Some of you might remember the "Tapa" I posted 2 years ago ( Discord message ). Many were outraged, possibly to this day. Well I can assure you that here is a perfectly normal puzzle. It's my way of making it up to you.

Rules: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area and no 2x2 region is entirely shaded. Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the (up to) eight cells surrounding the clue.

Here's the previous classic Tapa in GAPP, by Lavaloid: Archive: Monday, 26 January 2026

Acquire a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 2:30 or less!
Obtain a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving the puzzle in 5:00 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle will be rewarded with an Contrite Congo Martin 🐦

Example (Penpa+) by shye: https://tinyurl.com/2ur2yyas
Puzzle (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/n2eevf7c

It looks like all the clues fell off the Tapa earlier. I don't know how that happened. But it looks like most of you managed to solve it anyway?? I'm impressed!

I lost the clues to three more puzzles, but I reckon you can figure it out.

RULES

Kurotto: Shade some cells so that clues represent the total size of the orthogonally connected areas of shaded cells that share an edge with the clue. Clued cells cannot be shaded.

Choco Banana: Shade some cells so that all areas of orthogonally connected shaded cells are rectangular and all areas of orthogonally connected unshaded cells are not rectangular. A clue represents the size of its group of shaded/unshaded cells.

Hasu No Mura: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area and no 2x2 region is entirely shaded. Clues cannot be shaded and indicate the sum of the areas of the unshaded regions using the (up to 4) cells diagonally adjacent to the clue. (This may include the region the clue is in, and if a region uses multiple diagonal neighbours, it is only counted once.)

Interface Note: I recommend going to settings -> Surface Second Colour -> Blue!

Check out the previous appearances linked below for examples..

Get a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving all puzzles in 10:00 or less!
Get a Quick Crab 🦀 by solving all puzzles in 20:00 or less!
And all solvers who solve all puzzles will be rewarded with a Clueless Club-winged Manakin 🐦

Kurotto: Archive: Tuesday, 27 May 2025 (bakpao)
Choco Banana: Archive: Wednesday, 4 February 2026 (Rook)
Hasu No Mura: Archive: Monday, 30 March 2026 (me)

Kurotto (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/jzd7pjr9
Choco Banana (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/4s2up5yr
Hasu No Mura (Penpa+): https://tinyurl.com/bdff23zc