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⚠️ This blog contains spoilers! Please note that I post spoilers without warning, especially for Danganronpa. (As for RAIN CODE, I usually give a warning).

#About my blog

A little late, but I finally put together the setlist from the Danganronpa Orchestra Concert!

The text colors indicate which title each track is from:

Pink — Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Orange — Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Purple — Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Red — Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls

English / Japanese title (If the English and Japanese titles are exactly the same, including the spelling, I've listed the title only once.)

Welcome to Despair / ようこそ絶望学園

Beautiful Days

Beautiful Ruin (Summer Salt)

Beautiful Lie

Welcome to Dangan Island! / Welcome Dangan Island!!

Mr. Monokuma’s Lesson / モノクマ先生の授業

Miss. Monomi’s Practice Lesson / モノミ先生の教育実習

Rise and Shine, Ursine! / おはっくまー!

Trapped By the Ocean Scent / 磯の香りのデッドエンド

Box 15 / BOX 15

Homicide / イコロシア

Dive Drive / DIVE DRIVE

Outlaw Run / OUTLAW RUNNER

Debate Scrum / V3議論 -SCRUM-

Discussion -HEAT UP- / 議論 -HEAT UP-

Mr. Monokuma After Class / モノクマ先生の課外授業

New World Order / ニュー・ワールド・オーダー

Closing Argument V3 / クライマックス推理V3

Danganronpa Super Mix / DANGANRONPA SUPER MIX

Wonderful Dead 001 / Wondeful dead001

Shukkō -departure- / 出航 - Depature -

Saisei -rebuild- / 再生 - rebuild -

It was such an incredibly packed setlist, and it still feels like a dream that we actually got to hear all of these tracks performed live 😭✨

The stream will be available until September 11, so if you love Danganronpa's music, don't miss it!:

Ticket information for DANGANRONPA　ORCHESTRA CONCERT live stream. Explore dates, and easily purchase tickets online.

#danganronpa #Danganronpa Orchestra Concert #setlist

I've been working while listening to the archive video of yesterday's orchestra concert in the background, but the orchestral arrangement of "Beautiful Lie" is so good that every time it comes on, I can barely sit still lol

It's seriously SUPER COOL 😭✨

I'll continue working on the transcript after I finish work... Chiaki's closing remarks were so cute, so I really want to transcribe them soon!

#呟き

🎵 Danganronpa Orchestra Concert Transcript and English Translation 📝

③ Talk Segment with Ogata and Takada Part2

Below is a transcript and English translation of the talk segment from approximately 01:15:00 to 01:21:00 in the video.

(Ogata returns to the stage.)

Ogata: Wow... that was incredible! I mean, honestly, I'm just genuinely amazed!

(to the audience) That was amazing, wasn't it!?

(The audience applauds.)

I mean, of course I've always known how incredible an orchestra can sound, with so many people coming together and each individual instrument contributing to this huge collective sound.

But these days, for example, when I do recording work... Do you know what I mean by the number of tracks? People who work with MIDI probably do.

The number of tracks has gotten enormous.

Back in the day, recording setups only had 48 channels. You could only record 48 separate sounds.

But now it's completely normal for a piece of music to have 100 or even 200 tracks.

And even with all of that, when you hear something like this, where every single sound is being played live... "alive" might not be quite the right word, but each sound is being performed by someone putting their heart into it...

When all of that comes together, the groove and the sheer scale of it become something incredible.

It really reminded me of that all over again.

That was seriously amazing! Thank you so much.

(Takeuchi bows, and the audience applauds.)

Sorry, I might actually be the one enjoying this the most. (laughs)

For all of you too, I imagine hearing the music like this brought back the images and feelings you had while playing the games and made them even stronger.

And everyone watching the stream too! (She waves toward the camera.) Are you having fun?

Anyway, there's no point in me doing all the talking, so I'd like to invite Takada-san back out here again.

Takada-san!

(Takada returns to the stage as the audience applauds.)

Takada: Wow, that was incredible!!

Ogata: This must be a lot of work, isn't it?

Takada: It's amazing!

Ogata: It really is a lot of work!

Takada: Right?

Ogata: I mean, you're saying "It's amazing," but you've been involved in all kinds of things yourself, starting with supervising the whole project.

And when it came to the music, the arrangers were consulting with you quite a lot too, weren't they?

Takada: Yes. We actually had what we called an "arrangement meeting" pretty much every Wednesday.

There was a group of arrangers. About ten... maybe around ten of them?

I met with them almost every week, and we'd go over things in quite a lot of detail, saying, "Let's do this here," or, "Let's change that there."

Ogata: That's genuinely incredible.

There are plenty of other orchestra concerts for games and anime, of course, but I don't think it's that common to work together that closely.

Though I suppose part of the reason you were able to communicate so much and shape the sound in such detail is because you originally came from a classical background yourself, right?

Takada: Yes. It definitely helps that I can speak their language, so to speak.

But even before that, these pieces just aren't naturally easy to turn into orchestral music.

Ogata: Exactly!

Takada: Right. (laughs)

Ogata: If we're being honest.

Takada: So I thought there were probably things that only I could properly explain to them.

Ogata: Well, obviously! (laughs)

Takada: So I had everyone get together every week.

Which means, as long as I'm still alive, we could probably do this kind of thing as many times as you want.

Ogata: Every single week, though...?

Takada: Every week, yes. But it was fun.

Before the orchestra ever got involved, the arrangements would first be sent to me.

