Happy New Year.
I get to be the first to wish you happy new year this year.
By the way, have you all come up with New Years' resolutions yet? If you haven't, you'd better hurry up. They say a good beginning makes a good ending, so a good resolution is an excellent way to ensure this year will go well for you.
Me? I guess mine would be "Make my jokes even better", "get better at cooking", "improve Mimimi's cognitive abilities", "go traveling with Nenesha", and "effect global warming through hot jokes".
What, you say that's too much? Not at all. After all, your New Year's resolutions have to have pretty fine resolution to them, right? pffffhmhmhm...
抱負なだけに豊富 Resolutions with resolution
[ シャキーーーーーーーーーーーン!! ] Ba-dump tish!!
115 (55%)
[ 意味が分かりません>< ] I don't get it ><
1 (0%)
[ 気温低下は免れない…… ] I can't escape the low temperatures...
35 (17%)
[ 新年早々さい先いいッスね! ] It's best to start early in the year!
21 (10%)
[ 今年もよろしくお願いします!! ] I hope this year will go well for us, too!!
Happy New Year.
I played Ar tonelico 2 straight up to my exams, but I managed to get into college.
If, if this post happens to be the first post of the new year...
I'll probably have a dream of the main characters crossdressing, especially Croix...
I get the feeling that would happen...
(Programmer Modoki)
...I can kind of see Croix in drag, but don't you think Aoto in women's clothing would be pretty gross?
Oh, by the way, this was the last post of 2010. It was received at 23:59:57 on the 31st.
We sure got a whole bunch of posts just a few seconds later.
People talked about that before, but it was the first time I saw it myself, so I was really surprised!
When I think about how many people spent the first moments of the new year in front of the computers for the Toukousphere, it makes me feel a little sorry, but also really happy.
Don't worry about it.
After all, I spent the dawn of the new year in front of the computer, too. Ah, the New Years' post rush... It's always so great to watch.
It makes you want to keep working hard again this year.
Thank you so much to everyone who aimed for making the first post of the year!!
I hope you'll enjoy this year's Toukouspheres, too!!
...Well, now that it's 2011 and all, why don't we have all the main characters dress up in girls' clothes?
いや、2011年になったから女装ってのはおかしいだろ?
Wait, 2011 means we have to dress up in drag? How does that work?
俺たちにそういう趣味があるって勘違いされたら困るだろ。
アオトもそう思うだろ?
I don't want people to think we're into that sort of thing.
You agree too, right, Aoto?
...where would we get the clothes from, anyway?
Would we borrow them from one of the heroines?
I guess we'd have to borrow their underwear, too, of course!!
Borrow whatever you want, but our body types are too different for you to be able to wear them.
Let's see, I think if you took macho-style Mute's clothes, they would probably match you the best, right?
女装するメリットねぇじゃねぇか!!
女装なんてしてたまるか!!
Then what's the point in crossdressing!?
You think I'm gonna let you dress me up in drag!?
あけましておめでとうございます!
ハーヴェ様バンザイ!!
ハーヴェ様ぺろぺろ!
(TeKaMa)
Happy New Year!
Long live Lady Harve!!
Lady Harve lick lick!
(TeKaMa)
The post time here was 00:00:00 exactly on the 1st, which makes this the first post of 2011.
...This was the first post of 2011? I wonder what that means?
Is it encouragement to spend all of 2011 Cleansing because humans are so filthy?
Oh, but you're not saying that just because you hate humans, right, Subframey?
I know, why not try letting someone lick you as much as they want just once?
Maybe it will help you like humans just a little more.
Absolutely not!!
That would defile my beautiful body... oh, but how about this?
I suppose they could lick the insides of my shoes. Of course, I'd throw them out right away after that.
...Based on the contents of some of our posts lately, I think some people would be more than happy to take you up on that.
That's a bit frightening, don't you think?
Needless to say, XP's personality would make her react very cutely to a simple pat on the head.
She's very straightforward and honest.
And on the opposite end of things, Subframe would probably slap your hand away if you tried to pat her head, but what would she do if you tried to lick her?
