#penguinronpa spoilers

[moopermoment]

⚠️ major penguinronpa chapter 5 spoilers

+ flashing lights and loud audio

yes i take my art very seriously

penguinronpa is created by @tofudemaru

[stillthewc]

YEAR OF THE FANGAN - APRIL EDITION

ꕥ DANGANRONPA: DECEPTION EXAMINATION ꕥ

Ah, Instaronpas. Despite Instagram not being very conducive to hosting fangans imo (unless I'm doing things wrong, navigating to older posts is generally a pain / it's very easy to spoil plot points by doing so), the slideshow formatting makes for a very unique type of experience, and the fandom-centric stories I've read on there (aka Total Ronpa Island and Penguinronpa, two fangans I look back on in high reverence despite never fully reading) invoke a special kind of nostalgia to me. So, upon seeing a ton of people on my feed talk about Deception Examination, I was bound to read it eventually. And, despite my admittingly-rocky reception to the prologue, what I discovered when I kept reading was a really fun story.

To start off, we have the cast. While I admit I wasn't the most receptive to them at first (I'm so sorry for judging you, Naga and Frankie), almost every cast member grew on me. While this mostly comes from their respective quirks being presented in super likable ways, I also think the deeper delves into the lives of the characters / perspectives really helps. Both the second and third killer are given insight into their home lives / how that affected their desire to go through with the murder, the Dream Theatre sections (Chester's in particular) give an internal dive of their desires and insecurities, and Edric Pluto's positing about survivalism and morality make him easily the best-written character in the story to me.

I also have to say this is the funniest fangan I've come across thus far. Vanity getting plastered before the Chapter 2 trial, Chester's Big Reveal™️ over his talent, and especially the non-canon April Fools post are some of the hardest I've laughed at a fangan's jokes before, and that's not even mentioning small, one-off jokes the characters make due to their bantering.

But all of that pales in comparison to my favorite part of the story: the cast interactions. Seriously, the prologue does a major disservice by solely focusing on Faith because damn, does this group of characters mesh with one another amazingly. Small, petty rivalries like Naga's and Arthur's, grounded and earnest relationships like Chester's and Milo's, and even small one-off interactions leap off the pages, as do large group events.

In fact, I'd say this one of the sole fangans I prefer the daily life to deadly life over: while the trials and investigations are certainly fun, losing cast members also loses their unique way of interacting with others, making it feel like there's a hole in the story now that they're gone. Because of this, every death has some sort of impact to me which, while definitely a positive, always makes me sad whenever deadly life inevitably has to show up.

Lastly, it's just such a cool novelty to have a fangan with ARG elements? As much as I enjoy the main story, there's something so neat about additional plotlines and characters being introduced in the super-spoilery side blog that should only be read once you're all caught up and (apparently) the Discord server. There feels like there's a whole other story brewing outside the one we're aware of, something I stumbled upon in happenstance after just wanting to collect some fanart references. And, while I'll warn you some of the mystery of the main story's spoiled knowing the ARG info, it's super duper fun if you want to create an even-more developed story experience for yourself.

And that's all I have to say this time around! Please check this story out if you get the chance, and I'll see you in the next YOTF report!

FORMAT: "Instaronpa" (written, but told through images that look like stills from a game/web video fangan)

WHERE TO FIND IT: Instagram (SUPER BIG PRO-TIP: For the love of all things holy, please navigate posts using the Google Doc sheet detailing all the story posts if you want to avoid spoilers! Almost every death was discovered by me due to having to scroll down manually, so don't make the same mistake!)

FAVORITE CHAPTER: Chapter 3. The daily life follows main character Faith's attempts at being a leader, while the deadly life serves as one massive teardown of her efforts. Mix that with one death that's super flashy and another narratively poignant, really good characterization for a lot of characters, and some super-emotional writing across the board, and you're in for a wild ride.

FAVORITE CHARACTER: Surprisingly, Christopher Polo. While he's a shy, quiet fellow who feels more comfortable exploring than socializing, his keen observational skills and general helpfulness also make him one of the few reliable braincell havers in the cast.

OTHER STANDOUT CHARACTERS: Frankie Instein, who quickly went from "character I wasn't a fan of" to "a goofy breath of fresh air with some of the tightest character writing / compelling character motivations in the story", and Arthur The LXIXth, whose noble-heartedness mixed with his overconfidence and casanova wannabe personality made me want to keep reading the story, prologue be damned (Plus his name translates to Arthur the 69th, for crying out loud! What's not to love?)

[valentinapromax]

These what makes me feel like this (Even though the second didn't make me cry, though it was so freaking depressing.)