I'd look through them and write down every little place where I thought, "Hmm, this part isn't quite right."

Then I'd take screenshots, send notes saying things like, "I'd like this note changed," and prepare for the meeting.

Then during the meeting, I'd explain what my intention was and basically pour out everything I had to say.

Sometimes I'd spend almost an entire hour just talking.

So I imagine it was pretty tough for all the arrangers. (laughs)

Ogata: Seriously?

Takada: Yes. (laughs)

Ogata: Then we really ought to interview the arrangers too.

Takada: Probably.

Ogata: Oh, wait. Are their interviews in the program booklet?

(to the audience) Please buy the program booklet, everyone. Thank you very much. (laughs)

Takada: Hahaha.

Ogata: Anyway, setting that aside...

We've just heard things like the Monokuma music, and then that piece from when a body is discovered...

Takada: Yeah. Something happened.

Ogata: Sorry, I'm terrible at remembering the track titles.

Takada: I don't actually have them all memorized either. (laughs)

Ogata: Why don't you remember them!? (laughs)

Takada: The only names I really remember are the production numbers from when I was composing them, like "M-something."

So while we're talking, I'm thinking, "Was this M-8, maybe?"

But roughly speaking, at this point in the story, an incident has happened and things are starting to get ominous. That's about where we are now.

Ogata: Ahh... ominous.

(to the audience) Are you feeling ominous now?

Hehe. What's with all the looking away and nodding? (laughs)

Well, I'd actually like you to feel even more uneasy than that.

Anyway, we've now made it as far as the investigation section.

There are still all kinds of pieces coming up from here, so what would you say are some of the highlights we should listen for?

Takada: Well, an incident has happened, and by now the investigation has probably finished. We've gathered all kinds of things, and then we moved into some of the mini-games* for a bit.

* Referring to Logic Dive and Outlaw Run.

Ogata: Mini-games. (laughs)

Takada: And next...

Ogata: Some people who didn't play the minigames much might not have recognized those.*

* She probably misunderstood the term “mini-games” to mean games that players aren’t necessarily required to play.

Takada: Right. The mini-games have a pretty different flavor from the rest, after all.

Some of them are samba and things like that.

And next, at last...

Ogata: Yes?

Takada: Isn't it time for... you know?

Ogata: For what?

Takada: The trial?

Ogata: Ah! Nooo, I don't want that! Seriously! (She looks away.)

Takada: Hehe.

I think the trial was next... I don't know for sure.

But it should be coming up pretty soon, shouldn't it?

Ogata: I wonder...

(She looks at the audience.)

I wonder...

Did you all like the trials?

Why are you laughing!? (laughs)

(The audience responds with applause.)

Ogata: Hehe. Right.

By the way, I was supposed to know the story already, so when I played through the investigation sections, I set the difficulty to the hardest setting.

But there were still plenty of times when I found myself thinking, "Wait, what was it again?" (laughs)

And I'm also bad at aiming those bullets you have to shoot, so I had a hard time making progress.

So I hope you'll remember things like that too as you listen to the music from the trial sections coming up next.

All right.

For the second half, I hope you'll continue immersing yourselves in the music of Danban...

What am I saying!?

I mean, Danganronpa!

(to the orchestra)

All right, please take it away.

Takada: Yes, please.

(Ogata and Takada temporarily leave the stage.)

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Transcription and English Translation Part 4 → Still in progress!

#transcription #danganronpa #Danganronpa Orchestra Concert #megumi ogata #masafumi takada

🎵 Danganronpa Orchestra Concert Transcript and English Translation 📝

② Talk Segment with Ogata and Takada

Below is a transcript and English translation of the talk segment from approximately 0:39:43 to 0:47:14 in the video.

After the first five pieces were performed, there was a short narration in Makoto's voice.

Makoto: Woooow! Haha! The ocean! Summer! What beautiful weather... H-Huh? Wait, wasn't there supposed to be a storm today*...?

* A major typhoon was approaching Tokyo on August 11, and the weather was actually quite bad. There was even a real possibility that the concert might be canceled.

That's weird. I mean, who brings a storm on a day with an opportunity this good!? Monokuma!? Enoshima!? Kodaka-san...!? Don't be fooled! Hope keeps moving forward!

(Megumi Ogata enters the stage.)

Ogata: Danganwa* , everyone!

* "Danganwa" was originally a greeting used on Dangan Radio, which Ogata hosted. It combines "Dangan" with the "wa" at the end of the Japanese greeting "konnichiwa" to make it sound like a greeting of its own.

Ah, it fell out. Excuse me.

(She puts her in-ear monitor back in.)

Once again... Ah, sorry. I guess I shouldn't be acting like this, should I? This is an orchestra concert, after all.

Everyone...

Danganwa.

(She says it again very quietly and coolly.)

(A few people in the audience laugh.)

What?

You're not really getting into it! Let's do a proper call and response after all. (laughs)

Everyone, Danganwa!

(The audience calls back, "Danganwa!")

A little more, a little more. Shimono* said this earlier too, right? He told you to be louder. (laughs)

*Shimono is Kokichi's Japanese voice actor.

DANGANWA!!!

(The audience loudly responds, "DANGANWA!!!")

Thank you very much!

Today, welcome to the Danganronpa ORCHESTRA CONCERT: Melodies of Hope and Despair.

I'm Megumi Ogata. I had the pleasure of playing Makoto Naegi, Nagito Komaeda, and... the Servant?

(She tilts her head, then gives a slightly awkward smile.)

It's a pleasure to be here!

