Thank you for putting this event together!
This was my first year and it was tougher than I had anticipated, but I definitely had fun regardless.
Already looking forward to next year!
It was tougher this time around but I'm happy with my placing. (I should have pulled an all nighter though) Thanks for the hard work as always!
My favourite hint has to be the one hidden in plain sight, the old reliable... ctrl+a. Logic-wise, they were all kind of hard to decipher or google but I guess it was a good training for the hard route (which I yet again didn't finish... or reach past the 2nd chick lol).
Welp, time to wait one year till my favourite event is back again!
Thank you for an amazing event! It was super fun as always.
Next year it would be nice to have a more clear announcement with both starting time and date. My friend and I got really surprised because we thought it would start on Easter Sunday, but it started Friday. But thank you for hosting such a fun event <3.
Thank you Kineta and all the staff for this event ! <3 .I suffered a lot at times but it was fun , my favorite hint was :4 angelic evils To Slay for jUSTICE and obviously.
यम = Yama ≠ やま JP प्यार = Love = あい JP
the spoiler chains with the gifs were super cute haha.
for the egg spot it was super funny the C in the manga Wings , and my least favorite or the hardest one where I was stuck for idk 2 days burning my head was : Driving tip: "Use the handbrake: When starting from a standstill on an uphill slope, apply the handbrake to..."
I was literally in the wrong sleeve for about 3 hours, in fact I looked in endroll back but the egg was so well hidden that the first time I didn't see it.
1. a clockwork device with an inverted pendulum that ____ the time at a rate determined by the position of a sliding weight on the pendulum because I could not recognize what the food was in the picture.
I suffered at the beginning of the hunt but in the end I enjoyed the clues I like that every year there are different ways to get the clues and look for the eggs/chickens.
I was super happy and nostalgic to see Haibane Renmei at the penultimate finale!
Hilarious that I was thinking about it already at the very beginning when I was starting the easy route
(I thought Angel Beats! was too easy of a trick of the opening but it came out that I saw too many people really seemingly suffocated from that ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), srry I didn't lend a hand, perhaps I should join discord next year)
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and having realised that it was actually the answer to the last enigma was really the whole remuneration of everything,
to be able to come back to it at the very end really felt like I have come home...
Most hatred really would be the belledandy I think, I had spent a day worth to that one orz
Anyway, Thanks to Kineta and MAL easter bunny team for everything this year!.. *(੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭*ଘ(੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭*ଘ
The tallied wrap-up was late—but it was perfectly in time for my birthday!! thanks for the only bd gift I received this year 〒▽〒
A big thank you to everyone who participated in our 11th Easter Hunt!! I'm sorry that the wrap-up post took 80 years this time. Easter is one of my favourite events, but tallying it really is not hahaha.
Please don't forget to thank our event staff!Snow, tingy, Aiimee, Aquarius, Dancho, Phloup, stinghy and Timcampy118, did almost all of the hint creating and chick/egg shopping, and also helped a majority of you out on Discord. My role is essentially ringmaster and route planter, the rest of the event goes all to them!
First Detectives: Easy
Here is everyone who completed the easy hunt in under 4 hours:
Annual Stats 3,019 (↓2,384) players finished the event (Back to 2022 levels~) 1,254 (↓1,247) players finished both easy and hard routes
2,940 (↓2,137) players completed the easy route 377 (↓330) groups/players finished within the first 24 hours 3:32 (↓0:03) average solve time of top 10 groups/players (Seems about the same level as last year)
1,331 (↓1,496) players completed the hard route 61 (↓568) groups/players finished within the first 24 hours 9:05 (↓3:27) average solve time of top 10 groups/players (:teehee:)
11x Players: --
10x Players: @LordAura, @zan1231 (↓1)
9x Players: AbnerA, Annick, Dunno21, JLGames, ZecKers (↓1)
8x Players: 24 total (↓4)
7x Players: 31 total (↓7)
6x Players: 40 total (↓6)
5x Players: 55 total (↓18)
4x Players: 47 total (↓27)
3x Players: 397 total (↓430)
2x Players: 851 total (↑24)
1x Players: 1,567 total (↓2,745)
Full Annual Stats Here! If you've changed your username, let me know and I'll update the sheet.
