Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru

The final episode turned out to be a happy ending. Was that planed from the start?
Takahiro and Kishi: That was planned from the start.
Uezu: I was opposed to it from the start.
All: [laughs]

Kishi: We had a vague idea that we wanted it to end well.
Uezu: Come on, up until the final drafts of series composition Yuuna was supposed to be XXXX! (Censored by Taisha)
Kishi: Yup, Uezu Makoto was the only one trying to push it until the end.

Takahiro: The girls did nothing wrong, so I wanted to give them a happy ending.

They initially thought of making Tougou fall to the dark side and become "Dark Tougou" but they though that would be too cliche and decided it would be better to just have her panic and go on a rampage thinking of her friends

Please tell us about the series' intended theme
Kishi: We closed it up around the word "guts". The Hero system borrowed the so called divine power, but in the end, we advocate not a miracle or divine power, but "human power".

Final words from Kishi
"Why attack like this?" "Why does this look like this?" Every thing in this work has a meaning. Not a single part of it was carelessly made.

Hello everyone. Episode 12 is definitely an episode that will be received differently by different people, but for those of you who are still supporting Yuyuyu, here is another post. Since now the series is over (for now...?), I would like to present a look back at the staff comments from the beginning of the show.

THOSE WHO HAVE NOT WATCHED EPISODE 1 SHOULD NOT READ PAST BUNBUN!
THOSE WHO HAVE NOT WATCHED EPISODE 3 SHOULD NOT READ PAST OKABE KEIICHI!
THOSE WHO HAVE NOT FINISHED THE SERIES SHOULD NOT READ PAST THE FIRST STAFF COMMENTS SECTION!
 
Staff Comments

These comments are in the reverse order of the source since it seems they were listed in reverse chronological order.
 
Studio Gokumi (Animation Production)

"Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru" is an original TV animation that will challenge Studio Gokumi.

Headed by Takahiro, Director Kishi, Uezu-san, BUNBUN-san, and the members of Studio Gokumi participated in the production of this project.

Each of the girls' "this and that" which has no unneeded flavour and are packed with lots of cuteness, and we have carefully spun them into this story.

Please watch over these bright, lively and animated girls to the very end.
 
Takahiro (Original Concept)

Finally the original animation "Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru" will air.

Please pay attention to the characters' cuteness and their heroic antics.

This is also an ambitious project in that no male characters ever appear.

I think the interactions and such between the girls will still be enjoyable.

Please treat us well.
 
Terui Haruka (Yuuki Yuuna VA)

Intense friendship, familial love...Packed in this work are lots of important "feelings" that we should not forget about.

I love everyone in the Hero Club from my heart. When I see the girls' smiles I become really happy. I would like everyone to see Yuuna and the others' smiles, kindness and cuteness. After watching episode 1 then episode 2, after episode 2 then episode 3, after episode 3 then to the final episode! I strongly wish for everyone ot to miss the first episode.

Please support "Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru"!
 
Kishi Seiji (Director)

I am Kishi Seiji, currently employed as the director for "Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru".

I am overjoyed to be trusted with a completely original work.

It would be great if you could enjoy the sight of Yuuna and the others vividly dancing in the center of your screen.

Everyone on the staff is giving their best. Please look forward to the broadcast!
 
Sakai Takahiro (Character Design)

Please support the Sanshu Middle Hero Club!

 
Mimori Suzuko (Tougou Mimori VA)

"Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru" is a completely original story, which means that you don't know what developments will happen, so you're was able to experience the lives of your characters in a very real way, and because of that I was very excited each time I received a script.

Tougou Mimori-chan, who I play, is a clever and level-headed girl who believes in her best friend Yuuna-chan from her heart. There are times where her bias towards her hobbies is shown which is very funny. Since her name is also "Mimori"-chan, I couldn't think of her as somebody else, and I am very happy to be able to through her life together with her.

I will do my best in the performance to make her into a character who will be loved.
 
Uchiyama Yumi (Inubozaki Fuu VA)

Since this time it's an original work, everytime I am super excited when I do the recordings!

All of the characters are really cute and charming and healing, and that brought all of us in the cast really close together,

and I think that good teamwork will be reflected in the anime itself so by all means please enjoy!
 
Uezu Makoto (Series Composition)

This is a story that talks about friendship straight up.

The day when I can deliver a completely original work has finally come. I am very excited.

We packed in an extravagant amount of ideas. Everyone's thoughts of "I want to create this kind of anime" over the years are stuffed into this work.

Surprising characters, a somewhat mysterious world. This large panorama which is like a toy box turned inside out, please enjoy it!
 
Kurosawa Tomoyo (Inubozaki Itsuki VA)

Finally the anime's broadcast starts!

The Hero Club members that I love and the really wonderful staff and the carefully carefully spun words, hearts, love. Please receive them to the very end.

