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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    Mar 13, 2025

    Author's Commentary #377:

    Time to talk about Chapter 377: The SPCMs competing in the tournament.
    As the title suggests, this chapter is all about highlighting the SPCMs competing in the tournament. While most of them have already been identified, I decided to do a chapter highlighting them all just to be certain.

    There isn't really much else to talk about aside from the fact that only 6 countries have been listed as having SPCMs. Those countries are Japan, China, Russia, France, Norway, and the United States of America. However, there are 7 maestros meaning there must be a 7th country with SPCMs. The truth of the matter is that said country is actually competing in the tournament and even has it's maestro and some of it's SPCMs competing. However, I want said country to remain a surprise, at least until I drop artwork containing the final maestro. Though on that note, there's always a chance I might end up deciding to do something unique with the final maestro and change my plans entirely.

    The 7th maestro is actually the one that's gone through the most revisions on their character. I will confirm they haven't appeared in the story yet, but I will confirm that characters that are likely to be their SPCMs have already. The clue to which country this will be will lie in the chapter that discusses some of the DSPCMs. Whichever country is not mentioned in both that that one and this one has a chance of being the final maestro's country. See if you can guess what it is before it's revealed in the story.

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

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    Mar 12, 2025

    Author's Commentary #376:

    Time to talk about Chapter 376: Okisato the polyglot.
    As the title suggests, this chapter focuses on Okisato and the various languages he speaks. Ironically enough, it arguably serves more as a reminder to me of the languages he speaks.

    There are some things to note though. First off, he speaks nearly every native language of the teams both the men's and women's teams has faced as well as the languages of those he's encountered. However, there are also some notable omissions, namely Russian, Portugese, and Albanian. The behind the scenes reason why they aren't included is simply because I forgot, but me forgetting is what led to me devising the plotpoint that Okisato might know more than he lets on.

    He actually learned Italian and Icelandic before the second round, but kept the fact hidden, which ended up working out well for him as it gave him a way to keep Kisha from digging too deeply into him. Though if he hadn't known those two languages, he truly would have learned said languages simply by staring at them for a minute or two.

    As for why this is, I'll reveal that it's thanks to him winning a DESPER battle with his prize for winning being that he'll be able to become fluent in any language permanently simply by staring at a paragraph or two entirely written in said language. Though there was some natural talent within him as well.

    As for the three languages I noted Okisato didn't state he spoke, I will confirm he does know at least one of them, but is refusing to confirm the fact. There is also a chance that there is a certain language he's incapable of learning and understanding. I'm still debating on whether or not to pursue some of these plotpoints, but you can definitely expect Okisato's list of languages to grow throughout the course of the series.

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

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    Mar 12, 2025

    Author's Commentary #375:

    Time to talk about Chapter 375: An update on the standings.
    Just as the title suggests, this chapter is all about giving an update on the standings. Out of all the chapters, I imagine I might end up coming back to edit this chapter the most, mainly due to it's nature. I actually struggled quite a bit with writing out all the standings as in order for some future matchups I have planed to best work out, some of the teams need to be close together in the standings.

    On a different note, we have now entered the rest day arc. Most of the chapters will primarily take place in Kisha Shinbun's studio, where various players will be interviewed. There will also be some lore drop chapters where certain statistics, such as number of twins competing, identifying some of the DSPCMs competing, etc. This mainly came about because I really needed a break from writing chess games, yet despite that, there ended up being a few chess games sprinkled into the interviews.

    This arc will last a while, but I will confirm that not all the chapters will be centered around Kisha's show. There will be scenes of characters enjoying their day off, as well as some important story chapters as well. As for round 7, it will likely start in the last few days of the month. I've finally got my mojo back so expect to see some wild games in round 7 of the tournament.

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

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    Mar 12, 2025

    Author's Commentary #374:

    Time to talk about Chapter 374: A Deep Blue conspiracy.
    At long last, a plotline I've had in the works for months has finally been name dropped. Deep Blue has finally been mentioned, but despite that, I still can't go into much detail about it since I don't want to spoil a thing about it. What I can do though is give some background on what it is based off of.

