As the story goes, the older sister who boasted great physical strength was Mukuro Ikusaba.
The cute, ingenious and also younger twin was me,
Junko Enoshima!
Together, the two of us made the Super High School-Level Despair's Despair Sisters!
Ikusaba and Enoshima were... twins?!
B-But if you were twins, why didn't you share the same last name?
That again ?! It's a common scenario, so figure it out for yourself!
We'll just say ya guessed right.
If she was your twin sister, does that mean you killed your big sister?
I had reasons that ran deeper than the ocean!
Psych! I didn't have any.
Oh, sorry about that.
I haven't spoken in front of people in so long...
...that I've forgotten how I'm supposed to act.
Actually, I get despairingly sick of crap!
So I get fed up with my own personality.
She's... the mastermind?!
"Despair High School" "Goodbye, Despair High School"
For this plan, it was imperative that I had someone control...
"School Life of Mutual Killing" from behind the scenes.
Someone had to control Monokuma and keep tabs on you.
I suppose you could say I needed a "mastermind."
"The group is surprised by the astonishing truth! Coming up next!"
However, according to my calculations,
it would have been impossible for Mukuro Ikusaba to fill that role.
For you see, she was a pathetic older sister.
She was the type of horribly pathetic older sister
who joined a mercenary group all on her own.
As such, I took control and had her maintain a front at "School Life."
But there was a problem with this decision:
Mukuro Ikusaba's title as a super high school-level soldier.
You could describe that title as the "Three D 's"!
Despairingly Stinky!
Despairingly Yucky!
Despairingly Gross!
I didn't need to make any calculations to know that her title
deviated substantially from social expectations.
On the other hand, my "super high school-level fashion diva" was attractive.
It was too good to waste!
Hence you swapped places with your sister.
Yes, but I hadn't calculated us to be so different.
The discrepancy was despairing!
She was acting like a side character or "Extra A."
Between her personality and her unfortunate appearance,
a large percentage of our viewers probably assumed she would die early on.
That is why I killed her. I wanted to meet their expectations!
You can't be serious... You killed her over that?
Naturally, there was more to it than that.
"I had grown weary of her."
That was my reason, to be precise.
I could see where things were headed after planning them out.
So it was like, "Where's the fun in that?"
That's why I changed things up and made an example out of Mukuro!
In other words, Mukuro Ikusaba's death was a one-sided act of betrayal.
I had figured as much.
When you murdered Mukuro Ikusaba, she clearly hadn't seen it coming.
Teehee! So you noticed?
I should have figured! Mukuro couldn't act if her life depended on it.
You killed your own sister... Why doesn't that bother you?!
Jeez! It's scary when people get the wrong idea.
We're the Super High School-Level Despair.
Life fills us with despair.
The tears we shed when we were born were the tears of despair!
So "dying" and "killing" don't mean shit!
By constantly living in the pit of despair,
we could go all out without fear for our lives!
How long must this ridiculous self-introduction persist?
Are you trying to divert our attention from the mysteries surrounding this school?
The mysteries surrounding this school...
They have to do with why we lost our memories, don't they?
Yes... The answers lie within your stolen memories...
Yeah, but I can't remember anything!
Maybe this'll help jog yer memory.
Well, let her rip!
"At long last, the despair-inducing truth about the world is revealed!"
Y'all kept sayin', "I want outta here! I want out!"
but here's what has become of the outside world!
It's bad... The world is in bad shape...
And there you have it...
And there we have what?! I don't get what I just saw!
If no one remembers any of this, we're finished!
There is only one way this is going to end...
Wait, Fukawa!
What? What is it?
Just maybe, she might remember.
Wh-Wh-Wh-Who do you mean by "she"?
The other you, Fukawa! Genocider Sho!
What?!
Don't the two of you share your knowledge, just not your memories?
Yup! We may share our knowledge, but we don't share our memories!
H-How 'bout it, Fukawans?
A-Are you telling me to swap with her?! N-No! N-Not happening!
Fukawa, you are the only one I can count on.
Don-da-la-don! I'm actually a rather domestic serial killer.
Go straight to the point, only answering what I ask you.
Do you have any idea what those videos could be about?
Huh? Those videos?
And who the heck are you?
I'm the mastermind...
