Danganronpa Gets a Sequel from Dark Horse Manga

Following the success of 2016-17’s Danganronpa: The Animation series, Dark Horse Manga has announced the continuation of the ultimate teenage murder mystery game in the three-volume Danganronpa 2: Ultimate Luck and Hope and Despair series! Based on NIS America’s Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, the sequel to the original Danganronpa, the manga series Danganronpa 2: Ultimate Luck and Hope and Despair contains many scenes only hinted at in the game. Writer and artist Kyousuke Suga delves deeper into the murderous world Spike Chunsoft created in Ultimate Luck and Hope and DespairDanganronpa 2: Ultimate Luck and Hope and Despair also brings back “Despair Mail,” the fan art and cosplay section!

In Danganronpa 2: Ultimate Luck and Hope and Despair, a new class of students at the (in)famous Hope’s Peak Academy find themselves on a surprise school trip to a tropical island. The students also find that suspicion and death is the only ticket home from this so-called paradise! Here, in the name of “hope,” Ultimate Lucky Student Nagito Komaeda is willing to kill anybody and everybody…including himself!

Danganronpa 2: Ultimate Luck and Hope and Despair goes on sale September 5, 2018. This 160-page volume retails for $12.99.