Oct 05, 2025
Author's Commentary #583:
Time to talk about Chapter 583: Under these circumstances.
Turned out Emmie decided to predict Iori and Mimoko's game move-for-move, which naturally rattled both Iori and Mimoko. Iori's more rattled by the fact that Emmie's alive, while Mimoko's obviously more concerned about Mimoko Tanabe as is Daria.
Speaking of the commentator's booth, Ilmi joins the crew as the guest for the day. I've been waiting for a chance to bring Ilmi back into the story, and felt this was the perfect chance for it. I'll confirm Iori has in fact beaten her after she became a DSPCM, so she has the badge for that.
As for Arii, turns out she's an asshole. Even back when I first designed her, I always had in mind that she'd be the "never meet your idols" kind of character who appears nice at first, but is actually mean deep down. She was actually aware of 6B's true nature and initially sought to have Matsuba and Friedl participate and preferably be killed, but Matsuba instead dragged her with her, oblivious of it all, which of course led to both getting shaved bald. Though her hair is growing back, Arii's mask is constantly dropping, with more and more wising up to her true despicable nature. Yuusuke was a fan of her voice work, but now will have to deal with a heavy emotional blow right before his match. However, we'll settle things between Mimoko and Iori first.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.