I decided to return to Wattpad and make this after a year or so of making my last fic. However, the chances are, this one is going to be a lot more weird, given the tone of this series.
The context of this story isn't in line with that of the original game. This fic is based off of the events that happen in V3's ultimate talent development plan, in a world where the characters aren't fictional and are all part of the same class. This fic is focused on the cast of the third game, like Shuichi, Kaede, Maki, Kaito, Kokichi and the rest of them, but characters from the 1st and 2nd game are mentioned frequently. They are, however, not part of the chat group, because they are part of different classes (except Hajime who is part of the reserve course) As a few minor notes, Shuichi and Kaede are a couple at the start of this story. I'm not calling certain shippings canon or non-canon, I don't really have any intention of shaming people's preferences, but I expect the same courtesy in return. If you, say for example, ship Kaede with Rantaro, or Shuichi with Kokichi or something like that, that's fine, I won't argue, however, I personally prefer Shuichi with Kaede, so if you hate that ship with a passion to the point where you can't accept it, then I simply suggest you don't read this fic. One more thing I should mention is Danganronpa V3's cast is probably the most divisive cast in the series in my opinion. While characters like Shuichi, Kaede and Kokichi are characters that I absolutely love, characters like Kiyo, Angie and Tenko are characters I don't feel too strong about. However, I will try my best to give everyone a good amount of time in the spotlight. And finally, this fic features characters like Miu Iruma, so needless to say, watch out for bad language, however, I won't rate this fic as Mature, because that's all there is aside from the odd dirty joke or two.
It's been about a year since the thirteen of them woke from the living hell that was the Killing Game. Ever since, they've been living together in a strange new world where their old memories are next to meaningless.
Kokichi still feels the effects of the game a year later; although, he only has himself to blame for not being able to get past his guilt. Still, he hopes to be able to, one day, feel like he has earned his place among the others and maybe even feel like he can belong.
Word Count: 91,675
[[ Cross-posted from my AO3 !! ]]
The cover art is mine as well!
Content warnings for language, minor injury (ch. 4), and minor suicidal thoughts (ch. 4 +5)!!
Also, this takes place after the events of V3, so (for anyone that hasn't played it yet for some reason) there will be spoilers for the game!
I will also mention also that Tsumugi and Korekiyo just... aren't in this and it's never explained or mentioned, sorry if you like those characters! (I just can't write those two postgame, haha)
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Edit (8-8-24): Realised that the chapters were numberless and that I never put the AO3 link here :P
https://archiveofourown.org/works/56079598