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So, basically, for much of Tetris's history, people believed level 29 was the "last" level of Tetris, as the speed of the blocks would get so high that no human could do anything but lose; the blocks would go so fast that human hands physically could not control them. However, Tetris does not get any faster beyond that point, so if you're capable of playing level 29, you're capable of playing hypothetically infinitely.
Except Tetris, the original version for the NES, is not a hypothetical. It's a physical object, an item you can touch and hold, and it has limits. Many classic arcade-style video games have honest-to-god killscreens, where the game breaks so badly that it becomes completely unplayable. Pac-Man, famously, has a killscreen that garbles half of the playing field and doesn't spawn enough dots for the level to ever end. Tetris was assumed to be no exception, but because of the presumed-impossible difficulty of level 29, the community considered that to be Tetris's killscreen, and all high-leveled Tetris play centered around level 29 being the absolute end of your run, no matter what.
But, and if you've heard literally anything about people getting insanely good at retro games, you'll know what comes next. Of course, someone figures out how to control the game past level 29. In 2011, Thor Aackerlund discovered a technique now known as "hypertapping" (which is exactly what it sounds like, tapping very very fast) - and became the first person to play level 30.
But hypertapping wasn't enough. It was still stupidly difficult to get to, let alone past, level 30. Then this guy named Cheez shows up and finds that using an even more absurd technique, called "Rolling", which was even faster than hypertapping. People weren't just hitting level 30, but then 40, then 50, and then all the way into the 90s. Since all post-29 levels have the exact same speed, once they mastered rolling, they were pretty much good to play forever.
With levels 29+ conquered, now players could face the real killscreen of Tetris. A Tetris-playing AI got the first crash, but since it was playing a very slightly modified version (to show a larger score number, because the vanilla score counter didn't have enough digits), it only kinda-sorted counted. So the community picked apart the game's code to find where the game could hypothetically crash while completely unmodified - and found the current human record was not that far off.
So the entire community fucking scrambles to be the first person to crash Tetris, but then were confounded by another technically-not-game-ending-but-still-pretty-much-impossible-for-a-human bug; after level 138, the game stops choosing the colors for the blocks from where it's supposed to, leading it to display some truly heinously color palettes. Most of them are just ugly, but a few make the blocks you're placing next to invisible. (This was actually known about before the AI even crashed the game, and part of the reason the AI could get so much further than humans; it didn't need to visually see the blocks.)
Just next to invisible, though. You could still sorta see most of the blocks, and when you pass the level, the game pulls a new color palette, so if you can tough it out long enough to get 10 lines, you're probably gonna be able to continue your game for a while after that. It's annoying as hell, but not impossible. So, of course, the runners start getting past them and brushing up against the crashable levels.
And by runners, I mostly mean a 13 year old boy who goes by the online handle Blue Scuti. He'd skyrocketed into fame in the Tetris community relatively recently by achieving scores and levels that most adults couldn't even dream of, so of course he was among the first people to get past both impossible-palette levels, and he was able to keep going.
The game doesn't always crash in one specific spot, though. It just starts having a chance to crash after a certain point. You might have to perform some specific actions in specific windows of time to get it to crash on purpose, and it's much more likely that you'll lose control and lose your run before you achieve that goal.
Blue Scuti missed the first crash opportunity in his run. He was the first person to get that far at all, so it'd be a record regardless, but he was determined to win. He somehow keeps his cool, despite being a literal child with thousands of eyes on him (this was streamed on Twitch, of course), and never loses control of his stack, all the way until he reaches the next crash opportunity all the way on level 157.
And he fucking does it. He gets a single line clear in the middle of level 157 and the game just stops. It completely crashed. A 13 year old boy nicknamed Blue Scuti is the first human being in history to crash Tetris in this way. He is the first person ever to see Tetris's real killscreen. This game is over twice his age, and he is the first to kill it dead.
This kid fucking rules.
(if you want more detail, I learned basically all of the above from this video by aGameScout, please watch it!!)
the ability to say "i dont have a tiktok" in social situations makes me feel so powerful. like the general reaction is "shock, confusion, then this weird 'thats probably a good thing' response" its so fun
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One time I was working as a waiter at a burger joint where the fries were tossed in salt and coriander and as I was bringing food over to the table for these two huge beefy guys one of them asks what the green stuff is so I go "it's coriander" and his friend goes very seriously "he can't have coriander" and I'm thinking shit ok maybe he's allergic and guy 1 starts pulling up his sleeve to show me something and I'm thinking shit shit shit he's probably breaking out in hives rn and it's my fault but he just shows me his arm and he has this huge cursive font tattoo that just says "I fucking hate coriander"
Just wanted to pass by to tell you that I loved your analysis of Neuvillette's type on PDB! Full disclosure, my opinion is subject to intense bias since I'm an ISTP myself (~90% certainty) however I hope this is at least some validation for your part. It's amusing since his behaviors are significantly different from mine, and yet his words all 'make sense', for lack of a better word. Contrast to Wriothesley, who elicits a 'well he's right, buuuut...' feeling. Difficult to describe in 500 charas.
Hello kind stranger ! This was a very unexpected ask i'll say, even though I suppose my username IS exactly the same on PDB as it is here, making me quite easy to find in practice haha
I'm really happy my comment made sense to you ! Even now, I still firmly believe everything I wrote, and particularly that Neuvillette is a high Ti user. I don't know if you've read it, but I think there's another very good example of his Ti in his character story 5; when he describes his opinion on constellation and "fate"
One as great as he should have no need for a constellation to shine over him. After all, "fate" is merely the manner in which the present ruler of this world plays with living beings.
Now that he has obtained one part of seven of the authority over the mortal realm, and reforged the throne and title of a "Fully Fledged Dragon," he is one strong enough to equal and rival "the human realm," and logic would dictate that he need not subscribe to this system known as "fate."
I think this is another good example that, at the end of the day, Neuvillette's thinking process is closer to Ti than it is to Te. There is a lot of "If Y, then logically following from this premise we can conclude X" when we're actually given the opportunity to delve into his mind. Pierce made the distinction between Ti & Te this way:
→ « Introverted Thinking — judgement based on what is subjectively denoted; i.e. a priori analysis; e.g. “If you accept my definition of 'murderer', then you must conclude with me that Colonel Mustard is one.” »
→ Extraverted Thinking — judgement based on what is objectively denoted; i.e. empirical science; e.g. “We all see the evidence (bloody hands, scene of the crime, etc.) therefore, we must all conclude that Colonel Mustard is Mr. Body's murderer.”
