A message from scriptwriter Mr Satoshi Kataoka! ♪ Delivered to you~ ♪

Throughout the development of “The Last Poem”, alongside creating the game itself, we have consistently shared behind-the-scenes anecdotes and fragments of the production process. Our aim has been to help each and every supporter feel closer to this world brimming with emotion and memory.

To mark the series' renewal, we shall now begin delivering special messages from the creative team as a prologue to the “Development Diaries”. These heartfelt messages embody our sentiments towards this era and this work, and we hope to share the memories and emotions of “The Last Poem” with you, chapter by chapter.

First, please sense the beginning of this creation and recollection through the perspective of Mr Kataoka, the scriptwriter.

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✲Scriptwriter for “The Last Poem”: Tomo Kataoka✲

Hello, I'm Tomo Kataoka (the Prince of Narratives) ><

This work is set in Akihabara in 1999!

Japan at that time (post-bubble) wasn't exactly thriving...

But in terms of ‘otaku culture’, it might have been a fiery, formative era.

Back then, I was active in a doujin circle (Stage Nana) myself.

Many current PC game developers started out as doujin circles back then.

I'm sure everyone could talk endlessly about that era.

♪ Telepathy to You ♪

Original text：

こんにちは、片岡（物語の貴公子）ともです＞＜
今作は１９９９年のアキバが舞台です！
この頃（バブル後）の日本は、元気なかったのですが……
「オタク文化」という意味では、熱い、創生期かも知れません。
当時、自分も同人サークル（ステージなな）活動してました。
現在のＰＣゲームメーカーの多くが、あの頃の同人サークルですし。
きっと皆、あの時代を語らせると尽きないと思います。
♪君に届けテレパシ♪

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Please look forward to the wonderful stories etched into Mr Kataoka's works~ヾ(✿ﾟ▽ﾟ)ノ

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