This is the private academy, Hope's Peak High School.
There is only one rule to graduate from this school of despair:
Kill someone without getting caught.
Maizono has been murdered.
And right now...
I'm the main suspect!
But Maizono and I both know...
...that I wasn't the one behind this.
It's about to start!
In this classroom trial...
...our lives are on the line!
"Not Normal Arc: Kill and Live"
Is this the courtroom?
Oh, goodie! You're finally here!
Whatcha think? Doesn't it match what you were expecting?
This place is screwed up!
If I may.
I would like to ask something before we begin the debate.
What purpose do those serve?
It doesn't seem right to leave them out just 'cause they're dead, now does it?
In which case, to whom does that chair belong?
With only 15 of us, why the need for 16 chairs?
Don't read too much into it!
That just means this courtroom can hold a maximum of 16 jurors.
Welp, we've spent long enough on getting situated.
It's about time we got this classroom trial underway!
Is the murderer... really amongst us?
Of course! There's no doubt about it.
Very well! Everyone, close your eyes!
Whoever the culprit is, raise your hand!
Are you stupid? Like he's gonna play along!
Now then, please begin the debate.
I can't mess this up...
Everyone's lives are on the line, not just mine!
"In Session!"
"Verbal Bullet"
I'm not sure how to debate...
Where should we start?
First, let us begin by inspecting the weapon used to commit the crime.
The knife that was plunged into Maizono's stomach...
That must be the weapon!
That is what killed her!
Anyone with eyes could see that!
Hold up! This is really important.
How so?
It means that someone took the knife from the kitchen.
Are you saying that whoever went into the kitchen was the culprit?
But it boils down to the same thing: Naegi did her in.
Wait! Naegi didn't take the knife from the kitchen.
Sakura and I spent the whole day in the cafeteria, so I'd know...
Um... Just to verify, who precisely is Sakura?
'Tis I.
Last night, Asahina and I partook of evening tea.
I was feeling scared!
So I kinda pushed Sakura into hanging out with me.
If you were accomplices,
you could say anything if you matched your stories.
Even if you have an accomplice, the only one qualified to graduate...
...is the guilty student who carried out the crime.
It is stated as such in the handbook as well.
In other words, there is nothing to gain by defending someone.
Th-Then...
If you weren't in on it, who took the knife, you swimming freak?!
"Swimming freak"?!
While we were in the cafeteria, there was but one who visited the kitchen...
Why didn't you say so sooner?
Because she isn't with us anymore...
You mean...
It was Sayaka Maizono.
She came to the kitchen, but she's dead.
Maizono took a knife out of the kitchen?
She is the only conceivable possibility.
In return for hanging out with me, I'll make some royal milk tea!
Oh, good evening.
I'm feeling a bit thirsty.
I didn't think much of it at the time, but...
Who would have thought!
In which case, it was none other than the victim herself,
Maizono, who took the knife!
Well, good night.
--Yes, take care. --Yeah, good night.
I'm sure... she must have wanted it for self-defense.
Assuming that is true, it means the culprit stole the knife Maizono had taken
and then proceeded to kill her with it.
You're right...
Furthermore, Naegi, I do not believe this has cleared your name.
S-See, I told you! I just knew Naegi was behind this!
I told you I didn't do it!
Are you trying to manipulate the debate and lead us down the wrong path?
What terrifying skills you have!
Guys, why don't you get it?
If you declare me guilty, we're all going to die!
Wait.
Isn't it too early to name Naegi the culprit?
There is evidence suggesting that Naegi is not the murderer.
Kirigiri...
Then let us hear it.
Please recall the scene of the crime.
Did the culprit effortlessly slip into the shower room?
What is the point of that question?
The doorknob to my shower room was broken...
True, it looked like it had been trashed...
N-Naegi tried to force it open and broke it! He broke it with force!
That is precisely why I do not believe Naegi was the culprit.
What're you talking about?
He had to break it if he wanted in, right?