(The audience applauds loudly.)

I'll be your host today, but right from the opening... Takeuchi-san... I'm amazed you were able to perform these pieces with an orchestra.

And, um, sorry! I don't mean because of your ability or anything like that, okay?

I just genuinely never imagined that these songs would ever be performed at an orchestra concert.

Takeuchi: Pretty good, aren't they?

Ogata: Yes. I was really surprised.

What do you all think!?

(The audience responds with loud applause.)

Yes. I'd like to ask you more about all of this later, but... Oh, right. Sorry for suddenly putting you on the spot.

First, let me introduce our conductor, Kento Takeuchi-san!

(Takeuchi bows.)

And our orchestra, Heartbeat Symphony!

(Bright lights illuminate the orchestra.)

We look forward to hearing plenty from you all day today! Thank you very much.

And now, I'd like to invite another guest to join us.

Takada-san! Please come on out!

(Masafumi Takada enters the stage.)

Takada: Everyone... Danganwa.

(He says it in a deliberately calm and composed voice.)

(Several people in the audience respond, "Danganwa.")

Ogata: (with an awkward smile) You're very quiet today.

Takada: I'm the composer, Masafumi Takada. Thank you very mu, mu, much for having me!

(He stumbles slightly over his words.)

Ogata: Ahaha. Are you okay? Are you nervous, Takada-san?

Takada: Mmm... just a little! But, well... I think I might be okay.

Ogata: You've got a very "composer" look going on today.

Takada: Yeah, yeah, exactly.

Ogata: I mean, sorry, you're always a composer, obviously.

Takada: (laughs)

Ogata: It's just that I usually only ever see you dressed much more casually, right?

Takada: That's true.

Ogata: Both of us, really.

Takada: Yeah. Basically, I just stay shut away somewhere making music... I don't really appear in public very often.

Ogata: You know, we might look flashy when we actually go out in public, but the work itself is pretty plain.

Takada: Very plain.

Ogata: Voice actors try not to make any noise while we're recording. You don't want clothes rustling against each other and getting picked up by the microphone, so tracksuits are actually perfect.

That's what we're usually wearing in recording studios, so it's unusual for us to see each other dressed like this.

Takada: (laughs) That's true.

Ogata: So anyway, tonight is all about listening to and enjoying the music of Danganronpa performed by an orchestra.

But seriously, I've been doing voice acting for a fair amount of time now, and I've had quite a few opportunities to see works I've been involved with, whether games or anime, have their music performed orchestrally.

But I always thought, "There's no way they'll ever do Danganronpa."

(The audience chuckles.)

Ogata: I genuinely thought that!

Takada: Right? Because when I was composing the music, it was around a time when more and more highly photorealistic games were coming out, and live orchestral recordings were starting to be used in games. More and more game soundtracks were using live instruments.

Ogata: It was late 2010... Wait, 2011? 2010? I think production was in 2009... No, maybe 2010.

Danganronpa was released at the end of 2010, right?

Takada: Yes. This was around the time when it had become possible to use recorded audio more richly in games, and I deliberately went in the opposite direction.

For Danganronpa, I specifically tried to avoid making it sound like a live orchestra.

Ogata: That's true. Games were getting larger in all sorts of ways. Graphics were becoming more elaborate, of course, but music and all kinds of other elements were becoming much richer and heavier too.

And, well, the theme was "psycho-pop," after all.

Takada: Right. Psycho-pop. And I've always liked techno to begin with.

Ogata: Ah, I didn't mean that in a weird way! Sorry, excuse me.

Takada-san can, of course, actually write this kind of music, everyone.

(She turns toward the audience as if defending him.)

You originally came from a classical background, didn't you? Or am I remembering that wrong?

Takada: That's right. When I was a student, I studied orchestral music like this.

So while supervising this concert, I found myself properly reading scores again for the first time in a long while.

Ogata: Full scores?

Takada: Full scores, yes.

Ogata: (to the audience) An orchestral full score has only a few measures on each page, with every instrumental part written out together.

(to Takada) You don't normally look at those very often anymore, do you?

Takada: I don't. And for the first time since I was a student, I found myself reading notes using German note names again.

You know, C, D, E, F, G, A, H, and so on.

Ogata: (to the audience) So, in Japanese terms, that's ド, レ, ミ, ファ, ソ, ラ, シ, ド.

And those become C, B... No, wait, that's wrong. C, D... Um, now I'm getting them mixed up.

Takada: You know, ド, レ, ミ, ファ, ソ, ラ, シ, ド...

Ogata: Right, right. And those become C, D, E, F, G, A, H, C...

Takada: Exactly. So when talking about chords, you'd get things like H, D, Fis... which would basically be B minor.

And then I'd end up mixing systems and saying things like, "シ, レ, Fis."

Ogata: (laughs)

Takada: Oh. I guess that joke doesn't really land unless you went to music school.

Ogata: Sorry! I'm so sorry. That was way too niche, wasn't it? There was absolutely nothing for you to laugh at.

Personally, though, the two of us here...

(She gestures between herself and Takada.)

...found it funny. (laughs)

But yes, we've both been getting back into the classical side of things for the first time in a long while, and we've really been enjoying it.

So today, we hope you'll sit back and listen to plenty of it.

I'd also like to ask Takada-san about all sorts of things later, but from here, we'd like you to enjoy even more of the Danganronpa series' finest tracks, arranged for full orchestra.

Before we get into the finer details later, Takada-san, could you tell us what some of the highlights of today's concert are overall?

