Danganronpa: The Animation TPB (2016 Dark Horse) comic books 2016-2018

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Takashi Tsukimi. Each year, the elite Hope's Peak Academy selects only the most gifted and talented students to enroll . . . plus one ordinary student, chosen by lottery. Makoto Naegi was that lucky person-or so he thought! When he shows up for class, he finds the elite students are a bizarre cast of oddballs under the ruthless authority of a robot teddy bear principal, Monokuma. The bear lays down the school rules: the only way out of Hope's Peak is to not only murder another student . . . but get away with it, as every murder is followed by a tribunal where the surviving students cross-examine each other! Softcover, 192 pages, full color. Cover price $12.99.

Volume 1 - Second or later printing. Story and art by Takashi Tsukimi. Each year, the elite Hope's Peak Academy selects only the most gifted and talented students to enroll . . . plus one ordinary student, chosen by lottery. Makoto Naegi was that lucky person-or so he thought! When he shows up for class, he finds the elite students are a bizarre cast of oddballs under the ruthless authority of a robot teddy bear principal, Monokuma. The bear lays down the school rules: the only way out of Hope's Peak is to not only murder another student . . . but get away with it, as every murder is followed by a tribunal where the surviving students cross-examine each other! Softcover, 192 pages, full color. Cover price $12.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Takashi Tsukimi. Having lived through the first round of judgment in the trap that is Hope's Peak Academy, bonds are beginning to form among the surviving students. But the evil paws of Monokuma, the villainous bear that holds them captive, are stretched around them . . . one light, one dark, signifying that at this school there's only room for two kinds of students: those found innocent-and those found guilty! Softcover, 192 pages, full color. Cover price $12.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story and art by Takashi Tsukimi. The life-or-death courtroom game continues at Hope's Peak Academy as Makoto and Kyoko work together to try to prove Yasuhiro's innocence and convict Celestia in the latest round of class trials! And Makoto has learned in his investigations that one of his fellow students is being forced by Monokuma to spy on them. Should he reveal this secret to the others-or wait for the spy to make what could be a very drastic move? Softcover, 192 pages, full color. Cover price $12.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art by Takashi Tsukimi. With only six students remaining alive out of the original fifteen, the final trial will also reveal the mastermind behind their imprisonment in Hope's Peak Academy . . . and the true purpose behind the deadly game they've been forced to play! The survivors might count themselves lucky to have been right . . . but are they sure they've counted themselves right . . . ? Softcover, 192 pages, full color. Cover price $12.99.