The BAMBOO BROOM DIARY (Nasu and Takeuchi blog)

**mewarmo990** · May 31st, 2015, 06:06 AM

^clicky!

LATEST ENTRY: 2022 August 06

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Title says it. Nasu's blog.

I know some of these have been translated by various people over the years, so I figure we might as well have a place to collect them.

Please contribute to the thread if you know of any translated posts. I don't know if I still have any of mine saved.

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Links to translated entries:

Translation credits: mewarmo990, deadfish, Canaki, fumei, Comun, Petrikow

**peanuts** · May 31st, 2015, 06:08 AM

This.
This is a great idea.

**Kat** · May 31st, 2015, 06:15 AM

Looking forward to this thread

**mewarmo990** · May 31st, 2015, 06:30 AM

ooh I found the one I did after the first TMitter April Fools event.

btw I'll be posting 5/23 entry in a bit, so no need for anyone else to bother.

**GundamFSN** · May 31st, 2015, 06:35 AM

hmm, gonna hover around here.

**mewarmo990** · May 31st, 2015, 06:36 AM

It has been a long time since I was this tired.

Everybody, thanks for your hard work! I worked four of the characters. I’m not the kind of person who likes to stare at the monitor all day! The guy that came up with this idea should just die! Explode.
But it ended more beautifully then I imagined [I did not understand the second half of this line. Something about a アライザラッター mood.]
During the lull in the last forty minutes or so, it was surprising and terribly moving to see our followers blinking out one by one like the stars. This project was only possible thanks to all of you, so let me first offer my gratitude for that. Thank you to all of the staff for sticking through to the end as well!

……Well, speaking of those characters, for two hours I had to switch between
「Waking up nao」
「No. 4, suspend」「gyu~in gyu~in」
「Don’t call me Black Panther!」
「Sunflower Beam!」「In combat nao」
It was like I had completely transformed, though
Any mistakes during that time were mostly my own fault. It’s rather embarrassing.
…But I guess there’s no helping, since I was running four characters simultaneously, after all! What’s up with those people who were there to teach me Twitter yesterday.

The work was roughly divided into
Saber
Makidera
Shinji
Sion, Rider
Shirou, Bazett, Kohaku, Archer, Rin
Though, I had to hand Shirou off to another staff member halfway through. The reason for that is rather awful.

BIG BOSS MAN:
“Hey look, everyone seems to be asking for Rin and Archer. Could you change the schedule a bit?”

Actually, with Rin and Archer we had thought “If we have to tweet those two then the lead writer will die for sure,” so although we made accounts for them we didn’t plan to use them for long. That was that. And (because of?) the three people in charge just kind of spit out Archer. Because of that, we created an Archer that just regurgitated everything Rin said. Forgive me. Especially to those of you who enjoyed Archer and Rin, please, please forgive me.

From Rin’s diary:
「My heart isサムカラシニコフ」is from the postscript of Toradora! by Takemiya Yuyuko-sensei.
「Become the wind/Become the wind/My love」is from TAKE-MOON by Takenashi Eri-sensei.
Both authors inspired “Girl power rules!”

In that sense, behind the scenes the April Fools project was an agonizingly stressful plan to carry out.
I think our experiment to try and make those characters exist in reality for “just one day” was a success.
But, if we try it again I will die. Plus, it’s more beautiful if we use that joke just once.

Ah well, I’ve said everything I wanted to say.
Now I can finally sleep. Take care of your health, everyone!

In the end, I screwed up.
Regret…! Kinoko, regretfully made two mistakes…!
Well, thanks to that, the staff all had a good laugh, and even though we were exhausted, we were able to happily lower the curtains on the event.