SPOILERS FOR PENGUINRONPA CHAPTER 6

[angelwingsosc]

Whoopsie daisy! My hand slipped. I'M NOT SORRY HAHAHAHAHAHAH-

MAJOR PENGUINRONPA SPOILERS!!

[chocolate-cake-and-waffles]

click to read sorr y

how we feeling penguinronpa fandom..........hi *runs and yells* i wanted to paint this but im too lazy for that

also idk but the test bots are the kinda bots to scam u in roblox.......dont ask why. they just have that vibe ok

[shizukuoshi]

ur hair is so messy please take a shower agent

[fluttershys-lament]

FUCK IT I'm gonna rory post on main

(I'm on mobile, therefore I can't put a read more thing, sorry lmao,,, also the images are bad quality ooP,,,,,, and please tumblr don't mess the images up like last time-)

it him....

LOOK AT HIM GO!!!!!

he cute wtf 😭

WAAAAAAA

rory be like fuck yeahh

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HDKAJSKAJ

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also the cpi one 😳😳 ahre fkksldnan

and that's it, thankdbaks

um so uh do you guys know that I think I may have a new fictional crush, please help

[sillyautisticsoftshell05]

Have you both watched penguinronpa?

Penguinronpa... it is really good actually, if you don’t know penguinronpa I’ll tell you. Penguinronpa is a crossover between Danganronpa and club penguin, also Jetkie is best ship-

[doggy-566]

Woooh! Here a quick redraw of this post

* PENGUINRONPA SPOILERS AHEAD BTW *

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXURcwmPdOP/?utm_medium=copy_link

[wildcardaces]

SPOILERS FOR PENGUINRONPA!

So fellas, how we feeling after that?

[moopermoment]

poor bastard

[harlequinslament]

PENGUINRONPA SPOILERS!!!

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I miss him every day

[coolcattime]

The first few executions I've written for the Mianite Danganronpa AU!! These are the executions for Sonja, Jordan, Capsize, and Skipper (only one of them is actually marked as a blackened but I wanted to write one for every character).

As a brief trigger warning; these are executions so obviously except description of death and injury. For these particular ones, there is mention of hanging, decapitation, and minor injuries prior to death. I've tried to keep all these descriptions brief so these are minor methods.

Under each execution will be a brief explaination to my thoughts and inspirations for them, which will contain some spoilers for danganronpa, and some fangames.

Also, some of these executions refer to Monokuma, that's because I haven't gotten a replacement for him for Mianite Danganronpa, and therefore have been working with him as the killing game host for the time being.

I hope you enjoy!!

{Characters in these executions}

Sonja (Ultimate Animal Rescuer): Cage Match!

Sonja finds herself in a cramped cage. She attempts to leave, only for Monokuma to appear, locking it with a padlock and wielding the padlock shut. A countdown appears, and panicking she attempts to break out of the cage, but only succeeds in making it fall on its side, leaving the door against the ground.

As the cage falls, five spotlights turn on, each illuminating the cage of a growling Monokuma Fox. With the countdown having only thirty seconds left; she begins kicking at the bars of her cage to attempt to escape. She manages to kick one bar off, which creates a gap but one too small for her to fit through.

The countdown reaches zero and the cages with the Monokuma Foxes open. The descend onto Sonja, entering her cage through the gap she made and ripping her apart.

Explaination:

This is probably my least favourite execution this is batch, primarily because I wanted to do something very different, but ended up switching away from the idea at the last minute. Originally, I wanted to do something related for fur (as I know foxes are hunted for furs) but I honestly couldn't think of a why to do that without switching off topic or making it feel like fan service. I might actually rewrite this one to be an illusion to fox hunting, but I think that would be after I got some more idea.

I actually didn't have much in-game inspiration for this (though I think it has similar vibes to a execution from Penguinronpa, which is a fan project I really recommend checking out if you liked Club Penguin and are up for a lot of reading). However, that's more because the animal themed executions aren't my favourites. But I really liked the idea of Sonja being killed by someone she strived to protect, especially as protecting people is one of her main goals in the story.

Jordan (Ultimate ???/Archer): Shoot in the Dark.

Jordan is chained to a wall at the back of what looks like an abandoned warehouse. On the wall behind him, a crude target has been spray-painted, with the centre of the target on Jordan’s chest. Monokuma appears with a bow and a quiver of arrows. He places a blindfold over his eyes and takes aim.

Monokuma begins rapidly firing, the arrows flying wildly around the room. Most of them end up stuck in the walls, but a few find their mark in non-lethal places on Jordan’s body. Shaking, Jordan looks down as his body. Monokuma fires one final arrow, this one hitting Jordan in the neck. Blood leaks from the ultimate’s wounds and mouth for his last moments before he dies.

