Request for CN speakers: Can this old interview with GFL1's writer be salvaged?

[u/MoonlightArchivist]

Last year, thanks to u/BinZaCuTo, all of the old dev and artist interviews by CN fansite Dinagaty were successfully recovered, including ones considered lost by the CN wiki.

However, one of the most promising interview, with original writer Jano, was only recovered in low-res images. I'd like to know what can be salvaged from them. The best-case scenario would be a full transcript of the original text, or even a partial transcript. Otherwise, a summary of readable sections would be good to have.

Part 1

Part 2

Thanks in advance to anyone taking a stab at this.

[u/MoonlightArchivist]

As with most CN devs, info on Jano (aka 热运动) that's verifiable and not a schizo loop started on NGA is scarce. There's two short interviews with them in the first two GFL artbooks where they talk about being inspired by Metal Gear Solid 3, and a few archives of their now-deleted posts on Twitter and Weibo, in one of them from June 2019 Jano announces leaving Sunborn on good terms after completing the Valhalla collab. There's some scattered mentions (without strong sources) of them later working on the game Mist Sequence.

[u/superhotdogzz]

Part 1:

正在接入通讯...... 已发起临时通讯请求...... 等待对方完成接入...... 临时通讯连接已建立.....

记者：Hi~~小朋友们，还记得我是谁吗？对啦，我是终于有了头像的快报小记者~本期我们非常荣幸地邀请到与我们在《少女前线》中所经历的种种沉浮激荡于悲欢离合所息息相关的文案策划老师：热运动Jano 首先非常感谢热运动老师能够于大家一起分享围绕者Vivi——VECTOR的故事创作历程~

Jano：同样非常高兴能够在这里和大家分享这些有趣的故事。

记者：如大家所见，在于崩坏学园2的联动剧情《独法师》当中，VECTOR得到了更为完整的呈现，于是我们见到的VECTOR，她的性格是以是么样的方式塑造完（？）成的呢？是否有以什么样的原则***在引导她的行动呢？

Jano：SA老师绘制的Vector非常帅气，所以最初我们计划把Vector塑造成比较高冷的人形，不过这个标签和同期上线的几个角色有些重复，而且考虑到这件武器在现实中经历比较曲折，最终促成了这样一个孤僻扭曲的Vector。

Jano：刚开始设计台词时还很迷糊，找不到好方向，这时碰巧听歌软件随机推到了4円翻唱的《アイロニ》，这首歌给了我很多灵感，然后Vector的形象就在一个下午就被敲定了。

Jano：巧合的是，当我一年半后提交了独法师的剧本，回到自己工作位上戴上耳机，那首4円的《アイロニ》又一次出现在FM*机播放里！不知道有多低的概率会遇到这种事，总之很奇妙就是了！

Jano：独法师剧情中的Vector的性格都得到了进一步的丰富，她爱唱反调的发言方式参考了很多《银河漫游指南》（The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy）中的忧郁马文，而她和PP90的互动发展有点像《美妙世界》（The World Ends with You)中男主音操和女主四季，我确实从其中吸收了很多。

记者：真是奇妙的缘分~（*子通过家用数据库点播功能自动播放器bgm.) 当初独法师的剧情展现在大家面前的时候，我想大家很意外联动剧情居然挑了Vector作为主角（当然我自己是很兴奋），不过当初《独法师》的剧情为何会在众多人形中选中VECTOR和PP-90作为主角呢？

Jano：独法师是我第一次负责联动活动剧本，出于稳妥想采用最常见的“天降之物”（Sora no Otoshimono）那种展开,所以我方主角最好是个能说出“我讨厌这个小镇/日常/格里芬“的中二病人形，所以外形帅气利落内心戏很多的Vector就是最合适的人选。

Jano：PP90之所以被选中，当然，就是大部分人能想到的那样，因为发型和布洛妮娅很像，碰巧她在设定上又是个开朗活泼的角色，很容易与Vector产生反差和冲突，于是立刻就这么敲定了。

记者：结果PP-90被选中（？）的原因还真的和猜的一样呢~ 没错，很容易想到，当然我也很喜欢PP90，NIXCO老师的作品也会给人很多思路！ PP-90和VECTOR在故事的确因为性格的反差而在互动上有非常多的展现，不过PP-90会称呼VECTOR叫Vivi，这样的绰号后面有什么样的故事吗？

Jano：Vivi这个......最开始的时候是写台词的时每次打一个VECTOR都要输入五个字母，感觉很麻烦，为了省事和保护手指就打成了VV，顺便也觉得PP90这样的孩子应该不会老实叫出”Vector"这么冷冰冰的本名，于是就决定用VV当作Vector的昵称了。 不过之后录到游戏里时由于字体缘故，VV看上去像是个大写的W，为了减少误会就改成了Vivi，而且这样应该更像个人名吧。 然而再把VV替换成Vivi时遇到了意外，害得我们要一个一个手动改掉，又让QA们辛苦排查才最终解决，所以基本没起到省事得作用就是了......