Takada: Sure.

At the beginning, we started with "Welcome to Despair," followed by "Beautiful Days," "Beautiful Ruin (Summer Salt)," "Beautiful Lie," and then "Welcome to Dangan Island!"

From here, the setlist follows the progression of the Danganronpa games to a certain extent.

So the setlist is arranged as though... all sorts of things may be about to happen here inside this theater.

So, um, everyone... um... um...

(He checks the script.)

I'm saying "um" a lot, aren't I? (laughs) Sorry.

Um... I hope you'll be able to immerse yourselves in the concert while connecting it with your own experience of playing the games.

Ogata: All right.

Takeuchi-san, everyone in Heartbeat Symphony, please take it away.

(Ogata and Takada temporarily leave the stage.)

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Next: Transcription and English Translation Part 3

#transcription #danganronpa #Danganronpa Orchestra Concert #megumi ogata #makoto naegi #masafumi takada

🎵 Danganronpa Orchestra Concert Transcript and English Translation 📝

This transcript and English translation were created to make the concert easier to follow for people watching the video through the online stream.

The stream requires a paid ticket, but it will remain available until Friday, September 11. The concert itself was absolutely amazing, so if you're interested, I definitely recommend getting a streaming ticket while you still can!: https://kadokawa-contents-event.zaiko.io/ja/e/dangan15th-concert

① Opening Announcement by Kokichi (VA: Hiro Shimono)

At 0:16:57 in the video, the concert begins with the "ding-dong" announcement chime. Below is my English translation of what Kokichi says from 0:17:02 to 0:20:10:

Hiii! Kokichi Oma here!

Thanks for coming to the big gathering of the evil secret organization D.I.C.E. today!!

Ehehe! Man, it's been forever since we had a gathering like this!

Huh? Today's the very first full orchestra concert in the Danganronpa series?

C'mooon! What are you talking about? I'm pretty sure everyone's ticket says this is a big gathering of a secret organization!

...Just kidding!

Y'know, cuz I'm a liar.

Well, the part about me being the supreme leader of an evil secret organization is true, though.

Oh, by the way! Before the Danganronpa ORCHESTRA CONCERT: Melodies of Hope and Despair gets started, there's something I wanna tell eeeeveryone!

First, no taking pictures, recording audio, or filming inside the auditorium!

We worked soooo hard, sweating and slaving away to put this concert together for all of you, so if anybody isn't paying attention to the performance...that would be...so sad...and disappointing... WAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!

Waaahhh! Waaah! Ah! Ah! Aaaaaahhh!

Oh, and make sure you keep an eye on your own stuff, okay? If you lose something, that's got nothing to do with me!

Also, don't use anything that gives off a bright light during the performance. Put your phone and anything else that might make noise on silent, and no phone calls either!

Oh, and no eating, drinking, or chatting with the person next to you!

Follow the rules, play nice with everyone, and let's enjoy the concert as much as we possibly caaan!

And if anybody does anything else I haven't mentioned that disrupts the performance or bothers the people around them...

You'll receive a very special punishment. (in a very low voice)

Sorry, sorry! That was just a little joke!

Nee-heehee... Though maybe I wasn't lying.

And one last thing! In case of an emergency, the emergency exit signs inside the auditorium will be turned off once the performance begins, so you might wanna check where the nearest emergency exit is while you still can.

They'll light up again in an emergency, so if that happens, make sure you follow my underlings' instructions!

Okaaay! Is everybody ready!?

(The audience doesn't respond.)

...Hey! Are you listening!? Heeey!?

Are you ready!? Where's my "Yeees!"? Ready, set! "Yeees!"

(A few people in the audience answer, "Yeees!")

One more time! Ready, set! "Yeees!"

(The audience answers loudly, "YEEES!")

Mmm, good, good.

The concert's gonna start pretty soon, so you might wanna get back to your seat now.

Okay, then! Be good and wait quietly until the show starts!

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Next: Transcription and English Translation Part 2

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hey there, sorry to bother you, but your post about the hundred line event mentioned you getting the Eito novel. Do you think you’ll upload any scans of it? No pressure obv and you don’t need to do it at all if you don’t want to, just that I haven’t seen anything about it expect the summary online yet and am honestly dying to read it lol. Have a nice day!

Yes, I do have it, but I don’t share scans of books or other materials, even when people ask, so unfortunately I can’t fulfill this request. There has already been an official announcement that Eito’s prequel novel may be made available online at a later date, so I think it would be best to wait for that.

By the way, if you want to avoid absolutely any spoilers, including even general impressions, I recommend not reading the rest of this message. But just in case you’re curious, here’s my very brief personal take on it:

I haven’t really looked into what other people think of this novel, so I don’t know what the general reception has been, but personally, my reaction was basically, “Hmm, this doesn’t really match my interpretation of Eito.” So it’s not something that made me feel strongly like, “You absolutely have to read this!” That said, I’m sure there are people who found it very interesting, so I think reactions to it probably vary a lot from person to person.

I hope the official version of the novel gets released soon so you’ll be able to read it yourself!

#ask

This is incredibly late, but thank you so much to everyone who celebrated my birthday! Thanks to all of you, I had another wonderful birthday this year.

I’ll put a more detailed explanation of this drawing below.

