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The concept, title, and logo for this game are based on "Moetan", a hilarious english "study" book of dubious merit (kind of a description here). I've packed my copy of the book, so I can't look up the names of the characters there, but the characters in the game are loosely based on the characters in the book. ZUN in the game is actually written 乙UN, the kanji was probably selected for it's likeness to Z, rather than it's meaning. ZUN takes the role of the student, Flandre takes the role of the tutor (Ink-chan, but with somewhat less fanservice), GIL-kun as the duck (A-kun), various ASCII-art face characters (Not sure what the poring and various balls of fur match). I'm fairly certain the "weird stick" is actually a Shrine Maiden's gohei, it corresponds with a talking pencil in the book).

Good point - put this in the page. Goodness knows it needs to be worked on, and hasn't been touched in ages. :p And while we're at it, there's also a Moetan-derived C++ learning game. Don't ask. (PD)

I'm pretty sure the poring is based off of Marlin, judging by the hat and expression. And the balls of fur seem to be a generic Touhou enemy, though I can't remember anywhere they actually show up in-game. --JSeabolt

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