I got the idea of summoning demons on my PC from three experiences.
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When I was young, I worked for a company called Toshiba. I had opportunities to write programs.
At that time, I felt that a PC is a big empty box, and a program is to create an environment for an app to run.
Thank you all for congratulating me on the birth of my novel "女神転生".
This was my first time tweeting in English, but thanks for all the messages.
For the past 20 years, I've been writing about yin-yang and shrines. This year, I'd like to write a novel about Kifune Shrine.
I have been asked by many people if you have played SMT and I will answer.
I have played every Atlus game released between SMT and SMT2. But by far, SMT is my favorite.
For me, SMT has excellent game balance and plays like skiing down a gentle slope.
I wrote Shin Megami Tensei, El Salem because the game inspired me in two ways.
First, sometimes one must destroy in order to survive. However, I was taught that depending on how we destroy, we can either experience joy or eternal sorrow.
@ayanakajima3
Thank you for writing DDS and New DDS.
By the way, I was curious. You wrote 真・女神転生―エル・セイラム right?
Is there any way that you can talk about the developmental process of that? It was a little surprising to me to see you write a SMT work.
By the way, do you know what '女神転生' means?
It means the reincarnation of a goddess, whose name is Izanami.
In Japanese mythology, our country is created by a couple of gods, Izanami and Izanagi. The wife, Izanami, dies in childbirth.
When I set up Loki in 1985, in Japan, where the internet didn't exist, not a single book described Loki as smart and handsome.
It was in the late 1990s that I read the expression you refer to in books in the US.
@ayanakajima3
There's something very intriguing about this Loki's design. In norse mythology it says he was long, slim and insanely handsome, which is no surprise since he's a shapeshifter. I mean, if you can change your looks, why not use it to your advantage ?
When I woke up this morning and started up my laptop, someone had written "Happy birthday to 女神転生!Today is the 37th anniversary...
I 'm not at home right now, so I don't have the book.
I checked the "Megami Tensei" page on to see if it was today 3/31
Today I wanted to write about how I got the idea of summoning demons on PC.
But when I was organizing my father's house , I found a note from my mother to me.
It was written long ago and she planned for me to see it after she died.
When I read the poem on it, I stood in shock.
Yesterday I heard that the third volume of Digital Devil Story is out, translated into English and French.
I can't say that I have publicly OK'd it, but as long as it is distributed free of charge, I respect your efforts.
However…
My readers in Japan are divided into two groups: those who like 女神転生, and those who like 神々の血脈(means bloodline of the Gods).
Most of my friends and critics prefer 神々の血脈.
But many readers prefer 女神転生.
Both books are important to me.
November 6 is the day that Akimi Nakajima, the protagonist of the novel MT, left this world.
「Hi, Akemi! Today I took your picture at a nostalgic place.
This is where I read Lovecraft for the first time in my life, 52 years ago.」
Let me write something important at this point.
I started writing 女神転生, but before I showed it to my editor, I had a college senior (I call him Mr. X) look at it and ask his opinion.
My talent for ideas is second to none.
He was the first person to tell me so.
I usually tweet in Japanese, but if you want to know what it says, just let me know. I'll try to tweet in English as well.
Someday, I hope to be able to publish a translation of the novel "Digital Devil Story" series into English.
See you soon.
Hello.
I'm about 1/100 of the way through the translation of volume 3 of DDS.
When I make more progress, I'll post a link to a page where it's easier to read.
I had been thinking of posting it on X-premium, but I realized only a small portion of the translated novels would fit.
The novel "女神転生" spawned a game of the same name.
Years later, the game "真・女神転生" was born.
This game was the most interesting game I had ever played in my life.
This game inspired me to write the novel "真・女神転生: El Salem.
I think some of the depictions of 1980s novels are extreme, not only in Japan but in other countries.
I was once spat at by one person who had read DDS in the 21st century.
Months later, when we met at the same temple at the funeral, it was a bit awkward for both of us.
@ayanakajima3
What kind of rules did you wanted to break ? Did you feel limited, like you had to get out the norm and propose something different ? Because the novels certainly feel different that the other novels we could read a that time.
Mr. X introduced me to Mr. Harano, the president of Atlus, and Mr. Ueda, the director.
At the time, Atlus had just started up and it was difficult to release a Nintendo game under their own brand.
I was told that they decided to ask Namco to release the game.