She locked the door from the other side!
You're wrong!
"Refute" You're wrong!
"Ill-fit Door"
Weren't the only shower rooms with locking doors in the girls' rooms?
Huh? What're you talkin' about?
Apparently the shower rooms in the guys' rooms don't have locks.
Isn't that right, Monokuma?
Yep, that's right!
Then why wouldn't your shower room's door open, Naegi?
That's because I have a poorly fit door.
The culprit was under the misconception
that the door wouldn't open because she had locked it from the inside.
That's why he tried to break the doorknob!
If Naegi was the culprit,
he could have opened the door without going through all of that effort.
S-So it wasn't Naegi?
Kirigiri...
We are not done yet. Do not relax.
Then let us assume that someone else is the murderer.
Where would he get the idea that the door was locked when this was a boy's room?
I imagine the killer truly believed that it was a girl's room.
He was convinced that it was Sayaka Maizono's room.
So you're saying that it was someone who didn't know about the room swap?
That's everyone except for Naegi!
Then who the hell is the culprit?!
I know! Let's decide by majority vote for now!
You're cool with doin' that "for now"...?
Ain't we in a bit of a pinch?
Really now, if someone doesn't do somethin'...
It does not matter how trivial the matter may seem.
Does anyone feel that something seems amiss?
Something seems off to me!
See, I was wondering how the killer got into Naegi's room to begin with.
He picked the lock?
No, the locks were supposed to have anti-picking mechanisms!
Then allow this here genius to tell you!
Bluntly put, Maizono personally invited the killer,
who was pretending to be a visitor, into her room!
Yamada...
There is no way Maizono would open the door.
Oh? You have the nerve to argue with me?
Hello! Why are you so certain she wouldn't open the door?!
That's a given.
For one thing, she was scared stiff.
Don't open the door, even if someone comes over!
I won't open it, even if I know it's you!
Otherwise it'll defeat the point of swapping rooms, right?
I have a hard time believing she'd open the door after saying that.
In that case, what if her being scared was an act in and of itself?
H-How could you say that? There is no way she'd do that!
I doubt you want to consider the possibility, Naegi,
but can you maintain that stance after seeing this?
"There's something I want to discuss in private.
Please come to my room.
Make sure to check the nameplate so you don't go to the wrong room by mistake."
What... is that?
The pressure of her pen dented the paper underneath.
I found this in a notebook that was in your room, Naegi.
Naegi, were you the one who wrote this?
No, it wasn't me...
I thought not.
It appears that the memo was signed by a name that could be read as, "Maizono."
Why would she write a memo like this...?
I believe she used that memo to invite someone to your room.
Any guy'd kill to see the day
a super high school-level idol invites him to her room.
Oh, but, naturally, I'm only interested in 2D girls, so no worries there!
However, I do believe that memo with Maizono's signature said,
"Come to my room," did it not?
But then wouldn't he go to Maizono's room while Naegi was there?
No, the culprit was certain to visit Naegi's room.
My! Why is that?
Not only did the residents swap rooms, but also nameplates.
"Maizono"
If I had only looked at my handbook, I would have missed this clue.
Then the person she invited in that memo...
Would undoubtedly find himself welcomed into Naegi's room,
where Sayaka Maizono was waiting.
Swapping nameplates...
Who would do such a thing?
It clearly was not Naegi, correct?
R-Right...
Th-Then who the heck did it?
Only one person could have done it.
It had to be the only other person who knew that we had swapped rooms...
Maizono!
But why'd she ask someone over after swapping rooms with you?
Maizono was planning to kill someone.
I suspect that after the murder, she intended to return the nameplates
and place the blame on Naegi.
She'd never--!
Are you certain? Look at all of the evidence pointing otherwise.
The problem with Maizono's plan was that she gave
the fool she invited into your room a chance to fight back.
He got in the first strike with that decorative sword!
No, that was used in defense.
