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Unlike the games in [Liar Game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_Game), the
rules of a Danganronpa game are sometimes made up or stated midway, which for
me kind of sucks but is tolerable so long as the rules are consistent.

As far as I know, in Liar Game, the dealers have always accounted for all
possible situations so whenever there are changes in the game, they state it
outright. For example, in games involving voting, the dealers have stated what
happens in the event of a draw.

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In Danganronpa, can murders be committed by more than one person?

Monokuma stated (albeit midway) that accomplices after the fact are not
considered as murderers for their purposes.

What if both A and B hold a single knife together and use it to stab C once
resulting in C's death? In that case, am I correct that A and B are both the
murderers?*

Perhaps Monokuma will adjust the rules, but I would like to know what are the
stated rules regarding this, if any and from any media.

I'm done with the anime. Feel free to spoil other media, but please use
spoiler tags.

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*I'm trying to rule out trick cases like:

  1. A and B use one knife each to try to kill C at the same time but then it will turn out that one of them was actually first or the second stab was the one that killed C.

  2. A and B say they will kill C together, but B didn't hold the knife firmly so only A is counted as a murderer.


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Can murders be committed by more than one person? Can there be more than one victim?


In the third case of the first game (and anime), there are two murderers who
each actually personally kill someone, but Monokuma states that there is only
one culprit: the person who came up with the plan. As such, in your
hypothetical situation of A and B stabbing one person with one knife at the
same time, if A was the one to initially suggest the murder, then by
Monokuma's rules, A alone is the culprit. I believe this would cover most
cases of murderers working together, if only on a technicality in some cases;
if two people were to come up with a plan to murder someone at the exact same
time (wildly unlikely as that is), Monokuma would probably have to make up a
new rule for it on the fly, which he does have a habit of doing.


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