บท 72: Chapter 72 Change of Thinking

Currently, Nanaya is filming the last important battle of "Magical Girl Illya", which is also the final battle scene of the entire drama - the battle with Gilgamesh.

In fact, Nanaya originally wanted to change Gilgamesh into the Great Emperor or Angra Mainyu, but after designing several action scenes and finding that they were not very coordinated, he finally changed it back to the original Gilgamesh.

Similar to the original novel, this battle is divided into two parts. The first part is the battle at the Edelfeldt family construction site deep underground, and the second part is the battle in the large cave of Enzou Mountain.

Because there was no plan to continue filming the second season, Nanaya cut all the plots related to Miyu's identity and set her up as an orphan of a magician family with the talent of a magical girl.

A child taken from an orphanage by Luvia after being chosen by the sapphire wand.

Therefore, the reason why Gilgamesh kidnapped Miyu was also modified by Nanaya, and Gilgamesh's first choice was changed from Miyu to Illya.

Just before Gilgamesh was about to catch Illya, Miyu pushed Illya away. Gilgamesh had no choice but to capture Miyu as a substitute, and the protagonists on Illya's side had a final battle with Shining in order to bring Miyu back.

Since this is the final battle, according to the usual nature of special effects films or anime, there should be a large gathering of various characters and the final forms of the protagonists, as well as various fan-attracting elements.

Nanaya was no exception in this regard, and he basically brought out all the elements that could be brought out.

After all, the final battle should look like the final battle. If it isn't made lively, it wouldn't be considered a special effects drama.

First of all, on the enemy side, in addition to the big boss Gilgamesh himself, Nanaya also asked Shining to use his own treasure, the Gate of Babylon, and the magic of the Fuyuki City veins to reproduce all the servants who had appeared in "Magical Girl Illya" before to form a multi-person boss group.

As for Illya's team, in addition to Illya who combined the two staffs into one, Nanaya also strengthened the other members of the protagonist team.

With the help of Illya's magic wand [Star Girls ☆ Two-in-One Form], Kuro, Rin and Luvia all have new plug-ins. Anyway, magic is like water, and the director can let it flow wherever he wants.

As for the three people's cheats, Kuro-chan gained the ability to open the inherent barrier UBW, while Rin and Luvia successfully fused with the cards [Lancer] and [Saber], gaining the abilities of the two heroic spirits "Ereshkigal" and "Astrea".

Then it is a story about a magical girl and her three servants fighting against the army of pseudo-heroic spirits led by Gilgamesh.

This is also the reason why Rin and Luvia wear such thin clothes in the middle of winter. After all, it is to sell their bodies, no, it is to attract the audience's attention.

What?

You said this setting is not in line with the original work? After Luvia is relied upon, she should be the Ruler?

Sorry, Nanaya said that I am the director now and I have the final say.

Anyway, the goddess of justice is holding a sword in her hand, so why can't it be Saber? It's better than some black-skinned ghost whose name even contains the word "剣 (sword)" but who shamelessly uses the name of an archer.

With the idea of spending all the budget on the last battle, Nanaya basically used up all the available funds. Anyway, the money in the budget account of "Magical Illya" would be cleared after the filming of this scene was completed, so there was no need for Nanaya to save money for TBS and Lin Bao.

"Fuck! I'm a director who's so poor that I can barely make ends meet. How come you still have extra money?! I'm going to spend whatever the budget is!"

With this idea in mind, Nanaya planned to do something big.

"Senior! Watch your words, there are other people here!"

Ori harshly dissed Nanaya. You have to know that there are Lin Bao and TBS employees in the crew, and Nanaya's words can easily offend people.

"It's okay, it's the end anyway. Let's just finish filming this scene." Then Nanaya shouted to Rin and Luvia, who had calmed down a little, "Okay, two ladies, let's start now that you're done arguing."

Probably because they didn't want to continue wearing such clothes, Rin and Luvia nodded cooperatively and stood back in their seats.

"Hmm... I always feel so envious." Yumi said with a pout as she watched Rin and Luvia "fighting" with the fake heroic spirits.

Unlike all the other people who will show their strongest strength at the end of the plot, Yumi is the princess who is saved, so she plays a supporting role throughout the whole process. Except for the last few scenes where she is saved by Illya, she is just playing house with Kuroni throughout the whole process.

The little Lolita was somewhat dissatisfied with this kind of hidden treatment, but she was too weak to say it directly, so she could only look at Nanaya with the eyes of an abandoned puppy.

"Hmm..."

