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[jabbaimond]

Hello, sorry this is out of the blue. But by any chance are you familiar with an old SDR2 promo visual(?) that includes Komaeda and Hinata sticking out from a doorframe?

I've been looking everywhere for more information on it, but the only traces of it I can find are old Pixiv works referencing it and this super low-res crop I found included in some compilation of images on an old tumblr post.

Yes, I remember this!

This is from the old Danganronpa website before SDR2's release, promoting the game. Obviously, it doesn't exist any longer, but thankfully, the Wayback Machine has an archived page. It was from the landing page where you scrolled around to choose what to look at. In this case, when you hovered your mouse over Monokuma, this door would open showing the image you sent. It would take you to the Characters page.

[jabbaimond]

omg name change...congrats!! anyways do u play deltarune feels lowkey up ur alley

I haven't, actually! But I've heard very good things from it. I like Susie from what I've seen.

[jabbaimond]

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BOO 👻 AHHH

[jabbaimond]

Hi, what about A and B for the ask game? (For Danganronpa)

A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

I am a chronic multi-shipper, so I pretty much ship everything in any which way xD but for what I currently got on my mind, I've been thinking a lot about Naegi/Fujisaki, Naegi/Maizono, Hinata/Tanaka, Hinata/Tsumiki, and Komaeda/Souda.

B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

You know what, this lets me talk about some pretty funny lore.

When I first played Danganronpa in 2016, I came out of SDR2 absolutely loathing Komaeda. I always respected him for being a well-written character, and I acknowledged that, but on a personal level, I just couldn't stand him. I hated him so bad. I was really embodying Hinata I think. I was so upset by his betrayal that I held a years long grudge against him.

Now, part of it maaaaybe was 'cause I played the NISA version first...and when I started warming up to him by 2019/2020 (yes it took that long) and actually went and looked at the original game/material since, I was blown away by how different Komaeda was in the Japanese version, and so I felt bad I knocked him all those years ago xD Perhaps this is why I translate so much Komaeda stuff. It's my apology to him.

Anyway...looping back, because of this, I didn't really like Komahina. I didn't hate it, and I got the appeal, but I simply had no interest in it beyond memes or jokes. These days, though, Komahina is one of my fave DR ships! And one of my fave Hinata ships in general!

And I gotta be honest, a lot of this came about from @kaiokentimesten who was a Komaedaologist Day 1, so through my hater phase I was intimately familiar with my mortal enemy Komaeda Nagito...so maybe the exposure therapy played a part haha.

[jabbaimond]

Hello !! I hope you're doing well and having a happy, healthy start to the new year 🫂

I'd like to preface this by saying it's been a pretty long time since I last kept up thoroughly with Danganronpa and it's fandom. The recent trailers for 2x2 are actually what piqued my interest and reignited my adoration.

That aside, I just wanted to say your blog is an absolute life changing discovery for me. I've matured a lot in that time period, and with that, I've been much more interested in the nitty gritty of the franchise - especially when it comes to translations and similar topics people tend to overlook, like beta sprites. Your personal opinions and very informative, detailed explanations have opened a whole new rabbit hole for me as someone who really is only familiar with the base, entry level knowledge.

And to be honest, I seriously cannot thank you enough for your contributions towards the PSvita content specifically. I finally got one for myself a few days ago after much pining, and was relatively disappointed seeing a photo of a start screen theme with Monomi and Monokuma, only to come up empty handed when looking around. Fortunately, I saw your post about the exact one (1•2 reload iirc) and I'm absolutely ecstatic! It'll definitely become my go-to once I figure out how to properly load it onto my console.

Finishing off, I'd also like to add that I'm pleased to see another Monomi fan. You'd posted about a talking keychain that was included as a preorder incentive, and actually her first plush overall, which gave me such a fun bite of insight after stumbling across a listing. It's given me the push to consider adding her to my growing collection 🩷 Now that I've talked (or rather typed) your ears off, thank you sincerely for taking your time to educate and share such crucial details to those of us who didn't have the means to research it all ourselves!

Hello! This ask is really amazing, thank you!

I get what you said there, about not keeping up with DR. I got into the series in 2016, before DR3 was released. Getting to experience that anime coming out live was incredible. To this day, I maintain DR3 is...not good whatsoever, but damn, I can't lie that it was some of the most fun I had, watching the episodes as they came out every Tuesday and Thursday, then calling with a bunch of random people (upwards of 50-somethng, I barely knew half of them) in a Danganronpa Skype group. It was chaotic and it was hilarious.

