Feb 09, 2026
Author's Commentary #710:
Time to talk about Chapter 710: How Yuusuke met Yumehara.
A bit anticlimactic, but it kind of fits. As for Yumehara, I'll refrain from going into his bio for the moment, mainly because I'm honestly still trying to figure out what to do with his character. I can talk a bit about his behind the scenes origins.
As I'm sure you're aware, I'm revising the series in volume format. As part of this process, I decided that for the Chess Olympics, Zago and Azenira would be cut from their respective teams. In Azenira's place would be Utami, while for Zago, I'd need to create someone new since Yuusuke can't join the team. Thus, Yumehara was born.
He's essentially just an ego emo pretty boy from a boy band. That being said, here he'll likely have just a minor role, especially given how I'm feeling in terms of writing right now.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.