Danganronpa: LIVe or Die

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**Danganronpa: LIVe or Die** is a completely released English fan game created by Polish developers **Aru and Raven**. The game has six playable chapters, a prologue and epilogue.

The last chapter, Chapter 6, was released on April 16th, 2023.

A playable bonus story in the form of a visual novel developed in TyranoBuilder, **Danganronpa: LIVe or Die: Synthetic Love**, was released on September 3rd, 2023.

## Gallery

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## Plot Synopsis

"Follow Megumi and 15 other people locked inside a luxurious mansion. An evil mechanical bear known as Monokuma forces them to play a killing game. Will they start killing each other? Who will survive?" - **Official Synopsis**

## Killing Game

### Rules

2. "Nighttime" is from 10 pm to 7 am. Some areas are off-limits at night.
3. With minimal restrictions, you are free to explore the mansion at your discretion.
4. Violence against Monokuma is strictly prohibited, as is destruction of surveillance cameras.
5. Monokuma will never directly commit a murder.
6. Anyone who kills a fellow participant and becomes "blackened" will graduate, unless they are discovered.
7. The guilty party may only kill a maximum of two people.
8. Lending your Monopad to another participant is strictly prohibited.
9. Attempting to break into locked rooms is strictly prohibited.
10. Additional regulations may be added if necessary.
11. Once a murder takes place, a trial will begin shortly thereafter. Participation is mandatory for all surviving participants.
12. If the guilty party is exposed during the trial, they alone will be executed.
13. If the guilty party is not exposed, they alone will leave, and all remaining participants will be executed.
14. As a reward, the surviving blackened will be forgiven of their crime and allowed to leave the mansion.
15. The Body Discovery Announcement will play as soon as three or more people discover a body for the first time.
16. The killing game and trials will continue until only two surviving participants remain.

### Death Order

 Chapter 2
 Chapter 3

**Chidori Sato**Strangled by Rin Fukui
 Chapter 4
 Chapter 5
 Chapter 6

### Release Dates and Versions

 Bonus StorySeptember 3, 2023DOWNLOAD (Gamejolt)DOWNLOAD (Itch.io) | * Version 1.0: First release.

## Trivia

* The titles of each chapter are named after songs.
	+ The title of the prologue, "Children of the Grave", is named for a song by Black Sabbath.
	+ The title of Chapter 1, "The Struggle for Survival", is named for a song by Riverside.
	+ The title of Chapter 2, "To Live is To Die", is named for a song by Metallica.
	+ The title of Chapter 3, "Only the Good Die Young", is named for a song by Iron Maiden.
	+ The title of Chapter 4, "Mandatory Suicide", is named for a song by Slayer.
	+ The title of Chapter 5, "In Fiction", is named for a song by Isis.
	+ The title of Chapter 6, "Another Version of the Truth", is named for a song by Nine Inch Nails.
	+ The title of the bonus story, "Synthetic Love", is named for the album of the same name by Trevor Something.
* The decision to assign each character a favorite song was inspired by Danganronpa V4 Rocky Restarts.
* During the Chapter 1 motive reveal, Monokuma says, "You don't need friends when you've got knives!" This is a reference to a line from the Mad Dummy boss fight in Undertale.
* Answer choices for a multiple choice question within the sixth class trial, "What is Fuu's real name?", include references to multiple female Fanganronpa protagonists, including Teruko Tawaki from Danganronpa: Despair Time, Maya Canzanilla from Hyper! Danganronpa H20: Abandon All Hope, and Kim Davis from Danganronpa V4 Rocky Restarts.
* The sexual orientations of the Danganronpa: LIVe or Die cast were confirmed in a tweet:
	+ Megumi, Fuu, Yukito, Ryo, Chidori, Daichi, Nene, Alucard, and Eri are bisexual/pansexual.
	+ Haruo and Rin are both homosexual.
	+ Ayaka, Pascal, Takeshi, Sayuri, and Katsuya are heterosexual.
* Daichi Nakata's soccer outfit was inspired by the colors of the Manchester United shirt.

## External Links

* **itch.io:** danganronpa-live-or-die
* **Gamejolt:** danganronpa-live-or-die
* **YouTube:** Danganronpa: LIVe or Die
* **Twitter:** DR\_LIVeordie
* **Carrd:** drliveordie

## References

1. ↑ **Danganronpa: LIVe or Die on Gamejolt**: Release Date (March 5, 2022)
2. ↑ **Danganronpa: LIVe or Die - Synthetic Love on Gamejolt**: Release Date (September 3, 2023)
3. ↑ **Danganronpa: LIVe or Die on Gamejolt**: Official Synopsis (March 5, 2022)
4. ↑ **@DR\_LIVeordie on Twitter**: Did you know that all of our chapters are named after songs? (September 14, 2022)
5. ↑ **@DR\_LIVeordie on Twitter**: Took the idea of listing favourite songs from Rocky Restarts, but we're not zoomers so our songs will mostly be a bit older than theirs (May 13, 2021)
6. ↑ **@DR\_LIVeordie on Twitter**: I don't know if we ever posted the canon sexualities, so here you go: Bi/Pan: Megumi, Fuu, Yukito, Ryo, Chidori, Daichi, Nene, Alucard, Eri Gay: Haruo, Rin Hetero: Ayaka, Pascal, Takeshi, Sayuri, Katsuya (September 3, 2022)
7. ↑ **@DR\_LIVeordie on Twitter**: just like Daichi's soccer shirt was inspired by the Manchester United kit, the hockey outfit of the Ultimate Hockey Player in Survivor's Guilt will be partially based on the Anaheim Ducks jersey (September 30, 2023)