A final point that wraps things up nicely if you’re a Nasuverse fanboy as I am is how it ties in with F/S N’s terminology in terms of magic circuits, mages and so on. The two stories are not directly related plot- or character-wise but the recurrence of the jargon, not to mention familiarity in character types and themes addressed, makes it easier to get into, whichever NV you happen to play first.

Actually, Tsukihime and F/S N are related via certain characters. For example: Zelretch was the founder of Rin’s school of magic as well as the mage who killed Arcueid’s ancestor. Also, Touko (Aoko’s sister) was the mage who created a “puppet body” for Shirou after his original one was destroyed at the end of the Heaven’s Feel route.

So much of the story is revealed through character interaction rather than description, it really adds a genuine first-person POV to a rather poetic style of writing, which worked for it quite well (I found the scene with Roa’s death in the Ciel Good Ending oddly profound, for example).

I must agree, though, that the Roa -> Nrvnsqr mixup was rather jarring here. They are two completely different characters in two completely different segments of the story with two completely different motivations/backstories…

To be honest when I first read this I was rathr shocked that you had made such a mistake, however without your writing I would have missed out on a awful lot of genius over the last couple of years. I took anime up again in my second year of college without many friends who were interested in it.

Without friends to relate my ‘hobby’ to I ended up looking to the internet to find series that were worth watching and ended up finding your blog as well as others to feed my habit. Since then I’ve had friends who’ve put forwards series to me but your and others work was always a helpful push in the right direction.

Heck with out your blog I wouldn’t have ever watched eureka seven or Saikano which i both enjoyed. Thanks for your hard work and keep it up :D

First of all, Nrvnsqr goals are so different than Roa. In game, Nrvnsqr doesn’t care much about immortality, he just wants to knows what would happen to him in the end of being chaos. Roa on the other hand obsesses with immortality (or later explain, Arcueid) so much that he choose to reincarnate endlessly. Also, Nrvnsqr accepts death in the end (as he said with calm posture “so you’re my death” to Shiki) but Roa is so afraid of death that he doesn’t realize he is.

Secondly, their abilities are also different. Nrvnsqr posses power to consume flest and blood to create chaos within his body. His true power lies in Reality Marble, The Beast Lair (which is later used to name the English language fanboard by Evospace). He can’t reincarnate in anyway. Roa on the other hand has power to reincarnate into others. He also posses some magical talent and abilities but not much (far less than the original Roa).

Finally, Arcueid’s never met with Nrvnsqr before the event in Tsukihime. She only knows his name but does not even know his power.

I’ve read your writing and it’s good analysis until you mistake Roa with Nrvnsqr. I think you should change it because of characters differences. It would be nice if someone waltz in and read a good analysis with correct data.

Regards,