Extra Life (Danganronpa fanfic)

Fanfiction
Title:	Extra Life
Author(s):	The Apocryphal One
Date(s):	5 October 2016 - 5 October 2017
Length:	114087
Genre(s):	Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Fandom(s):	Danganronpa
Relationship(s):
External Links:	FanFiction.Net (FFN): https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12178638/1/Extra-Life (archived via WBM) Archive of Our Own (AO3): https://archiveofourown.org/works/8222090/chapters/18843971 (archived via WBM)
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Extra Life is a Danganronpa fanfic written by The Apocryphal One. The story follows the third-person limited perspective of Chiaki Nanami after the events of Dangan Ronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School.

After the fic's completion, the author also started a series of vignettes, titled Expansion Pack, taking place in the same universe that fills in details about backstories and explores what happens after the epilogue of Extra Life.

Spoiler Warning: This article or section may contain spoilers. If this bothers you, proceed with caution.

Overview

Story

Izuru knew he couldn't let her die, not like this, not while he had the power to save her. Chiaki survives her execution—but the fate of the world is still sealed. The road to recovery is a hard one, and a reunion is far off.

Genre, tropes, tags

• Kamukura x Nanami and Hinata x Nanami
• Canon-compliant
• PTSD
• Slow Burn
• Fix-it

Development, narrative choices and inspiration

• Lots of research
• https://the-apocryphal-one.tumblr.com/tagged/extra%20life/

Translations

• https://ficbook.net/readfic/4909730 Русский / Russian
• https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12677839/1/Extra-Life-French-Edition Français / French (10 chapters)
• https://archiveofourown.org/works/24909406/chapters/60276946 中文-普通话 國語 / Chinese (4 chapters)

Gallery

• https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_oefvt09sxi1rmynqqo2_1280.png
• https://the-apocryphal-one.tumblr.com/post/174520519421/danganronpaconfessionsblog-i-feel-like

Tributes and recursive fan works

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7V-E8yKfAM, an infomercial
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HorMdeof48 audiobook
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6QoBkbbP2Q

Other

• Extra Life on TV Tropes