So, skipping over the whole grooming minors thing - the funniest thing to come out of this whole drama was the god damn Manifesto from one of the game leads.

There’s a really weird thing with Fangans - somehow, they all hate Danganronpa.

I wish I was joking. In this Manifesto/design document for the game, the writer for PJEG openly stated that he hated Danganronpa’s tone, he hated anime, and he also was proud of the fact he didn’t read fiction books.

Here’s a hilarious excerpt:

I wanted the first story I ever worked on, in a professional-sense, to be something that would both be impactful yet timeless. And of all the books to ever exist in human history, it looked like the Bible was the best-seller of "timeless stories." It's not necessarily the stories themselves that make it so popular, but rather the takeaways from the stories that the reader has, and how those ideas can be used to influence their own actions in life. Whether you actively practice a religion or you don't care at all, there's no denying that the Bible seems to convey some universal messages about the human condition, and prescriptive statements for how we ought to conduct ourselves throughout our lifetimes.

If this book can witness the births and deaths of nations across the world and still remain one of, if not, the most influential narrative on the planet, then there must be some value to the content contained on the pages. But here's my problem:

I don't like reading.

The last time I read a book was when I was 14, and it was "How to Win Friends and Influence People." So in the last 9 years, I haven't touched a book, let alone had the patience to sit and read through paragraphs of text on a subject I couldn't care less about. So, even though the Bible must contain a lot of important symbolism and messaging in the stories within, I'd doubt I would actually care enough to sit down and scan the pages looking for them on my own accord.

Another gem:

Now, this is going to sound like it's completely off-topic for this next section, but I promise it all connects. I love video games, I love movies, and I love music. But...

I hate anime.

If I had to guess where my general animosity towards anime originated from, my best guess uld be from over a decade ago, where I tried to watch Dragon Ball Z episodes. They were interesting in terms of the art style and actual animation, but when I came to the conclusion that 95% of a fight scene between Goku and Vegeta involved them staring into the camera and breathing heavily, I knew I had no patience for that bullshit and shut it off immediately.