And I think that if we look at how Neuvillette thinks "for himself", beyond his role of judge where he is supposed to follow the laws, he really does fit the former more. Another example I developed somewhere else on his page that even Vautrain's trial shows this tendency imo ! Forgive me for this copy-past and ramble haha, this was in answer to someone asking how exactly Neuvillette could be "impartial" but have a subjective function as dominant, & my answer went like this:
This impartiality & "objectivity" while being subjective is further shown in his story quest.
Despite Vautrain being one of the people he is closest to, he does not treat him differently from others in the court. but his judgment is still subjective, as evidenced by the ease with which he considers "different kinds of justice" during the trial.
Te users, due to their "inherent" objectivity, often think that everyone with the same information should come to the same objective conclusion, while Ji users do not. Pierce described…
Te : “We all see the evidence (bloody hands, scene of the crime, etc.) therefore, we must all conclude that Colonel Mustard is Mr. Body's murderer.”
Ti : “If you accept my definition of 'murderer', then you must conclude with me that Colonel Mustard is one.”
The way Neuvillette approaches that trial shows that for him, laws are simply a "definition", a logical premise from which a logical conclusion follow in the context of a trial.
Neuvillette: I acknowledge your arguments. Vautrin, your revenge could be seen as a form of justice.
Neuvillette: I understand your decision. Which is why I cannot help but feel regret… and even grief about the judgment I must now impose.
Neuvillette: However, personal justice does not equate to justice as defined by the law. To execute your plan for revenge, you abused your authority and conducted informal executions. Your actions have thus violated the law.
Neuvillette: Therefore, you will be declared… guilty.
Neuvillette personally understands Vautrain's actions, and even "agrees" that depending on your definition of justice, his actions can be seen as just and right.
However as the chief's justice, his job is to follow the established laws. And the way he describes that decision is how we can see the use of Ti despite his "following of the laws". Because the way it describes it pretty much echoes the colonel Mustard example.
-> Personal justice does not equate justice as defined by the law. If we can agree that this court judges whether actions are just or not depending on whether they follow the law, then we can see that your actions have violated it. This makes Vautrain, according to the law, guilty.
This is basically what Neuvillette says, in subtext.
And he stays impartial by holding strong to these kind of decisions despite personal feelings on the matter. It's his job, so he follows the rules of his job. What he personally thinks and how he takes decision outside of it though is a whole other matter.
I feel like Genshin has become much less stereotypical & much more interesting in his character writing as of late so Neuvillette is very dear to my heart on that subject ! And he's, as you implied, a very good reminder that MBTI is first and foremost a system that deals with COGNITION and not behaviour. Thus it is how a character thinks, and not its actions, that should be examined to determine his MBTI type.
Thank you again for taking the time to tell me here what you thought of my argument, it was unexpected but very much welcome <3
Hope these additions also make sense to you !
Thank you for taking time to reply. I apologize for not being able to keep this short - it seems I have more to say than I realized. I'll take a best efforts to organize this into sections and pray the rambling does not get too out of left field.
However, it seems that I'll end up doing something unexpected again. I do apologize beforehand.
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TO ANSWER, yes, I've read most of the arguments on PDB. Only for Neuvillette now that I think of it, and maybe Cyno. Unsurprisingly, I'm not interested in any other type. So I have read the ones you have up there, and I've read Jung and Pierce and everything else, but I must confess sometimes my eyes glaze over at the theories. Regrettably, I also often find my eyes glossing over the specific Character Story you mentioned, since that's one of the ones with (in my view) more allegories and metaphors. So I understand your arguments in principle, but I will unfortunately not be able to add much to them.
(It's not that metaphors are difficult. Metaphors simply require an additional layer of deciphering that most often turns out to be incorrect - or at the very least, not a faithful representation of the intent, because each person perceives meaning in a different way. In short, they are difficult. I have a problem with words.)
However, there must be something I can do. So this is my efforts to take note of things that 'make sense', and try to explain WHY they make sense in a personal capacity. I'll try to avoid arguments that were already brought up on PDB.
Let's go back to the Character Story you brought up:
"In that case, why don't you just watch over the Fontainians? They were born from the Primordial Sea, after all. That makes them part of this planet's native life, too, and a form of life that requires your care."
The previous paragraphs clearly define "the human realm" and "fate" as systems belonging to the present rulers of the world, and the (natural) conclusion is that Neuvillette has no need to concern himself over them. This quote does not overturn this principle (which would be ridiculously difficult), but uses his own definitions to argue that unlike "the human realm" which is perceived as alien for reasons et al, "Fontainians", as 'the planet's native life', are under his purview. Hence, it makes sense. This is partly what was meant in my ask.
(I would desperately want to see who said this, btw. The kind of person who can get the Hydro Dragon to care for Fontainians on a logical technicality is nothing short of a genius. And clearly he is convinced! For all he says about 'pleasing rhetoric'.)
(In case that was not obvious, I was the person who sent the ask. Forgive the rudeness - I have not returned to Tumblr in upwards of seven years.)
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ON THE DIFFERENCE OF TI V. TE. I've worked with several (assumed) Te doms in my life, and a consistent pattern I have noticed is that, the conclusion being equal, the path each of us uses to rationalize it is completely different.
Clearly I'd need an illustration to my hypothesis - simple abstract theory drives me nuts. Let us take for granted that Ti is present in Neuvillette's judgement in Callas' trial (incidentally, I agree). Thus here is a thought experiment: What if, for example, it had been a Te-dom (say, Wriothesley) presiding over Callas' trial?
In this thought experiment, we have the following pieces of information:
A: All evidence points to Callas being guilty. Callas himself does not contradict this accusation.
B: The judge feels a hunch that something is amiss.
For convenience's sake, let us assume that the end result does not change; B is discarded, A is taken as the truth, and the judge does not stop Callas' duel. I'm modelling the Te course of action based on the incident where Wriothesley has 'a hunch' that Lyney and co. are up to no good in the Fortress of Meropide, thus in this hypothetical situation I would imagine:
Te: Gathers information to ascertain the validity of B. (The method of information gathering, Si or Ni, does not matter). "All I care about is the answer." In this case, no usable information comes up, and B is discarded.
Ti: (May also gather information). In addition, B, which implies that Callas is innocent and thus willingly walking to his death (a point against Ne, since he does not bother entertaining possibilities like Callas being suicidal or having a terminal disease - which in this case is the truth), is tested against the principle, "Nothing is more important than one's continued survival". B does not follow the principle, and is thus discarded.
