In this post, we take a closer look at the current status of the series “Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen - Mirai-hen”, also known by the following titles:
- Danganronpa 3: The End of Hopes Peak High School - Future Arc
- ダンガンロンパ3 -The End of 希望ヶ峰学園- 未来編
- Danganronpa 3: The End of Hopes Peak Academy - Future Volume
Status#
Based on our analysis, the series is NOT FINISHED. ❌
Here’s how we reached that conclusion:
- All related entries are marked as finished on MyAnimeList
- The series is listed as not ended on Trakt
Taken together, these points indicate that Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen - Mirai-hen is still ongoing in some form.
Watch order#

Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei ↗ ↖
Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei - Taiken-ban
Summary
An adaptation of the trial version of Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei, which features a different victim and killer.Background
Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei was originally serialized on Famitsu Comic Clear, and a booklet compiling the series was given to those who preordered the game from GameTSUTAYA and WonderGOO.
Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei ↗ ↖
Dangan Ronpa: Academy of Hope and High School Students of Despair
Summary
15 elite high school students are gathered for the 78th class at Hopes' Peak Academy. Graduating from this high school essentially means you'll succeed in life, but graduating is very difficult. The school's head master is, a bear called Monokuma? He explains that the only way to graduate is to kill one of your classmates and get away with it. If the other classmates discover the identity of the killer, only they will be "punished". However, if they fail to catch the killer, only the killer graduates and the others are "punished". Which of the 15 will survive the lessons to come?This adaption of the manga shows the other students point of view.
(Source: MU)

Danganronpa/Zero ↗ ↖
DR/Zero
Summary
Ryouko Otonashi is a cheerful and frivolous student at Hope's Peak Academy, an elite school that accepts only the most talented students. However, Ryouko is different from the others: as a chronic amnesiac, she tends to forget events and faces, recording everything she witnesses in a notebook that can be trusted when her memory cannot be. In addition, her irritable childhood friend, the "Super High School-Level Neurologist" Yasuke Matsuda, works tirelessly to cure her disorder. Yasuke is the only person whom Ryouko can never forget—after all, she is deeply in love with him.This awkward pair lead a hectic but happy life at Hope’s Peak Academy—until they are confronted by a strange girl who seems to be the very embodiment of despair. As her notebook becomes increasingly unreliable and Yasuke’s dark secrets are revealed, can Ryouko cling to hope, or will she give in to despair?
[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei The Animation ↗ ↖
ダンガンロンパ 希望の学園と絶望の高校生 THE ANIMATION
Summary
Hope's Peak Academy is a top school at which many "ultimates" are enrolled, such as the Ultimate Pop Sensation and Ultimate Martial Artist. When an average boy named Makoto Naegi is selected by lottery to attend this prestigious institution, he becomes the "Ultimate Lucky Student."Unfortunately, Naegi’s first day is nothing like he expected. He and his classmates fall unconscious and wake to find themselves trapped in Hope’s Peak. To make matters worse, they are informed by their principal—a sadistic black and white bear named Monokuma—that in order to leave, one of the students will have to murder a fellow classmate and get away with it. If the killer is caught, they themselves will be executed, and this “School Life of Mutual Murder” will continue until only a single person remains. With no other choice left, the 78th class of Hope’s Peak Academy must play Monokuma’s twisted game, all while inching closer to the truth behind their predicament. To survive, it will take all their wits, a bit of luck, and most importantly, hope.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei The Animation was published in English as Danganronpa: The Animation by Dark Horse from April 5, 2016 to April 11, 2017.
Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei The Animation ↗ ↖
ダンガンロンパ 希望の学園と絶望の高校生 THE ANIMATION
Summary
Makoto Naegi, a teenager with no remarkable talent, is surprised to learn that he has been accepted into Hope's Peak Private Academy: an elite school that gathers the best students from various fields. Despite believing his admission was just a fluke, Naegi is delighted to attend an institution known for ensuring success to those who graduate. Determined, he enters the front doors of the prestigious academy.However, after losing consciousness inside, Naegi wakes up in a seemingly abandoned classroom. Failing to comprehend how he got there, Naegi begins to explore, and to his surprise, finds his classmates assembled in the gym. While everyone is trying to figure out what happened, they are confronted by the school principal—Monokuma, a robotic teddy bear. The mysterious toy explains that the freshmen are trapped inside the school with only one means of escape—kill a classmate without being discovered.
Tension fills the air as Naegi and his classmates realize that they are faced with two choices: participate in Monokuma’s killing game, or reside together in the school for the rest of their lives.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Due to the success of the Danganronpa games, various spin-offs on a variety of media were made including the anime adaption and Danganronpa/Zero, a series of two novels written by Tsuyoshi Kodakazu and illustrated by Rui Komatsuzaki which were released on September 15, 2011 and October 13, 2011.
Danganronpa Kirigiri ↗ ↖
Summary
The novel, titled Danganronpa Kirigiri, will focus on the character Kyouko Kirigiri, and will reveal the mysterious girl's past.(Source: ANN)

