Len'en Maniacs' Quiz

Thumbnail of the Kanae Tabinoki stream the quiz took place on.

The Len'en Maniacs' Quiz (連縁マニアッククイズ) was a part of the 10th Len'en Anniversary, specifically day 3 of the Len'en Super Week event.

It took place on a Kanae Tabinoki's stream, [Len'en] Len'en Maniacs' Quiz [Kanae Tabinoki] (Summary), and featured 16 questions about the Len'en series that viewers could attempt answering through the YouTube Live poll function. Viewers were given thirty seconds to answer each question.

Questions were separated into 5 "difficulty modes", they were, from easiest to hardest: Easy, Normal, Hard, Unreal and Absurdly Extra modes. The following section includes a transcript and translation of all the questions and answers from the stream, with the answers hidden such that readers may partake in the quiz themselves. Additional information and explanation for the answers, if any, can be found in the note next to the answers.

Questions[edit | edit source]

Easy Mode Questions[edit | edit source]

Ｑ．連縁project第一作目『連縁无現里』はどういうゲームジャンル？

A.RPG
B.音楽ゲーム
C.弾幕STG
D.パズルゲーム

Q. What game genre does Evanescent Existence, the first game in the Len'en Project, belong to?

A. RPG
B. Rhythm Game
C. Bullet Hell STG
D. Puzzle Game

答：C. 弾幕STG

Answer: C. Bullet Hell STG

Ｑ．連縁蛇叢釼、連縁霊烈傳、連縁天影戦記の舞台となっている世界の名前は？

A.タムリエル
B.无現里
C.幻想郷
D.うんち

Q. What world do the games Earthen Miraculous Sword, Reactivate Majestical Imperial and Brilliant Pagoda or Haze Castle take place in?

A. Tamriel
B. Mugenri
C. Gensokyo
D. Poop

答：B.无現里

Answer: B. Mugenri^[a]

Ｑ．主人公の一人「玄鳥」の名字は？

A.燕楽
B.円楽
C.宴楽
D.炎楽

Q. "Tsubakura Enraku" is one of the protagonists of the series, which of the following is the correct kanji for "Enraku"?

A. 燕楽
B. 円楽
C. 宴楽
D. 炎楽

答：A.燕楽

Answer: A. 燕楽

Normal Mode Questions[edit | edit source]

Ｑ．連縁霊烈傳の４面ボスは次のうちどれ？

A.旭天子ヒバル
B.鵐黒巫鳥
C.平文門
D.乞骸セセ

Q. Who of the following is a stage 4 boss in Reactivate Majestical Imperial?

A. Hibaru Kokutenshi
B. Kuroji Shitodo
C. Taira no Fumikado
D. Kitsugai Sese

答：B.鵐黒巫鳥

Answer: B. Kuroji Shitodo

Ｑ．連縁projectで最初にセリフを喋ったのはヤブサメですが、そのセリフの冒頭は次のうちどれ？

A.う～ん
B.さ～て
C.次元間ねぇ・・・・
D.あ～あ

Q. The first line of dialogue ever said in the Len'en Project is by Yabusame, which of the following is the beginning of said line?

A. Hmm
B. Now then...
C. Interdimensional space, huh...
D. Ugh

答：A.う～ん

Answer: A. Hmm^[b]

Ｑ．この中で燕楽玄鳥がボスとして登場時に、作中で使って"ない"スペルはどれ？(偽玄鳥＆連縁カフェは除く)

A. 終幕「ゲームオーバー」
B. 元玄「墨と銀」
C. 无牌「玄鶴－帚木－」
D. 「モノクロム・レイ」

Q. Out of the following spells, which one did Tsubakura Enraku NOT use as a boss? (Excluding Fake Tsubakura and in Book of the Cafe.)

A. Curtain Fall "Game Over"
B. Mysterious Origin "Ink and Silver"
C. Nothingness Card "Mysterious Crane -Hahakigi-"
D. "Monochrome Ray"

答：D. 「モノクロム・レイ」

Answer: D. "Monochrome Ray"

Hard Mode Questions[edit | edit source]

Ｑ．連縁蛇叢釼のストーリー(story_le02.txt)に書かれているＥＸステージのコース名で"ない"ものはどれ？

A.泥酔コース
B.酩酊コース
C.下戸コース
D.蟒蛇コース

Q. Which of the following is NOT one of the Extra Stage course names written in the Earthen Miraculous Sword story (story_le02.txt)?

A. Wasted Course
B. Tipsy Course
C. Sober Course
D. Drunk Course

答：A.泥酔コース

Answer: A. Wasted Course

Ｑ．連縁霊烈傳６面ボス「シオン」がラストスペルで最後に出してくるスペル名は？

A.咀嚼「マーガレット・マーラー」
B.同化「アンナ・フロイト」
C.混交「メラニー・クライン」
D.吸収「ジャン・ピアジェ」

Q. Which of the following is the final spell used by the Reactivate Majestical Imperial stage 6 boss "Shion" in their final spell attack?

