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Junichi Masuda's information about N

Ran it through Google Translate to get a basic idea on what it said:

Feature N! ! !

2nd Anniversary Project Pokemon Black and White 1!

Here are some of the initial configuration of N.

- Here -

Real, natural Harmonia Gropius (Natural Harmonia Gropius)

Is a natural number N (Natural number) from the.

N is beyond the human. Is oddly high IQ.

Are said to be more adept at math magician math. Genius.

Quick-witted. Intense emotional ups and downs.

You can see a person's past and future.

That human beings are born from Pokemon rumored. (Parents unknown)

The rich love Pokemon, and who are at a distance.

I think that is entirely his own body.

Pokemon-first spirit.

Because the man away, who had feared.
Therefore, the Pokemon have very close relationships.

So far -

Etc.,,,

I made these settings,
Considered along with the music settings.

First, by a mathematical genius,
Number itself has no divisors other than 1, a natural number greater than 1.
That's right.

"Prime" is.

I made this a prime central theme songs.

The song has two types of N,
The last battle of the first N and composed, "Battle! N" is the explanation of.

C3 1-2 bar (sound card in the middle of the keyboard), regarded as a key one for the reference white as zero,
23,19,17,13,11,7,5,3 prime lowers the sound.
Is a complicated, if the eighth note is also in prime time axis,
As one eighth note, 2,3,5,7,11, 13 the last nine sound
Simultaneously in a vertical ring.

3 ~ 13 C3 (middle of the keyboard sound card), regarded as a key one for the reference white as 0,
Prime 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19 and I turned the sound up.

I sink in note 8 to 16 vertical reference number of phonemes.
The image of the flow of electricity in the brain.
A light bass drum, bass and spooky rather than N is king, and expressed the genius.

Nuance of expression in the ticking of a clock can be read in the past 7-10 future.
Closed hi-hat and holding a bar in bars 7 and 9.

As the genre goes techno and jungle drums 11-13.

14-point mark four minutes (3 minutes and 8, 3 = prime) Two (2 = prime).

Five long tones of the measure 15-19. 5 = prime.
Metallic sound fade in the steel drum, and the shining,
Shows the speed of rotation of the head of the N-well. (Dopamine release! Like)
Because we have prime significance, does not run the code.

Lowered by a semitone in the sense rewind 20 steel drums, reducing the volume.

Bars 21-23 3 (prime 3 =)

The higher the sound will feel wrapped in steel drum 24.

25-29 bar 5. Primes. 15 to 19 bar and different harmonic note.
In addition, the measure because it includes 15 from bar 25, no steel drums,
Volume balance between different measures 15-19.

Similar measures 21-23 30-33.

Quit before the image of the 34-39 theme changes. Weaken the drum.
38-39 is raised we want to keep the tension, I raised above.

40-55 The second theme.
Lap and organ metallic sound the same as the base sound.
Since the last battle with the N, for refined and mysterious image, a pipe organ on purpose,
This phrase.
That the sound of a metal, instead of the rhythm part.
Also be used in opening the "voices" as the connection of two male voices, I use in women.

48-55 back to the SE. Sounds like things are turning huge. Bass rhythm.

47,53 One of the sound here is a bar 14 that affect expression of the measure again 24.

Comes in four minutes in the 56-67 bass drum. Strong feeling.
Emotional blows of N.
Felt surge of anger coming from the bottom of my heart N is calm.

Positive thoughts and emotions collide 68-75 (drums).
To express the intensity, going up one semitone.

76-79 Energy explosion. Be released, all of N.

80-83 scent of its energy. Directly back to the bar 15.
Thus, a change in the tension of the players (up) while will loop.
Sounds like a different impression once raised the same phrase.
Prime = 83 bar.

What was the ~ ~ V?

For N, is happy even slightly interested in music and N for.

Sounds of primes start.




Ciao! !
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But other than that I doubt it's the correct translation since Google Translate can act weirdly at times.

