Danganronpa (with Steeven)

Explicit content warning

01/27/21 • 123 min

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS EXPLICIT SPOILERS FOR DANGANRONPA 1, 2 AND 3! DO NOT LISTEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED!
Welcome to the Ultimate Podcast! Today we're talking about the Danganronpa fandom and BOY is it a doozy. We discuss kinning, dancing on literal graves, and how the fans on the Something Awful boards were key to getting the series localized in the West.
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