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Chapter 307 Negative Reincarnation
🕑 Added 2025-04-22 15:09:38 +0000 UTCSoon, Nanaya received a reply from Shion.
[Then remember to eat dinner and don’t go hungry.
pS: And if you are seen in Ginza, Rin will not be free for the next week. ]
Nanaya looked at the email on his phone, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly. He didn't know whether he should say that Ziyuan was too talkative or thank his boss for his concern.
In fact, after living with Shion for a while, they both seemed to have formed a kind of tacit understanding.
It was just as Shion had joked before, the two of them were like tenants living under the same roof, leading their own lives.
Moreover, Shion is a very open-minded leader. She will occasionally give Rin a few opportunities to come over and give Nanaya some food.
Every time at this time, Shion would take the initiative to leave the villa and wait until Rin left before returning.
Just like Shion herself said, she doesn't like the smell of other women.
It is worth mentioning that although Shion will create opportunities for Nanaya, judging from Rin's schedule, she can usually only come to Nanaya's villa one day a week.
[It’s obvious that they want to keep me from getting full, but not starving to death…]
Nanaya could more or less guess what Shion was thinking.
But I have to say, this trick is indeed useful.
At least after Lin's weekly check-in, Nanaya no longer thought about going to Ginza to find the young lady.
Just a few days after Nanaya and Urobuchi started working on the script for FZ, the paparazzi that had been surrounding Nanaya finally began to disperse.
As time passed, the paparazzi who had been unable to dig up any explosive information from Nanaya began to shift their targets.
After all, we can't always follow one person. Shouldn't we report other big news?
Of course, although Nanaya was less closely watched, it didn’t mean that they were no longer interested in him.
At least the paparazzi said they will continue to pay attention to the battle between Ryougi Ori and Ryan Wetting for Nanaya Kiryu.
If I had the chance to take some interesting photos of Nanaya, like drinking with the ladies in Ginza, shopping with a black-haired idol with twin ponytails, or being found living with a female boss...
These are all very good news materials for paparazzi.
In other words, Nanaya has become a person that the paparazzi must know and will follow when they see him on the street.
This result made Nanaya feel very helpless, but there was nothing he could do.
But at least the Ryougi siblings can return from Kyoto.
After all, they both still have a lot of work to do.
Nanaya wasn't feeling much more relaxed either. After all, he still had to maintain his current image as a good guy, so he didn't dare to be too presumptuous.
He didn't go to Ginza anymore, let alone go to bars.
Of course, with a weekly date with Miss Idol, Nanaya’s life is by no means an ascetic one.
But compared to that guy who is so romantic and sends Nanaya photos of nightclubs every day.
Nanaya thought that he was at least more self-disciplined than that yellow-haired bastard.
Of course, whether Nanaya is afraid of the paparazzi or the Empress Dowager at home depends on his own understanding.
Fortunately, FZ's script creation has reached a relatively critical time during this period, and Nanaya has no intention of messing around.
As the script writing progressed, Gen Urobuchi seemed to have forgotten that he was an employee of Nitro+ and ran to [Erque Studio] every day. After the paparazzi dispersed, Nanaya returned to the studio to work.
After constructing the three main narrative masters, Nanaya and Kyon began to fill the script with other characters.
“The protagonist’s antagonist, or the person he meets in the story, must have certain qualities relative to the protagonist. And these qualities must be related to the protagonist’s own qualities.”
Nanaya pointed out four points on the whiteboard.
“With the protagonist as the center, we can divide the characters related to him in the story into three categories.
"First is the protagonist himself, who represents the [positive] of the story. Then the other three types of characters are [relative], [contradictory], and [negative of the negative].
“And when the protagonist has gone through these three types of roles, he has completed the negative cycle in the sense of the script.”
Nanaya started from one point and connected the other three points with three lines.
“Let’s take the example of Ryunosuke Amemura, who is the epitome of [contradiction] for Emiya Kiritsugu.
"Because Emiya Kiritsugu represents the [ideal of justice], while Ryunosuke is the most essential evil. Ryunosuke kills not out of revenge, nor out of greed, this is the purest evil."
"I see! Because the justice that Emiya Kiritsugu pursues is also without any emotion, right?"
The light that burst out from Gen Urobuchi's eyes almost blinded Nanaya.
[You are not a beautiful girl, why are you playing Shining Battle! ]
Nanaya felt a chill, he had completely forgotten that he, Nanaya, had used the same trick to force his fellow apprentice to openly dress as a woman on the screen.
But Nanaya himself was not aware of it at all.
