Danganronpa (Fully Voiced) EP 1

[@Harlequin_Actor]

I can't wait for Jello to accidentally max out a character's relationship, see the item that gives you, sigh, and just stare silently at the screen with disappointment.

[@random_jae5886]

I get the feeling it is possible he will get this with Kyoko

[@abagofsprite]

The long at hard sigh he gave at "Then that means...this really is Hope's Peak Academy?!" made me hunch over in laughter I'm not ready for This

[@toadfairy]

Spoilers! That doesn't happen in DR1, you can get the underwear through the dating sim mode, but not through the completion of FTEs.

[@JelloPlaysVideoGames]

What do you mean. What do you mean.

[@alt4388]

​@@JelloPlaysVideoGames😊

[@66Roses]

Makoto Naegi: I'm the only person here without a noteworthy talent. And I know this because I meticulously researched every single person on the student roster. Nothing out of the ordinary about me.

[@bondfall0072]

"IM NORMAL" Makoto screams normally

[@paranoidlizard6338]

Omg you’re right

[@willowarkan2263]

Ultimate Stalking Prodigy

[@Last_Person]

@@66Roses ultimate web browser

[@ScrubbinOpti]

In the words of a friend: "Danganronpa is the ultimate egg cracker. Because someone playing it will at some point ask why it feels like the game is repeatedly punching them in the gut"

[@theradionicrevival8068]

i genuinely hnave a headache and feel like i was hit on the head.

[@dubstepbee6892]

y'know that part of the epilogue of Miles is a robot where Miles goes "Are you F*cking for real... PEOPLE LIKE THESE GAMES??" Thats what I think about DR

[@purpleisdebeste]

@@theradionicrevival8068 okay but what hit you on the head? A toolbox? A candlestick in the drawing room? A hammer? A statue of the thinker? Be specific, we need this to solve the case!

[@brokenman4414]

@@dubstepbee6892played the AAI collection on my own after forgetting most of what happened in the Miles is a Robot videos, and i enjoyed everything except for the last 4 hours of Turnabout Ablaze (and everyone who’s played that game knows exactly why)

[@zoelio999]

looks at self ...oh

[@AeonKnigh432]

Hey, there's tons of canon queer characters in Danganronpa! Literally every single one of them is an obnoxious sex pest! Thats totally good representation right guys? Right? Why are you leaving?

[@kingturboturtlednoc5722]

Hey! We have a trans character too! Y'know, the hate crime!

[@willowthywisp]

At least for the Bi pervert in DR2, he at LEAST acts creepy towards men and women! Looking at you, Mineta. I'd still like it if he wasn't a perv, tho.

[@dukeofwisdom9118]

actually none of them are really sex pests at all in the first game Aoi, Kiyotaka and Mondo are all pretty decent individuals with a few small quirks but none of them are sex pests, Game 2 includes the first Asexual character in the series disqualifying them from being a sex pest, while the only sex pest in v3 is straight come at me Miu x Kaede shippers Miu is as straight as you can be.

[@PinkxxLight04]

@@dukeofwisdom9118Unfortunately… I Think The Only Ones This Person Was Referring To Was Teruteru Cause He’s Bi (Who I Unfortunately Love As A Character *Not That I Condone What He’s Done, But Danganronpa S Legitimately Fleshed Him Out In A Way I Love), And Probably The Sexualization Of Two Lesbians (Tenko And Himiko), Even Though They Weren’t BAD Persay

[@boiyado6717]

​@@dukeofwisdom9118Actually, chef dude from 2 is either Bi or Pan, and he's awful.

[@OrcaIguana]

As someone who was very into Danganronpa when younger this series is so genuinely awful I love it so much I cant wait to see more people absolutely RIPPING into the horror of playing this game. Very rarely does a game ping pong between genuinely interesting character beats and plot developments and the most IDIOTIC THING POSSIBLE but Danganronpa has perfected it. A game made by its horrible horrible flaes.

[@pinknificentpinky959]

Leon’s energy is insane let me just cram my entire character arc in one dialogue

[@theradionicrevival8068]

i remember sitting in for a friend playing this and we wound up turning Makoto into a weird, lame johnny bravo type and all that did was make his dynamic with sayaka 10x more endearing over the idea of literally anyone falling for someone like that. despite literally playing Makoto i just got flashbanged with this playthrough remembering WHY we changed his personality in the first place. i'm genuinly not used to this much makoto to where i now genuinely have a headache 💀

[@Last_Person]

Johnny Brakoto best protag

[@mediocrio]

@@Last_Personthe hairs just one massive ahoge

[@Harlequin_Actor]

Thats so great

[@jacobg6628]

next time I end up playing boring protag, I will make them Johnny Bravo. This is a brilliant idea.

