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What's the situation?

spi*echun released guidelines for when you make fanworks for their licensed works, and one rule prohibited use of all assets from the mainline games. DRTA uses various assets from the original, and that would mean that from now on Kurono would have to work on all assets themself. To mention a few assets that can no longer be used, we have: backgrounds, sound effects, background music, and voice clips (for the headmaster in particular)

What now?

Kurono said they're going to complete chapter 3 no matter what on twitter, but as for ch4 onwards, we have this statement for now

This translates as

"Having to do work on all resources alone would be costly in multiple ways, so from ch4 onwards…I'd say it's about striking a balance

Wherever practible, I want to leave behind a story that has taken some shape at least…

I will leave a formal comment in the future"

We can assume it will be virtually impossible for DRTA to continue as if nothing happened

What can we do?

What Kurono has explicitly asked for help with at the current stage is sound effects.

However, I personally believe that other assets such as backgrounds and background music will probably be needed too for the series to continue, and if so, I (again, personally) believe it would be nice if people willing to do it volunteered, and it is my selfish hope that with enough volunteers the series might keep going as it always did, and without Kurono overworking himself. So, I think it would be nice to share the news with people who might be interested. It would be free work, and the volunteers will certainly have to be in tune with Japanese otaku culture, the general attitude towards fan works, and how to act with fanganronpas in particular. In the end it would also be up to Kurono, I'm just making this request very selfishly…but thank you for reading. I hope the project will be able to survive, be it through volunteers or in some other shape.