August 28th, 2026

"Sigh... Everyone's out today, so I'm bored... This is a picture Univa-kun took for me.

I was so bored I ate two Papico ice creams at the same time... Papico is the best in the summer... Well, I don't like sharing, so I ate them all myself.

So, let's start abruptly! The "How are Neoneon Tribe scenarios created!?"

corner! Huh? What's with the sudden change of topic? Well, you see... I always attend Neoneon Tribe meetings, so I know how the scenarios are completed, but you guys don't, right? So, while you're anxiously waiting for Chapter 6 to come out, I thought I'd tell you!

① We create the overall structure and the necessary settings!

"Overall structure" is the process of creating the big picture of the entire story!

As you all know! We received the main story script up to Chapter 5 from Akatsuki Games, but we know absolutely nothing about the scenarios and settings beyond that.

So, first, our director, "Kodaka-kun," created the overall structure of how the story will progress and the necessary settings for it!

② Creating the Plot!

"Plot" is the process of creating a detailed outline of "what happens and how the story progresses" in each chapter!

Based on the overall structure created by Kodaka-kun, the scenario writers in charge of each chapter meticulously assemble "what kind of story will this chapter be."

Of course, Kodaka-kun also provides supervision and requests at this stage.

③ Writing the Main Text!

Once Kodaka-kun approves the plot, the scenario writers in charge of each chapter finally begin writing the main text!

Basically, we write according to the flow decided in the plot... But when we actually start writing the main text, various problems, big and small, can arise in places that weren't a problem in the plot stage.

In those cases, we consult with other scriptwriters, discussing "How should we handle this?" and making adjustments.

④ Checking and revision work begins!

Once the main text is finished, it's not immediately sent to Kodaka-kun...

First, we have various people read it and get FB (feedback)! We get all sorts of opinions, including typos and grammatical errors, as well as "This part might be a little hard to understand," or "Wouldn't this way of saying it sound more natural for this character?"

Then, we revise the main text based on that FB!

We repeat the process of having people read it, revising it, and having them check it again... gradually getting closer to the final version!

⑤ Final confirmation and adjustment by the supreme god, "Kodaka-kun"!

Once the main text is finished, this is when we finally have Kodaka-kun check it!

If there aren't any major revisions, Kodaka-kun will handle the final fine-tuning himself.

Kodaka-kun! Thank you for taking the time despite your frequent overseas business trips! I'd like your autograph!

Well, I hope that gives you an idea of ​​the scenario writing process. It's a pretty mundane job, but it takes a lot of time and mental effort.

So, everyone! I appreciate your feedback on Discord, but please write on X too! Without any censorship! That way, Neoneon Tribe's popularity might increase, and something lucky might happen!"

(text was translated using google translate and cleaned up to the best of my abilities so it might not be 100% accurate)

It’s here…Holy hell-its actually here. Chapter 6/Ota chapter, the first chapter that wasn’t originally released with the game is here.

Along with it, we’ve got some other stuff:

Firstly, the new character pages for Sonoda, Haneda, Asahikawa and…Oh damn-Saori and ManamI are going to debut in this chapter as well! Also btw, about the bgm, I‘ll upload it on my channel in a bit, give me like…10 minutes I can probably get it done.

Not only that! The prompts for the ch6 illustrations have also been released on the NNT discord, plus other cool stuff have been released like the Tsuki short story!

Welp thats’s it, have a good day/night/evening/afternoon, god I can’t wait to read the new chapter.

T9 as a game, or at least the little i got to experience thanks to finding the game only a month or two before the EoS, was such an amazing and uniqe experience that no gacha game has been able to hook me the way T9 did. recently, ive been searching for new gacha games to try out, but all of them seemed to be more or less the same story and or artstyle wise so i wanted to see if maybe somewhere out there existed a game with a similar feel to T9

July 24th, 2026

The wonderful "Yomimaru" gave us a server boost!

Everyone, let’s give him a round of applause! Clap, clap, clap, clap!

Um, for those of you who aren’t sure what that means, a server boost powers up this “NeoNeon Tribe” server!