She'd probably look grossed out and yell at you, or quietly glare at you, or maybe recoil in fright... Can't you just see it now?
Oh, so you noticed, too?
There were quite a few posts this time calling for the long reign of Her Highness, or at least asking her to punish them.
In fact, I believe almost all of the posts had one or the other written in them.
Wishing her a long reign is fine, but to think that people were asking her to punish them as soon as the new year came around...
Just what are you trying to do, Subframey!?
え、別にどうもしないわ。
妾を称える人間が増えたのだから、いいことでしょ?
Um, I'm not trying to do anything.
But, what's the problem with more humans singing my praises?
It'd been a long time, so I just tweeted on a whim.
I was shocked to see how many humans are still following me, though.
We said it was going to be over at the end of August, so they should just unfollow me.
Getting to see Lady Cloche all lovey-dovey towards Croix on New Year's Eve brought tears to my eyes.
I hope to see her totally break down in lovey-dovey mode on April Fool's!
(Mini 9 Bulb)
Well, can you really call that lovey-dovey?
I thought she would have had such a sweet conversation with him that everyone watching would think, oh, I wish I could see them like this all the time...
Oh, but I couldn't do that. Then almost every post about us would be designed to draw out that sort of conversation.
Besides, serious characters aren't called on to appear in the Toukousphere all that often.
It would be awful if I deteriorated to that level.
It's okay, the characters from 3 have all shown up, so there's a lot more serious people around.
Now that Soma, Aruru, and Akane are here, I feel like I can take it easy a little.
So, well, I wouldn't mind not having to wait until April First to see you like that again, Lady Cloche, but...
What do you mean? Croix's being all lovey-dovey, just like you wanted last time!!
This is your chance to be as lovey-dovey as you can be, Lady Cloche!!
Croix just said that's what he wants, too, right!?
まあ、あまり見れないからこそ貴重だと思えるんですが、新年最初の記念ってことで……ダメですか?
Well, ah, it's something special because we don't get to see it all the time, but it would be nice to see as a something special for New Year's... or not?
W-well, even so, I... n-not today, today is just out of the question!!
My heart just isn't ready for something like that now, so please, just not today. I'm truly sorry!!
えぇーっ!?
こ、これだけ状況が整ってるのにまだデレられないの!?
Huuuuh!?
The situation was jsut right, but you still couldn't do it!?
L-look, I'm the sort of tsundere who is nonchalant with her affections!!
So I can't just do it on command.
...I'll do my best for next time, so please let it go this once!!
……クローシェ様、次回から頑張る、という言葉はよくないフラグとしか思えませんよ?
...Lady Cloche, I'm afraid those might be famous last words.
The instant I saw this post, a shock ran through me.
I mean... can't you put any more effort into it than that!?
If you wrote that much, you should have given us a preview of the new year, 2011!!
Like, "In the next year!", like an episode preview, and then you write all about what's going to happen and what's not going to happen and then at the end you tie it up like this.
The year 2011, a year of chaos, now begins!!
...And to think your post had so much promise.
……どうしてそこまで熱くなっているの?
...why are you getting so worked up over that?
仕方ないでしょう、このトウコウを読んだ瞬間なんかビビッと来ちゃったんだから。
I can't help it. A shock just ran through me the instant I read this post.
Yeah, this is one of those.
But since it was the first of the year I took it as an omen.
Honestly, why did this post have such an effect on me?
Did I really just think it wasn't good enough?
そこまでアドバイスするなら、ジャクリちゃんが代わりに予告部分を書いて発表すればよかったのに。
If you're going to give so much good advice, maybe you should write the preview for 2011.
読み手として見たいと思ったものは絶対に自分では書かない、それが私のモットーよ。
I'll never write something I've already thought up as something I'd want to read. That's my motto.
The only New Year's card I got this year was from GUST!
This is a pretty rare phenomenon in some sense, right?
My new year has already been pretty lucky!
(Shirakeneko)
This year's New Year's picture was from Atelier Viorate, wasn't it?
