Bamboo-Broom Diary (May 4, 2016)

Summary: This is a translation of a blog post by Nasu Kinoko containing the text for the post-story bosses' voice lines in the "Fate/Accel Zero Order" event. Not only do these lines not have translations available in the NA release, it turns out there were many more planned.

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I'm back home from Machi Asobi!

I was busy, so I could only play Accel Zero in baby steps,
but thanks to a business hotel^[0] with nothing to do, the main chapter is safely over!
　

Dunno 'bout after that.
　
　

… by the way, this time, in making it so you fight with each Ms. Iri as many as three times,
although I thought I'd make a drama by varying the in-battle voices,
on account of production realities, most of it was cut entirely.

And so, here I bequeath you a rejected mystery text.
With kindest regards to Mr. assassinator in the red hood, I would be most pleased if it should prove of use to some investigation of yours.
　
　

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■ Four Elemental Iris - Voice ^[1]
　

■ Fire Iri (Active and precocious. Rather close to original Iri)

・Skills
LV50
"I am the Fire Irisviel!"
"Would you let me get ready?"

LV60
"Not yet. After this♪"
"It's gotten hot, hasn't it!" (Looking happy, but daringly)

LV70
"I'm serious! I'm telling you, now I'll be serious!"
"Was I too cheeky, I wonder?" ^[2]

・Normal attacks
"O flame!"
"O heat!"
"O boiling water!"

・EXTRA
"Can you withstand this, I wonder?"
"Brennen Château!" (burning castle) ^[3]

・NP
LV50
"Imitation noble phantasm the first―――Tenshin Iri Zanmai!" ^[4]

LV60
"Imitation noble phantasm the second―――Wicker Lady!"^[5]

LV70
"O redde holy grail, fill―――."

・Damage
"Eep!?"
"Kh!"

・NP damage
"Too rough…!"

・Disappearance
LV50
"You won this one…."

LV60
"You also won this one…."

LV70
"I lost…. Thanks for playing along…."
　
　

■ Water Iri (Cold. Cool. Intellectual. Doesn't realize it herself, but is contemporary-fantasy-brained.)^[6]

・Skills
LV50
"I'm the Water Irisviel…."
"Don't involve me."

LV60
"To put it mildly, I'm angry."
"I'll get serious."

LV70
"You people sure are persistent…."
"But I do like that, actually."

・Normal attacks
"O water."
"O chilled air."
"O you eyesore."

・EXTRA
"What if I cool your head?"
"It's an ocean swim, isn't it!"

・NP
LV50
"Catch―――Eisberg Thanatos." ^[7]

LV60
"How about this instead?―――Lawine Avalanchia!" ^[8]

LV70
"O blewe holy grail, freeze―――."

・Damage
"…!"
"Stop it!"

・NP damage
"That's it?"

・Disappearance LV50
"… well, that's about it…."

LV60
"… I'm looking forward to next time…."

LV70
"That's really something. It seems I'd take a liking to you." (a bit sorrowfully)
　
　

■ Earth Iri (Modest. Quiet. Rather the type to hold a grudge. Gets revenge secretly from the shadows. A cheerful yandere.)

・Skill
LV50
"I-I am… the Earth Irisviel!" (trying hard to introduce self)
"I'm going to fill up…!"

LV60
"… the grudges are going to accumulate…."
"This time, I won't lose…."

LV70
"… serves. you. right."
"Hehe… hehehehehehe!" (bit frightening laugh)

・Normal attacks
"O land!"
"O stone!"
"O protuberances!"
※ "O" as if addressing these objects (earth, stone, protuberances). ^[9]

・EXTRA
"If I can hit you, I can defeat you!"
"Physics would win!" ^[10]

・NP LV50
"Imitation noble phantasm―――Clarent God Force" ^[11]

LV60
"Imitation noble phantasm―――Arondight Nine Lives" ^[12]

LV70
"O holy grail of rust, grieve―――."

・Damage
"Ohhh…!" (grudging complaint)
"Kwah!"

・NP damage
"I will never forget this grudge…!"

・Disappearance
LV50
"It's fine… I don't mind. I don't mind, I say…."

LV60
"Yes… I'm not angry. I'm not angry, I assure you…."

LV70
"The next time we meet will be in court!"
　
　

■ Wind Iri (All sorts of free. A light tone, a light personality. The most influential one.)

