Return of the Spambook

concerned

danganronpa 2 and v3 spoilers

so like if danganronpa is just a tv show where ppl die, does that mean everyone from the second game is alive??? well maybe except chiaki but still, are they all alive? but just older? how are they dealing with everything? like after they found out they were on a tv show and stuff
and maybe i just don't know enough about the lore but like
after the survivors from the first game left the school, did they find out that they were on a tv show? and if they did, how did they even agree to film their comeback during the second game and stuff? i honestly really don't like the pLoTtWiSt about how they're on a tv show, it sucks ngl