Part Eight - Eggplant
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"KILL KILL KILL KILL KKILL"
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Editor |
I think we're all familiar with Nasu's typos. (Laughs)
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Nasu |
I'm convinced someone erased the characters for my name and replaced them with the 'eggplant' ones when I was asleep or something. (Laughs) Every time I type my name I know I type it right. But I can't do blind typing, so I always have to look at my fingers when I type. I guess that's when the little gremlins do their work. (Laughs)
But once I learn something, I know, it's hard for me to change. If I remember someone's name wrong once, then I call them that name over and over again. (*1) To be honest, I remember all that I've written, but for some reason in proofreading, I have it remembered as the proper sentence I meant to write, so I don't notice the typos. I guess that's how the funny names got out... over and over again. (Laughs)
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Editor |
I see. There are some big typos that slip out during test plays, but how does it feel when people start pointing out errors?
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Takeuchi |
Hmm... (Laughs) Well, people are noticing stuff that we didn't notice. I don't know... it feels like they'd have to be some level of professional to notice some of those. But there are some times where there's stuff like "KILL KILL KILL KILL KKILL"...
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All |
(Laugh)
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Takeuchi |
Sometimes I think "there's gotta be one or two," and I take a look, and what do you know... (Laughs) You can always count on him for that.
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Nasu |
Count on me, huh? (Laughs) It's not like I'm trying to!
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Takeuchi |
He never makes any big mistakes, though.
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Nasu |
It just seems like the little mistakes I make are always really weird.
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Takeuchi |
Or you always make them in the middle of the best scenes.
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Nasu |
Yes. Right at the killer point there's always a seriously killer mistake. (Laughs)
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OKSG |
Or when there's a really erotic name, you spell Akiha's name with the kanji for "tooth."
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Nasu |
That was really shocking. (Laughs)
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Editor |
Those are always the ones that seem to slip through.
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Nasu |
Yes. Sometimes I even think these two let them slip through on purpose. (Laughs)
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OKSG |
I did proofreading once, but I get so into reading that I forget to find the mistakes.
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Takeuchi |
Yeah, I know what you mean. It's really hard to read it from an outside perspective. When we read our eyes automatically correct most things. I think it's easier to notice on a larger screen, though. If you check on a smaller screen, you always miss something.
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Editor |
Are there any particularly fun typos that never made it out into the world?
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Takeuchi |
"KKILL," maybe. (Laughs) We have a fan who has enjoyed Tsukihime since the beta version named B46, and he proofread some of our typos. And there were so many.
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Nasu |
I can't look at B46 with a straight face. He did such detailed, precise checking, it's thanks to him that the finished product looks more complete. I don't want to say we had a problem with the other proofreader, WOrd, but he didn't do the kind of proofreading we were looking for, and let a lot slip by... so don't bully me too much about the typos. (Laughs)
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OKSG |
Aside from typos, there was also just plain wrong Japanese. (Laughs)
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Takeuchi |
Indeed there was.
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Editor |
Like "Please quest me!?" (from the second Staff Talk on TYPE-MOON's homepage)
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All |
(Loud laughter)
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Nasu |
Have some mercy! (Laughs) That's just my natural self getting out. That one talk I gave that's up on the web should prove that.
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Takeuchi |
When you bring up those mistakes to him, though, he gets angry.
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Nasu |
I'm just trying to hide my embarrassment.
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Chobitsu
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Editor |
I hear you doodle a lot.
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Nasu |
When things are quiet and I'm not talking, I can get really into it. (*2) I scribble away, wondering if anyone's noticed.
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Editor |
So you aren't strictly penning down ideas?
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Nasu |
No, just mindlessly scribbling, thinking that someone would get mad if they saw me doing it.
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Takeuchi |
But why "Chobitsu?" (*3)
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All |
(Laugh)
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Nasu |
In an interview with 「BugBug」, Takeuchi said "Nasu Kinoko has really hard spots, and really soft spots, he's rather extreme in both." I think so too, but I'm also a big poser. I can get really touchy when I write, but otherwise I'm just a really stupid human being. So much that people who enjoyed 「Tsukihime」 would probably hate me if they met me in person. (Laughs)
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Takeuchi |
Nasu thinks "authors should be illusionary." Aside from their works, they shouldn't talk much. Yet he loves to talk. He's rather extreme in that aspect as well.
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Nasu |
Well SORRY. (Laughs) I guess it's kind of backlash from that.
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Part 07
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Part 09
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