While the end result does not change, the paths used to get there are different (almost an extra step for Ti). Incidentally, we see the pitfalls of each type: Te relies on an incomplete presentation of the facts, and Ti dismisses the truth based on a false premise.
On a side note, this is why Ti is more troublesome than it's worth - it has a stunning lack of respect for fact-checking. From a Ti-Se perspective, all information is taken in as is, therefore all information is (if not already taken as fact, ignored of their "factualness") "data points". Data points are used to draw, test, and extrapolate against, a line-of-best-fit (the principle).
To make it worse, extrapolation against this line-of-best-fit are usually wrong. Take Neuvillette's story quest, Carole's case. A very simple description of the facts are:
A Melusine, Carole, is harmed.
Carole takes her own life. Neuvillette learns of a conspiracy.
Neuvillette internalizes the principle that 'Factions against him will harm Melusines to get to him'. The implication is that 'If a Melusine is harmed (A), then it is possibly a conspiracy to get to him (B)'.
Now, at the beginning, we have the following:
A Melusine, Kiara, is threatened (this is not even A - simply a precursor to A!)
Armed with the principle, Neuvillette immediately assumes there is a conspiracy targeted at him and acts as if this is the likeliest possibility. (Precursor) A equals B, with stunningly little room to consider other possibilities, actual contexts, or even to withhold theories and judgments. Obviously in the end Wriothesley calls him an overthinking idiot in not so many words. (Poetic justice, that a Te-dom is the first to do so! Certainly brings to mind the many painful occasions being told 'Have you considered this instead?? Have you checked your sources??' by the various Te-doms in my life).
In his (or dare I say mine?) defense, what constitutes a "fact"? Consider the below exchange:
Neuvillette: "Distinct differences exist between the waters of each area. You'll appreciate their intricacies once you taste them carefully."
Paimon: "Really? Let Paimon try..."
Neuvillette: "What do you think?"
Paimon: "Nope, Paimon couldn't taste any difference at all! Isn't this just normal water?"
Neuvillette: lol skill issue "How regrettable. It seems like you still have a long way to go in refining your tastes."
Paimon: the audacity of this lizard
Here the taste is taken as a natural fact. He is convinced that Paimon would understand once she tastes it - it is, after all, fact - and is genuinely flummoxed that she doesn't. Obviously none of us are Hydro Dragons or water nerds, but that's an us problem.
I posit that it is also why there is, in general, almost a devaluation of what I called "factualness" earlier - facts to one are not facts to others and vice versa. Hence there are no real facts; all facts are data points. With enough accommodation to the speaker's perspective, all data points are equal in the eyes of the beholder.
Neuvillette:
"This bears a striking resemblance to the Fountain of Lucine. Sadly, the water here comes from a different source, so there is, of course, no way to replicate the taste.
Nevertheless, prior experience tells me that to most people, the visual similarity alone would be enough to prompt them to say a phrase such as: "This area has a very Fountain of Lucine flavor."
...My cup is empty. May I avail myself of your fountain?"
To me it is all very obvious, and so I find reiterating the point to be not only redundant but also dangerous. I'm also at significant risk of trying to fit a square peg to a round hole. But here goes.
The fountain resembles the Fountain of Lucine (an objective, dispassionate observation, almost a point against Si)
However, the water comes from a different source (again, an objective observation) -> therefore the taste is not the same (implication).
Nevertheless, here he hypothesizes (in the weirdest way possible) that visual similarity may imply flavor similarity.
Test out the hypothesis, also with the weirdest excuse possible. (As if the Hydro Dragon cannot conjure water out of thin air!)
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IT IS, to me, infinitely amusing that a character that follows law and order is typed Te almost by default. While empirical, almost all the Te users I know skirt the law in the name of convenience, or some other rationale I cannot comprehend. It is the Ti users who evaluate the reasonableness of the laws and, should they pass muster, hold themselves to these laws with little to no exception (to our detriment). Why? Because once these laws pass muster, they are considered a principle. Principles, which imply that they are applicable to people at large and are for the greater good, must be followed. To do otherwise is to undermine the entire framework, to say much less of social good, and that just won't do.
Speaking of social good:
Neuvillette:
"And by the way, I should probably let you know, even though I would prefer not to...
There's someone sitting up there in the VIP seats that has been striking a pose for quite a while now...
I believe she's trying to give you a most elegant and impressive first impression.
So I think you should take notice of her (Ti) sooner rather than later, otherwise she may become flustered (Fe)."
I really do wonder what a Fi or Te user makes of this paragraph, whether they would question it. To me there is no question - another thing that makes sense.
'I'd rather not bring this up, but you should take notice of her'. Not because 'Disrespecting the Hydro Archon is a big deal' (hi, Wriothesley), not because 'it is rude not to pay attention to her' (and in the first place he'd rather not!), or anything else. It is because 'she will become flustered'. It is about her feelings, her responses would be a deviation from the current (social) atmosphere; and therefore it would not do.
Neuvillette: "Very good, that is for the best. No need to pay her any more attention, we may now enjoy the show."
The beautiful simplicity of Ti. It considers a problem Fe brought up (she may become flustered and that's bad), posits a solution (pay attention to her) then once solution is carried out -> problem is solved. Clean as a chemical reaction, if not for the fact that this exchange is completely absurd in reality.
(Incidentally, much as I've learned to conduct myself in social settings, this is basically what my social principles boil down to. Clean and simple; 'tell a funny story', 'focus on this and that part', 'remember to have a conclusion so they remember what you were saying', et cetera. Almost mechanical in nature. It even works.)
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CONCLUSION...There is none, perhaps, hence there is no need to reply if you'd even read this far. Maybe simply take this as an empirical account, or more likely an endless, unscientific ramble. I find myself trying to explain processes that feel as simple as 1+1=2 over and over, so I can't even say that the entire exercise has been helpful - other than being a puff piece I can look back and firm up on my vagueish ideas with from time to time.
I hope this was at least interesting to read and mull over a little. If you managed to get something out of this blurby, vague, inexplicable fever dream, all the better.
(Incidentally, my personality in real life is impulsive, slightly (rather?) lazy, a bit careless, but notably chirpy - not a social butterfly, but a social something. A cosmic comedy, no doubt, how THIS character out of all is the mirror to which I'm comparing my thought processes!)
(I hope you understand now why 500 characters were not enough)
Do you play arknights, what's your thought about it?