Oh, nice to meet you.
Yeah, the feeling's mutual.
Enough with the introductions. Look at the monitor already!
Well? Does any of that look familiar?
If you really must know, of course I recognize that footage.
Y-You remember what happened?!
But of course!
Then how come you never said so?
I don't divulge any info unless you specifically ask for it.
I mean, you know? I'm the quiet type.
Crap! She isn't the least bit convincing.
Moving on! What is that footage all about?
Huh? What's gotten into you, Master Byakuya?
Have you forgotten about that horrible catastrophe?
What catastrophe?
The Biggest, Most Atrocious Despair-Inducing Incident in Human History.
It reached such levels you could call that incident...
...a natural disaster instead of a man-made one.
It was truly the biggest, most atrocious despair-inducing incident in human history.
As a result, the world went to pot in the blink of an eye!
The end.
"The end"?! Wait just a sec!
We still don't know what exactly went down!
I don't know all the damn details myself.
Miss Gloomy is the one who watched it in real time, so you'd be better off asking her.
This is ridiculous. It's all nonsense!
In that case, allow me to tell you another ridiculous story to complement the last.
Togami, it's in regard to your personal crutch, the Togami Corp.
What is it?
You took the bait, just as I expected.
You jumped on that the way an exhausted office lady...
...jumps on an all-you-can-eat cake buffet.
So, like, whatcha think? What do you think happened to the Togami family?
"Q. What happened to the Togami family?"
"1. The Togami family has perished." "2. The Togami family has perished."
"3. The Togami family has perished." "4. The Togami family has perished."
"Correct!"
Well done, humans! You are absolutely correct!
But we didn't say anything...!
And there you have it! Togami's family has been wiped off the face of the planet!
What are you talking about?!
I've confirmed the death of all your family ties, relatives included.
It is safe to say that the Togami family has gone extinct.
My family would never fall! The Togami family controls the entire world!
That freaking world is already over!
In fact, it ended a whole year ago.
A year ago...? W-Wait just a second!
What you're saying doesn't make any sense.
At the very most, we came to this school a few weeks ago.
If something happened a year ago that could bring about the end of the world,
we would definitely know about it!
Sure y'all aren't mistaken?
Mistaken?
What are you talking about? We just got here not that long ago!
"Not that long ago." Yeah?
So you kiddos call a whole two years "not that long ago," huh?
Well, you should be able to piece together all of the hints I've given you.
Now then, let us hear your answer! Solve the mysteries shrouding this school!
Two years?!
From the time we entered this school to today,
only a few weeks should have passed...
It couldn't be...
Is this related to the memories you stole...?
It hasn't been a few weeks!
We've been living at Hope's Peak High School for two years!
So these pictures are legit?!
We were classmates who had already spent two years together...
You've got it!
In other words, you've been killin' yer friends!
The first year of school was overflowin'
"Regarding the Plan to Fill Mankind with Despair" The first year of school was overflowin'
"Regarding the Plan to Fill Mankind with Despair" with peace and hope!
"Two Years Prior" with peace and hope!
It was such a horribly normal school year!
Everyone enjoyed it to the fullest!
You were really enjoying your youths.
However, that was short-lived.
Peace only lasted for that first year.
You see, a year after you entered the high school,
an incident occurred that pounded despair into mankind.
Your peaceful days came to an end all too soon.
Naturally, this school was no exception.
Nearly all of the students at Hope's Peak High School were annihilated.
You were the only survivors at the school.
You guys are the only survivors from the 78th class of Hope's Peak High School.
And then something really interesting happened!
Listen carefully! I only say important things once, 'kay?
Believe it or not, Hope's Peak High School enacted its shelter plan
to protect the remaining students!
Yup! Hope's Peak High School enacted its shelter plan!
Oopsy! That was twice!
Now then, moving on to the one who enacted the shelter plan.
In other words, the one who trapped you here.
Do you happen to know who this individual might be?
The principal of Hope's Peak High School... or he was.
The principal tried to protect us by turning the school into a shelter.
But the principal made a grave mistake by enacting the shelter plan.
Ain't it a hoot? Even though he was the principal, he was totally oblivious!
He had no idea that the Super High School-Level Despair was already in his school.
The shelter that was meant to protect you...
