#sorryyy i drafted this answer a bit after u sent the ask but i was out all day after that only now got home

[mihai-florescu]

Hello very random question but i chose to come to you since you don't play games with the lore. What do you think is the reason for the story of Meteor Impact to be named 'Meteor Impact'? I'm trying to piece things together but it's pretty difficult. I'm curious what your take on this is. Thanks!

Ahh im glad you thought of me:,) im ashamed to say i have a pretty straightforward take on meteor impact's title though: reference to the meteor that hit earth and let the "curse from underground" out, making people ill, aka the legend behind the Shinkai cult's formation. I look at it as a domino effect (meteor impact on earth -> kanata and madara and souma's lives are set in stone. Chiaki and the rest of the cast too since all 3 of the shinkai cult kids are pretty important for the story of enstars as a whole).

I was not here in 2019 (was going through my own war) and when i read meteor impact in 2021 it was one of my first 5 or so stories so i cant say how it changed people's perception of the characters. I can guess it was like obbligato for tatsumi and himeru, cuz i was here before and after its release, but i imagine MI was more intense and tied together the events of the war & more.

I wonder what the theories about kanata were before meteor impact...if i have any older fans seeing this i'd love to hear! And MI came out so late too, the last ! era remini iirc in march 2019...thats after Requiem that ties together and finalizes Knights' story. And after Wonder Game... im pretty sure all these stories came out almost back to back tying up plotlines set at the end of the year, i can only imagine the name of meteor impact was deeply felt in its enormity by the fans. But im just speculating here and i dont think this is related to why the story is named this, just that it's a fitting name for its...impact:)