Dec 06, 2025
Author's Commentary #34:
Time to talk about Chapter 34: The mad queen.
Though the content of this chapter is over 90% similar to its original counterpart, a huge different is the context of the bouts. In the original, Mimoko was the one that got beaten up by Elijah and lost before she could mate, not Taira. Thus, both Iori and Utami had far more reason to be pissed.
Speaking of which, the chapter title is actually a clever play on words. The "mad" in the title is actually the "angry" definition of the word, rather than the "crazy" definition of it.
As for Utami's new persona, it's a Jojo reference... No really. Diavolo/Doppio from Jojo's bizarre adventures was what I based Utami's new persona off of. However, it's merely the Doppio turning into Diavolo part. Utami does not have King Crimson or any stand for that matter.
As for the game, originally, it was to be played in the final round of the blitz tournament with the piece of shit pretending to activate his DESPER. Then in the chess boxing, the piece of shit would throw and allow Utami to win by playing out the Elijah-Taira/Elijah-Mimoko game to mate. I felt that was copping out, so I instead had the unique game serve as Utami's big match for the arc.
Now before I end things off talking about the two proxies, Niles and Alejandro, it's time to reveal the answer as to which one of the piece of shit's proxies was a reference to one of my other works and that reference is... Niles Thorndyke, the actor who played Drop Bear Dumbee in The Yowie Hunt. I decided it would be fun to have Niles be in the mix and to be killed by Iori of all people. This also confirms that En Passant Grandmaster takes place in the same universe as not only Yowie Hunt, but Mystery Ghost Foresight, Spice of Life, Escape Witch, and naturally all the Shiruka sensei short stories.
ナイルズ・ソーンダイク (Niles Thorndyke) is how Niles' name would be written in katakana. ドロップベアダンビー (Drop Bear Dumbee) is how Dumbee's name would be written in katakana.
His birthday is September 13th which is the day the first chapter of The Yowie Hunt was released.
アレハンドロ・ゴメス (Alejandro Gómez) is how Alejandro's name would be spelled in katakana. As mentioned in the chapter, he once ran a street gang, but got arrested and given the death penalty for his crimes. However, the piece of shit was able to get an audience with Alejandro and have him become his proxy after beating him in a DESPER match.
His birthday is February 13th. Since I chose the date at random, there isn't any significance behind it.
As for both Niles and Alejandro's favorite chess pieces, it is the king, since that's the piece of shit's favorite piece and the piece of shit is in full control of all his proxies. However, the piece of shit would claim that the favorite piece of all his proxies is the pawn, since that's all they are to him.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.