Edit: Added in the rest of what I copied into the translator. Don't know why I left it out at first.
 
Seems more like a description about how he came to compose N's themes. Still, as a writer, it doesn't surprise me that such deep thought is put into the seemingly smallest things.

I'm probably driving him up the wall with all these translation requests, but maybe @bluesun could have a go at providing a more accurate translation? (As Google Translate isn't known for accuracy xD).

Also, Second Anniversary?
 
N Special Feature!!!

Pokemon Black&White 1st Anniversary Celebration Project Part 2

Here I'll introduce a part of the initial design for N.

--Starts here--
Real name, Natural Harmonia Gropius(ナチュラル・ハルモニア・グロピウス).
N comes from 'Natural number'(自然数).
N surpasses humans. His IQ is oddly high.
Excels at mathematics enough to be called the magician of maths. A genius.
Quick-witted. Violent mood swings.
Can see into people's past and future.
Believes he was born from Pokemon. (Parents unknown)
Full of love for Pokemon, yet keeps his distance from humans.
Believes himself to be perfection.
Puts Pokemon before all else.
Since he is distant from humans, he is feared by humans.
Because of this, he has an unusually close connection with Pokemon.
--Ends here--
etc...etc...

From this design, I designed his music to fit alongside it.

First, since he is a mathematical genius,
Numbers with no divisors but themselves and 1, integers greater than 1.
Yes.
"Primes."
I constructed this song with primes as the central theme.
There are two types of song for N, the first I composed being the final battle against N, "Battle!N", which I will explain.

Bar 1-2
With C3 (The 'C' key in the very center of the keyboard) as a starting 0, and counting each white key as one, I used the primes 23,19,17,13,11,7,5,3 to make a descending sound.
It's complicated, but using primely placed quavers, and counting the quavers as 1 and so 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and in the end at 13, 9 notes ring out in tandem.

3-13
With C3 (The 'C' key in the very center of the keyboard) as a starting 0, and counting each white key as one, I used the primes 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19 to make an ascending sound.
With these 8 primes making a base, I used semiquavers.
It gives the feel of electricity flowing inside a brain.
The light bass drum and the ominous bass express N's genius rather than N's royalty.

7-10
From the nuance that he can read people's pasts and futures, I expressed the ticking of a clock.
Bars 7 and 9 push in with clashing hi-hat cymbals.

11-13
The drum enters the genres of Techno and Jungle.

14
Two(2=prime) dotted crotchets(=3 quavers, 3=prime)

15-19
A five-bar-long tone. 5=prime.
With the metallic sound of a steel drum as a fade-in, and the sparkling, this too represents N's quickwittedness. (Like 'Go! Dopamine!')
To keep the significance of the prime, an unmoving chord.

20
To give a sense of rewinding the steel drum is lowered a semitone, with the volume reducing too.

21-23
3 Bars (3=prime)

24
To give a sense of rolling up the steel drum is raised.

25-29
5 Bars. Prime. Though the harmony is different to bars 15-19.
The volume balance is also different to bars 15-19.

30-33
Same as Bars 21-23.

34-39
The image of the end before the theme changes. The drums become weaker.
To raise the tension in 38-39, a rising.

40-55
The second theme.
　　　　　　　ベースと同じ音を金属的な音の重ねとパイプオルガン。
　　　　　　　Nとの最後のバトルなので、高尚かつ神秘的なイメージのため、わざとパイプオルガンで、
　　　　　　　このフレーズ。
　　　　　　　金属的な音色にしているのは、リズムパートの代わり。
　　　　　　　オープニングでも使う「声」のつながりとして、声を２つ男性、女性で使ってます。

48-55
Sound effects in the background make a sound like something enormous rolling. A low rhythm.