    Deep Blue is based off a supercomputer of the same name created by IBM which is most famous for playing a pair of six-game chess matches against then-reigning World Chess Champion, Garry Kasperov. The first match held in Philadelphia in 1996 was won by Kasparov with a score of 4-2, but in the rematch held in New York City in 1997, Deep Blue won with a score of 3.5-2.5. This made Deep Blue the first computer to defeat a reigning world chess champion. With that in mind, it's easy to see why I chose to name an evil organization, Deep Blue.

    While Deep Blue likely won't be brought up again for a while, I will confirm that many of it's members, some notable, some not, have already debuted in the story. Some might be more obvious than others, or outright confirmed, like Ginji, but others will be much harder to spot. Nonetheless, feel free to challenge yourself to see if you can guess who is part of Deep Blue and who isn't. Though keep in mind, when Deep Blue is properly revealed onscreen, I will not be revealing every single member at once, so it might take months or even years before every Deep Blue member is known. That should give you an idea of my long-term plans for Deep Blue in the story.

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

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    Mar 12, 2025

    Author's Commentary #373:

    Time to talk about Chapter 373: Mayim Mayim miracle.
    The power of music strikes again. This time, it's Mayim Mayim, a Jewish folk song that is also a staple of Japanese culture. I first learned about this after stumbling upon Unseen Japan's "The Jewish Folk Song Everyone in Japan Knows" video in the course of researching folk songs for some of the teams. Upon watching the video and hearing the song, notably the version in Konami's Sexy Parodius, I was instantly filled with inspiration.

    Not only did I now have the perfect idea in mind on how to close out the Bermuda party arc, but also the perfect theme for Noa and Maccabee. As stated in previous commentaries, all the teams usually have a folk song or two that served as the main source of inspiration behind their teams. This stems primarily from my video game/ anime adaptation mentality, and the fact that I believe good music is the key to enhancing a medium, usually a visual one.

    Originally, the folk song I designated as the theme for the Simiens was Hava Nagila, the most well-known Jewish folk song in the world. I'd still say that would be the main theme that would play for some of the Simiens, but Mayim Mayim is undeniably the theme that would play when facing Maccabee or Noa. Speaking of theme songs, there's a chance I'll throw in a special interview chapter where I list off all the songs I have associated with the various teams and characters. No clue on how soon that will be though.

    Getting back to the chapter, due to the significance of Mayim Mayim in both Japanese and Jewish cultures, most of the first people to recognize the song and jump in were either Japanese, Jewish, or both like Noa. In regards to why certain characters like Levi and Avian were name-dropped in this segment, it's because the real-life chess players they're based off of, Levon Aronian and Ian Nepomniachtchi, are Jewish themselves. Thus I felt the characters meant to pay homage to them should be Jewish as well.

    And now, the Bermuda party arc has officially concluded. I really went overboard on this one as evidenced by the fact that an arc I originally planned to just be a chapter or two ended up being just over 20 chapters long. Me trying to line things up for a proper anniversary chapter for the series is what initially led to the arc getting extended, but it was the opportunity to not only introduce many of the various teams I've made artwork of, but also showcase more chess variants again. There were also some good normal games too, such as the Raymond one. I really did enjoy writing this arc, and I hope that many enjoyed reading it. Now that's over, next up is the rest day arc. I hope you're looking forward to this next arc of the series.

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

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    Mar 12, 2025

    Author's Commentary #372:

    Time to talk about Chapter 372: Bughouse blues.
    It's been over 350 chapters, but there's finally a new bughouse game in the series. Due to the nature of bughouse and the fact that there currently isn't a proper analysis engine out there for it, I tend not to feature them much in the series. However, I felt that the final game of the 6B unofficial tournament should be a bughouse game, which is why I went with it.

    Creating the game wasn't easy though. At first, I just tried playing some random bughouse matches on Chess.com, to see if any of those games would be good, but eventually decided on just creating the whole thing from scratch, which did allow me to both make crazy openings and achieve the rare double mate state. Even that was wrought with challenge though as I nearly made an error and had Mimosa drop a piece she didn't have yet, but luckily I was able to fix it with a simple shifting of events. Therein lies the main challenge in writing bughouse games as certain events must play out in a specified order, otherwise you'll get scenarios where characters drop pieces they don't have.

    And with that, the 6B unofficial tournament is over. The Bermuda party is almost over too, with the next chapter being the grand finale of the arc. This one has really been a ride, but it's finally at it's end. I have much to talk about it, but I'll save that for the commentary on the next chapter. Though for now, I'll state that I'm pleased with the games I featured in this arc of the story.

