Dec 13, 2025
Author's Commentary #652:
Time to talk about the finale of Special Feature 2, Chapter 652: And finally, some guest stars.
As my fictional self highlighted in the chapter, there were some Pre-6B chapters I decided to completely cut, and the ultimate root of that is actually due to Lada. With me deciding to have her debut in Season 9, it meant I had to rewrite canon, as in excluding her from the Malasangre music video collab. Since Lada was central to most of the cut chapters, and I didn't feel like rewriting them, they got cut. That being said, I'll likely bring back the characters that debuted in them in later arcs of the story, maybe even have them play bigger roles in the volume revisions. I did bring back one of them though.
イナーラ・バロンズ (Ināra Barons) is how Ināra's name is spelled in katakana.
Her birthday is May 12th, which is name day for Ināra.
Her favorite piece is the knight.
Like most of the new characters that debuted in the Kisha interview portion of Pre-6B, she primarily came about due to me fiddling around in paint with character designs. And if I'm being honest, that's kind of how many of the other minor characters came to be.
With the Volume adaptation of Season 7, I imagine most are probably going to get cut, or at least the ones I only give a minor mention of. There might even be a few whose backstories I'll completely overhaul. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
Season 10 is next, and as promised, it will be more of a relaxed and cozy deal. That being said, chess, or rather chess history, will be its central theme.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.
