GoRA Kizuna Meeting #6

GoRA Blue’s report, and supplement to Q&A not fully answered in the event. 

Q1 Does Kusanagi have siblings? Green: Sorry for the misunderstanding earlier. We confirmed that Kusanagi does have older brother(s) and older sister(s). *Note: GoRA didn't say now many. BTW Green also replied on his own twitter.

Q2 Munakata issued 30 million Yen (remuneration to Hirasaka) to save Fushimi. Does Fushimi know this? Orange: Presumptively, he doesn't know the amount. Munakata and Fushimi don't ask each other unnecessary questions. Yellow: If he knows, I think he'd say things like, "Are you stupid or what?"

Q3 When Fushimi infiltrated《jungle》, was he using the same jungle account he used in middle school? Yellow: Back in Homra, Hisui did tell Fushimi that, "I'll keep your account. Please log in anytime you feel like it." So, why not reuse this account in his infiltration? Blue: As for the "user name" shown to others, he wasn't serious in making one to begin with. If anything, he doesn't want some random player identifying him IRL through a user name, so he lazily typed stuff like "f" or "fsm", and left it that way if there's no problem with it. It can be changed anytime if there's a need.

Correction on Kusanagi's siblings mentioned in Kizuna #6 Q&A.

OP just tweeted that she shortened her question (to fit in one Tweet) too much, hence brought misunderstandings. What she asked was "Are details on Kusanagi's siblings decided? Like age and stuff?" Green and Yellow replied not yet.

(Clearing up things for folks who read the post earlier today. I corrected this part in main post now.)

(This is why Twitter is a good source for event reports. Dozens of Twitter users went to the same event. When something doesn't look right, someone will raise a question.)

GoRA Kizuna Meeting #6 Q&A

Q&A from Kizuna Meeting in Ikebukuro on Jan 22nd. This is really long so I categorized them into 5 groups: ①Munakata, ②Fushimi, ③Scepter 4, ④Homra, ⑤K Project, including K7S.

GoRA Kizuna Meeting #5 Q&A

GoRA Orange answered some asks in the Kizuna Meeting #5 in Osaka.

Q1 Does Awashima have brothers? If yes, how many? A1 Sorry for replying "I don't think so" in the meeting. I was wrong. Actually she does. She's the youngest in her family, with two older brothers. Her brother's children, her niece and nephew, call her "Seri-chan". Isn't that cute?

Q2 What's Kusanagi's favorite drink? A2 Classification, I suppose? Kusanagi enjoys any alcoholic beverage in general. He's particular about Scotch. Kusanagi really knows his stuff, even though among those who visit his bar, barely anyone can share his knowledge regarding alcoholic beverage. It's pretty much like him, right?

Q3 When did Munakata start smoking cigarettes? A3 He had the chance to smoke while he's studying abroad. Of course he usually doesn't smoke, but that doesn't mean he's inexperienced.

"Expectation of K in 2017" poems, with Orange's comments: 　【Interesting, and even more interesting.】 - by Red That's the principle of GoRA. We always say we're creating a story anyone would enjoy. We're exerting ourselves on K 7 Stories to meet our fans' expectations. Please look forward to it. 　【When will Ground Zero be published?】 - by Orange This is to Furuhashi-san (Blue). Azano-san (Green) and I bring up this topic often. C'mon we really want to read Furuhashi-san's story. Pretty please?

BTW this Tweet that Ridia mentioned... (Thanks for picking up this! :D) Q: When Fushimi-kun infiltrated the Greens, did Nagare-chan know he's that middle schooler? Red: He knew. He knew, yet he took that attitude towards Fushimi. Wasn't that weird? Or was he just being particularly mean? I think this will be elaborated in the coming spin-off (new production).

"GoRA Talks About K" Q&A

GoRA Orange answered some asks in the "GoRA Talks About K" event today.

Q1. In the novel "K All Characters", it's mentioned that Munakata hired Hirasaka. So how much did he pay her in the end? And what's the source of this fund? A1. Sorry I couldn’t answer this earlier, since this part wasn't written by me. I got the answer now. The final amount he paid Hirasaka was 「30 million Yen」. The source was 「public funds」. Munakata has the authority to use this much funds in order to protect the lives of Scepter 4 members.

Q2. Is Doumyouji Andy mixed-race? If yes, from which country? A2. Yes he is. His mother is French.

Q3. When will "Kingdom of Red" and "Side:Green" be published? A3. This was asked so many times. Sorry to keep you waiting. Kingdom of Red will be on sale at the end of August! There's no schedule for Side:Green yet, but I think at least it'll be in this year! Writers of both novels have completed their drafts. So please wait just a little more!

K Official Chronicle

GoRA fiiiinally admitted that the main story took place in 2012~2014. :p

Translation below. Detailed timeline of K before anime was updated as well.

Some thoughts on K: Case FIles of Blue vol.2 and replying asks together.