In general, that is what scratches on a sheath imply...
If everything had gone according to plan,
Maizono would be standing there now as if nothing had ever happened.
Maizono, why...?
Isn't that obvious?
It was to escape from this school, or so I suspect.
However, she was ultimately defeated and killed, so she failed to get far.
Don't put it like that!
Why not? That is how this game works.
--Even so-- --Calm yourself.
This is hardly the time to argue.
Indeed not. We have not yet decided upon a culprit.
It has to be someone here in our midst...
Y-You're right! We gotta pick someone or else...!
W-We're dead! Dead! All of us are goners!
I've gotta think! If we don't find the culprit, it's all over.
There must be something that we're overlooking.
Jeez! Like we can pick someone.
We're fresh outta clues, ya know?
What more can we do?
You're wrong!
"Refute" You're wrong!
"We're fresh outta clues, ya know?" "Dying Message"
Wh-What is it?
We still have some clues!
Huh?
Maizono left behind... a dying message!
A dying... what?
A dying message.
Wasn't it on the wall next to Maizono's back?
Oh! What'd it say again?
You mean that "11037" thingy?
If you're gonna talk numbers, isn't that girl a whiz?
You're a super high school-level programmer, aren't you?
But I came up empty-handed.
Try as I might, I can't draw the correlation between those numbers.
Maizono managed to escape into the shower room,
but he forced open the door
and killed her with the knife he had snatched from her.
"Solved"
That's it! I've got it!
That message she wrote... It's the culprit's name!
If you flip the dying message 180 degrees, it should become obvious!
Leon!
Isn't that your name, Leon Kuwata?
Leon...
Isn't that your name, Leon Kuwata?
Leon Kuwata...!
Wait! Ain't that a bit farfetched?!
I imagine she was leaning against the very wall
that she wrote the message on.
Because of the position she wrote it in,
when you view it from the front, it looks like it's been flipped 180 degrees.
What the hell?! You think I did it?
You can cut the bullshit already!
If you are not the culprit,
why did you try to destroy the evidence?
Huh?!
What is the meaning of this?
Are you talking about the scorched remains of a Y-shirt
and those glass ball fragments in the trash room?
Oh, I recall seeing those!
Come to think of it, I haven't seen my crystal ball...
Th-That wouldn't be the ball, would it?
Naegi, it seems you are beginning to see
the answer that will solve this entire puzzle!
Let me paint the whole picture for you.
This case's culprit
rushed to destroy all of the evidence after he killed Maizono.
But he couldn't get near the incinerator!
This is when the culprit used Hagakure's glass ball.
Although this would be all but impossible for a normal person,
the culprit was confident that he could make his plan work.
That's because he was a "Super High School-Level Baseball Player."
The culprit relaxed after disposing of the evidence and left the trash room.
But this is where he made a mistake.
Part of the Y-shirt he had thrown into the incinerator fell out!
And the culprit had no idea that the scrap of material
would be used as conclusive evidence against him.
"Da-Booom" "Da-Booom"
Isn't that right, Leon Kuwata?
How about it, Kuwata? Do you care to object?
Do I care to object, huh?
I do! I do, I do! You better friggin' believe I do!
Moron, moron, moron, moron, moron, moron! I'll never fess up!
--Moron, moron, moron...! --But as a super high school-level baseball player,
you're the only one capable of hitting the incinerator's switch with a glass ball.
No flippin' way I'll confess!
Besides, Yamada could get past the gate since he's on trash duty!
But Yamada wouldn't need to throw a glass ball from the outside because he can get in!
Moron, moron, moron! And seriously!
Claimin' I, "threw the glass ball to hide the evidence,"
is nothin' more than speculation based on circumstantial evidence!
True, but there is other evidence that points to you as the culprit.
Don't make crap up!
The screws to the shower room's doorknob were removed.
So who gives a rat's ass?!
How did the culprit remove those screws?
Your reasoning is so flippin' wrong, you retarded piece of shit!
