Chapter 52 Don't Seek Death or You Will Die

Illya, an ordinary elementary school girl who attends the elementary school department of Homurahara Academy, and many other elementary school girls have always admired the magical girls on TV.

One day, when she was out shopping at night (someone with a strong desire to survive changed the scene of meeting in the bathtub), she encountered the magic Ruby Kaleidoscope Wand that fell from the sky and claimed to be an artificial natural elf.

She was forced into a contract with the magic wand and became a real magical girl.

Illya was then captured by the wand's original owner, Tohsaka Rin, who followed closely. After learning that the wand had recognized Illya as its master, the furious Rin forced the elementary school student to help her complete the task of retrieving the class cards.

"Oh, no matter how many times I see it, I always think this scene is super cool!"

Illya looked longingly at herself making her first appearance on the TV screen as a magical girl: "Ah, it would be great if I were really a magical girl."

"Maybe in a certain world, Illya really is a magical girl~"

"Big brother, please don't say such words to comfort a child."

Nanaya's words did not make Illya happy, she said with a pout.

"Well... the plot and everything is good, but the music is a bit sloppy. Shouldn't you just do your job properly if you're collecting money for others?"

ZUN, who is also a "family member", expressed his opinion while drinking beer and eating watermelon. The music production of "Magical" was not completed by him, but was packaged by TBS to a special drama music producer.

The reason for this result is that "Magical Girl Illya" has more than 20 episodes, and some BGM will use some music that has been copyrighted.

So in order to appease those vampires in the Music Copyright Society, Nanaya had to hand over the original music production work to a regular music company.

Of course, that being said, Nanaya actually knew very well that TBS simply gave the job to one of its connections.

ZUN also understands Nanaya's approach and has no opinion on it. Of course, he still feels a little unhappy, so the first episode is filled with his various complaints about the music.

"Indeed, there are a few places that feel out of place."

Nanaya himself was not very satisfied with the background music, but the situation was stronger than him. TBS gave him so much power in the selection of actors and filming, and he couldn't refuse directly when the other party took the back door for the less important music.

This time even Illya nodded in agreement: "Yes, that's right. Uncle Ota is the one who is invincible!"

So the second half of the first episode of "Magical Girl Illya" ended with everyone denouncing the music producer.

After a short advertisement, "Magical Girl Illya" entered the two ending credits set by Nanaya.

In addition to the "Tiger Dojo" that serves as a preview of the next episode, Nanaya also added a segment called "Ruby's Heroic Spirit Lecture". In fact, Nanaya imitated the final commentary of the TV version of "Pokemon" and let Ruby explain the Heroic Spirits and some terms that appeared in this episode.

This column is actually an important part of Nanaya's preaching under the guise of popular science.

"With Ruby's somewhat crazy commentary, she taught the children about these ancient heroes in a relatively humorous tone. It turns out that our program is a good one that combines education with entertainment."

Nanaya kept nodding as Ruby explained the scene of Cu Chulainn.

"That's not the case at all. Also, why isn't the Heroic Spirit explained in the first episode the Archer card of the protagonist?"

Ori asked this question on behalf of others.

"Because of Archer's identity, he is not suitable to be the first Heroic Spirit to explain here."

As the most famous and completely original Heroic Spirit in the Type-Moon world, if Nanaya chooses Red A as the first Heroic Spirit to be explained, wouldn't that undermine her so-called goal of combining education with entertainment?

"Speaking of which, who exactly is the Heroic Spirit Archer? Your script never made it clear from beginning to end."

Compared to other Heroic Spirits with clear identities, Red A's identity is somewhat veiled throughout the story. In the first half of the story, except for showing off a projection treasure in the battle against Siegfried, he did not show any extraordinary qualities at other times.

In the second half of the story, although Red A's class card is attached to the personality of Kuro who is separated from Illya and materialized, it is still difficult to see his true identity.

Nanaya didn't want to spoil the plot so early. "Well, didn't the script say that he was just an unknown blacksmith?"

You guys guess, if you can guess that Red A's true identity is Emiya Shirou, I lose!

"If you don't want to talk about it, forget it." Ori curled his lips and returned his gaze to the TV screen. "But I feel that the first episode is a bit cliché. It doesn't match the style of the senior who likes to play tricks."

Nanaya snorted: "What's the point of being innovative? As a brand new IP, it's better to be steady at the beginning."

In fact, even Nanaya himself agreed that the first episode of "Magical Girl Illya" was not particularly outstanding, which is one of the reasons why he asked TBS to broadcast two episodes in a row.

After all, the first episode of "Magical Girl Illya" is a very traditional magical girl story in terms of plot development and narrative techniques.

In order to enable children all over Japan to understand the outline of the whole story as quickly as possible, Nanaya adopted the most traditional three-act narrative technique.

That is, the story is about a character who triggers events from his own "ordinary world", comes to an unfamiliar environment, and finally grows up after experiencing a series of conflicts.

Although this story template seems a bit old-fashioned, Nanaya is very clear that most of the classic stories in the world follow this template.

The so-called cliché is actually a synonym for success, because countless predecessors have used this routine to succeed, so people feel a sense of déjà vu.

It should be noted that the "ordinary world" mentioned in the three-act play is not the ordinary world that everyone usually thinks of, but refers to the state in which the protagonist has existed for a long time before the story begins.

For example, Shirou Emiya's day-to-day high school life and magic training in FSN, Tony's extravagant life of luxury at the beginning of "Iron Man", or Rose's cold aristocratic life at the beginning of "Titanic".

However, the opening of "Magical Girl Illya" does not have any strange settings, and Illya is just an ordinary elementary school student.

Although having two maids in the house is something that not ordinary families can have.

"But Sera is really amazing. She can play multiple roles so easily. Both Sera and Liz acted very well~"

Because she was the only Westerner with silver hair and red eyes in the crew, Sera was directly pulled by Nanaya to play all the Einzbern family members in "Illya". In addition to Illya and herself in battle, she also had to play the roles of Liz and Irisviel.

"Please don't say that, Miss." Sera seemed a little shy after being praised by Illya. She blushed and turned her head to the other side. "I am just acting in my true colors and imitating others."

Nanaya picked up a piece of watermelon and commented: "It's mainly because of the differences in personality and appearance. Although they both have silver hair and red eyes, people can tell the difference at a glance."

brush!

A cold light flashed, and the watermelon that Nanaya had just picked up was cut into two halves by Sera with a single hand knife.

"Kiryu, if you dare to say that I don't have a good figure, believe it or not, I will send you directly to the funeral home." Sera threatened with a gloomy face. Red liquid (watermelon juice) was dripping from the fingertips of her right hand, making this female devil look a little scary.

"I never said that."

Nanaya quickly lowered his head and stared at the two small slices of watermelon in his hands, and seemed to be very interested in the distribution of watermelon seeds on them.

"I don't care about my figure at all! Kiryu, do you know that?!"

"Got it, stop shaking me!"

In Nanaya's current sight, he could see the two things on Sera's chest shaking up and down rapidly.

It's a pity that Nanaya felt no emotion at this moment, and even wanted to laugh.

"Ms. Sera is really not honest~? She was reluctant to take off her bra after the shooting was over haha——————"

[Idiot, don't say some things. ]

Looking at Shonan who was completely lifeless and lying on the table, Nanaya silently picked up a piece of watermelon rind and covered his head with it.

"Shonan, we will remember you. It is you who taught us the truth of life that if we don't commit suicide, we will not die."

"Hey, Your Highness is not dead yet~?"