Aug 28, 2024
Author's Commentary #184:
Time to talk about Chapter 184: Executive circuit breaker.
As mentioned in the previous commentary, the game featured in this chapter was actually written months ago, and intended for Season 3. Obviously, that didn't happen, but the game is here in Side Story 2 in all it's glory, and boy is it epic.
Like his ancestor, Paul Morphy, Peter is a part of the club that has delivered a castling checkmate. The crazy thing about Paul's case though is that he was only around 12 years old and playing with rook odds, meaning he was down his a-rook, yet he still managed to pull off a castling checkmate against his father, Alonzo Morphy. Peter's on a whole different level though and now gets his 10th castling checkmate overall. Now let's talk about his opponent as well as the remaining member of the Tabemono team that has yet to get a bio.
キット・ジーグラー卿 (Sir Kit Ziegler) is how Kit's name is spelled in Japanese. His name is actually a pun on "circuit", which is fitting considering he constantly relies on a chip implant to be good at chess.
His birthday is May 21st. I chose this date at random, so there's no greater significance behind why this date is his birthday.
His favorite piece is the bishop, mainly because he deems it to be the most powerful minor piece.
バーニー・ルーミス (Bernie Ruumis) is how Bernie's name is spelled in katakana.
His birthday is July 5th.
His favorite piece is the knight.
Now that Peter and Utami have won, things are looking pretty good for the chess club. However, Rodeo must now face his toughest opponent yet, Ginji Inohara, and if he loses, Okisato will have to play Rize, who's true skill is unknown. Speaking of unknowns, Bernie's an even bigger one. Just because Okisato wasn't able to find him or Rize in the database, doesn't mean one or both are actually executive board members.
Speaking of which, most of the executive board members did get chips implanted in them in order to get good at chess. However, some like Pewler did not and were naturally talented. Raymond doesn't have one either as his skill is the real deal, and second only to the maestros.
The bigger mystery is how Peter knew all that though. Perhaps it's as simple as him getting that information from Pewler, or perhaps there's more to it. Either way, the mystery will eventually be answered as the story goes on.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.
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