This time, we got a 2-server boost, so

```Lv1 Perks (2 Server Boosts)

+50 emoji slots (100 total)

+10 custom stamp slots (15 total)

+16 soundboard slots (24 total)

128 kbps audio quality

Go Live streams boosted to 720p 60 FPS

Custom server invite background

Animated server icon```

That’s the gist of it!

In other words, while someone is boosting the server, you can use twice as many emojis!

So, right now, the adoption rate for emojis is up!

(Just between us… it might be a good idea to make the original illustration a bit larger)

The yen is weak right now, so to everyone overseas—

I’d really, really appreciate it if you could boost the server when you have some extra cash to spare!

Oh. Time for a commercial break~

This month’s NITRO for me is from “sam.”

The server boost is brought to you by “Yomimaru”~

Member: “So, Zero-sama. Are you really going to thank them in human form?”

Zero: “Ah, yeah… I promised I would, so could you set something up a little higher for me?”

Member: “Got it. Heave-ho, heave-ho… How’s this?”

Zero: “Yeah, that looks good. Hold it steady so it doesn’t fall over.”

Member “Sure thing.”

Zero: “Um… I’m pretty sure the mask was right here. Alright, all set.”

Zero (putting on the mask): “I’m busy preparing for XG. Could you please stop summoning me for such trivial matters? You get it, right…? I am the Demon King of Neo-Tokyo—”

Member: “…What are you doing?”

Zero (putting on the mask): “Huh… Just what you see, though…”

Member: “Weren’t you supposed to take human form…?”

Zero (removes mask): “I thought about it after I said ‘OK,’ but… that outfit’s hot, and besides…”

Member: “And besides?”

Zero: “Aah! Shut up!!! Anyway, I said thank you, so that’s good enough!!! Well then, I’ve got some prep work to do, so my diary posts will be irregular for a little while. Thanks for your understanding!”

(this post was translated using DeepL and cleaned up to the best of my abilities so it mignt not be 100% accurate)

It was quite easy to make if anyone was interested in making their own! Felting is literally just stabbing so it didn't take too long, I followed this tutorial:

https://youtu.be/SN8E1Rt0sUQ?si=Y2fVkueo6M6FNmW5

Tribe Nine (T9) was first announced as a violent sports title a concept where combines real-world sports with combat. Think of games like Rocket League or Omega Strikers. In T9's case it's a baseball with high-tech theme, expanded the playing field from a simple grass field to an entire city. Or at least, the anime delivered that concept exactly as it meant to.

When T9 first announced its game, I imagine this game to be like.... IDK honestly there wasn't much information at the time. If I had to guess, I probably would have expected to be something like a simulation game similar to Uma Musume. But definitely wasn't what we eventually got. In fact, it's even possible that T9 was originally intended to be a game in that style.

Why did I think that?

The released game still included baseball (XB). It the game where players make strategic decisions, manage risks, and the game will generates random events based on those choices. That's sound like common structure in simulation games. But something felt missing, there is no character training loop Gameplay. Well, it's not completely absent I'll get back to that later.

In Japanese mobile games field at that time if it not the rhythm games it will be simulation games that popular. As a sports IP, it made perfect sense for T9 to follow that format too.Only one weakness of simulation games is. It isn't something that is worldwide appeal.

I don't know what happened behind the scene , but ultimately the developers decided to provide this game in globally scale market . Maybe it was because the anime feedback good? or maybe because Danganronpa art style? And Oh my God, everyone loves Dangan! T9 is going to be the game of the decade!!! ...To be clear, that wasn't the developers saying—it was my own voice actually. And I genuinely believed that way until the gameplay trailer came out.

Instead of being a traditional sports simulation game focused on character development like the other, DEV decided to change focus of T9 to a full action game, The one kind of game that you can commonly see in the Chinese mobile game market. And once they decided to change gameplay— basically the entire genre I mean, the story also had to be rework to fit it.

In the anime main plot device is "This city is ruled by baseball" but game change it to "This city is ruled by games(any kind of)"
Replacing "baseball" with "games" sounds wild to me. But it might still could worked? I guess. if it had been writing careful enough and keep everything on course. But no...

Why am I need to crawling through sewers fighting the mutant rats?
Why I need to battle with size of a house giant shark robot?
Why I need to wandering around the city to farming social status just to progress the story?