Dude, I’m obsessed. This game is fun as hell. As of the time of writing, I am a dolphin who spent upwards of $250 on this game (and to think it was still less than what I spent on Voyager’s rate up in FGO alone), with 17 E2 and 90 rolls saved up for Phantom and Ayerscarpe.
I like this game because of 1. the lore - I freaking love how they just drop one or two sentence of hints in a character profile that come back later in some sort of event to punch you in the gut. The setting allows for moral, societal conflicts - what would you have done, what is the right thing to do, are the villains really wrong, you name it. The story may err on the side of cliche at times, and I prefer reading JP text because EN translation is confusing as hell, but it works well enough.
2. the gameplay - the dopamine hits when you get a map right is amazing. Strategy, timing, positioning are all involved, and if you’re bored of puzzles (like I used to be with FEH’s maps) you can just overlevel the crap out of your OP 6*s. You can just get the map right one time and then let it run in the background while you do whatever. It’s the love child of FGO’s engaged gameplay and GBF’s Full Auto, and I love it.
3. the music - small point, but AK doesn’t skimp on the music. They have their own image songs, collabs, CC theme songs (Operation Pyrite says hi), and banger boss music. frostnovaevolutionhard is still one of my favorite to this day.
4. the gacha - the gacha????? But yeah, compared to games like FGO, GBF, FEH, SinoAlice, you name it, there’s a lot more value I could find out of the AK gacha than the rest. Monthly packs (headhunting and card) gives you so much value for your money it’s insane. But GBF is far more generous! - you say, and yeah, but part of the value is the characters I get, which brings me to point 5.
5. the characters - art, voice, design, skins, relationship lore, you name it. Different artists, so it avoids being stale like GBF art, and quality controlled, so it avoids FGO’s questionable designs. I play this game for the guys, but my first E2 was Skadi, and that goes to show how in love I am with her design, voice, pretty much everything. Don’t even talk to me about Reunion - I want every single one of them. They really make you invested in the characters.
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I read a translation of this song on a youtube video, but decided I liked to put my own flair in especially considering this is a ReoNa song, so this is what came of it.
This song made me sad. Arknights in general makes me sad. Especially after chapter 6 of the main story, and I worked on this translation thinking of a certain character in that chapter. I just wanted everyone to be happy...
What should I believe in?
破裂しそうな胸抑えて
今日もまた ああ僕は孤独だ
Why should I believe in?
痛みは折り重なって 枷になる
泣いてる暇もないよ
救いのない夜が 諦めていく朝が
何度も通り過ぎてゆく
無惨に潰えた希望の後残された
灯火揺れた
Still believing
Nothing lasts forever
My tears are brave forever
誰かの振りかざした正義が痛くて
誰かが泣いても
また胸が痛んで
それぞれの真実に傷ついたとしても
僕は全てを許すしかないよ
What am I looking for?
屈託ない空の青が
今日もまた 僕を突き放す
Why life is a shadow?
救いようもないと知りながら
それでも刻んでゆく足跡
悲しみにも慣れて
逃げることにすら疲れて
心が痛くても泣けなくて
何処かに辿り着けば
いつかは笑えるのかな
まだ息をしてる
Still believing
What should I believe in?
I clutch onto this heart that might burst apart
Today, too, I am alone again
Why should I believe in?
The pain piles on one another and chains me down
I could not even spare any tears.
Nights of no salvation, days of abandoned hope
They pass me by, one after another
Hope is mercilessly crushed, leaving only
A wavering light.
(Still breathing)
Nothing lasts forever
My tears are brave forever
Justice brandished like a weapon to cause pain
Even if it stings my heart to see someone else’s tears
Even if we are tormented by our own truths
I could only forgive everything.
What am I looking for?
Today, too, the tranquil blue sky has forsaken me
Why life is a shadow?
Knowing that no salvation awaits
Even so, I will march on forward.
I’ve grown used to sorrow, too tired to even run away
My heart aches, yet I could not even muster the tears
If I could reach somewhere
Would I be able to smile again?
I’m still breathing, still believing
Over and over again
It feels like my avatar will break apart
But in this repeated cycle, today too, I am still breathing
(Still believing)
Nothing lasts forever
I took this wavering light in my own hands
From the desolate fate that threatens to swallow it up
Even if this night crumbles away
I will not stop moving forward
Until each truth and pain comes to an end.
Even if it all returns to dust one day
For what purpose? For whose sake?
Without receiving an answer, fate reaches its curtain call
Then at the very least, I want to reach my hands out to that day
I sing, as if in a whisper
I sing, as if in a prayer
So the full version of the op came out (absolute banger) and I could not contain my excitement so here are some translations of some of the lyrics shown on screen, specifically the parts with the numbers (which unfortunately don’t really mean much in connection to the plot) and also some other stuff I found interesting
The song lyrics are based around phrases with the numbers one to seven, many of them are 4 word idioms. Disclaimer: I know Chinese but my Japanese is not very good. However I have google on my side and the Japanese idioms come from Chinese so rest assured I’m not just pulling this out of my ass
1. 一喜一憂: describing someone’s mood swinging between rejoicing and worrying
2. 瓜二つ: alike as two peas in a pod
3. 再三: again and again
4. 四苦八苦 : suffering/working very hard. A Buddhist phrase
5. 十風五雨: to be blessed with rain (prosperous conditions for farming)
6. 六根清浄: purification of the six roots of perception (a Buddhist concept), to be free of desire
7. 七癖: used to describe a person’s habits/eccentricities
1. 一朝一夕: within a day, a short period of time
2. 二の舞: to repeat the same mistake as someone before you
3&4 朝三暮四: three in the morning and four in the evening, could mean using superficial things to deceive someone, or describe someone who’s indecisive
8. In this part they overshoot with the counting. They’re supposed to count from one to seven, but they count to eight. The following lyric is ‘there’s no number eight, is there?’
This is probably a reference to Yashiro’s name, 八尋
Also, people have theorized that Yashiro’s connection with the number 8 could be referencing a possible eighth school mystery. Paired with that lyric… interpret that how you will.
Now going into ‘not quite sure what this is about’ territory
7. 七転 : there are 2 idioms that contain these words and I cant understand the lyrics clearly enough to see which it could be
七転八倒 : to writhe in agony (fun)
七転び八起き: falling seven times and getting up eight times, to keep going until you succeed
7&8 人に七癖、我が身に八癖: ‘others have 7 vices, I have 8’ an idiom; a warning to oneself that it’s easy to see other people’s vices, but hard to see your own
Now going into ‘i just think it’s interesting’ territory
鎌草 (鐮草?) a type of grass (possibly Elatostema subfalcatum?)