Hunt Walkthrough
For those of you who didn't get a chance to participate but would like to see the route(s), we'll leave it up for another day:
Announcement thread https://i.imgur.com/N4AA4iO.png
metronome in American English
1. a clockwork device with an inverted pendulum that ____ time at a rate determined by the position of a sliding weight on the pendulum
DDG/GOO: Metronome in American English → beats + angel OR angel beats (MAL) → Mapo tofu → Kanade
Chick Pic (A): https://i.imgur.com/Xf7jzMg.png Kanade Tachibana
More Info They say lawyers can be devils in suits, but I didn’t think they meant literally.
DDG/GOO: Lawyer devil + anime/manga
Chick Pic (Y): https://i.imgur.com/RMETRO5.png Defense Devil
Characters (Usagi) Angels usually show you the Light, but these may just show you your end
DDG/GOO: Light anime → Light Yagami → Death Note → Author → Platinum End
Chick Pic (R): https://i.imgur.com/vE0zzRT.png Platinum End
News (North Heaven Anime & Manga Releases for Easter) My boss is so lazy! All he wants to do is read manga and play games. He may be one of the ten kings of hell, but I'm stuck with all the administrative work. What's a girl to do?
DDG/GOO: Kings of hell + Worker administrative + manga
Chick Pic (G): https://i.imgur.com/inulrrp.png Meido no Koi wa Enma Shidai
Episodes (Towa to Bunnitarou) It’s such a beautiful spring day. Here, look, I even made you a flower ring… Okay, I had a little help but I put in the most effort!
DDG/GOO: Flower Ring + anime = OP → Singers → Tia is one of the two
Chick Pic (I): https://i.imgur.com/BAJkvau.png Tia
Bio Favorite number: 15
Favorite painting: Die Schachspieler
Favorite season: Easter
Favorite song lyrics: Spanish Train
DDG/GOO: Die Schachspieler = Devil playing chess. Song clarifies its the devil → Chess + Devil + anime
Chick Pic (B): https://i.imgur.com/eDoPKyl.png High School DxD
Forum (Episode 666) In the side story written by Dengeki Maoh, Rem ends up dancing with his enemy.
DDG/GOO/MAL: Enemy = angel, since Rem is a devil. Dengeki Maoh (MAL) → "Angel" + "Dance" OR Dengeki Maoh + angel + dance (DDG/GOO).
Chick Pic (B): https://i.imgur.com/9fwgetb.png Oroka na Tenshi wa Akuma to Odoru
Japanese Name 🧙♀️👒(2016) > 😇&😈(2012)
DDG/GOO: Female wizard/mage = witch + hat = Witch Hat Atelier (started in 2016) → mangaka → manga (2012) about an angel and devil
Chick Pic (C): https://i.imgur.com/xAdFtNr.png Enidewi
Background Info (Hidden text) Bottom of the 9th, bases loaded, and you’ve got the bat, would you crack under the pressure or become our guardian angel?
DDG/GOO: Angel + bat + anime
Chick Pic (B): https://i.imgur.com/lnUBneC.png Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
Staff (Lucifer) There's an unseen one among the 13 fighters.
DDG/GOO: Unseen one = song from Hades → 13 fighters + Hades
Chick Pic (T): https://i.imgur.com/ZK8w1iL.png Hades
Announcement thread Every week, I must go and confess that my love of reading jump comics borders on obsession.
DDG/GOO: Church/Priest + jump + love + manga
Egg Pic (S): https://i.imgur.com/VMEADW2.jpeg Exorcist wo Otosenai
Bio (Arima, Akuma) Driving tip: “Use the handbrake: When starting from a standstill on an uphill slope, engage the handbrake to..."
Google driving tip → “...prevent the car from rolling back" → DDG/GOO: Roll + back + anime/manga
Egg Pic (U): https://i.imgur.com/3rMleYv.png End Roll Black
News (Q4 2028 Anime & Manga Licenses [Update 11/20]) → [11/17] Miryoku-tekina Machi de Bijin Shimai to Baiku ni Norou (Ride Motorcycles with Beautiful Sisters in the Town of Charming) [ʚ₍ᐢ. .ᐢ₎ɞ]* Ride Motorcycles with Beautiful Sisters in the Town of Charming
DDG/GOO: Town of Charming → Sons of Anarchy → Sisters + Anarchy + anime
Egg Pic (B): https://i.imgur.com/ffyM6TZ.png Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Episodes (Nov 16, 2010 is out of order) → Synopsis (Hidden Text) The legal drug dealer continued to wait for 8 years, only to discover he was at an alternate location.
