"Part two? We're watching these ridiculous Nutshell videos again?" Stewie whined.

"Yessir," Lou said with a smirk.

"Erm... What is a Nutshell video, Lou-san?" Kaede asked.

Kokichi spoke up before she could: "It's like a summary of a show or movie done really quickly, poor-quality, mostly a joke."

"Uh. Okay. Thanks, Ōma-kun."

"Anyway, yeah." Lou said sarcastically, "Guess whose Nutshells we'll be watching today!"

"OOH!" Papyrus exclaimed, raising a gloved hand. "WILL THEY BE VIDEOS COVERING THE NEWCOMERS' UNIVERSES? DANGANRONPA, I BELIEVE IT WAS CALLED?"

"Yes, exactly!" Lou said, surprised he remembered the universe name. "Thank you for actually paying attention, Papyrus!"

"NYES, OF COURSE!"

"Let's go in chronological order. All of Danganronpa is technically the same universe, just at different points in time, which I'll clarify further as we go," Lou continued. "So, let's start with Kirigiri, Naegi, and Togami's killing game, which is divided into five videos."

"WOAH!"

"This is going to take forever..."

"Jeez!"

"FIVE?"

"Yeah, five. The number before six and after four?"

"SHUT UP!"

"Nah, bro."

"Why?"

"Lou, this is going to take forever to react to!" Holly cried.

"EVERYBODY, SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Lou screamed, shutting everyone the fuck up. "We're only reacting to the first and then the fifth, okay? I'll explain what happens in the middle, but the beginning and end are the most important parts. Now, without further ado, this is... Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc!"

And so, yet another nutshell video began:

(Hope's Peak acceptance letter)

Makoto: ...I can't read.

"I-I actually can," Makoto clarified.

"Can you, now?" Byakuya asked with a smirk. "Interesting."

"Rip," Kaminari memed.

"Oof," Jack also memed.

"That was low, even for you, Togami-kun," Kyoko muttered.

Komaru: Go to school!

Makoto: Okay.

Makoto, at Hope's Peak: Well I'm here, and I have the sudden urge to sleep. (Sleeps)

"Dude, why, though?" Andrew asked.

"This isn't exactly how it went," Makoto said.

"Again," Lou said, "memey-er retelling. This version takes... quite a few creative liberties."

Kirigiri sighed. "Oh, dear God..."

Makoto: (waking up) Okay, that may have been the worst decision of my life. Huh? A letter?

(Hello, We are about to launch an all out attack on your houze. Sincerely, the Zombies)

Makoto: ...what?

Zombie: BRAINS-

(Intro)

"I am... so scared for this," Mei said, a fake smile plastered across her face.

"Same, dude," Priya deadpanned.

"Yeah, I'm with you kids, too," Rantaro added.

Iida shook his head. "I do not understand why these must all be so chaotic and random..."

"Nobody does," Todoroki said. "It's fine."

(In the entrance hall:)

Sayaka: I'm the female protagonist!

Kirigiri smirked, already piecing this together. "Hmm... I see."

"W-wait, what? What do you see?" Hajime asked, clueless.

"Nothing important."

Byakuya: Hello, I'm an asshole.

Byakuya merely scoffed.

"Not inaccurate," Makoto muttered.

"OOF," Kaminari, Jack, Ashido, and Sero all memed at once.

Makoto, to Chihiro: Hey girl, you're pretty cute.

Chihiro: (thinking) How am I gonna tell him?

"Clothes have no gender," Holly preached.

"Great message, but that's not the story here," Lou said. "Since everyone looks uncomfortable, and since you won't see it, I'll explain: Chihiro's a guy who disguised himself as a girl so people would leave him alone, in addition to thinking he was weak because he lacked physical strength. He wanted to become stronger and stop hiding himself. However, considering the way Chihiro died, I personally will refer to them with gender neutral language, out of respect for what they might have wanted, had they survived."

Kirigiri nodded. "I'll do the same from now on, considering your reasons."

"Junko": Oh my God, I cannot stand Sakura Ōgami.

Makoto: Why? What's wrong with Sakura Ōgami?

Sakura: (insanely high-pitched voice) Hey there, my name's Sakura Ōgami!

Makoto: Oh dear God.

Chris cringed. "Please tell me that's not actually how he talked."

"She," Togami, Naegi, Kirigiri, Komaeda and Lou all corrected simultaneously.

"Wait, really?" Peter stared at Sakura's sprite onscreen. "Wow. That is... Wow."

Kiyotaka, who only speaks Japanese for some reason: (Giorno's theme starts playing) *I like ya cut G!

Makoto: ...what.

