- Featured article: Director Kang Jun-hyuk of God's gift. - Who is he?
Junpei Ishimoto.
Before going into the story of the gift of God in its entirety, I want to focus on a little incident that happened in the spring of 1987.
If you have played family games at the time, you will remember one game that wandered around like a urban legend among users.
Yes, the Dragon Emblem.
Everyone would be the Dragon Warrior and the Final Frontier if they were Japan's current dual-decker RPG game. However, if you name one more title after the other, you will not hesitate to choose the Dragon Emblem.
Of course, dragon emblems may not be the traditional RPG genre, so they are a huge contribution to the current game market.
Compared to the Dragon Warriors and Final Frontier series already released in chapters 5 and 6, Dragon Emblems are confident that they will be able to experience a whole new world that is completely different from the original game, except for the remake.
After all, if you are an avid fan of the Pentagon games, if you add some details here, let's leave the Dragon Emblem story out of this, as it will be a cliché for each other. (In fact, even a dragon emblem column can be drawn for more than five pages, but if it were, the arrow of blame would surely fly to the readers who bought the magazine wanting to know about God's gift. I can tell by the handwriting.)
However, it wasn't the 'Dragon Emblem' series that really made Jun-hyuk Kang stand out in the gaming industry.
Readers would have noticed it at once, but the work that led to Kang Jun-hyuk's current director... and Pentagon Soft as the best game maker was the appearance of 'The Street Without Me'.
Literally, this piece, which took all the modifiers "Thought Colony," caused an enormous surge of excitement that even people who didn't know anything about the game were somewhat aware of the story.
Not only the game, but also the OVA, which was a huge success with the animation, has melted down many amazing systems that had never been tried before in the game history.
A performance that deliberately destroys game graphics.
A unique way of selling games with the same title, sold separately by heroes.
And because of the tragic development of stories that are not commonly seen in movies or dramas, this game, which has caused a lot of social hedging, has become a title that will forever be remembered in the minds of all citizens as well as gamers.
Here, dragon emblem and the distance without me have one thing in common.
There will be readers who will look to see if there is anything in common in this genre that has absolutely nothing to do with it. But this work has a certain resemblance.
That is, both works are games created by Director Kang Jun-hyuk who hides his existence.
Until we realized that these two works were actually made by him, we knew that Kang Jun-hyuk's work was only one "Psychic Battle."
At the end of the family, the comet-like Psychic Battle was the first to incorporate the code 'sexy' into the game, along with an enormous tantrum that surpassed the family's specs.
This work is also later developed into an arcade game called 'Psychic Force' and has still cultivated many battle teams, so Kang Jun-hyuk's skills as a director are already an icon of trust.
In addition, based on his career as the development team leader of the super family, 'Raon' has become the most powerful portable gaming machine of our time.
As the next generation of machines, such as the NEGA Saturn and the Gear Station, Raon is silently guarding his position as a mobile device.
Last year, CEO Kang Jun-hyuk announced a new series of Dragon Emblems that leveraged the next generation of 'Complete Raon' projects and a full-boy version of the streets that I am not.
In the meantime, some gamers expressed anxiety about releasing a new console about Raon recently, but he is currently the director of Pentagon Soft, who confidently discusses that he will never be disappointed in what he is concerned about.
'Raon will do everything he can as a mobile device, even if it is the next generation of mechanisms. Spa 2 and the Legend of the New Sword. And I don't want to overlook that, because the time and place shown on the Dragon Emblem, the cooperative mode is an attractive element that can't be seen through. '
This is the answer he gave when he interviewed Director Kang Jun-hyuk about Raon in person.
As a professional director, he was already aware of what the user was worried about, and I doubt that even if the next generation of mechanisms were released, he would stay in place as a top performing mobile device.
In addition, Kang Jun-hyuk, director, says that the next generation and the portable Raon can see the 'harmonizing effect' when they have both at the same time.
Now, after I finish my long introduction, I'm going to give you an in-depth review of God's Gift.