**Raron** · May 31st, 2015, 06:38 AM

Originally Posted by Mcjon01

And again, Nasu point out on his blog that it meant the very start of the prologue was from Archer's POV and he was surprised nobody got it.

http://www.typemoon.org/bbb/diary/log/200511.html

　ホロウにおける「決戦」を最後まで見て勘の良い人なら気が付いたと思うのですが、ステイナイトにおけるＯＰのモノローグって士郎じゃなくてあいつのものなのですよ。
　いつか誰かが気が付くかなー、と思ったらスタッフ内でも「あ、そうなんすか」と軽く流されたので、あー、やっぱり分からないよなそんなの、と思い今回釈明の機会をゲットしました。

Does that count as translated entry?

Edit: Oh, and this.

**Kat** · May 31st, 2015, 06:42 AM

I wonder if he blogged about the recent TMitter.

**mewarmo990** · May 31st, 2015, 07:07 AM

So, did you enjoy episode 20?

In the Newtype interview, I answered, "they let us detune #20." This is what I meant by that:
To take boxing as an example...
The game version followed a full round to the end with a victory by judgment,
while the anime version was a play that ended with a burning knockout in the first round, or something.

---Proceed ahead not by dwelling heavily on the past, but by comparing each other's states of mind.

Evolving circumstances are nothing other than the selection of functions.
In exchange for discarding many components, we investigate a single one thoroughly, and update the maximum speed.
In the pursuit of making a pleasant visual production, we do away with following the text word-for-word, and lightly run towards our goal.
That is the UBW anime's answer.

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So. Enough about all that story writing stuff.
This time, there’s something even more important to discuss, you know?
That’s right, why don’t we talk about the extraordinarily powerful background song!

When Shirou does xxxxx, the background music is by Aimer, who also did the opening theme “Brave Shine.”
The name of that song is “LAST STARDUST.”
Actually, both of these songs were submitted by Aimer as candidates for the opening theme of UBW’s second season.
They’re both great songs that elevate the themes of UBW, so frankly, we were writhing with indecision over which one to use.
As a result, we strategized that the opening needed a feeling of speed, so we went with “Brave Shine.”
As a theme song, “LAST STARDUST” was outstanding in my mind.

“Unfortunately, it breaks our hearts to have to pick only one… but we’d be happy to see “LAST STARDUST” used in Sakura’s route, so plan for that, please!”

Is what we insisted to Aimer.
Three months later, somehow a recording of “LAST STARDUST” that was more polished than the demo version reached my ears.

Nasu: “How!? No, I’m incredibly happy though! I’m not exaggerating when I say that I can taste UBW just by hearing this! But why did they spend so much time making it!?”
Director Miura: “Ah, about that. I requested it as a background song because I really wanted to attach it to episode 20. But, we didn’t know if it would go well, so we didn’t tell you until it did. Tee-hee.”
Nasu: “Dammit man, you kept quiet about something this important—
Don’t mind me, just keep doing this——!”

And so we got the best possible result.

Who would’ve thought that it would become a scene brilliant as only an anime could be?
It was Director Miura’s idea to play “LAST STARDUST” during the farewell scene in the internal world.
This didn’t come out of the scriptwriting stage.
Making the story of an anime is like a baton relay.
The continuity of the script is handed over the the continuity or production, ultimately resulting in many times more good things.

One such miracle is this episode’s background song, which came out of this process.

Both “Brave Shine” and “LAST STARDUST” being in the same production distinguished the power that came out of this series of events.
The full versions of both songs are an even deeper experience, so please buy the single if you like them. They’re really good.

What? There’s no release date yet?
You’ll just have to believe in the courage of Sony Music…!

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And now, please enjoy the five remaining episodes of the TV anime UBW.

My gratitude to Aimer for their wonderful compositions and songs, and their cooperation that showed a deep appreciation of our work.

**GundamFSN** · May 31st, 2015, 07:22 AM

Who are these "they" that Nasu referred to in the Newtype interview?

**mewarmo990** · May 31st, 2015, 07:36 AM

btw I just did 5/23 to kick off this thread, but I have no real interest in translating any more on my own time.

But, I will continue to update the OP with any submissions or links.