#my art #AsakaBD #Thank-you-illustration #danganronpa #makoto naegi #kyoko kirigiri #naegiri #nagito komaeda #hajime hinata #komahina #chiaki nanami #femhajime #fem hajime hinata

I’m working on the thank you illustration for the birthday gifts I received, but it is still nowhere near finished 😬 At least I have already decided what to draw, so now I just need to keep working through the process of cleaning up the sketch. I think I will be able to post it eventually, but the illustration I had already been working on has been put aside for the time being, so I hope I can get back to it soon. 🥺

I had been debating for quite a while whether to post a progress update on that other illustration, but I might as well share it:

I have a lot of things packed into this week, so I hope everything goes smoothly!

#呟き

Happy Birthday, Asaka!

Sorry I'm late! I don't check social media very often these days, and I haven't been drawing much lately either. Funny enough, today I had this feeling that I'd forgotten something... and it turned out to be your birthday! (I hope I was not too late~)

I hope you had an amazing birthday and that the year ahead brings you lots of happiness, inspiration, and success. Thank you for all the hard work you put —it always brings a smile to so many people. I truly hope the future has nothing but bright things in store for you!

Sorry again—I think I forgot how to draw after being away from it for so long.

Stay safe, and I hope to see more of your wonderful work in the future~~

Aaaaaah, this is absolutely adorable!!! It's way too cute!! Aaaaaah!! 😭😭💖💖💖💖

Thank you so much for giving me such a wonderful birthday gift again, Rajaie...!! I knew you haven't been checking Tumblr very often lately, so I honestly wasn't expecting to receive anything this year. That made it such a wonderful surprise...! And on top of that, you drew such an adorable Makoto for me!! ( இ﹏இ )♡ He is seriously so unbelievably cute that I completely lost my composure the moment I saw him!!

I also absolutely love the way you shaded the folds of his clothes. It looks incredibly cool! :

I actually happened to draw an illustration with a somewhat similar pose recently, so when I saw yours I thought, "Wow, this is exactly what I should be aiming for!" 🥺✨

Hearing your story about feeling like you had forgotten something, and then realizing it was my birthday, honestly means a lot to me. I'm truly honored that I came to your mind that way. 😭✨ Thank you as well for all the kind words you said about me.

Actually, one of my personal goals has always been to become the kind of person people say, "Oh, you're still around!" about, so I don't think I'll be leaving the DR fandom anytime soon! Still, hearing you say those things really means a great deal to me and gives me a lot of encouragement. 😭

I also know you haven't had many opportunities to draw recently yourself, so I'm genuinely touched that you took the time to make this for my birthday. I imagine you've had a lot to deal with, including your health, and I truly appreciate the effort you put into it. This piece is absolutely wonderful, and I'm always happy whenever I get to see your artwork, so I'm looking forward to whatever you create next as well.

My birthday has already passed, but thanks to this illustration, it truly became an amazing day. I will treasure this drawing for the rest of my life. 😭✨

Please take good care of yourself, Rajaie, and I hope you have a wonderful day as well. I'll do my best so I can draw even more pictures in the future!٩(｡•̀ω•́｡)و

#ask #AsakaBD #danganronpa #makoto naegi #This is honestly an absolutely adorable Makoto 🥺💕💕💕#I'm incredibly honored that one of my favorite artists has celebrated my birthday for three years in a row.#Thank you so much! 🫶🥰

Thank you so much to everyone who sent me birthday wishes! 🎁💖 Thanks to all of you, I had another wonderful birthday this year.

I know that some people send birthday gifts a little later each year, so I just wanted to mention, just in case, that I have already decided on the composition for the thank-you illustration. Because of that, it may be difficult to include anything I receive from this point onward. However, please still feel free to send me a message if there is anything you would like to share. This is always true, not just for my birthday!

I believe the previous thank-you illustration took me about a week to finish, and this one may also take a little while. I am hoping that I will be able to show it to you around August 2!

I hope everyone reading this has a wonderful day! ✧.｡.:*

#AsakaBD

お誕生日おめでとうございます！！！！🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊🎊もう経ってますけどねううっ申し訳ないです…

最近無気力気味で絵を描く時間もなかったので昨日からアサカさんの誕生日に向けて何らかの形で共有出来ればと思っていた最近苗木誠っていいなって思わせるようなシーンについて語ればと思っています好きな場面、セリフなどOKでしたので👉👈Um but I'm not sure if it would make sense if it were a post at least since I don't think it's much so I thought it might be okay if it was an ask...

Personally, I think Chapter 4 of Danganronpa is my favourite in the game (and maybe in the series? that's more debatable) and a big part of it is the role that Aoi Asahina and her grief plays into the story, but I especially like Makoto there because he's on Sakura's side from the beginning, and when he's in the class trial facing Aoi and finds out the truth behind her actions, he doesn't shun or judge Aoi like Monokuma thought would happen, and instead tells her it's over after the truth is uncovered-- or rather, that it should be over, and that he has to put an end to it.

あの「終わったんだよっ！」が印象的でちょっと言葉で表すのが難しいんですが葛藤？対立的な意味で？がすごく見受けられててで私どうしても苗木の葛藤心の迷いも込めた意味で？っていうのには惹かれてしまいますあと言わずもがなな気がしますけど緒方さんの演技力もえぐいです

I think it's a really good transition to Makoto's will to settle the case by putting it all together, and to me it comes across like he wants to put an end to Aoi's lie not for his own sake, but for hers because he can acutely feel her pain and grief. So then I feel like the fact that Makoto is empathetic to Aoi throughout the class trial where he even regrets just not having noticed that Aoi would have been the first person to dash to Sakura when she was found is very memorable to me because it also connects well with the way that it wants to show that Makoto understood Aoi's emotions as opposed to Byakuya, and also that Makoto is the character who gets to the heart of the matter when it comes to each chapter in the killing game because despite the weight of Aoi's actions, he doesn't blame her and instead can understand her feelings. I think that's something impressive in conventional standards, and it gives me a very earnest impression of Makoto. I remember a lot of Makoto moments very clearly in my head from Chapter 4 in particular, and I feel like the chapter wouldn't have been the same without him. When I think about him, I think about this chapter very often...

