The player plays as Monomi, who must defeat various monsters and Monobeasts. The first stage is unlocked after Chapter 1 is completed in the main game, with subsequent stages being unlocked at the beginning of each new chapter. Each stage is themed after a different island, and the stages backgrounds include notable areas from each island, such as the cinema, Monokuma Rock, and Nezumi Castle. At the end of each stage, Monomi has to defeat a Monobeast boss in the final wave.
Monomi can attack by jumping on enemies (apart from spiked ones), but her primary ability is Magic Circle, which involves creating trails of magic behind herself as she runs. If she makes a closed shape, a burst of magic appears within the confines of the trail, damaging enemies in range. Prolonged running tires her out, leaving her slowed and vulnerable for a few seconds.
Dealing damage to enemies adds to Monomi's "Hope Meter"; when it reaches 100%, she can transform into Usami, gaining invincibility and unlimited magic power for as long as the transformation lasts. Any enemies defeated during the stage have the chance of dropping a number of items, including recovery items, gold bars (every 10 gold bars is converted to 1 Monocoin at the end of the stage) and Present Boxes which will give Monomi a random item.
Enemies[]
Illustration
In-game
Description
The most common enemy type. The red variant will charge at you.
A spiked enemy which will harm you if you jump on it. These enemies fire spiked projectiles.
Worm-like enemies which do not move around the map. They fire projectiles at Monomi. The red variant requires more damage to kill.
A small enemy which drops bombs which will hurt Monomi if she is near them when they explode. The purple and blue variants drops more bombs.
A large enemy which is actually a smaller enemy inside an armored suit. Takes many hits to remove its armor. When its inner form is exposed it is very vulnerable, but also extremely fast.
Bosses[]
Stage 1
The Tiger Monobeast attacks by firing the cannon on its back, by spinning around in a sweeping motion with its spiked tail, and by charging at you. Jump onto the Tiger Monobeast's head to stun it before attacking, and use Usami when it goes into a charging rampage.
Stage 2
The Snake Monobeast bites, spits pools of acid, and turns into a ball to bounce around. It also has an attack where it spins its body in a large sweeping circle, which you will need to jump over to dodge. After this attack you can jump onto its head to stun it.
Stage 3
The Bird Monobeast swoops and breathes fire. The swooping attack can easily be avoided by moving and jumping around. Whenever it stops to recharge, quickly use your magic attack.
Stage 4
The Horse Monobeast will try to avoid your magic attacks by jumping backwards. It also uses accurate steel boomerangs. Use Usami to avoid damage and destroy it as quickly as possible.
Stage 5
The Robot Monobeast is a fighting type which uses a hurricane kick. It smashes the ground, which can be avoided by jumping, and throws huge rocks. Usami will be vital for this boss.
Secret
In this stage you have to battle each of the previous bosses in turn, and then defeat the final boss, Monokuma. Monokuma spams whirlwind and magic attacks, and summons huge drills with his black-and-white striped magic stick. On Hard mode, he also uses bombs. With Usami he can be quickly defeated by running around him as soon as he comes out of his starting pose.
Items[]
After defeating any enemy type, there is a chance they will drop items which will aid you.
Milk: Recovers 10% HP.
Monomi Plushie: Increases the Usami meter by 10%.
Cookie: Recovers 30% HP.
Gold: Adds extra points to your score. Every 10 gold bars will grant you 1 Monocoin.
Stopwatch: Increases the timer by 30 seconds.
Presents: Gives a random equipment item.
Equipment[]
Equipment is found in present boxes, which drop at random from enemies, and must be quickly collected before they despawn. Collected items can be found in the Equipment menu on the Main Menu screen, and are split between three types - weapons (sticks), head armor (ribbons), and leg armor (underwear). Each piece of equipment has different stats, and some grant passive abilities.
The Magic (MAG) stat increases the strength of the Magic Circle attack
The Strength (STR) stat increases the strength of the Whirl Attack
The Defence (DEF) stat effects how much damage you take from enemies
The USAMI stat lengthens the duration of Usami's transformation.