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

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    Mar 12, 2025

    Author's Commentary #371:

    Time to talk about Chapter 371: Four-way frenzy.
    Four-player chess is back, and this time it's a free-for-all. I've been wanting to include another one of these gams for a while, but just haven't found the time to do so until now. That being said, it's also not easy to write four-player games.

    This largely stems from the fact that there isn't a proper analysis engine out for it yet, and the fact that it can be cumbersome to write a long game. Out of all the chapters this arc, this one easily took me the longest to write and burned me out the most. Even though the game is only 30 moves, this is a 4-player game, meaning each turn can have up to four different players moving. Even though one team was out by move 3, there were still 3 teams left until move 24, with the game finally ending on move 30. In total, that's 84 individual moves I have to write, which is naturally complicated more by the scale of the 4-player board. This was a real struggle to write, but I felt the audience deserved to have a proper 4-player free-for-all game shown onscreen. Now with that out of the way, it's time for the character bios.

    ファム・ティ・ユア (Phạm Thị Yua) is how Yua's name would be spelled in katakana. 友彩 is how her first name would be written in kanji and means "friend" and "color".

    Her birthday is July 17th, which she shares with her twin sister Meisa.

    Her favorite piece is the bishop.

    ファム・ティ・ユズナ (Phạm Thị Yuzuna) is how Yuzuna's name would be spelled in katakana. 柚凪 is how her first name would be spelled in kanji and means "yuzu" and "calm".

    Her birthday is May 10th, which she shares with Vietnamese grandmaster, Đào Thiên Hải.

    Her favorite piece is the queen.

    Yuzuna originally hails from Japan, but immigrated to Vietnam where she married and had children. She has an unbridled hatred for yakuza and is a gifted chess player.

    ホー・ティ・フック (Hồ Thị Phuoc) is how Phuoc's name would be spelled in katakana.

    Her birthday is October 21st, which she shares with Vietnamese grandmaster, Lê Tuấn Minh.

    Her favorite piece is the pawn.

    ドアン・ミン (Đoàn Mihn) is how Mihn's name would be spelled in katakana.

    Her birthday is March 13th, which she shares with Vietnamese grandmaster, Lê Quang Liêm.

    Her favorite piece is the queen.

    レオンス・ラザール (Léonce Lazaar) is how Léonce's name would be spelled in katakana.

    Her birthday is December 2nd, which she shares with French officer and naval engineer, Léonce Verny.

    Her favorite piece is the queen.

    アルノー・モリス (Arnaud Morrice) is how Arnaud's name would be spelled in katakana.

    His birthday is March 6th, which he shares with Jamaican-American grandmaster, Maurice Ashley.

    His favorite piece is the king.

    ペトラ・クロンホルム (Petra Cronholm) is how Petra's name would be spelled in katakana.

    Her birthday is April 23rd, which she shares with Swedish grandmaster, Pia Cramling.

    Her favorite piece is the queen.

    Petra is a character I've been wanting to introduce properly for a while now. Originally, she was planned to simply make a cameo after the 1st round alongside Agneta, but since Agneta didn't end up debuting then, she too had her reveal pushed back.

    アグネス・イングランド (Agnes Englund) is how Agnes' name would be spelled in katakana.

    Her birthday is October 27th, which she shares with Latvian chess master and the one credited with introducing the main line of the Englund gambit, Kārlis Bētiņš.

    Her favorite piece is the bishop.

    ダグマー・バーグステン (Dagmar Bergsten ) is how Dagmar's name would be spelled in katakana.

    Her birthday is September 28th, which she shares with Swedish grandmaster, Stellan Brynell.

    Her favorite piece is the rook.

    フランシー・デリング (Francie Derring) is how Francie's name would be spelled in katakana.

    Her birthday is September 16th, which she shares with Australian-Japanese singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and former comedian, George Kusunoki Miller.

    Her favorite piece is the queen.

    Francie is meant to serve as a homage to Filthy Frank, who was the character created by and portrayed by George Kusunoki Miller, aka Joji. She's essentially a female Filthy Frank and is even half-Japanese and half-Australian like Joji. She's even considering starting a music career and is regarded as a good rapper.

    マリーゴールド・フローワー (Marigold Flower) is how Marigold's name would be spelled in katakana.