Thank you very much for your contributions to this community and I hope you've been doing well! Or that at least you were able to feel special on your birthday 🥰

うわ〜〜ありがとうございます！！お祝いしていただけてめちゃ嬉しいです！！😭💖💖💖

何も謝ることはありません！もちろん、苗木くんに関する語りは私が欲しかったプレゼントそのものなので大歓迎ですよ！(,,>᎑<,,)

I’m going to put the rest under a read more since it gets quite long:

#ask #AsakaBD #danganronpa #makoto naegi #aoi asahina #long post #It is almost becoming a birthday tradition for me to talk even more than the person who sent me the original thoughts. lol #I was very happy to spend my birthday thinking about Makoto.#I hope I did not wear you out with such a long response!

koneko-chan-hai

今年間に合ったぞー！お誕生日おめでとうございます、アサカさん！時間が過ごしますねー。まさか2x2が発表されて、本当にびっくりしました。それでも、やっぱり楽しみますね、私。ダンガンについてのニュースやインタビューを日本語と英語にめ伝わせていつもありがとうございます！今年の絵はインクの苗木くんと日向くん、そしておごりで彼らの大好きな霧切さんと狛枝くんをメイドと執事役にしていいかな、と思って。楽しい誕生日を過ごしてね！げんきでね！

I made it in time this year! Happy birthday @asaka-lucy-dr-rc ! Time flies, doesn’t it? To think that 2x2 would be announced, I really was shocked! Still, I am looking forward to it. Thank you for always sharing news and interviews regarding Danganronpa, both in Japanese and English! This year’s drawing is an inked Naegi and Hinata, and as a treat, why not have their favorite Kirigiri and Komaeda in the roles of maid and butler? I hope you’ll spend a nice birthday! Take care!

asaka-lucy-dr-rc

めっっっっちゃ可愛すぎて一瞬で笑顔になりました！！Konekoさんまた今年もお祝いしていただきありがとうございます😭💕💕

Awww, you drew both naegiri and komahina!! What an incredibly luxurious gift!!!🥺✨ Seeing my favorite ship from DR and my favorite ship from SDR2 together like this has me grinning nonstop 🥰

Blushing Makoto and blushing Hajime are also two of my absolute favorite things, so they are both far too adorable for me to handle.

And Kyoko is dressed as a maid, but her outfit still has such a cool and elegant style that suits her perfectly!! She looks incredibly cute 💕

I also absolutely love the way Nagito is peering into Hajime’s face as though he is teasing him 😭💕 Both Makoto’s and Hajime’s ahoges are reacting so strongly that they look strangely suggestive, cough, cough, I mean incredibly cute and absolutely perfect. Hajime’s reaction in particular is so adorable that I cannot stop grinning every time I look at it. Thank you so, so much!!

You are right. Around this time last year, none of us could have imagined that 2x2 was going to be announced. I looked back because I could not remember exactly when it was revealed, and it was during the Nintendo Direct on September 12. It has not even been a full year yet! 😲

The Slayhem route was announced overseas first, but overall, I still feel that information tends to reach the English speaking community rather late. I hope I can help close that gap, because I want to enjoy all the new information about 2x2 and Danganronpa together with everyone too!

Thank you as well for all your kind words about me 😭💕 And thank you for always reading my blog. Of course I notice whenever I get a notification from you!

Receiving such a wonderful illustration with such a lovely scenario has made me even more excited to draw my thank you illustration.

I hope you are having a wonderful day too! ✨

#reblog #AsakaBD #danganronpa #makoto naegi #kyoko kirigiri #sdr2 #hajime hinata #nagito komaeda #naegiri #komahina #Makoto and Hajime are blushing! This is just the best!

elfen-alcibiade

Happy birthday, @asaka-lucy-dr-rc!🥳🥳🥳🥳✨✨✨

I really hope that it counts as Hajime fanart, or even just danganronpa fanart (sorry if I'm too far out of the initial request!!😵‍💫). To give a little context, it happens in a parallel reality in which the whole thing with Junko didn't happened, and neither of them went to hope's peak (and Hajime is a girl). It has to be read from right to left.

[ rambles below! ]

asaka-lucy-dr-rc

AAAAAAAHHH!!! THIS IS SO INCREDIBLE!!! THEY ARE WAY TOO CUTE!!! Awwwww!!! 😭😭😭💖💖💖💖

Not only are femHajime and Chiaki incredibly cute together, but the world and their interaction are also so captivating. Chiaki is holding a plushie of Eevee, a Normal type Pokémon, and I feel like that might be an indirect way of expressing how she loves Hajime, who sees herself as an ordinary person. Am I reading too much into it? 😆

I also find it incredibly interesting how, by depicting the two of them in a different universe like this, the world of DR2 is presented as just one of countless parallel worlds, while also being a world that someone wished for.

Also, it looks like the Hajime shown inside femHajime’s game console is in the middle of a Logic Dive, unless I am imagining things? 😆 Every little detail is filled with your playful ideas, and it is so much fun to look at!!