A. Mastication "Margaret Mahler"
B. Assimilation "Anna Freud"
C. Incorporation "Melanie Klein"
D. Absorption "Jean Piaget"

答：B.同化「アンナ・フロイト」

Answer: B. Assimilation "Anna Freud"

Ｑ．シリーズ第一段「鏈縁无現里」の完成を記念した日「連縁記念日は」11/11ですが、体験版が完成した日は何日？

A.09/08
B.09/09
C.09/10
D.09/11

Q. The "Len'en Annviersary Day" celebrates the completion of the first game in the series, Evanescent Existence^[c], but when was its trial version completed?

A. 8 September
B. 9 September
C. 10 September
D. 11 September

答：A. 09/08

Answer: A. 8 September

Unreal Mode Questions[edit | edit source]

Ｑ．音楽ＣＤ「無限で无い世界」のブックレット内にある「連縁偽霊簿」にて、誰かの「嫌い者」と記されてるものは？

A.つまらないこと
B.きたないこと
C.くだらないこと
D.ややこしいこと

Q. Which of the following was listed as someone's "dislike" in the Len'en False Spirit Account from the music CDs A World Outside Fantasy?

A. Boring things
B. Dirty things
C. Worthless things
D. Complicated things

答：D.ややこしいこと

Answer: D. Complicated things

Ｑ．制作者JynXが高校生だった時の将来の夢は何だったでしょう？

A.ゲームクリエイター
B.医者
C.ピアニスト
D.物理学者

Q. What was the creator of the Len'en series, JynX's, dream job when he was a high school studend?

A. Game developer
B. Doctor
C. Pianist
D. Physicist

答：D.物理学者

Answer: D. Physicist^[d]

Ｑ．次のうち、最も古い出来事はどれ？

A.JynXのFANBOXの開設
B.連縁カフェα版のリリース
C.YouTubeで「モノアイ」の公開
D.モノクロイド『レイ君』の登場

Q. Which of these events is the oldest?

A. JynX set up FANBOX
B. Release of Book of the Cafe α version
C. "Mono Eye" uploaded onto Youtube
D. Debut of the monochroid "Rei-kun"

答：D.モノクロイド『レイ君』の登場

Answer: D. Debut of the monochroid "Rei-kun"^[e]

Extra Mode Questions[edit | edit source]

Ｑ．次のうち作中で一人称に「僕」を使ったことがあるのは誰？

A.乞骸セセ
B.ジンベイ
C.馬立ツグミ
D.雨杏宵

Q. Who of the following have used the first-person pronoun "boku" (僕) in the games?

A. Sese Kitsugai
B. Jinbei
C. Tsugumi Umatachi
D. Shou Amanomori

答：A.乞骸セセ

Answer: A. Sese Kitsugai^[f]

Ｑ．次のうち、作り始めたのが最も早い(古い)曲は何でしょう？

A.无現里：ＯＰ
B.蛇叢釼：宿禰の曲
C.霊烈傳：スタッフロール
D.天影戦記：城ルート４面曲

Q. Which of the following songs had its composition process started the earliest? (In other words, which song is the oldest?)

A. Evanescent Existence: Title screen theme
B. Earthen Miraculous Sword: Sukune's theme
C. Reactivate Majestical Imperial: Staff roll theme
D. Brilliant Pagoda or Haze Castle: Haze route stage 4 theme

答：B.蛇叢釼：宿禰の曲

Answer: B. Earthen Miraculous Sword: Sukune's theme^[g]^[h]

Ｑ．連縁は開発初期当初、主人公だった二人は次のうちどれ？

A.藪雨＆黒巫鳥
B.玄鳥＆黒巫鳥
C.藪雨＆雀巳
D.玄鳥＆雀巳

Q. At the very beginning of Len'en's development, which of the following pairs were going to be the protagonists?
Note: Kanae admits that this has never been explicitly stated, though should be possible to guess if one knows of a particular piece of knowledge.

A. Yabusame & Kuroji
B. Tsubakura & Kuroji
C. Yabusame & Suzumi
D. Tsubakura & Suzumi

答：D.玄鳥＆雀巳

Answer: D. Tsubakura & Suzumi^[i]^[j]

Absurdly Extra Mode Question[edit | edit source]

Ｑ．連縁第三作の没になったタイトル名は「鏈縁〇〇〇」？

A.境戦記(きょうせんき)
B.紫佚書(むらさきいっしょ)
C.皇御軍(すめらみくさ)
D.魂薄靂(むすびはくれき)

Q. Fill in the Blank: The scrapped kanji title for the 3rd entry in the Len'en series is "Len'en ___"?
Note: Kanae again mentions that the answer to this question was never shared.

