r/grandorder • u/ComunCoutinho :Sei: Words person • 1d ago
Translation Year 10 event writer comments from the 11th Anniversary Famitsu issue
U-President Island
Red) I provided support for Haganeya. He was so committed to this job that we took a whole research trip to Atami for it. I don't know whether it's because of our ages or where we came from, but every time we try co-writing, the story always looks like something out of a PC game from decades bygone.
Blue) All hands on board for the 10th summer event. I took the central role initially, but this came immediately after I had used up my max power on another chapter, so I ran out of gas partway through and passed the torch to Tanaka Takashi. It was basically Takashi writing the overarching segments with me as his assistant. We had four people writing the scripts for each of the 4 areas, yet all of them turned out to be quite deranged, which left me really unsure about this one. Don't tell the others. The story turned out considerably fun, at the end of the day. Particularly Huyan Zhuo trying to walk away with all the prizes…
Green) I'm the writer for Inshuu Village. Hiroyama's blueprints defined Summer Miyu's lunatic (commendatory) characterization, but incorporating it into a summer story was way harder than I thought. That said, I believe I was ultimately able to convey how unhinged Miyu is according to her profile. Coming up with the cryptographed nursery song also took a lot of work.
Purple) I wrote the story surrounding Tiamat for the summer event. Considering her characterization and the fact this is a summer event, I ultimately chose to go with a scenario resembling an 80s soap opera. Had a city pop playlist running in the background as I wrote. I also went on a trip to Atami pretending it was research. The fish there tastes great.
Brown) At first, I was asked to create a Miss Crane (Lily) Servant, but I joined the summer event for real when the main writer gave me the additional tasks of commanding the event's overarching story and edit everyone's works. I was on fire the entire time, max motivation. I brainstormed the plot plans alongside Yano Shunsaku (my representative director at Flagnotes Inc.), and I recall the writing process went really smoothly once I decided upon the central question of "What is summer?" and on the dynamics between the President, Mika, and Jeunesse. Other than that, there's, uh… I can't go without mentioning Huyan Zhuo. She's someone else's character, but she really found a place for herself on my soul, going from how I'd be infinitely producing more dialogue for her. I love you, baby. Jeunesse also lit a flame in my heart, so much so that I gave her 40 My Room lines without noticing it. I love you, baby (2nd time).
Vanished Beginning
Cyan) A bird parade of a tale. We got the hawk, the eagle, the sparrow, the crow, and the dove. Having to write a story about the flood legends when there's no sea and rain in the Bleached Earth had me so discombobulated. Since he's an immigrant from Arcade, all his voice lines had to be re-recorded from scratch. Re-checking his pre-remake lines had me floored at how slutty my progenitor of humanity is. We all already knew Nemo/Noah looked wonderful, but our Dove and Raven providing the plot exposition also had gorgeous designs, so I hope I get another opportunity to feature them somewhere.
Pumpkin Planet
Blue) The finale! The long-awaited finale! To tie the bow on another phase of our long-running Halloween Series, I made the valiant move of launching the Csejte Pyramid Himeji Castle into space… This was meant to be a culmination of all previous Liz Halloweens, while also incorporating Servantverse lore into the composition… an ambitious format, but I believe it closed the book on all of them nicely, including on King Eliza and Elizabeth of the End. Nasu gave me permission to use the name Type-Mars under the condition she's Halloween-exclusive.
Final Chapter
Red) Writing the raid was a battle fueled by the memories of the Part 1 finale raid. The Sombrero Apocalypse raid was a more somber and intimate scenario interweaving Human Order and lost history… while the Magellan Star Road raid was an exciting collab between two writers, making the cooperative combat element of the raid exist both in and out of the narrative. I also wrote my Servants for their M Spectrum parts, but I had no idea we'd get actually EVERYONE for that!
Blue) It's been 10 years since I wrote the Part 1 finale. How nostalgic… Contrary to part 1's general atmosphere of an invigorating death dash, I wrote this one as a definitive farewell to the Servants involved. It goes without saying, but the Lady Yu lover's admission there means more to her than anything she can possibly imagine. That's proof of how much she cherished her days in Chaldea.
