Junko Enoshima - Lechat
Before starting please make sure you’ve read/played Dangan Ronpa. This novel contains heavy spoilers right from chapter 1.
However, as far as any other game or novel series in the franchise, you can read this before or after them.
Dangan Ronpa Zero is a 2 novel series taking place during the time before the Dangan Ronpa’s school of mutual killing. The protagonist is Otonashi Ryouko, a student at Hope’s Peak Academy who is unable to remember anything without using her notebook. During the course of these novels she finds herself confronted by confusing situations and a mess of dead bodies. Sound fun? YEAAAAH!!
Dangan Ronpa Zero Up (Novel 1)
Chapter 6 / Mirror (coming soon)
Chapter 12 / Mirror (coming soon)
Dangan Ronpa Zero Down (Novel 2)
Chapter 3 / Mirror (coming soon)
Chapter 7 / Mirror (coming soon)
FAQ.
Where can I read the rest of DR0?
The remainder of the story has been fully translated by Revolution Potato and can be found here.
Are there any other translations of DR0 out there?
It is not fully translated, if you would like to read it without touching mine too much you can visit Orenronen’s archived translation of book 1 here and the last part of book 2 here. No one else has translated the first half of book 2 though I am afraid, I understand the way I’ve translated this is not to everyone’s liking.
Will you finish translating this?
Good question. I don’t know. Maybe? Maybe not? It’s a lot of work and the translation has already been completed elsewhere. The situation is very similar to why Orenronen stopped translation Super Dangan Ronpa 2 after the official release was announced - if you’re familiar with that.
I guess in the end, don’t hold your breath, chances are if it is going to be completed, it won’t be for a long time yet. (original answer here)
Will you be translating any other novels from the Dangan Ronpa franchise?
This is similar to the previous question. Not for a long time yet. As I’ve said it’s a lot of work to translate these novels. When I was initially translating DR0 I was spending several hours every day working on it, doing very little else. My Japanese isn’t great, I’m very much still learning. Before I even think about translating anything else related to dangan ronpa I would like to start working towards acquiring a bachelor of languages and improve my Japanese to the point where I don’t need to be looking things up quite as often.
So short answer, not for a long time yet.
Why did you start putting a link to your blog in the translation itself?
This isn’t something I wanted to do initially. But 90% (note:not a real statistic) of people who read my translations come through the wiki links or other, those go straight to the translation, not this masterlist. Meaning I’m no longer the middle man (note:not a man), but rather an anonymous translator.
Can I compile this translation into a PDF so I can read it on my tablet?
Yes, you can! However, if this PDF is going to be shared can you please please, source where the translation came from in the PDF.
