Danganronpa 3 Episode: Tengan

Note: This is basically what I think the DR3 anime should've had as an episode to explain Tengan’s motives. Without seeing more about him and his reasoning his actions are hard to reconcile. But it is possible to explain his reasoning and that's what I'm doing here. Please enjoy what I have so far and I hope you like it.

Tengan and Munakata meet in a room of an abandoned building cracks are apparent throughout the room and the red sky clear outside the window. They are both sitting in dining table in an abandoned apartment.

Munakata: It is nice to see you are still alive and kicking.

Tengan: You would be better off worrying about yourself. Even at my age no one will be able to get me easily.

Munakata: If you can talk like that you must be fine...... We need take control of this situation. If the alumni of Hope's Peak, the representatives of Hope don't stand up how will humanity face

this despair.

Tengan: I agree. I myself wish to help atone for Hope's Peaks involvement in this incident. I plan to make an organization to combat this despair and I want you Munakata to stand by my side to do this. But before anything we need more people to lead the organization.

Munakata: We can have Sakakura lead crime enforcement, we need someone with a hardline to lay down the law and face the despairs. Yukizome can be our spy master she has experience infiltrating a group.. and we need to have someone trustworthy to prevent the despair to get in and sabotage the organization from within. We also have Seiko Kimura with us, her medical skills will prove invaluable.

Tengan: Good good, I plan to have Koichi scout new members from the new landscape of our world. But this is a good start.

Munakata: So what will this organization be called?

Tengan: We will be creating a future that everyone can live for peacefully. So this organization will be known as the Future Foundation.

Cut to Future opening

Cut to a large battle on a ransacked street with people with monokuma masks. Juuzo dodging and weaving around them while hitting people in the head and gut with brass knuckles. Chisa is blocking hits with her knives(the one she brought out on Fuyuhiko) and cuts down people alongside Munakata. Munakata though is swiftly moving from person cutting them down,cutting off heads or limbs in a seamless motion. Seiko after taking her medicine is just running through people and knocking them down. She then hears a man on the side crying clutching his leg which had a bit of blood on it. Seiko stops and try to approach him and the man charges at him with a knife. In that instant Tengan steps in an hit him with what looked like a force push against a wall.

Tengan: Don’t let your guard down they could be anywhere..(aside) anywhere and there is no end to them… how did all these people get this way.

Cut to a building Future Foundation just established. There is construction work being done in the surroundings that seem to be a walled off community.

Inside Kizakura is leading a blue haired girl with a mechanical wheelchair to the current members of the future Foundation sitting in a long table with a projector in the front.

Kizakura: I would like you to introduce you all to Miaya Gekkougahara.

Juuzo: How did you get her here if she’s in a wheelchair.

Kizakura: This chair is very advanced. Some of our students did help make it after all.

Chisa: Its nice to meet you (sees her typing) Huh?

Miaya: (Usami on screen)  It’s nice to meet you too! (Chisa jumps backs)

Kizakura: She doesn’t really talk except through that computer. In anycase she is the former Ultimate Therapist. Maybe she can do something about the people about the people in despair right now. Thats what I saw she was working on when I found her. Her technological skills would also seem to be useful. Relying only on your designated talent doesn’t seem to be enough these days.

Maiya: I hope I can be of assistance. (Usami bowing) In the case of recovering the despairs there has been something I have been working on. Before the Tragedy some Reserve course students had signs of what we see in the despairs today. In attempt to rehabilitate them I was called to the school. No matter how much I tried, conventional methods didn’t work. (Usami sad) But I didn’t give up (Motivated Usami) I went to get the assistance of two students at Hope’s Peak Academy. Chihiro Fujisaki the Ultimate Programmer and Yasuke Matsuda the Ultimate Neurologist.

Tengan: Chihiro Fujisaki.. That's one of the students in the shelter with Jin isn’t it?

Kizakura: It sure is.

Miaya: She was a pleasure to work with (appreciative Usami). Chihiro without a second thought got into working on my project and was helpful the entire time I was working with her-

Kizakura: Ah…. nevermind….