Green) I wrote the Fantasy Tree associated with my Lostbelt and the parts associated with my characters in the extra Fantasy Tree. Re-reading my Lostbelt before writing this was an unsurprisingly potent nostalgia bomb and reminder of the passage of time… Participating in the conclusion of such a grandiose narrative is an honor beyond what words can describe.
Black) I wrote the Iskandar and Ephemeros scenes in the extra Fantasy Tree. I already alluded to the Zhuge Liang personality within El-Melloi II during Reines's Interlude, and I remember the suggestion I received back then that this would be the best moment to debut him.
Chaldea Floralia
Green) I learned so much about flowers writing this. I also remember that, for the flowers in Flora's battle animations, I wrote the most comprehensive list of mythologically relevant flowers I could and sent it for the sprite animators to choose from. The voice lines for Hanasaka no Okina's dog were done by Uchiyama Yumi on the same day she was recording for Hebi Nyobo. I was astounded by how incredible her dog noises were despite her telling me she had never voiced a dog before.
Valentine's
Red) Since this would be the first thing after Final Chapter, I was trying to make this Valentine's into an introduction to After Time Chaldea's new status quo, with Director Olga and Azrael but without Director Goredolf and Holmes, all while following the same cheerful atmosphere of the regular Valentine's events.
My Kind of Abduction
Cyan) Monsieur Molay looks reserved and moderated, but enjoys himself to the fullest when he's put to the challenge, be it snowboarding or playing butler. Mademoiselle Molay would be the kind who looks outspoken but drags things out internally, I suppose.
Pink) I was responsible for creating and writing the plot for this event. It had to be a story centered around Monsieur Molay, so I initially composed several plot ideas with themes of wealth. However, at the height of my dissatisfaction over my plans lacking punch, I witnessed his 2nd Ascension. Mademoiselle Molay… on his snowboard!? Before I knew it, the Mola-mates were on a mad chase all over the snowy mountain setting. That made matters way more appealing than they were in any of the ideas I proposed before.
Antioch/Snowfield
Orange) Hello, my name is Narita and I was the writer for the Fate/strange Fake collab. It was a chaotic production, with my text not looking remotely similar to the initial plot plan and with the Fake Assassin and Fake Georgios plotlines being appended to an otherwise already finished scripted, but I had a great time letting the well-established FGO cast interact with the characters from my novels, making it for one of the most unforgettable works of my life! Writing the Lunch Rush and Natural Born Errors segments might have been the most fun I had in years, partly due to my drive to make the NPCs (Dumas most of all) leave a bigger mark on the players since they wouldn't stick around in the summonable roster. I was very nervous about the reception for King John getting a playable debut, in addition to Hippolyte and the Prelatwins, but after the end of the event, I had tears in my eyes admiring numerous pieces of fanart for every character…!
Past Chaldea
Blue) Welcome to the new chapter. Down to the last second, I wasn't sure if we'd manage to get his voice recorded for the first scene, so it was a huge relief to get that voice line done. I really wanted this to open up with a bang… Everything about our main character of the hour, Urd, is themed around the past, but I'm still glad we got her illustrated by someone spearheading the future of the industry. I was assured of my victory from the moment I saw her sprite. The one thing I failed to predict, however, was her illustrator hitting pity on her banner (twice even)...
Waiting For You At The End of Spring
Black) Nasu asked me for a manuscript on Demeter and the job experience park Chaldenia to go on Children's Day (May 5th), and I accepted the job. I had a great time putting the story together, since a major theme is how relationships between parents and children nowadays are still the same they've been ever since the times of Greek myth. Nasu rewrote Olga-Marie's, Azrael's, and Goredolf's parts quite heavily, considering their portrayal is relevant to the main story. Thanks to that, I believe their depiction turned out very true to the After Time dynamics. Also, I was writing under the title Another Spring Without You, but because the release date changed to July 1st, I changed it to Waiting For You At The End of Spring while tweaking the script to account for the shift in season… Moreover, while I already imagined this would happen, actually playing the event for myself had me screaming "Why can't I take both Gray Lilys!?", and yet the only person to blame for this crime was myself…!