I could only find information on this in chinese, but there’s certain taboos surrounding graves: letting it get overgrown with grass is bad, but completely barren ground is bad too. Apparently this type of grass is one that brings good luck, and is acceptable to grow on graves. Pretty interesting considering the series’ connection with death and the afterlife and all that
And finally near the end of the song, there’s a lyric that translates to (roughly, I cant make out the whole thing) ‘We changed fate once before, let’s do it again!’
No doubt this refers to Yugi Amane changing his future, and how they’re going to try to change Yashiro’s future too, to let her live
that’s all from me. I’m sure translations are gonna come soon from much more reputable sources but here’s what I have to offer for now
I wish I’d joined this fandom earlier - I seem to have missed a lot of theorycrafting and guesswork fun! That aside, I have finally finished up a transcription and translation of the lyrics here with notes, if it helps!
Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun OP [No.7] Full Translation w/ Notes
This song was exceedingly, horrifyingly difficult. They decided to jam every wordplay, every pun and original work reference in here, add a pinch of rap and then expected me to TL it because the song was just too cool not to.
I had a draft on Tumblr that I ended up not using because the formatting did not allow for jamming extra references in. I started that draft right after the first episode aired, and even then I only managed to get the full rap and finish up my notes by today. tl;dr, this song is genius but also I never want to do this again.
This song grew on me. Also I’m mad because I can’t figure out the middle part of Hanako-kun OP, and that’s the one that is more depressing and more Hanako-like. I’m almost there! That song is so frustrating and so genius at the same time, I have never had so many translator notes for a single song.
Oh, I’m into Hanako-kun now - in my defense, it’s a very cute show. It seems like every week I’m into a new thing, but what can you do?
Touched by your kindness
What remains, never to disappear, is your warmth
If I could say that you are dear to me
Would my heart become lighter?
On the other side of a closed door
I can hear a faint voice
Unable to move forward, all I can do is
Wallow in loneliness
My feelings simply live on in this heart
Just like a tiny light so dear that it hurts
So that the wind won’t reach, so that the rain won’t touch
I have held them close, always
But, the strength to look straight forward and wish with all my heart
And my fragile, crybaby self,
If not for you, I never would have known
Within a happenstance, I found my fate.
As I continue to close my eyes,
Drifting in a sea of memories
I continue to search for the remnants,
Of the dreams of two people
You were the person who brought color
To my unchanging, monochrome days
Even this blurred darkness, somehow
I found meaning in it, thanks to you.
These feelings hidden in my heart
That are so dear to me that it hurts
Before I disappear, one day
I want to convey them, only to you.
No matter which, my tears or my smiles
They are all for your sake
My feelings simply live on in this heart
Just like a tiny light so dear that it hurts
So that the wind won’t reach, so that the rain won’t touch
I have held them close, always
But, the strength to look straight forward and wish with all my heart
And my fragile, crybaby self,
If not for you, I never would have known
Within a happenstance, I found my fate.
No pictures, no preamble, not even Japanese lyrics transcription. I listened to the song here. It’s 12am, I’m hyperventilating, this song hurts. I’m going to lie down.
Edit 8/9/2019: Formatting, added some notes. Nothing fundamentally changes, not even the pain I feel whenever I look at this.
Edit 9/4/2019: Added Japanese lyrics for my own references.
それでも
ずっと 痛い 痛い 叫んでも 届かない声
君だけ 君だけに ちゃんと聞こえたんだね
君と見たい未来 願いがもし許されるなら
汚れたままの手で 君と世界の果てへ 行こう
栄光はなくても 正常じゃなくても
きっと命は続いていく
成功はなくても 正解じゃなくても
きっと命は続いていく
Till the End
If I could be allowed to wish for a future with you
Till the End, to the furthest reaches of the world, with these still-tainted hands of mine…
Even if I try to close them up, wounds that will not disappear grow into ugly scars*,
As I smooth my fingers over them, as they ache, I remember that I am alive.
Steal and be stolen from in the name of protecting someone, staining my hands in order to grasp my goal
I am not strong enough to say that it was all for the greater good.
If this red, red, red blood were to spill
Would the crimes I have committed, the sins I hold within…?
No matter how deep my wounds and my mistakes run,
They all turn into marks that won’t disappear, on the path I continue forward.
It hurts, it hurts, I scream and yet no one hears me
To you, and only you, does my voice ever reach.
If I could be allowed to wish for a future with you
Till the End, to the furthest reaches of the world, with these still-tainted hands of mine…
I would rather just become a mindless beast,
Maybe then, I would no longer feel this sorrow.
Ah, you are my ears, my eyes, my limbs,
My grief, my tears, the warmth and the marks I leave behind,
Because you are here, for the first time, I can find meaning in them.
I have no way to atone for the pain I caused others, the pain inflicted on me,
Carving each and every one of them in my heart, I continue to live on.
Even if there is no glory to it, even if I can’t have a normal life,
Surely, my life will go on.
Even without any accomplishments, even if it is not the right answer,
Surely, life will go on.
If this red, red, red blood were to spill
Would the crimes I have committed, the sins I hold within…?
Even so,
It hurts, it hurts, I scream and yet no one hears me
To you, and only you, does my voice ever reach,
If I could be allowed to wish for a future with you
With these still-tainted hands of mine, I’ll go to the furthest reaches of the world with you.
Even if there is no glory to it, even if I can’t have a normal life,
Surely, life will go on.
Even without any accomplishments, even if it is not the right answer,
Surely, life will go on.
Till the End.
*The actual lyrics says ‘turn into keloid’ instead of ‘grow into scars’, but I would advise you not to look it up unless you’re ok with body horror. It’s a really horrifying type of scar that I think look more like a tumor.
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Eugeo Character Song ‘Waking the belief ‘ Translation
I guess the way it goes is that I come here every few months to word dump something Shimazaki-related and leave. Today it’s Eugeo’s character song ‘Waking the belief’. There might be a translation out there already, but if mine helps in any way, I would be happy with just that. My translation is far from literal, because literal doesn’t sound good. I made some liberties in wording, but the original meaning should be there.
It’s a sad song. I wish Kirito and Eugeo had a song. I’ll stop now.
