Dismayed by a recent weight gain, first-year high school student and snack-lover Hibiki Sakura joins the Silverman Gym and decides to try weight-training after meeting the handsome trainer Naruzo Machio.
After a decade of domination by aliens known as the Invid, Adm. Rick Hunter leads a squad of Robotech fighters as part of a rebellion to retake Earth; soldier Scott Bernard suffers a tragic loss when his entire squadron perishes in battle.
Uneasy allies Scott and Rand arrive in a city on a lake and Scott comes face to face with life under Invid rule; a young orphan girl seeks a guardian among the city's reluctant population.
The Amidonian army launches a full-scale attack to retake Van under Gaius's command, but Souma and his forces move to stop them; after the war, there are serious consequences to be faced and plans for reconciliation.
Julius, the son of Gaius, attempts to reclaim his former territory of Van from Souma, backed by the authority of the Gran Chaos Empire; the power to negotiate is given to Jeanne Euphoria, the younger sister of Empress Maria Euphoria.
Scott and the group find a town overrun with lawlessness where they meet a singer known as Yellow Dancer; Scott meets a Robotech engineer who gives him access to a Veritech fighter to use in battle against a patrol of Invid troopers.
While Tetsuro speaks with Juzo, things get out of hand outside; the EMS, Security Bureau, and Berühren rush to the scene to control the situation; there, Pepper whispers to Seven that she wants everything destroyed; as Pepper's gun, Seven complies.
Pepper is in custody at the Reconstruction Agency hospital without her Hands device; Juzo visits Pepper to finish things up after taking a job from Seven; Berühren has managed to slip away and Juzo continues his days with Tetsuro.
Makoto Naegi gets a lucky break and enters the highly prestigious school Hope's Peak, but things soon take a turn for the worse when he learns the school's sinister purpose.
The pool and locker rooms on the second floor open up and Monokuma allows the students a few days to explore; they are given 24 hours to kill someone, or he'll broadcast their most sinister or embarrassing secrets.
Togami insists that the perpetrator must be a depraved serial killer, but his motives are questionable; tensions begin to rise as some of the students' darkest secrets are revealed.
The phantom mayhem has ended in the worst possible way, and as the house tries to settle back into its usual routine, Kate and Emilico's suspicions and fears give rise to an unshakable determination.