[@theradionicrevival8068]

​@@jacobg6628 it changed up the dynamic so much. he started off as just "friend arin" from game grumps and then twisted into johnny bravo and "cool jimmy" from jimmy neutron kind of jerk, kind of not, insanely short, wears sunglasses no matter what happens. insanely dumb. a lot of the weird crappy things makoto said under that lens made it seem like he had the brain of dog where he has 0 clue anything he's doing even reads as odd because he acting purely on instict. so any moment in a trial where he's forced to be "smart" was insanely funny with the contrast, like learning goku can do his taxes or somehting. anytime the girls vocalized anything even mildly related to LGBT or womens issues and makoto opened his mouth i just turned him into "the first male lesbian, who really get's the struggle and is looking out for the girls with how much he has in common" it turned any romance with him into "he's stupid, i like that in a man" like someone from a different game wandered into something COMPLETELY different with 0 clue what's goign on. he's an 80's, lame cool guy so it's impossible to intimidate. looking back, i genuinely can't fathom having to read out as ACTUAL makoto. we also just flat out skipped all of hifumi's dialouge and it's crazy listening to this, because i was mildly curious on what we missed and it seems genuinely made the right call and lost literally nothing. i told him about all this and he said he flat out forgot that he's in the game cause of this 💀 anytime we forced to read his unskippable dialogue i'd just make a noise so we can move on. of the 3 games, it was interesting, because we always tried to do SOMETHING with the voices, but of EVERY character, makoto's was the only one that's not ANYTHING like his actual character and i finally remember why regular makoto has fans somehow..

[@clearly9321]

I hate people who justify this shit "because it's a game for teens", like, for teens doesn't mean you're given a "free bad writing" card, or that you can treat the reader like an idiot. I liked DG as a teen, and I played all of them, but even then I was kinda tired of the game's need to over-explain absolutely fucking everything.

[@Missiletainn]

I feel like calling this a game for Teenagers is an insult to Teenagers.

[@slimeycorp]

It’s a killing game visual novel made for Japanese teenagers in the 2000s with a bad localization. I’m not expecting good writing from it. DR fans just like the absurdity of the game. Everyone knows the writing is loony and bad, that’s why it is made fun of by people in and out of the fandom. It just appeals to that demographic of weirdo teens who had unchecked internet access and too much free time from a young age.

[@purpleisdebeste]

I remember my opinion of this game as a kid. I still didn’t like the weird horny stuff then either!

[@happyplum2822]

@@slimeycorp Yeah, sometimes we just want things that are crap and weird. Not everything has to be a masterpiece, it's just weird fun. Like a dog tilting your head back and forth like ???. That's the experience.

[@abagofsprite]

can we pay everyone 15k again as compensation for this

[@abagofsprite]

the cast was fantastic as always! i don’t think i’ve laughed that hard at a censor beep since the fifth grade. there are. So Many Moments to comment on but the increasingly disgusting read of Makoto “Mohs Hardness Scale” Naegi that allows him to intuitively match the freak of All the Worst People might actually Kill me. you can Hear jello sink into the vibe as the game slugs along like he’s growing some horrifying gunk in a petri dish. i can’t wait to despise this game again next week

[@ccherry.berryy]

@@abagofspriteoh hell yeah this is weekly!

[@merleawe_]

15k for danganronpa 2, you mean.

[@andreaallson765]

We might need to pay The Internet Archive to delete this stream from history

[@Lexithepoptart]

Sakura is indeed the best character and it's absolutely vile how she's treated.

[@LuperisNone]

Kyoko: "My mother was a soundboard and my father was a f[BLEEP]."

[@theradionicrevival8068]

i can see why she left

[@fluffy_fufu]

Gotta praise Lentis cat for its utterly perfect timing

[@HemborgerChariot]

I like Danganronpa in the way that anyone is nostalgic for that transitional anime they watched when they were like 12. There is *some* genuine quality to be found in this series but this is definitely aimed at 12 year olds, not adults lmao

[@q-miiproductions878]

And then there was the DR3 Despair Arc, which slapped me in the face for how genuinely horrifying this world is.

[@kamikazesopp]

There's good stuff hidden in each of these games, but it's covered by an ocean of trash every time.

[@blazerthewyvernwriter]

I like Danganronpa as a series, but like Jesus Christ- There is only so much anime bs you can take before it melts your mind, and I've never actually experienced all of it until now. Can wait for 4 more trials of this game-

[@justinrios5757]

2:38:33 Actually, the Game Grumps skipped the shit outta this mechanic and made it out fine- They played Makoto as an anti-social narcoleptic and everything

[@snosibsnob3930]

Yeah, the trial segments are not that difficult. You can skip hangouts entirely and beat the game fine. Do I reccomend it? Honestly probably not given that the least bad character writing in this game is in those hangout sections, but if your goal is to “put it away as fast as possible” (which, given its Danganronpa, is completely understandable), it’s plenty doable.