Toko- er, Genocide Jack: Hahaha, you wanna fight?

Makoto: No no nO—!

Mondo: Oh it's ON.

Makoto: Uh. UH. UH.

Mondo: YA!

Genocide Jack: YA!

Kiyotaka: *YA!

(Epic battle)

"Um," Rantaro muttered. "Okay."

"It was quite the fight, I suppose," Stewie said.

Kyoko: I'm not gonna tell you shit about me.

Makoto: Okay.

Kyoko: Wait no, you're supposed to—

Monokuma: Hey, please come to the gym!

(Fuck the other guys [Aoi, Leon, Celeste, Yasuhiro])

(In the gym:)

Monokuma: You're trapped here FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES!

"O-oh no," Alphys said.

"WHY ARE THE HUMANS BEING TRAPPED HERE?" Papyrus asked.

"To spread despair," Makoto said curtly. "To cut off the world's last sources of hope: the students of Hope's Peak."

"...I BEG YOUR PARDON, MAKOTO?"

"It's... difficult to explain, honestly," he continued, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Junko": Shut up, you stupid-ass teddy bear!

Monokuma: Wait, what the fuck did you just call me?

(Muku— er Junko gets stabby-stabbed)

Jaws dropped around the room, staring at the morbid scene. Some would have found the encounter funny, but quickly realized that everything they were seeing, regardless of how comical it seemed, had happened in someone's universe. It was terrifyingly real.

"Oh my God," Brian softly exclaimed.

"Holy shit," Flowey muttered.

"jeez, i feel bad for the kid," Sans quietly said, his voice hollow.

Aizawa's eyes narrowed in suspicion. "What the hell is happening in this school?"

"A killing game," Kirigiri said, since the video didn't clarify that well. "Anyone who murders another student and gets away with it gets to leave."

"That's fucked up," Undyne said darkly.

"Woah, that's a pretty groundbreaking idea!" Kokichi said sarcastically.

"This was technically the original killing game," Lou said. "Well... kind of."

"Oh. Eh, whatever."

Monokuma: Anyways, (holds up a CD reading "Monokuma Nudes") FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT!

Kokichi gasped. "Wait, nudes of Monokuma? I gotta see!" he exclaimed with childish glee.

"Monokuma's the bear, right?" Meg asked.

"Yep," Lou clarified.

"...ew."

("DEKU why do you gotta be such a sussy baka" TikTok plays as everyone is terrified; Makoto puts a gun to his head before we cut away:)

"What?" Midoriya said. "I'm not— It— what?"

"Everyone, I am a certified memer," Jack spoke up, "and I can confirm that Deku is not, in fact, a sussy baka."

"Duly noted," Ben said.

Denki nodded. "Hm, yes, a compelling argument."

"But you weren't arguing?" Hajime tried to argue.

(Later)

Sayaka: Um, Makoto? Can I sleep in your room tonight?

Makoto: Oh, uh, yeah!

Lou smirked, locking eyes with Holly. "No hetero, though."

Holly shrugged. "Homo?"

"Oh, I think you already know that answer," Lou said, one arm snaking around Holly's waist while the other ran through her hair.

"GET A ROOM!" Abby screamed jokingly.

"We already have one," Holly said.

Kaede grinned and furrowed her brows thoughtfully, pointing to nowhere in particular with her right index finger. "No, no, she has a point."

The two "friends" let go of each other as they laughed, returning to their individual comfy spots on the couch nearest Lou's laptop. Nobody knew what to think of the Authors' behavior toward each other.

Except Ashido. She was shipping them. Hard.

Sayaka: Er, not with you in here.

Makoto: Aw... (leaves)

Sayaka: Fuckin'... SIMP! (It's murdering time bish)

Chris laughed. "Meg, basically."

"Chris, shut up!" Meg whined.

"Minus the murder part, though, right?" Andrew asked.

"I wouldn't put it past her, honestly," Brian said under his breath.

(The Next Morning at Breakfast)

Makoto: Alright, where are the damn waffles?

Aoi: Uh, Makoto?

Makoto: Huh?

Kiyotaka: *Where's the female protagonist?

Makoto: Oh, I'll check on her.

(Finds Sayaka's corpse in his bedroom, goes back to the Dining Hall)

The whole room fell silent immediately. Most were shocked. The killing game veterans were unsurprised. Everyone was horrified at the sight of Sayaka Maizono's corpse.

Makoto: She's dead.

Aoi and Taka: ...

Makoto: ...wait.

(Goes back to his bedroom, sees the body again)

Makoto: Ah, sHI—

"An appropriate reaction, I would say," Stewie attempted to joke.