...turned into a cage that kept ya from escapin' despair!
For the record, the ones who sealed all of the windows and doors shut...
...were none other than you.
You all worked together going, "Wham! Klap! Dong!"
So we trapped ourselves in here with our own two hands?
Then you forgot all about it and started to throw a hissy fit!
It was show time for Mukuro and I once you turned the school into a shelter.
It was time to start our "School Life of Mutual Killing"!
That was why Sister Mukuro and I infiltrated this school two years ago.
I've orchestrated everything to bring my plan to fill mankind with despair...
...to its climax with the "School Life of Mutual Killing."
Are you saying that you kept us alive to make us kill each other?
Why would you go that far...?
In the outside world, there are apparently a scant few left.
They are attached to the past, unable to give up hope.
So I decided to show them the way things are.
What do you think I did...
...to that end?
"Hijack the Airwaves"
Hijack the airwaves!
That's how you broadcasted what we were doing.
Uh-huh. You've got it.
The masses hold Hope's Peak High as their symbol of hope,
so showing the world your acts of mutual killing...
...was the climax of my plan to fill mankind with despair!
This is the truth you longed for!
Well? Doesn't it fill you with despair?
Aren't you filled with despair now that all of the mysteries have been solved?
By any chance, was it all part of your calculations that we would solve them?
What will you do if it was?
What if my goal was to make you solve the puzzle yourselves...
...as a way to present the despair-inducing truth?
That's messed up!
That's not funny.
What was it?
What are you referring to?
What is the Super High School-Level Despair that caused the incident?
I don't believe you and Mukuro Ikusaba pulled it off on your own.
Was it an organization? A group? A family?
Let's see... If I had to answer, I'd say it was none of the above.
I suppose you could describe it as more of an idea.
Despair is contagious.
Anyone and everyone falls into despair.
I-I get the picture! I totally get that you're incredible!
So please spare my life!
I see. So this is how a human begs for his life.
This is the first time I have beheld someone in such a sorry state!
But, see, begging doesn't work on me.
I really am just pursuing despair.
There is no rhyme or reason for why I pursue it.
Since I don't have a motive, you can't counter me.
Incomprehensible and unstoppable, nothing I do seems fair.
That is how Super High School-Level Despair works!
Stop right there...!
We've let you get your fair say,
but there is nothing to prove that anything you've said is true!
Are you suggesting that I have been telling lies?
Even if you're telling the truth, I don't want to submit to you!
I don't want to lose to you!
I can't for those who've died because of you!
I see. You've done a wonderful job shifting responsibility.
That is the shape your hope takes, isn't it?
But I do not have time for further debate.
It's about time I brought this to an end.
To an end...?
Naturally, I'm talking about the vote!
Isn't that part of the rules?
By the way, since this is our last vote,
I've decided to switch up the rules for how it works!
You punks represent hope!
I represent despair.
We're gonna hold a vote to see whether hope or despair should be punished!
If even one of you votes against hope,
"Despair | Hope | Despair | Despair | Despair | Despair" If even one of you votes against hope,
"Victory"
I'll be declared the winner
and punish everyone on hope's side.
"Punishment" and punish everyone on hope's side.
E-Even if it's just one vote?
Yeah, but don't worry.
I obviously won't be participatin'.
E-Even so, you've got a major advantage!
We'll be fine!
No one would willingly choose to be executed!
Oh, good point.
Oh, lemme throw this out there. I've decided that yer punishment if I win...
...is that you'll have to live peacefully, oh so peacefully,
here on campus until ya go senile!
So... we could continue to live out our lives here...?
It means we'll survive!
That doesn't count as living!
And furthermore, we won't let you do with us as you please!
Just a sec! I've got an idea!
Just goin' senile sounds freakin' boring, doesn't it?
There's no way that'll make you viewers happy, right?
That's it! I've made my mind!
One of you will have to go through a damn freaky execution!
I've already decided which one of you it'll be!
Naegi, it's you!
M-Me?
I hate your guts, Naegi!
I mean, you've been defiant throughout this whole trial!
Bluntly put, if ya sacrifice Naegi,
everyone else can enjoy the rest of yer days together!
They'd have to sacrifice me...?
You've got it!
Bluntly put, if ya sacrifice Naegi,
everyone else can enjoy the rest of yer days together!
