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Chapter 303 Welcome Back
🕑 Added 2025-04-18 15:02:25 +0000 UTCPop.
Nanaya put the outline in his hand on the table. He looked at Old Gen who was sitting opposite him and did not speak for a long time.
"Um...Kiryu-san, is there something wrong?"
Old Gen was a little scared. He didn't know what he had done wrong.
"No...it has nothing to do with you, Old Kyon. This is my own problem. I was negligent."
Nanaya pinched his brows. He didn't have the habit of blaming others for his mistakes.
The outline that Gen Urobuchi brought was completely different from the FZ in Nanaya's memory, and many places were even very different.
Of course, Nanaya himself has to take the blame, because it was his own negligence that he did not leave the character setting of FZ to Urobuchi, which resulted in this very strange outline.
Yes, strange.
Nanaya really couldn't think of any other more appropriate adjective.
This outline is very much in the style of Urobuchi.
Black, completely black.
Although it was just an outline, after reading this story, Nanaya could feel the deep despair in it.
You have to know that in the previous life's FZ plot, although the endings were tragic, at least Kiritsugu found Shirou and was redeemed in the end.
Although it is dark, at least there is still a glimmer of light.
Even without the plot of fsn, readers can feel that Kiritsugu's ideal of becoming a partner of justice has been passed down.
However, in Gen Urobuchi's outline, Nanaya did not feel anything like this.
Not to mention that everyone except Kiritsugu, Mapo and Shanshan was killed, Kiritsugu's rationality was completely destroyed by the Holy Grail.
What is gained from saving Shirou is not final redemption, but a kind of numbness after liberation.
He didn’t become a partner in justice, but he also didn’t get his own redemption.
In this outline, Kiritsugu saved Shirou simply out of habit.
"Urobuchi, your outline is too dark."
Nanaya shook his head and said.
The story of Urobuchi may be liked by many fans who like dark and cruel stories, but the overall audience is too small.
As a business story, writing FZ according to this outline would be a death wish.
Commercial genre films need an ending that has more universal values, or one that is popular with the public, to set the tone for the entire film.
One of the most important requirements for the ending is that the protagonist can lose, but the villain cannot win.
In other words, even if the protagonist's halo is shattered in the ending, at least there should be a glimmer of light for the protagonist, giving the audience some hope and anticipation.
This is very important because it will ensure that even if the audience feels regretful after watching the story, they will not feel too sad.
For example, the darkest and most outstanding superhero movie, Nolan's "The Dark Knight".
Nolan has made this story dark enough, but even in such a story, it still abides by the rules of commercial films.
Even though the Joker turned Harvey Dent into the villain Two-Face, he still did not achieve the final success, and he could not achieve the final success.
For example, in the final battle, the Joker designed a plot in which two ships held the switches to detonate each other's explosives.
In the movie, the Joker hopes to prove the proposition that "human nature is evil" through this choice.
However, the Joker cannot win, and cannot win.
After all, if the Joker wins, the movie will lose at the box office.
Therefore, Nolan deliberately designed a scenario where both sides gave up on detonating the other side.
There was hesitation and vacillation in the process.
But in the end, both civilians and criminals gave up the chance to blow up the other side's ship and save their own life.
This plot is essentially about dispelling the proposition that "human nature is evil" set by the Joker, and it also shows that Batman's efforts and the justice he has been advocating have not been in vain.
In fact, looking at Urobuchi's own works, the ones that are more commercially successful are all in this style.
Not to mention FZ, Shirou's existence is the continuation of Kiritsugu.
The same is true for "Madoka Magica". Although the birth of Madoka Magica is sad, at least there is no completely hopeless situation.
Whether it is the ending of the TV version or the movie version, although there is a sense that nothing is perfect, at least most of the characters get a good result.
On the contrary, Urobuchi's scripts that are always dark are unlikely to achieve particularly good commercial results.
Although "Saya no Uta" is very famous, the actual sales of the game are only over 10,000.
There is also the "Godzilla" trilogy written by Urobuchi, but because it contained too much personal influence, it was not particularly successful even with the support of Godzilla.
It’s not that the stories written by Urobuchi are not excellent. At least the various settings and analysis of human nature are still very interesting.
But as a commercial project, Urobuchi's work clearly has big problems.
Nanaya suddenly came up with an interesting idea. He would provide the setting, let Gen Urobuchi write the beginning and development of the story, and finally let others write the ending.
Of course, Nanaya just thought about this method and had no intention of implementing it.
Story creation must ensure coherence. Such a combination may create an interesting story, but more often it will create a fragmented story.
Especially for those authors with particularly strong author style, it is more likely to create a hodgepodge after merging with other authors.
This is especially true when the collaborators’ styles conflict with one another.