If what I'm thinking is right,
there should be evidence that you've used the screwdriver in your tool kit!
Moron, moron, moron, moron, moron, moron, moron!
Without any evidence, this trial's just a sham! I won't take this crap!
I'll prove that you're guilty!
"Tool Kit"
Kuwata, could you show us your tool kit?
I'm sure Kuwata's tool kit has been used.
If you have used it somewhere else,
I expect you to explain precisely where and how it was used.
Just so you know, "I lost it," is not an acceptable excuse.
M-M-M-M--
Moron?
It would seem he does not have an argument in his defense.
Kuwata...
Looks like you've just about wrapped up yer debate.
In which case, let's move on to Voting Time!
Punks, please vote by pressing the switch in front of you!
Who will come out guilty in the vote?
The answer is...!
Yahoo! You're totally right!
The person who killed Sayaka Maizono in this murder case...
...was Leon Kuwata!
Yeah?
Kuwata...
Bastard! What the hell were you thinking?!
I didn't have a choice...
I mean, she was tryin' to do me in.
So like, my only option was to kill her.
One wrong move and this coulda happened to you!
Okay, so there you have it!
You did a magnificent job identifying the guilty party,
so now let's move on to Leon Kuwata's punishment!
W-Wait just a minute! I only killed her 'cause I had to!
That's right! It was legitimate self-defense!
I accidentally killed her when tryin' to protect myself!
Now then, why don't we get yer punishment underway?
--Everyone is waiting. --W-Wait...
--Please wait! --Excuses don't work here!
If ya disrupt the peace, ya get punished!
Isn't that one of society's rules?
N-No...! No!
Lemme outta here!
--Please let me out! --For the Super High School-Level Baseball Player,
--C'mon! Please lemme out! --For the Super High School-Level Baseball Player,
--Lemme out! Let me out! --Leon Kuwata,
I've prepared a special little punishment!
No!
"Kuwata was voted guilty."
"Time for his punishment."
Yahoo! That's extreme!
Adrenaline is filling every inch of my body!
What the heck? What the heck is this?
I-I can't take this...
If you can't take this,
cut all ties with the outside world,
and accept that you'll spend the rest of yer life in here.
But that's assumin' yer even capable of that.
I know. I know, Naegi.
You know? What do you know?
You feel despair when you think about Maizono and how she betrayed you, right?
Screw you!
Everything... It was all your fault!
Stop for now, assuming you truly wish to avenge her.
Damn it!
Naegi, there is something I would like to discuss with you.
It's about Maizono, isn't it?
Yes.
It is true that Sayaka Maizono tried to frame you.
That is an undeniable fact,
but what do you think her dying thoughts were?
There's no way I'll ever know...
Even if we cannot ask her, we can still speculate.
I believe she spent her last moments trying to figure out a way to save you.
If she did not care what became of you,
she would not have left that message.
But wasn't she just trying to get back at Kuwata for killing her?
My speculation differs from yours.
I believe... that she was hesitant.
She was hesitant about deceiving you... as well as about killing someone.
That hesitation is what led to her failure.
It's an ironic twist of fate.
Why are you telling me this?
Because I am certain you are capable of overcoming this.
You are capable of overcoming your friends' deaths and moving on.
If you aren't that kind of person,
you won't be able to escape from this extreme situation.
Overcome my friends' deaths? I could never do that...!
That's why I will never overcome their deaths.
I will drag them with me... Both Maizono's death and Kuwata's death.
I'll drag them with me forever and ever!
I'll drag them as I plow forward!
I won't forget and overcome their deaths as I move on!
I will drag everyone's deaths and feelings with me when I get out!
You've chosen a path that is far more arduous than overcoming death.
But I have high hopes for you.
Actually, I have a question I'd like to ask while I'm here.
How did you know that I wanted to talk to you about Maizono when I came in?
That's because I have ESP.
Just kidding! I have keen intuition.
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