Ah, peeling off ugly makeshift scabs
Reveals an exposed wound that hasn’t healed
Regardless of truth or lie, it is the pain that destroys my heart
The crumbling future ahead is but mercy steeped in poison
The voice devoid of love asks me, my mind in a whirlwind of thoughts
How pitiful...just like a crying newborn
Any love at all will do, I said as I held out my own hand,
If it could fill up the void in my heart, make it go away, and let me forget everything...
I know nothing - not the pain, not even the reason I fight
That person is everything to me, and yet,
Why! Why! What, are you asking me...!!
A soft light breaks through
A smallest crack in the sealed garden,
Lead the lost soul that was denied salvation towards the future,
Choose the truth on your own volition
I will atone for the sin of my own weakness
The only thing left to do is believe in our connected feelings
Together with this sword, hold on to bonds that cannot be broken,
And never let go
SAO Natalie Comic Shimazaki Nobunaga/Kawahara Reki Translation
(Late) Happy birthday Eugeo! It seems I’m destined to never be free from this hellhole. Putting this here because Tumblr is at least good with formatting and long text. Part 2+3 will be done whenever I have time, though at least I’m like a third of the way into part 2. I did all of them because I’m stupid.
Link to original interview
To Kirito, Eugeo is his very first and last male best friend.
Thank you for your hard work these past two cours.
KAWAHARA: Thank you for your hard work!
SHIMAZAKI: Thank you!
How are you feeling so far now that it’s finished airing?
KAWAHARA: I thought two cours were quite a long time, but now that it’s over, time really went by in a flash.
SHIMAZAKI: Seriously. All these fun times just pass you by.
KAWAHARA: Regarding Eugeo, there was a sense that we were counting down the time to say goodbye. Especially in the latter half, I just kept thinking “Ah, the story is heading to that point…”
SHIMAZAKI: Right? That thought nagged at me somewhat, but probably more so for Matsuoka (Yoshitsugu) than me. Maybe it was because I was playing Eugeo, but as the voice recording went on, I slowly began to accept my fate, so to speak. It was a bittersweet feeling, like the kind you get when you say “I’ll be leaving”. Matsuoka haven’t been able to accept it at all though (laugh).
KAWAHARA: Ahaha (laugh). Well, it’s always hard to say goodbye.
Shimazaki-san and Matsuoka-san are close friends like Kirito and Eugeo, so it was probably even harder.
SHIMAZAKI: For me, I have done everything I could, everything I should have done, in these two cours, so it was just another thing coming to an end. However, I’m sure Kawahara-sensei, too, thought “Eugeo…”
KAWAHARA: Back then, when I was working on the Web serialization as an amateur, I would put my all in writing towards a predetermined conclusion. When I had the opportunity to rewrite through Dengeki Bunko, I had a chance to change Eugeo’s fate. I could not do it then, but I was granted another chance through the anime adaptation. “Eh? Eugeo doesn’t die?” There could have been a development like that. In the end, I could not bring it up in the script meeting.
SHIMAZAKI: If Eugeo had been alive, the story beyond that…
KAWAHARA: The latter half (3rd cour and beyond) would have to be rewritten completely. There would be a huge strain on the scriptwriters, but (as a story) I thought it was possible to create a scenario beyond the 2nd cour that Eugeo could work in. So I thought about changing his fate.
SHIMAZAKI: If you had suggested that, it would have just been “Kawahara-sensei, please take responsibility.”
KAWAHARA: Yeah, it probably would have turned out as “Please write the draft” (laugh). Well, Director Ono (Manabu) was the type to stay faithful to the original work, so that might have been hard either way.
SHIMAZAKI: For you to even consider that, Eugeo must have been an important person to Kawahara-sensei too.
KAWAHARA: SAO will continue from now on, but no other character can take Eugeo’s place. To Kirito, he was his first and last male best friend...It hits quite hard when you think about how he lost such a dear friend.
There were times I could understand how Eugeo felt towards Kirito.
When you wrote Alicization, between the character of Eugeo and the worldbuilding, which did you think of first?
KAWAHARA: First, I had an idea that I wanted to write a story about a world like this. Except for the “Aincrad” arc, Kirito has basically been a stranger, a traveler coming and leaving between worlds. So when I wrote Alicization, I needed someone who bore on the brunt of this world. Eugeo was written as a character that symbolizes the structural contradictions of Underworld, and the tragedy that arose from them. I wanted to make him into Kirito’s partner, so at first I wanted to give him the same kind of energetic feel Kirito had. However, when I actually got to writing, he acted more like a brake to Kirito. Well, he is still the type that says whatever that needs to be said and does whatever that needs to be done. Shimazaki-san I believe is close friends with Matsuoka-san, so when you do something together, which one usually takes the lead?
SHIMAZAKI: Usually it’s not about which one is taking the lead. Matsuoka is the type that prefers actions to words. It’s the same in acting. I am the one that put things into words and make suggestions. When we go eat together too, we start by confirming with each other, like “Is there anything you really want to eat today?” and working towards a compromise. (laugh)
KAWAHARA: For example, usually when you walk together, which one seems to be walking in front?
SHIMAZAKI: No, none of that. It’s just lining up side by side (laugh). However, in a professional context, when I was standing in front of the microphone, there were times I could understand how Eugeo felt towards Kirito. He’s trying to stand as an equal to Kirito, but he feels admiration and a sense of inferiority towards him, like “Kirito is really amazing” and “I’m no match for him”. This is not a negative feeling; it comes from an affectionate regard towards Kirito.
The same goes for the relationship between yourself and Matsuoka-san too.
SHIMAZAKI: That’s right, since way back, every time when I look at Matsuoka. Matsuoka’s energy and quick wit are amazing, right? That’s why he could take the lead among everyone around him like Kirito does. However, just like how Kirito thinks “Eugeo is stronger than me” Matsuoka also says things like “Nobunaga is really good at this” a lot of times.
The line at the climax of episode 24 “Now stand. My closest friend. My hero”, are there any similarities to the relationship between you two?
SHIMAZAKI: There are a lot. Matsuoka really is a hero. He’s always been amazing ever since back then. We became friends since the time we were just mostly voicing nameless soldier A, soldier B or something like that. After that, we started to be given main roles, but usually Matsuoka would be a little faster. If you ask him, he’d say “There’s no such thing”, but to me he was always running ahead. However, if I want to stand on equal footing with him as a close friend, I want to be standing equal as a voice actor as well. Thanks to that, I have been able to work hard to this point. Honestly, every time we record for SAO, I always act like my life depended on it.
KAWAHARA: Is that so?
