He closed his laptop, walked to the living room, and lay down beside Yuki. She stirred. "Done?"

Don’t rush him. Remember what happened with the Fate/Extra patch? Crashed on the final boss.

It worked. The text flowed smoothly. No glitches. No garbled mojibake. He navigated the first menu—"New Game," "Continue," "Options"—all clean. Tears pricked his eyes. For the first time in three years, an English speaker could experience this game without a guide.

Akira stared at the screen. Then back at his broken naming menu. He typed a new message in the dev channel: "I’ll fix the buffer tonight. Give me six hours."