**Kat** · May 31st, 2015, 07:54 AM

And here I thought there were more translated entries than those already posted

**Strange_One** · May 31st, 2015, 09:08 AM

There are. Just that knights need to be dispatched to retrieve them from the dark depths of the lair.

**You** · May 31st, 2015, 02:23 PM

This is a great idea.

**mewarmo990** · May 31st, 2015, 06:03 PM

SomeSome were lost when the old forum went down, like the 2010 TMitter one I found in a text file on my backup drive.

- - - Updated - - -

Originally Posted by Kat

I wonder if he blogged about the recent TMitter.

Yeah he did.

- - - Updated - - -

Originally Posted by Hen_Ichi

There are. Just that knights need to be dispatched to retrieve them from the dark depths of the lair.

Go forth into the abyss, brave ~~minions~~ chevaliers!

**Kat** · June 1st, 2015, 06:59 AM

Anybody is interested in translating the recent TMitter one, then?

**aldeayeah** · June 1st, 2015, 08:19 AM

Most of these are not even close to a translation, but since I went through the trouble I'm posting them all

(these are all the results of googling site:nrvqnsr.com "typemoon.org/bbb/diary" with the Verbatim option)

(in descending blog date order)

2015/3/24: Nasu plays Bloodborne instead of getting shit done

Originally Posted by You

Read about how Nasu is so hyped for Bloodborne.

2014/12/17: Some Hana no Miyako stuff that even Crown finds uninteresting (!!!)

Originally Posted by Crown

Saw it. Nothing interesting in there to be honest.
Even Takeru's inside stories about his early characters designs are more entertaining.

2014/12/4: Nasu plays GGXrd instead of getting shit done, also talks Case Files

Originally Posted by hinode

New Nasu entry, talks about this a bit.

Also we can add Guilty Gear Xrd onto the list of videogames that he's been playing.

Originally Posted by mewarmo990

Pretty much what we've been saying, it's been quite a while since things were occult mystery themed like during old Type-Moon era.

(also it took me years to realize that the shorthand 型月 is pronounced "Type-Moon", ahahaha)

Interested in seeing Sanda's take on this. I've never read his stuff, if we don't count Red Dragon which wasn't really writing.

2014/11/26: Something about FHA Vita I guess. yokushi quoted it and called it a day.

2014/11/10: Nasu wants to write more scifi

Originally Posted by deadfish

とまあ。
元祖Fate/stay nightはufoさんの手で新生している真っ最中だけど、
EXTRAもこれから。これからでござる。まだまだなんか続くでござる。
せっかくの電脳もの、せっかくのインフレSFものなんだし。
困った事に、やりたいネタはまだ半分も使い切れていないんだ。
Uh.
Uh?

Originally Posted by Mcjon01

He's got a super hard-on for science fiction he just can't get rid of without writing more Fate EXTRA.

2014/9/29: Nasu plays Bayonetta 2 instead of getting shit done

Originally Posted by You

New entry blog for Nasu showing off his infamous math skills.
He talks about how ufo rin is perfection and his experience at the preview thing. And calls the chairperson Angra Mainyu? I don't get the joke.
And then goes on forever about his Wii U and Bayonetta 2.
Goddamit Nasu.

Originally Posted by You

He just said ufotable rin was really great. The best girl arguments can continue.
Oh and he was seeing 01 for the first time at the preview event.

Originally Posted by You

Why have fans not just found nasu's dark souls account and ganged up on him enough to make him rage quit?

We tried. We couldn't find him.
He also recommends Fatal Frame 5. And likes the backwards compatibility of the Wii U, so he can play Pandora's Tower and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zangeki_no_Reginleiv this game which he highly recommends.

Originally Posted by You

More details on how Nasu spends more of his blog post talking about how great Bayonetta 2 is rather than talking about the UBW anime.

2014/7/27: Nasu is a lying liar, also he's writing Grand Order

Originally Posted by yokushi

もうFateは書かないと言ったな。あれは嘘だ。
Oh Nasu, you bastard.

