Jul 15, 2026
Author's Commentary #4:
Buwahahaha! Time to talk about Chapter 4: Jester's explosive crepe factory.
Believe it or not, the whole reason this chapter came to be was because I wanted to introduce Emeri in it before the next major arc began. Originally, Emeri was going to be introduced in the third major arc, but I wanted her to be introduced before the second arc so she could be a part of it, and thus, I created this chapter. Now let's talk more about Emeri herself.
倉守 英芽里 (Kuramori Emeri) is how her name is spalled in kanji. 英芽里 means "excellence", "sprout", and "village" , but can also mean "beautiful" which Emeri certainly is. 倉守 means "warehouse" and "protect". Originally, Emeri was going to be a hikkikomori living in a heavily fortified house, but I decided to make her Madoka's cousin and have her live in the Ginkawa mansion instead. She is incredibly shy though which is why she wears a helmet and prefers to go by the alias, Rolly Polly (ローリー・ポリー in Japanese) in public. The Rolly Polly name is actually in reference to pill bugs which roll up into a ball.
(If I made any mistakes with the translations, feel free to correct me).
Her birthday is July 25th and she is 21 years old. There was no significance behind the date, I just chose it at random. Though since Emeri is older than Madoka, she tends to act as an older sister to her, and is often the voice of reason in the Ginkawa household.
As for Emeri's love of motorcycles, it actually came to be after she visited the arcade at Ryokoma back when she was in school and played a motorcycle arcade game against one of Ryokoma's owners. This was also the start of her wearing the helmet in public. Speaking of Ryokoma, it is the very same Ryokoma from Spice of life, meaning this story takes place after the events of Spice of life as Spice of life took place in 2016 while this story takes place in 2023. This means that some Spice of life characters will cameo in the next chapter, so look forward to that.
Now before we end, let's talk about Edo's greatest evil daimyo, JESTER! Obviously, he's a comedic villain and embodies the spirit of Team Rocket from Pokemon. ジェスター is how his name would be spelled in Japanese, and speaking of which, I attempted to do a Japanese translation of Jester's themesong. Fair warning, since I used Google translate, there's probably a bunch of errors, but here's the Japanese version of Jester's themesong.
ヨヨイ！ 俺は江戸の奥から来た最大の犯罪者です。俺は組織犯罪界の大物です。誰もが私の名を恐れています！ 俺が成し遂げた残虐行為はすべて！ 殺人！ 誘拐！暴行! 麻薬密輸！ 誰もできません 我が力に匹敵せよ！ 盗難！戦争犯罪! さあ、皆、我が怒りを恐れよ！彼らはピエロは愚か者だと言います。さて、今誰が笑ってるの、バカ？ララララ。俺は悪で、卑劣で、邪悪で、非人道的で、暗黒忍術大名-おおおおおおおおおお。よおお！
[Yoyoi! Ore wa Edo no oku kara kita saidai no hanzai-shadesu. Ore wa soshiki hanzai-kai no ōmonodesu. Daremoga watashi no na o osorete imasu! Ore ga nashitogeta zangyaku kōi wa subete! Satsujin! Yūkai! Bōkō! Mayaku mitsuyu! Dare mo dekimasen waga chikara ni hitteki seyo! Tōnan! Sensō hanzai! Sā, kai, waga ikari o osoreyo! Karera wa piero wa orokamonoda to iimasu. Sate, ima dare ga waratteru no, baka? Rararara Ore-sama wa aku de, hiretsude, jaaku de, hijindōteki de, ankoku ninjutsu daimyō ōo ō ōo ō. Yo ō]
As for how his themesong actually sounds, it sounds similar to Master Kohgha's theme from The Legend of Zelda series. Speaking of which, Master Kohga was the biggest influence behind his character along with Don Kanoji from Bleach and Captain Buggy from One piece.
As for his birthday, its April 1st, April Fool's Day. Iori from En Passant Grandmaster also shares this birthday with him, but the two have no relationship to each other whatsoever.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.