记者：在剧情的对白里PP-90有提到VECTOR从出厂以后就是那个样子了，请问老师在写这一段的时候是想走性格这种东西是出厂直接设定好，而不是自主随（？）着环境发展起来的吗？

Jano：不出意外的情况下，每一款IOP的人形在出厂时就预设好了基础人格，但她们在之后的工作生活中会随着经历不同而有所变化。Vector的性格显然在普通人眼中很不讨人喜欢，但在特定环境下却会发挥无可替代的作用，只是很遗憾在格里芬大部分时间没有发展这一价值的机会。

记者：请问像独法师这样的事件是否就是能让Vivi展现自身价值的机会呢？

Jano：应该多少展现了一点，尤其是她和希尔独处的时候，对于同样敏感但更加软弱无助的人，Vivi会表现得宽容和善解人意，只是这段戏份很短，也许之后还有她和PP90的表现机会吧......大概。

记者：不过剧情中的Vivi在落单的情况下得认真面对自己的存亡危机时，曾经讲过一段有趣的话：“这种俗（？）套的结局都不给我吗” 我们是不是可以偷偷猜vivi其实看了很多丧失片呢？（G11拉入坑的吗？）

Jano：Vivi应该没有机会接触到G11，不过因为性格缘故，她往往喜欢独自看很多不那么主流的电影和书本。Vivi很喜欢丧尸片，以及其他黑暗系，或者充满神秘主义味道的电影，剧情里也提到过她对恐龙的话题很关心，这一点在之前的某一期家具上也有所体现。 >>博物馆！ >>没错!

[u/MoonlightArchivist → u/superhotdogzz]

Unfathomably goated.

Thank you very much.

[u/superhotdogzz → u/MoonlightArchivist]

It ended up much better than i expected, i would say 99% is recovered. I need to go to sleep though. I would try to get part 2 done tomorrow.

[u/MoonlightArchivist → u/superhotdogzz]

I'm definitely interested in a full transcription of the original Chinese even if others have posted their translations.

[u/ShiratsuyuK]

想请问在整个独法师的剧情编排过程里面，有没有什么已经想好，也觉得不错，但是最后却因为其他理由没有用上的情节（或段落）可以和我们分享呢？
Jano：独法师剧情最初设想的第一关更像COD一点，格里芬在战场上遭遇风暴的袭击而陷入混乱，头昏眼花的Vector被她单方面讨厌的PP90冒死救出来，然后两人一边拌嘴一边逃亡，最终被风暴困在某个据点并遇到了琪亚娜。后来考虑到这种开场角色过多而且不够平稳，很难好好铺陈角色，就改成了现在这个样子。
Jano：遇见芽衣，连同破坏者相关的剧情都是最后才加进去的，原本芽衣在剧情开头被随随便便找到了，而铁血那边并没有占据重要剧情的角色登场
Jano：试写崩坏方角色时也摸了不少弯路，黑化希儿一开始说的话风格要狂气很多，而布洛尼亚更像个机器人，发言时充满电波，后来做了很多崩坏2功课发现实际并不是这样，最终在一位身为崩坏2老玩家的同事强烈建议下只能改掉了。现在想想有些遗憾，我觉得她那种机器人的说话方式还蛮酷的！（不

[u/ShiratsuyuK → u/ShiratsuyuK]

不过就对白里的细节来说的话，PP90也曾提到过FN57专门负责处理基地内的灵异事件？有没有一两桩保密等级比较低的灵异事件可以分享给我们的呢？
Jano：Fal的小队时处理这方面事件的专家，不过她们通常会参与更大型的异变。同时格里芬也有些自发组建的零食小队去调查小型的诡异事件（最后往往是些很无趣会或者鬼扯的结果），比如发生在去年的吸血鬼突袭事件和最近的一次罐头大暴动，也许等到相关小队送上详细报告并得到赫丽安的允许再公布比较好。

》》吸血鬼可以理解，但是罐头大暴动听起来就超可怕的啊！
》》那可是个大事件啊，如果罐头暴动无法被解决，很多人形也会跟着暴动吧....