Originally Posted by terraablaze

I said do not write anymore Fate. That is a lie
Welp

2014/7/8: Clock Tower in 2015 (TRANSL8 PLZ)

Originally Posted by Kotonoha

Hey that clock tower story is up on Nasu's blog

2014/1/31: Nasu plays Dark Souls 2 instead of getting shit done

Originally Posted by mmmu

There's a new post on Takeuchi+Nasu's blog, http://www.typemoon.org/bbb/diary/index.html#31
Some relevant information, more or less a rehash of what's been said so far though
..but perhaps someone is interested

Originally Posted by Mcjon01

Only important part:
「そうは言うけどよキノコ！　もしダークソウル２が出ちまったらどうするんんだい!?」
「その時は―――笑ってごまかすさぁ」　ばきゅーん。

Originally Posted by Mcjon01

Anyway, the gist of it is, "Welp, there's another Fate project after all! But don't worry, I'm still working on Tsukihime, so just let it slide, okay? Like, seriously, now that all that Rakkyo stuff is done with, if you split up my week it'd be five days Tsukihime, two days Fate, so that's not so bad, right? ...Well, there's still the recording sessions for Hollow and some EXTRA stuff, but if we could just increase the week to nine days everything will... be... fine..."
"Ah, you say all that, but Kinoko! What are you gonna do when Dark Souls 2 comes out!?"
"When that happens... I don't know if I'll laugh or cry!"

Originally Posted by You

月日が経つにつれ子供だった頃の面影は消え、違う一面を見せるようになるでしょう。
Nasu asks if your body is ready.

2013/5/28: Nasu plays SMT4 instead of getting shit done

Originally Posted by Ossan99

Today's diary of Nasu, he is playing "真・女神転生IV" from ATLUS. Most of 2chs feedbacks are looks like negative.

2013/3/21: Fate Extra/CCC OST has spoilers and lore

Originally Posted by Reiu

Nasu says that the booklet that comes with the soundtrack, as well as the titles of the tracks in disc 2, will be "a storm of spoilers," so if anybody uploads photos or scans or anything of the sort they should probably be put in spoiler tags (or in the spoiler thread).

Also, he says that he wrote what he wanted without restraint regards the nameless mob characters, so we can look forward to that I guess.

2013/2/4: CCC opening, Nasu goes to the movies

Originally Posted by Reiu

So according to Nasu there's going to be a "Director's Cut" version of the opening, hence Meltlilith and Passionlip (who're referred to as the "alter egos"), Karna and Idol Lancer etc. only getting stills, because they won't be there in the true opening.

Apparently there's only 2 seconds of difference, though.

Originally Posted by Mcjon01

Yeah, yeah, CCC stuff, who cares. Let's talk about how Nasu loved Looper, and seems like he really wanted to like In Time based on the premise but clearly felt the execution was lacking.

2012/8/7: Nasu plays Danganronpa instead of getting shit done

Originally Posted by Reiu

Seriously, the great Nasu mushroom himself recommends that you plebs drop everything and dash to a brick-and-mortar shop to throw your money at this game right this minute.

Originally Posted by Reiu

North America release of DR2 today.

Man, I remember thinking about quoting snippets from Nasu's blog for this day, but Nasu descriptions + fanboy raving proved too headache-inducing of a combination to tackle.

Fanfic writers would probably find it a gold mine of Nasuisms, though. ("Covenant Child of Hope," seriously Nasu?)

Originally Posted by Mcjon01

光がこぼれそうな、自立して走りまわるサボテンみたいな笑顔だった。

Tell me if there's anything better than that one.

Originally Posted by Reiu

I dunno, maybe there are a lot of anthropomorphic biped cacti running around cackling where he lives.

But yes, I concede your point.

