The gym was filled with sixteen students — awoken in this locked-down school. Now, they stood before a bizarre black-and-white bear, its red eye gleaming with twisted delight.

Monokuma: "Puhuhuhu! You’re all trapped in this school with no way out, unless, you’re willing to get your hands a little dirty. If you want to escape, all you have to do is kill one of your classmates and make sure nobody figures out it was you. If you get away with it, You’ll be set free, and the rest will meet a tragic end. If you get caught, let’s just say you’ll be facing a punishment.

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Kaede Akamatsu (Ultimate Pianist) — “This is insane! You think we’re just going to turn against each other?”

Shuichi Saihara (Ultimate Detective) — “A killing game… there has to be a way out of this without bloodshed.”

Maki Harukawa (Ultimate Child Caregiver) — “Tch. Killing? This is ridiculous.”

Kaito Momota (Ultimate Astronaut) — “No way I’m killing anyone! We’re getting out of here together!”

Tsumugi Shirogane (Ultimate Cosplayer) — “So… this is like one of those killing game stories? But in real life?”

Tenko Chabashira (Ultimate Aikido Master) — “No degenerate male is going to trick me into murder!”

Himiko Yumeno (Ultimate Magician) — “Nyeh… can I just magic my way out of here?”

Angie Yonaga (Ultimate Artist) — “Atua will guide us! If we have faith, we won’t have to kill!”

Gonta Gokuhara (Ultimate Entomologist) — “Gonta will protect friends! Gonta will not kill!”

Korekiyo Shinguji (Ultimate Anthropologist) — “Oh… a true test of humanity’s primal nature. How… thrilling.”

Ryoma Hoshi (Ultimate Tennis Pro) — “Hmph. If someone’s gonna kill, just get it over with.”

Kirumi Tojo (Ultimate Maid) — “If survival is required, I shall do what must be done.”

Rantaro Amami (Ultimate ???) — “Huh… so we really can’t leave unless we kill? Interesting.”

Miu Iruma (Ultimate Inventor) — “Tch. I’ll just build a way out of this dump!”

K1-B0 (Ultimate Robot) — “Murder is illogical! We must seek an alternative solution!”