It was just another regular day at Hope's Peak Academy. A certain family heir was being stalked by a certain writer, a swimmer was eating an insane amount of doughnuts, a princess was scolding both a mechanic and breeder, and a hall monitor was scolding a yakuza and biker gang leader. How normal could it get? On the fourth floor, the principal sat on his desk organizing several fines, bills, noise complaints, and notices from the government threatening the principal to get his students in line before action needed to be taken. From his door, two knocks were heard.
"Mr. Kirigiri." A female voice called out. "You have guest."
"Come in."
With the office door open, a young woman in her early twenties walked in with a man behind her her. The woman wore appropriate clothing fit for an office job, with a dress shirt, black skirt, red heels, and brown hair tied in a bun, while the man behind her wore a black business suit with a green tie and neatly cut blonde hair.
"I will be taking my leave now Mr. Kirigiri." The secretary said in a monotone voice and strutted out of the office, her heels making a clicking sound as she walked.
"Thank you-" The door was slammed behind the secretary, making loud noise that cut the principal off. "-Mai."
"Good morning Mr. Jin Kirigiri, I am Kenta Natsume, head of the Hope's Peak Academy government branch."
"Ah. You must be in charge of all government work with my academy then, yes?"
"That is correct. I have come here to give you an important request by the government." Kenta smiled and handed Jin a brown envelope. He lifted an eyebrow in response but accepted the envelope, and opened it, taking out the single sheet of paper inside.
Jin Kirigiri sat there on his desk reading the letter from the government, and read it again. He read it three more times and his expression became even more puzzle than the last. After how many minutes, Jin looked at Kenta with the most confused face.
"You want my students to run a variety show?"
"They are quite popular, aren't they?"
"The students, or variety shows?"
"Both of course. Your students are quite the talk in government gossip."
Jin sighed in embarrassment. "Great. Always wanted my students to be popular with the government."
"Don't worry. We see your students in a comedic aspect."
"Even better." Jin thought to himself.
"So why is the government interested in my students?"
"I was supposed to tell you it's to help spread their names and make them famous across the world to guarantee a good future for them, but in reality the government has decided to exploit the academy and it's students." Kenta laughed and Jin just stared at him.
"You're surprisingly honest."
"It's why I'm not popular at the office."
"I feel like I'm talking with an adult version of that boy...Makoto, I think his name was." Jin thought to himself, then asked Kenta a question.
"What's in it for the academy?"
"Anything you want. You may not realize it, but the government is really set on this idea. So anything you ask for, the government will give."
Jin Kirigiri glanced at the stack of files he was organizing a few minutes ago.
"And that's not even a tenth of it." He then sighed.
"I can't believe I'm doing this."
"I'll allow it." Kenta's eyes held a hint of surprise at his answer. "But."
"I will only allow if the government pays for all of the school's fees, including government charges. Next, the government cannot interfere or intrude on a student or staff's private life. And lastly, all variety show segments must be approved by me before recording can begin."
"No problem." Kenta replied, extending his arm out for a handshake. Jin extended his out and they shook them in agreement.
"I'll fax you the contract later if that's okay Mr. Kirigiri. It was a pleasure doing business with you." Kenta winked at Jin before exiting his office. Jin sighed and laid back on his chair when he was sure Kenta was far away.
"What exactly did I sign my students up for?"
"V-variety show?" Peko Pekoyama, Ultimate Swordwoman of the 77th class asked the class teacher.
"Correct!" The teacher replied, still reading their notice from the principal. "It says here starting from tomorrow you will spend one hour after school to record episodes for the show."
"Variety show?"
"I-I've never watched one before...what is it a-about?"
"Shut up! You're wasting oxygen!"
"I'm sorry! Please forgive me!"
"Variety show?! I absolutely adore them! I have always wanted to appear one! One of my favourite shows from Japan is Akbingo!"
"I'm sure Miss Sonia would be amazing in those shows."
"I see...so the entertainment industry has taken interest to my dark magic..."
"I don't think that's the case."
"What the actual hell! I'm not gonna waste my time doing some stupid show!"
"Sorry Kuzuryu. It says here it is compulsory or else you have to do two hours of cleaning."
"Dammit! I was hoping to get a nice snack after school tomorrow."
"Variety show...sounds fun!"
"Variety show?" Makoto Naegi, Ultimate Lucky Student of the 78th class asked the class teacher.
"Hm? Yep. Just pass the paper around for everyone to read."
"Is it possible to get an exemption?" A monotone voice asked.
"Depends on your reason. Other than that, have fun! Variety shows aren't such a bad time waster. Class dismissed."
"No no no! But every 4:15 after school is when and episode of 'Ultimate Hope Boys' shows!"
"I have programming to do."
"Enough! Starting from tomorrow, I will make sure all of us get to recording on time! No exemptions!"
Groans rang around the classroom as the teacher left the classroom.
"Variety show, Jin?" The teacher smiled to themselves. "This should be very interesting."
(A/N) Hello, all you readers who actually bother reading the author's notes. I introduce to you a short prologue to my variety show fic that will feature the characters from the Danganronpa series. Don't worry about the length as future chapters will be longer than this. I'll start working on the actual show soon, but some feedback would be nice before I begin regarding the series. On a side note, I will also 'borrow segments from already existing shows with proper credits of course.
What segments do you have in mind? I'm interested as to what you readers want to see.
Should I include OC's? Besides Kenta, should OC's from you guys be accepted? Their roles could vary from many things, such as hosts, segment assistants, Hope's Peak Graduates etc. I may involve you guys if you want to.
What ideas do you have for the title?
Thanks for reading my author's notes, and see you all next chapter. As for those wondering about my other stories like Akame ga Ronpa! or Ultimate Ma Survival, please be patient! Akame ga Ronpa! is almost ready to be updated. I'm simply having a beta reader look at the chapter before release, and Ultimate Ma Survival is being written right now.
