Yoshiyuki Sadamoto designed the character to meet the staff's request to include a being that could serve as the series mascot. Because the show is set in Hakone, a town known for its hot springs, Pen Pen was at first conceived as a monkey, but the idea was considered unattractive and was discarded. Pen-Pen is possibly inspired by Mister Pen-Pen (Mr.ペンペン), a genetically modified penguin that appears in a 1986 anime of the same name.
it's difficult to not to portray ophanim "more machine than organic". If they were real and you had met one, you would probably think that it's a machine.
must be firewall > socks > wireguard > vpn
2nd question on netGuard FAQ https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/blob/master/FAQ.md