And so, after some more investigation, it was time for the trial and how did we get there?
oh, Monokuma rock just happens to burst out the ground no Biggy!
Then nagito references Danganronpa zero or foreshadows the plot twist of this game, possibly both…
and oh how it gives me the tingles, but anyway they go into the elevator and down the trial grounds
and so the trial began.
Siramay: ALL RISE FOR THE DISHONORABLE JUDGE MONOKUMA!
During the trial they found out the secret of the fun house! Cause you see it-
well it uh-
you know it kinda…
with the thing all-
…..
LOOK JUST TAKE THE PICTURE IT EXPLAINS IT BETTER THAN I CAN
You see the ultimate weapon… was knowledge.
But anyway
Siramay: TRIAL SUSPEND! THE COURT WILL BE ADJOURNED FOR A BRIEF RECESS!
Where Monokuma proceeded to project his dead sister insecurities on monomi I'd feel bad for him if he weren't so mean about it, I digress.
Siramay: TRIAL RESUME! ALL RISE FOR THE DISHONORABLE JUDGE MONOKUMA!
So, the trial continued as now was time to really figure out who used that ultimate weapon to kill nekomaru as he was hanged from the top floors doorknob and eventually fell and died, and he was alone cause everyone else's clocks were messed up witch in turn caused their alarms to go off for tai chi but only people without soundproof rooms could hear it.
So how could gundham here its BUM BUM BUUUUUMMM
as the evidence pointing to him began piling up, Gundham became noticeably panicked and surprisingly angry, even slightly losing his usual manner of speech. When Nagito tried to take over on summarizing the entire case, he said that Gundham pressed Nekomaru's Goodnight button without fighting him; This assumption easily made Gundham extremely furious. After Hajime gave out the decisive evidence that proved Gundham as the culprit of Nekomaru's death, he calmly accepted his fate. Gundham revealed that he and Nekomaru battled in a duel, to which Nekomaru had agreed to fight. Though he refused to admit his concern for his classmates' lives, everyone understood that Gundham ended up challenging Nekomaru because Gundham couldn't stand to watch them needlessly give up. His final speech about the value of life confirmed this.
Siramay: TRIAL OVER! YOU MAY BE SEATED!
He was a honorable man who will die because of his beliefs some may ask why he didn't just kill himself or admit it from the beginning but that in turn goes against his beliefs to do so would neither prove him right or wrong he needed to fight for his beliefs till the very end that way he can die in peace knowing if it was truly worth it or not rather then give up and not have faith in anything living a life of hopeless uncertainty
You know what I mean right Monokuma?
you of all people should know!
But I digress gundhams execution happened in the end he died an honorable man and ascended to heaven where his heart truly belonged.
Odeveca: oh, I get it the death was mocking him he wanted to be edgy, but he went to heaven!
Siramay: WHAT NO! Gundam's execution isn't an ironic death at all — it's exactly the kind of romantic death he claims he wants just before going to the execution.
Odeveca: then Why did Monokuma choose to do that instead of twisting the knife at the last moment like he usually does?
Ultima: no no no you see, it's ironic because he's trampled by animals. On top of that, the magical circle he draws to protect himself does a grand total of jack spit — much like how all his posturing and grand declarations amounted to nothing. And the being lifted off to heaven by angel animals, assuming Monokuma's responsible for staging that part, mocks the Dark Overlord image he's built around himself.
Lost: na nah! Monokuma didn't seem to have control over the magic circle. That's ironic from a literary perspective, but not from an in-universe one. And while being carried off to Heaven may have subverted the dark overlord thing, the "lifted up to the skies to be immortalized in the stars" is the kind of thing he seemed to want in his pre-execution spiel. The whole thing is just very romantic and fantastical in tone, but seems absent of mockery like, say, Celes' was. Maybe the irony is supposed to be subtler than normal and I'm just not seeing it, I don't know.
Odeveca: No, he didn't. Gundam did. That's part of the irony — Gundam's using the powers he bragged so much about to try and protect himself... and they fail. Not because Monokuma interfered with them at all — they just flat didn't work.