If you didn't get one but want to see what it was like, you can download it from Salburg.com now. Please, go have a look.
ガストさーん、来年の年賀状の絵はアルトネリコでお願いしまーす!!
Dear GUST, please make next year's picture be from Ar tonelico!!
That would be nice, but do you know how many years it's been since Ar tonelico came out?
As long as they don't do a remake or a port like Viorate, I think next year's picture will be from something else.
I haven't even heard a hint of a rumor about that.
Well, I suppose we might be able to expect a Best Hits version of 3, right?
But we can't expect making the New Year's card if they don't come out with a new game.
だったら、もうトウコウスフィア限定のアルトネリコ年賀状とか……
Well, then how about a special Toukousphere-only Ar tonelico New Year's card, or...
オリカ殿、それ以上は……どうか落ち着いてください、取り返しのつかないことになる前に。
Miss Aurica, I think that's enough... Por favor, settle down before something regrettable happens.
She's just excited because it's the start of a new year.
So, everyone just forget what she just said, okay?
We're all just having a good time today, so don't think about it too hard.
I'm happy to hear that, but I've never made anything like that before.
Our home was poor, so I could only make things that were tasty, filled you up, and didn't cost much. Osechi is usually made from expensive things that aren't filling, so nobody would want to eat that in our house.
That's not surprising. It's really popular; siblings will fight over who gets to have the most.
By the way, the osechi we serve at Bon Beltan is a plate full of kurikinton.
If you like kurikinton, Cocona, you should come to our restaurant and eat until your stomach is full of it!!
く、栗金団は好きだけど、お腹いっぱい食べるのはちょっと……
I, I like kurikinton, but eating that much would...
まあ、これだけは言わせてくれ。
アヤタネの作るおせち料理は絶品だぞ!!
Oh, lemme just say this.
Ayatane's osechi is first-rate!!
……そもそも絶品じゃないアヤタネの料理なんてねぇだろ?
...does he ever cook anything that's not first-rate?
Happy New Year.
After I read the special issue, I decided to have
a look through some old issues, and I was totally
shocked at the difference in volume between now and then.
(Especially at the length of the scroll bar nowadays)
I'll definitely continue to enjoy reading this, but
please all take care of yourselves as you work hard this year.
(Virus Lifeform at Heart)
今日だけ昔のトウコウスフィア、ってことで若干内容を短くまとめて……
I know, let's take this opportunity to look back at past Toukouspheres and...
オリカ、やるとしても新年一発目からそれは縁起が悪いだろ。
やるならもっと別の機会にしようぜ。
Hey, that kinda thing's bad luck on New Year's.
Why don't we leave that for another time?
Still, it's awfully unusual how things go so long all of a sudden.
Look especially at how many more of us respond to a single post now.
Up until about issue 70 there would be about 4 responses to a post, but now it's not unusual for there to be 8.
それは、キャラが増えたせいです。
少しでも登場できる人を増やすためにはこうするしかなかったのです。
That's because there are more characters now.
This was the only way to make sure people had a chance to participate.
……まあ、それでもほとんど出れない者もいるのだがな。
例えば私がその代表格だろう。
...yet, there are still those of us who hardly ever make an appearance.
Like me, for example.
Mmmmm... Well, it might be tough, but starting next time we'll try to let the minor characters and people we don't see much take center stage!!
To get things going, why don't we try having a Soope-only issue?
プ、プ~……(若干じゃないし、それはさすがに誰も望まないと思うよ?)
Puu, puu~... (I still show up every once in a while, but I don't think anyone would want that.)
Finneeeeeelllll! I like that shiver you get when someone teases you, too!
In fact, right now I want Lady Harve to tease me.
By the way, did anyone tease you for Christmas, Finnel?
(Luna)
I looked down at the ground from Reincarnation while eating agepan.
For some reason eating while watching to see what single folks did on Christmas made the agepan taste just a little salty.
We were planning on having a Christmas party, but Doctor had to rush out to see an emergency case so I spent it all alone eating cake by myself...
