The final trial of Danganronpa V3 is one of the most infamous trials of the franchise for its mind-blowing reveals. The ending has spawned many fan theories.

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The purpose of this trial is actually to retry the first, as there was more to Rantaro's death than meets the eye.

Final Trial Mechanics

Shuichi in trial.

Multiple Choice: Select an answer to a multiple-choice question.

Non-Stop Debate: Hit a highlighted statement with corresponding evidence. Shoot away any white noise that's in your way. Sometimes there is a back route through lying, and sometimes turning Truth Bullets into lies is required.

Rebuttal Showdown: Slice at the argument with a sword and pick a Truth Sword that contradicts one of the statements and slash it.

​​​​​​Psyche Taxi: Drive into words to form questions and pick up the woman who holds the correct answer to the questions.

Identify a Person: Answer "who" question by selecting someone in the room.

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Closing Argument: Make a comic that retells the events of the crime. Put the right panels in the right order.

Pick a Truth Bullet: Select evidence that will answer a certain question.

Hangman's Gambit: Spell out an answer to a question.

Mind Mine: Clear out blocks by matching their colors. Select a revealed picture that is an answer to a question.

Save: Particular to this trial, this will ask a yes or no question and there will be a right answer.

Mass Panic Debate: Same as non-stop debate, but characters will be all talking at once.

Argument Armament: Fight a character in a rhythm game. Shoot down the statements to the beat of the music and at the end, spell out a contradiction that ends the argument.

Final Trial Walkthrough

Court preparation menu.

Multiple Choice

  • The purpose of this trial is to retry a past case.
  • Rantaro's Ultimate Talent was Ultimate Survivor.
  • He knew about the hidden door because of the Survivor Perk.

Non-Stop Debate

Monokuma will say "was Rantaro himself." Hit that statement with the Survivor's Perk Monopad.

Rebuttal Showdown

Slice the statements and when the Monokubs say "He didn't bring the Survivor Perk with him," hit that with the Truth Sword, Final Picture of Rantaro.

Psych Taxi

  • Rantaro had two Monopads in the library.
  • The Survivor Perk Monopad was taken away.
  • It was taken to the hidden room.
  • The Mastermind can enter the hidden room.
Shuichi in trial.

Non-Stop Debate

Monodam will say "How would they know what was happening in the library?" Hit that statement with The Sixth Monokub.

Multiple Choice

The culprit that killed Rantaro was the Mastermind.

Non-Stop Debate

Monophanie will say "Kaede had it all along." Hit that statement with Shot Put Ball with Pink Fiber.

Multiple Choice

The Mastermind took the shot put ball.

Non-Stop Debate

Himiko will say "That 17th person is the mastermind." Shoot that statement with Clues to the Mastermind.

Multiple Choice

  • The mastermind is a participant of the killing game.
  • You need alibis for Rantaro's murder.
Himiko in trial.

Non-Stop Debate

Tsumugi will say "I couldn't have killed Rantaro." Hit that statement with Hidden Room Passageway.

Rebuttal Showdown

Slash at the Monokub's statements. When Monophanie says "There's no evidence that she's the mastermind," use the Truth Sword, Motherkuma's Voiceprint System.

Identify a Person

The mastermind is Tsumugi Shirogane.

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Closing Argument

This part comes earlier than usual, but there is still a lot in store for this trial. Just match put the panels in the right order of events.

On the night of Rantaro's murder, Kaede and Shuichi were in the first-floor classroom. Four other students were in the dining hall, the mastermind among them. They excused themselves to the bathroom and went to the hidden room in the library and waited. Just as was proven in the first trial, Kaede rolled her shot put ball into the air vent and Rantaro was lured into the path of the shot by a camera flash.

However, the murder did not happen the way Kaede planned. The shot put ball missed. The mastermind witnessed this and attacked Rantaro from behind with their own shot put ball. Killing him, they placed their shot put ball by him and took away Kaede's. Lastly, they took his Survivor Perk Monopad and returned to the hidden room. They left the Monopad on a table in the hidden room and put Kaede's shot put ball in the trashcan.

The mastermind used a hidden passageway from the hidden room to the girl's bathroom on the first floor.

And this mastermind, the real murderer of Rantaro... is Tsumugi Shirogane.

Tsumugi in trial.

Non-Stop Debate

  • Himiko will say "was just a single high school girl." Hit that statement with History of Hope's Peak.
  • Maki will say "They were held prisoner by the Ultimate Despair." Again, use History of Hope's Peak.
  • Keebo will say "recruitment of talented students resumed." One more time, use History of Hope's Peak.

Pick a Truth Bullet

The evidence is Kokichi's Motive Video.

Hangman's Gambit

Spell out implant.

Multiple Choice

Hope's Peak Academy is fictional.

Hangman's Gambit

Season 53 is currently airing.

Mind Mine

Remove the blocks and click on the Team Danganronpa Logo.

Monokuma in trial.

Multiple Choice

  • They are fictional characters.
  • Their true identity is normal people.

Save

  • Select no.
  • Then select yes.

Multiple Choice

His inner voice is actually an audience survey.

Mass Panic Debate

Every time despair comes up, hit it with Hope.

Rebuttal Showdown

Slice away at Shuichi's arguments and hit his despair with the Truth Sword, Hope.

Multiple Choice

The punishment is that you participate in the next killing game.

Tsumugi dressed as Junko.

Non-Stop Debate

  • Tsumugi will say "Hope is contagious." Turn hope into the lie, despair, and shoot it at the statement.
  • Shuichi will say "And with these weapons, we revolt against the outside world." Hit that statement with Use Our Lives.
  • Shuichi will then say, "We're going to end Danganronpa." Use the Truth Bullet, Use Our Lives, again.
  • Then do nothing, let the time run out.

Hangman's Gambit

Let the time run out.

Psyche Taxi

Let the time run out.

Multiple Choice

Let the time run out.

Argument Armament

Shoot down statements to the rhythm and spell out the following counterarguments.

  • Fiction can change the world.
  • The Killing Game is wrong.
  • It's not pointless, our lives are our weapons.
  • We'll end Danganronpa with our own hands.

And with that, you did it. You beat Danganronpa V3.

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