As always, your incredible sense of composition shines throughout the entire comic. It begins with a panel where we see the two of them from outside the window, then moves in closer to the interior. After that, Chiaki’s full body is shown, and the placement of the light and shadows connects the different perspectives of the two characters in such a natural way. Then, in the final panel, Chiaki and Eevee become silhouettes that blend into the outer border. The entire composition is so clever and so full of your distinctive artistic sensibility. I absolutely love it! Everyone, there is an amazing comic right here!! 😭💖💖💖

I also loved everything you said about Hajime. I was practically jumping for joy because I related to it so much! 😆 The rest is folded below:

#reblog #AsakaBD #sdr2 #femhajime #fem hajime hinata #chiaki nanami #This comic is seriously incredible #so regardless of the fact that it was a birthday present for me #I genuinely want as many people as possible to see it!

dr2-hell

happy borthday, @asaka-lucy-dr-rc !! i hope its a good one!

sorry i havent been able to draw anything more elaborated, life has been so busy! i hope you enjoy this tiny naegi regardless :]

asaka-lucy-dr-rc

Aaaaaah, thank you so, so much for drawing such an incredibly adorable Makoto for me, Gabi!! 😭😭💖💖💖

I also read your tags, and it sounds like you really prepared this drawing for me during an extremely difficult and hectic time. The fact that you chose to prioritize drawing this even under those circumstances fills me with both happiness and guilt 😭 Thank you so much for always thinking of me!!

I feel like I say the same thing every time I see your art, so I am sorry if you are thinking, “Here she goes again,” but I truly, absolutely love the colors in your art and the expressions you give the characters! The adorable colors in the background and the skillful way you paint the shadows impress me every single time.

Just look at this face! I want to poke this adorable Makoto’s nose:

You are so cute, Naegi-kun! 😭💕💕💕

The way you drew the contact shadow here looks so cool too:

I wish I could use this kind of effect so effortlessly in my own art 🥺

When I first saw this, I immediately thought, “Ahhh, I can really tell that Makoto was your favorite character before you fell in love with Nagito.” He feels completely natural in your art style while still looking unmistakably like Makoto, and I think that is truly wonderful.

You said you were not able to draw anything more elaborate, but you included so many small details in Makoto’s outfit, such as the design of the zipper on his hoodie, the holes on the hood, and the school emblem. The linework is also incredibly clean, so this already feels more than elaborate enough to me!

And thank you so much for the kind message at the end of your tags too! 😭 I will draw a thank you illustration later, and I am going to put my whole heart into it. I know you are extremely busy right now, but I hope things settle down soon and that you will be able to make as much time as you want to draw Hinata-kun and Komaeda! 🙏

#reblog #AsakaBD #danganronpa #makoto naegi #I’m honestly so incredibly happy #but I also feel so incredibly guilty! 😭#Thank you so much for doing this for me during such a difficult time...!

Can I make request for a translation/transcribe of the song "The Noa Fukune Channel" from Shuten Order? I'm curious what the lyrics are in English.

Ah, to be honest, I haven’t played Shuten Order, so I don’t know that song at all! I’m hoping to play the game someday, and I’ve been trying to avoid learning too much about it beforehand, so I’d rather not look up the lyrics right now either. I’m sorry I can’t help! 😣

#ask

Today marks the 14th anniversary of DR2’s release. I had not prepared any artwork and was not planning to post anything in particular, but Kodaka shared this retrospective, so I thought I would take the opportunity to add some context based on what I know:

After Danganronpa was released, its sales did not grow as much as initially hoped. We were told that there would be no sequel, and at the same time, the team members were assigned to different projects and scattered. I had discovered how much I enjoyed creating an original work, so I did not want to join another project. I was wondering what to do and even considering quitting when the opportunity to write the Danganronpa Zero novel came along. I appealed directly to my boss and somehow managed to continue working on Danganronpa. ダンガンロンパ発売後、当初そこまで売上が伸びずに「２は作らない」という事を告げられるのと同時に、チームはそれぞれ別のプロジェクトに割り振られてバラバラに。僕はオリジナル作品を作る楽しさに目覚めてしまったので、他のプロジェクトに入りたくなく、どうしようかな…辞めようかな…と思ってるところに、ダンガンロンパゼロの小説の話がきたので、上司に直訴し、なんとかダンガンロンパの仕事を続けられた。

As Kodaka explained, it was not actually Spike that first came up with the idea of publishing Danganronpa Zero. A publisher called Seikaisha (星海社) contacted him through a direct message on Twitter. Kodaka apparently assumed at first that it was a suspicious solicitation from a vanity publisher, but the person who contacted him, Katsushi Ota, was actually an extremely accomplished editor who had worked with Nisio Isin, Kinoko Nasu, and Ryukishi07.

Ota had no previous connection to Kodaka. He happened to discover Kodaka’s Twitter account and decided to reach out to him, and that contact ultimately led to the publication of the novel. This was discussed in an interview about Danganronpa Zero, which is still available online:

足かけ４年、ついに終わりを迎えた『うみねこのなく頃に』の旅。ラストエピソードとなる Episode 8 を発表直後の竜騎士07に迫る！『うみねこ』は“何”を僕たちに残したのか？

The interview contains a lot of fascinating information, so I think it is well worth reading even through machine translation!