Simply put, the game has shown the most beautiful prologue in the history of gaming.
Immediately after playing even the handwriting you don't know about classics. I bought Chopin's Knockton myself from a record store nearby. Are you sure you want to do this?
God's gift is a piece of work that broadens the realm of player knowledge while also showing other possibilities of the game by showing the lives of classical songs and pianists that we do not know as well.
Is it the latest gift from God? I almost burst into laughter without even noticing that the classical music appearing in God's gift at the record store was causing a shortage of supplies.
I am very proud as a "gaming journalist" that the game that solved everything by simply firing a missile at the enemy is so close to the public.
The gift of God is not only the protagonist, but also the four heroes, who work with each instrument in a variety of ways to influence the likelihood of working with the protagonist, and what is unique is that the narrative branches the scenario.
Since it contains spoilers for the game, if you don't want to know the story in advance, I recommend clearing the story and watching it later.
I also looked at the illustrations provided by the heroes before the game was released and thought of a relationship such as' street without me 'or' biceps memorial '.
But... after two endings before I wrote the review, the honest impression of the author...
The game is close to 'Thriller' water.
Especially since her betrayal of the top voter before the launch feels so terrifying...
Can loving someone make someone so cruel?
As I got closer to the latter part of the game, a movie came to my mind, which was the 'jerk' who had locked up a novelist in his house and forced her to write.
A protagonist's life ruined by one person's madness.
It started with an unidentified effect that sounded intermittent throughout the game.
After the issuance of God's gift. The sound that the communication community was talking about was not heard at the time of the first play, but it was definitely heard when the second play took place.
And now the sound is clearer in the third story.
I felt that creepy feeling when I first realized what that sound meant, and I grabbed the pad and I trembled.
- The killer is Yukinozo Kaori. -
The memory of the protagonist as he played in the game... felt that the culprit of every incident was directed at her.
Every time I did that, I shook my head and repeated, "No, I don't think so." But...
The more I went through another recall event, the more I felt my deep trust in her was shattered.
Please tell me that's not it. Play third round. So, until now, after the third iteration of the year, all events concerning Yukinozo Kaori have tied her to the culprit.
Dual Personality
Or should I say a person like her is multi-personality?
At least one comfort was that when I asked Kang Jun-hyuk, director, if she was the culprit, he just smiled calmly and said that he would know if I could play a secret cooperation that I could play if I got an S rating on all the songs. (Honestly, I wanted to hear his answer and throw Raon in his face for you to try.)
Unfortunately, no one in charge of attacking Fame Communications has completed all plays with an S grade.
If any of the readers who are watching this post have cleared all songs to S rank, please contact Pammy Communications Editor right away.
And I need you to tell me something...
Yukinozo Kaori is not the culprit...
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"How's that? Isn't that fun? "
I waited for her at a nearby cafe until the end of Mayumi's part time, returning Nakamura's magazine.
"The person who wrote this review is very fond of Kaori. "
"Of course. It's a huge topic in the online community... 'Don't be fooled. X years.' I..."
I smiled and answered Nakamura's words.
"Don't worry. It's not her."
"Yes…? What?"
"She's not the killer. "
"How do you know that? "
"Because I cleared it to All S rank. "
Nakamura asked me, expressing a shy expression for a moment.
"You cleared to All S rank? Kanna, how could you? "
In fact, it's not hard for Nakamura to make such a fuss.
I also repeated the rehearsal mode so that I could clear all the plays to S-rank. Repetitive practice is important to get rid of a single play.
It was also part of the same application when dealing with real instruments.
When I looked at the rhythm bar carefully from the beginning, I suddenly thought,
'You should not simply look at the rhythm bar with your eyes and adjust the timing. '
The moment I chased him down with my eyes. It was because I felt a slight twist.
There, this is purely my guess, but this is the director of Kang Jun-hyuk who created this game...
"I deliberately misplaced the rhythm bar..."
