May 13, 2024
Author's Commentary #24:
Time to talk about Chapter 24: The Ginkawa mansion.
First off, the "mansion" more or less resembles the island that houses the advanced nurturing high school from Classroom of the elite, except the whole island is considered to be the mansion. In fact, the advanced nurturing high school was the biggest inspiration for the Ginkawa mansion.
Now that Harumi is back in the story, I'll talk more about her along with some of the other members of the family. First up is Harumi.
銀川 花瑠美 (Ginkawa Harumi) is how her name is written in kanji. 花瑠美 means "flower", "lapis lazuli", and "beautiful".
Her birthday is July 11th which is also the day the first chapter of the original Escape Witch was released.
Harumi is actually the second oldest of Gozaemon Ginkawa's 4 children. Each child is named after a season, with Harumi's being Spring. Speaking of Gozaemon Ginkawa, he ended up semi-retiring as head of the family back in 2007. While he was still officially considered the head until his death, Harumi was essentially the de-facto head.
銀川 五左衛門 (Ginkawa Gozaemon) is how Gozaemon's name is written in kanji. 五左衛門 means "five", "left", "protect", and "door".
His birthday is May 5th. I chose this date for him mainly due to his affinity for the number 5. In fact, 5 is his lucky number.
As for the twins, 銀川 織美亜 (Ginkawa Oribia) and
銀川 織世 (Ginkawa Orise) are how their names are written in kanji. 織世 means "weave" and "generation" while 織美亜 means "weave", "beautiful", and "second".
Their birthday is April 4th. The reason I chose the date was because 2 squared is 4, and because 4 is considered an unlucky number in Japanese culture. This is fitting since the twins tend to embody the dark side of the Ginkawa family. Orise is the older one and therefore would have been the one to be the next head of the family had Harumi not decided to make Madoka her successor.
As for Harumi's third child, her name is Tetsuka Ginkawa. She did appear in the original Escape Witch as well as Spice of Life, however, I'm not sure what her role will be in the remake. She won't appear in part 1 of it, but none the less, I'll give some basic facts about her.
銀川 鉄花 (Ginkawa Tetsuka) is how her name is written in kanji. 鉄花 means "iron" and "flower".
(If I made any mistakes with the translations, feel free to correct me).
Her birthday is October 16th. I chose the date at random so there isn't any significance behind why I made it Tetsuka's birthday.
Tetsuka is actually traveling the world on her own. She mainly left the mansion after being ostracized by the twins.
One final thing I'll mention is that Emeri moved into the mansion after graduating highschool. Even though Madoka's the official successor, Harumi has divulged lots of secrets to Emeri. Her main reason for doing this is so that Emeri can help Madoka when she eventually becomes head of the family.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.