MAL: Legal Drug (CLAMP manga) → continue + 8 years = sequel (Drug & Drop) → alternate place = alternate setting = Wish
Egg Pic (C): https://i.imgur.com/8NkAIHC.png Wish
Character (Torrac (71262)) → Reverse the ID, replace a part of the URL → another Wish character (Hidden text) Before this devil crossed the Caribbean Sea to end up at the opposite side of Easton College, they visited the Kaleido Stage.
Many ways to get this. Devil = Character
1) Caribbean Sea is in the Atlantic Ocean (GOO) → Atlantic (MAL)
2) Opposite of East = West → Weston College + anime (GOO) → Public School Arc
3) Kaleido Stage (MAL) = Kaleido Star = Circus + Devil = Book of Circus
Egg Pic (N): https://i.imgur.com/iNgFem2.png Sebastian Michaelis
Animeography (https://myanimelist.net/anime/57569/Kuroshitsuji_III_Specials) → Synopsis While crossing the Atlantic, the devil kept meeting a certain deranged redhead. While he can't stand the redhead, another incarnyation would send him straight to heaven
DDG/GOO: Devil atlantic → Book of Atlantic → Deranged redhead = Grell → Fukuyama Jun → Nyatenshi
Egg Pic (D): https://i.imgur.com/bpOx9MO.png Nyatenshi
Bio (Spoiler chain) Did you know, angels are drawn to have Wings, with voices that sing dulcet Music. In this manga, Love is found on the unfamiliar streets of Japan.
DDG/GOO: Wings + manga = Wings magazine (MAL) → Advanced MAL search wings + music
Egg Pic (A): https://i.imgur.com/x9wCnuK.png Princess Ai Monogatari
OP "Beware the Angel, My Son! (我が息子よ、ジャバウォックに用心あれ！)" by The8th
DDG/GOO: See Angel = clue → Google OR translate JP "title" = Jabberwock → Jabberwock + The 8th (MAL) OR anime + Jabberwock "8th" (GOO)
Egg Pic (T): https://i.imgur.com/x9OjZoQ.jpeg
[url= https://myanimelist.net/anime/50985]Chimimo[/url]
Producer F🥚ur of a Kind (Producer) → You've heard of angel guardians, but have you heard of devil guardians?
DDG/GOO: Four of a kind → Heart clover spade diamond + anime → Devil guardian = Character
Egg Pic (I): https://i.imgur.com/gVy3AMq.png Iru
Bio (Spoiler chain) Chef's Special: Tomatoes drizzled with Teriyaki sauce
*Enjoy this dream entree while you are serenaded by our award-winning pianist!
DDG/GOO: Tomato + teriyaki + dream → Kanawo → Kanawo (MAL) OR Kanawo + pianist + anime/manga (DDG/GOO)
Egg Pic (N): https://i.imgur.com/w2qbYPN.jpeg Hiygyaku no Noel
More Info "Favaro Talks About Babysitting Azazel and Lucifer in the Past"
Favaro talks = Voice of Favaro = Yoshino = Yoshino Hiroyuki (MAL) → Azazel & Lucifer are fallen angel = devil
DDG/GOO: Yoshino + Babysit + Devil + anime
Egg Pic (E): https://i.imgur.com/NJtz1DZ.png
[url= https://myanimelist.net/anime/11457/]Chibi☆Devi![/url]
Background Info In two thousand twenty four years, my Bones will have turned to ashes. But the angel of that magical girl who I met one summer will surely remember me, and perhaps bring some cocoa to my grave.
DDG/GOO: Mahou shoujo anime by Bones airing in Summer 2024 (MAL) → Cocoa = Original creator/mangaka → Mahou shoujo’s angel = character
Egg Pic (N): https://i.imgur.com/0FRdm6T.jpeg Byakuya's Angel
Bio (Spoiler chain) यम = Yama ≠ やま JP
प्यार = Love = あい JP
DDG/GOO: यम Yama → Wikipedia article (Scroll down to Japanese meaning) → king of hell + japanese → Enma/jigoku → Anime + Enma love OR Jigoku + anime
Egg Pic (S): https://i.imgur.com/IQowwRd.png Jigoku Shoujo
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