Gil-Kun

Yup, they sure are. Persona 5 is the most famous one at the moment and is also probably the most visually and audibly impressive one! It's definitely one of my favourite games ever. Nevertheless, I still think the older Persona games, such as Persona 1, Persona 2: IS and Persona 2: EP are quite good as well, especially in terms of their story and gameplay. Basically, the way I see it, each Persona game has something new to offer the player and it is always fun to see how the series evolves with its creator and how they push what the definition of a JRPG really is xD

I've heard of Kara no Shoujo before, but not Cartagra. I just took a look at it and it definitely seems right up my alley. Thanks for letting me know man! I am actually also replaying Danganronpa 2 with some friends who never played it before for fun at the moment xD. I really love what Kodaka did with the series and I really do hope you continue enjoying it as you play through the 2nd one, 3rd one, the spin-offs and the anime! I really would like to see more VNs out there that have the style and energy that Danganronpa has. In a way, the Persona series has something akin to that feeling, but I wouldn't really say it is a VN imo unfortunately.

I've played Remember11, Root Double, the whole Zero Escape series and the entire Danganronpa series. As you can see, I quite like "grand" mystery VNs. xD I have also read more romance-orientated ones such as Clannad as well