Please treat us well!
 
BUNBUN (Original Character Design)

I will be overjoyed if you could enjoy the story of these girls that are full of energy! BUNBUN

 
D.K & JWWORKS (Concept Art)

When we drew this, there was a lot of times when we were worried about whether this was really okay, but the staff would be pleased with our work, and so we were able to draw very enjoyably.

The Vertices which turn into sand from the powerful performance of the Hero Club, please support them!
 
Okabe Keiichi (Music)

More important than representing "Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru"'s atmosphere in music was the "forestized" world.

To represent that, we had Emi Evans and Nakagawa Nami who also performed for NieR Gestalt/Replicant sing, and aimed for a soundtrack which had a extraordinary + Japanese taste.

For the OP, I used the image of the "feelings" of the trembling girls' in that world, and fussed over the melody and sound while creating it.

I would be very happy if everyone likes it!
 
Nagatsuma Juri (Miyoshi Karin VA)

I am very relieved that the day has finally come where I can say "I play Miyoshi Karin!".

Each one of the girls in "Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru" lives like a real girl, and them being delighted, troubled, I think the subtleties of those delicate emotions are shown in this work.

Karin has trouble being honest, but from here onwards how she is influenced by the Hero Club. and the distance to her heart slowly closing is something I would like everyone to see.

Every episode, you definitely won't be able to peel your eyes away, so please support us!
 
These staff comments...they remind me of a day when we all thought Yuyuyu was going to be a happy slice of life show...
I had some difficulty translating these so they probably read a bit clunky. ><
But hopefully it is enough to communicate the staff's feelings to everyone here.

Togo: On this day, why not have some of my botamochi. It's filled with love.

Karin: D-don't get me wrong! This is just an obligation chocolate, okay?

Yuna: It's Valentine's day, right? Here! Have a chocolate!

Itsuki: It's Valentines day, huh. Eheheh, here, have a chocolate.

Fu: It's Valentine's day, you know, so uh, how about you take this chocolate?

YuYuYu is inspired by a chapter in the oldest Japanese written document, the Kojiki. The story goes as follows:

A long time time ago, Amaterasu, the great God of the skies, believing that he should preside over the land realms too, demanded that Ookuni-nushi, the great God of the land, handed over the land of Izumo, over which Ookuni-nushi presided, to one of his descendants. Ookuni-nushi accepted on the condition that a great palace worthy of the heavenly gods was erected to him. This palace is an actual shrine in Japan called the great Izumo shrine, or Izumo-Taisha.

This much is actual Japanese myth. The rest is his account of the YuYuYu storyline. Also, at this point he says that instead of referring to Ookuni-nushi and Amaterasu he'll simply write Gods of the land and Gods of heaven.

2015 A.D. - The gods of heaven seeing how mankind has prospered, decide that they have to purge them because they are growing impudent. They send the Vertexes to do execute that task. The gods of the land sided with mankind and took the form of Shinju-sama.

2018 A.D. - Vertexes invade Shikoku. Some humans are granted the power of Shinju-sama. The first heroes appear. The following year, mankind has managed to repel the vertexes, but they barely have any defenses left. Mankind got the vertexes attacks to be stopped on the condition that they don't leave that land. (T/N:It's not made clear at all who stopped the attacks. I could be Shinju or the other Gods or something else entirely. It's still perfectly compatible with Shinju being the one who did it, and I think it's the natural thing to assume too.)

I'll omit things that aren't really new.

2023 A.D. - Taisha and the Gorvenment establish a new system. The Anno Domini era ends. The following year is year 1 of the era of the gods. The era of worshiping Shinju begins.

298 - The events of WaSuYu take place. Because of Gin's death, Taisha requests Shinju to make it so that they don't have to die. Shinju gives them faeries and starts demanding body parts as offerings. The new Yuusha system is born. The final battle at the bridge happens.

Taisha increases the scale of the Yuusha system. They take almost 100 people with good compatibility and station them in groups of 4 and 5 along the coastline.

Yuuna's parents are healthy, even if they aren't even mentioned in the anime. It seems Yuuna learned flower pressing from her mother and martial arts from her father.

There is one type of vertex for each one of the 88 constellations.


He says that this part is just his personal opinion. He believes the sacrifices were returned because they were released from duty after destroying all of the vertexes that were threatening Shikoku. He also believes that even if Karin didn't know Gin, Gin's feelings live on through Karin somehow. Don't know if he was trying to say something with that or if he's just a Gin-fag refusing to accept her irrelevance in the anime like the rest of us.

To finish, he says that he only knows the basic setting and he can't really say everything he knows, so he'll leave it at that. He also says it might be nice to re-watch the anime or the software (I assume he meant the VN) with this information in mind.

I checked his previous entries in his blog. And even if he doesn't say his name anywhere, he looks pretty legit.