In fact, no matter how well the rhythm bar was timing at a few points, there was a time when the Good timing, not Perfect timing, would appear. Work with a slightly strange feeling
When the cracks loosened a bit, I could immediately see the Perfect sign.
At that moment, I felt like going inside my head.
The protagonist's play was not just a rhythm game that only adjusted to the timing.
I felt that the 'interpretation of the song', which only the protagonist had, was prepared as if the actual musician was beating the keyboard with emotion.
From then on, I considered the flow and atmosphere of the song more important than the timing of the rhythm bar as far down as possible. Then, no matter how many times I repeated it, I started filling the song with S rank one by one, which was only rank A.
"The first time I hit Chopin, I'm not trying too hard to be as excited as I felt when I hit Chopin, but I'm relaxed..."
And the rest leave everything to the atmosphere that flows throughout the play.
Surprisingly, my fingers were moving naturally in response to the piano notes being heard over the earphones. After how many iterations, is it because the pattern is cooked in my hands?
Nakamura asked me who the real culprit was if I said Yukinozo Kaori wasn't the culprit.
I opened my mouth, grabbing a warm lemon to his question.
"That... I won't say it. "
"Hmm? Why?? "
"I don't want to take away Nakamura's feelings after clearing the game. But I can give you an easy hint to get an S rank in your playing part. "
"What's that? "
"Feel the music. Don't pay attention to the rhythm bar, focus on the protagonist's scenes and focus on the music to be perfect so you can reach the S rank naturally. "
This may also be the intention of the creator, but there are too many devices to dazzle the player's eyes in the God-given part of the play.
Downhill rhythm bars and timing zones.
In addition, when I focused on the reminiscence scene at first, I often missed the note.
At first glance, the reminiscence scene with music felt very loving, but in fact, to play the rhythm game a little more efficiently, I could show it separately after playing it.
I tilted my head with an unfamiliar look on my words that told me to focus only on the music of Nakamura. At that moment, after opening the cafe door and finishing part-time, Maui approaches us.
"Have you been waiting long? Sorry, I'm late for my shift..."
"No, it's okay. I didn't know Nakamura was spending so much time looking at magazines. "
"Kanna, are you a gift from God these days, or are you obsessed with that game? Is that so funny? "
Mauri asked me to look back over the past month.
I closed my eyes slightly and opened my mouth smiling at Mauri, recalling the concertos of the five, including the protagonists from the last scene.
"Yes, I had a great time. And on the other hand, it's a very sad story..."
Just thinking about the last scene, it seemed like drops of tears would come to my eyes.
Then Maui, who was looking at my face, opened his mouth with a silly look.
"Hurry up?? Are you crying? "
"Oh, can we just talk about the real ending? I'm really curious. "
Nakamura snatches his head and starts cursing his hands.
"So far I thought I could clear any game, but I don't know what to do with God's gift." Especially since Satsuki-sensei and I have two pianos working together... "
Looking at the Nakamura army, I wanted to show him the gin ending using the raon in my bag, but in the end I decided to endure it for him.
&
After dinner that night with Mauri, I returned home and took out my guitar in quite a while. Today is a resting day, and my father isn't home either. I carefully pulled out the guitar with the guitar case on the bed and ricocheted the rope.
When the clear guitar sounded in the narrow room, a smile was drawn on my mouth.
When I was a kid, my dad didn't really care that I was a singer's dream. But she was different.
Eventually, my mom secretly gave me a guitar, and my dad would sometimes leave the store, and my mom would sit next to me and listen to the guitar I was playing and look happy.
"That's amazing. My daughter. I've never been taught that song, but I can play it just once. It's not a Mozart..."
"Mozart? What is that? "
"A genius musician in Austria. Your favorite song," Twinkle Twinkle Stars, "is actually a classic by Mozart. "
"Oh, I know how to play that song. "
"Really…? "
&
Twinkle, twinkle little star...
I left the house with my guitar when I bounced the guitar strap in the room in my old memory with my mom.
