{"id":42715,"date":"2025-01-14T18:28:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T09:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=42715"},"modified":"2025-01-14T18:28:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T09:28:23","slug":"danganronpas-fans-were-accomplices-in-the-creation-of-the-controversial-v3-says-series-creator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/danganronpas-fans-were-accomplices-in-the-creation-of-the-controversial-v3-says-series-creator\/","title":{"rendered":"Danganronpa\u2019s fans were \u201caccomplices\u201d in the creation of the controversial V3, says series creator\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Having launched on January 12 back in 2017,<strong> Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony<\/strong> recently celebrated its 8<sup>th <\/sup>anniversary. In response to the occasion, the Danganronpa franchise\u2019s creator Kazutaka Kodaka shared some interesting comments about the game on his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kazkodaka\/status\/1878315675355378000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">personal X account<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eaeaea\"><em>It\u2019s already been eight years! I think I\u2019ll go remind myself of [V3\u2019s]\u00a0wild review section on Amazon from back then.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>V3, the Danganronpa franchise\u2019s third numbered entry,&nbsp;brought an infamously divisive finale to the series, causing some to celebrate it as a masterpiece and others to feel utterly betrayed by its shocking meta-narrative twist. Kodaka\u2019s comment about V3\u2019s \u201cwild\u201d review section is a tongue-in-cheek acknowledgment of the extreme response the game caused among fans when it first dropped.&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\">\u305d\u3046\u306a\u3093\u3067\u3059\u3002\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u3092\u4fe1\u3058\u305f\u304b\u3089\u3053\u305d\u3042\u306e\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u304c\u51fa\u6765\u305f\u3093\u3067\u3059\u3002\u3060\u304b\u3089\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u3082\u5171\u72af\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bbYuWNz6Nz\">https:\/\/t.co\/bbYuWNz6Nz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kazutaka kodaka\/\u5c0f\u9ad8\u548c\u525b (@kazkodaka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kazkodaka\/status\/1878706468264018318?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, in response to Kodaka\u2019s remark, a fan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/maxitater\/status\/1878692516926804012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">replied<\/a> that \u201cV3 came out as good as it did because you trusted your fans and went all the way with it.\u201d Kodaka agreed with this view, commenting, \u201cThat\u2019s right. We were able to make that game because we trusted our fans. That makes the fans our accomplices.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1385\" height=\"761\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1385px) 100vw, 1385px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240114-42715-001.jpg\" alt=\"Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony\" class=\"wp-image-42721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240114-42715-001.jpg 1385w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240114-42715-001-380x209.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20240114-42715-001-768x422.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The exchange rekindled discussion about Killing Harmony and its ending, with people <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kirinoryuuichi\/status\/1878332628677664888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reminiscing<\/a> how hard it was to pick up the game amidst all the negative reviews about it. Danganronpa fans also expressed agreement with Kodaka\u2019s use of the word \u201caccomplice,\u201d commenting, \u201cthese are the kinds of things that make V3 so good.\u201d Killing Harmony has been both criticized and praised for its commentary of the \u201cviewer\u201d (or player), which is probably what&#8217;s giving Kodaka\u2019s words some extra weight.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka says the series&#8217; fans were &#8220;accomplices&#8221; in the creation of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":42720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-42715","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 - 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