Still, the Doctor I know wouldn't pick me over a medical emergency, so that's okay.
あれ?
でも先生、よっこらが閉店する直前にお店に来てたよね?
診療所の看護師さんと一緒に。
Huh?
But Doc came to Yokkora right before it closed.
He was with the nurse from the clinic.
むむっ、それはあれか?
あの木曜テレモワイド好きで、おぬしに淡い恋心を抱いているあの看護師の娘か?
Hmmm, can it be?
The nurse who loves Thursday Telemowide and maintains a faint feeling of romance for you?
D-doctor... you can't be cheating on me, can you!?
I mean, that would be kind of manly, in a way... No, I won't allow it!!
You've got some explaining to do!!
No, I wasn't cheating on you!!
It's just that case went on for so long, so she asked if I was hungry afterwards and we had dinner.
I mean, that's not the sort of fancy restaurant you'd go to on Christmas Eve with a mistress, right?
You'd go somewhere with more ambience.
Well, I suppose you would want to go somewhere fancier with a mistress on Christmas Eve.
And I don't think you'd go to a restaurant where you knew the staff, either.
...Very well, I'll believe you.
But, please don't go out for dinner with other women on Christmas Eve anymore.
Happy New Year!!
I hope you'll keep following us in the new year! Anyway, thank you all so much for your appreciation last time! Thanks to all your votes, we'll continue to have my little corner! It was the first good thing to happen to me this year!
I hope our happiness can continue as we create a place where everyone can relax.
Oh, and they're going to bring the AT Survey Brigade back, too! We'll be alternating every other week in this spot, so I hope you'll look forward to us both!!
We'll be waiting for your posts here! If you have a complaint, or something good happened to you, or you worked really hard on something, share it with us!
But I don't think I can respond to any posts that are too serious... I'm sorry.
どう考えても遅いですが、あけましておめでとうございます!
それだけ!
(007I)
No matter how you look at it, this is late, but happy new year!
That's all!
(007I)
Yes! Happy new year!!
I hope this will be a very good year for you all! The most important thing to look after is your health. I hope I can help keep your minds as sound as your bodies!
It's been a while since we've seen a new corner here, so I'd like to post in support.
Next month (strictly speaking, in a week?) I'll be taking the Center entrance exam, but I'm really worried about whether I'll get into college or not... I get worried more every day, and I can't settle down.
So, please, I'd like to experience some happiness... I think we can ask for people by name here, so I'd like Lady Shurelia's help.
If Lady Shurelia cheers me on, I feel like I can solve any problem...
(TAKOZARU)
Thanks for calling on me by name♪
Since TAKOZARU-san is facing his entrance exams, let me offer up this heart-felt prayer of encouragement. Kyukkyu kyu♪ Kyukkyu kyuu♪ Kyukkyu kyukkyukkyukkyukkyu♪ Kyuu?
How was that? Did my passionate feelings reach you? Good luck on your Center exams!
I haven't been sleeping well lately. I get cold pretty easily, so even if I get in the futon with a heating pad, I'll end up cold in my extremities. Do you have any good ideas on how to get to sleep?
(Sakiya)
My house is cold, so my hands and feet will get chilly at night... So, I definitely know how you feel. My feet get really cold, so when my socks aren't enough to keep me warm, I sleep with my legs wrapped up in a blanket that keeps them from moving. That way they won't poke out from the futon, so I stay nice and warm.
Please, listen to this, Sasha!
The Net-only limited grab bag I buy every year sold out ((+_+)) The stuff they had this year was really popular, so it looks like it sold really fast... *sniff*
GUST doesn't do anything like that, do they??
I'd buy it if they did!
(Egg Cocotte with Crab)
Oh, um, I don't know much about the GUST Shop... I always make grab bags at my shop every year. To show my appreciation for all my regular customers, I sell them for 100 Leaf when they can have values up to 5000 Leaf. So, the store is always packed at New Year's. They'll thank me for what they got in their bags last year, too. It's one of the happiest times of the year for me!♪
Lately I can't help being more interested in the unique pen names (handles??) of the people who write in than the actual contents of their posts. So, I was thinking I should change my name; do you have any good ideas?? I think it might get out of hand if I left it to a certain someone, so ... )
(Enoki Ozunu)
I'm not that good at coming up with names... I always got Sis Clo or someone else to name things for me... Oh, but, since you went to the trouble to ask me, I'll do my best to live up to your expectations!
