Jun 17, 2024
Author's Commentary #67:
Time to talk about Chapter 67: An Olympic dinner celebration.
This chapter's main purpose is to introduce the other members of the Ginkawa family, notably Emeri, Madoka's cousin. While Emeri is currently unaware that she is a Ginakwa by blood in this series, she is nonetheless close with Madoka as her family tends to vist hers frequently. As for why she doesn't know she's a Ginkawa, her mother Eika, who's Harumi's sister and Gozaemon's daughter, left the family in order to make a name for herself without the family's influence looming over her. Speaking of which, let's give the bios for all the new characters starting with Emeri.
倉守 英芽里 (Kuramori Emeri) is how her name is spalled in kanji. 英芽里 means "excellence", "sprout", and "village" , but can also mean "beautiful" which Emeri certainly is. 倉守 means "warehouse" and "protect".
Her birthday is July 25th. I chose this date at random so there's no greater significance behind why I chose this date to be her birthday.
Her favorite food is unadon. Like Madoka and Yuni, she is one of the main characters of Escape Witch. Now only Serika has yet to appear in Spice of life, and I can guarantee she will.
倉守 功気 (Kuramori Koki) is how Koki's name is spelled in kanji. 功気 means "achievement" and "energy" which is fitting considering he's a massive jock.
His birthday is April 6th which was the day of the opening of the first modern Olympic games which was held in Athens, Greece in 1896.
His favorite food is protein shakes. He actually used to have red hair but lasered all of it off in order to improve his times. Emeri got both her hair and eyes from him.
倉守 栄華 (Kuramori Eika) is how Eika's name is spelled in kanji. 栄華 means "glory" and "flower".
Her birthday is December 22nd. This date was partially chosen at random, though I made sure that her birthday was during Winter. Since this won't even be brought up properly in Spice of life, I'll reveal that Eika's original name was Akina and spelled as 秋奈 in kanji.
秋奈 means "Fall" and "fruit tree". All the children of Gozaemon are named after seasons though ironically were each born in the season following the one they were named after. Since she's a Ginkawa by blood, her hair is naturally silver, however, she dyes it red.
Like Koki, her favorite food is protein shakes.
倉守 惠利砂 (Kuramori Eriza) is how Eriza's name is spelled in kanji. 惠利砂 means "kindness", "advantage", and "sand".
Her birthday is July 5th which was the day of the opening ceremony of the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Her favorite food is kale protein smoothies. Despite her young age, she's brimming with talent and got all her parent's athletic genes and then some. Her hair is naturally red like her sister, however, she bares the Ginkawa's trademark lapis lazuli colored eyes.
As for the twins, 銀川 織美亜 (Ginkawa Oribia) and
銀川 織世 (Ginkawa Orise) are how their names are written in kanji. 織世 means "weave" and "generation" while 織美亜 means "weave", "beautiful", and "second".
Their birthday is April 4th. The reason I chose the date was because 2 squared is 4, and because 4 is considered an unlucky number in Japanese culture. This is fitting since the twins tend to embody the dark side of the Ginkawa family. Orise is the older one and therefore would have been the one to be the next head of the family had Harumi not decided to make Madoka her successor.
Their favorite food is caviar.
Finally, there's the current head of the Ginkawa family, primarily in title only, Gozaemon Ginkawa. He used to be much stricter, but has mellowed out in recent years.
銀川 五左衛門 (Ginkawa Gozaemon) is how Gozaemon's name is written in kanji. 五左衛門 means "five", "left", "protect", and "door".
(If I made any mistakes with the translations, feel free to correct me).
His birthday is May 5th. I chose this date for him mainly due to his affinity for the number 5. In fact, 5 is his lucky number.
His favorite food is candied apples.
While some characters like Gozaemon and the twins won't have many more appearances in the story, I at least wanted them to be prominently featured in at least one chapter.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.
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