Danganronpa Fanfiction
Spike Chunsoft's killing-game visual novel series in which classes of Ultimate students are forced by the sadistic bear Monokuma to murder each other to escape. The fandom is enormous and intensely creative, famous for non-despair AUs that let the doomed casts simply attend school together, talent-swap experiments, and fix-its for every executed favorite. Ships like Hinata/Komaeda and Saihara/Ouma dominate, powered by the games' love of obsession, suspicion, and unreliable hearts.
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What is Danganronpa fanfiction?
Danganronpa fanfiction is fan-created stories set in the Danganronpa universe. With over 60,000 works on Archive of Our Own, Danganronpa is one of the most popular fandoms in the fanfiction community.
These stories explore beloved characters like Makoto Naegi, Kyoko Kirigiri, Hajime Hinata, Nagito Komaeda, and many more. Writers create everything from short one-shots to epic novel-length adventures, exploring relationships, alternate universes, and "what if" scenarios.
Most Popular Danganronpa Fanfics
These are the highest-rated Danganronpa stories on AO3, ranked by kudos from readers.
Me and my yumes-I did not sign up for all of this.
by Danganeleanor
Eleanor never expected her quiet apartment to become a crossroads for the ultimates she had only ever known through a screen. It started with a candle, a whispered name, and Izuru Kamukura appearing in her living room like he had always belonged there. Then came Nagito, stored in her closet like a f
Danganscryption
by Annablessyou
When Hajime Hinata buys “totally not haunted” decks of cards from monokuma. Things get weird. really weird. As he learns the game that the cards are for he also learns the game that his friends are playing
A-Z Female Collection
by Jrobbo117
A simple A-Z work that takes female characters from across the many fandoms and places them in a relationship. It will be character x reader. I am bad at writing and summarizing.Edit: 5/12/24. By results of a vote individuals classed as femboy my appear in chapters. Basically its 'A-Z Female Collect
Another Another: Or What Happens on the Flipside
by MyChemicalCacophony
Maki wakes up in the girls bathroom next to her own hanging corpse. Somehow, this isn't the worst moment of her (after)life.
In Other Words
by doyougetdejavu
In which the Ultimate Linguist finds herself trapped in the Killing Game, and has to reckon with the idea that others might not be as predictable as she once thought. OR: Akira Sakamoto understands human communication. She knows how people's voices change when they're afraid, how they'll use certain
Deceit
by 4powerd
There are some things that, no matter how hard you try, you can't control. What you can control is how other people interpret them. (Or, Kyoko's third FTE, from her perspective)
Sole Survivors
by lindirs_gaze
After narrowly surviving a brutal raider attack that massacres his unit, soldier Hajime Hinata makes a desperate bid to find badly-needed medical supplies for the survivors of his community. Inside an abandoned hospital, he finds more than he bargained for: a mysterious stranger with a secret that m
Ultimate interworld death game
by OgNeptune
A Danganronpa fanfiction with characters from different fandoms and in an original setting
Danganronpa Alter: Turn Point Havoc
by carrotowl
The night after exploring the second floor of the school, Mondo Owada has a dream. A dream full of events that never happened, people he never met, and time he never had. And yet, despite the ridiculousness of the dream, it continues to plague his mind well after he awakes. As he tries to balance th
Danganronpa: The Facility
by GameShowFan17
Tamako should be dead. However, a mysterious force saved her, only to put her in another death game. Surrounded by a weirder cast than before, can this generic chapter 3 killer not only survive, but prove to be a worthy protagonist as well?
Kuroi survivor OC's Askbox vs multiverse city
by Kuroi_Survivor
Welcome to Kaleido City, where a demon lord, a shonen hero, and your favorite idol somehow share the same bus stop, and a lot more than that. Everyone from every fandom lives here as locals; no portals, no destiny, just neighbors, classmates, and coworkers getting into trouble. Drop an ask, pick a c
Reorientation
by LazyCakes
“Yeah. Sure. Whatever I am now didn't exist before the simulation, either.”“I think that’s true for all of us. Right? We were, I mean, we were fucking evil. I still can’t comprehend it all. But now — now we’re not, now we can’t even remember being that way, so…so now we’re all new to this world. Tog
Danganronpa: Ultimate Killing Game - Chapter 1
by Frollodacat666
Leon's been exposed for lying about forgetting his talent. The killing game has begun. Only a few people still trust Leon. Will he make it out alive in this chapter? Let's find out.