Originally Posted by Reiu

Oh yeah, seeing as this is the Danganronpa thread in a Type-Moon forum; Nasu actually gave nicknames to some DR characters. Junko Enoshima is the "Successor of Despair," while Nagito Komaeda is the "Covenant Child of Hope." Seriously. Servant sheets for those two when

Originally Posted by Reiu

I figured as much, since you compared Komaeda to Junko.

Komaeda is pretty much tied with Junko as best character.

Also the only two characters to have been specifically mentioned in Nasu's review (or rather fanboy rant) on DR2, which was how I got into the series.

I actually contemplated translating that review at one point, since it was pretty entertaining.

Full of Nasuisms, to boot.

The promised child of hope who, though utterly damaged as a person, nonetheless retains lucid rationale;
The successor of despair who, though otherwise perfect as a human being, is anything but rational.

Originally Posted by Reiu

More snippets from the mushroom, following the one above.

A mere year from the shocking first installment. The creators of this game are clearly monsters.
Late on Friday night, I'd started up the game, thinking, "Just a little while, just to get a feel for the game..."
Well, well, curious indeed! I'd spent my entire Saturday dashing to the end....
I was amazed that I still had the energy left in me to pull an all-nighter; clearly the bewitching magic of Danganronpa 2. An immersive drug indeed.
A game that, once begun, refuses to return the player to reality. A fiendish game: that's Danganronpa 2.

[...]

And that's why---I really love this game.
There are mountains of "interesting games" in this world.
Of course, there are games much more polished than Danganronpa 2.
But "games that match one's interests perfectly" are rare indeed.
It's a fortunate gamer who stumbles upon such games even once or twice in their life.

I'd spent this good luck once already---no, twice, on the Danganronpa series.

I can only hope that this good fortune will continue.
I eagerly anticipate the future where players exposed to the energy of Danganronpa will, one day, create similar miracles.

Come now---it's summer, and entertainment has long since dried up.
Why don't you take a break and come enjoy a life of psychopop?

Welcome, to the closed circle beneath these open tropical skies.

And that's like, 1/4 of his rant there.

2011/12/10: Nasu hints at "something" (Red Dragon commercial)

Originally Posted by deadfish

Hmmmm?

2011/12/10 : 今夜。（きのこ）■

いよいよFate/ZERO　11話の放映です。
今回は自分もテレビ放映が初見なのでワクワクしながら見たいと思います。

……そして、ここだけの話。

今夜のZERO、ＡパートとＢパートの間に「？」なモノが流れる予定。
誰も予想だにしない方向からの一撃なので、こちらも楽しみにしていただけると嬉しい。
龍之介の台詞を借りるなら、
「こ、これがオトナ（ヒト）のするコトかよぉーーーーー！（涙）」
ぐらいの衝撃です。
いや、ホント何なんでしょうねアレ（笑

詳しくは今夜、モニターの前で！

2011/9/6: Doormat fox is Nasu's waifu

Originally Posted by paper2k1

oh yes! Tamamo...ah! my foxy lady

Originally Posted by Kotonoha

ああ、キャス狐なら俺の横で寝てる
Nasu, you manslut.

2011/4/23: Nasu watches Meguca instead of getting shit done

Originally Posted by Bolfotha

Kino Nasu has high praise from Madoka Magica

Then again, Nasu might be biased. ( he is Gen's friend / rival )

2008/9/15: DDD gets no love

Originally Posted by Mcjon01

ＤＤＤの読者さん的には「ん？」と思うギミックがありましたが、ＤＤＤと空の境界はまったく繋がっておりません。

It's just a gimmick to make DDD readers do a double-take, there's no connection at all between Kara no Kyoukai and DDD.

Originally Posted by Leftovers

O right, I should add Kuramitsu to the DDD-KnK connections too.

You shouldn't because:

『空の境界未来福音』でも同名の登場人物が存在するが、こちらは創作物から引用された偽名。

It's just a fake name he took from a book.

