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Other Class 78th is a class batch from Hope's Peak Academy. It consists of sixteen students. This class took shelter in the old school building before Despairtopia erased the students' memories and put them in the Killing School Life. They are one of two batches who survived The Tragedy, the second one being other Class 77-B, who faked their deaths after graduating their second year.

## First Year

Other Class 78th had their school memories removed by Despairtopia, leaving only one thing they could remember, themselves entering Hope's Peak Academy for the first time. It is unknown about their school lives, curriculum and teachers but it can be presumed they took part in a practical exam, enabling them to enter the Second Year.

Monocat, during the Killing School Life, revealed to the class evidence of their school lives through certain photos, showing them taking part in swimming, athletics and various other activities, while also showing the developed friendships amongst them such as photos taken of them in the classroom and outside on the school grounds, playing in the snow.

## During the Tragedy

After one year of a happy school life, the Tragedy began. At this point, it was impossible for other Class 78th to continue their Second Year and Jin Kirigiri, the Headmaster of Hope's Peak Academy, suggested a plan to seal the old school building and let the students live forever inside in order to protect them from the destruction. Through video confirmation, they all agreed to the proposal and helped to seal the school until the Tragedy was over. Once sealed, they lived peacefully in the Academy for a year, unaware that the Ultimate Despairs, Despairtopia and Despair King, were among them.

Despairtopia soon took away the other Class 78th's school memories so they could participate in his plan, the Killing School Life.

## Killing School Life

The fifteen students participating in this killing game awoke in an unknown classroom, alone, only remembering entering Hope's Peak Academy for the first time before falling unconscious. They all convened in the school hall where they meet their Headmaster, Monocat, a robotic cat under the control of Despairtopia. cloner dressed up, disguised as Despairtopia to avoid suspicion.

The class are told to follow a set amount of rules as per their e-Handbook, Monocat also expressed that they were to live out their school lives in comfort, confined in Hope's Peak Academy forever. Since everyone had lost their memories, the situation they were placed in seemed like imprisonment rather than for their own safety. They are told the only way to 'graduate' and leave the building is to murder someone, providing they cover up their crime and evade Execution by winning a compulsory class trial as the Blackened. If the blackened succeeded, the rest of their classmates are put to death by execution, if the murderer is discovered as the culprit, then they alone are executed and the remaining participants live on, although are still confined in the school.

Many murders occurred, until suspicion began to close in on Despairtopia thanks to Kyle's probing. Seeing an opportunity to kill Kyle in a class trial, Despairtopia planted evidence to secure Kyle as the Blackened for Cloner's murder, however, takes the blame but is able to evade execution with the help of new Alter Ego. Kyle is able to save Michelle from the trash disposal room, challenging Monocat and succeeding in forcing his hand to redo the class trial, allowing the students the opportunity to reveal everything.

During the final class trial, after the class are able to reveal their findings and real reason for their imprisonment, Despairtopia appeared and tried to force the remaining students, Michelle, Kyle, Tracey, Samuel, Jack, Yuma, and Donnie into despair. But Michelle convinced them to never give up on hope and Despairtopia, on deciding he had lost, making himself disappear.

The remaining students are able to leave the school through a vault door, readying themselves for what world awaited them although continuing to be optimistic.

## Aftermath

The seven survivors left the school building and looked on in shock at how the world had changed around them, surviving in this apocalyptic surroundings until being rescued by the new Future Foundation, who they decided to join in order to fight against new despair. The New Future Foundation helped them to recover their school memories.

However, Donnie wasn't accepted as a full member of the new Future Foundation and instead became an intern, since Dinotopia was considered a threat. Donnie, annoyed that Samuel and Yuma became members first, strove to control Dinotopia so he could become a full member. He promised Tracey that he wouldn't let Dinotopia murder anyone ever again.

Upon learning of Despairtopia's death, many members of the new Ultimate Despair killed themselves, while those who did not ended up continuing their despair-inducing acts, known as the Remnants of Despair.

Kyle is able to become leader of new Future Foundation's 14th Division, Michelle, Jack, Yuma, and Tracey all being members of the same branch under his leadership while Samuel became a member of the 13th Division. Donnie still remained an intern.