I never really "fell out" of Danganronpa, but I took a backseat for a little bit.

Anyways. I have a lot more to talk about in the future. I've just been so damn busy, which really blows. But behind the scenes, I've dedicated a lot of effort into working on Danganbase. If you want a run down of things I have in store:

More beta sprite posts. UTDP cards, SDR2 beta screenshots + a certain manual, the PSP version of DR1.

Many glitches/version differences/oversights I have recorded and documented, just need to edit into short videos to post so I can write them up on Danganbase. Too many to name right here, but I have a list written.

A complete, comprehensive technical list of all game releases, serial numbers, manual scans, etc.

Several translation and meta posts in the works.

Some misc. game-related stuff, mostly having to do with oddities in coding or quirks.

So, lots of stuff! Also, about Monomi/Usami...yes, I love her with all my heart ❤ I have a blog post for Danganbase I need to work on, as I took photos and scanned the tags for all of my Monomi plushes I owned, so I could give an in-depth review/technical look at them. I hope when that time comes you'll check in!

So, yes, I have my work cut out for me. I wish I could dedicate myself to this as a full time job of sorts, but I don't think Danganronpa research is a job title lol. What tends to happen is that I chip away at multiple different posts little by little. This is why everything in my drafts right now is about anywhere from 20-80% complete, I just work on whatever I am interested in that day for as much as I can.

I guess to gauge interest, what of this sound interesting the most to you guys?

I can't promise what comes first, but of the list, what seems most interesting?

The beta sprite content

The glitches/version differences

Comprehensive documentation of all game releases

Translations

The game-related quirks/dives

Monomi plush review

Voting ended onMar 21

Thank you again for the kind words!

[jabbaimond]

Q & Y !

Q - A fandom you’ve abandoned and why.

Probably Undertale. Can't really remember why, to be honest. I just know I want nothing to do with it anymore. Nothing against the game itself obviously.

Y - What are your secondhand fandoms (i.e., fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)?

Hmm...Kpop, definitely. So many of my friends are into it that I know so much about several bands xD. Also, Homestuck and TMNT.

[jabbaimond]

K - What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc? <- For Danganronpa

L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. (Characters you’re neutral about are fair game, as are characters you merely dislike. Characters that you absolutely loathe with the fire of ten thousand suns are exempt, as there is no point in giving yourself an aneurysm over a character that you hate.) <- For Sonic

U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites. <- for any three fandoms you want

K: This is really hard...but overall, probably Fukawa in DR:AE. I loved it so much back then and still do, I think they did really well with her character growth.

L: Charmy Bee has a fun design and he is genuinely very funny in Fleetway's Sonic the Comic.

U:

Dragon Ball: For as much as I Goten post, Krillin will always be my #1. He's just hilarious and his bond with Goku is super sweet.

Sonic: Always a tie between Knuckles/Metal Sonic/Sonic, really. But I guess all in all, Metal Sonic from the OVA would be my pick. But it's very tough. Metal in the OVA was just a very moving character/storyline.

Danganronpa: Also really difficult. But if we're exclusively talking main-line students, it falls down to Kirigiri or Naegi. But I think i like Kirigiri a little more. But again, it's hard. If not students, then Usami/Daimon. I refuse to pick between them lol.

I just really love Kirigiri's character arc in DR1 and the way she's sort of morally grey. She's even better in the anime, which is what made me really love her. Naegi, similarly, I think is a far more interesting character than a lot of people give him credit for. He's very lovable for being the normal, nice guy but I like the twists they throw with how resilient he is. Daimon is just my funny guy, not much I can say other than I really like him xD he's got an awesome design and he makes me laugh. Usami/Monomi I think is cute, and she just makes me happy. She's also very funny for being a bit of a weirdo and bad teacher despite her best attempts xD

[jabbaimond]

hii I just wanted to say that I love ur Nagito translations, I feel like I can understand the character more thanks to you

Hi! Thank you!

I tend towards translating Komaeda a lot because 1) people tend to ask me a lot about his lines, 2) He is a very prominent case study in the many nuances that were lost in Danganronpa's English translations, 3) he's just got a lot of fun things to translate :)

I'm glad you enjoy my work!