**Mcjon01** · June 1st, 2015, 08:24 AM

Let's play a game, it's called "Find the quote you quoted that came from Mahoyo and doesn't have anything to do with Nasu's blog." It's a real mouthful, I know.

**aldeayeah** · June 1st, 2015, 08:34 AM

The cactus one? Got a bit carried away.

**mewarmo990** · June 28th, 2015, 03:20 AM

"Wow, a new character showed up even though it's the last episode (monotone).
I wonder who she is, that beautiful, splendid, blonde drills pro wrestling rich lady!"
"Oh, she's in Prilya too. It's not that surprising."
"D A M N Y O U H I R O Y A M A H I R O S H I !"

Yeah.
Did you enjoy the last episode of Fate/stay night UBW?

Impressive, ufo managed to cram new settings and character designs into the last episode like it was nothing.

I think you'll see why the stage moved for #25 if you watch it.
To our viewers who have followed us for two seasons, it's not because "we're shifting to the Sakura route next," but because we wanted to give you "the continuation of UBW."

I watched it a little ahead of everyone else (SHIROBAKO came out on the morning of the 27th), but I humbly submit that this experiment was quite an achievement.

This past half year has been a wonderful experience.
I feel like I've returned to my younger self from 10 years ago.
Again, thank you and fantastic work on the part of Director Miura and all of the staff at ufo!

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So. While directing my feelings of gratitude to Kouenji,
I will now give you an inside scoop, per Kinoko custom.

I began by thinking that #25's script was "mostly original, so I should write this as a side story to the original [the VN] story."
And so I, Kinoko, was at my wits end trying to write something approximating a screenplay.

That's right. You know what I mean. In other words, I bit off more than I could chew again. Fuck!

Thus we drastically cut the parts that weren't needed for an anime... but the generous people at Aniplex said, "It would be a waste if all of your Nasu-san's work was cut, so let's include it as a special in the second box set."
Those of you interested in what was cut (Luvia's turn to shine and Luvia's turn to shine and Luvia's turn to shine, etc.) should check out the second box set.

I'll take this time to comment on two scenes:

* About Glastonbury
That's but one of the many supposed graves of King Arthur dotting England. There are many more.
Rin: "It's one of King Arthur's graves. There are many others so its authenticity isn't certain, but it at least has a connection to her, right?"
This line was cut down for the anime.

That said, Glastonbury was a really beautiful place.
I can't quite put into words what I felt when I went through the gate and saw that meadow.
To put it in game terms, it was the emotion of leaving Kokiri Village for the first time in Ocarina of Time for the N64 + the world of ICO (PS2) in reality.
If you ever plan on traveling to England, by all means take the time to go there.

* The very final scene
It's a scene that you'll understand if you review it again, but it was easily misunderstood so here's the excerpt from the script.

Wasteland scene
"After the ED. Same scene as the initial wasteland.
Shirou walks alone. Exhausted, his steps slow to a halt.
Shirou, lowering his eyes in the face of a sandstorm, notices someone's footprints (the place where Archer stopped walking).
Shirou takes a breath, and raises his head. His face is one of pretended resolve, but also full of hope.
Shirou resumes walking in that direction, with a firm gait.
The camera stops at Archer's trail, and the scene ends on Shirou's back, shrinking in the distance.
(To make this easier to understand, after Shirou leaves, you can also insert Archer watching Shirou that appeared by the footprints... but I think it'd be best if you didn't)"

He's not wandering around aimlessly, but rather heading towards a distant point.

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On that note, the "stay night" aspect of Fate concluded with a splendid final episode.
But, I'm afraid to say that the Fate anime won't end yet. We're almost there, just a bit more, etc etc.

First, the unprecedentedly out-of-control "Prisma Illya Zwei Herz!" starts on July 24, so you should excitedly wait for that.
According to reports from the people at Yomiuri Land, it's rumored Zwei is going to be even more powered up in various, well, you know, that sort of way!

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Please wait just a bit longer for FGO... almost... almost...
We're making the final tweaks...

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