What does any of that have to do with baseball?

And BTW where did all the anime casts gone? The answer is DEV were saving them for future gacha banners but we never even got a chance to see them face because the game reached EoS first LAMO.

At this point, it wasn't just the baseball but DEV had completely forgotten the word "Tribe" in their own title.

If you look back at the original version of the official website, it's clear that the Tribes were meant to be the foundation of the game. Each Tribe immediately stood out with its own identity and design you could tell what made them unique at a glance. Also implied what they can do and good at in story or gameplay. But however in the game we got, that identity was largely erased. Every character you pulled from the gacha just simply joined player party, their differences and identity reduced to something like a RPG roles that divided by healer, tank, or attacker instead.

The original concept of T9 simply wasn't built to be a action game in the first place. Yet it became so distorted that very foundation of its identity barely remained. just because DEV want to have action combat systems, equipment systems, exploration systems, dungeons systems, and a typical RPG classes systems that had should been "Tribes" in the first place.

Beyond all of that, I genuinely love XB part.I really do from the bottom of my heart. But in the game we got, XB was reduced Importance to just a dessert when it should have been the main course.

I wrote this while I was addicts with Gakuen Idolmaster, and for some reason T9 came to my mind. It's been almost a year since EoS now, so talking about it now feels a little pointless. But, if I had to summarize everything

I wish T9 should have understood its position from the very beginning. And stayed local, embraced the Japanese simulation game formula the format they familiar with , and committed to being something like Uma Musume, Gakuen Idolmaster, or Blue Lock PWC.

To put it in another way: if you were developing a game base on Blue Lock, a sports cartoon, would your first idea is turn it into an action game that's trying to imitate Genshin? Probably not. But that's exactly whats T9 chose.

---Fun fact---
it might unrelated but If you visit Bandai channel website, T9 the anime is still there as the part of their works. it mean, Bandai once supported this title but somehow when game is actually release they didn't be the one who is Publisher it.
In my opinion. I think this game got cut loss twice. as we know Akatsuki EoS T9 like after two patch and behind the scene by Bandai Namco somehow they support anime but not the game. My guess is like I said T9 might be simulation game at first and Bandai on board with that but as some point DEV slowly turn T9 into action game and this project got pass to Akatsuki instead

EDIT. To clarity am not taking about why this game dead or why it failed but what it should be in my opinion

July 23rd, 2026

"It’s sweltering in Japan again today…

When it gets this hot, the XB players who always live with their days and nights reversed start to look pretty smart…

Oh, first off, everyone in “ota-city”! Congrats on surpassing 200 hours of playtime~!

I was planning to make the next reward 500 hours… no, 999 hours, but you guys are such greedy little things.

As a special treat, I’ll tell you “how to get from your world to Neo Tokyo,” just like you asked~!

First, if you huff and puff with all your might, a black hole will appear, right?

After that, just step inside, and you can travel back and forth easily!

Member A: “Zero-sama, that hole is so small… we can’t fit inside…”

Member B: “Besides, black holes are kind of Zero-sama’s exclusive domain…”

Zero: “Eh~. You can’t even do something like this? Well then, I’ll tell you another way~”

[Can Anyone Go? How to Get to Neo-Tokyo☆]

• First, head to the domestic terminal at Haneda Airport.
• Go to “Wa◯” or “Shinjuku A◯sia” and have lunch.
• Buy a delicious iced coffee and cool off. I also recommend Blue Seal ice cream!
• Buy a souvenir for me.

(From here on, it gets super hard!)

• There’s an NPC who gives off a really strange vibe—you’re the only one who notices it—so go talk to that guy.
• While bumping into the wall they lead you to, enter the command!
• After that, just board the plane they direct you to, and you’ll warp to Neo Tokyo through another dimension!

How was that? Super easy, right?

If any of you come to Neo Tokyo, be sure to bring me a souvenir!

So, since I gave you your treat, let's head over to today's “Zero-chan Mail”!

M-chan gave me all kinds of things—handmade items and stuff related to her hobbies—and she practically forced them on Magata-kun!

I’m skipping the details on the Summoning Ritual! Otherwise, the note-taker would die!

Magata: “You went out of your way to draw my likeness—you’re so kind. But… why the pacifier?”

Zero: “Oh, that’s just that person’s hobby. It was written in the letter.”