[@Megabuster919]

As an Ace Attorney diehard and someone who is generally forgiving toward clumsy localization and awkward Japanese scripting with lots of reiteration and backtracking… Listening to Makoto’s inner monologues is like having repeated aneurysms.

[@timofeydyudin4226]

Kyoko bits: 44:47 (Introduction) 1:21:57 (Blond) 1:41:09 (Reaction mode) 2:04:07 (The Incident) 2:08:28 (Celeste bonus) 2:39:49 (She's so tall; 0 free time) 3:00:32 (1 free time) 3:04:56 (2 free time) 3:11:43 (Taka bonus) 3:23:00 (What do you want?) 3:29:14 (Desire to leave) 3:52:31 (Sayaka's bed)

[@dubstepbee6892]

"She's So Tall" No Makoto is just tiny

[@williamreely3455]

After watching this I can absolutely understand Jello's hatred and derision. Show, don't tell your _visual_ novels. Also as a geologist who owns a literal antique Moh's hardness test kit, I appreciate those hardness jokes 😆🪨

[@2dtrash19]

3:05:18 I love the idea of Kyoko opening the door, seeing protag-kun, and just going "Did you need something- Fuck me." For absolutely zero reason.

[@Last_Person]

That “it’s standing” interaction was genuinely painful. Who thought that was a good idea in the slightest

[@kamikazesopp]

You can say that about most of this game, and the entire series in general.

[@nonexplicitname]

Kyoko’s calm tone with her just randomly swearing is a perfect bit

[@kamikazesopp]

03:29:50 Good news Celeste, that's NOT the prisoners dilemma, it's Game Theory! ... Not the youtube channel, but the international relations concept.

[@shadowcrest546]

I was originally thinking it was more like mutually assured destruction but instead of coming to an agreement that continuing will destroy both of us they decide to do the destruction part

[@kamikazesopp]

@@shadowcrest546 The concept isn't too far away from mutually assured destruction, but has more to do with trust and degree of reliable information.

[@docca2077]

thank you for those In Stars and Time streams. i watched them now and they helped me feel better! They have a physical artbook coming out now on preorder ( in those streams you said you'd buy it so in case youre still interested)

[@ccherry.berryy]

3:10:11 monokuma saying he’s the skibidi rizzler. If anyone wanted to hear the at again because I certainly did

[@kot4311]

Thank you Vixen’s cat for making the best bit of the stream

[@pitioti]

That running gag with the soundboard was killing me XD

[@shovel2828]

I love Danganronpa conceptually and I appreciate the concept it was able to give to the fans who are sometimes actually good writers for fan projects/games. Its own execution on said concept is often trash and it's only redeemable parts are some of the characters and cases depending on your preferences. Loving watching Jello absolutely and deservedly hate on this game and its writing, can't wait for more and also sorry for what this game is going to put you through.

[@purpleisdebeste]

I’d like to genuinely commend Jello for his Taka voice. I always hated Taka (cus he’s a human obstacle who wastes your time) but Jello reading him as insane and shouty 24/7 actually made his normal boring lines funny, and it did a lot to make me actually really enjoy the character! Thanks!

[@SleepyHollowKnight]

Damn I love taka lol

[@purpleisdebeste]

@@SleepyHollowKnight is it because he’s really gay for mondo? Cus if that’s the reason I respect that. Outside of that, Taka enforces rules that he made up to such a strong extent and I hate it, he’s such a narc. And it means so many conversations have to get through “MAKOTO YOU WERE LATE HOW DARE YOU!!!” Before getting to any of the stuff that actually matters

[@SleepyHollowKnight]

@ well partially lol I tend to just enjoy really extreme personalities, even if they are negative

[@purpleisdebeste]

@@SleepyHollowKnight yeah, that’s completely fair! I mean the reason I like him now is cus jello read him in an extreme way

[@dukeofstratford9279]

Have you seen the abridged parody? They do something similar with Taka there!

[@slimeycorp]

I love Makoto, I do. He’s my favorite of the protagonists. But there is one problem with that. He has more personality in all the DR media he’s in EXCEPT DR1, you know- the game where he’s the protagonist. His character doesn’t get interesting until like- the last chapter of this game.

[@andreaallson765]

Gotta have a blank slate for the self insert

[@GaiaGreen3]

Listening to Jello rip the game apart is the only thing that makes Danganronpa palatable to me. Looking at these characters activates my fight response.

