Jul 11, 2025
Author's Commentary #497:
Time to talk about Chapter 497: Fuck you, Ginji.
Poetic is the theme of the day here. Ginji was a complete asshole through and through, and finally got what was coming to him for all that he did. Not to mention, this chapter was uploaded on Escape:Witch's 2-year anniversary. While Ginji might not be a big antagonist there, his daughter, Kaori, certainly is. But before that, I first want to mention that all the Author's Commentaries for the chapters added in during the revisions have been posted, thus all the commentaries are up to date. Now back to the chapter.
Originally, I did plan to have this be longer, but both due to burnout and feeling like this game was fitting for an asshole Ginji, this is what we got. To elaborate more on the latter point, I felt it was kind of poetic that Ginji would play like he's been playing all tournament at the precise moment he didn't want to. Then he got beaten up, further diminishing his thinking skills before he was mated and fell face-first onto the board. This serves as a parallel to the Mimoko game back in Chapter 62: Turning point. And speaking of parallels, Ginji, who hit someone from behind gets bruised an battered from blows to his front. And speaking of the bastard, he represents the sin of vainglory.
You might have forgotten about this with how long the season is, but every season's main villain embodies one of the seven deadly sins, with Ginji's being vainglory. I guess it's more like 9 sins though since vainglory and melancholy are included. That just leaves 2 sins left, greed and gluttony, but by no means does this mean there's only two seasons left. The end of Season 7 will mark the end of saga 2 of the series though, but mainly due to it's length.
Speaking of which, Okisato isn't done just yet either. He might have beaten Ginji, but if Japan wants a shot at a medal, he needs to beat Nándor. That game was not rushed, and is also one of my favorites, mainly due to Nándor. I hope you're looking forward to seeing just why Nándor is likely to be one of my favorite characters in the story.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.
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