    Her birthday is May 20th, which is Flower Day.

    Her favorite piece is the pawn, since it can blossom into a new piece.

    The whole point of Marigold's name is that it is a pun. Nothing else, nothing more.

    カンディ・コッテン (Kandi Cotten) is how Kandi's name would be spelled in katakana.

    Her birthday is February 4th, which she shares with Australian grandmaster, Darryl Johansen.

    Her favorite piece is the queen.

    マートル・フォット (Myrtle Foat) is how Myrtle's name would be spelled in katakana.

    Her birthday is June 24th, which she shares with Australian grandmaster, Ian Rogers.

    Her favorite piece is the queen.

    Originally, Myrtle bore Valborg's design, however I felt it wasn't fitting the character properly, thus, I initially replaced Myrtle's design with Kandi's original design and freshened it up a bit while giving Kandi herself a brand new design.

    イモージェン・クライヤー (Imogen Cryer) is how Imogen's name would be spelled in katakana.

    Her birthday is July 8th, which she shares with Australian chess master, Henry Charlick.

    Her favorite piece is the queen.

    ミク・バチョヴィッチ (Miku Baćović) is how Miku's name would be spelled in katakana. Мику Баћовић (Miku Baćović) is how it would be written in Montenegrin (Cyrillic).

    モーフィッド・バチョヴィッチ (Morfydd Baćović) is how Morfydd's name would be spelled in katakana. Морфидд Баћовић (Morfydd Baćović) is how it would be written in Montenegrin (Cyrillic).

    ブドゥグ・バチョヴィッチ (Buddug Baćović) is how Buddug's name would be spelled in katakana. Буддуг Баћовић (Buddug Baćović) is how it would be written in Montenegrin (Cyrillic).

    Their birthday is May 15th. The significance behind this is that 15 divided by 5 equals 3, which is fitting since the three are triplets.

    Their favorite piece is the pawn.

    The triplets are all based off of Miku Nakano from the Quintessential Quintuplets, with one even being named Miku. All share her signature pout, and are lacking in stamina, but that's where the similarities end. Unlike Miku from the Quintessential Quintuplets, the triplets are incredibly lazy, making them more akin to Ichika Nakano, who also hails from the Quintessential Quintuplets. Despite their names, all are pure Montenegrins, simply having Japanese and Welsh given names because their parents simply chose the names after hearing them and thought they sounded cool. As for why I chose to give the characters these names, I simply thought they sounded cool.

    イリヤナ・グヴォズデノヴィッチ (Ilyana Gvozdenović) is how Ilyana's name would be spelled in katakana. Иљана Гвозденовић (Ilyana Gvozdenović) is how it would be spelled in Montenegrin (Cyrillic).

    Her birthday is August 24th, which she shares with Montenegrin grandmaster, Božidar Ivanović.

    Her favorite piece is the king.

    Originally, Ilyana bore Morfydd's design and Morfydd hers, but I felt things worked better if the designs were swapped. Ilyana is the president of Montenegro, and holds the record as the laziest world leader. She is part of the Desperado league though, but does not posses a DESPER.

    ミリャナ・マジッチ (Mirjana Majić) is how Mirjana's name would be spelled in katakana. Мирјана Мајић (Mirjana Majić) is how it would be spelled in Montenegrin (Cyrillic).
    (If I made any mistakes with the translations, feel free to correct me).

    Her birthday is March 24th, which she shares with Hungarian-American escapologist, illusionist, and stunt performer, Harry Houdini.

    Her favorite piece is the queen.

    Unlike her compatriots, Mirjana is very hardworking and active, often being the one having to do everything for Ilyana to keep the country running smoothly. In terms of hobbies, she's fascinated with magic tricks, and likes to practice them in her spare time.

    And due to the fact that team Bulgaria ends up sticky and blue, it's obvious why I included them in this game. This chapter was originally meant to occur much earlier, but due to the aforementioned reasons, it ended up getting pushed back. This actually was a contributing factor as to why the Bermuda party arc got so long as I wanted this game to be included in the arc. I was even considering ending the arc, but having there be occasional flashbacks to said arc, but felt that wouldn't be a good direction for the story. In the end, everything worked out. Now just one game remains before the Bermuda party comes to a close. I hope you're looking forward to it and to the next upcoming arc in the series.

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

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