The cold winter breeze in January lifted me up, but I always headed to the place where I used to play on the street, holding the handle of the guitar case tightly.
Because of the cold winter, no one performs on the street like last fall.
After a while, I found a record store near the station, and I opened the glass door and greeted the owner.
"Hey, mister!"
"Oh, Kanna, welcome. "
"Mister, can I borrow an amp from the front of the store today? "
"Yes…? Are you going to sing in this cold weather? "
"Yes. Is it... not working? "
"I don't mean to pry, but you'll catch a cold. "
"I'll call you back in a minute. What?"
"I'd love to promote the shop, but the one in the circle... Wait a minute, then. "
The man kicked his tongue at my request and entered the inside room of the store. After a while, he came out with a small stove and a chair.
"Mister, you don't have to do this..."
"Playing this and singing next to it is the condition of lending an amp. If you catch a cold singing, how sad would your mother be in heaven? "
"Oh... thank you. Mister..."
"Seems like yesterday I bought a guitar with my mom holding my hand like this, and I'm already this big..."
He smiled gladly at me.
After a while, there was a small theater just for me in front of the record store.
The cold breeze on the street is still breezy, but the stove next to it doesn't seem to make your fingers hard at least.
I leaned against the door frame, smiling slightly at the man who was looking at me, and paused the steps of those walking busy by bouncing the guitar strap gently.
"Huh? Playing on the streets this winter? "
"Let's take a quick look around. "
Suddenly, I looked down at the people around me, lowering my head slightly.
He lit the fire.
It was my own ritual to light the candle in the little glass jar before the song began.
"I'm going to tell you the story of my 'unforgettable love,' which I wrote in my first song. "
After clearing my throat for a moment, I immediately bounced the guitar strap and lifted my voice in the cold wind.
You look lonely, and I care why...
My heart turns towards you someday.
How can this heart be reflected in the mirror that you are...
I felt so happy only now that I was singing with all my emotions in my eyes closed.
When I opened my eyes after finishing my first song, twice as many people gathered in front of the record store to applaud and cheer.
The shop man was smiling brighter than ever with a satisfied face.
"Your singing skills are good, but your guitar has improved a lot. Do you go to guitar school these days? "
"No. Do I have to say that I've learned more about the mood of the song and how it flows than just playing it correctly? "
"Oh…? Not bad? Well, you certainly can't feel anything when you're playing it correctly. Who taught you that? "
In his question, I just smiled slightly and bounced the guitar string again.
And then some of the audiences who recognized this song said, "Huh? 'I made a resilience.
"This song... where did you hear it so much? "
"Really? What... I'm familiar with it. "
"W-wait a minute. Is this real? The endgame of" Gift of God "? "
"Huff!! It's real!!"
The record store owner tilted his head, but slowly nodded back to see if he liked the music.
When I first saw you...
I knew my love was sad...
It can't be done, it can't be done...
All by yourself.
&
After a few days, I snuck out of my dad's house and sang in front of the record store.
When it was time for me to come, the boss used to prepare a stove and a small chair in front of the store.
Whether singing lyrics to the endsong of God's gift became the talk of the PC communication community, more and more people started popping up in front of the record point every day.
Then one day.
I'm about to leave the house in a warm parka, and the phone rings.
When I picked up the phone surrounding the guitar case, I heard Nakamura's voice over the phone.
"Kanna... let me ask you a question. Is it true that the Gene Ending of the Gift of God you saw came after the negotiation of five characters? "
"Yes, that's right. Have you seen Nakamura?"
"Uh... did you just..."
"How was it…? "
"What the hell... After all, neither hero nor perpetrator was in the first place. The prayers of a genius musician with multiple personality disorder... what the...?"
Genius
A gift from heaven.
or when the perpetrators refer to a person with natural abilities that cannot be followed.
The protagonist of God's gift has often been told by people around him since childhood that he is a genius.
That's why he only thought he was special to others.
No, he certainly was a special man.
'He was able to talk to the instrument through music. '
Such abilities were perhaps a special "gift" that only the almighty "God" could make.
