Jun 14, 2024
Author's Commentary #64:
Time to talk about Chapter 64: Postman Jester.
Jester finally makes his proper debut in the remake, and gets to sing his themesong. He also tried to kill Madoka, but failed and was sent blasting off into the sky.
Obviously, he's a comedic villain and embodies the spirit of Team Rocket from Pokemon. ジェスター is how his name would be spelled in Japanese, and speaking of which, I attempted to do a Japanese translation of his themesong.
Fair warning, since I used Google translate, there's probably a bunch of errors, but here's the Japanese version of Jester's themesong.
ヨヨイ！ 俺は江戸の奥から来た最大の犯罪者です。俺は組織犯罪界の大物です。誰もが私の名を恐れています！ 俺が成し遂げた残虐行為はすべて！ 殺人！ 誘拐！暴行! 麻薬密輸！ 誰もできません 我が力に匹敵せよ！ 盗難！戦争犯罪! さあ、皆、我が怒りを恐れよ！彼らはピエロは愚か者だと言います。さて、今誰が笑ってるの、バカ？ララララ。俺は悪で、卑劣で、邪悪で、非人道的で、暗黒忍術大名-おおおおおおおおおお。よおお！
[Yoyoi! Ore wa Edo no oku kara kita saidai no hanzai-shadesu. Ore wa soshiki hanzai-kai no ōmonodesu. Daremoga watashi no na o osorete imasu! Ore ga nashitogeta zangyaku kōi wa subete! Satsujin! Yūkai! Bōkō! Mayaku mitsuyu! Dare mo dekimasen waga chikara ni hitteki seyo! Tōnan! Sensō hanzai! Sā, kai, waga ikari o osoreyo! Karera wa piero wa orokamonoda to iimasu. Sate, ima dare ga waratteru no, baka? Rararara Ore-sama wa aku de, hiretsude, jaaku de, hijindōteki de, ankoku ninjutsu daimyō ōo ō ōo ō. Yo ō]
As for how his themesong actually sounds, it sounds similar to Master Kohgha's theme from The Legend of Zelda series. Speaking of which, Master Kohga was the biggest influence behind his character along with Don Kanoji from Bleach and Captain Buggy from One piece.
His birthday is April 1st, which is also April Fool's Day. Iori from En Passant Grandmaster also shares this birthday with him, but the two have no relationship to each other whatsoever.
His favorite food is bananas, which is also the favorite food of Master Kogha and the Yiga clan.
Jester won't be a major antagonist in this series, but there's a good chance he'll pop up every now and again, especially if Madoka's around. Funnily enough in the original, Jester actually kidnapped Madoka for the first time, however, I decided to retcon it in the remake, mainly because I ended up rewriting both Jester's role in the story and the chapter where Madoka first got kidnapped. From here on out though, most Jester and Madoka chapters will be very similar to their original counterparts.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.
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