Mario Nakano 64

Mario Nakano 64

It's a me. I'm an aspiring light novel writer hoping to one day see my works in anime form. I hope that my works at least brighten up your day and give you something to look forward to.

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    Jun 10, 2024

    Author's Commentary #60:

    Time to talk about Chapter 60: Mimi's family.
    In the original, this chapter took place right after the Col Masaru's one. I wanted that to happen in the remake as well, but the word maximum for the contest wouldn't allow that so I had this arc start off season 2. Now that Harumi and Madoka have made their proper debuts, let's talk about them.

    First up, the Escape Witch herself, Madoka Ginkawa. In kanji, her name is spelled 銀川 窓嘉 (Ginkawa Madoka). 銀川 means "silver river" while 窓嘉 means "window" and "excellent" as well as "opening in the wall".

    Her birthday is March 24th which she actually shares with magician, Harry Houdini.

    Her favorite food is crepes. She also likes sweets in general. As for how much she loves crepes, you'll find out soon.

    銀川 花瑠美 (Ginkawa Harumi) is how Harumi's name is written in kanji. 花瑠美 means "flower", "lapis lazuli", and "beautiful".
    (If I made any mistakes with the translations feel free to correct me).

    Her birthday is July 11th which is also the day the first chapter of the original Escape Witch was released.

    Her favorite food is melon pan with vanilla ice cream.

    Both characters are from Escape Witch with Madoka being the main heroine of said novel. This novel will offer a look at what Madoka was like when she was younger. In fact, she might just have the most screen time out of all the side characters not working at Ryokoma in this series.

    As for Mimi, she'll now be recognized as an official Ginkawa family member. This means she'll be changing her surname to Ginkawa and getting new proper ID as well as living in the Ginkawa mansion.

    Speaking of which, the Ginkawa mansion is located across the bay from Ryokoma. It's so close, the Ginkawas could travel to and from by boat if they choose.

    That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.

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    Spice of life [Remake] cover
    Spice of life [Remake]
    Chapter:60

    Jun 09, 2024

    Author's Commentary #107:

    Time to talk about Chapter 107: Tennison's ICBM.
    Carol's getting a chance to shine and showcase one the more fun gambits, the Tennison gambit. Nicknamed the ICBM gambit, this gambit if successful nets you the enemy queen and puts the enemy king in a more precarious position. Speaking of the bird that got blasted in the face with Carol's ICBM, let's talk about him.

    エドワード・アレン・ジキル (Edward Allen Jekyll) is how his name is written in katakana. He takes inspiration from both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven.

    His birthday is January 29th which is when The Raven was first published.

    His favorite piece is the knight because it's the closest piece to resembling a raven, according to him.

    While it might seem a bit of a stretch to have a 400-rated player like Carol beat someone rated over 2000 like Jekyll, she managed to win thanks to Jekyll forgetting about the Tennison gambit and falling victim to it. After that, he completely lost it and hasted his demise with blunder after blunder.

    Since the Tennison gambit is so satisfying to pull off, I wanted it to be featured in the series, but since advanced level players tend to thwart it, someone like Mimoko likely wouldn't play it. Thus, I decided to have Carol play it.

    On a separate note, the cover has been updated and now features Iori. Not to mention, some art of Okisato and Peter has been uploaded to the showcase. I also plan to update the Desperado artwork soon so look forward to that as well.

    That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.

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    En Passant Grandmaster
    Chapter:107



    Jun 08, 2024

    Author's Commentary #58:

    It's finally time to discuss the Season 1 epilogue, Chapter 58: The Spice that makes life fun.
    There's a lot to say about this. First off, with the exception of Chapter 43: Not so smart, all the Season 1 chapters of the remake were part of my contest entry version of the novel. Sadly it didn't make it through the first round, but I'm glad I submitted it.

    Looking back on it, I quickly noticed many glaring points which likely led to it not passing. My writing style improving a bit since then also changed my outlook on the remake, but since I wasn't quite up to rewriting the remake in my updated writing style, I primarily left it unchanged from my final draft for the contest entry.

    Season 2 might be a little closer to my current writing style, but I think it's going to be more of an in-between style of my current writing style and the writing style I used when writing Season 1.

    As for the finale itself, there are two things to note. First, Himawari met with Ookuma. Second, Maju and Onrai made for the perfect end credit roll with their performances. This was the main reason I decided to put them in Season 1. If this ever got an anime adaptation, you can bet Onrai and his band would probably be playing the ED as the credits roll.

    Thank you to everyone that has read and supported the series thus far. While Season 1 has been very similar to it's original counterpart aside from reshuffling some arcs, Season 2 will feature far more original content which I was unable to put in the original Spice of life. I hope you look forward to it.

    That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.

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    Spice of life [Remake]
    Chapter:58


    Jun 08, 2024

    Author's Commentary #106:

    Time to talk about Chapter 106: Thick fog and a Danish gambit.
    Things are starting to heat up now that some Desperados are on the hunt. Luckily, Okisato just so happened to be nearby and was able to take one of them out.

    One thing I will confirm is that the DESPERs are capable of teleporting players to real world places as settings for the game. This is why Okisato is trapped atop the Tokyo sky tree. He does get rescued eventually though so no need to worry about him. His opponent though is dead. Speaking of which, let's talk a bit about Col Baskerville Moran.

    バスカヴィル・モラン大佐 (Col Baskerville Moran) is how his name would be written in Japanese. He's an obvious Sherlock Holmes reference referencing both Hound of the Baskervilles and the character, Col Sebastien Moran. Even his rating of 2212 is a reference to Holmes' address of 221B Baker Street.

    His birthday is September 26th which is the day The Adventure of the Empty House, the story Col Moran debuted in, was first published.

    His favorite piece is the rook, mainly because it reminds him of a cannon. He actually did serve in the military, but was dishonorably discharged due to his brutality. He was actually only a Private when this happened, but soon after he joined the Desperado league and was awarded the rank of Colonel after beating the head of the military in a DESPER match.

    As for the game, it features a Danish gambit, or more accurately, a Danish gambit declined. The Danish gambit is a very aggressive opening which is why I wanted to feature it in the series. Since it was declined in this game, there's a good chance there will be a game in the future where it isn't declined, so be on the look out for that.

    That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.

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    En Passant Grandmaster cover
    En Passant Grandmaster
    Chapter:106