Jul 12, 2024
Author's Commentary #39:
Time to talk about Chapter 39: Emeri's family.
As stated previously, Season 2 of the remake will feature far more significant changes from the original compared to Season 1. The first big change is that Emeri's family has a whole chapter dedicated solely to their introduction. Speaking of which, let's go over everyone's bios.
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.
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.
As mentioned in the story, Eika is Harumi's younger sister who disowned herself from the family in order to make a name for herself free of the family's influence and in hopes that she wouldn't be targeted by Illumous. Her 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.
倉守 惠利砂 (Kuramori Eriza) is how Eriza's name is spelled in kanji. 惠利砂 means "kindness", "advantage", and "sand".
(If I made any mistakes with the translations, feel free to correct me).
Her birthday is July 5th which was the day of the opening ceremony of the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Eriza is already a rising star in the sports world and is Eika's pride and joy. Her main condition for allowing Emeri to live at the Ginkawa mansion was that she didn't drag Eriza into any of the Ginkawa family's problems and never tell her that she was a Ginkawa. Emeri accepted the terms and was allowed to live at the mansion.
As for why I decided to extend the introduction, I wanted the Kuramoris to have more screen-time so that readers could get a better grasp of their characters. Their characters aren't much different from the original though, but speaking of character changes, a certain antagonist has undergone a complete character overhaul. You'll see what I mean soon.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.
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