Ultima: This execution is clearly ironic in-universe since Monokuma is using animals to kill the ultimate animal breeder. Nothing subtle about the irony of turning one's talent against them by having them murdered by the most obvious aspect of said talent. If that isn't "ironic" enough then the execution is also about how Gundam's true talent (or true self if you prefer) renders all aspects of his "Evil overlord" routine pointless since being killed by animals (mostly accidents) is a very common cause of death for people who work with them a lot (i.e. an otherwise ordinary death for an individual who puts so much effort in being special), just like the point of Celes' execution.
Lost: The way it's seen, seeing that this was designed by Monokuma, the heavens part would probably also be part of Monokuma's plan... probably as a homage of Dragon Ball Z: Gundam declared that he'll be waiting to see the students in Hell. Not only Monokuma dashed that desire, sending him to Heaven goes against his Dark Overlord persona, much like sending Darbura into Heaven instead Hell, so probably Monokuma was thinking to take away Gundam's overlord persona by 'converting' him into a peaceful dude by sending him to Heaven, so he'd be more unrecognizable if the students went to afterlife.
Siramay: NO! Monokuma tried to make it ironic, but underestimated Gundam's personality, for whom this execution was not filled with despair, but actually allowed him to Face Death with Dignity and indulge in his delusions one last time, the most spectacular way possible and without risk of being called out… or maybe Monokuma knew that himself even Monokuma can give respect Afterall...
Ultima: hmmm… yeah! I second this. The irony of the execution is straightforward: Gundham is trampled to death by wild animals. But unlike Celeste, Teruteru, and Mikan he never drops the act. He places his pets out of harm's way, casts a spell he knows doesn't do anything, and faces inevitability with dignity knowing his death has freed his friends. He's fully comfortable with and confident in the persona he has created for himself, and thus can't be denigrated by Monokuma's execution.
Siramay: he died as he lived… one weird dude
I can drink to that…
soda of course, I'm not an alcoholic!
And so with the trial over everyone left and nagito confronted Monokuma where the revelation he found truly made him go mad, but you already know that what you don't know is that while that went on I thought about everything that happened this time, the value of life, the value of ideals, and the value of having someone who cares enough to help you with all that…
Siramay: welcome to the theater this time will be a little different… This time I shall tell a story of the beginning of the universe… with the angels Nozumo and Zetsu… and the downfall of the ideals of hope and despair but this tale I tell isn't a tragedy… it's a lullaby
a Lullaby for an angel.
[SIRAMAY]
Fate has been cruel and order unkind
How could they have sent you away?
The blame was our own; the punishment, yours
The harmony's silent today
But into the stillness I'll bring you a song
And I will your company keep
Till your tired eyes and my lullabies
Have carried you softly to sleep
Once did a angel who shone like the sun
Look out on the kingdom and sigh
They smiled and said, "Surely, there is no body
So lovely and so well beloved as I"
So great was their reign, so brilliant their glory
That long was the shadow they cast.
Which fell dark upon the young angel they loved
And grew only darker as days and nights passed
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And rest now in despair's embrace
Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth
Through cloud, and through sky, and through space
Carry the peace and the coolness of night
And carry my sorrow in kind
Zetsu, you're loved so much more than you know
Forgive them for being so blind
Soon did that angel take notice that others
Did not give their loved one there due
And neither had they loved her as she deserved
they watched as there that person's unhappiness grew
But such is the way of the limelight, it sweetly
Takes hold of the mind of its host
And those foolish loved ones did nothing to stop
The destruction of one who had needed them most…
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And rest now in despair's embrace
Bear up my lullaby, winds of the earth
Through cloud, and through sky, and through space
Carry the peace and the coolness of night
And carry my sorrow in kind
Zetsu, you're loved so much more than you know
May troubles be far from your mind
And forgive me for being so blind
and with that they flew off, up, up, higher, ever higher into the night sky, too the point they where no longer in that artificial world as they flew across the land of the hopeful looking for a place only, they knew the location of…
The years now before us, fearful and unknown
I never imagined I'd face them on my own
May these thousand winters swiftly pass, I pray
I love you!
I miss you all these miles away…
And in that place, they saw who they were looking for, miserable in there everlasting nightmares….
so with his powers, he undid the curse he gave her all those years ago…
May all your dreams be sweet tonight
Safe upon your bed of moonlight
And know not of sadness, pain, or despair
And when I dream, I'll fly away and meet you there
Sleep... sleep... sleep...
5 MORE DAYS
END CHAPTER
AND THEN THERE WHERE 7