[@sonicpsycho]

I would go insane if i had to play this game unironically

[@snosibsnob3930]

I am so glad that Danganronpa fans are so glad to rip these games to pieces. I also am a fan of these games, and its so fun to just rip into these games for their awful writing.

[@DarwinIsTm]

2:04:11 Is where the funniest bit from this stream originates

[@dynamicpanicstudios]

Makoto: I'm *just* like other girls

[@RURK_]

This was a (beep) time

[@fricketyfracktraintrack]

This was one of the sole redeeming factors of the playthrough lol

[@altarudragonspirit4016]

40:12 I know what the slurping is supposed to represent, but eachtime I hear it I just imagine gmod ragdolling

[@sonicpsycho]

Wow jello i cant belive you hate terrible writing smh

[@stagelights_]

byakuya togami, aka the "ultimate nepo baby"

[@PrototypeClovenhorn]

My only defenses I can give this game in actual honesty are these: 1. Makoto being blander than a piece of stale bread is kind of the point, but besides that, I think it makes him stand out in a positive way, he's the only relatively normal person among a group of insane people 2. The voice acting is actually really good, especially in the latter half of the game.

[@maugos]

Jello's disdain for this game is on the same level as Danganranpa's own ridiculousness. I am so here for this!

[@Pazliacci]

shockingly Miles Investigations is better on the sole merit that Miles Edgeworth has SOME personality, that personality is CHESS and EUREKA!! but like... Makoto has .. nothing....

[@AeonKnigh432]

Makoto's personality is "anime protagonist." Which is good when it's good but by god is it boring when it isn't.

[@LuperisNone]

No, no, Makoto has SO much personality, like being average and describing other people as "dolls" and "ogres".

[@aeiou_ena]

Makoto's personality is "IM NORMAL IM NORMAL IM NORMAL IM NORMAL"

[@Pazliacci]

@@aeiou_ena no that's Alphonse Harding- (watch the Jello I AM YOUR BEAST vod)

[@slimeycorp]

To be fair- Makoto does have a personality it’s just actually noticeable when he isn’t the player surrogate and is an NPC like the others.

[@Theamazingsamuel]

I do enjoy danganronpa but omg I could not stop laughing watching this 🤣 even if yall don’t do the other games im so glad we have this gem of a playthrough 😂

[@NotGeno]

Ending literally right before the body was fowl lol

[@fricketyfracktraintrack]

I 💯 don't blame him after that foul monokuma bit

[@problemshed]

BIRD BLUNDER

[@TangleSlime2]

If Makoto got a toolbox on the first day, why doesn't he fix his door? Is he stupid?

[@SurgicalCobra]

I love how much Jello hates this. I have been laughing so hard at the nonsense happening almost constantly. Also, i wish the episode had been named "Brickshit Stupid".

[@Dracoape]

Between how Normal they're reading Makoto as, the Kyoko censorship, and the refusal to let the game's shit go, I'm very much looking forward to a part 2 lmao.

[@michaelhammond1243]

This is EXACTLY the right energy to approach this game with XD

[@VannMunson]

This is a series that I actually kind of like, but my god are the criticisms valid. And slightly bummed to hear you're only playing this one, IMO the second game is a lot better once it hits it's stride, but is heavily reliant on having played the first game beforehand. Still completely understandable that you'd want nothing to do with it.

[@NotGeno]

Yeah Makoto comes off as a lot more of a dipshit than I remember

[@Sunboi_Paladin]

These are my feelings exactly. Maybe we'll be able to pay him to tackle the second one via charity eventually, lol. The whole series is basically a trainwreck (I do love it, though), but the first one is definitely the one with the most problems, and the one with the most "nothing" resolution I've maybe ever seen to an overarching mystery.

[@kamikazesopp]

This game feels like a strange proof-of-concept experiment. It goes wild, but they didn't put their entire ass into it. When it succeeded, they shoved their entire ass into it and added some Nicki-MInaj style extentions to said asses. That said, it is only "better" in the sense it goes harder. The writing is still as utterly braindead as this one.

[@Pazliacci]

I think the second is better AND worse, in that there is no real equivalent to OCTAGON in the first game

[@NotGeno]

@@Pazliacci that is specifically of the English word Octagon being used in the Japanese version, which they didn't change for the English Version

[@ordanarymods4990]

me: ohhhh no jello is gonna hate this first lines of the video: everyone i know has told me im gonna hate this, if you dont wanna see that then leave

[@sunnyd1722]

Looking forward to the first “So This Is Basically” that people don’t actually hate because DR is so hated by everyone, including fans.