Explaintion:

I think this is probably the most simply execution of the batch, but I honestly don't think it needs to be more complex. I thought about maybe doing something with Jordan's mystery talent, but since Jordan isn't planned to be executed, I decided to just focus on his actual talent.

The main inspiration for this was actually a fan execution for Nagito that I found awhile ago. (Link)

I really liked the general vibe of being strapped to a target, and obviously a person being blindfolded and firing a bow is a pretty common image. I also really liked the idea that the final shot doesn't even actually hit the target on Jordan's chest and instead hits his neck as I thought that would almost be a final insult for the ultimate archer.

Capsize (Ultimate Navigator): Thousand Cut Journey

Capsize finds herself in a maze of thorns with a collar around her neck that has a timer counting down. A sign directs her to find the centre of the maze for a key to the collar. She begins to rush through the maze, having to push through parts of the maze where the walls are incredibly close together, cutting through her clothes and into her skin.

When the timer reaches the halfway point, the walls of the maze start closing in. Capsize panicking, picking a random directing and running, attempting to avoid injury but that proves harder and harder with the thin spaces she has to move through. In the darkness, she thinks she spots her brother and Sonja. With the time remaining growing shorter, and her collar being to beep, she rushes towards them.

She bursts into the centre of the mazes, nobody in sight but there is a pillar wrapped with roses, upon which sits a key. With the beeping intensifying, she rushes to grab the key. She shoves the key into the lock. As the collar falls, so does her head. Her body slumps, her head rolling along the ground until it hits the pillar.

Explaination:

Welcome to my favourite execution of this batch (obviously I give my hyperfixation character my favourite death). I knew I wanted a maze for Capsize, though the type of maze changed as it was originally inspired by the minotaur maze myth before I switched over to thorns and a head cutting collar to go with Capsize's themes in the fandom, namely roses and having her neck sliced.

There were three inspirations for this execution; the second execution in V3, Stand of Agony (Link; Warning for some kinda fanservice); the third execution in Super Danganronpa Another 2 (Link; warning for decapitation and hanging); and an unused execution from the first game (Link). Obviously the main inspirate is Stand of Agony, with somone desperately going through extreme measures to avoid their execution, only for there not to have ever been a way out, with aspects of the other executions that I thought suited the theme put in.

Skipper (Ultimate Second-in-Command): Final Orders

Skipper is strung up like a marionette with strings attached to the ceiling. He’s in what looks like a large warehouse with various boxes around the place, and one wall made of glass. In front of him stands Monokuma, dressed to appear like Capsize. On the other side of the glass stands everyone else.

Monokuma begins giving orders, the strings pulling Skipper and forcing him to carry them out. It becomes clear that he’s being forced to build something, then it becomes even clearer that he’s building gallows. Capsize is now at the front of the group and having realised what is going to happen has begun to attempt breaking the glass.

The gallows are fully built, and Monokuma gives a final order. Skipper is made to climb the gallows and put the noose around his neck, Monokuma standing by the leaver to trigger the execution. The strings drop from the ceiling and, now free to move, he attempts to remove the noose, but Monokuma pulls the leaver before he can.

It cuts to Capsize’s reaction, kneeling on the ground and sobbing. It pulls back to everyone else, looking on horrified, and then passing back pass the silhouetted hanging body of Skipper.

Explaination:

So, Skipper is the only one of this group who is a blackened. He also happens to be a blackened where I've come up with an entire case as to how the murder happens (the only thing I don't know if the victim). So I decided to have some features of the execution link into the case, such as the ultimate method of death and the reactions of Capsize.

The major inspiration for this execution is the second execution of Danganronpa 2 One Woman Army (Link). Especially the puppet imagery.

[qenguin]

i already said this on the video itself but the timing of Penguinronpa's latest episode was amazing.

[spoilers]

released the day before one of the popular servers went down, AND the episode itself is building up to og club penguin's shutdown by disney. 😳

[ruby-static]

My dude have you heard about or seen Penguinronpa? (It’s on YouTube if you wanna watch it if you haven’t yet-)

Yeah I have! I’ve been following/reading it on Instagram!

It’s a real cool story and I’m really interested to see where it goes from where it left off.

No spoilers, but I am not okay after what just happened. At all.

[bubbl3gumb1tchstuff]

SPOILERS FOR PENGUINRONPA CH5 + IMPLIED SPOILER FROM AMPHIBIA’S TRUE COLOR / / / i like your cut g- seriously i can’t believe herbert died so early like hot damn- anyways herbert dies marcy style <3