{"id":14705,"date":"2022-08-05T17:43:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T08:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=14705"},"modified":"2022-08-06T02:11:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T17:11:57","slug":"20220805-14705","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220805-14705\/","title":{"rendered":"Tactics Ogre: Reborn developer makes \u201cMustached Sakaguchi Spinal Cord Sword\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220805-213352\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-08-05 16:27 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Yasumi Matsuno, producer of the original <em>Tactics Ogre<\/em> and developer involved with the upcoming <em><strong>Tactics Ogre: Reborn<\/strong><\/em>, posted a tweet saying he was going to recreate the \u201cTanaka Spinal Cord Sword\u201d using Snapdragon. He then tweeted a screenshot of a character named \u201c<strong>Mustached Sakaguchi Spinal Cord Sword<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u4f5c\u3063\u3066\u307f\u305f |&#39;\u3142&#39;)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AF%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AA%E3%82%A6%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30bf\u30af\u30c6\u30a3\u30af\u30b9\u30aa\u30a6\u30ac\u30ea\u30dc\u30fc\u30f3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8A%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B4%E3%83%B3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30b9\u30ca\u30c3\u30d7\u30c9\u30e9\u30b4\u30f3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BcyFZb0gDB\">https:\/\/t.co\/BcyFZb0gDB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/evmN8ZLgSM\">pic.twitter.com\/evmN8ZLgSM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u677e\u91ce\u6cf0\u5df1\ud83d\udc08\u200d\u2b1b (@YasumiMatsuno) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YasumiMatsuno\/status\/1555374785252970496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Just what is a Mustached Sakaguchi Spinal Cord Sword\u201d or a \u201cSpinal Cord Sword\u201d anyway? It originally came from Tatsuki Fujimoto\u2019s popular manga <em>Chainsaw Man<\/em> and appears in the manga\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/shonenjumpplus.com\/episode\/3270375685341574016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">98th chapter<\/a> as the \u201cTanaka Spinal Cord Sword.\u201d A high school girl who has made a pact with the War Devil pulls out her teacher Tanaka\u2019s spinal column and uses it as a sword. The scene became a hot topic for its onomatopoeia and vivid splatter movie-like gore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tactics Ogre: Reborn<\/em> has a spell called Snapdragon. Using this spell causes the caster to turn into a sword and become an item that can be equipped. The higher the stats of the caster, the higher the stats of the sword.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While one is forcefully removing someone\u2019s spinal cord and the other uses magic to turn someone into a sword, they both share the fact that they turn a human into a sword. Matsuno is also a <em>Chainsaw Man<\/em> fan which is probably why he wanted to try recreating the Tanaka Spinal Cord Sword in <em>Tactics Ogre: Reborn<\/em>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220805-213352-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220805-213352-001.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220805-213352-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220805-213352-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220805-213352-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220805-213352-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220805-213352-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220805-213352-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220805-213352-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220805-213352-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>But instead of Tanaka, the teacher from <em>Chainsaw Man<\/em>, it was <em>Final Fantasy <\/em>creator Hironobu Sakaguchi getting his spine removed. Sakaguchi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/auuo\/status\/1555379467459399680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">took to Twitter himself<\/a> to have a laugh at the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matsuno and Sakaguchi play <em>Final Fantasy XIV<\/em> together and can often be seen interacting on Twitter. However, it sounds like towards the end of last year, Matsuno started to get extremely busy with final adjustments and debugging for <em>Tactics Ogre: Reborn<\/em> and hasn\u2019t had much time to play <em>Final Fantasy XIV<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The name of the character holding the Sakaguchi Spinal Cord Sword is \u201cGinwan Jyara.\u201d This appears to be a nickname for <em>Final Fantasy XIV<\/em> director and producer Naoki Yoshida. \u201cJyara Jyara\u201d is an onomatopoeia in Japanese for jingling and clinking sounds and is likely used here in reference to the accessories he\u2019s known to wear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YasumiMatsuno\/status\/1555142137980657667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matsuno<\/a>, the upcoming game will also be bringing back \u201celements\u201d which were discarded in the PSP remake. It sounds like it\u2019s shaping up to be a more refined, easier to play, and meaty tactical RPG. <em>Tactics Ogre: Reborn<\/em> is scheduled to release on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC (Steam) on November 11.<br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">\u00a9 1995, 2022 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. 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