## Description
Like its predecessor, _Super Danganronpa 2_ is a murder-mystery visual novel
with action elements. The player character this time is Hajime Hinata, a new
student at the elite Hope’s Peak Academy. On his first day at the Academy, his
class meets Usami, a pink rabbit who dresses like a magical girl and
introduces herself as the students’ teacher. She transports the kids to
Jabberwock Island, an uninhabited tropical paradise, tells them that they are
now on a class trip, and instructs them to befriend one another and collect
hope fragments. But just as the students are getting used to their bizarre new
situation, the sadistic Monokuma appears and throws them into a game of life
and death.
Once again, the Hope’s Peak students can only escape the island if one of them
is able to murder a classmate without being caught. Once a murder takes place,
a class trial will be held to decide the guilty party. If the murderer is not
correctly decided upon, that student will be able to leave at the cost of
everyone else’s lives. However, if the students do find the culprit, that
single person will be messily executed in an elaborate display.
The game is divided into six chapters, which are further broken into Daily
Life and Deadly Life segments. In Daily Life, the player can engage in Free
Time conversations, in which Hajime gets to know his classmates by selecting
the correct options in their dialogue trees. Completing Free Time awards Skill
Points that can be spent for various beneficial abilities during trials. This
part of the game also includes exploration of Jabberwock Island and scripted
scenes. Once a murder has been committed, Deadly Life begins, and Hajime must
scour the island for evidence during the Investigation. When all evidence has
been collected, the game switches to the Class Trial, a fully-voiced set of
cutscenes and action-oriented minigames. The player must then use both their
reflexes and logic to present the correct evidence, debate with other
students, and draw the conclusions that will expose the true murderer.
An alternate mode called Island Mode is unlocked after beating the main game.
It presents an alternate universe in which Monokuma does not sabotage the
class trip, and the students collect the hope fragments as per the original
plan. Free Time conversations may also occur in this game mode, as well as
brand-new scenes for each character.