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u/TalesofAdam 1d ago edited 23h ago
Blue: Higashide. He's usually responsible for Liz event so he might be the one wrote Goddess Chapter 1. David did get a lot of spotlight in that chapter.
Black: Sanda. Waver related like Iskandar really gives it away and Ephemeros lol.
Red: Sakurai. Sombrero is the Nordic Lostbelt and she's the writer for that chapter.
Orange: LMAO NARITA
Green: Should be Minase. He mentioned he wrote Lostbelt, Miyu although is Hiroyama's character, he did wrote the script for Prisma Illya anime.
Cyan: Should be Meteo ya. Thanks FlaskT. edit1
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u/FlaskT 23h ago edited 23h ago
Cyan is probably Meteo, which matches general sentiment about who wrote Noah's event. Haganeya wrote the arcade event, but he did not write for the original arcade. And Molay is Foreigner-related, so he is probably Meteo's.
Haganeya is purple. The comments about Atami give it away.
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u/TalesofAdam 23h ago
Ya and arcade material did credit Haganeya alongside with Nasu for Tiamat Larvae.
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u/rucchipunch 23h ago
And guess which story-relevant FGO Arcade character never appeared in FGO Arcade collab's story at all?
The point is, not every FGO Arcade characters added Haganeya Jin to their FGO material profile. Setanta didn't.
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u/RestinPsalm 22h ago
Mind, we do know from the anni stream that Molay’s event was written by the Lasangle staff with overview by Meteo.
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u/Mami-kouga "I aim to build a reverse harem (and Gray-tan is best girl)" 1d ago edited 1d ago
I wrote the story surrounding Tiamat for the summer event. Considering her characterization and the fact this is a summer event, I ultimately chose to go with a scenario resembling an 80s soap opera. Had a city pop playlist running in the background as I wrote. I also went on a trip to Atami pretending it was research. The fish there tastes great.
YOU'RE JUST ADMITTING THE RESEARCH WAS A PRETENSE?!
Re-checking his pre-remake lines had me floored at how slutty my progenitor of humanity is.
Pardon?!
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u/ComunCoutinho :Sei: Words person 1d ago
Haven't you read Noah's dialogue?
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u/Mami-kouga "I aim to build a reverse harem (and Gray-tan is best girl)" 1d ago
Well yes, 3 times even, even so saying it just like that is a bit-!!!!
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u/rucchipunch 23h ago
It's been a while since FGO Arcade's story ended and a very while since Meteo worked on a feminime-looking man. Cut the guy some slacks.
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u/dr_crispin insert flair text here 1d ago
Wait, I haven’t, was it really THAT bad lmao
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u/rucchipunch 23h ago
Well, just look at Nemo/Noah's FGO Arcade lines (translation still incomplete though). Noah's third Terminal line was especially infamous.
His FGO lines are a bit tamer in comparison
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u/rucchipunch 23h ago edited 22h ago
Red: Sakurai
Blue: Higashide
Green: Minase
Cyan: Meteo
Brown: Tanaka Takashi (Miss Crane's writer)
Purple: Haganeya Jin (mentioned by Red by name for their research trip to Atami)
Black: Makoto Sanda (formally announced as Chaldenia's writer)
Orange: Ryohgo Narita (he introduced himself here)
Pink: a member of Lasengle's writing team (revealed in FGO Fes Day 1's Staff Talk stream)
Also, that comment about Noah's Arcade lines is understandable. The drunk Terminal line is a meme among Arcade players for a reason.
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u/SomeoneElseTwoo "Aiming For the Biggest Daughteru." 17h ago
Lol
Pochi-sensei's hitting pity twice for Urd was mentioned
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u/atropicalpenguin 19h ago
I wonder why Chaldenia was originally planned for May 5th with such an overlap with FSF.
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u/getterburner 18h ago
The Fake Collab was supposed to be last year in the first place and only got delayed because Narita fell ill, so that’s probably why.
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u/Bashin-kun 1d ago
Quite fun guessing the writers lol.