But for him, "God's gift" was a blessing close to a curse...
The protagonist who could handle all the instruments in the world had four instruments that he loved. The most important among them were the pianos and violins that had been with them since childhood.
In fact, the main character wanted to become a violinist rather than a pianist.
The original lively character became increasingly inwardly changed while playing the piano by the coercion of parents.
The characters derived from him were 'Yukinozo Kaori' and 'Igwa Ray'.
Kaori's bright and lively personality was the same as when the protagonist turned on the violin, and Ray's quiet and reserved personality resembled that of playing the piano.
Similarly, the challenge of getting into the climax and learning as a hobby was to create a character called Haruka, and as a world-class pianist... he created a character called Satsuki who was cynical and strict.
They're the heroes' lives. It was itself and I did not doubt that I would always be with him.
'But God gave him all his abilities and took everything away at the age of 28. '
Alzheimer's disease, also known as organ memory loss, causes people around you as well. Even the four women he'd been with since he was a child were fading away in his memory.
The true end of God's gift was another illustration of what the main event in the game was, in fact, from the time of the main character's childhood after the staircase.
I was somewhat shocked to hear that his collaboration with the heroes, which had changed over the course of the quarter in Chapter 2, was actually his liquor with instruments representing each of the heroes.
"Everything was a vision of a man losing his memory..."
In each chapter, the reminiscence of the heroine in the prepared part of the performance was actually a story of his musical instruments and his breakup that was still incomplete.
Because of his lack of socialization, the main character who had a narrow relationship was four heroes who had been friends and companions all his life.
Among them, violin Yukinozo Kaori, who first spoke to the protagonist as a child, grabbed a bouquet of flowers at the last end, approached him and smiled shyly.
"Well done..."
The protagonist's mouth was closed up with a Hiro smile around him, allowing him to hear his voice for the first time.
It was as bold and calm as I imagined.
"So far. Thank you..."
Beep---------
&
The last moment I realized what the beep meant.
A drop of tears that were hanging from the edge of my eyes poured down again.
Just as I covered the last chapter in one novel, this time I also had a long fortune in my heart that was bothering me.
"Ha…"
The sound of a sudden exhale echoes through the quiet room.
After hearing Nakamura's story, I retrieved the save file from the last chapter and cleared it once more, but I thought it was a very impressive ending even if I saw it again.
"Cough... cough..."
At the sound of the crow crying outside the window, she turns her head to the window, and the evening sunset sets lie down like a picture of a cloud.
"Oh, record point. I'll be waiting for you."
I swiftly wiped my tears and grabbed the guitar case.
&
Sweetheart!
After entering the store with the clear sound of Charimbell hanging from the record point door, the man with a familiar face stood up with the boss.
"Kanna, you're just in time. This is..."
"No, I don't need an introduction. That's the third time I've seen it. "
The man in his early 30s who looked at me with a relaxed look on his face was talking with a smile toward me.
"Right?"
"Kang Jun-hyuk... Director? "
When I mumbled his name, the record store owner came to me and asked me.
"from a company called Pentagon Soft. I want to hear the song you've been singing for the past few days..."
"Ah…"
"Tell me about Mr. Kanna... You're getting quite the buzz from the online community, don't you know? "
"Yes? Is that my song? "
The online community he talks about is probably the PC communication community Nakamura talked about. I remember hearing something from Nakamura the other day, but I had no idea that my story would spread like this in a place where we didn't even know each other's faces.
"Do you mind if I listen for a second? "
"Oh... well..."
"You don't have to be so nervous. I came here because I really, really, really wanted to hear Kanna's song again. "
I glanced at his face for a moment, then slowly nodded.
Shortly after, I heard one or two people walking in front of the station around a small venue prepared by the boss.
Since when? At first, about four or five people listened to my music, and now four or 50 people are gathering to see where I heard my story. Could this be the power of the PC communications Nakamura Army was talking about?