Useful Equipment[]
The most powerful equipment pieces in the game are Seventh Sea Hope Rod, Autumnal Hope Ribbon and Hope Cloth Beam 1000, granting around 900 total for every stat. All 3 pieces are available from Stage 5 and beyond on Normal difficulty, but are easiest to obtain by playing the Secret stage on Hard.
If you are pursuing the "Monomi Won’t Miss These, Right?" trophy, which requires you to collect every equipment piece, obtain the leg armor item Old Man's Grass Skirt as soon as possible, as it dramatically increases the drop rate of present boxes. Additionally, the ribbon 2 Tax Gold will increase the number of gold bars dropped, which will in turn increase how many Monocoins you will receive at the end of a stage.
List of Equipment[]
Weapons[]
Item Name
Description
Stats
MAG
STR
DEF
USAMI
Wooden Branch 木の枝
A wooden branch found on the island. That means it's starting gear.
100 =
100 =
100 =
100 =
Sturdy Branch 丈夫な枝
A good quality branch that's hard to break.
110 ▲
120 ▲
100 =
110 ▲
Bamboo Broom 竹ぼうき
A broom used for sweeping away dead leaves. Made in Japan.
110 =
130 ▲
100 =
110 =
Souvenir Wooden Sword 土産の木刀
A wooden sword from the souvenir store.
120 ▲
140 ▲
100 =
110 =
Wash Line Pole 物干し竿
Used to dry laundry. What a nice day today!
120 =
150 ▲
100 =
110 =
Carpenter's 2x4 職人の角材
A wooden beam shaved by master carpenters.
120 =
160 ▲
100 =
120 ▲
Sacred Tree Branch 玉串の枝
Japanese cleyera branch used for Shinto religious services.
110 ▼
180 ▲
100 =
120 =
Barbed Wire Bat 有刺鉄線バット
You're better off bashing things with this than using PSI powers.
A diaper that transforms hope into power. "O prodigious one, ease our despair and guide us into the future."
200 ▲
200 ▲
700 ▲
350 ▲
Equipment Drop Guide[]
Although the items received in Present Boxes are random, different sets of equipment will drop depending on which stage and difficulty you are playing on. Below is a list of known drop locations for each item. Regardless of whether you complete a stage or if you are defeated, you will still receive any present items you pick up during the stage.
NOTE: If you are aiming to collect every piece of equipment, it is recommended that you obtain the leg armor Old Man's Grass Skirt as soon as possible, as it increases the drop rate of Present Boxes.
Table key:
E
N
H
Easy
Normal
Hard
Weapons[]
Item
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Secret
E
N
H
E
N
H
E
N
H
E
N
H
E
N
H
E
N
H
Sturdy Branch
1
1
S
S
Bamboo Broom
1
1
S
S
Souvenir Wooden Sword
1
1
2
2
S
S
Wash Line Pole
1
1
2
2
S
S
Carpenter's 2×4
1
1
2
2
3
3
S
S
Sacred Tree Branch
1
1
2
2
3
3
S
S
Barbed Wire Bat
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
S
S
Witch's Broom
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
S
S
Summer Carnival
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
S
S
Bartholomew
1
2
2
3
4
4
5
5
S
S
Rayxanber's Rod
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
S
S
Topsy Turvy
2
3
3
4
5
5
S
S
Pink Bomb's Rod
3
3
4
5
5
S
S
Master Rod
3
4
4
5
S
Gold Rush
3
4
4
5
5
S
Meteor Rod
4
4
5
5
S
Vanquish
4
5
5
S
S
Despair Rod
4
5
5
S
S
Seventh Sea Hope Rod
5
5
S
S
Ribbons[]
Item
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Secret
E
N
H
E
N
H
E
N
H
E
N
H
E
N
H
E
N
H
Freshman Ribbon
1
1
S
S
Polka Dot Ribbon
1
1
S
S
Red & White Headband
1
1
2
2
S
S
Camellia Hairpin
1
1
2
2
S
S
Bunny Ears Headband
1
1
2
2
3
3
S
S
Feather Scrunchy
1
1
2
2
3
3
S
S
French Twist Ribbon