４７、５３　　ここでの音の１つは１４小節、２４小節がここでも影響していることの表現。

５６~６７　　バスドラムが４分打ちで入ってくる。力強い感じ。
　　　　　　　Nの吹き出す感情。
　　　　　　　冷静なNが心の底から怒りが込み上げてくる感じ。

６８~７５　　感情にプラスして乗りかかる思考（ドラム）。
　　　　　　　強さを表現するため、半音ずつ上がっていく。

７６~７９　　エネルギーの爆発。Nのすべてが解き放たれる。

８０~８３　　そのエネルギーの残り香。そのまま、１５小節に戻る。
　　　　　　　このため、プレイヤーのテンションが変化した（上がった）まま、ループになる。
　　　　　　　同じフレーズが１度上がったような別の印象に聞こえる。
Bar 83=prime.

What did you think?

If this gives you the slightest bit of interest in N, and so N's music, I'll be happy.

Weaving a melody from a base of primes.

Ciao!!
 
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^Google Translate can be VERY off at times, but it gives a decent idea on what it actually MIGHT say atleast until a better translation can be made.
 
bluesun said:
N Special Feature!!!

Pokemon Black&White 1st Anniversary Celebration Project Part 2

Here I'll introduce a part of the initial design for N.

--Starting here--
Real name, Natural Harmonia Gropius(ナチュラル・ハルモニア・グロピウス).
N comes from 'Natural number'(自然数).
N surpasses humans. His IQ is oddly high.
Excels at mathematics enough to be called the magician of maths. A genius.
Turns his head quickly. Violently moodswings.
Can see into people's past and future.
Believes he was born from Pokemon. (Parents unknown)
Full of love for Pokemon, yet keeps his distance from humans.
Believes himself to be perfection.
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Thanks a lot. I'm going to be the first to say it: lol Gropius.

"Natural"? Pretty unusual name to be honest.
 
Thanks a bunch bluesun! :-D Junichi Masuda really knows how to add depth to his work!
 
His full name can't be "Natural", can it? I remember reading somewhere that Gray version would give more of his backstory.

I agree, N has to be probably the deepest character this franchise has seen so far.
 
Natural is not as bad as "Gropius." Is that supposed to be his first name or some attempt at a surname?
 
N's name never mattered that much, and I always assumed it was N, but Natural is still an acceptable name, even better, actually...

Regardless, I do find it interesting that he believes he came from Pokémon. That means Ghetsis isn't his father, since it said parents unknown, not mother unknown. Though it still seems like Ghetsis is his adopted father, since he mentioned sharing the name Harmonia.

It's still possible N is a Pokémon...
 
Why does he have a different surname than Ghetsis? Or is Harmonia even Ghetsis's surname? Are they saying that they're *not* father and son like the sage speculated? Then why do they look exactly alike?
 
Can see into people's past and future.
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Looks like his visions of the future wasn't as metaphorical as we thought.

Another interesting power we can add to the list of human superpowers in Pokemon.
 
Blackjack Gabbiani said:
Why does he have a different surname than Ghetsis? Or is Harmonia even Ghetsis's surname? Are they saying that they're *not* father and son like the sage speculated? Then why do they look exactly alike?
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Even if they aren't actually father and son, they could be related by blood. I've been told that while I look like my mother, I'd look more like my uncle if I grew out a mustache. That could be the case here.
 
Man there was a great fic that presented another potential answer--that Ghetsis was actually a woman and N's MOTHER, and pretended to be a man because it's easier to get ahead in world domination that way.

But I guess that would have the same issue if neither parent is known.

(for the record, in the fic, Alder was the father)
 
Kyuujux said:
It's still possible N is a Pokémon...
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That's actually very interesting. It might be how he can literally talk with Pokemon(a pokemon whisperer you can say). I mean usually even the closest of trainers can get a basic understanding of their Pokemon, but N seems to be pass that by a long shot. Even though he 'grew up' with only Pokemon, I doubt he would have that high of an understanding through normal means. Or it could have been some kind of experiment...who knows...

You have my interest there.
 
Who the heck names their child "Natural?" While it's better than N, it's still unusual.
 
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