[Tamada] Tamada was one of Konomura’s underlings, who was in charge of giving Benzai a hard time. He thought Konomura’s system was flawless, so when Munakata caught him and explained how it’s done, he can’t believe it. He totally forgot that he’s being arrested and started arguing with Munakata. (Benzai didn’t dare to, and gave him a “you go ahead” look.) While Munakata convinced him, he became quite fascinated. Later it’s mentioned that he wants to turn over a new leaf and join Scepter 4 after he’s out of jail. Personally I’d like to see that too. He’s quite funny, and he didn’t really hurt anyone. (Benzai begs to differ.)

[Munakata & Fushimi] You bet! Although the two didn’t have much conversation other than work, their thoughts were shown in their interaction with other characters (eg. Doumyouji & Hidaka) or in monologue. In LSW we saw what Fushimi think of Munakata. Here we get to see what Munakata think of Fushimi, and the reason that he brought Fushimi to his side was more than just Fushimi’s talent.

Not only this. Red put a lot of efforts in relationships, such as Munakata with his family, and Fushimi with the Alphabets. 

Munakata went to his niece's birthday party and spent quite some time with his family, even when Scepter 4 was in a mess. His brother and father offered him a lot of support. Fans were screaming “Shitsuchou, don’t die! Your family is waiting for you!” after reading this.

There’s description on the others can’t accept Fushimi’s attitude & his sudden promotion, and then how Fushimi won them over. It wasn’t only Fuse (obviously), but Scepter 4 in general, even Akiyama & Benzai. Now Fushimi’s deeply trusted. Just look at that golden retriever Hidaka!

I really like Fushimi’s first line as he stepped in, “Since when did our place become a haunted mansion?” Our place (ウチ)... wow this has a nice ring to it. He’s already one of them, although he didn’t wanna admit it. ;)

K Battou Kizuna Report

Compilation of tweets from fans who went to the assembly today (Jan.23).

Participants: GoRA Red, GoRA Orange, GoRA Green, Producer Nakanishi

K Return of Kings Blu-ray Vol.5 cover art

Short novel in #5 (ep.8+9) is "Subaru / The First Son, and His Best Friend" 「昴／長男と、その親友」, by Kabei Yukako (GoRA Yellow).

Note: Subaru is the name of Fushimi's saber.

PASH magazine posters this month.

Just got my Spoon.2Di magazine tonight. No time for the whole interview now, so I’ll just post a quick photo and clear a ridiculous mistranslation.

《What Munakata Said to Fushimi in the Fight》

"Ep.8 fight between Munakata and Fushimi was ad libbed”?! ... HELL NO! It’s staged play, with partly ad lib. Omitting the most important word “芝居 (dramatic performance)” conveys the exact opposite. This is nothing new at all. In Red's autograph session, Red simply backed up what Yellow said in ep.12 official Tweets, that the fight was staged yet turned ad lib halfway. 

Now, the Spoon interview photo above presents us the third person saying the same thing. In this interview with Director Suzuki:

I don’t understand why some people have such rabid hate for Munakata, or Fushimi, or Yellow, that they must twist this to “not staged” to rejoice. Well, it’s time to get over it. 

It’s staged, confirmed over and over.

And Suzuki even added a cherry on top: didn’t want to say. ;)

All those misinterpretations in that “untranslated GoRA meeting details”... orz 

Scepter 4 After the Ending

Compilation of fan reports on GoRA Red's autograph session today. (Some were mentioned by several fans. I'll pick 1 as reference and skip similar tweets.)

The Slate was destroyed, the kings' swords were gone, but they didn't lose their superpowers yet. Although not as much as before, they still can use a fair amount of superpower. Not sure how long-termed this will be, but for a while, since superpower remains, Scepter 4 continues doing their job. -by Arika

Scepter 4 isn’t disbanded. In Director’s cut version, Scepter 4 is settling the remaining business, for there are still incidents caused by Strains which need Scepter 4 to handle. -by Taguchi

"Did Fushimi get punched in the face by Seri-chan, like what Munakata got?" Red replied, "Fushimi took action as Munakata instructed. So Munakata, being their superior, was the only one getting punched in the face." -by Suiko

Munakata's older brother's name is 大司 (Taishi), as revealed in Count Down. It's Red's mistake writing it as 太司 in Case Files of Blue. -by Arika

Isobe: Does Scepter 4 still exist? Red: For a while, yes, since they have remaining business to settle. Isobe: Then, is Tamada (character in Case Files of Blue) joining Scepter 4? Red: Tama... da? Oh! Tamada! Well... Isobe: He loves Munakata so much! If he served his full term in prison, only to find Scepter 4 already disbanded, I feel so sorry for him! Staff stamping next to Red: I bet he gets probation. Red: Then he ought to take the entrance exam.　-by Isobe

(Not Scepter 4, but related to Case Files of Blue, so I'll put this here too.) Masa: In ep.10 Munakata said Suoh is his friend. Are they really friends? Red: Since Suoh is the only one on equal footing with him, I think you could say they are friends. Konomura (in Case Files of Blue) isn't on equal footing with Munakata either.