[@misirtere9836]

It depends on what exactly it takes issue with, really. Like there's a meaningful difference between making fun of "Under the table. Under the table? Under the table. Under the table! ...Under the table?" or the part where they decided Hifumi was a good idea, and something like suggesting ALL the characters are awful when Sakura is right there.

[@sunnyd1722]

I’m sure he’ll be able to give carve outs where necessary in this totally imagined hypothetical video he isn’t going to make.

[@LuperisNone]

I don't think Jello's gonna make a Stib Danganronpa without playing all the games, which he surely won't (want to) do.

[@sunnyd1722]

I was joking when I made this comment. I do not think he will either

[@Phoenix_IsRising]

Jello in the beginning: laughing about a comment about making it gay if you ignore a lot of stuff Jello, thirty minutes in: “Do you wanna be in a relationship?”

[@SleepyHollowKnight]

HOW DID I MISS THIS I LOVE DANG IT GRANDPA

[@paxgallery6646]

Bleeping out every word Kyoko says that starts with f is my favourite bit now

[@FlinnyWinny]

This might be my favorite playthrough of danganronpa yet. The unbridled chaos is just PEAK

[@musicalicarus7322]

As a massive Kid Icarus fan, I don’t know if I’ll be able to handle Jello using a Pit voice throughout this play though

[@Last_Person]

The more I think about it, if this game wasn’t so terrible, the slow burn before monokuma sets off everyone’s motivation to kill would be a genuinely pretty cool idea.

[@betteroffbard]

Danganronpa is a master showcase of "This would be awesome if it was an idea used in anything but danganronpa"

[@sonicpsycho]

This writing would be good if it wasn’t terrible

[@kamikazesopp]

That is the true despair of the Danganronpa series: It would be a really great time if it didn't spend so much time sucking absolute ass.

[@purpleisdebeste]

Yeah I do legit respect how this game doesn’t have a murder happen immediately. It lets you linger in it a little! None of the dialogue in that time is very good but I appreciate the effort

[@bucket9144]

You are correct. Danganronpa fans love making fun of Danganronpa. We all know it's shit and that's part of the charm, like Skyrim or 3D Sonic games.

[@skyskater7909]

As a fan of all of those I wholeheartedly agree. The only real exception is Sonic Generations and the daytime unleashed levels which I will go to my grave defending lol.

[@lachlanmcgowan5712]

1:35:54 "Dude, we're going to find a dead body covered in melted crayola pink crayons with a knife that is signed 'I'm the baseball guy and I did it, signed the baseball guy', and we're going to go, 'WHAT HAPPENED???'" DON'T MAKE JOKES, JELLO

[@dubstepbee6892]

y'know I never understood why everyone joked about 11037... but then i found out why....... YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE DIAGONAL LINE CONNECTING THE TWO 1'S TO FORM AN N

[@lachlanmcgowan5712]

@dubstepbee6892 It's also possible that 11037 worked a little bit better in Japanese, since Japanese people are usually more familiar with Hindu-Arabic numerals than they are with Latin letters, but there are multiple Ultimate students who probably speak English or another European language. Byakuya, Sakura and Celestia, at minimum, should know enough English to recognise upside-down letters.

[@pictrable]

yea he already knows the first killer

[@TangleSlime2]

Hot take: Suspense murder games/visual novels like this should be narrated in present tense. Past tense implies the main character survived the story, which kills some of the suspense.

[@KnickKnackBarbie]

I love this series! It sucks ass!

[@noahnelsonproductions6177]

As someone who has watched full playthroughs of all three mainline Danganronpa games and thinks it's one of the most poorly written media franchises ever made, nothing makes me happier than Jello and friends pissing on this game. And the start of this stream series just so happens to align perfectly with me beginning to write a Danganronpa parody I've been planning for a while. Keep up the great work, can't wait for the next stream.

[@guava88]

god I have so much history with this game ,I had to find a website were a guy would not only post each screen shot of this game but also translate the text of each screen shot this was somewhere in the 2010 ,man those where times.i think at this point I have watched 4 walkthrough of the first and second game and 2 of the 3rd,And you want to know the kicker I haven't ever played any of the three games .

[@LuperisNone]

While I do usually agree with Jello and his predictions, about where a story is going to go, the idea that DB Cooper is the mastermind is utterly absurd. Like seriously. DB Cooper? Who famously died in the battle against Bigfoot? That's just plain impossible!

[@kamikazesopp]

I mean this in the nicest way possible: that joke matches your PFP.

[@purpleisdebeste]

I’m so glad someone else has seen wonderful horror-movie-shot-like-a-gay-porno-where-the-cast-almost-got-arrested-for-breaking-into-an-airport DB Cooper vs Bigfoot

[@paranoidlizard6338]

“Like i said, i’m psychic” -sayaka maizono

[@Ed-1749]

Was it at least fun to hate the game? A refreshing red hot rage you don't feel every day?

