![]() ![]() "I settled on Club Penguin pretty quickly, especially after realizing I could have the story take place on the actual island from the game." Tofu tells me that they were inspired by a number of fan-made visual novel mashups that translate the "Ronpa" format into some other ill-fitting universes. "I've always loved writing and drawing, so it was only a matter of time before I got the urge to make my own " they say. And yet, Tofu is already on the fourth chapter – and the fate of these good penguins hangs in the balance. ![]() Adapting that narrative to a free-to-play Disney MMO, full of cheerful talking penguins belly-sliding down arctic glaciers, requires a significant shift in tone. If you're unfamiliar with Danganronpa, think of it as a cross between Battle Royale and Persona - a gripping, dread-sick adventure-serial where effete high schoolers are forced to murder each other to curry favor with a possessed chibi teddy bear. As you might glean from its name, Tofu's visual novel is a thematic mashup of both Club Penguin and the Danganronpa franchise. But Tofu, and Penguinronpa, stand out from the crowd by their sheer chaotic chutzpah. Most of them settle on a feeling of displaced nostalgia young people yearning for a time when they were even younger and life was much simpler. YES NOThere have been dozens of different fan tributes to Club Penguin since the game was discontinued. ![]()
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