Ryota Mitarai!
Hey, what talent do you have?
I'm the Super High School-Level Animator...
Huh?
That's odd.
But I'm not into any stupid anime...
"Stupid anime"...
What?
Anime is an important part of our culture!
Th-There it is!
This otaku's red-faced because I insulted his anime!
Once you see mine, you won't talk like that anymore!
Okay, then...
Show it to me.
House of the Old: Lapeta
Directed by Payao Miyai Character Designs by Akira Suemoto
Now, she stands at the end of her life.
Um...
What do you think?
It's still incomplete, and more than half is line art.
Th-This thing is going to dominate!
Now that I've seen this,
I won't ever be satisfied by other stuff!
What was the point of all that anime I watched?
We don't need other anime anymore.
Gotta smash these discs!
This is her personal opinion
My collection...
What? What? What?
This flat-chested deviant was moved by your anime, too!
Hey, how can it move people like that?
This isn't just any ordinary anime, right?
Right.
My anime influences the viewer's brain.
It can move viewers directly.
It influences the brain?
What techniques does it use?
Oh! Maybe subliminal messaging?
Everything.
Everything?
Subtle changes in coloration stimulate the visual cortex.
Induction of eye movement manipulates memory of the experience.
Sound controls focus.
I've used every technique I can.
Some are known as "brainwashing techniques."
But they're like gunpowder.
The ones using them determine if they're fireworks or bombs.
I want to use my anime to better the world!
Shut up!
What a coincidence.
I was thinking I want to make the world a better place, too!
The End of Hope's Peak Despair Arc
What is that?
That's a bear, right?
Isn't it adorable?
Getting close is dangerous!
Fear not.
Grizner will only bare his fangs
against a demon many ranks higher.
Am I a low-ranked demon?
Sonia, you're...
Sonia Angel Nevermind!
Again, why is there a bear in the classroom?
This goes here!
Huh? What are you doing?
"What"?
It's the first anniversary of Komaeda's death.
H-He isn't dead.
He was just suspended, okay?!
I heard they can't get in touch with him.
Man, what is that guy doing?
In order to meet you.
That is what I was born for.
Finding this place, right after the crash stranded me...
I really am lucky...
Huh?
Come to think of it, where is Tsumiki?
If you're looking for Mikan, she went somewhere with Ryota.
Those two are pretty close lately, huh?
Right now, maybe they're...
...doing some "extracurricular studies" together...
Here!
Eh?
Bear?
Somewhere, in the school building,
Tsumiki's doughnut and Mitarai's banana...
...are about to mee—
Karmic retribution.
Be slain by darkness!
Again, why is there a bear?
M-Mitarai vanished?!
Not so loud.
I think it was about a week ago.
I found a note in his room...
...saying he wanted to focus on work.
I haven't heard from him since.
I-I'll go and check his room, too.
He might come back for some of his stuff.
What is it?
Did something happen?
More than just "something".
Over twenty staff members have disappeared.
They all vanished, like they'd been spirited away.
Th-They disappeared?
And there's more...
The trustees were panicked, wanting us to beef up security around you and the kids.
Does it have something to do with that project?
No clue.
Thanks to their attempts to hide everything, I have no idea of the real situation.
But underneath it all, something bad is undoubtedly going on.
Stick your head in any further, and you...
I'm prepared for that.
Are you stupid?
If anything were to happen...
Didn't I tell you?
"I could die for Munakata."
Don't bring personal feelings into your work.
Don't tell me you're jealous!
Yeah, kinda.
Huh?
Oh, um, er...
Why are you getting all serious?
It's a joke.
Hun?
Don't startle me like that!
Gosh!
Well?
Have you got wings?
Yeah, no one ever comes around, and all the best equipment's here.
Thanks to you, I'm nice and comfortable.
I'll bet!
I got this facility directly from one of the trustees.
Of course you'd like it!
Oh, more importantly...
We got the rest of your stuff from your room, like you asked, but...
Do you know this girl?
Huh?!
Tsumiki?
Oh, what?
You know her, after all?
Mitarai?
Y-You're all right!
Y-Yeah.
I was worried!
What did they do to you?
Uh, I've been making anime here.
I'm not good with these situations.
I'm glad you could see each other.
Um, who are you?
One of Mitarai's anime friends.
Okay!
To celebrate your touching reunion, let's all watch Mitarai's anime!
We're going to reclaim our lost youths!
So moving!
This time, Junko's using her super analysis.
She can analyze all this information in an instant.
This is Junko's true talent!
Sis, your breath smells.
Huh?
I get it...
Hey, what time is it?
Uh, 6:50...
Whoops! It's so late already?
Seriously, your breath stinks.
Do you want to kill us?
Okay, Mitarai,
you can use this as a mouse pad or a hug pillow.
Whatever you like!
Later.
Huh?
Kamukura!
Let's go on a date.
The End of Hope's Peak Despair Arc
What are you trying to say is here?
Well, should I say it's my most precious thing?
I'd really like you to see it, too...
I've been so busy preparing it, I haven't been able to sleep much.
Wait...
What am I saying?
It's like I'm trying to make you feel indebted.
This is where I'll show you the wonder of despair!
Hey, you guys!
