Thread:Stormlilly/@comment-5693031-20130410043441/@comment-5693031-20130413175221

My theory about the 4th case was (of course) revolving around the circumstance of Sakura's suicide.

I actually had a lot of sidepoints to my theory, so it might possibly be a long read. Just bear with me though, since I had a few other side-theories about why Sakura processed through to the end suicide result.

Sacrifice herself to spare Aoi. It's noble, but there's no way to enforce it. Nothing stops the three invitees from agreeing and then doing what they will once Sakura is dead. Sakura is far more useful in protecting Aoi alive than she is dead. The idea that she brought the three of them together just to kill herself doesn't work. Sakura originally planned to murder them. This one is more plausible. Yes, there is the school rule that allows for only two murders by one individual. However, Sakura has also broken another school rule, attacking Monobear, and is still alive. Monobear himself admitted that Sakura was either too difficult or nearly too difficult to kill. If Sakura has no fear of punishment for breaking a rule, then she is free to do what she wills, even if it includes killing three people. What this doesn't explain is the poison. Sakura is a Super High School Level Raging Demon against three people with no known combat backgrounds, and even Syo's scissors are useless if she has to face Sakura head on at full strength. A possible, but not great theory, is that Sakura planned to murder the three invitees, and then take her own life believing Aoi to be safe. After all, the relationship between Aoi and Sakura might be damaged a hair if Sakura was killing left and right. She cared so much for Aoi she wanted to attempt to have her Graduate. Here's how the "suicide" theory can actually work. Sakura goes to the medicine cabinet and dumps some of the poison into the protein powder, accidentally dropping and breaking the bottle but not giving a gently caress because, well, she's about to die. She takes a little to make herself sick, since this is plot poison and it works however the narrative needs it to work. Sakura meets up with Aoi before entering the recreation room; Aoi seeing her friend sick goes to get her more protein powder since as Scribbleykins pointed out, they use it as medicine. That dose is what proves to be fatal, and the empty cup in the wreckage is just Aoi bringing more to her friend. Sakura goes into the rec room with the three she invited, dies in front of them, and everyone blames each other for her death. Jury deadlocked/guesses wrong, Aoi graduates since she brought Sakura the fatal dose. The problem with this theory is everything. It relies on Aoi lying in her initial statement that she found Sakura "by chance" in the locked recreation room. That Sakura could initially take enough poison to be noticeably sick but not fatally. That after taking the more fatal dose, Sakura can survive two bottle hits and lock the door, all of which is taking place between Aoi frantically trying to help her friend. It also would rely on our Super High School Level Genius Detectives not piecing everything together and realizing Aoi's inadvertent role in Sakura's death, which ends with Aoi being executed and I don't think Sakura's plan to protect Aoi involves killing her. Of course, at the time during the case I didn't truely have much substantial evidence to back up my theories about Sakura's real motive for what she did. They may have sounded too far-fetched considering Sakura's personality, but I'm always one to truely speculate about somebody's character. Especially when they're originally portrayed as having a very bright personality. Dangan Ronpa really is a beautifully written game to invoke such audacious theories. Especially from me, you have to be talented to get me to think in such a complex way. One thing I'm excited for is an anime based on DR is being made and set to release later this year. I'm definitely gonna keep updated on that. Farewell quote: " Do you get it now?! That's the true meaning of cattle mutilation!"