Shared Fol-DA
| Artist(s): | Deja Vu, MALINO |
|---|---|
| Source: | Deja Vu |
| First released: | circa 2005 |
| Characters featured: | ME, 2K, XP, NT, 95 |
| # of volumes: | 3 |
Overview
Drawn by the Doujin group Deja Vu, this series centers around the Windows-tans, mainly ME, 2K, XP, 95 and NT, and how they function (or don't!) together. Linux, as a horned penguin had made a cameo appearance, and a catch-all Mac/Apple-tan had been mentioned a few times as an antagonist, but hadn't shown up in the series proper.
While the main characters' designs and personalities are faithful to what has been shown before, there were some major changes that were part of the comic's controversy.
Major changes and controversy
The biggest change in this series is NT-tan, who is a very different character than in OS-tan canon.
NT-tan in this series is a burgundy-haired woman resembling 2K-tan, wearing glasses, and a schoolgirl-type outfit with a blue pleated skirt and Windows logo-colored vest. Unlike the canon NT-tan, she is depicted as 2K-tan's teacher instead of her mother, and is very strict and harsh with a professional demeanor. In one strip showing NT teaching a young 2K-tan, she told 2K-tan to learn a lesson well beyond her abilities at the time, but still demanded she mastered it quickly.
This new NT-tan was not welcomed by the rest of the OS-tan community, and was deemed a bootleg design.
Additional controversy
See Dispute_between_Futaba_Society_and_Déjà_vu.
Aftermath
It still remains largely unknown how the dispute was resolved, but Deja Vu's NT-tan character had fallen into discontinuity by OS-tan fans, and mentioning the scandal is considered a taboo in the OS-tan fan culture.