{"id":71864,"date":"2026-09-03T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=71864"},"modified":"2026-09-03T18:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:16:14","slug":"danganronpa-and-the-hundred-line-creator-kazutaka-kodaka-only-considers-his-sad-scenes-complete-when-they-actually-succeed-in-making-him-cry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/danganronpa-and-the-hundred-line-creator-kazutaka-kodaka-only-considers-his-sad-scenes-complete-when-they-actually-succeed-in-making-him-cry\/","title":{"rendered":"Danganronpa and The Hundred Line creator Kazutaka Kodaka only considers his sad scenes complete when they actually succeed in making him cry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Danganronpa<\/strong> and The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy <\/strong>creator Kazutaka Kodaka recently participated in a two-way interview for Famitsu<\/a> together with Motoki Ohmori, lead vocalist of J-pop band Mrs. Green Apple. Despite being active in completely different areas of the entertainment industry, the two creators came together to discuss each other\u2019s works and talk about their respective creative processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the interview, Kodaka shed some light on how he fine tunes some of the most heart-wrenching scenes in his works. Apparently, a big criterion for judging if a tear-jerking scene is complete is whether it manages to move the creator himself to tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhen I\u2019m finishing up a project, I work on it until I cry. Those scenes that people say made them cry \u2013 I create them all specifically to make people cry<\/em>,\u201d Kodaka says, citing the Shinigami scene in Rain Code, the ending of Danganronpa 2, and the endings to The Hundred Line as some major examples. \u201cI personally select the music and the expressions for those parts, and I adjust the script myself. When I test play it and a tear softly falls down my cheek, that\u2019s when I consider it finished. This is an absolute for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kodaka jokes that he is not really focused on actual work during playtesting, and prefers to test his games while zoning out. He calls it \u201ca switch from being creator to being a user.\u201d Playing from the user\u2019s point of view, he tests whether the game would move him emotionally and eventually make him cry. \u201cIf I\u2019m unable to cry, I switch back to the creator\u2019s perspective and try to think about what went wrong. I\u2019m always very conscious of making that switch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is available for PC (Steam<\/a>) and\u00a0Nintendo Switch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: Danganronpa creator says game devs should write their own scenarios rather than outsource, even if they\u2019re not good writers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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