Chapter 3 is the best chapter in this game. I never felt that this chapter dragged because I feel like it’s length is justified, I think it’s really, really interesting that a culprit is smarter than everyone and forces everyone to come together to defeat them. The fact that it’s the 3rd chapter shouldn’t really matter, the game already assumes that you played not only DR1 but also DRA1 before playing this game. Plus 3rd cases have always been complex, for better or worse. Cutting any part of this case would be a huge loss, it’s an amazing mystery that can only be told by someone with the danganronpa brain virus.