No way...! That isn't right...
Huh? You seem to have lost your spunk.
Not so confident? Don't trust yer friends?
Y-You're wrong! It's not like that...
Asahina...
Kirigiri...
Guys...
Nice... Those expressions are really great...
I see a series of beautiful faces corroded by despair.
Oh, for the record, the outside world is polluted.
The only reason we're okay is because of the air purifier in the physics lab.
If I die, the air purifier will be forced to shut down.
In other words, the moment that I'm executed,
you're done living together here at this school.
Then you'll have no choice but to leave.
You'll have to go to the outside world,
where you'll find nothing but death and despair.
If a single friend gives in to despair, you're dead!
Naegi, you're trapped in the ultimate despair-inducing situation!
You're... wrong.
Huh?
You're... You're wrong!
No one has fallen into despair! None of us are going to lose to you!
There isn't just death and despair! I've got everyone...
Hope is inside all of us!
What a poop. You're stubborn clear to the end.
Whatever. Can we finish this up already?
It's time for our last vote! It'll spell the end of everything!
From your lame hope to you yourself!
If you insist that there isn't any hope outside...
"Verbal Bullet"
If you insist that despair is contagious...
Then I will contaminate everyone with the hope I have inside of me!
Living a life of despair... couldn't be called living!
But Naegs, I'm still scared!
According to my psychic reading, we should stay here after all...
Pull yourself together, Hagakure!
Your readings are only meant to serve as guideposts!
Doesn't it all boil down to what you really want to do?
Weren't you the most adamant about wanting out of here?
Living your life how the mastermind tells you...
"Hope"
...isn't living at all!
You're right... I still want to live.
I want to open the next door!
There must be somethin' new out there waiting for me!
Yeah!
That's why... that's why I...
I wanna leave this school after all!
Asahina, I don't think simply surviving is enough...
We're... carrying the expectations of those who died!
If Sakura were here...
What would Sakura say if she were here?
I'm sure Ohgami wouldn't cave in!
That's right. Those of us who've survived...
...carry the hope of all those who've died before us!
Knowing Sakura, she'd say, "Strength can only be obtained by confronting adversity."
"In that case, I shall tread the thorny path."
Doesn't that sound like her?
Actually, I'm pretty sure that's what she'd say!
Okay! I've made my mind, too.
No matter what anyone says, my mind is made!
Togami...
"At long last, the despair-inducing truth about the world is revealed!"
Even if the outside world is in shambles...
No matter what happens...
We can always start over!
We can start over as many times as it takes!
Reclaim whatever has been lost!
"We are truly sorry, but please wait a moment."
You're proud and never surrender to anyone.
Byakuya Togami, as the future heir of the Togami family,
"Hope" you can't afford to admit defeat here!
I hope you don't believe you are trying to console me!
Togami...!
This is absurd! I've never intended to bow down to despair.
I am merely trying to follow through with something I once said.
I said that I'd kill the mastermind!
Darling, you're wonderful!
I'll follow you! This surprisingly domestic serial killer will follow you anywhere!
Fukawa!
Bluntly put, I'm cool either way!
I'll choose whichever one sounds like more fun.
Don't worry! I'll go wherever Master Byakuya goes.
Kirigiri, don't tell me you also have a death wish.
Do you want to die?
Didn't your dad want you to survive?
Are you going to put all his hard work to waste?
You're wrong!
Kirigiri, don't you care about your father above all else?
I know you do!
I don't know anything about my father.
So I don't know how he felt about any of this.
Your father--the principal--didn't surrender to despair.
Instead he entrusted us with the future!
If hope is fading away,
"Hope" we simply need to become the new rays of hope!
You're right... I'm sure my father, or at least the father I'm related to by blood,
would never tell me to stay here if it meant sacrificing you!
Kirigiri...!
I'm not sure why, but I am certain of that.
I suppose not knowing anything is not the same as not understanding anything.
You know, Naegi...
I don't think it was your good luck or your bad luck that brought you to this school.
It was something else that brought you here.
The way you are trying to defeat the Super High School-Level Despair,
the way you are trying to face despair without giving up clear to the end,
makes you the Super High School-Level Hope.
I believe that is what you should be called.
