Dec 18, 2025
Author's Commentary #12:
Time to talk about Chapter 12: Outwitted.
While Iori's off conquering the starter area, Mimoko's finding herself subjected to Sorcha's torture. Sorcha just can't resist having some fun with a cute girl like her. Now let's finish off the bios for the rest of the Rainbow Executives.
メラニア・プラヴ (Melania Plav) is how Melania's name is written in katakana. Plav is actually Croatian for blue, thus she continues the trend of having her surname be a color.
Her birthday is April 27th. I chose the date at random, so there's no greater significance behind why this date is her birthday.
Her favorite piece is the pawn, mainly because she views them as organized subordinates.
メデューサ・インディゴ (Medeucesa Indikó) is how Medeucesa's name is spelled in katakana. Naturally, her last name is Greek for Indigo. Speaking of which, Μέδουσες Ινδικό (Medeucesa Indikó) is how I believe her name would be written in Greek.
(If I made any mistakes with the translations, feel free to correct me).
Her birthday is March 2nd. I chose the date at random so there's no greater significance behind why that date is her birthday.
Her favorite piece is the bishop, mainly because she likes controlling the diagonals.
As for why her name is "Medeucesa" instead of "Medusa", Medeucesa likes to gamble and has an affinity for the number 2.
プラム・シチューピッド・パープル (Plum Stupid Purple) is how Plum's name is written in katakana.
His birthday is November 5th. I chose the date at random, so there's no greater significance behind why this date is his birthday.
His favorite piece is the knight, mainly because he likes riding horses on the carousel.
As for the game, it's actually one of the fastest possible ways to get a castling checkmate. In the original, Carol and Iori proposed the bet to Mimoko in an attempt to goad her into joining them in baldness, but since she got kidnapped, I decided to have Sorcha be the one to propose the bet. In the latest revised version of Season 4 in the original, Sorcha goads Iori and Carol into filming the game before she challenges Carol. Here, I felt that didn't make too much sense, but since I wanted to keep the game and Mimoko getting outwitted, I instead had Medeucesa and Bette be the ones playing out the game.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.