It's like a scholar stealing books. Can the women's clothes they weave be called women's clothes?
old Gen was already immersed in his own world, and he paced quickly around the office.
After walking three circles, Gen Urobuchi walked to the whiteboard with an extremely excited look.
"Yes, if Ryunosuke is [contradiction], then Kenneth is [relative].
"Because his reason for participating in the Holy Grail War is very realistic, he is treating this war as a performance to propose marriage.
"This is very different from Emiya Kiritsugu who came to the war with great ideals, but it is not completely opposite."
Gen Urobuchi muttered to himself while writing Kenneth's name on the whiteboard.
“Then the final [negative of the negative] is the fallen Kotomine Kirei. He is not a bad guy in the traditional sense, but he is undoubtedly an evil person.
"Like Emiya Kiritsugu, he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. What he wants is not good things, and he pursues pleasure for himself."
Gen Urobuchi seemed to be completely immersed in his own world, his hands writing quickly on the whiteboard.
"Not really." Nanaya shook his head, "A simple opposite is not a [negative of the negative], Kotomine Kirei should be classified as a [contradiction].
"[Negative of Negative] This position should belong to the Holy Grail, or the evil of this world."
"Kiritsugu longs for tolerance and love. He loves everyone in this world, but at the same time he is willing to sacrifice anyone.
"But the Holy Grail is different. It is hatred disguised as truth. Although it can kill anyone just like Kiritsugu, unlike Kiritsugu who pursues justice, the Holy Grail carries hatred for this world."
“It feels quite profound.”
Gen Urobuchi scratched the back of his head and said, “But if it can really be completed, it should be an extremely loving story.
"It's a pity that there is still a little hope for Emiya Kiritsugu in the end. Why not just eliminate Shirou and make him completely despair?"
When Urobuchi said this, he was very serious, and it seemed that he really had such a plan.
[As expected of Urobuchi, he is so keen on the annihilation ending. 】
Nanaya's mouth twitched. He felt that old Gen's life would not be in vain.
"If you really write like this, you will definitely get razor blades sent to you by your fans. And then the box office will be a huge bomb, and Shion and I will be forced to jump off the building together."
Nanaya said maliciously: "But before I jump off the building, I will definitely kick you down, Old Gen."
"Uh... forget it. I still have so many love stories that I haven't written yet."
Nanaya's words calmed down old Gen's fiery heart a little.
“But in this case, wouldn’t the most pitiful person be Matou Kariya?”
“It seems so…”
There are seven masters in total, three of whom are main perspective characters, and they are the center of the whole story.
Of the remaining four characters, Kenneth and Ryunosuke are Kiritsugu's rivals.
Tohsaka Tokiomi played an important and key role in Mapo's downfall, and his death also marked the complete downfall of Kotomine Kirei.
In this way, from the perspective of script functionality, Kariya becomes the most dispensable existence among all the masters in FZ.
Nanaya believed that even if Kariya was replaced by a pervert who liked to run around the streets with his [beep] exposed, the overall story of FZ would not change at all.
From this point of view, the character of Kariya is really quite pitiful.
His life was miserable enough, but after paying so much, he ended up in a position that made no difference whether he was there or not in the war.
You see, the other masters are either the main characters or they have a significant impact on the protagonist in the story.
Only Matou Kariya was staring at Tohsaka Tokiomi. Tokiomi was just a supporting role, used to make Mapo evil.
If you compete with a minor character, then aren't you a minor character among minor characters? !
[No wonder even in the original FZ, Kariya didn't have many plots. ]
Just when Nanaya was thinking about whether to give Kariya more roles, Kyon said something indifferently.
"Since it's an insignificant character, it doesn't matter if it gets messed up, right?"
“…”
[Old Gen, please be a human being for me! ]
Nanaya's hand holding the teacup was shaking constantly.
Kyon was very excited to find a new toy, but Nanaya had a stomachache.
Thinking of this, Nanaya rubbed his stomach unconsciously.
"Ah, it's already this time."
Nanaya's actions alerted old Gen, and he then noticed that it was completely dark outside.
"Kiryu-san, let's go eat. This time it's my treat, how about we go to Yoshinoya and eat beef rice bowl together?"
"No, I have a date tonight."
Nanaya shook his head, picked up the suit beside him and politely declined Gen's invitation.
"Oops, I almost forgot, today is December 3rd."
It was only after Nanaya left that old Gen remembered today's date.
"Today is the Hochi Film Awards dinner. I envy Kiryu-san for being able to enjoy such a feast. How about I try some meat, too?"
With this thought in mind, Gen followed Nanaya and left [Erque Studio].
