Master Klauf in the back room of the library. After doing both of these, with people banging on his own bedroom door where he was now hiding, he unlocked the door and quickly took his own life.

At the trial, although people were confused about the order in which things had happened, the correct result was eventually reached.

### Chapter 3

After the second trial, a new area was opened for the students and came with an announcement from Monokuma promising to tell whoever killed exactly what the purpose of the killing game was. When the door to the new area was opened, it was revealed to be a staircase which had a dead body on the other side of the door, named Toast Atistuo, by Monokuma. No trial was held for the body. This new area included a pool, art room, a ballroom, and a theater.

For this chapter, Orca Radama planned a murder meticulously, and both knocked out their target and kidnapped someone else entirely (the target being Strepo Narwal and the other person being Jay Joseph). Having both of them in the art room, using a mask over their head, Orca murdered Strepo in front of Jay, causing Jay to scream and alerting anyone who was nearby. In the confusion Orca was able to sneak away without being seen by anyone else in their mask.

At the trial, however, Orca was eventually outed as the killer, much to Jay's dismissal, who had grown very fond of Orca. Orca was executed as a result of the trial, but not before being told what exactly *'Project Shima'* was.

### Chapter 4

For unknown reasons to the players, this chapter begun without Monokuma making a motive announcement, simply telling the students that the new area had opened. When asked about a motive, the only response was, 'it will work itself out'. The new area included rooms such as a greenhouse, a workout room, a sauna, and a shooting range.

Due to a large scale disagreement, Tomomi Chikara used the gun from the shooting range to shoot Jay Joseph in the leg, crippling them. They eventually used a library cart as a pair of crutches to make up for their broken leg. Due to this injury, Jay began working out their arms heavily to make up for their feet.

The motive that Monokuma spoke of which would 'work itself out' was a medical ailment placed upon Hijaki Komari which would cause them to go crazy and commit murder if not given the antidote serum, hidden in the science lab. Unluckily for Hijaki, Tomomi had the serum and had no idea of this. As a result of not receiving the antidote in the time frame, Hijaki cornered Animal Kuikyu in the pool and killed them, stuffing them inside of one of the lockers.

At the trial, Hijaki was eventually outed as the killer and executed.

### Chapter 5

For the announcement of this stage of the game, Monokuma spoke, attempting to give an announcement, but was drowned out by the amount of infighting within the group. As a result, Monokuma once again told the group no motive was required and the group would be left alone for the most part. However, all bedrooms were now off limits and no one could hide in them anymore.

This stage of the game included the releasement of an infirmary, an observatory, a surveillance room, and a 'spirit chamber', which held cannisters for the spirits of the students who participated in the first season of the series. After not much discussion between the group, the levers on the cannisters were flipped and the spirits who had successfully completed their tasks within the *'Spirits Twist'* were successfully revived.

During the day after the new areas had been opened, the door to the science lab were blocked off from the inside, preventing entrance from anyone not already inside. Inside of the room was Jay Joseph, who had just murdered Evan Kiroku. They attempted to cut the body into as small pieces as possible, making it unrecognizable.

During the trial, not many people could remember who was outside of the room while it was blocked for the day, but eventually everyone came to the consensus Jay was most likely inside of the room for the duration of the day using their library cart to block off the entrance. However, despite this conclusion, Mauka Mauka supposedly did not vote at the trial and was killed at the trial.

### Chapter 6

Once the trial ended, Monokuma happily exclaims to the group saying that the next trial will be the last since there will not be enough students remaining after it and, as such, the Body Discovery Announcement will now only take 2 people to set off, and passed this off as a motive.

However, before this could become the case, students and revived spirits alike begin experiencing blackouts where they were mysteriously knocked out, and one by one cameras in the surveillance office begun to turn off at various times. Amidst the chaos, the body of Mauka Mauka was found in the ballroom, impaled by a crowbar.

At the trial, Moo Shantay revealed to the group that, throughout the game, there had been someone hiding in their room claiming to be there to help the students escape from the killing game and find the person who was behind it. At the trial the group, participants, and revived spirits alike determined the only person who could have done this was them, and their identity was revealed as 'Remote', the Ultimate Hacker.

He faced execution and during it, he blew up the facility the students were trapped within using a bomb, allowing them to escape once the execution had completed, dying in the process.

### Post-Game

After the smoke had cleared in the execution, the group of 8 who were still standing saw a truck with the label *'Project Shima'* on the side ride to the North, leaving a small trail of blood.

Assuming the truck was carrying answers, which they desperately needed, Scott 'Scooter' Scoal, Tomomi Chikara, Moo Shantay, Koji Hideki, 'Creeper', James 'Slime' Aper, Quillss Ahabi, and Walker Stalker all followed the truck.

## Cast

Players
 Tomomi Chikara | Ultimate Hair Stylist
 Moo Shantay | Ultimate Director
 Koji Hideki | Ultimate Prodigy
 Mauka Mauka | Ultimate Analyst
 Jay Joseph | Ultimate Mangaka
 Evan Kiroku | Ultimate Video Editer
 Hijaki Komari | Ultimate Remixer
 Animal Kuikyu | Ultimate Waterpolo Star
 Orca Radama | Ultimate Drummer
 Strepo Narwal | Ultimate Paintballer
 Connor Moon | Ultimate Comedian (Academic)
 Master Klauf | Ultimate Rhythmatic
 Qwin Gasagi | Ultimate Fraud
 Toekino Jasinki | Ultimate Gamer
 Jeshi Ryaku | Ultimate Strategist

\*As he was about to commit suicide, Connor's past memories of being the mastermind of the killing games and 'Project Shima' as a whole came back to him. He left behind a body double and escaped through a trap door.

Spirits
 James 'Slime' Aper | Ultimate Copycat
 Quillss Alhabi | Ultimate Hipster
 Walker Stalker | Ultimate Actor

Others
 Toast Atistuo | Ultimate Artist

\*In the execution, 'Remote' used a device to control the Monokumas to create a safe landing spot for him, allowing him to survive the explosion with some injuries.

## Trivia

* Scott 'Scooter' Scoal is commonly referred to as the protagonist of the season.
* Toast Atistuo was not a planned occurrence in the planning for the season. It became an idea when a friend (ToastDot, hence the first name) of the host wished to spectate the game and was given the 'Dead Student' role on the Discord to do so. Someone being dead in the stairwell was always planned, but the identity and appearance came from this friend.
* Mauka dying in the way he did was also not planned, and a different concept was planned for the Chapter 6 Victim until he did not vote in Trial 5. This was passed off in the game as a ploy by 'Remote', who poisoned Mauka into not voting at the trial and being fake executed by Monokuma.
* This season originally did not have a logo. However during Chapter 2 of the season, ItzShaun, the roleplayer for Koji, made a logo that would be used for the rest of the season.
* The majority of the names this season only included a singular word for their name. The ones that now have a second name were created at the beginning of Season 5, either deriving from their talent in Japanese, or the roleplayers' choice.
* This season had a total of 29 applications.