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Griffin Stewart Birthday 2026 ARG
1. A link to a Google Drive folder was posted. It contained 6 files:

  • Frames 2-5 of the animation, with random-looking text (6/7 characters long) in the top right corner, different between every image
  • A file named "่ชฌๆ˜Ž.png", containing hints to obtain the solution
    • [Red filled rectangle] [blank square] [blank square] 00 : [blank square]
    • Arrows pointed at all blank squares, with specific hints for them expressed with doodles:
      • First square: rabbit ร— toast
      • Second square: guinea pig + toast
      • Third square: Earth pointing at the blank square, Sun pointing at 31, Moon pointing at 24
      • Below that, written is "Password: Outside __" in English (__ is blank)
  • A password-protected file named "ไฟ่ญทใ•ใ‚ŒใŸใƒ•ใ‚กใ‚คใƒซ.pdf".

2. Hints from the image:

  • Doodles refer to Griffin's endings in OshiNari:
    • Rabbit: Ending 10 -> Binary 2
    • Guinea Pig: Ending 11 -> Binary 3
    • Toast: Ending 100 -> Binary 4
  • Math:
    • 2ร—4 = 8
    • 3+4 = 7
  • Space symbols refer to characters' ages in OshiNari. Griffin (Earth) was 22, Amano (Sun) was 31, Kobayashi (Moon) was 24.

3. Hints combine to __ 8 7 00:22
4. This refers to Griffin's 2025 birthday video: https://youtu.be/Gpg02fbJrN0?t=22
5. At that timestamp, the video says "ใƒ—ใƒฌใ‚คใ‚จใƒชใ‚ขใฎๅค–ใงใ™", which means "outside the play area"
6. Password to PDF is "playarea"
7. After inputting the password, the PDF contains an URL to another Google Drive folder, with parts of it replaced by symbols โ‘ก-โ‘ค in a certain order.
8. Replacing the symbols with the text from the images yields an URL to a folder containing a congratulation message allowed to be posted on social media, all 5 frames of the animation without the text in the corner, a 1080p video of the animation, and a Google Form asking the viewer to rate the difficulty of the puzzle and a field to send a message to the creator.


The ARG is over, and the URLs are inactive, so I decided to upload it now


The red rectangle was #FF2025 in color, apparently

Updated by ใฆใฏใ„ใ•

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These designs are design speculation from an unknown artist of the three Konosuba characters based on their descriptions from the web novel before the anime adaption was a thing. The original source at https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=36284370 has since been deleted with no backup over at the Wayback Machine, so third-party source and artist request it is.

Below a version of the characters stacked vertically showing a bit more of their design in the width, taken from a website hosting Russian translations of the novel.

See also:
Reddit: The original Konosuba character designs.

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AlsoSprachOdin said in comment #2576039:

A lot of people conflate opposition to mass immigration from Africa and the Middle East with National Socialism. Semantic erosion really sucks.

Well said. I oppose immigration from Africa and the Middle East and I am an illiberal anti-egalitarian racialist pro-eugenics futurist. Thank you for understanding

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It's pretty amusing how game devs (and most creators on any kind of media, really) keep forgetting that most people doesn't give a single fuck about how vile a character is, so long as they're mildly good looking. This girl being just the newest proof of this

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StG if I just uninstalled this game I haven't played in 2 months & didn't have room for just for them to give us Emblem Grima or some shit I'mma rip my hair out & sacrifice my village getting back into my account.