Zettai Zetsubou Shoujo: Danganronpa Another Episode ↗ ↖
Ultra Despair Girls: Danganronpa Another Episode the Manga
Summary
Naegi Komaru, Naegi Makoto's younger sister, managed to survive despite being outside Hope's Peak Academy. There she meets Fukawa Touko, a.k.a. Genocider Shou. This is the story of their struggle to survive in a world full of despair.(Source: MU)

Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen - Mirai-hen ↗ ↖
ダンガンロンパ3 -The End of 希望ヶ峰学園- 未来編
Summary
After Makoto Naegi and his fellow survivors escaped Hope's Peak Academy to the world beyond, they soon join the Future Foundation, an organization dedicated to combating despair. Just when all seems to be looking up, Naegi is arrested and tried for betrayal due to defending a malicious group of Remnants of Despair. Standing before all of the Future Foundation executives, he finds himself, along with Kyouko Kirigiri and Aoi Asahina, facing an unknown fate.The matter at hand only escalates when the organization’s supposedly impenetrable security is hacked into by a familiar face: Monokuma. Much to Naegi’s horror, the mechanical bear immediately announces the beginning of a new killing game, as moments later, the first victim appears as a signal for despair to resume its brutal conquest.
Naegi, the Super High School-Level Lucky Student, must once again unravel the mystery as his colleagues and friends begin falling around him. However, there are no more class trials; among the 16 desperate participants, there is only one killer—and their death means the end of this infernal game.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen - Zetsubou-hen ↗ ↖
ダンガンロンパ3 -The End of 希望ヶ峰学園- 絶望編
Summary
Hope's Peak Academy's unconventional class 77-B is about to have an even more eccentric addition: Chisa Yukizome, an alumna with the title of Super High School-Level Housekeeper—and their new homeroom teacher. Cheerful, passionate, and capable, Chisa immediately sets about correcting the students' problematic behavior and strengthening their relationships. It may not be easy dealing with diverse pupils ranging from princesses and nurses to yakuza and impossibly lucky students, but anything is possible with the power of hope.Meanwhile, Hajime Hinata, an unremarkable boy from the school’s Reserve Course, longs for a talent. One day, he has an unexpected meeting with class 77-B’s Super High School-Level Gamer Chiaki Nanami, who presents to him a new, hope-filled outlook on life. However, unbeknownst to him, the school’s upper echelon is about to execute a sinister project centered around Hajime that will bring Hope’s Peak—and the rest of the world—to its knees.
Zetsubou-hen chronicles the daily lives carried out at the talent-cultivating academy, and the darkness that lurks beneath. As despair slowly infects hope, plans are put into motion to start the Biggest, Most Awful, Most Tragic Event in Human History, and the end begins.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen - Zetsubou-hen is an original story following the characters of the visual novel Super Danganronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubou Gakuen before they arrived at the island. It is a prequel to SDR2.
Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen - Kibou-hen ↗ ↖
ダンガンロンパ3-The End of 希望ヶ峰学園-希望編
Summary
The Future Foundation is in shambles after the Final Killing Game and the revelation of the true culprit. As a desperate plot arises from one of the survivors to rid the world of despair once and for all, the remaining Future Foundation members must band together to stop this atrocity from taking place. Fortunately, they find themselves with help from a group of unlikely allies as they race against the clock to stop their world from being changed.In this finale to the Hope’s Peak storyline of the Danganronpa series, the players in this neverending death game begin to understand the true meaning behind despair, hope, and atonement.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Super Danganronpa 2.5: Komaeda Nagito to Sekai no Hakaisha ↗ ↖
スーパーダンガンロンパ2.5 狛枝凪斗と世界の破壊者
Summary
At Hope's Peak Academy, a school full of extraordinarily talented individuals, Nagito Komaeda is an ordinary boy with no special traits or interesting skills to speak of—except for his incredible unluckiness. Just walking to school in the morning leads to a number of unfortunate accidents, which only escalate as the day goes on. Despite this, Komaeda leads a relatively normal life and is satisfied with his modest slice of happiness.But everything changes when a mysterious boy who declares himself the “Destroyer of the World” arrives to shatter this hopeless paradise.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