[@UrWeirdCoreNeighbor]

2:28:05 "and that's how I discovered I was a lesbian."

[@deadman0013]

Kyoko with F censor best girl

[@Signedcentaur]

Jello's voice for Makoto reminds me of Hank Venture for whatever reason... so honestly I'm picturing Makoto and Sakura echoing scuba while she works out

[@Mortal2064]

1:28:21 holy shit, jello got Toko's number IMMEDIATELY! Like, as soon as the very first time she showed any masochistic tendencies

[@numberonetreesalesman5784]

I was literally just thinking wow I wish Jello played Danganronpa, I guess Christmas came 11 months early.

[@olshay8767]

Last Time i engaged with this game was before my frontal lobe was fully developed and holy shit, this game is worse than i remember. This will be a lovely time

[@artbunny9199]

Ok now this poses a question: Which is worse, Danganronpa or swoon lemonade?

[@aaagrey6323]

At least Swoon is over in a minute Danganronpa is like a somehow more dull Minute Maid with random Jelly Belly beans like Boba that you drink for hours at a time

[@artbunny9199]

​@@aaagrey6323 Except the bobas are hardtack

[@LuperisNone]

@@aaagrey6323 I mean, after drinking swoon you will also probably throw up for an hour.

[@dylanfields3858]

Makoto Naegi ultimate public indecency

[@gigpot]

I EXPLAINED THE THAI IDOL INDUSTRY TO MY FRIENDS FOR 4 HOURS AND MISSED THE STREAM

[@Happy-Toaster]

so far this game REALLY makes me wanna not breathe.

[@beecherry3943]

Jello obliterating that guy an hour in was one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while

[@pinknificentpinky959]

It probably was a bit harsh jello seems very on edge lately

[@beecherry3943]

@ yeah I def agree it was an overreaction but still funny

[@SnoConeWars]

I was cackling when it happened. Banning on youtube is so minor: they just can't post in chat anymore

[@misirtere9836]

@@pinknificentpinky959 definitely one piece related

[@kamikazesopp]

@@pinknificentpinky959 It's also a running joke at this point. People should know better if they've been watching Jello's stuff for any amount of time longer than 5 minutes.

[@dalekrenegade2596]

Hey Jello when you do more Taka be sure to to scream avout the SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT!!!

[@pitioti]

17:10: It's maybe because I'm not a native english speaker, but, can someone explain what he is talking about ? 33:44: I love how the game keep making the same joke that them XD

[@kamikazesopp]

He's talking about the translators not bothering to localize the dialogue into natural english, so everything in the game is more or less directly translated from japanese without much thought. They use words like Hope and Despair as if they are nouns and descriptors in this constantly, which is stuff you normally only see in amateur work.

[@JelloPlaysVideoGames]

I'll do my best to explain what I mean. It's common for Japanese > English to be literally translated in ways that don't reflect actual English speech. Abstract concepts like "Justice" or "Despair" have different grammatical uses across the two languages. For example, Persona 5's English localization loves using the phrase "our justice" to refer to the actions of the main characters, the Phantom Thieves. The Phantom Thieves do crimes, but only extremely minor ones that always result in undeniable public good. They basically use magic to change people from evil monsters into good citizens, thus freeing their victims. It's extremely clear to anyone playing the game that what they're doing is righteous. They are the good guys. Many, *many* characters in the game discuss the morality of their actions, including the Phantom Thieves themselves. They will use terms like "They're questioning our justice", or "Ah... So that's your justice", or "We have to prove our justice". This is very weird. No native English speaker would ever say any of these things. The word "justice" is not used like an individualized noun like this in our language. In English "justice" is an abstract concept. It does not belong to anyone. A single person can have a "sense of justice" or a "code of honor" or a "philosophy", but nobody has "Their justice". That's just not a phrase we use. Because of that, a more accurate translation for the term being localized as "Justice" here would be something like "sense of justice", "sense of righteousness", "what you think is right", "methodology", or even "philosophy". You have to change it based on the context in each instance for it to make sense. For example: "They're questioning our justice" ----> "They think we're bad guys" / "They're questioning our intent" "Ah... So that's your justice" ----> "Ah... So that's the sort of thing you care about." / "Ah... I understand your priorities now." "We have to prove our justice" ----> "Let's show them our way is right!" / "We'll teach them what justice really is!" / "Lets prove ourselves!" But that level of localization requires effort. You have to change the phrasing every time the term comes up because it doesn't quite work in English. It's much easier to just use the collective term "Justice", even though it's awkward. For another example, there are phrases in Japanese used to casually address certain types of people, like "oji-san" and "ane-san". "Oji-san" is an informal way used to refer to an older person. It can literally mean "uncle", but it's also used to refer to people the speaker is not related to, even strangers. A good translation of "Hey, oji-san" in English might be "Hey, mister", "Hey, gramps", or "Yo, pops" depending on the level of familiarity, formality, and rudeness the character is speaking with. "Ane-san" is similar. It literally means "older sister", but in casual usage it means an older girl who is sisterly or motherly, sometimes just friendly. English doesn't really have a term for this, so the best you could do for "That ane-san told me" is something like "That lady over there told me." To be honest I think it's usually best to brush over this kind of terminology entirely and write a different sentence that means the same thing. So I might localize a phrase like "That ane-san told me about it" as "Oh, she just told me about it". However, bad translations that don't try will just say something like "That uncle over there told me" or "I wanted to thank the sister over there", which is something you'd never EVER say in English. Yes, that's the literal translation, but it doesn't work because English doesn't use the term "uncle" as a general noun. "Uncle" is really only used as a noun in relation to other things, usually possessive. "He's my uncle." "I spoke with her uncle." You would never say "That uncle over there", even if the guy you're talking about is somebody's uncle. That's just not how we speak.