"I don't know why you're all so struck silent by this," Lou said. "You had jokes to make and shit to say for DDLC, and that was way more out-there-horrifying than this."

"Nobody," Shuichi said, "should ever feel normal, seeing this. Never get used to it. It's something we've seen before, sure, but that shouldn't make it any less horrible."

"But it's not the actual body?" Andrew argued.

"The blood is fucking pink," Bakugo threw in.

"It's artwork," Holly said. "It's not even an actual photograph."

"They get it," Lou said, pointing at the three people in agreement with her.

Rantaro dryly laughed, something between disbelief and anger present on his face. "And just how many corpses have you ever seen? How many times have you stood in front of someone, watching them die?"

Nobody replied to that.

Kyoko: Har har, you thought the female protagonist was Sayaka, but it was me, DIO!

Makoto: Shut up.

"Haha yes," the memers all memed.

"I UNDERSTOOD THAT REFERENCE!" Alphys screeched in weeb.

"WHAT SHE SAID," Undyne also screeched in weeb.

Yasuhiro: (sniff) Hey guys, there's like this thingy in the notebook that like says Makoto did it.

Makoto: I literally didn't do it.

Leon: Bruh, that sounds like something a killer would say.

Makoto: Hm, how would you know then?

"Well, well, well," Peter said with a smirk. "How the turntables..."

Sans laughed a little, pulling out the LEGENDARY UNO REVERSE CARD Lou had used in part four from his jacket pocket. "heh, got 'em."

"You kept it? Aw," Lou said. "A symbol of, er... acquaintanceship."

Sans chuckled. "i guess so." He held up the card. "you gonna want this back?"

"Keep it," Lou said, shaking her head. "I have, like, four-hundred and nineteen more in my room."

"if you insist. thanks, kiddo."

Leon: Aw, shit.

(At The Class Trial)

Makoto: Guys, it's Leon.

Leon: Heheh, where's your fucking proof?

"There was no real investigation," Kaede said, "so... what are they going to do in the trial?"

"I was about to ask the same thing," Chiaki said.

"For this trial, if I'm being totally honest," Kirigiri said, "there wasn't much of an investigation at all. One incredibly damning piece of evidence was almost all it took."

Brian narrowed his eyes. "And what was that one piece of evidence?"

Makoto: Because your name is written right there!

"That evidence."

"Oh."

Celeste: Makoto darling, those are not letters, those are numbers! You stupid!

"It's clearly 'LEON' upside down," Todoroki deadpanned.

"I was about to say the same thing!" Chris exclaimed.

"It's not even a mystery at this point, not even gonna lie," Undyne said.

Yasuhiro: (sniff) Hey guys, check it out, I'm doing a handstand.

Byakuya: That's all well and good, Yasuhiro, you fucking idiot, but we need to find the killer.

That line caused half the room to burst out laughing.

Makoto: THE KILLER IS RIGHT THERE!

Leon: NO I'M NOT!

Yasuhiro: Hey, from this angle, those numbers kinda look like letters! Hey, wait, that's Leon's name!

Everyone collectively facepalmed.

"This seems like... an incredibly easy case," Shuichi muttered.

"It was," Makoto said, getting doubting glares from Byakuya and Kyoko.

Makoto: THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING!

Byakuya: Oh. Not bad, weed man.

Celeste: Yes! Good job, Yasuhiro.

Yasuhiro: Yay, for once in my life, I did something besides drugs.

"And now this is my catchphrase," Kaminari said with a grin.

"But... you don't do drugs," Sero said. "Unless there's something we don't know."

"Dude, not manly at all," Kirishima said.

"That would explain a lot though," Ashido said thoughtfully, causing Bakugo to stifle a laugh.

The moment his Sensei began scrutinizing him, Kaminari blurted, "Okay, I don't actually do drugs; this is just really funny."

Aizawa relaxed. "Good."

Makoto: ARGH— Wait, now that we found him out, what's gonna happen to Leon?

Monokuma: Oh! Me and Leon are about to have some FUN!

Leon: Wait, NO! MONOKUMA PLEASE—

Monokuma: Ready? PLAY BALL~!

Leon: NOOOOOOOO!

Monokuma: HAHAHAHAHAHA!

"Leon gets beat to death with baseballs for his execution, to clarify," Lou said.

"Oh God," Ben said with a shudder.

"W-why?" Alphys cried.

"That sounds... really slow. Painful," Holly said.

"THAT IS SIMPLY HORRIFIC!" Papyrus shouted.

"it... really is," Sans agreed.

"Ugh!" Kokichi whined. "So bland. It doesn't sound flashy at all!"

