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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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Nov 01, 2025

Author's Commentary #610:

Time to talk about Chapter 610: Hallows' Day Gambit.
Behold, the new gambit stemming from the Halloween Gambit, the Hallows' Day Gambit. While I could have easily made this the final chapter in the Side Story, I decided to extend it a bit. As such, we get to see Iori face a real ghost.

Though the ghost doesn't have a WWCF card, she did have an official rating when she played back in the day, much like Vonnie did. However, Vonnie was able to eventually get a WWCF card of her own. This does confirm that there are in fact those with ratings out there that aren't WWCF members. Most tend to fall under the Deep Blue umbrella, but there are some that don't.

As for the game, I was originally going to have it be a Halloween Gambit for Black, but I quickly found that it was much harder to play compared to its White counterpart. Thus, I settled for having knight take e4 instead of knight takes e5 for Black. As for the short end, I kind of wanted a quick game. Mimoko's game was the main highlight of the arc after all.

Now, all that remains for the Side Story is two more wrap up chapters and we're done. After that, you probably won't be expecting Season 10 until maybe December at the earliest. And even then, I might opt for doing more Holiday-themed Side Stories in order to take advantage of the in-universe timeline lining up with out current dates. I will likely start with some character spotlights though, but I do have some ideas for non-holiday themed Side Stories which include the Pre-6B stuff I've been talking about for months now. But first, we got a Side Story to finish.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:610

Oct 31, 2025

So yeah, I joked about deus ex machinaing the ending of this, and now I'm following through with it because I honestly can't think of a plot for this and am tired of it being on the back-burner. I might one day revisit it though, but for now, I'll likely end it here so I can better focus on other projects.

Streamer Royale

Chapter:32

Oct 31, 2025

[Game log #356]

Here's the game from Chapter 609 between Mimoko and Korb. It takes place on Halloween night in-universe in a spooky corn maze, and the chapter it's in was uploaded on Halloween. Not to mention, the game is 31 moves, and Halloween is on October 31st. As such, it's easy to see why the game features a Halloween Gambit.

[Event "Halloween stream collab"]
[Site "Kagamiishi, Fukushima"]
[Date "2024.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mimoko Inoue (2870)"]
[Black "Korb Drithërues (2707)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. f4 Ng6 8. e5 Ng8 9. d6 c6 10. Bd3 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qh3 12. Ne4 Nh6 13. Ng5 Qg2 14. Be4 Qxh1+ 15. Bxh1 f6 16. Nxh7 Rxh7 17. Qh5 Rh8 18. Qxg6+ Nf7 19. Bd2 Rh6 20. Qf5 fxe5 21. fxe5 g6 22. Qf6 g5 23. Qf5 Nxe5 24. O-O-O Bxd6 25. Bxg5 Re6 26. Rxd6 Nd3+ 27. cxd3 Re1+ 28. Kd2 Re7 29. Rh6 Kd8 30. Qe5 d5 31. Qxe7# 1-0

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:609

Oct 31, 2025

And I'm done. As for my thoughts, I really liked the first half of the book. As for the second half not quite as much. The chess game is probably the most contentious thing for me as while I feel the chaos does fit the series better, the chess fanatic within would have loved to see a game proper. Other than that, I enjoyed the lore dumps and learning more about Yamin's secrets. I'll be interested to see how you modify this volume in the rewrite considering you were saying there were going to be big changes.