Hmm, let's see... Well, since you decided to change your name after seeing everyone else's unique names, it should be something novel.... hmmmm, hmmmm...
Well, Enoki-san, I really like the name you have now. It has a nice ring to it, and it really fits the New Year's season, so I think it's a really cool name you can be proud of. I'd love to know how you came up with it.
I'm sorry for not performing when you asked for me by name... But, I think keeping the name you have now would be better than being stuck with a funny one I made up because I'm not good at coming up with names.
Well, next week we'll be having the AT Survey Brigade in this space!
We'll accept your posts any time, though, so whether you want to send it to me or the Survey Brigade, please post away!
Hama's Submission Dojo[]
謹賀新年!なのよーー!!
Happy New Yeaaar!!
今年も沢山の素敵な投稿が来る事を期待しております。
I hope we'll get to see many more of your wonderful submissions this year.
Don't worry! We've already got a lot of pictures. Thanks for all the New Year's cards, everyone! Now, our theme for next time is "Celebrating coming of age"! We'll welcome any picture in the theme with open arms, so please post away! If you're sending in a themed submission, make sure you put "Themed Post 'Celebrating coming of age'" in the comment field.
今回のお題は『謹賀新年!』なのよー!!
Our theme for this time is "New Year's Cards!!"
テーマ投稿『謹賀新年』で応募します
うさみみゲロッゴから新年のご挨拶を申し上げます。
(ハヤチネ)
This is a themed post: "New Year's Cards"
Here's a New Year's greeting from a bunny-eared Geroggo.
(Hayachine)
あけましておめでとうございます!! きゅっきゅっ♪
Happy New Year!! Kyukkyu♪
あけましておめでとう!! うさうさ♪
Happy New Year!! Bunny bunny♪
あけおめ。 ぴーかーー…
Happy new year's.
Piiiikaaaaaaaa-...
ティリア!!それ以上言ったら詩魔法アルトネリコが飛びますよ!!
Tyria!! If you say any more, I'll cast Song Magic: Ar tonelico on you!!
This is a themed post for "New Year's Cards".
It's the yera af the rabbit, so I tried drawing bunny(?) suits.
It's been about a year since Ar tonelico 3 came out... I'll be waiting for another new release this year.
(Kuzunari)
あら、新年早々派手な登場をさせられたものね。
まあ、嫌いじゃないけど。
To think I've already gotten to make a flashy entrance this year.
Well, there's nothing wrong with that.
ちょ、ちょっと!
何か酷くないですか!?その、…胸のあたりとか!!
Oh, just a minute!
Isn't that just too horrible!? Um... like, the part around my chest!!
I don't think it's horrible at all.
Well, to put it bluntly, by making us wear bunny suits that are usually reserved for old-fashioned, obsolete big-breasted women, they're just using us as one tool to show the coming of a new age. Nothing more.
…今年は貴方といれば、へこみ知らずでいられるかも知れません……。
...Being with you this year might keep me from getting depressed...
This is a themed post for "New Year's Cards".
I guess Lady Harve peeked in on us at New Year's; did you enjoy your holiday!?
Did you get to eat any super-stretchy mochi?
(Topo)
Hey!! Just a minute, you!!!
Do you think I'd lose that badly at badminton!?
Unlike you, I'm not a clumsy idiot who always gets lost thinking about stupid things and making dumb moves with an empty head on my shoulders! I'd never let it drop!!
Happy New Year, everyone♪
By the way, Subframey. You still owe me for 24 times. I wonder where I should draw this time? It looks like I've run out of room on your face, so maybe beneath your chest...
This is a themed post for "New Year's Cards!".
Happy New Year!
