YES YES YESSSSS

YES YES YESSSSS

also I am 100% on board with protagonist richie, give my boy the leading role lol. he's definitely played danganronpa and therefore he has at least some knowledge about how to solve the insanely convoluted murders.

Thinking about a. A Hatchetfield x Danganronpa AU.

And I’m going to post it here because you all need to know about it.

Okay, so it’s called Hatchetronpa. It’s a fangan with the very simple premise of, ‘hey, what if the Lords in Black managed to take 16 Hatchetfield residents, stick them in a place distinct from but similar to the Bastard’s Box, and make them all commit murder.’

(more under cut!)

Each environment represents a different Lord in order of appearance, so Prolouge/Chapter 1 is Wiggly, Chapter 2 is Blinky, etc.

Naturally, Wiggly is the host with the rest of the Lords acting like the Monokubs, but distinct from them in that they actually have something useful to do: specifically, all the Lords govern and control a different aspect of the game.

Pokey controls the rules of the Killing Game and what exceptions they may have, if any. He’s the one who informs the participants when new rules are in place, and the one who intervenes if any are broken.

Tinky, as the Bastard of Time and Space and likely the one who designed the Killing Game arena, governs the environment around the participants, such as which areas are available when and all the technology in the arena, including the Monopads (or whatever the equivalent is).

Blinky and Nibbly both give the participants reasons to kill, but in different ways: the best way to sum it up is that Blinky provides them with the motive, whilst Nibbly provides them with the means.

(If you’re wondering what exactly Nibbly’s means: if you’ve read Blackened Skies, basically think how both Celeste’s lab and Felony Funland were filled with potential murder weapons, and the only thing stopping them from being used instantly were the price tags attached.)

And Wiggly is, generally speaking, just the face of the Killing Game. He does the announcements, is present for motive reveals (even if Blinky is the one doing them), shows up right before murder investigations to give the participants the file, and obviously here’s there for the Trials as well.

The rule on who can and can’t be a participant so far is just ‘anyone who’s interesting and has a good reason to commit murder’, so basically anyone in Hatchetfield.

However, I think Richie would make a pretty good protagonist? Not only would it be funny to see a weeb be the protagonist of the literal Japanese visual novel, but… he’s interesting enough to make for a compelling protagonist while still being just grounded enough to still be a protagonist. There’s no reason why he shouldn’t, actually.

Truth Bullets are replaced with Truth Hatchets, so that the title of the thing stays consistent and also because they’re like both a Truth Bullet and a Truth Blade: they can be thrown for Nonstop Debates, and wielded as close-combat weapons for Rebuttal Showdown!

And finally, all the tracks are remixes of Danganronpa OSTs and Hatchetfield songs. For example:

Beautiful Apotheosis (Beautiful Lie x La Dee Dah Dah Day)

Mr. Y’rath’s Command (Mr. Monokuma’s Lesson x Tickle-Me Wiggly Jingle)

Speak of the Devils (Rise and Shine, Ursine! x The Summoning)

Watch the Blame Go Around (Despair Searching x Hatchet Town)

One for All (literally any sad song that would play before Punishment Time x Inevitable)

Killer Persuasion (Let’s Start The Killing Game! (if it turns up) x Killer Track)