Were you threatening us by sending us those things?!
W-Was that video real?
I can't believe we're doing this so late.
Wh-Why do we have to?
Yeah.
Student council members, we shall now have you kill one another.
Huh?
What are you saying?
Are you off in the head?!
Don't let her get to you.
If we, the student council, panic here...
...we'll play into their--
You may choose between two options.
Kill each other, as I asked.
Or be killed by me.
Hi! I'm the lovely Junko Enoshima!
I brought something nice for you indecisive people.
Th-Those are...
What you guys need most right now!
And also...
Money, family, secrets, grudges, and more.
Super-heavy stuff, in more ways than one.
A mass of motivation for that extra push.
What should I do with these?
Wh--
What is this?
Calm down!
Killing each other would be absurd!
We're the Hope's Peak High School Student Council!
He's right...
We're friends.
Friends don't kill friends!
Student Council Secretary Karen Kisaragi's Secret (3)
The symbol of Hope's Peak High School...
...the student council, will engage in mutual killing.
Naturally, it's sure to be entertaining!
Give Me Wings
Okay, here!
Give Me Wings
Hmm?
Give Me Wings
"Give Me Wings"?
All right, go!
Huh?
If I could have one wish granted,
F-First, let's see if there's any way to escape together.
What are you doing?!
I'm going to kill those two!
I would want wings.
I'll avenge her!
Stop!
Let go!
No, you let go!
Don't you trust me?
Hey!
Both of you, let go!
I-I...
On my back, as on a bird's,
What...
What are you doing?!
please give me white wings.
My mother...
My mother is...
My mother... My mother... My mother... My mother!
My mother!
I want to spread my wings to the sky,
No! No! No! No! No!
I don't want to die!
and fly away.
It will be all right.
To the free sky, where there is no sadness.
I want to flap my wings,
and go there.
Die...
Die.
Die! Die!
Hope is harmony.
The dreams I dreamed in childhood.
A just heart, moving toward the light.
That is all.
Despair is hope's polar opposite.
Even now, I still dream.
Die!
It is messy and confusing.
Despair swallows up love, hatred, and everything else.
Why?! I loved you!
I want to spread my wings to the sky,
We don't need to follow their awful example.
Let's bring this to a beautiful end.
and fly away.
Yes.
Because not knowing where you will end up is despair.
To the free sky, where there is no sadness.
Wh-Why?
You guys...
I want to flap my wings.
Shut up!
It hurts.
In this vast sky, I want to spread my wings,
It hurts... It hurts...
Stop...
Stop it!
and fly away.
To the free sky, where there is no sadness,
I want to flap my wings.
Despair is what even you cannot predict.
In this vast sky, I want to spread my wings,
Only despair's unpredictability...
and fly away,
...will save you from a boring future.
No, spare me...
To the free sky, where there is no sadness,
No!
and fly away.
I did it.
I survived...
Screw all of you.
Why are you here?
You cannot defeat me.
Well?
Did that excite you?
Then, you ain't seen nothing yet...
...of despair's wonder.
We'll do something even better.
I won't bore you.
Incoming Call Kizakura
Yes? Hello...
Huh?
Make sure the students don't notice.
We aren't through talking!
Damn!
So, they have done as we expected?
The higher-ups plan to sweep this under the rug!
But if you're thinking about the school, that's the best thing to do.
Still...
The Kamukura Project itself was already inhumane enough.
If this incident were to become public...
...Hope's Peak High School would be finished.
A cover-up is the only way for this school to continue.
Even so, I...
I have already retired.
I will do everything I can.
But I leave the rest for you, as principal, to decide.
What is all this for?
Try to calm down.
Level-headedness has always been one of your strengths.
Hey, if anything happens to me, look after my daughter.
Oh, fine...
I'll marry her for you.
I'd never give her to you.
I'll blow the whistle on the rotten state of Hope's Peak High School.
To, who else?
The victims themselves!
Mail Sent
Mail Received
Ring Ring
"Hope's Peak High School is secretly performing human experiments.
Rumble
About the Reserve Course's opening
They are funded by the tuition of the Reserve Course students.
Rumble Rumble
In order to raise funds
The Reserve Course was created to raise those funds.
Grind
They put the Hope's Peak High School brand to use
Rumble Rumble
This alone would be unforgivable,
Smash!!
but the school's rot does not stop there.
Click Click
Tonight, in the old school building, a mass murder took place.
The victims, the student council's thirteen members, symbolized Hope's Peak High School.
Bam!!
The culprit was the subject of the human experiments.
Bam!!
Rumble
Slam
The school has decided to cover this up.
Swoosh
Bam
Purely out of self-preservation.
And to hide the failure of their experiments.
Your tuition was wasted on these inexplicable human experiments.
Grind
Scream
Groan
And due to them, thirteen precious lives were lost.
Stare
You have, with no reason to foresee it, been made accomplices to murder."
Now, the parade begins.
Some school of hope this is!
Our money doesn't grow on trees!
This is a scam!
By the way, what's with all that?
I am helping Mitarai. Don't worry about me.
Tsumiki
Tsumiki, too.
Hinata...
The Biggest, Most Atrocious Incident in Hope's Peak High School's History