:stop_sign: :loudspeaker: 注意!！WaniKani spoilers ahead! Read at your own peril. :cat_with_wry_smile: It’s been brought to my attention that recently sightings of special durtles have been made, some simply taking on a new profession, others having evolved into new hybrid species. If you see one, plea…

I saw the pirate turtle again on day 1,428. Based on the earlier pirate seen at day 588, my guess would be that there are a total of 20 special durtles and the last one will show up at day 840, and the day 882 durtle would then be the alien one again.

amazing discovery :exploding_head: this would mean the “cute” one on 1050 will show up at 210

Wow, impressive durtle research contribution :clap: So, along with 210 being ‘cute’ as @straille said, we can fill in the following ones: 882 = alien 924 = berry 966 = bubble 1008 = cool And you’ve also disproven the 42x42=1,764 being the last one theory :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Did you get a screenshot of day 1,428? :astonished_face: If there’s really only 20 special durtles, I’ll be disappointed but also relieved that I don’t have to keep up my streak for another 832 days. :joy_cat: Maybe the :crabigator: decided that 2.3 years of daily study is the ideal amount of time…

It’s possible they’ll add some more at a future date too. Maybe they wanted to publish a first batch of special durtles (I would guess 840 days is more than the average streak number?), but they may want to reward those with longer streaks with extra special durtles eventually :caught_durtling: So …

I’ve got the 294 turtle right here! [image] https://assets.wanikani.com/assets/widgets/study-streak/durtle-back-a88c36a1.svg

素晴らしい〜〜〜 The first thing that came to my mind was ‘‘backstreet boys’‘ but I have no evidence of a connection yet :face_with_peeking_eye:

I have the 1764 durtle. This is 42 x 42. I don’t know if there is any special significance to the double 42. [Capture d’écran 2026-03-06 135714] id is berry durtle https://assets.wanikani.com/assets/widgets/study-streak/berry-durtle-d41dc8f5.svg

ありがとうございました :partying_face: That’s an extremely impressive streak :partying_face: Looks like there really are only 20 special durtles!!! :hushed_face:

[image] catwithcookiesandtea: Did you get a screenshot of day 1,428? :astonished_face: I do now: [image]

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I’ve got the 294 turtle right here!

https://assets.wanikani.com/assets/widgets/study-streak/durtle-back-a88c36a1.svg

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