"It's... not," Byakuya said.

"It seems like an awful way to die," Nagito said.

Hajime scoffed. "You're one to talk." It was hard to tell whether he was speaking with sympathy or disgust.

"They only become worse as the game continues," Kirigiri said. "Although, Lou, you said we would skip most of the Nutshell series for the sake of time?"

"Yep! Let me give you the rundown of what you're missing before we continue." Lou overdramatically cleared her throat. "Basically three more murders happened: Mondo killed Chihiro, Celeste killed Taka and Hifumi, and Sakura committed suicide. In this Nutshell version of the story, Makoto was blamed for Sakura's death, getting executed, but the execution failed. He was sent to Hope's Peak's garbage disposal – y'know, where a corpse would normally go – got saved by Kyoko, and now he's back. That's pretty much it. Anyway, onto the final Trigger Happy Havoc video."

And before anyone could further comment, the video began to play:

Monokuma: HOW ARE YOU ALIVE?

Aoi, Genocide Jack, Byakuya: HE'S ALIVE?

Makoto: No, I'm dead.

"Me, personally," Kaminari said.

"same here, kiddo," Sans said with a grin, getting a concerned glance from his brother.

"Me on a daily basis," Ben commented.

Aizawa quietly huffed. "Don't steal my catchphrase."

Priya, the only one who heard Class 1-A's teacher, quietly laughed.

Byakuya: Understandable, have a great day.

Makoto: Of course I'm alive!

Byakuya: BUT HOW?

"Magic," Miriam sarcastically sang.

Kokichi groaned. "I'm having Yumeno flashbacks!"

"Ōma-kun, that comes across as pretty rude," Rantaro snapped. "She's a real person. Don't say things like that."

"Uh, rude was what I was going for there, Avocado Boy," Kokichi said with a scoff, earning eyerolls from his classmates.

"Cruisin' on down Main Street," Holly sang, "you're relaxed and feeling good..."

Lou smirked. "Next thing that you know, you'll see an—"

"OCTOPUS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD?" Jack shouted, suddenly perking up.

"How did we go from Yumeno to the Magic School Bus?" Undyne asked.

"Magic," Lou said, snapping their fingers and creating a small cloud of pink-yellow-cyan-purple sparkles.

"Hey, woah," Kaminari said as the cloud faded, "Sans did that yesterday. Erm, well, something similar. Anyway, don't steal his–" a small jolt of electricity burst in the center of his hand– "thunder."

Sans chuckled. Papyrus groaned. Everyone else was either wheezing, cringing, or indifferent.

(Intro)

(Investigation Time!)

(Makoto and Byakuya:)

Makoto, in the concert hall: Hey, look, a piano!

Byakuya, shoving past him: MOVE, PEASANT.

Makoto: Ow, what the hell?

Byakuya, at the piano: And now for a masterpiece!

(One "Masterpiece" Later)

Byakuya: That was "Despacito" by—

Makoto: Who.

Byakuya: L—

Makoto: Asked.

Byakuya: ...listen here you little shit—

"Big oof," Kaminari said.

"Can you actually play piano, Togami?" Chiaki asked.

"No, I cannot," was his curt answer.

Kaede looked slightly saddened by that.

"Even if he could, it doesn't seem like he'd be very good," Mei said. "No offense."

Byakuya scoffed in reply.

(Toko and Aoi)

Genocide Jack, in the bio lab: Holy shit, there's a bunch of dead bodies in here! Hehehehe~!

Aoi: Y'know, I've thought of Monokuma as a lot of things, but a corpse collector definitely wasn't one of them.

Genocide Jack: Wait a second, one's missing!

"That's gonna come back," Undyne noted.

"Normally, yes," Lou said, "but in the Nutshell, it's never addressed again."

"Damn."

"Why not?" Kyoko asked.

"To save time, I guess," Holly replied.

(Kyoko and Hiro)

Kyoko, in the dining hall: (noms on cup ramen)

Hiro: These pictures are pretty gnarly, man!

"What the hell is happening?" Kirishima blankly asked.

"Fantastic question," Alphys squeaked.

Lois commented next: "This is becoming even more concerning by the second."

"Hey, it's a Nutshell video," Lou replied with a shrug.

"I'd be concerned if it wasn't concerning," Jack said.

Ben furrowed his brows, glancing over at his friend. "Dude, what?"

(Later)

Aoi, in the garden with everyone: Alright, what did we learn?

Makoto: Byakuya sucks at playing piano.

Byakuya: DO NOT!

"If nothing else, he's certainly not as good as the Ultimate Pianist," Komaeda said.

Kaede smiled. "Aw, thank you,