SHIMAZAKI: Matsuoka has the experience of someone who’s voiced Kirito up to now, and above all his talent is amazing. Eugeo is a buddy on equal footing with Kirito, so I have to work hard to mirror that with Matsuoka.
KAWAHARA: I have been attending the recording sessions since the first cour, but Matsuoka-san in Alicization’s recordings seem a lot more relaxed. Maybe because Shimazaki-san was sitting next to him.
SHIMAZAKI: Yes, I think so as well (laugh). Of course, it’s due to how much Matsuoka himself has grown in the role as well.
KAWAHARA: Of course (laugh).
When I first heard Shimazaki-san’s Eugeo, I didn’t feel anything out of place.
Kawahara-sensei, what did you feel when you heard Shimazaki-san’s Eugeo?
KAWAHARA: When I write the Light Novels, I can’t hear the character voices at all. However, if it’s a character that appeared in the anime, I can then attach a voice to that character. When I first heard Shimazaki-san’s Eugeo, it just clicked into place in my head. After that, I had the chance to write Eugeo again after a while in the 1st Blu-ray’s bonus novel, and when I did, I could hear Shimazaki-san’s voice.
SHIMAZAKI: I’m honored to hear that! When the SAO anime had just started airing, Matsuoka told me “Later on there is going to be this character called Eugeo, I’d really like to see you voice him”. I read the novels and thought that I would really want to do it. Still, there was no way I could get that wish (laugh). So I didn’t expect too much out of it, but it was something that was always on my mind. After that, when Eugeo was to be voiced in the game Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization’s DLC, they asked for me! I sent a LINE message to Matsuoka while still in shock (laugh). I’m glad to be able to continue in the anime.
Please tell us something you were particularly conscious about when acting as Eugeo.
SHIMAZAKI: That would have to be the childhood part (laugh).
KAWAHARA: Is that so (laugh).
SHIMAZAKI: Matsuoka had experience acting as “Kiriko-chan”, so I thought that was natural that he would do Kirito as a child as well.
In the 2nd cour of “Phantom Bullet”, Matsuoka-san voiced Kirito in a female-lookalike avatar, right?
SHIMAZAKI: That’s why I would probably be voicing Eugeo as a child as well, I thought. Plus, I want to do it myself. That was when Eugeo first appeared, and his story began with the time, as a child, he could not move and could not save Alice. If I leave that to someone else, I feel it would not mesh as well. And so, though it might have been selfish of me, if possible, I wanted to voice him from beginning to end.
Administrator tore open a gap in his heart.
When you voice Eugeo in his childhood, is there anything you pay particular attention to?
SHIMAZAKI: I experimented “What if I acted like this…?”, but once I was actually recording the scene, during the conversation, when we established the balance between the three (with Kirito and Alice) I thought I actually sounded like a child. In the first episode, while Eugeo and Kirito were talking, Alice brought a lunch box. Thanks to the exquisite balance that Kayano-san brought, Alice seemed a little like an older sister to the two of us. I think it established quite well the balance of the three in their childhood.
KAWAHARA: Right, Alice’s “Hey, you two!” really set the scene between the three.
SHIMAZAKI: First, there was this feeling that the two of us could do fine by ourselves. But when Kayano-san’s Alice came for us, it’s like “We’re saved!” for me and Matsuoka (laugh). Her dialogues, or should I say, her voice acting really is amazing.
KAWAHARA: I’m an amateur when it comes to voice acting, but I could feel the difference when actors record separately instead of having a conversation together. Actually, for Sakamoto Maaya-san who voices Administrator, her schedule didn’t line up at first, so she was always recording separately. However, for the last two episodes, everyone joined the recording session. Then, (Administrator’s) impact was on another level. “Scary!” I thought (laugh).
SHIMAZAKI: She was amazing. Now that you mention it, that was just the right timing when Administrator started going all out. I could feel chills going down my spine in the recording.
KAWAHARA: Of course, Sakamoto-san’s Administrator was amazing ever since the start too. Actually, in the Web version, Eugeo brushed off Administrator’s temptation, so he did not become an Integrity Knight.
The development where he fell to her temptation and got brainwashed was adapted to the anime from the Light Novel, right?
KAWAHARA: It became like that in the Dengeki Bunko version because my editor Miki-san said “I really want to see Kirito versus Eugeo!” “I want to tie up that foreshadow-y loose end where Kirito thought “One day he might surpass me” about Eugeo”. Since he appealed so strongly, I was compelled to act. I was convinced to rewrite it, but even so a part of me thought “Eugeo is not that weak of a person”. However, when I saw Sakamoto-san’s Administrator, I thought “I definitely can’t blame him for falling for this”.
SHIMAZAKI: As the one she directed those words at, I have to admit it was very persuasive. However, while Administrator was skillful in her deceit and very alluring, Eugeo was not enamored with her in a sexual sense.
KAWAHARA: That’s right.
SHIMAZAKI: It did include a love for the opposite sex, but what she struck was a gap in his heart caused by a lack of familial, brotherly, and many other kinds of love. The anime did not show Eugeo’s family, though…
In the original work, Eugeo was not blessed with love from his parents or brothers.
SHIMAZAKI: So, in that scene, I remembered that in the text of the original, he was always alone, working and having his money taken away by his family. Above all that, his memories of his time with Kirito was taken, and so there would be a big gap there as well.
KAWAHARA: I’m sure that if he had had the memories of the time the three of them spent together, he would not have fallen to her temptation.
SHIMAZAKI: That’s right! I think he would have brushed her off as well.
It is not impossible to revive Eugeo and Alice Schuberg
Please elaborate more about the Alice that was precious to Eugeo.
KAWAHARA: Earlier, I said Eugeo was the character that symbolized the contradictions and distortion of Underworld. Alice, on the other hand, is the character that symbolize Underworld’s hope and “proof”. She was set as a character who was just as much of a victim as Eugeo, but continued to struggle against her cruel fate.
From when you created these characters, what did you imagine Eugeo’s feelings toward Alice to be?
KAWAHARA: What Eugeo is searching for is the Alice Schuberg from his childhood that was taken away. It is not the changed personality Synthesis Thirty.
SHIMAZAKI: It is quite painful.
KAWAHARA: In episode 21, when Kirito, Eugeo and Alice stand side by side, I was really impressed. However, that Alice is not the Alice (Schuberg) Eugeo have been thinking about. Also, while talking to Kirito, she refers to Eugeo as “your friend”, and treats him like someone she is only barely acquainted with. It was honestly heartending.