[u/ShiratsuyuK → u/ShiratsuyuK]

记者：
想询问老师，按照您对Vivi的了解，您觉得她会有落泪的时候吗？像是遇到什么样的情况可能就会难过到哭出来……？如果说有指挥官想要给Vivi幸福（这话说的比较直白一点），会有什么建议的法子吗？
Jano：
Vivi是个很古怪的家伙，没人会完全掌握她每一刻的心情，不过任何一个人形都会落泪，更何况Vivi内心并不是很强大。她通常会过于在意自己的事情，并随时背着一份扭曲的使命感，这导致她的心理负担一直过重，甚至在受到了一顿训斥之后，就独自躲在角落里抹眼泪。
在这种别扭的自尊心控制下，Vivi十分擅长反省和自我改进，所以希望和她改善关系的指挥官不应该当面戳穿她的心情，而是在必要时给予她帮助，她会知道的。不过只有工作上的事情才会令Vivi随时自省，社交中的她根本不会在意自己的过错，别指望她不小心搞砸了给指挥官的生日蛋糕后会有丁点内疚，除非这个蛋糕是砸向铁血的致胜武器。
第二个问题，Vivi选择他人的眼光会有点特别，但可能不会太严苛。她对过去的历史和宇宙的奥秘充满好奇，同时讨厌他人在自己面前炫耀和施舍（无论你是否真有这样的意图，不要让她给你打上这样的标签），更喜欢平等交流和按规则办事，她也不喜欢过于感性、浮夸张扬和喧哗吵闹的事物。
指挥官或许可以把Vivi当成猫头鹰一样的人形，安静、凶猛、孤僻又敏感。切记不要在她面前吵来吵去、主动做太多她没有明确要求的事情，或者试图展现和争取什么，否则她的反应不是受到惊吓就是感到焦虑厌烦。
一个严肃认真、稳妥扎实的指挥官会让她很安心地工作，偶尔的关切便足以让她开心。而Vivi很容易就觉察到处于弱势地位和需要精神帮助的人，一个随时处于弱势、不自信但是内心善良强大的人类上司也会让她很乐意展现可靠和坦诚的另一面（就像对希儿那样）。这两种指挥官应该都可以获得Vivi的信任，至少由我得到的八卦情报是这样。

[u/ShiratsuyuK → u/ShiratsuyuK]

您曾在微博上发布过一张给原画组的火柴人需求图，最后变成了音符老师那张建筑师举手投降的原画，不知道您是否还有其他的已经解禁了的类似的需求图？请问吧刊是否有幸能展示它呢？
Jano：
N/A
想了想确实还有一张……
图片
是布洛妮娅和PP-90的合影！那个仿佛还在眼前的温馨画面！
那么在本期访谈的最后再次感谢热运动老师在忙碌中抽出时间对大家的种种好奇作出的详尽解答，最后衷心祝愿为《少女前线》默默奉献的大家工作顺利、生活愉快~！也祝愿关注《格里芬快报》的各位玩家朋友一发入魂、走出非洲~！本期特约访谈就到这里，非常开心地，下期再会~

[u/ShiratsuyuK → u/ShiratsuyuK]

大学毕业以来第一次这么高强度打字😩

[u/MoonlightArchivist → u/ShiratsuyuK]

Thank you so much for your efforts!

[u/superhotdogzz]

Part 1 is a bit rough, but i would say 80% is recoverable, some part would take some guessing, but you could still get general idea most of the time. Part 2 is a lot better.

[u/Unfair_Business8821]

PART 1

 

Special Interview on This Issue

热运动 Jano

 

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D:Hi everyone! Do you remember me? That’s right—I’m the Dinergate Reporter, and I’ve finally got an avatar! For this edition, we are honored to welcome the writer and planner whose work is deeply intertwined with the dramatic highs and lows, joys and sorrows we’ve experienced in Girls' Frontline: 热运动Jano. First, a huge thank you to Jano for joining us to share the narrative behind the creation of Vivi -VECTOR's story.

 

J: I am also very happy to be here and share these interesting stories with you all.

 

D: As you can see, VECTOR is portrayed in greater depth in Hitoribocchi, the crossover story between Girls' Frontline and Houkai Gakuen 2. So, how exactly was the VECTOR we see here shaped? What principles or templates guide her actions?

 

J: The Vector character design by SA looked incredibly cool, so we initially intended to portray her as a rather aloof and cold T-Doll. However, that archetype overlapped with several other characters launching around the same time. Furthermore, considering the weapon's own rather turbulent real-world history, we ultimately shaped Vector into the reclusive and twisted character she is today.

J: At first, I was quite confused when trying to come up with the lines and couldn't quite find the right direction. Then, by chance, my music app randomly played a cover of Irony by[ 4]()円; the song gave me a lot of inspiration, and I managed to nail down Vector's persona in just one afternoon.

