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I think a part of the DR games get pretty overlooked is the daily life sections like yeah sometimes it seems like you can skip over sections them and not lose any important information and V3 makes the FTEs unbearable but it's what gives Danganronpa games their charm and what separates DR games from other games similar to it.
The characters, their backstories their relationships.
And even though THH the animation probably brought in more viewers (because its much more easy and convenient to watch a ten episode anime than to play, or watch someone else play a 25 hour game) people who watched it would just get the surface level version of the story.
Trust me I watched the anime the first time around.
If you ask any Danganronpa fan whether they play for the plot, (the mystery-solving murders, executions, and trials) or the characters most would probably pick the latter and it's not a choice with no thought at all.
Each game has a wide array of characters with their personalities, backstories, quirks, interests, and traumas. With every game comes a new cast of characters to obsess over, and hope they don’t die.
The characters are what makes the game so special and unique, and I think the game wouldn’t have gotten as much popularity as it did in the past few years if there were a bunch of normal characters with nothing of note in a killing game.
That's why the daily life sections are so important-they give the characters a chance to breathe and interact without the pressure of a trial weighing upon them.
Without those moments the deaths, executions and trials wouldn't hit as hard.
Danganronpa thrives on its daily life sections and if they are skipped over or reduced they take away so much of what makes the game special.
The mystery is engaging sure, but it's the relationships personalities and tragedies of the cast that's what keep people coming back long after they've finished the games.