SHIMAZAKI: That “Synthesis or Schuberg” issue was quite a big thing for me too. That scene Kawahara-sensei talked about just now, about the three people standing side by side, I thought the same thing. I don’t know if I should say this, but…Really, is it possible to have a Super Happy End where they defeated Administrator, no one died, and they could separate Schuberg and Synthesis?
KAWAHARA: Yes. If Cardinal lived, it would be possible to separate the two Alices’ Fluctlights (souls). There is a hurdle about the other Alice’s body, but just within the setting, it is possible.
SHIMAZAKI: Also, at the end (of episode 24) when Schuberg’s Fluctlight left with Eugeo, I thought it was due to the power of a “will” beyond logic. I really loved that scene in the original. Did you decide on that end from the beginning?
KAWAHARA: Because it would be too sad if Eugeo left by himself. When he became a sword, a part of Eugeo’s Fluctlight merged with Schuberg’s Fluctlight. In that way, once the two have merged and were gone, I wrote “No one yet knows where the collection of photons that formed the two souls would go.” I did leave a little implication in there.
I’m expecting something from that expression “No one yet knows”.
KAWAHARA: In the original, the new arc “Unital Ring” have just begun. And so, this will be the third time I am having this conflict. In terms of setting, bringing back Eugeo and Alice Schuberg is not impossible, so I feel like it’s a problem I’m always having (laugh). It’s just that, I have to think as an author whether bringing someone back to life so easily is a good thing…I think this conflict will continue on for a while.
SHIMAZAKI: That’s quite hard…Please endeavor to make SAO the best you possibly can.
KAWAHARA: Right.
I thought it was impressive that you didn’t push for Eugeo’s revival (laugh).
SHIMAZAKI: No, no (laugh). Of course I want him to come back, but as a work, it is important to make it as good as possible. I’m sure it’s the best thing for Eugeo as well. Plus, later in the SAO media mix, maybe there will be an “if” where a grown up Alice Schuberg, Kirito and Eugeo appear together. There might be a chance that Kawahara-sensei would write something like that, right?
KAWAHARA: That’s true. That chance might come up.
Believe in Kirito, and watch over the last of the Alicization arc.
In addition to the ones mentioned above, do you have a favorite scene?
SHIMAZAKI: I have a lot…For example, (in episode 10) the case with Raios (Antinous) and Humbert (Zizak), Eugeo said “I’m just like those goblins” and Kirito said “You’re human, Eugeo. Just like me”, I really loved that scene. Up to this point, Kirito has accumulated a lot of experience, which included killing people, but he is not making excuses for killing a person. He’s going to grit his teeth and move forward, without losing his way or being conflicted. I thought that was amazing.
KAWAHARA: Kirito was not reincarnated into another world, but rather in principle it’s like playing a game with a controller. He’s been burdened with a heroic role, but he’s not really a hero. In essence, he’s a high school student living in Kawagoe. I wanted to emphasize that part.
What is Kawahara-sensei’s favorite part?
KAWAHARA: At the time of this interview, it has not been broadcast yet, but the last scene between Kirito and Eugeo left a strong impression on me. They did a lot of testing on Eugeo’s final words to Kirito, but in the actual scene it still hits you in the gut. It’s painful no matter how many times I see it. How much do voice actors control their emotions in such a scene?
SHIMAZAKI: In that scene with Kirito and Eugeo, I didn’t really try to control anything and just went with my own emotions. It’s strange, but I was calm during that scene. (In episode 23) when Eugeo said “I know the mission I should fulfill” and became a sword, Matsuoka’s performance, as Kirito, was so moving as he desperately tried to stop Eugeo. But at that time, I think Eugeo had already made up his resolve, and I too, calmly said “It’s fine, Kirito”. I was already prepared for the jump around then.
KAWAHARA: Then, in the farewell with Kirito, you were calm like that too?
SHIMAZAKI: Yes. My feelings were all over the place, but somewhere I was really calm…
KAWAHARA: Eugeo himself was probably calm as well.
SHIMAZAKI: That’s true. Eugeo suffered a lot because of Underworld. In the end, he was saved by being together with Alice Schuberg, so I feel like I was convinced that it was okay. When we approached around the 20th episode, I had the feeling of “I want to stay with everyone in the last two cours too”. However, when the time came, I felt calm. I had done what I could and what I should have done, with all my power.
KAWAHARA: What about Matsuoka-san?
SHIMAZAKI: Of course, like Kirito, he received a great shock and got horribly messed up (laugh).
KAWAHARA: Ah…(laugh)
SHIMAZAKI: A lot of times mid-conversation, he’d say something like “Nobunaga’s gone”* and get depressed, looking really sad. At the end, when we were talking in front of the microphone, I could almost feel Matsuoka’s Kirito saying “I don’t want this to happen!” That’s why I was calm instead, that it was better this way. If I were to be greedy and say “I want to do more”, it might have affected the voice acting, and make it seem like Eugeo has regrets. Of course, it’s not like he didn’t feel any at all, but in that instant, that regret was very close to zero.
Then, finally, to those who watched the first two cours, is there anything you would like to say? Please also tell us about any highlights in the third and last cours that will be broadcast from October.
SHIMAZAKI: First, thank you for watching up to episode 24. I greatly enjoyed this experience as an actor and a person. Also, I think that the first two cours were great thanks to the efforts of everyone involved in SAO, including Kawahara-sensei’s original work. I would be happy if everyone thought so as well. If you reached episode 24, you may be feeling depressed. It was an unsettling ending, and the last two cours will surely be painful and difficult as well. However, it’s alright because Kirito will be there. “My hero” will be there. I believe that if it is Kirito, he will surely lead everyone to a good future. Please believe in Kirito and watch over Alicization to the end. As Eugeo, I will be watching over with everyone.
KAWAHARA: Thank you for sticking with Alicization through 24 (+1) episodes. However, surprisingly, Alicization arc is not ending yet (laugh). That said, once the second half starts, it will go by in a flash as well, so I hope everyone continue to enjoy Sword Art Online Alicization: War of Underworld from October. Eugeo has left the stage, but many characters (except Administrator and Chudelkin) will continue to appear. As for Chudelkin, Takagi-san’s performance was so great that it feels like we lost another precious person. (laughs) In the last two cours, characters who make a big impact like Chudelkin will continue to appear one after another in the enemy side, so please look forward to that.
*Note: Yoshitsugu was saying 「信長ロス」which generally means the same but is used in many contexts (e.g. when a pet dies or when a celebrity get married) and never sound good translated as “Nobunaga loss”.
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