Magata: “I see… So, does that mean this person wants to wear this and act all clingy toward me like a baby?”

Zero: “Ehh, what’s that supposed to mean?! You’re an adult—wanting to be a baby is so weird!”

Magata: “It’s not really that strange. Just by being alive, people carry their own burdens… It’s only natural to envy a baby who’s free from those heavy responsibilities.”

Zero: “Hmm.”

Magata: “Anyway, Zero. Why don’t you wear this? I’m sure everyone will think you’re adorable.”

Zero: “Really!? If I get lots of fan art, I’ll wear it! Slurp, slurp, slurp.”

*Come on, hurry up and tell me I’m cute. Draw me a picture!!

Otherwise, I’ll call Magata-kun a liar and I won’t summon him anymor!"*

(this message was translated in DeepL and cleaned up to the best of my abilities so things may not be 100% accurate)

A group of us have been working on a little spin-off of some NINE chats... and I'm proud to present our new fandub project!!

We have released 2 videos so far! The latest video is in this post and you can find the first one here.

We're going to be doing more of these. Next up is the Tanabata Wish Slips from NNT! We're still looking to fill more roles for that, let me know if you happen to be interested in voicing a character and I'll send more info :> The casting call is closing pretty soon on 19 Aug, and the voicelines should be submitted by the end of the month.

I'll share the video once it's done, so look forward to it!

The character for August is the ninja and loyal retainer, Ichinosuke Akiba!

I just realised he's almost the same red as Sui...

Neoneon-tribe's version of NINE chat is up and running! This NINE chat is a reward for one of the winners of the Score Attack event held on their Discord, who got to choose which characters they'd like to see interact.

It seems likely that future events may have NINE chats as rewards, so if there are character interactions you want to see, consider joining and participating!

NNT will also be adding fan-made avatars and stickers to the NINE chat over time.

Round five of neoneon's introduction posts, featuring Roku Saigo!

English translations provided by NNT Eng Fan Translation.

Chapter 0: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG-olFX2rpl8&si=-iHG85bFyi72ORNs

Chapter 1: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRQUsK28fZpo&si=Hg8KsiWC147E0Gku

I recorded a playthrough before eos without any voiced lines. Maybe it can be used for dubbing purposes. Chapter 0 and 1 playlists are now completed! (Chapter 0 is a bit less organised, so it contains some walking around and npc dialogue interactions, but most of chapter 1 is just cutscenes.)

I'm currently releasing the Minato map walkarounds and chapter 2 voiceless story concurrently! I'll update here when those are completed.

July 22nd, 2026: the unexpected second half

"I’ve written in my diary, so maybe I’ll go to bed early tonight.

Smartphone: “♪~”

Huh? Who could it be at a time like this…?

Calling at 11 p.m.? Isn’t that just ridiculous?

Well, it might be an emergency, so I guess I’ll answer just in case.

Zero: “Hello?”

Ueno: “It’s me. Ueno from Taito. Didn’t you say you were going to deliver something to my place today? I’ve been waiting and waiting, but you haven’t shown up, so I was getting worried.”

Zero: “Ah!!! That’s right! I’ll be right over!”

How could I have been so careless!

I grabbed the package I’d been chilling in the fridge, and today’s “Zero-chan Delivery” resumed!

The third item was beer I received from the Ball Collectors, addressed to Ueno-kun!

Zero: “Sorry about that~. I’d put it in the fridge, so I totally forgot to give it to you~”

Ueno: “No, it’s fine. Thanks for going out of your way to bring it over. Still, this person really knows what’s up…”

Zero: “Huh? Is that so?”

Ueno: “Yeah. There’s nothing better than a beer on a day when you’ve worked up a good sweat. Asagao, do you have anything left that could go well with it? If so, let’s drink it together—without Hana finding out.”

Asagao: “Are you sure? I have a feeling he’ll get mad if he finds out.”

Ueno: “It’s fine. Hana went and drank my special bottle of sake without asking the other day. This is payback.”

Asagao: “Hmm. Well, in that case, I guess I’ll have one.”

And with that, today’s Zero-chan Delivery is officially over!!!

I’m awake now, so I think I’ll go play some games~"

(text was translated through DeepL and edited to the best of my abilities so it might not be 100% accurate)

Zero added a new event to help boost engagement for NNT's anniversary on Twitter!

You can help out by retweeting their anniversary posts (like this one) or posting with the hashtag #neoneon or #ねおねおん!

If there's good engagement, Zero will add a "Hobbies" section on the character profiles* released yesterday as the Reward!

\ English version of the profiles translated/compiled by Sam. For the Japanese version, go* here.

We've officially reached NNT's 1st anniversary, and Zero mod over on their discord has added a variety of new content and announcements!

