Oct 30, 2025
Author's Commentary #608:
Time to talk about Chapter 608: Down on the farm.
Ghoulish Lovesung references are back, but this time, there's no ghost yet. Instead a sleep-deprived Mimoko finds herself up against an Albanian Desperado dressed like a spooky scarecrow. Speaking of which, let's do his bio. I also forgot to do Mocha's last chapter, so I'll rectify that here.
コルブ・ドリテルエス (Korb Drithërues) is how Korb's name would be spelled in katakana. It roughly translates to "spooky raven" in Albanian.
His birthday is December 2nd, which was the day Memaliaj was founded as part of the Tepelenë District.
His favorite piece is the rook.
名智 モカ (Myouchi Mocha) is how Mocha's name is spelled in Japanese. Her name is an obvious reference to the Caffè mocha beverage. Her surname means "reputation" and "wise".
(If I made any mistakes with the translations, feel free to correct me).
Her birthday is April 25th which is national hairstylist appreciation day.
Her favorite piece is the queen.
Some might remember that in Spice of life, Mocha had a lime green mohawk. She ended up shaving it off for a fundraiser event and decided to ink herself up a little more. Not to mention, she's got a slightly different outfit from before.
In my original vision for the Halloween special, Mimoko and Daria were to go to a haunted mansion and play a spooky specter. That idea mainly found its way to Ghoulish Lovesung. That being said, I do like the corn maze setting.
Doing some research, I found that the Iwase farm, which stretches from Kagamiishi Town to Sukagawa City in the Fukushima prefecture, has a giant corn maze. I only found this out recently, so I can't claim it served as the inspiration for the setting of Ghoulish Lovesung. However, it most certainly serves as the inspiration for the corn maze here.
And now, I'm sure you can predict what will happen next chapter. Since tomorrow will be Halloween, expect Mimoko to finally play a Halloween Gambit.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.
