#ironkook

After doing a brief check on the facts, I’ve come to the conclusion that Kokichi’s reference to “an anime about a death game” is either incorrectly referencing Danganronpa 1, it isn’t referencing Danganronpa 1 at all.

Here’s the full conversation (Celest had screenshot this a while back during her play through when commenting on Kokichi’s remarks on wanting Kaede to be revived because it would make Shuichi happy)

This is fundamentally incorrect, if it is supposed to be a reference to Danganronpa 1.

Junko, as the mastermind of DR1, didn’t need to kill Mukuro to start the killing game, because Sayaka Maizono had already attempted to kill Leon Kuwata, but was killed by Leon in Makoto’s bathroom. 

Mukuro wasn’t a victim of a blackened. Mukuro was killed by Junko on a whim, because Junko decided last minute to make an example of her and actually kill her rather than “imprison” her and let Mukuro lurk in the shadows like they originally planned.

Because it is not 100% accurate, we can’t assume Kokichi has “seen” DR1 or has knowledge of it, especially since the “It’s all fiction!” twist would have to be a fact (which there is a lot of evidence to prove that Tsumugi was lying about this, in all honesty) but if that is the case, then Kokichi would still be incorrect here, because DR1′s canon timeline doesn’t change for V3, even in V3 making references to Leon’s murdering of Sayaka.

Kokichi also makes references to DR2 in his FTEs, demanding that Shuichi get on his knees and slit open his stomach as an apology--a reference to Fuyuhiko from DR2. He also makes references to Yu-Gi-Oh! among others.

From a literary standpoint, these references are probably just that-references. There aren’t any strong implications that these references have any plot relevance, but there is a possibility that Kokichi is suffering from an “error”/mistake in the flashback lights, and “remembers” things from the real outside world. 

However, I don’t believe that’s the case. Kokichi does make some questionable statements (I.E. telling Kaede he’s “met her before under similar circumstances” (in reference to the killing game) but this could also imply a sort of time loop if Kokichi really wasn’t just pulling Kaede’s leg here, because there are implications in the prologue that Kaede and Kokichi both were “new” to the Killing Game scene where as Rantaro knew immediately knew what was going on. Kaede did recognize the Monokubs, but didn’t immediately recognize the 16 student thing. Kokichi didn’t even remark on this at all.)

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