[@solid2542]

3:08:13 Thanks for sending me into a coughing fit.

[@wsurviver8376]

Dongonrampa is the ultimate bastard child between the worst aspects of both Ace Attorney and Persona

[@wazzupyuwu]

finally, a way to experience the game my friends all hate themselves for being fans of. thanks for biting the bullet for me jello, and good luck! o7

[@shincci]

Ouch, tough luck Jello. You'll definitely rip this game in parts, can't wait. XD I understand you not eanting to play the other games but I would love to see you ripping them out too (even though I think they are way better and actually have some enjoyable parts/concepts). I'm someone who got to know Danganronpa before it got released in the west. It was being translated to English on Something Awful forums and it got popular on Tumblr, even among my friends which got me to check it out too. I do have this like-dislike relationship with the game because I genuinely do find the basic idea/concept of the games fun and do enjoy some characters & story bits (that more in other games), but I am also very aware of its flaws & hate the absurdly anime tropey-ism of it and its characters (especially when it's done for the creepy horny stuff). I personally think Kotaro Uchikoshi (who ironically is good friends with Kodaka, the creator of Danganronpa) pulls of these things better in his games (not perfectly bc I do have criticism about his games too, but at least in his series I rarely get overly fristrated over anime tropey stuff). Uchikoshi is also way better with LGBT rep in his stuff. Like sure, Danganronpa does actually have LGBT characters but... They're usually not the best representation and can even get treated very very poorly. I don't know if it's Kotaka's problem or if as all the characters in the series fall under bad anime tropes, so do the LGBT characters.

[@shadowcrest546]

1:08:33 wait This is how I found out that 1: dragon ball diama has its dub out and 2: arin is in it.

[@pinknificentpinky959]

Have you ever wanted to place ace attorney but with hate crimes Well you scare me

[@smokyoderpsiau]

So I played Danganronpa 2 and v3 and enjoyed them especially 2 but I never played 1, I watched the anime and had other people playing it as background noise while I was doing other stuff, so I always thought that 1 was also something which I would enjoy as much as 2 and v3. But watching this I'm honestly glad I skipped this one because otherwise I would have probably not played the other games. (Btw I'm not saying that the anime is better but it's faster paced which makes it easier to overlook problems)

[@kapmando]

I love that Makoto has Jello’s kinda puppet voice.

[@dastardlyquail2552]

Obsessed with how the more she talks as Kyoko the more it sounds like Alexa

[@camuelsameron2779]

No, actually Danganronpa is a great game. . . If you change a third of the characters. . . And remove half the dialogue. . . And change most of the story. . . See, it's great!

[@kamikazesopp]

If you cover your eyes, turn around and scream while smashing your keyboard to progress until the credits roll, it's great!

[@merleawe_]

IDK man. You are going to probably end up like Arin hanson; where this game really annoys you but you have fun making fun of it.

[@Signedcentaur]

I think Jello's already at that point, though I am all for it!

[@kamikazesopp]

This series has the qualities of a car crash: It's an awful time from start to finish, but it's hard to look away or stop thinking about.

[@skyskater7909]

Gotta say I am one of those DR fans who will trash these games, and I can already tell that this is gonna be a great set of streams. I just wish they would play V3 because on my god could you imagine!

[@hades_head_empty]

36:52 you gave her the alice (from the magicians) voice and it's too perfect

[@sunnyd1722]

I don’t usually like cynical readings of characters, but Makoto is so bland and uninteresting that this is better.

