#puteri

Sumatran Tiger Panthera tigris sondaica

1/29/2024 San Diego Zoo Safari Park, California

My top 5 AniMY waifu

1.Cikgu Melati (UPIN&IPIN)

2.Puteri Kasturi (PUTERI)

3.Kak Ros (UPIN&IPIN)

4.Jenny/Cinco (EJEN ALI)

Through a mysterious invitation, various gifted students, both young and old, are trapped in the desolate "Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles". And the only way to escape is to get away with murder, or get punished via Monokuma’s Executions. 

Just like with other Fangans, Danganronpa 70: The Rats Have Died also has its own Prediction Chart.

This consists of portraits of 16 characters alongside with a "color icon" to indicate a predictor's choice.

To keep the mystery of the Fangan during its concept phase, roles of each characters remained unknown and unannounced. This encourages readers, watchers, or listeners to predict the roles of the 16 characters.

Each "color icon" corresponds to various role categories:

Victim [Pink] - The person whose life was taken by the Blackened. Due to Monokuma's motives, either the Victim or the Blackened would give in to the temptation. Their personality and action would shake the very foundation of morality the moment they die.

Blackened [Red] - A crucial figure who triggers a Class Trial by choosing a Victim to kill. The Blackened will then try to deceive the students to choose the wrong Blackened and cause a Mass Execution. A Blackened will solely graduate once they finished their objectives.

Traitor [Grey] - They could either be an unwitting pawn or a Faustian bargain for the Mastermind to control. Being the Traitor they are, they tend to be a casualty. Reasons include outliving their usefulness, failure to comply with orders, or rebellion against the Mastermind.

Mastermind [Multicolored] - According to Dangan and Fangan logic, the Mastermind is the main villain of the series. They have malicious motives that can drive people into deep despair. It is enough to influence the outside world by showing humanity's dark side.

Survivor [Green]- Through tribulations, some students may be tempted to be a Victim or a Blackened. But not all lost their will to live, especially if it meant honoring the fallen just by staying alive. Their morals and beliefs, however, would change and it is up to them to adapt.

Antagonist [Blue] - Not all students have a common goal aside from escaping the school. Others have their ulterior motives to satisfy their morbid curiosity of what is truly right and truly wrong. Antagonists would lie, desecrate, or intimidate to get what they wanted.

Support [Yellow] - There are Antagonists who tried to throw the Class Trial to disarray, and there are Protagonists who tried to lead the Class Trial to the right path. It is a matter of life and death, after all. Therefore, the Support acts as a guide and a mediator for these two.

Protagonist [Lavender] - The hero of a story, or a villain from a different hero. They are the characters where the audience can watch the events unfold from their eyes. But considering the Fangan's story, there will be more than one hero. Regardless, the outcome of the story would depend on their choices.

All characters have lined up according to their Student Numbers.

Casts:

Tai Lung - Ultimate Kung Fu Artist

Kassim - Ultimate Housekeeper

Ming Lee - Ultimate Temple Guardian

Bali Limau - Ultimate Cook

Prushka - Lil' Ultimate Health

Jack "Killer" Bean - Ultimate Assassin

Maria Cadenzanva Eve - Ultimate Pop Sensation

Klaymen - Ultimate Prince

Alister Azimuth - Ultimate Galactic Soldier

Roland - Ultimate Librarian

Paulina - Ultimate IT Expert

Sticks the Badger - Ultimate Survivalist

Liu - Ultimate Inventor

Alicia Kheng - Ultimate Agent

Yakou Furio - Ultimate Detective

June Huang - Lil' Ultimate Art

Author's Comment:

Hello there! Duck Gooseyswan here. So this is the Character Prediction Chart that I have made February 2024.

I used IBIS Paint X for editing the whole Prediction Chart. And fun fact, the background was actually from the Rat Ga Shinda music video. Which is where the concept and title of the Fangan came from.

It took a lot of experimenting with the portrait frames of the 16 characters, so I forgot what exactly I had done with the technical part. It may not be my favorite part to tweak the frames, but the outcome actually looked good in the end. But my favorite part was putting their titles as background for each frames. It just felt like the texts help the characters pop, in contrast to a white background.

When I showed my Prediction Chart to my peers, they were surprised with the casts I chose. Most do not even know half of the cast, which helps introduce these characters to newcomers. Just like how other Fangans have done the same to me. I was going to share this chart to other social medias, but the current events made me think otherwise.

Still, if you want to predict the cast with this chart, go ahead and try. You can even share your predictions, so let me know.

But like how cute and more realistic would it be if they do. Imagine:

Manis would be called "Kak-yong/ Kak-long"

Kasturi is just "Kakak"

Purut would be "Angah/ Kak-ngah"

Bali is "Acik"

And Nipis would be "Adik"

So BoBoiBoy, Upin Ipin and Ejen Ali are the big three for Malaysian animation. But what about the others? This is just gonna be a list of lesser known cartoons that I can think of from the top of my head. Please note that I have only watched one of these in it's entirety and don't know anything about the others

Puteri. I've talked about it a couple of times. Love it, but the fat jokes were very annoying

Didi and Friends. OOOO NAK TIDO MANA. This is actually more popular worldwide than BoBoiBoy, but it's a toddler cartoon

Pada Suatu Hari. Anyone remember this? Really liked the stories. Is the show still ongoing?

The Amazing Awang Khenit. I've only watched the Revengers episode, which was funny at the time. I'm not sure it's funny now. This actually appeared in the background in one EA episode

Rimba Racer. Furry racing. FURRY RACING.

Keluang Man. All I know is that people think it's better than Joker 2019. And that it has SEVEN SEASONS???

‘Truth and Tears’ by Charis Loke

For all the grand gestures and daring deeds of men, the truth has always been quite simple, the woman thinks. 

Behind her, the warrior declares: “You asked and we built. Bridges of gold and silver, rising above the jungles from the mountain to the sea. Up these slopes we carried seven jars of virgin tears; seven barrels of betel nut juice; seven trays of mosquito hearts--”

Long they laboured, all those suffering souls, for a man too blind to see: not all are bound to love him. 

“Come with me, o princess, and we may have a life together! Let us leave--”

Two men, she corrects herself. The truth has always been clear and bright as the tip of a keris above cold waters. I want for no one, and that is the truth none can perceive. 

5.5 x 9″, Chinese calligraphy ink on printmaking paper.

Done for the 2019 Month of Love challenges, “Tears” and “Truth”. Part of Kejora, sketches and stories inspired by Southeast Asian cultures and realities.

In the legend of Puteri Gunung Ledang (the Fairy Princess of Mount Ophir), she presents seven impossible demands to the Sultan of Melaka, who has asked for her hand in marriage despite already being married to more than one wife.

In some versions of the story, he is about to fulfill the final condition - a bowl of blood from his only son - when the princess appears to chastise him for his greed and entitlement. In other versions, his own warrior falls in love with the princess and is never seen again in the kingdom.

The truth has always been quite simple.