Feeling the little loli's resentful gaze, Nanaya suddenly felt under great pressure.

[Why do I feel so guilty... Never mind, I'll try to make it up to her next time. ]

Although she did feel a little sorry for Yumi-chan, from the perspective of the entire series, because Miyuki's role was too important in the early stages, Nanaya had to intentionally weaken Miyuki's role in the later stages to ensure Illya's status as the protagonist. There was nothing she could do about it.

Who said this drama is called "Magical Girl Illya" instead of "Magical Girl Miyu"?

This isn't a theatrical version of "Magical Girl Illya", so of course Illya needs to appear more often.

So Nanaya, feeling guilty, could only endure the little girl's gaze and complete today's shooting task.

As it was getting close to evening, Nanaya finally completed today's shooting schedule.

Because this entire battle will be told over several episodes, it certainly won't be able to be filmed in one day.

In fact, before today, Nanaya and his team had been shooting for almost a week. According to the current progress, Nanaya estimated that it would take another week to complete.

However, these are not the main points. After all, the "Magical Illya" project is now nearing completion and no more money can be made from it.

Nanaya's work focus has now shifted to Washimine's big project, but it's a pity that he hasn't moved a single word yet.

In fact, Nanaya did write some things, but without exception, they were all rejected by himself.

"Senior, are you okay?"

Seeing Nanaya sitting in front of the makeshift desk in a daze after finishing the filming, Ori couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Of course, it was wrong to be distracted during work! This was my own problem!

But--

"Senior, if it really doesn't work, we can just give up, right? Anyway, we have the plans for chapters 2 and 3 of "Kara no Kyoukai", so you won't have to worry about not having any projects."

"Let me try again."

Nanaya felt that his mind had fallen into a vicious circle. He had forgotten that he was just conducting a bidding. He had now put himself in the shoes of the producer of this project.

At the beginning, Nanaya hoped to put some pressure on himself through this method of substitution, but now it seems that the pressure is too great.

There is no possibility of success.

This is the conclusion Nanaya came to after several analyses.

In the next few years, the Western fantasy film market has been dominated by the two series of "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter".

Other movies of the same type either suffered huge losses or had far less influence than these two series.

Western fantasy works such as "The Chronicles of Narnia" and "Troy" have all claimed to challenge "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter" series, but these slogans are just slogans after all. The gap between reality and ideals is so huge that it makes people despair.

It's like a big boss bragging in front of a "newbie", and there are countless big bosses standing between the two people.

"Hey, Senior, how about you think about it from a different perspective?"

After changing back into casual clothes, Rin gave Nanaya her advice, "Isn't it a common practice in business to differentiate yourself from your competitors?"

Nanaya shook his head: "It's not that simple. The Harry Potter series targets children of all ages, and the Lord of the Rings series has a very high popularity base. No matter how you look at it, there is no remaining market."

"What about the youth market?" Lin tried to suggest, "Young people may not particularly like old antiques like The Lord of the Rings, right? If we can capture the attention of young people aged 16 to 25..."

"Are you stupid?" Luvia looked at Rin with disdain, as if she was looking at an uncivilized monkey. "The Lord of the Rings has always been a popular work in Europe and the United States, just like Japanese yokan. There will always be a new generation of people who like to eat this delicious snack."

Rin's face was full of black lines: "I understand the principle, but why use yokan as an analogy?"

Luvia said as a matter of course: "Of course it's because yokan can represent the mystery of Asia. In short, unless the reputation of "The Lord of the Rings" collapses, there is no possibility of failure. I heard that book fans protested against "The Lord of the Rings", but since the senior is so confident in this movie..."

Nanaya also knew about this so-called protest, but when the movie was released, all these activities disappeared. Peter Jackson slapped those people in the face with his work.

"If you say so, doesn't that mean that basically all the movie enthusiasts in Europe and America have been caught in one fell swoop?" Lin exclaimed.

"Yeah, I'm like I'm going to make a superhero movie in '16."

No one could understand Nanaya's metaphor. They all looked at him as if to say "this guy has finally gone crazy".

"I'm like I'm trying to steal the box office from Civil War and Batman with a superhero movie. Who the hell can do that?!"

Nanaya slammed the table hard and yelled angrily, but he soon stopped venting.

"Wait a minute, it seems like there's actually a guy who did it."

Nanaya smacked his lips twice, and he thought of a plan that he had never thought of before.

"Luvia, my dear junior, thank you for your reminder," Nanaya said excitedly, grabbing her junior's shoulders. "In return, are you interested in killing goblins with me?"

"Clam?"