A. Kyousen-ki, "Border War Record"
B. Murasaki Issho, "Lost Book of Purple"
C. Sumera Mikusa, "Imperial Army"
D. Musubi-hakureki, "Spirit Pale Thunderclap"

答：B.紫佚書(むらさきいっしょ)

Answer: B. Murasaki Issho, "Lost Book of Purple"^[k]

Additional Information[edit | edit source]

The question and answer display was modelled off that of the famous television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
Kanae shares that he originally wanted to make an English version of the quiz as well, but didn't have the time to do so.

Notes[edit | edit source]

↑ Tamriel is the main setting of the The Elder Scrolls series while Gensokyo is the main setting of the Touhou Project.
↑ Answers B, C and D are respectively from Fake Tsubakura Enraku's first line in Evanescent Existence, Suzumi Kuzu's first line in the same game and Yabusame Houlen's first line in Earthen Miraculous Sword.
↑ The question uses the old 鏈縁 kanji to write "Len'en", rather than the modern 連縁.
↑ This was revealed in the Len'en Wiki's 2017 Interview with JynX (Q132).
↑ According to Kanae, A happened on 11 November 2019, B on 4 April 2020, C on 3 April 2018 and D on 1 April 2018.
It should be noted that Rei was technically first introduced on 31 March 2018, but was officially introduced as a full character a day later.
↑ Sese used "boku" once in Brilliant Pagoda or Haze Castle, in their pre-fight dialogue with the Shrine Team in the team's neutral scenario.
↑ While never explicitly stated, this can be inferred from Earthen Miraculous Sword's music room comments, which mention that Sukune's theme is "an arrangement of a song I [JynX] made a long time ago".
↑ According to Kanae's files, A was composed in 2011, B in December 2010, C in 2013 and D in 2015.
Additionally, the song was originally titled "Haniwa's Martyrdom" (埴輪の殉死, Haniwa no Junshi). In the title, "Junshi" (殉死) (translated as "martyrdom") means "following the lord in death", and refers to the practice of vassals committing ritual suicide after death of their lord.
↑ Kanae explains that at the time, much of the two characters' were not yet clear, not even their names. They were initially based on the word "enjaku" (燕雀, lit. swallow sparrow), which refers to small birds.
He shares that the word comes from the quote "The small bird in its peace knows not of the large bird's ambitions" (燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや), from the Chinese historical chronicle Records of the Grand Historian.
↑ Kanae also shares an older name once considered for the series based on this: "Story of the Swallow and Sparrow" or "Story of the Little Birds" (燕雀物語, enjaku monogatari).
↑ Kanae explains that A was an early scrapped title for Brilliant Pagoda or Haze Castle, C was just taken from the in-universe organization of the same name and D was just a random title that they came up with an hour prior to the stream.

[1] Tamriel is the main setting of the The Elder Scrolls series while Gensokyo is the main setting of the Touhou Project.

[2] Answers B, C and D are respectively from Fake Tsubakura Enraku's first line in Evanescent Existence, Suzumi Kuzu's first line in the same game and Yabusame Houlen's first line in Earthen Miraculous Sword.

[3] The question uses the old 鏈縁 kanji to write "Len'en", rather than the modern 連縁.

[4] This was revealed in the Len'en Wiki's 2017 Interview with JynX (Q132).

[5] According to Kanae, A happened on 11 November 2019, B on 4 April 2020, C on 3 April 2018 and D on 1 April 2018.
It should be noted that Rei was technically first introduced on 31 March 2018, but was officially introduced as a full character a day later.

[6] Sese used "boku" once in Brilliant Pagoda or Haze Castle, in their pre-fight dialogue with the Shrine Team in the team's neutral scenario.

[7] While never explicitly stated, this can be inferred from Earthen Miraculous Sword's music room comments, which mention that Sukune's theme is "an arrangement of a song I [JynX] made a long time ago".

[8] According to Kanae's files, A was composed in 2011, B in December 2010, C in 2013 and D in 2015.
Additionally, the song was originally titled "Haniwa's Martyrdom" (埴輪の殉死, Haniwa no Junshi). In the title, "Junshi" (殉死) (translated as "martyrdom") means "following the lord in death", and refers to the practice of vassals committing ritual suicide after death of their lord.

[9] Kanae explains that at the time, much of the two characters' were not yet clear, not even their names. They were initially based on the word "enjaku" (燕雀, lit. swallow sparrow), which refers to small birds.
He shares that the word comes from the quote "The small bird in its peace knows not of the large bird's ambitions" (燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや), from the Chinese historical chronicle Records of the Grand Historian.

[10] Kanae also shares an older name once considered for the series based on this: "Story of the Swallow and Sparrow" or "Story of the Little Birds" (燕雀物語, enjaku monogatari).

[11] Kanae explains that A was an early scrapped title for Brilliant Pagoda or Haze Castle, C was just taken from the in-universe organization of the same name and D was just a random title that they came up with an hour prior to the stream.

[a]

[b]

[c]

[d]

[e]

[f]

[g]

[h]

[i]

[j]

[k]