Aug 03, 2024
Author's Commentary #114:
Time to talk about Chapter 114: Serika's first day of school.
This chapter is a remake original, and was actually completed just a few minutes ago. The reason for that is because I hadn't originally planned to write this chapter, and only decided to do so last minute. And honestly, I'm glad I did. Serika's first day at school was never really shown, so I'm glad I got to show it off. Now let's talk a bit about the two new characters that appeared in this chapter.
金田 大人 (Kanada Taijin) is how Taijin's name is written in kanji. 大人 means "big" and "person", while 金田 means "gold" and "hunting". Taijin was actually set to originally be the first main antagonist of Escape Witch. In it, he'd be a gangster that would kidnap Madoka and Yuni and imprison them in a warehouse. I ended up scrapping the idea as I favored having the escape room play a bigger part in Yuni and Madoka meeting. Though now I decided to finally put Taijin in something and had him get absolutely destroyed by Serika.
His birthday is June 28th. I chose this date at random, so there's no greater significance behind why this date is his birthday.
His favorite food is potato chips.
小早川 希叶 (Kobayakawa Nonoka) is how Nonoka's name is spelled in kanji. 希叶 means "hope" and "fulfill", while 小早川 means "small", "fast", and "river".
(If I made any mistakes with the translations, feel free to correct me).
Her birthday is June 26th. I chose the date at random, so there's no greater significance behind why this day is her birthday.
Her favorite food is melon pan.
Nonoka was actually created for this chapter. I had debated using a character from another series, but since no one else would really work, I decided to just make an original character. As such, she'll be incorporated into some of the future chapters both here and in the Escape Witch remake.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.