yes actually you do just hate hu jing because she's a woman and because her being a woman is integral to her character and her main character flaw is her internalised misogyny and belief that she needs to be a mother figure to her peers
Lately I've been working on the two bonus episodes for chapter 2, so I haven't worked on chapter 3 very much... Here's a another preview.
There's all sorts of additional things like new textbox design and multiple sprites...
The progress on the bonus episodes right now is roughly this much:
I tried a different video editing style for both of them and draw a lot of assets. It looks nice, but it ended up being very time consuming, which is why they're taking so long, so I don't think I'll do it again for future bonus episodes.
I got into Tetro about a month ago and I've been enjoying it a lot. I've never really interacted with any fangans, but I got a clip of [Confession Game] on my TikTok fyp and got curious, so I checked it out.
I adore the audio drama format so so soooo much! All the voice actors did an incredible job and the sound design makes me feel really immersed. (I also really appreciate the subtitles and character sprites, because I'm kind of bad at telling voices apart sometimes or understanding what people are saying, so they help a lot and also add a lot of personality)
I also really love the writing, because it feels like it has all the parts of Danganronpa that I love, but without all the weird stuff that I hate, while also having a completely unique vibe that's entirely its own idk how to describe it.
And just like many others, I really appreciate the representation you put in your work.
For me specifically, as someone with anxiety, Hasegawa really hit home. Especially, when he was talking about his medication running out and not being ready to be more afraid than he already is. While I'm not personally medicated, my anxiety gets worse or better with the general stress in my life. So if there's a really stressful time in my life coming up, I know what it's like to be afraid of being even more afraid. Since there is some stressful Real Life Stuff coming up in my peraonal life soon, Hasegawa made me feel a little less alone in that regard (Even if he ended up going of the deep end, I'll try not to do that lol)
I also really appreciate the aroace characters. As a somewhat romance averse aroace, I don't usually get to see many characters that are like me, so the fact that there was even one in Pink made me happy. Knowing that there are three in Blue had me over the moon!
Anyway, to end this whole rant, I do actually have a question for you:
You can ignore this if I'm remembering incorrectly, but I think you mentioned in a post recently that there is a Hasegawa loredump that hasn't been released yet. I was wondering if you could still find it and if you would be willing to share it, because I'm really curious about his life pre-killing game and especially about his family.
thank you very much for the ask! im glad you're enjoying the series! here's the hasegawa lore!
HASEGAWA KEN!! hasegawa was born as the Middle Child between two sisters. his family was always super tight and his mother was a very lovely lady who took good care of them! hasegawa was always a super super bright kid and learned how to read pretty young, and from there he pretty much took off on his own course of reading as much as he possibly could because learning things absolutely fascinated him. that being said he was usually too focused on reading to pay attention to literally anything else. his older sister (mao) would always be the one telling him to stop reading for two seconds and go eat dinner/play outside/go make friends and his younger sister (reina) was always the one running off and getting into trouble - which also got him to stop reading for two seconds cuz he would have to go chase after her and stop her from doing something dumb
so all is well in the hasegawa household until ken turns six. him and his sisters are playing outside, mom goes inside for two seconds to check on something she had cooking. ken is distracted and mao is just a LITTLE bit too far away to get there in time to stop reina from running out into the road and getting hit by a car. as we know. so at age four, reina dies, ken sees it happen, and it absolutely destroys his psyche for a while. he saw his sister die and is constantly struggling with the fact that he could have stopped it if he was paying more attention/playing with her/was a little faster etc etc etc.
as a sort of coping mechanism, hasegawa turns his full focus towards his studying and basically stops interacting with everyone/anyone and stops doing pretty much anything else that isnt studying. he pulls away from everyone who knows him from school and it gets to the point where being out in the world and talking to people makes him very very very nervous. turns out this is because hes got anxiety! very bad anxiety! he handles this by just avoiding any situations that make him nervous (most situations) and focusing on his reading, something mao tries to dissuade him from by scolding him constantly about it but theres really not much she can do. his lovely mom is very supportive of his needs and does her best for him as well but shes not really sure what to do with him cuz. the guy is just a massive stress case
when hasegawa turns 13, one of his teachers who he is particularly close with recommends he sign up for a local trivia contest because he is a very very bright boy and he could use the prize (scholarship money). hasegawa is totally on board for this in concept, because he loves sharing what he knows, but he is EXTREMELY NERVOUS about talking in such a public setting. so in comes his hype squad. mom and mao. they start prepping him HARD. quizzing him constantly. practicing with him. catching him off guard with random questions until his first instinct when he hears a question is to immediately respond, regardless of nerves. guy is READY.
in practice, it goes very well! he wins because he is indeed a very smart boy! but then hes got a taste for quiz victory. he spends the next couple years basically climbing the quiz circuit ladder until hes on TV. and hes quite popular because hes young and smart and cute! and very very confident by the looks of it! in reality he is still a very anxious guy of course, but quiz shows fill him with an adrenaline and a confidence that is incomparable. hes found a way to sort of cope with his anxiety, even if only for a bit, and its a very very big step forward for him. hes still super socially stunted and has no friends. but hes doing a lot better than he was before. which brings us up to now! finally a story that isnt CRIPPLINGLY DEPRESSING
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