![]() There are only a few things we learn about The King’s life in his stories: The appropriate evidence only makes sense if you consider the role he plays. Since Hitori is NOT Nanaki Kazuaki, he can’t be removed from this scandal. For the rest of the game the text diligently acknowledges him as “Hitori”, although the characters screw it up some as people often do. Compared to the King being a thousand birds in one, Hitori is definitely alone. In the end of the scene, Nageki returns to him what we know from BBL is his real name: Hitori, which means “alone”. In The Day The Night Slept, the moment the Professor appears on the screen, he’s already been stripped of his name, and the royal connotations that come with it. It seems like an obscure hint but imagine if we read the whole game being reminded of this every time he appears on screen. I believe this is where The King maybe even subconsciously decided he was royalty. In Japanese, it’s called a “ princess quail“. The “princess” comes from his breed, the button quail. His first name, read “nanaki” 七姫 uses the kanji for the number seven (nana) 七 and the kanji for princess 姫 (ki). I feel like this is a tiny hint that is left for the Japanese audience, but is lost on us English-speakers completely, although I did note it for the LP the first time he appeared. The very first hint can be found in Kazuaki-kun’s name. So don’t feel bad if you hadn’t figured it out. Moa has a perfect handling of all the evidence giving us visual and narrative and even musical cues, but I managed to miss it all the first time through, regardless. Doing the LP and reading through things a second time, it all seems obvious. The other, who is now my wife, had figured it all out since she’s a fan of mysteries. ![]() When I discovered this reveal some time later, I came to two of my closest friends to discuss it. I feel a need to go over this because I missed it all completely the first time. Who is The King? As of the end of The Day The Night Slept, you should know the answer. ![]() But unless you know the answer to this question, please let me break it down for you. If you’re not interested, please continue on ahead to the last short stories and bonus materials. The main story of Holiday Star is over! It was all pretty emotional, wasn’t it? Now that we have it all in front of us I’d like to go over some things about what we just read.
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