Hiro Hatane expected greatness when he arrived at Hope's Peak Academy, though he is instead dragged into something he never anticipated: a death game. Lives are on the line constantly, as the evil Monokuma is intent on keeping Hiro and his fnineeen classmates - Chouko Oyashi, Yazu Takashi, Ren Naoki, Izumi Kura, Minuki Itane, Ayano Tsukasa, Ryo Matsuki, Renelin Haruka, Ai Matsuki, Kaito Yume, Hikaru Yamaki, Noriko Fumika, Mei Kudo, Daiki Kanada, Akira Wong, Yoshiaki Michi, Satoki Amaya, Mao Kiyoshi, and Yori Etsuko - imprisoned in a small town known as Caerdydd unless they kill somebody and get away with it. Things complicate when it appears that only one person may emerge victorious as the winner in this sadistic game of life and death. Who will survive? And what about the world outside Caerdydd?
These twenty are the hope of tomorrow... Unless that hope becomes despair.
{Sequel to 'Days Before Despair'}
16 students awaken in a school, no exit to be seen. Marina can't seem to remember everything, as well as the rest of the students. But when they all find out that the school they are trapped in is run by a sadistic bear and the only way out is to murder someone and not get caught. Can Marina find out who is controlling this terrible place before her friends fall into despair?