Miaya: (her real body gives an inquisitive look at Kizakura and she continues) Well my project needed a large scale system to manage and simulate everything. Chihiro managed to create an entire management AI as well as the preliminary simulation system before she went to the shelter in Hope’s Peak. She even taught me quite a bit about programming and cyber security so I could continue on my own.

Munakata: Simulation? What does this project entail?

Miaya: I call it the Neo World Program. The idea behind it is that if it’s too late to remove whatever damaged caused the despair, why not bring the person back to before it was too late.

Tengan: Bring them back? What do you mean?

Miaya: Erase their memories, bring their state of mind before they fell into despair.

Munakata: I see so that’s why you brought in the Ultimate Neurologist.

Miaya: Yes. Though I specialize in therapy I do not know enough about the brain to manipulate memories. Matsuda created a drug to remove the memories of the subject back to a certain point in time. That boy wasn’t particularly social but he seemed to have a big interest in the project. He also helped with the simulation of the project I was talking about with showing people sceneries with their brain. It’s not necessarily enough to bring the persons memories back to a recoverable point. What is there to prevent them from falling into despair again? So with the help with both Chihiro and Matsuda I started working on developing a simulation of a soothing environment for them to love and ease them back into the side of hope.

Juuzo: Isn’t what you're talking about something like the matrix? Man with what our school’s alumni come up with, we’ll have full blown sci-fi technology in no time.

Miaya: I guess it is similar in a way. Though the program won’t be harvesting the energy from the patients. I have to say it is a shame what happened to Matsuda….(sad Usami and Miaya looking down)

Chisa: (thought) That person”s…

Miaya: A lot of his work was left undone because of what happened, which is why its still in development. But if you provide the proper personnel and equipment I guarantee it will be done in a year or two. In the meantime I take charge of computer security and establish a clear system you can all use.

Seiko: Wow that’s amazing I tried all I can to cure the despair and I couldn’t find any way to do do it. Its wonderful that you found a way to heal them.

Miaya: It’s n-

Munakata: How long?

Miaya: Huh?

Munakata: How long will it take to put people through the program?

Miaya: Uh well removing the memories would be quick enough but to ensure that they won’t fall into despair it would take a few weeks to guarantee their recovery-

Munakata: That’s too slow.

Miaya: W-Wha

Munakata: We are fighting an uphill battle casualties are piling up every hour and you're saying that it takes a few weeks for a single person to recover?! There are so many more people we can save by eliminating them on the spot.

Tengan: That is true…

Munakata: Its a fruitless endeavor, you would be better off focusing on other tasks instead of working on this project.

Miaya: oh (Usami dejected and Miaya looking down)

Tengan: Wait a moment.

Munakata: What is it director?

Tengan: I think we should go through with the project.

Munakata: What?

Kizakura: I agree. It’s too early to call this fruitless.

Tengan: Though it might take weeks if we can have this project run on a mass scale it would provide useful. Besides their numbers are growing as time goes on. We need any kind of counter balance we can get to get the upperhand. Besides we might get some valuable information from those who recover even if they can’t remember everything.

Munakata: You have a good point. Very well.

Tengan: You have my permission to continue your Neo World Program. I officially appoint you as the 7th Branch Leader of the Future Foundation which is in charge of Information System security and administration as well as Research and develop therapy to cure Despair

Miaya: Thank you and I look forward to working with you.

Months have passed and Tengan is sitting in an office of the established headquarters of Future Foundation. He overlooks the  cityscape they managed to bring some form of normalcy to while even further in the distance the anarchy of Despair continues.

Tengan: We have made it this far, we just need to keep on persevering.

Then a sudden explosion occurs within the city walls. Smoke and ash billow away covering the area, slowly revealing charred cars and building on fire.

Tengan: Sigh I better call Sakakura what I can tell happened.

Tengan goes to his desk to make a call to Juuzo.

Juuzo: What is it ? I’m kind of busy.

Tengan: I happened to see the explosion from my window I wanted to let you know that it started in 26th and 4th and blue van seemed to speed away north.

Juuzo: Oh good. I’ll try to trace them now. Bye

And the call is ended.