[@05stapj]

This tone fits danganronpa perfectly

[@mangomage33]

Danganronpa exists, for me, in a trinity of series where I recommend nothing about it except the soundtrack. (The other two are Homestuck and made in abyss). Tbh the best way to experience Danganronpa is through NezumiVA's retrospective series. All the heavy hitting story beats, all the neat analysis, and all the worst parts torn apart or minimized

[@Schadenfreude47]

Really excited to watch this video. I've been aware of this series for like 10 years, and it was in my Steam wishlist for lile 6 of them. I finally got to experience this game and its bonkers story when the GameGrumps had their full playthrough a while back, but while the two added a lot of charm to the voice acting and characterisation, they kind of let the ball drop when it came to some of the late game dramatic story beats. Excited to see this game played by some serious voice actors with both comedic and dramatic chops. Good luck guys, gals, and non-binary pals!

[@kamikazesopp]

The Grumps got pretty exhausted by the non-stop nonsense by the end, yeah.

[@dknighton100]

Now they've opened the flood gates. They have to play the other games or they'll be harrased forever until they do.

[@Last_Person]

Not really, being a top of the dollar charity goal really shows that this isn’t gonna be sticking around after it

[@itshobojoe1391]

At least until they do another charity stream with this as an incentive

[@kamikazesopp]

Jello has a good 70% chance of doing whatever he said he won't do once a few years pass, so just wait and see. Hassling him about will guarantee it never happens, though.

[@dknighton100]

@@kamikazesopp i can be patient.

[@cameronweaver2013]

So, did some random chatter get banned just because they made a stupid comment about the writing? It wasn't even a spoiler (if this was the one I was thinking of around 1:10:00). I've seen this a few times on the streams, now that I think about it. I understand breaking rules or someone just being obnoxious in the community would call for a ban. But is one comment enough for a "Time to ban you/opinion rejected" approach? Edit/add on: Of course, this stream isn't for everyone and Jello said he's basically shitting on the game. I don't get why others can't as well. (And another person got banned shortly after; Is it a full time ban or a few days timeout?)

[@timofeydyudin4226]

Why do you care so much? Was it you who got banned or something like that? Otherwise why have the problem with other people curating their internet communities the way they want to?

[@cameronweaver2013]

@timofeydyudin4226 No, I didn't. I don't think I would be able to comment otherwise. Again, there's nothing wrong with a content creator curating their community. I just personally think the way he does it is a bit reactionary. I made that comment right after watching it happen in the VOD instead of just watching more and getting more context.

[@noodlenoms1569]

exactly, it was a bit scary realizing that he can and probably would ban someone just because "You said I was flawed in any conceivable way". feels like if Byakuya was a streamer...

[@kamikazesopp]

This is gonna be a real struggle for everyone involved. Charity is a vicious thing, indeed.

[@dragonblood432]

I predict anything involving Chihiro will be both civil and hilarious

[@Bluegoomba]

I'm gonna be completely honest. I went into this game with hope, for fun. Because, I wanted to see how bad this game actually is, and for what reason. Then we got to the Assistant scene, and I just gave up on liking this game. This is such awful writing it makes me physically hurt. This is just the worst game I have seen when it comes to dialogue in my entire life; and to me someone who wants to be a writer it's a massive ego boost that I can just see how poorly constructed this game is

[@kamikazesopp]

Yup. The writing in this series is disgustingly bad. You could construct a better plot by shredding a dictionary and reading the pile out loud.

[@toadfairy]

Im a big fan of Danganronpa, but the criticisms of it are very valid, especially when it comes to it's repetitive dialogue, the 1 game is especially bad in that aspect. Also, I used to dislike Makoto because I've seen him as a blank player insert, but he's actually pretty fun, because he's NOT "completely average and normal", but he thinks he is and he's meant to be seen as normal for the most part. I actually like seeing people critique/make fun of DR, as long as they're doing it in good spirit and recognize the positives, if that makes sense. I'd love to see Jello dredge through the whole main trilogy, maybe through more donation goals, because I really like the voice acting and the energy of the playthrough so far (I haven't played UDG, so Idk how good it is, just that it's controversial)

[@kamikazesopp]

This is very refreshing to read. I previously watched the Game Grumps' playthrough of this, and the more rabid DR fans were not happy at all in their comments.

[@toadfairy]

@kamikazesopp I've watched their playthrough too, but I dropped it because I couldn't handle how little attention they paid to ANYTHING in the game, so it makes sense that it caused a negative reaction, the problem is that people on the internet always go too far and nobody deserves the kind of hate you get online just for not paying attention.

[@acetrigger1337]

This game is crazy, and it drove the cast slowly insane. xD