After bouncing off the guitar string and tapping his voice a few times, I took the match out of my arms and lit the candle on fire.
Time is suddenly in early February...
There is still a cool breeze in the streets, but at least it doesn't feel as bitter as January.
As the small candle roared quietly in the glass jar, the voices of those around me gradually rang out.
Director Kang Jun-hyuk was staring at me while talking next to the store with the record shop owner.
That alone made me feel awkward, but I decided not to care about it. The important thing is to feel the music and the atmosphere of the song.
That's enough.
Every day that passes by is increasing.
We think each other's minds are always there.
You said it was okay if we didn't get together.
Pretend you're strong, but you're only sighing.
A jewel I've left in the passing seasons
It's an unfinished puzzle that's lost precious pieces...
Like white eyes watering the streets.
Fill this album with memories ~
When I opened my lips with my eyes closed to tell people my song, I felt like I was relieved of my tension like a lie.
"Oh, I've heard that before, but it's great. "
I felt my face burning with praise from Director Kang Jun-hyuk, but I didn't look at him. Simply closing my eyes, I finished considering that I had to call verse 2 and then take a small breath and lay down my hands on the guitar rope.
Then a round of applause poured out from those around me.
"Wow!!! I love it."
"Mwah! You have a great voice..."
"But when does it come out? "
"Wait a minute. 'That song' is almost at the end. "
"Did you really write the lyrics to the end song of God's gift? "
"I overheard it once, but my heart got cold as soon as I heard it, so you'd be surprised to hear it. "
"I may not have won the S rank, but the community finale... it was amazing."
"Oh, that was a second impact on history since the real 'street without me'..."
"And how many times did Director Kang Jun-hyuk kill the protagonist? There's no such thing as a real live demon. "
I almost burst out of laughter, but I endured the conversation of the audience from somewhere. What were you thinking when you heard them talking to you?
I cleared my throat for a moment and then I started a second song.
After bouncing the guitar string a few times, elasticity leaked from the mouth of the person nearby.
"Huh? Is this...? "
"It's the song of God. "
"Already? "
"Oh, good. I came here because I wanted to hear this, but it's just in time. "
Looking at Director Kang Jun-hyuk, turning slightly to people's reactions, he raised his thumb toward me with his arms closed.
When I first saw you...
I knew my love was sad...
It can't be done, it can't be done...
All by yourself.
On my way to see you...
I knew my love was sick.
The tremors that run deep inside my body...
Fear is bigger than excitement.
&
After a total of five short street performances, he walked into the store and brought cocoa.
"Have some of this and melt yourself. "
"Thank you, boss. "
"Hmmm! Rather, I thank you more. Kanna, thanks to you, there are a lot of customers in the store these days!"
"Oh, really? "
The boss deeply wrinkled and smiled at me.
Director Kang Jun-hyuk behind his back was also looking at me with a happy expression.
"I... heard the song. "
"How was it...? "
"Excellent lyrics for a quiet song. I think Yuki would have loved it, too. "
"By the way, Yuki. You gave birth on December 24 last year...? "
Then Kang Junhyuk tilted his head and asked me again.
"Huh? How did you do that? "
"Actually... I went to buy it every day for God's gift. By the way, I heard that the director rushed to the hospital to give birth to his wife that day..."
"Ah! Kanna was here that day, too. I'm sorry. It would have been a lot easier if I had met you back then..."
Director Kang Jun-hyuk scratched the back of his head and smiled.
"I wanted to give you a call at the contact you left me the other day, but I didn't have the courage to..."
When I swallowed the cocoa that the boss had brought me and dropped my head to the ground, Director Kang Jun-hyuk opened his mouth with a grin.
"Do you have a good time? "
"Yes? Oh, yes, today is a day of leisure. "
"Well, can you go to a cafe and talk to me for a minute? Actually, I have a favor to ask you. "
"Please...? "
"Yes, I would like to distribute the ending theme song of God's gift I just heard to Laon's download shares, if possible. What do you think? "