I haven't posted in a while.
I thought I'd try drawing a romantic Jakuri in a kimono.
I bet Jakuri would even change out of a kimono on New Year's, though.
It definitely seems like something she'd do.
Oh, and I know this doesn't have anything to do with the year of the rabbit.
(Rui)
How unusual. I'm probably the one least suited to cheerful new year's greetings like these, but I'm showing up an awful lot for some reason. As for whether I'd take it off, I don't think I'd put on something that's that much of a pain to wear in the first place.
This is a themed post for "New Year's Cards!".
Happy New Year.
Recklessly I decided to challenge myself with a comic. Sorry it's in pencil, and sorry it's so rough.
It's only loosely connected to the theme, but it's zodiac related, so...
Lady Shurelia can get excited like this sometimes, right? *g*
(llka)
Title: "Even the Sea of Death Is No Match For Love"
Sol Cluster
C: Spinny spinny hit!!
S: Buuuunnyyyyyyyy♥
Sol Ciel
L: Did Lady Shurelia get lost again?
A: Heh, no way!
L: She's not a kid...
Kyukkyukkyu♪
It's the year of the rabbit♪ Since it's the year of the rabbit, I'll be working hard to make sure there are more bunnies than usual!!
Of course, we'll show up anytime, anywhere!!
Please look forward to it!!
This is a themed post for "New Year's Cards".
I wanted to draw Lady Shurelia, but this time I drew Misha. I guess I was influenced by the voices from my brother's TV saying, "the world is entering an era of 3D!!"...
Thanks to all the people in the Toukousphere for another year of fun! I'll work hard this year enjoying everyone's conversations!
(rhrt)
Happy New Year!♪
Thanks for the new year's card! But, why am I in a bunny suit on a new year's card... There's another one up above, too. Do people normally wear bunny suits on new year's cards?
No civilization like that would ever exist. They must be brainwashed by the year's first variety TV shows, like the ones where they say you'll be happy if you knock down a pink pin when you go bowling...
みんなで仮装して賞金100万円を狙う番組かも知れないわ。
Maybe it's a show where you dress up for a chance to win a million yen.
ってか、お前ら正月事情詳しすぎだろ!!
Wait, you guys know way too much about New Year's stuff!!
This is a themed post for "New Year's Cards!".
Since it's the year of the rabbit, I drew a Mayuru-type Suppoteil with a rabbit hairclip.
I hope to see some more crazy plans from you again this year, GUST!!
(Nori~)
Nyaaa!! Thanks for the Suppotail New Year!! Oh yeah, how was the New Year's Suppotail costume? Sometimes I'll roll around in the kotatsu playing Suppotail.
This is a themed post for "New Year's Cards!".
It's been a year since I started posting last New Year's. It's gone by fast ^^
I hope all the staff will have a good year this year *g*
I'll survive on the biweekly Toukouspheres again this year as I enjoy watching the world of Ar tonelico continue to expand. I love Ar tonelico!
New year! So, here's a group of characters in festive clothing. I think these are the most appealing costumes in Ar tonelico, even including things from the Cosmospheres! I love them ^^ I'm looking forward to this year's Toukouspheres.
(315)
Happy new year!
I was hoping my Suppotail could meet a knight this year, so I tried making a Suppotail-sized 3D Lyner!
This Lyner is modeled on the concept drawing of Lyner from page 60 of the Ar tonelico 1 settei book (..
That drawing stuck with me ever since I first read the book, so I decided to take this opportunity to try making it *g*
Well, anyway, I hope you all have a good year m(_ _)m
(Tabineko)
I got the new year's card!! ...But, I'm at home, so I have to keep it from my parents *g* I love the Atelier series, too, but I'd love to see an Ar tonelico new year's card...
It's the year of the rabbit, so I'll draw Lady Shurelia... or so I thought, but I thought lots of people would do that, so here's a bunny-eared Filament.
Well, I hope the characters and the people behind them will all take care of themselves and have a happy new year!