・Skill
LV50
"The Wind Irisviel, visiting you~♪" ^[13]
"Now, shall we go?♪"

LV60
"I'm in no rush. No rush."
"This should be fine, too?" (Lets a laugh slip. A bit of a tease.) ^[14]

LV70
"I'm gonna go all out, you know?"
"Time for the finale!"

・Normal attacks
"How's this?"
"There~ya go!"
"O wind!"

・EXTRA
"Hwatatataーーー!"
"I'll lea~d you there♪" (image: raising opponent on the wind)

・NP
LV50
"Copycat noble phantasm―――Iri the Ripper!" ^[15]

LV60
"Here I go~… Teslaaaーーー!" (This is not a typo for Stella. The "Tesla" should sound happy)

LV70
"O bell of a holy grail, sound out―――." ^[16]

・Damage
"Muh!?"
"Eek!?"

・NP damage
"Oh no; oh noooooo!" (nuance of "This is dangerous, let's get out of here!") ^[17]

・Disappearance
LV50
"'I'm the smallest fry among the Irisviels,' Miss Wind Iri said as she disappeared. To be continued."

LV60
"What a pity. And I took this pretty serious, too…."

LV70
"It's been fun! Ciao~♪"

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[0] In Japan, a "business hotel" is a relatively cheap one aimed at business travelers, with convenient access to transport and no frills.
[1] The shortening Iri (Airi) presents some difficulty in English, and pronunciation is only one of them. We'll just deal.
[2] The word o-tenba here is often properly rendered as "tomboy" or "tomboyish" in translation; here I fear I must use the more direct meaning, for a young lady to be unusually physically active and perhaps a little misbehaving. But it is my OATH-BOUND SACRED DUTY to let you know. Consider also Summer BB's second command card line.
[3] Mr. Nasu pls (´；ω；｀)
[4] Parody of Kiyohime's NP.
[5] Parody of Cu Chulainn's (Caster) NP.
[6] "Game brain" is a jokey diagnosis that too much video gaming has ruined your thinking. If you have found yourself thinking a real life summoning is possible, getting well known facts about notable historical figures all wrong, etc., you have "Fate brain". The genre he alludes to specifically is denki (伝奇), what he writes a lot of; "contemporary fantasy" is not an exact fit for the term, but a lot of denki does fit it.
[7] Parody unclear, possibly not one. However, "Thanatos" does not properly have a long 'o' in Japanese, as Nasu has given here, and he would know that.
[8] Parody of Brynhildr's NP.
[9] Ambiguous in written Japanese; can be misinterpreted with omitted copula as "it's a" or "you're a". It is important for the VA to know which one it is for proper intonation.
[10] Literally "the physics-is-strongest theory", a mock-academic way people classify the eternal playground-tier arguments about which superhero, martial artist, etc. would win in a hypothetical fight.
[11] Mordred's sword + Lu Bu's NP.
[12] Lancelot's sword + Herakles' NP.
[13] A number of servants in this game use this word sanjō--"(one's humbled self) visiting a (social superior's) residence"--when summoned. Since you're the one going to meet her, perhaps she's having fun with this convention instead.
[14] "Little devil" for koakuma doesn't properly convey the common secondary meaning, a seducer who leads others by the nose.
[15] Parody of Jack's NP.
[16] The jingly kind of bell, not the resounding tonal kind.
[17] Potentially ambiguous in written Japanese. If intonated differently, it could sound like sarcasm or praise, especially with Wind Iri being a bit flighty, so he's specifying that he wants this one to be straightforward.

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Source texts:

• Bamboo Broom Diary: May 2016
• "Black Grail" page on FGO strategy collection wiki (Wicurio) to corroborate which lines made it in.

Note: Because it is the main point of curiosity, I have put the in-game lines in boldface myself, hence why Nasu's version doesn't look like that. There are a couple of minor differences of the sort that happen in the recording booth; these don't change the meanings, and therefore they don't change the translations.

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Bonus content not from the blog post: Dark Iri voice lines

Attacks:
"Ehehe."
"Look!"
"Delicious."

Skills:
"Everything an offering."
"Try to fight back more, won't you?"

Taking damage:
"Grrrr!"
"Kh!"

NP:
"O blacke holy grail, rage―――!" (this is different from the NP name, the gloss under "Song of Grail", in which the imperative is "paean", the same as SR Iri other than the color)