Clones

Clones were invented by Gabes with the help of talent extraction. All clones seen so far have had the personality and talent that are exactly the same (except for Mahiru, who's talent was slightly altered) as the original person

Purpose
Gabes created the clones in order to spread hope in the world. Since he found talented students to be so hopeful during all 3 games, he decided that by copying their personality and talent this hope could be spread even further.

List of known clones

 * Mahiru
 * Nanaya Kuze-2
 * TDX-2
 * Glim-2
 * Firestone-2
 * Dragonslaya-2
 * Demon-2 (minor role, found during Maze Game 1 in DRP3)
 * Dragonslaya-3 (minor role, found during Maze Game 1 in DRP3)
 * Kdawg-2 (minor role, found during Maze Game 1 in DRP3)

DRP2: The Rich Life of Vacation Killing
Clones were first shown in DRP2 with the introduction of Mahiru, the Ultimate Tour Guide. The term "clone" was never brought up though. However, it was hinted when the corpse of the original Mahiru was shown in the camera feeds during the final chapter.

DRP3: Virtue's Last Ronpa
When the Anti-Despair Taskforce members wake up in the ship, they find themselves accompanied by some of their dead companions. Unknown to them at the time, those supposedly dead companions with them were actually clones of the original ADT members.

Clones are brought up once more during the first Maze Game in which Famas is given the task to navigate maze in search of keys to allow him and his 2 companions, TDX-2 and Kdawg, to escape the hall. Throughout the way, he encounters 3 previous members of the ADT, all of them, however, are actually clones.

Finally, clones become a topic of interest during Kdawg's and Gabes' final battle. While Gabes claims to have extracted talents, killed the students, and created clones all for the sake of hope, Kdawg claims it is a false and artificial form of spreading hope and that the clones will never be as genuine as the real people they are based on.