Incidentally, Yoichiro Koizumi, who is writing the new Slayhem route for 2x2, also began his career as a novelist after winning a newcomer award from Seikaisha. Kodaka later asked him to write Ultra Despair Hagakure for DR:AE and the story for Danganronpa Gaiden: Killer Killer. After they had worked together several times, Kodaka invited him to join when Too Kyo Games was founded. That is how Koizumi came to work alongside Kodaka for so many years.

Meanwhile, Danganronpa continued to sell gradually, and before I knew it, we were talking about making a sequel. そうしている間にダンガンロンパはジワ売れし、いつの間にか2を作る話になってた。

DR did not initially reach its sales target. According to an interview included in the Danganronpa 1・2 Reload art book, it appears to have sold only around 24,000 to 25,000 copies at first.

When the original planning team, including Kodaka, first proposed Danganronpa within the company, people opposed the project on the grounds that even a successful adventure game would only sell around 40,000 copies. In the end, the game really did not sell particularly well at first.

However, as Megumi Ogata also mentioned in episode 8 of Dangan Radio, DR reportedly placed first in a December 2010 ranking of the most enjoyable games chosen by video game store employees. Recognition like that helped its sales gradually increase over time.

According to an interview in the DR2 art book, the decision to make the sequel had been settled by March 2011. Since DR was released on November 25, 2010, it seems that they watched its performance for about four months before deciding to begin production on DR2.

The Danganronpa script took about six months to complete, but I think 2 took around a year. Even so, I could only work that quickly because I was young. ダンガンロンパのシナリオは6ヶ月くらいで完成したけど、2は１年くらいかかったかな。それでも若いからやれたスピードだけど。

The DR2 script was genuinely unfinished until the very last moment. An interview in the DR2 art book explains that there were occasions when Kodaka went to the office early in the morning on the very day of a voice recording session, printed the script he had written himself, and personally carried it to the studio.

As a result, several cast members have said in interviews that they had not been able to read the script beforehand and only saw it for the first time when they arrived to record. Takako Sasuga, the voice of Monomi, was one of them. In episode 2 of Super Dangan Radio, she said that she first read the script at the recording session itself.

It is true that the script took around a year, but Kodaka was also writing Danganronpa Zero at the same time as he was working on DR2. I imagine that was another reason it took longer.

None of the staff could understand the Chapter 4 trick, so we struggled with it and even built models. 4章のトリックはスタッフの誰も理解できずに、模型など作って苦戦した。

This story comes up in almost every interview related to DR2. My personal favorite version is from the DR2 art book interview. Kodaka emailed the Chapter 4 script to the entire staff, and Komatsuzaki responded, “It was entertaining. I did not understand the trick at all, though.” I love that anecdote. 😂

I initially entrusted the Chapter 5 trick to another planner, but three months later I came up with the current trick, so I overturned everything. I am sorry about that. But creators are willing to accept hardship and wasted effort for the sake of an interesting idea, right? ５章のトリックは初めに別のプランナーに任せてたけど、3ヶ月後に僕が今のトリックを思いついたので、ひっくり返しました。あの時はごめんね。でも面白いアイデアの為にする苦労や無駄は厭わないのがクリエイターだよね！

Kodaka has repeatedly told this story as a joke, so many people probably already know it. The “another planner” he is referring to was Shun Sasaki.

Sasaki was the main person responsible for Dangan Island, the bonus mode in DR2. He later became the director of DR:AE and DRS, and also played an important role in DRV3.

He was not involved with DR:THH. According to an interview in the DR2 art book, after playing the completed game, he became determined to work on Danganronpa himself. He personally approached Kodaka and asked to be added to the team, which is how he joined the staff starting with DR2.

Sasaki proposed around nine different trick ideas for Chapter 5, but Kodaka rejected all of them and rewrote the entire trick himself. Despite that history, Sasaki clearly has a great deal of affection and respect for Kodaka. In Danganronpa Kodaka, a book collecting columns written by Kodaka, a member of the publicity staff identified as K says that Sasaki always tells people, “Kodaka is an incredibly kind person.”

In other words, I think Kodaka can keep using this story as a joke in so many different interviews because he and Sasaki genuinely trust each other.

I think Sasaki is someone with an extraordinary amount of determination and love for Danganronpa. He had no previous experience creating mystery tricks, so he worked hard by reading mystery novels and studying how to construct them. Even after going through the experience of having every trick he devised rejected, he continued supporting Danganronpa. After Kodaka left Spike Chunsoft, Sasaki served as the development director of DRS and helped carry the series forward. Personally, I believe DR fans should appreciate him much more. 🥺

After release, unlike the first game, I think it sold fairly well from the beginning. I do not remember very clearly anymore. I suppose the memories I have written here will eventually disappear as well... 発売後は1の時と違って初動から結構売れてた気がする。もうあんまよく覚えてない。ここに書いた記憶もじきになくなっていくのでしょう……

According to records published by 4Gamer.net, DR2 sold 69,000 copies during its first week, which means it sold more than twice as many copies as DR:THH initially did: https://www.4gamer.net/games/117/G011794/20120801070/

According to an interview in the Danganronpa 1・2 Reload art book, DR2 had sold around 180,000 copies by approximately the time Danganronpa: The Animation finished airing. The anime began airing in July 2013.

Looking back, the period after DR2’s release really was an incredible time for the rapid growth of Danganronpa’s popularity. Many of the merchandise items released around then are fascinating to look at now. I only wish I had had more money at the time... 🥺

That is everything! I hope at least some of this additional context was interesting to read.

#danganronpa #sdr2 #kazutaka kodaka #SDR2 14th Anniversary

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