During the summer of 2011, I picked up a game called “Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors” at the Aksys Games booth at Anime Expo. I knew nothing about it other than what was on the cover and the info provided on the back of the box. To be very honest, I only bought the game because it came with a free gift (the watch) haha! But little did I know, this game would be a part of one of my favorite video game series of all time.

To this day, I’m so grateful for that purchase, in fact it was probably one of the best purchases I made that year alone. Since then, I’ve introduced my very best friends to the Zero Escape series and together we bonded over the story, connected with the characters, and just recently participated in the actual Zero Escape room in LA! It was such a dream come true and one of the best experiences of my life!

Thank you so much Kotaro Uchikoshi for creating a work of art that not only means a lot to me, but to other fans around the world! Thank you to all the wonderful people who helped bring his story to life! Thank you to the hardworking fans for making projects like this happen! THANK YOU!

Art and message by @joypandaah

For the Thank you Zero Escape project