Key Person Interview (EP3) Translation Request

[Zysets]

I mentioned before in another thread that my guess would be that humans on Earth are the Photoners. There's plenty of stable time loops in PSO2 so far, so I figured that the Earthlings discover their ability to naturally use Photon energy (or Ether for now), using that to create more advanced technologies and leaving Earth, and finally becoming the Photoners that created ARKS in the first place. They do say Earth is in another dimension or something of that sort, but it might just be that it's the past.

I'd still like to believe that it'll come full circle like that somehow.

[Zyrusticae]

I mentioned before in another thread that my guess would be that humans on Earth are the Photoners. There's plenty of stable time loops in PSO2 so far, so I figured that the Earthlings discover their ability to naturally use Photon energy (or Ether for now), using that to create more advanced technologies and leaving Earth, and finally becoming the Photoners that created ARKS in the first place. They do say Earth is in another dimension or something of that sort, but it might just be that it's the past.

I'd still like to believe that it'll come full circle like that somehow.

Too much of a paradox even for this ridiculous timey wimey bullshit story.

Plus it'd be fucking dumb if ARKS technology progressed so slowly over the years that Earth beings could compete with them on any level.

[yoshiblue]

I find the history of Arks to be strange in general. They make the past seem very recent. In the same "30 years makes you an old man" kind of way.

[Zysets]

There are a lot of weird timeline issues in PSO2.

I admit my theory doesn't hold up though, I honestly came up with it without much thought going into it.

I'd just like for the story to tie back into Episodes 1-3 somehow. I actually like Episode 4 so far, and don't have many complaints, but I liked having each episode build on the other.

[yoshiblue]

Still have this though.

So after asking in the quick questions thread, I learned that AP is "After Photon." I've taken some terribad phone pics of a page in the pso2 section of the Visual Chronicles of what looks like the timeline leading up to the game's events. They can be found here.

You might be better off just looking at the whole page instead of the blowup of the bottom. The top of that one is blurry and for that I am sorry.

This is the timeline that Aida cooked up in the original story thread.

Spoiler!

????: Photon particles discovered. A method to use them as energy is found.
0: With photons used as energy, problems with space flight were solved. A new era in space begins!
20: Arks create a Mothership.
50: 24 more ships are added to the fleet, now named "Oracle".
200: Oracle travels to a lot of galaxies, studying about different life forms and energies.
500: A science vessel studying a black hole disappears. There was no distress signal, and no signs of attack.
600: On a new planet, a naturally aggressive life form is discovered. This life form later becomes known as "Darkers".
700: More information is discovered about Darkers - They consume both living and nonliving matter. More Darkers attack Oracle -
normal weapons have no effect, and many Arks die. A being known as "Dark Falz" is discovered to be behind the Darkers. Photon
weapons are found to be effective against Darkers, so lots of research is put into enhancing them. However, many more planets
are lost to the Darkers.
1000: Arks, which was once intended for science and discovery, changes its purpose to wiping out the Darkers.
Arks design a new calendar so they never forget the turning point in the war.


(All dates from here on out are using the AP calendar. So, for example, AP 40 would be the year 1040.)


AP 0: A new timeline is forged - The Arks Military calendar
AP 40: Naberius is discovered
AP 90: Planets Lilipa and Amduscia are discovered
AP 140: The Dragonkin language is fully translated
AP 170: Something about battle with darkers <will be re-translated later, hopefully>
AP 190: Regias, Maria, Clarisa, and Casra become famous for battles on several planets
AP 198: Deciding battle with Dark Falz (The three heros seal Dark Falz Elder away)
AP 198: The council of six members is formed: 1) Regias 2) Maria 3) Casra 4) Atosa 5) Clarisa 6) Volf
AP 207: The first Clarisa Claes dies
AP 210: The second generation of arks manage to push back the Darkers for few years
AP 220: The first Casra dies
AP 225: The relationship with the Dragonkin suddenly gets worse
AP 226: Clarisa Claes' name is passed down
AP 227: Atosa and Volf die
AP 228: The second Clarisa Claes vanishes in a battle with Dark Falz Apprentice
AP 230: The Casra name gets passed down
AP 235: Huey becomes the 6th member of the council
AP 238: The current year that PSO2 takes place

Does anyone with some savvy Japanese knowledge know if anything else important is written in there compared to what Aida has written?

Also, what does the kanji say in that blue strip to the left of each half of the timeline?

[Altiea]

Next stage!

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[Sirius-91]

Not sure what camera you're using, but if it's a phone, you could try Office Lens for android or ios.

[Altiea]

Not sure what camera you're using, but if it's a phone, you could try Office Lens for android or ios.

Ooh, I've never heard of this before. I'll give it a shot. Maybe it'll improve my picture quality on my other thread.

[loafhero]

Oh! Never knew that the directors actually listened to feedback from players who have played through EP1's story. It is true, at least for me, that EP2 and 3 were huge improvements over EP1. The plot isn't as dragged out and there was still room for sub plots for the other NPCs.

I'm glad that MB 2-6 was made as the finale for EP2. Like any 2nd Act of a trilogy, it had an epic plot twist followed by a dark-ish ending that left things on a cliffhanger. It also answered a lot of things about Matoi and her attachment to Playa-chan in a satisfying way.

The first half of that anime is why I can't even stomach the first episode, they could have added WAAAY much more story instead of padding it with Slice of Life bullshit.

Or, considering how the anime probably wasn't targeted towards newcomers but long-time players of PSO2, it could have been an episodic anime revolving around the lives of the NPCs. I wouldn't have minded Slice of Life bullshit if it involved the NPCs we are familiar with throughout our time in PSO2 and as long as it didn't take place in a school setting.

Director Uno said it himself in the interview about how he would have loved to write more side stories about the NPCs if he had more time so the anime could have been that alternative. Maybe even get Ufotable to produce the anime since video game adaptations are their specialty.

[Meteor Weapon]

I wonder how many long time players really liked the anime, because the other side of the world obviously don't.