{"id":101,"date":"2016-04-10T13:11:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T13:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innocenceseekers.net\/wordpress\/?p=101"},"modified":"2016-04-10T13:11:39","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T13:11:39","slug":"innocence-seekers-the-black-rose-trivia-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innocenceseekers.net\/wordpress\/2016\/04\/10\/innocence-seekers-the-black-rose-trivia-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Innocence Seekers: The Black Rose \u2013 Trivia (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is yet another post on the little things of <em>Innocence Seekers: The Black Rose<\/em>. The first two posts can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.innocenceseekers.net\/wordpress\/2016\/03\/17\/innocence-seekers-the-black-rose-trivia\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.innocenceseekers.net\/wordpress\/2016\/04\/02\/innocence-seekers-the-black-rose-trivia-part-2\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Characters (specific)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Note: More birthday connections will come in a later post.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Natasha&#8217;s birthday is December 21, which is four days before Christmas. Notably, her first name has some connection with Christmas.<\/li>\n<li>Chelsea&#8217;s birthday is July 16, which is shared with Japanese voice actress Y\u014dko Hikasa.<\/li>\n<li>Catherine&#8217;s birthday (June 3) is identical to that of Japanese voice actress Megumi Han.<\/li>\n<li>Akari and the two Himawaris all have the sunflower as the flower associated with them.<\/li>\n<li>The surnames of Hiyori, Inori and Yuri all correspond to their magic colour. Not only that, their surnames share the same second character (\u5ddd).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Metahistory<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first versions of the stories made are unlikely to be published. This is because I often change things (such as adding new characters) as I go along. Only when I have completed a significant portion of the story will I consider publishing it.<\/li>\n<li>There was an entry of <em>Innocence Seekers: The Black Rose<\/em> which is now cancelled. It focused on a number of characters living on the planet Haralni, which was adversely affected by Gakran. <em>Innocence Seekers: Dimensional Crossing<\/em> was developed as a prequel to this entry, and <em>Innocence Seekers: Akari of the Light<\/em> as a sequel. I cancelled this entry after losing the draft of my story, and some of the characters will be transferred to <em>Akari of the Light<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Innocence Seekers: The Black Rose<\/em> (as well as later <em>Innocence Seekers<\/em> sagas) was originally planned to only have nine major entries, which would be numbered. I decided not to number entries a few months ago, when I made the side stories more important (not to mention the entry which was cancelled was intended to be one of the numbered entries).<\/li>\n<li>Akari was originally conceived as a character who was mentioned, but never appeared, in the standalone roguelike project I mentioned in the previous trivia post.<\/li>\n<li>The current &#8220;chapter-episode&#8221; format was conceived because I had some difficulty finishing single monolithic chapters. By splitting chapters into &#8220;episodes&#8221; I could instead focus on smaller targets.<\/li>\n<li>Some characters in <em>Innocence Seekers: The Black Rose<\/em> were based on characters in projects I worked on in the past (and may still be working on at the moment). As an example, Amelia was based on the character of the same name in <em>The Eternal Diary<\/em>. Mirai&#8217;s personality and preferred element are almost identical to that of Nanako of <em>Yume ni Aruku<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Conversely, some characters in my side projects were based on characters in <em>Innocence Seekers<\/em>. As an example, the main characters of <em>From the Scattered Petals, to the Blooming Flower<\/em> have somewhat similar personalities to the main characters of <em>Innocence Seekers: Akari of the Light<\/em> (Teru and Akari even share the same sunflower motif).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Miscellaneous<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When writing the story, I sometimes imagine the characters being voiced by specific voice actors. When I state how a character&#8217;s voice should sound, I may use a voice actor (or one of their roles) as a refernce point.<\/li>\n<li>One of the reasons I have so many female characters is because I have difficulty thinking of male names I like which fit into the story or setting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I can&#8217;t really think of any more, so maybe I should stop these posts for a while (unless if I want to do more birthday connections).<\/p>\n<p>P.S. I wish a happy birthday to Cocoa Hoto of <em>Is the Order a Rabbit?<\/em>. I also wish to congratulate Japanese voice actress Tomoyo Kurosawa for turning 20 today.<\/p>\n<p>P.P.S. I did not expect that&#8230; I did NOT expect that&#8230;. (If you&#8217;re wondering why I just said that, watch the first episode of <em>Haifuri<\/em>. Many people expected it to be a CGDCT-type show, but come the second half of the episode, you&#8217;ll see why it has that title. As for me, well, I&#8217;m going to continue watching it; I want to see how the plot unfolds.)<\/p>\n<p>P.P.P.S. I have completed the first draft of the first episode of <em>From the Scattered Petals, to the Blooming Flower<\/em>. Hopefully, I&#8217;ll start the second episode, and revise the first, if necessary. Only once I&#8217;ve accepted the first episode will I publish it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is yet another post on the little things of Innocence Seekers: The Black Rose. 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