A few moments later a call comes in from Munakata.

Munakata: Thank you for that tip director we managed to get them.

Tengan: Oh so you managed to catch them?

Munakata: I kept one alive to tell us all he knows I already cut down the rest of the group. I was lucky I caught them at their meeting place.

Tengan: ...Right keep it up.

Back in the meeting room with all the members of the organization.

Kizakura: Alright it was a bit of trouble trying to convince them but I have a twofer for division leaders. They might not have graduated do to circumstances but their abilities are still the real deal. A boy and a girl enter the room.

Seiko: (quietly) R-Ruruka?, Izayoi?

Ruruka who was smiling as she came in turns to one of disgust when she sees Seiko.

Ruruka: What’s she doing here!

Seiko looks away.

Izayoi immediately takes out some knives.

Izayoi: I knew we couldn’t trust you.

Kizakura: Calm down Calm Down. Do you think I would go behind your back after going through all that trouble to bring you here. Seiko has been here since the founding of the Foundation and has been a great help. I know you two have a history but we need to put our differences aside to work things out.

Ruruka: You want us to work with you when you have that backstabber there.

Seiko: Who are you calling backstabber you’re the one who betrayed me-

Munakata: I do not know what happened between you two but this not the time to fight about the past. You all are all here because your abilities are needed to help us rebuild this world or would you rather leave it in its current state.

Seiko: Y-yes sir.

Ruruka: Still….

Tengan: Your abilities would be greatly appreciated here. We need to keep the people in our ranks fed to keep up the fight. Somehow the enemy doesn't seem to have such a problem. We also are in constant need weapons to match our opponents. If you decide to stay we will be able to achieve a more peaceful world much more quickly.

Ruruka: ...I guess theres no better option. But you better keep away from me Seiko.

Tengan: Then I name you Ruruka the 8th Branch Leader, of Long-term stable food procurement and you Izayoi the leader of Branch 9 of Weapons Development.

A few more months later in the front lines of the territory the Future Foundation has been able to reclaim. Tengan is seen taking out waves of opponents with a quick succession of hits. Chisa is screening possible members of despair before making way to Seiko. One of them pass on a few flash drives with notes saying what they were.

After talking with Chisa walks away from Tengan.

Tengan:so this was the cause… brainwashing huh. It makes sense all things considering. How did Yukizome know all this? Hmm. I suppose she could have learned about it from her information networks. But wait… didn't hee class die? Hmm I guess he wasn't there then it's still suspicious... Ryota Mitarai huh, so this is the person that is cause of all this they must be higher ranked member in the despairs. I'll look into this myself.

A month later in a subway like in Ultra Despair Girls. Moving in the shadows Tengan moves quietly along the walls. He occasionally sees someone in a monokuma mask and quickly disables them if they see him. He gets near what seem to be there base and he hears a voice crying out “I’m sorry” Tengan gets closer and see Mitarai in a cell.

Monokuma guard: If you're really sorry then starting eating we can't have you dying.

Mitarai: crying more I'm sorry.

Tengan. Swiftly knocks out the guard and faces Mitarai.

Tengan: Ryota Mitarai I presume.

Mitarai: Uh your Tengan the leader of the future Foundation.

Tengan: I am. (Thought) This is not what I expected why would he be in a cell in this state if he was a despair.

Mitarai: Yukizome sensei is there too right. Please let me join let me help fight back. Let me… make things right again.

Tengan: (thought) This is a man wracked by guilt, the guilt of bring the world to ruin…… If he has the ability to bring this world to despair maybe he can bring it to hope as well. Tengan: Yes in fact as an ultimate I think you will make a great branch leader. (Thought) no maybe there's a better way but u can let this possibility go.

Mitarai: A branch leader? I can't. What can I do.

Tengan: Plenty you're an animator right? Animation is a great part our culture, even if the return from despair we need to preserve the knowledge of our past roots. I mean we need something to look forward to once we go back. ( thought) For now I need to foster this desire to create hope.

Mitarai: Thank you it is a great honor.

Tengan: Ryota Mitarai, I name you the 10th branch leader of Reviving Education and Culture.