(Fuumyu)
I'm posting again! I love Soma so much it's hard to keep on going ><
I thought I'd do a theme post, but before I knew it it turned into Soma.
I like Soma! I love her ><
It seems Soma's going to be popular again this year. I could definitely feel your love for Soma. I hope you'll continue to make that love into a source of posts.
Lady Shurelia and Jakuri's Technical Service Center[]
Well, you know, we're like special New Year's guests. It's not like we're going to disappear until next New Year's after this issue, though, so don't worry.
Once a Hymn Code has been recorded, if it finds a match like what happened with Aurica, can that person sing Hymmnos Extracts even if its original owner is dead?
I think it would be recognized if the CS is still around, even if their body is gone. But they wouldn't be able to sing them anymore if the code's original β owner's location inside the server has been reclaimed, right?
(I love cats)
My match with Aurica wasn't a complete match of our Cosmospheres. We don't have the same Cosmosphere, and our server locations are completely different. A Hymmne Code is like a filename. There are lots of files with the same name but different contents, aren't there? Aurica and I may share the same name, but we're different "files".
It's very unusual for Reyvateils to share the same server address. Even types that share a D-cellophane like Luca and Frelia don't have their Cosmospheres recognized as being the same. So, fundamentally, it's impossible for them to share an Extract like that.
A holy maiden named Kanui who can communicate with a lifeform called COSAL who's seen as a god appears in the feelings of the song for EXEC_COSMOFLIPS/.; did Kurogane come up with this COSAL? If COSAL was actually a subject of research at the end of the First Era, would it be on the level of the Wills of the Planet?
(Macaron)
Mmm, Kurogane's mind is more frightening than the depths of the Amazon, so I don't really know the truth, but he didn't have a flawless imagination either. He knew a lot about a number of different fields, and was well-read outside of physics, so he might have gotten it from somewhere else. But then again, COSAL might actually be something that really exists.
V-boards are popular enough to have tournaments, but what exactly are you competing for? The scene with Tatsumi vs Soma looked like a speed race, but it looked like Tatsumi was practicing tricks. Is it like snowboarding where you have different fields of entry?
(Sakiya)
V-board races are pure speed contests. There are also acrobatic competitions, but the all-national event held in Archia is a speed race.
The training I was doing that looked like practicing tricks was also supposed to help me in a speed race. I think you'd probably understand if you watched a race, but you're always running the risk of collisions, and there are some really nasty curves on the track. So, you really have to practice a lot of different things, like how to take a hard turn, and how to recover if you lose your balance. That's what I was focusing on.
I understand that the current Maiden of Mio, Luca, and Maiden of Mio, Lady Cloche, are the top of the society in the second tower, but who will succeed them when they retire? Would their children be their successors? Or would it be someone from the royal family? Or would Frelia, the Origin, become the governor, like in the first tower? This has been keeping me up at night, so Lady Cloche, Luca, Frelia, Targana, please, tell me!!!!!
(Darkest Black Blackboy)
You're shoving this question onto me!?
Well, so be it.
The Grand Bell follows a rule of linear descent, so the Holy Maiden would be succeeded by her heirs. However, since society is moving in a more democratic direction with the creation of Metafalica, the next Holy Maiden will probably be chosen by the people.
The rules of succession haven't been finalized yet, but the Holy Maidens and I agree this is how it should be.
I think I read somewhere that Lady Shurelia designed the Silver Horn.
If Lady Shurelia could do that, could any of the others characters? Is Lady Shurelia also an accomplished engineer?
(Nan)
I only designed the specifications for the methods of transmitting and limiting Symphonic Power; it was basically a joint effort between me and the technicians of that era. The Silver Horn wouldn't have been completed without the help of the engineers of that day. Kyukkyu♪
Happy new year, everyone!! I hope you'll continue to enjoy Ar tonelico and the Ar Portal. The start of the new year is a special event, so there was quite a bit of red text this time around. We'll probably be back to normal next time.
We'll be releasing another light novel and other related products this year, so the world of Ar tonelico will continue to expand. I hope you'll continue to support as as you always have!!
(Tsuchiya)