An obvious example is "Justice League", which is the best negative example of two directors forcibly mixing two styles together.
"Old Kyon, your outline needs to be revised."
Nanaya said as he returned the outline to Gen Urobuchi, "I'll give you the setting for the Fourth Holy Grail War, and we'll discuss the relevant plot again."
"Us?"
Gen Urobuchi's brain suddenly seemed to freeze and he didn't understand what was going on.
"Yes, it's my fault for not giving you the information about the Fourth Holy Grail War. This time I will... Is there any problem?"
Nanaya felt a little strange when he saw Gen Urobuchi’s mouth open wide.
Gen Urobuchi was very smart and he immediately guessed what was going on.
"No, no. Is my doujinshi worthy of such formality, Kiryu-san?"
Gen Urobuchi probed cautiously. He didn't dare to confirm directly so as not to appear anxious, so he could only use this roundabout way to get his answer.
Nanaya was very relaxed. He knocked on the table and said casually: "Is that so? No wonder..."
"What?"
Nanaya did not answer directly. He sat up straight and said solemnly: "Mr. Xu Yuanxuan, it is my responsibility that I did not explain it clearly to you before."
"After FSN ends, I will start a new project. This project tells the story of the Fourth Holy Grail War."
"Yes."
Gen Urobuchi also straightened his back. He knew that what Nanaya was going to say next was very important to him.
"I hope this story can be completed by you, and let you write this story."
Nanaya smiled like a fox, and he looked at Old Gen as if he was looking at a fat old hen.
Although Urobuchi does have the minor flaws mentioned above, his abilities are still worthy of recognition.
You just need to make some small demands on him and restrict him from letting himself go too far, and basically Urobuchi is a perfect scriptwriter.
"Do you want me to be the screenwriter for this new project?"
Gen Urobuchi himself was very excited, and he realized that this was an opportunity to take his career to the next level.
As the world's top entertainment industry, Hollywood is not just the pinnacle that all actors and directors aspire to and can reach.
For screenwriters, becoming a screenwriter for a Hollywood movie is also the pinnacle of their industry.
"Um……"
Nanaya shook his head: "I hope that Gen Urobuchi can become the novel author of this new fate project."
"Is that so?"
Old Gen was a little disappointed, but he was not too dissatisfied.
Being able to become the author of two official novels for a global IP is already a great honor for Gen Urobuchi, a small game scripter.
"Yes, I want you to write the novel first."
Nanaya said thoughtfully, and he saw the disappointed expression on Old Gen's face: "Then you can join the script team as a novel author."
Urobuchi definitely cannot become the main screenwriter. His personal style is too strong now and he is not suitable for large commercial projects.
By taking advantage of the FZ project and letting Hollywood's commercial screenwriters give Urobuchi a hand, maybe Urobuchi's "inability to write a Happy Ending" problem can be cured.
This is not to say that Nanaya hopes Urobuchi will stop writing dark and cruel stories. He hopes that Urobuchi can consider commercial factors more.
"Yes!"
Gen Urobuchi nodded excitedly.
"During this period of time, you may have to stay here at Washimine for a while. Is that okay?"
"It's okay, the president and the others will understand."
Anyway, it’s almost the end of the year, and Nitro+ is focusing more on year-end sales.
Gen Urobuchi didn't have much screenwriting work to do, which is why he could come directly to the Washimine office building after being invited by Nanaya.
Afterwards, Nanaya and Kyon discussed in detail the characters that would appear in the Fourth Holy Grail War and determined the detailed background.
This was a very novel thing for Nanaya. It was really interesting to use his own memory to inspire the original author to complete the story that originally belonged to him.
"Ah, I didn't expect that Kiryu-san and I would have such similar ideas. We really are the same kind of people."
When they parted, Old Gen said with a smile on his face.
【Who is the same kind of person as you! 】
Nanaya complained in his heart, but on the surface he still said goodbye to Old Gen with a smile.
Because Nanaya talked with Urobuchi until very late, it was already completely dark when she returned to his villa in Chiyoda.
"How long has it been since I came home so late? I'm back..."
Although he knew that there was no one at home, Nanaya still said it casually.
After living in Japan for so many years, Nanaya has long been accustomed to things like coming back to say hello.
However, today is a little different.
"Nanaya, you're back? Have you eaten?"
"No, I..."
Nanaya got stuck in the middle of his words and just stood there frozen at the entrance.
[Wait, this sound?! Could it be?!]
Nanaya's face turned pale. He was like a doll with a loose spring. His neck was shaking and he turned his head towards the corridor.
"Welcome back, Nanaya."
A familiar green figure was standing at the kitchen door, looking at him with a smile.
"Sorry, I went to the wrong house."
Nanaya immediately closed the door of his villa.