Oneshots, Headcanons, and Scenarios
by SugarSkull404
You see the title, you know what you're here for, but this is mainly for my lovely fox and me <3
The Kira-Kira Heart-Pounding Miracle V-Tuber Debut of Kamimura Kazutoshi (and other shenanigans)
by Anonymous
Forced into the industry by Isono Miki and Wada Masami, Kamimura Kazutoshi has become a v-tuber by the name of Umi Zeri in his second year of university. While he admittedly enjoys his new job (goodbye forever, bloodstains!), he feels paranoid at the thought of anyone in real life finding out he pla
"I thought isekai plots started by getting hit with a truck, not by getting wacked with a golf club."
by WeevilWoodpecker
what if art danganronpa lapse got isekai'd into beyblade x after dying because he needs to be happy.
Danganronpa: Dark & Deadly
by rookiej13
Noelle received an invitation to a party at Revioro Hotel. She hesitated at first, but accepted it eventually. As soon as she arrived at the hotel, she got hit with a feeling of sleepiness. When she woke up, she was trapped in an unknown room, and realized that 15 other guests were in the same situa
The Serial Killing Life
by Foloxcer
15 twisted souls, all trapped until one can prove themselves a master of their craft. Danganronpa killing game but EVERYONE is a serial killer, and none of them know yet.
Aoi Asahina's Forced Nude Scholarship (Danganronpa)
by TheEmbarrassedStoryMaster
After being caught masturbating, the principal of Hopes Peak Academy, blackmails her into agreeing to a naked scholarship. She's no longer allowed to wear any clothes.
Letter from Orion to Sirius
by Anonymous
Words she wishes she had a chance to say went unspoken as the jail door opened, because how could you ever expect to be loved, Ismene?
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Popular Danganronpa Ships
KomaHina
Hinata Hajime/Komaeda Nagito
Danganronpa 2 pairs its grounded protagonist with Nagito Komaeda, the luck-cursed boy whose worship of hope curdles into the game's most unsettling sabotage. Hajime is the only one who keeps trying to understand him, and the bonus Island Mode plus Komaeda's final-trial gambit cemented their tangled fascination. It remains the franchise's most-written ship by a landslide.
14,000 works →
SaiOuma
Oma Kokichi/Saihara Shuichi
V3's gentle detective and its self-proclaimed evil supreme leader play a season-long game of lies, with Kokichi needling Shuichi precisely because he is the only one clever enough to be worth deceiving. Kokichi's death gambit makes the detective the executor of his final, unreadable plan. The fandom obsesses over which of his lies about Shuichi were true.
12,000 works →
Naegami
Naegi Makoto/Togami Byakuya
The first Danganronpa's ordinary optimist and its contemptuous heir survive the killing school life together, with Byakuya's icy superiority slowly eroding against Makoto's stubborn decency. By the later games they are colleagues in the Future Foundation, Byakuya crossing a ruined world when Makoto is accused of treason. The fandom ships the thaw.
5,000 works →
IshiMondo
Ishimaru Kiyotaka/Owada Mondo
The hall monitor and the biker gang leader settle their differences in a sauna endurance contest and emerge sworn brothers, the killing game's purest friendship. Then Chapter 2 executes Mondo and shatters Taka so completely he becomes a different person. One sauna scene and one tragedy have powered over a decade of fix-it fic.
4,000 works →
KaiMaki
Momota Kaito/Harukawa Maki
The Luminary of the Stars spends V3's killing game dragging a former assassin into nightly training sessions until she learns to want things again. Maki's love is canon by the end; Kaito's execution makes sure it costs everything.
1,500 works →
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Danganronpa fanfics are on AO3?
There are over 60,000 Danganronpa fanfiction works on Archive of Our Own, making it one of the platform's largest fandoms.
What are the best Danganronpa ships?
Popular Danganronpa pairings include KomaHina, SaiOuma, Naegami. Each ship has thousands of dedicated stories exploring their relationship.
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