
There were 13 people in the first class trial. How do you expect anime watchers to identify the culprit if the most important part in mystery solving is rushed in about 3 minutes? Rushed investigations also made it seem like Kirigiri and Naegi were pulling things out of However, I have some issues with the investigations. While it was rushed, nothing very important was omitted.

The story was actually pretty decently adapted. Trying to fit in about 25 hours of material into 13 episodes is NOT a good idea, unless you want an extremely rushed show with very flat characters. This is the perfect example of a video game adaptation done wrong. Tension fills the air as Naegi and his classmates realize that they are faced with two choices: participate in Monokuma's killing game, or reside together in the school for the rest of their lives. The mysterious toy explains that the freshmen are trapped inside the school with only one means of escape-kill a classmate without being discovered. While everyone is trying to figure out what happened, they are confronted by the school principal-Monokuma, a robotic teddy bear. Failing to comprehend how he got there, Naegi begins to explore, and to his surprise, finds his classmates assembled in the gym.

However, after losing consciousness inside, Naegi wakes up in a seemingly abandoned classroom. Determined, he enters the front doors of the prestigious academy. Despite believing his admission was just a fluke, Naegi is delighted to attend an institution known for ensuring success to those who graduate. Makoto Naegi, a teenager with no remarkable talent, is surprised to learn that he has been accepted into Hope's Peak Private Academy: an elite school that gathers the best students from various fields.