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
S
S
Bride's Veil
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
S
S
Gold Brocade
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
S
S
Pop Star
1
2
2
3
4
4
5
5
S
S
Melancholy Ribbon
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
S
S
2 Tax Gold
2
3
3
4
5
5
S
S
Magical Ribbon
3
3
4
5
5
S
S
BPM
3
4
4
5
S
Silver Rabbit's Ribbon
3
4
4
5
5
S
Swallowtail
4
4
5
5
S
Mercurius
4
5
5
S
S
Despair Ribbon
4
5
5
S
S
Autumnal Hope Ribbon
5
5
S
S
Underwear[]
Item
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Secret
E
N
H
E
N
H
E
N
H
E
N
H
E
N
H
E
N
H
Crawley Diaper
1
1
S
S
Aquatic Diaper
1
1
S
S
Copyrighted Diaper
1
1
2
2
S
S
Wool Pants
1
1
2
2
S
S
Holy Diaper
1
1
2
2
3
3
S
S
Premium Diaper
1
1
2
2
3
3
S
S
Old Man's Grass Skirt
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
S
S
Stealth Scanties
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
S
S
Normal Undies
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
S
S
Cattle Trunks
1
2
2
3
4
4
5
5
S
S
Briefs of Resolution
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
S
S
Ante Panties
2
3
3
4
5
5
S
S
All or Nothing
3
3
4
5
5
S
S
Ruler's Underwear
3
4
4
5
S
Bayonet Bikini
3
4
4
5
5
S
Orthodox White
4
4
5
5
S
Mystery Cruise
4
5
5
S
S
Despair Diaper
4
5
5
S
S
Hope Cloth Beam 1000
5
5
S
S
Trophies and Achievements[]
There are two PSN trophies / Steam achievements associated with this minigame:
One bronze for completing all stages one time on any difficulty setting.
One silver for collecting all 60 equipment items.
A Magical Ending
Cleared all stages of Magical Miracle Girl Monomi
Monomi Won't Miss These, Right?
Collected every possible item in Magical Miracle Girl Monomi
Trivia[]
In the Japanese version, when transforming in Usami mode, Monomi shouts "Miracle Make-up!" (ミラクル、メイクアップ), which is a reference to the transformation of the magical girl anime character Sailor Moon, who's main transformation phrase is "Moon Prism Power, Make Up!" (ムーンプリズムパワー、メイクアップ!). Sailor Moon's voice actress, Kotono Mitsuishi, also voices Danganronpa 2 character Peko Pekoyama.
In the Japanese version, when Monokuma appears as a boss, he says "Have some control, you are in front of the King of Jabba!" (慎みたまえ、君はジャバ王の前にいるのだ！) and when he is defeated he says "It's Balse!" (バルスのだ！), which are both a reference to a scene from Castle in the Sky.
The calligraphy-style artwork for the enemy models, and the fact combat involves drawing rings around enemies, suggests that this minigame may have been inspired by the video game Ōkami.
The 3 most powerful equipment items, Seventh Sea Hope Rod (希望杖セブンスシー), Autumnal Hope Ribbon (希望髪結オータム), and Hope Cloth Beam (希望布巻サウザンド), are written partially in phonetic Katakana in the Japanese version of the game. The Katakana portions of these item names are the phonetic versions the English translations of the Kanji in Chiaki Nanami's name (七海 千秋).
七海 (nanami): セブンスシー (sebunsushī, seven seas)
千 (chi): サウザンド (sauzando, thousand)
秋 (aki): オータム (ōtamu, autumn)
In the game assets of Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is a model file of a dog-like character called test_usami_model.gmo located with all the other models for the minigame which features a running and idling animations[1]. This model comes from the PlayStation Mobile SDK. Based on the file name it is likely this was a test model for the player before they added it into the game.
Weapons[]