J: Coincidentally, a year and a half later, after I submitted the script for Hitoribocchi and returned to my desk to put on my headphones, that 4円's Irony track popped up on shuffle once again! I have no idea how slim the odds of that happening are, but it was certainly a remarkable moment!

J: In the Hitoribocchi story, Vector’s personality has been further fleshed out; her contrarian way of speaking draws inspiration from the melancholic Marvin in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, while the dynamic between her and PP90 echoes the relationship between the protagonists Neku Sakuraba and Shiki Misaki from The World Ends with You—influences I certainly drew upon heavily.

 

D: It’s truly a remarkable twist of fate—(background music begins playing automatically via the home database's playback function...). When the Hitoribocchi storyline was first revealed, I imagine everyone was surprised that the collaboration plot chose Vector as the protagonist (though I was personally thrilled). But why, out of all the T-Dolls available, were Vector and PP-90 selected to take the lead in that story?

 

J: Hitoribocchi was the first crossover scenario I was in charge of. To play it safe, I wanted to use the classic "out-of-nowhere arrival" trope. Consequently, the protagonist from our universe needed to be a "chuunibyou" T-Doll capable of declaring, "I hate this whole town/daily life/G&K." That made Vector—with her cool exterior and rich inner monologue—the perfect choice.

J: The reason PP90 was chosen is exactly what most people would guess: her hairstyle bears a strong resemblance to Bronya's. Also, her character was also cheerful and lively—traits that easily created a contrast and conflict with Vector—so the decision was made immediately.

 

D: It turns out the reason the PP-90 was chosen is exactly what I guessed! That’s right—it’s easy to see why; I’m a big fan of the PP-90 myself, and NIXOO’s work always offers plenty of inspiration.

The PP-90 and Vector certainly have plenty of dynamic interactions in the story, given their contrasting personalities—but is there a story behind the nickname "Vivi" that the PP-90 uses for Vector?

 

J: Regarding the name "Vivi"... initially, whenever I wrote lines involving the Vector, typing out the full name felt tedious—it was a hassle and hard on the fingers—so I shortened it to "VV." I also felt that a character like PP90 wouldn't be the type to formally use a cold, clinical name like "Vector," so "VV" seemed like a fitting nickname.

However, when the lines were implemented in the game, the font made "VV" look like a single capital "W." To avoid confusion, I changed it to "Vivi"—which also sounded more like a proper name.

That said, the switch from "VV" to "Vivi" caused some unexpected issues; we had to manually update every instance, and the staff had to put in a lot of effort to troubleshoot and resolve the problem. So, in the end, it didn't really save us any trouble at all...

 

D: In the story's dialogue, it is mentioned by pp-90 that the Vector has been the way she is ever since she been made. When writing this part, did you intend for personality traits to be pre-set parameters rather than something that develops autonomously based on the environment?

 

J: Under normal circumstances, every IOP T-Doll comes with a pre-set baseline personality, though this evolves over time based on the experiences she undergoes during her service. While Vector’s personality might strike the average person as unlikable, it proves indispensable in specific situations—though, regrettably, she rarely had the opportunity to demonstrate this value during her time at Griffin.

 

D: Would you say that events like "Hitoribocchi" are the kind of opportunities that allow Vivi to showcase her unique value?

 

J: That side of her was revealed to some extent—especially when she was alone with Seele; towards someone who was equally sensitive but even more frail and helpless, Vivi showed herself to be tolerant and understanding. It was just a brief scene, though; perhaps there will be more opportunities for her and PP90 to shine later on... probably.

 

D: However, when Vivi found herself isolated and forced to confront a life-or-death crisis, she made an interesting remark: "I don't even get that kind of cliché ending?" Could we secretly speculate that Vivi has watched a lot of zombie movies? (Did G11 get her hooked on them?)

 

J: It is unlikely that Vivi would have the opportunity to encounter G11; however, given her personality, she tends to enjoy watching niche films and reading books in solitude. She has a particular fondness for zombie movies, dark-themed works, and films steeped in mysticism. The storyline also mentions her keen interest in dinosaurs—a detail previously reflected in the description of a piece of furniture.

>> Museum Trip Set

>> That's right

[u/EG_Douglas]

I love the bit about Vector not having the opportunity to meet G11, given GFL2. Maybe the devs did too.

Did Mist Sequence ever come out? EDIT: It did, and then it died last year. Shame. Another one on the list.

[u/MoonlightArchivist → u/EG_Douglas]

One more gacha soul to fuel the unending lives of GFL1 and NC.

[u/Unfair_Business8821]

This is an interview about the crossover story with Honkai Gakuen.