{"id":32335,"date":"2024-06-13T11:26:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T02:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=32335"},"modified":"2024-06-13T11:26:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T02:26:21","slug":"danganronpa-creator-finally-acknowledges-hajime-x-orange-juice-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/danganronpa-creator-finally-acknowledges-hajime-x-orange-juice-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"Danganronpa creator finally acknowledges Hajime x orange juice meme\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s a big day for the<strong> Danganronpa <\/strong>fandom, as the series\u2019 creator Kazutaka Kodaka recently acknowledged the existence of the long-running Hajime Hinata x orange juice meme via his personal X (Twitter) account.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u304a\u30fc\u3044\u3001\u307f\u3093\u306a\u30fc\uff01\u3000\u30aa\u30ec\u30f3\u30b8\u30b8\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\u3092\u5fd8\u308c\u3066\u3093\u3058\u3083\u306a\u3044\u3060\u308d\u3046\u306a\u30fc\uff01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mAwLltZz4v\">https:\/\/t.co\/mAwLltZz4v<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kazutaka kodaka\/\u5c0f\u9ad8\u548c\u525b (@kazkodaka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kazkodaka\/status\/1800892875204636737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> <em>Hey everyone! You haven\u2019t forgotten about orange juice, have you?<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With initial mentions of it on Twitter dating back to as early as 2013, the satirical shipping of Hajime Hinata and orange juice is one of the most well-known Danganronpa memes among the English-speaking fandom. Throughout the years, the meme has given birth to numerous edits, crack videos and even fanfiction depicting the Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair character and his headcanon adoration of orange juice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As is usually the case with such memes, the character in question has never canonically expressed any feelings whatsoever towards orange juice. However, a single in-game scene (the party scene in Chapter One) that depicts Hajime Hinata joyfully holding a wine glass filled with orange liquid was enough for fans to snowball it into a meme that has its own AO3 and Wattpad tags. Furthermore, seeing as Hajime Hinata doesn\u2019t remember his Ultimate\u00a0talent, Hajime x orange juice shippers have pronounced him the \u201cUltimate Orange Drinker.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-reddit wp-block-embed-reddit\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/danganronpa\/comments\/1b24mhd\/its_orange_juice\/\">It&#39;s orange juice <\/a><br> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Reasonable-Delay-355\/\">u\/Reasonable-Delay-355<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/danganronpa\/\">danganronpa<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-reddit wp-block-embed-reddit\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/danganronpa\/comments\/mmymm5\/ultimate_orange_juice\/\">ULTIMATE ORANGE JUICE<\/a><br> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Sparkly_Scratch007\/\">u\/Sparkly_Scratch007<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/danganronpa\/\">danganronpa<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, in 2024, Kodaka himself has revealed that he knows what\u2019s been going on with the question, \u201c<em>You haven\u2019t forgotten about orange juice, have you?\u201d <\/em>This was tweeted in response to our <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20240612-297500\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese sister-site&#8217;s article<\/a> about the Japanese Danganronpa fandom\u2019s confused reactions to western fans making collaged images of Hajime Hinata surrounded by orange juice bottles and the like.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kodaka\u2019s wording implies that it\u2019s not the first time he has found out about the Hajime x orange juice phenomenon, and it\u2019s a bit scary to think about what other fandom shenanigans he\u2019s been silently observing over the years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is currently available\u00a0for PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/413420\/Danganronpa_2_Goodbye_Despair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) and other platforms. Danganronpa\u00a01\u20222 Reload, which contains the first two games, is available for <a href=\"https:\/\/store.playstation.com\/en-us\/product\/UP1063-CUSA06808_00-DANGANRONPARLDUS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS4<\/a>. The numbered Danganronpa Anniversary Edition titles, which include a gallery mode, are available for PC (Microsoft Store), Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kazutaka Kodaka, the creator of the Danganronpa has let fans know that he&#8217;s aware of a long-running crack meme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":32338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-32335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Danganronpa creator finally acknowledges Hajime x orange juice meme\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kazutaka Kodaka, the creator of the Danganronpa has let fans know that he&#039;s aware of a long-running crack meme.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/danganronpa-creator-finally-acknowledges-hajime-x-orange-juice-meme\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Danganronpa creator finally acknowledges Hajime x orange juice meme\u00a0 - 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