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I was just curious to all your opinions about this. Like, do you think a movie is a good

adaptation or a good format for an adaptation of a Dragon Quest story? For me, I think because

Hori is a big nerd, you jeehori the creator. I think he really was influenced by anime and the

storytelling styles of anime and manga, where it's like it's a chapter by chapter kind of installment,

where I feel like five in other games in the series, like it would fit better as an ongoing weekly

anime series where every week is a different adventure. Maybe you sit in a village for a few

episodes, it feels more appropriate than kind of like selectively pulling chapters and putting them

in one container for a movie. I think Dragon Quest V is the last Dragon Quest game where that approach,

like the single story kind of works because after this, you switch to the heartbeat developed games

and beyond. And those are all very much about episodes. I feel Dragon Quest VI is the first of

the series where it's really, really like every place you go is a self-contained story with a

strong narrative and kind of its own conclusion. And that's something that carries through really

all the way to Dragon Quest XI, although, you know, the big, the bigger picture is really important

there. But Dragon Quest V is the last, I think, game in the series where it really does feel like

here is a saga. And I guess I could see like breaking it into the hero's childhood, the

hero's adolescence, the hero's adulthood, you know, kind of breaking into those three parts. But,

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