Oh boy. Death doesn't really bother me, but there's some characters I become attached to and just...ugh.
Name of character that died: Kyoko Kirigiri
What are they from: Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy
How they died: Triggered NG Code: Living past the fourth phase with Makoto Naegi still alive.
I know she comes back to life because of Seiko's antidote, but that wasn't until a few episodes later. Kyoko is my favorite DR character and having her die (even though I accidentally spoiled myself on it..) just crushed me, especially because she gave Makoto a speech about hope beforehand. Hina breaking down and Makoto just completing losing it made it worse, too. And as someone who strongly ships Naegiri...it's just so precious that she literally died for Makoto. I love them. ;~;
Name of character that died: Chiaki Nanami
What are they from: Super Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair (AI) & Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy
How they died: Execution for killing Nagito Komaeda (AI) & Execution by Junko Enoshima.
Ughhh I love Chiaki too and just. The fact Nagito set up the murder and relied on his luck to kill everyone else except for Chiaki...I never liked Nagito that much, and this seals the deal on it. Even though she could have come back to life with the rest of Class 77, she couldn't because she was an AI since her actual self was executed before the class ended up in that situation. Watching Chiaki suffer through Junko's maze was just awful and I just want to give her a hug. Doesn't help that Hajime watches her take her final breaths but doesn't remember her until she dies. Precious cinnamon roll...
Honorable mention to Hiyoko Saionji from SDR2 who deserved to live to the end of the game but didn't because Fuyuhiko was more important apparently...
Name of character that died: Grovyle
What are they from: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky
How they died: Returning to the future with Dusknoir.
I know this technically isn't a death but this one gets me every single time...in Time and Darkness we had no way of knowing if Grovyle even survives, but we do learn that he does with his special episode in Sky. Still, because we couldn't know until the special episode, I'm counting it as a death since that could have happened in Time/Darkness' timeline. Grovyle is one of my favorite characters and when he made that sacrifice the floodgates opened.