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All the students have a nickname, and it always begin with "Super Duper".

![Super Duper High School Prefect / 超高校級の風紀委員, Kiyotaka
Ishimaru](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1cry0.jpg)

Why do they use this as a nickname? Also, is this the correct translation for
what it says in Japanese?


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Why do their nicknames include "Super Duper"?


I could not find a specific reason for them to use nicknames, guess it is just
for plot reasons. Or even just cause they can.

As to how correct the translation is:

> “超高校級の” is something like “super/hyper/mega/ultra highschool level/class”.

There have been quite some discussion on how accurate this translation is, but
it is said that even though Super Duper sounds really stupid, it is the
closest to the original translation.

A pretty nice article about this can be [read
here](http://legendsoflocalization.com/qa-dangan-ronpa-fan-translations/)


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The reason they had these nicknames is to emphasize that Hope's Peak Academy
is _really_ hard to get into. Hence the students there are extraordinarily
talented. It would seem that it's a requirement to have one outstanding
feature to qualify for enrolment in the school. Apart from Naegi, who gained
entrance through a lottery (and is the Super Duper Highschool Luckster)

Some liberties were taken in the translation much like other releases - for
example the directly translated "Super High School Class Good Luck" doesn't
roll off the tongue as easily as "Super Duper Highschool Luckster". It conveys
the same message, but is perhaps not _exact_

A couple of the other changes to the titles and the rationale behind them in
the fan translation are outlined here, similar reasons would apply to the
official releases: <http://danganronpa.wordpress.com/dr1/tl-notes/general/>


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