Oct 08, 2024
Special Author's Commentary:
Surprise! Turns out I decided to give this series another chapter on it's one year anniversary. I think as a joke I might only upload chapters to this particular novel once every year. However, the gyarus and JZ will be making more appearances in other works.
Some of you might have noticed that I changed JZ's name from Hiroto Hatori to Jouzou Hiroto. That was actually because I legitimately forgot Hiroto was his first name and not his surname. Though I like his new name much better.
Speaking of names, time to list everyone's name and birthday.
廣戸 丈造 (Hiroto Jouzou) is how Jouzou's name is spelled in kanji. ジェイジー (JZ) is how his nickname would be spelled in katakana. 廣戸 means "spacious" and "door", while 丈造 means "height" and "build".
His birthday is October 8th, which is the same day as this series' anniversary.
赤禿 逢 (Akahage Ai) is how Ai's name is spelled in kanji. 赤禿 means "red" and "bald", while 逢 means "encounter".
Her birthday is October 9th, which is one day after this series' anniversary.
藤藁 希望 (Fujiwara Mirai) is how Mirai's name is spelled in kanji) 藤藁 means "wisteria" and "draft", while 希望 means "wish" and "hope".
Her birthday is also October 8th, but she's a year older than Jouzou.
久良木 風祭 (Kuragi Kazamatsuri) is how Kuragi's name is spelled in kanji. 久良木 means "ancient", "good", and "tree" 風祭 means "wind" and "festival" while 久良木 means "ancient", "good", and "tree". As stated in the chapter, she prefers to go by her last name simply because it's shorter, but is also fine with being called, "Matsuri".
Her birthday is October 9th, which is the same as Ai.
七ツ木 華魅 (Nanatsugi Hanabi) is how I believe Hanabi's name would be spelled in kanji. 七ツ木 means "seven" and "tree" while 華魅 means "flower" and "charm". Since I couldn't find a proper kanji name for "Nanatsugi". there's a good chance the translation is wrong, at least for Hanabi's surname.
(If I made any mistakes with the translations, feel free to correct me).
Her birthday is also October 9th.
One final thing I'll mention is that I did upload some art of the gyarus and JZ. JZ has now been redesigned to look more like Okisato, which might seem lazy at first, but I guarantee it will play a greater part in Jouzu-verse lore. Speaking of which, this work is now finally part of the Jouzou-verse. I was actually considering whether or not to include it, but I finally figured out how to properly implement it into it. That means JZ and the gyarus will be appearing in Streamer Royale, so go check out the latest chapter if you want to see JZ and the gyarus interacting with everyone else.
That's all for this special commentary. I hope you enjoyed reading it.