🌎 [ Ch 2 ENG Translation ]

• English translation for Chapter 2 is now available!

🎨 [ New Character Art ]

• New character art for Akuta, Hana, Yaji, and Asagao has been added!

💬 [ NINE Chats are Returning! ]

• More details coming August 8th, after the NNT art submission deadline.
• There may be a call for fan participation in creating new avatars and stamps in NNT's discord server!
• The new NINE chat will expand on the original by featuring past conversations as well!

📋 [ NEW Character Profiles! ]

• New character details (such as food preferences, dominant hand, and other details) have been released, and can be viewed here!
• A community member (Sam) is translating and compiling an English version!
• Blue squares are NNT-specific additions, and white squares are from official content.
• New information will continue to be added over time!

❓ [ Q&A with Zero! ]

• Zero is answering some questions about the new profile information in a Q&A thread on the server!
• He won't answer things he doesn't want to (like spoilers) of course, so ask wisely!

🥇 [ Score Attack Rewards ]

• The Score Attack event has ended!
• The reward for the top three spots is a NINE chat featuring a character of their choice!
• Zero has added a new drive folder where he'll be adding Rewards he's given out over time. You can access it from their discord!

⚠️ [ NNT Ch 4 Submission Reminder ]

• Last but not least, here's a reminder that NNT submissions for Ch 4 are due August 7th at 3:00am PDT (or, whichever hour their twitter account posts for you)!

🌴 [ CHRONOGATE Obon Holiday ]

• CHRONOGATE will be on holiday from Mon, Aug. 10 - Fri, Aug. 14
• If you're sending packages, avoid having them arrive during this window!

Things are getting livelier over on NNT's discord every day, with new discussions, events, and fan activities! Consider checking it out if you haven't already.

For a primarily English-speaking community, you can join us over at TNF!

We now have the Taito trio plus Akuta’s illustrations up on the NeoNeonTribe character page! They look so cool, especially Akuta’s (If only I could show it here…It’s file size is too large that you need to clear your chrome cache to see it).

That’s it, have a good day/night/evening/afternoon.

July 22nd, 2026

"Hey everyone, do you know about the World Cup?

I heard it’s a tournament where countries compete against each other in a sport called “soccer,” where you kick a ball.

I watched it for the first time this year, and it’s really fun!

I even ended up crying while watching the final match.

But hey, the closing ceremony is over—so why haven’t the other countries besides the winning nation, “Spain,” been destroyed yet?

Maybe they’re the type that takes a little while to be destroyed?

Well, let me know when you find out the date it’s going to happen!

I’ll make sure to prepare graves for all of you right here in Neo-Tokyo!

Alright, let’s kick off today’s Zero-chan Mail!

First up~!

I got some preserved flowers from T-kun, addressed to Ichinosuke-kun!

I’m so glad you saw yesterday’s diary and sent me a DM~!

Alright then, let’s head over to Ichinosuke-kun’s place.

Saizō: “Hmm… He’s quite the considerate person. He wrote something like, ‘Since I got a comment on the merchandise the other day, I’ll pass this time…’”

Ichinosuke: “No way! Even if you say that, I just can’t let it go! Look at this! The color of these flowers…! You must have picked them based on my appearance! I’m truly grateful!”

Hinagiku: “Thank you for celebrating Ichinosuke-nii’s birthday with us! Next year, let’s celebrate together on the actual day, nya!”

Number two~!

I got some snacks from A-chan for Kamiki-chan~!

Um, Kamiki-chan is… well, let’s just say magic. Here goes!

\I’m skipping the intro for various reasons!*

Kamiki: “You gave this to me…?”

Zero: “Yep, that’s right! Hurry up and eat it!”

Kamiki: “…Hey, you. As a thank-you for bringing this over, let’s eat it together, okay? Here, open wide.”

Zero: “Huh, is that okay!? Open wide! Mmm, this is sooo delicious!”

Kamiki: “You don’t have to be shy. Eat some more.”

Zero: “Kamiki-chan, you’re so kind! Munch, munch, munch…!”

Kamiki: “…It doesn’t seem to have any poison in it. But better safe than sorry… I’ll have the Hannya mask taste-test it first, then decide whether to eat it…”

\After this, we found out there was no poison in it, so Kamiki-chan was eating it with gusto too!*

And with that, that wraps up another day of Zero-chan mail!

I never expected to get something like this every day, so it’s been a lot of work… but I’m really, really happy about your kindness!

But just so you know, I’m not even thinking—not even a tiny bit—about wanting to drink undiluted Calpis, okay?

Just a quick glance—I’m serious."

(this message was translated in DeepL and cleaned up to the best of my abilities when necessary but it still may not be 100% accurate)