Feb 03, 2026
Author's Commentary #704:
Time to talk about Chapter 704: Negotiator.
When you're 700 chapters in, it's hard to keep coming up with chapter titles, especially for chapters like this. All this amounts to is a buildup to a match happening later. Speaking of which, let's talk about Pnina.
プニーナ・サピア (Pnina Sapir) is how Pnina's name would be spelled in katakana.
Her birthday is April 26th, which is when Pearl Day took place in 2025.
Her favorite piece is the knight.
For those that don't know, the Ginkawa family in my stories are know for predominantly having silver hair and lapis lazuli colored eyes. Not all members have one or both these traits, but most tend to have both. When going through Wikipedia searching for names, Sapir caught my attention due to it translating to "lapis lazuli". I also liked how Pnina sounded, and thus chose to name the character Pnina Sapir. Since the name has Hebrew origins, I decided to have her have Jewish ancestry on the non-Ginkawa side of the family.
In terms of her Ginkawa lineage, her mother is the daughter of Harumi's father's sister, thus making them cousins. Pnina is based in Cyprus, though has villas throughout the Mediterranean nations, mainly because she can't help but have different views of the sea. Her wealth was acquired thanks to her startup company, Pnina Sapir, which specializes in jewelry and fashion, making her a rival to Mizuse Niimi inc. Initially, Pnina was going to be a singer, but I didn't really have much for her beyond that and her Ginkawa lineage, thus I revised her into the character you see now.
I actually hesitated with deciding the teams thanks mainly to the different route the volumes are taking in regards to Mizuse and her company. However, I think I've sorted that out now. That being said, there will still be some teams I have yet to finalize things for.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.