Name: Episode 4 — (Not) Normal Arc: Weekly Shonen Despair Magazine
Released: 2013-07-26
Duration: 24 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Megumi Ogata, Yoko Hikasa, Kanata Hongo, Chiwa Saito, Junichi Suwabe

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2013 • 2 seasons • Action & Adventure, Animation • TV-14

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Episode 4 — (Not) Normal Arc: Weekly Shonen Despair Magazine

Released: 2013-07-26 • Action & Adventure/Animation/Drama/Mystery

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Following the class trial, Monokuma grants access to the second floor of the academy, containing a library and a swimming pool with gender-divided changing rooms. Whilst searching the library, the group find a broken laptop and a letter that indicates Hope's Peak Academy has actually been shut down for years, along with a storeroom filled with confidential files. As the pool changing rooms require ElectroIDs to unlock, Monokuma introduces a school rule that students are forbidden from exchanging their ElectroIDs. Later, Makoto comes across writer Touko Fukawa, who appears to have a thing for the cold-hearted affluent progeny, Byakuya Togami, before winding up as a witness to a sauna endurance battle between gangster Mondo Oowada and moral compass Kiyotaka Ishimaru, who end up bonding with each other.

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Episode air date	26.07.2013
Episode runtime	24 min
Episode rating	7.00
Genres	Action & Adventure / Animation / Drama / Mystery
TMDB series rating	7.7
IMDb series rating	6.8
Series status	Ended
Age rating	14+
Country	JP