Sep 15, 2025
Author's Commentary #563:
Time to talk about Chapter 563: Return of the empathetic yandere.
Guess who's back. That's right, Emmie who had her heart explode and her skin melt off is still alive. Though she truly was killed off in the original drafts, much like Sir Grobhand had been, like him, I reversed the decision, but only vaguely hinted at her still being alive. This chapter truly confirms it and explains how she managed to survive.
I'll admit that while I did have plans for Emmie to return, I didn't fully know how to implement it until just recently. In case you forgot, Following Simone's defeat to Skaberghast, Emmie was left for dead, and would have died had the shadowy woman not shown up in time and dragged her into a match which I'll confirm here uses the power possessed by those from Deep blue, meaning the shadowy woman is part of Deep Blue, and likely one of it's top members, maybe even a grandmastermind, with how good her natural skillset is.
Speaking of which, this game was one-sided domination, which makes sense given poor Emmie was only 669 at the time. Writing out this game was actually a calm and seamless experience as once I got writing, I didn't stop until it was complete. Plus I like how the game ended with the knight checkmate. Whoever this mysterious woman is truly is a devil in human flesh.
As for Emmie, her skin and heart are back, and she's even undergone training to reach her new peak of 2296. A fun fact about this rating is that it's the original rating I assigned to Tenju after the end of the women's team qualification tournament, but as you might remember, I set her rating at 2222 for the tournament, and I'm not going to change that. Thus, I fixed it so that 2222 is the rating she gains after that tournament instead of 2296. I didn't want the rating to go to waste though, so now it's Emmie's new rating. She's also got the title of candidate master, but sadly, she's at the beck and call of whoever this shadowy woman truly is.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.
