High school student Hajime Hinata must be the "Ultimate" at something--after all, he got accepted to Hope's Peak Academy, which takes only the nation's elite teens (whether they're elite at...

Beautiful white sand? Check! Refreshing ocean waves? Check! Bloody body in the beach house? Check...?! Hajime and his classmates strive to overcome the despair of having now lost two classmates...

Despair is contagious...and so, it seems, is death! Fed up with the lack of bloodthirst from his captives, Monokuma has infected them with the Despair Disease, which manifests as cowardice...