"Super High School-Level"
"Super High School-Level Hope"
We won't lose.
As long as we have hope, we can't lose!
"Super High School-Level Hope"
Lame.
That was so lame.
That look on your faces, the words you're flinging around, your exchanges...
...they're all lame! Lame! That crap isn't popular!
I'm not an elite.
There is nothing but despair outside.
I'm not great enough to be called "hope."
Gross!
But... But I won't give up!
Let despair violate you!
I won't grow bored of hope! I won't cast it aside! I won't fall into despair!
Cut the crap, Hope!
After all, being optimistic...
Do you want to die?
...is the only thing I've got going for me.
I hate you so beary much!
No matter what, we're leaving this school!
It looks like your game is up.
Now let's commence Voting Time!
Just use the switch to vote.
Okay, here I go!
Let's end it all... the classroom trials and the mutual killing.
We'll end it personally!
Annoying! Annoying! Annoying! Annoying! Annoying! Annoying!
Uncool! Uncool! Uncool! Uncool! Uncool! Uncool!
Despair for tomorrow!
Despair at the thought of the unknown!
Let your memories throw you into despair!
Hope... plows forward!
"Super High School-Level Hope"
"Hope" "Super High School-Level Hope"
What gives...?
What the hell?!
What's this?
Well? What's this?
Junko Enoshima, you've lost.
"Lost"? I lost?
I did?
N-No way...!
That's just so...
N-Not gonna acknowledge defeat?!
Even the Super High School-Level Despair can't take despair when it hits.
That's just so...
...flipping awesome!
So this is despair!
I infiltrated this school two years ago, devised an intricate plan,
and then I even killed my own sister!
To think that my plan would fail at the very, very, very end!
This is super despair!
Nothing could render greater despair-induced happiness!
Wh-What are you talking about?
Well, isn't it about time for my punishment?
W-Wait! We don't actually want you to die!
Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!
Haven't you been paying attention?
I don't find hope in life!
In fact, I'm looking forward to the despair of dying,
something a person only experiences once in a lifetime.
So butt out!
How wonderful! So this is death-induced despair...
I wanted to dye the world in this glorious despair!
Well, let's get started.
This is a special punishment fit to be our last.
C'mon! Let's go out with a bang!
It's Punishment Time!
"Enoshima was voted guilty."
"Time for her punishment."
"Endangered Species"
That was the end of the final classroom trial,
the events concerning the Super High School-Level Despair and Junko Enoshima,
our lives at Hope's Peak High School, and everything...
You know, there is no point in standing here forever.
Huh? What's this?
What happened to the classroom trial and the mastermind?
It's all over!
C-Can we go outside now?
Yep! But we're not really sure what to expect once we do...
But unlike this school, the world is vast!
It's a big world, so yeah, I'm sure there will be despair out there.
But there should be plenty of hope as well.
Searching for hope and finding hope...
That is true hope.
Yep, yep! The first thing I wanna do is go to a donut shop!
I'll think about the rest after that.
What'll you do if there aren't any donut shops?
I could make donuts! I'd start with some flour.
And if there isn't flour, I can always grow some wheat.
Naegi, let's go. Leaving with someone like you, I'm actually excited...
...to see what we'll accomplish in the future.
Kirigiri...
What can nobodies like us hope to accomplish?
I'm sure... we can do anything.
That's right! We can do anything!
Okay. I'm going to open the door.
I can't say I'm going to miss this school, so this feels rather strange...
I'm not really sure how to say this...
But maybe this is our graduation.
Hope can spread...
...as long as we don't give up.
We can push forward because we have hope.
Courage surges within us because we have hope.
We take action and move forward--the world moves...
...because we have hope.
My hand--our hands...
...are opening the door...
...the door to the future, where hope and despair intermingle!
The red moon wavers in the sadness-colored sky like a bird that’s lost its way home
You're like a cat secretly calling to your pals with a maddening voice in some distant alley
How long are you going to stay there?
Once you've let love slip you by, it won't come back
O angel, take a breath and aim for the skies once more
Cast aside your tattered wings and fly as you please
Fascinating!
This is turning out to be beary fascinating.
That's right! I'm not a toy. I'm Monokuma!
I'm the principal of yer school here!
I wanna hurry and meet everyone!