Honestly, she could completely drop everything and never make anything again and she could easily feel that not only was her and dreams she had fulfilled She's rightfully going to remembered for a VERY long time for all of this. That being said I hope she's here for a looooooooong time. All of them, really.
Being there. In person. For all of this, it was surreal and beautiful. The emotion just traveled from one person to the next. The appreciation and love is not a one way street with this team. They love us as much as we love them. And Ishikawa deserves all the praise for her hard work.
With Shadowbringers and Endwalker, this woman wrote probably the most profound pro-humanist story's ever. I remember when she came to Seattle during Pax and everyone gave her a standing ovation.
It's so amazing when an incredible story and a game can bring a whole community together like this. I still get teary-eyed at the streamer collab on Close in the Distance.
It's about time two things happened and they both did. Firstly, Ishikawa gets the recognition she deserves. Secondly, the fans make her cry after she's made us cry so much. Ishikawa truly is wonderful.
She VERY deserved this! She is a very talented writer! She is one of the bigest reasons why Shadowbringers and Endwalker gived me one of my best gaming/story experiences ever! Shadowbringers too but mostly Endwalker gave me feelings that i don't think that i ever experienced from a game. Ishikawa is just amazing and so adorable ! I think Yoshi-P is very proud of her. And so many players around the world loving her work.
I had to rewatch this just to see her cry not once but ample amount of times just because her writing and her presence as an amazing writer will always be inspirational and so true. That and I could not stop myself from crying too because she kept crying too.
My first ff game was 16. I absolutely loved it so I decided to try out 14. I’m only like 6-7 hours into it but in that time I cancelled all my other subscriptions because I feel like I found my mmo. I’ve been playing swtor for years I don’t want to guess how many hours. Put hundreds of hours into ESO. I did try WoW but just can’t get into it, but ff14 just takes the cake. I absolutely love stories in games and everyone tells me it just keeps getting better as it goes so I’m looking forward to when I get to her content.
I am not a crier. I don't cry. Maybe a single tear here and there. Maybe at funerals. But Endwalker did me in multiple times over. And the Hingashi and Othard side of Stormblood into Shadowbringers into Endwalker? God damn that was a rollercoaster that just didn't let up and it was all crafted so, so beautifully. For all the waterfalls of tears you gave us Ms. Natsuko, now you get some wholesome tears of your own. Take that! Honestly she deserves all the great recognition and praise she gets. She's done a hell of a job heading up easily the most memorable story I've ever had the pleasure of seeing and playing. I'd place some other rare top stories next to what she wrote but nothing will ever surpass it in my eyes.
imagine being the quiet nerdy girl all your life enjoying your books and fantasies... and then one day you're in front of 15,000 people chanting your name
Gigakawa the GOAT! she deserves all the love and recognition for her work on many stories in the game especially for DRK's job quests and shadowbringers imo
Huge W for the live audience at Fan Fest. She deserves all the love she gets from the community and she shows that it’s reciprocated. SE would be absolutely crazy to not put her as story lead for ff17 and letting her have full narrative control.
I don't know if she would neccesarily want that much pressure. She is often careful to make a point of mentioning she is part of a team which creates these stories. Honestly, the best thing for an artist like her is to put her in the place she is most comfortable in creating her art.
SE have noticed by now how amazing she is, i wouldn't be surprised if she is writing for FF17 which is already in production for awhile now, there is always another FF game in the making during each release.
The crowd let her speak >:( , they should have chanted her name , overwhelm her with love to the point she breaks down and is unable to speak , she deserve tears as she bring so many to the community .
To have crafted a narrative to move so many people. It was NOT just her....Soken and his team also play a huge part in that. Blending the story and music together is why FFXIV is so successful. I am so happy she got this moment! Very well deserved!
Someone should show this to Witcher showrunner and writers. I'm 100% sure no one would ever chant their names for what they did. Also, finally some payback on Ishikawa!!
It sounded like, to me, 'Thank you for your praise.'. She deserves it and much more after how much and how many hearts she touched with her storytelling.
She is the writer of shadowbringer considered one of the best mmo and final fantasy stories, also many of the best written and developed side stories come from her, that's why the community appreciates her a lot
She achieved something really rare nowadays: provoke the same or similar emotions on different people with different backgrounds. We may disagree what characters are our favorites but everyone understand why someone would appreciate character X or Y. Not every writer is able to do this. She kept consistence and built intriguing characters that transcends fantasy. Extremely rare, specially in games. She said "THank you, warriors of light." To show how much she appreciate acknowledgement from the community. She started really low as a side quest writer and now she is writing and leading the main story.
We showered her with so much love at FanFest, too. Really went crazy with the cheers for her tonight (chanting her name multiple times) and I think that, too, was overwhelming. It's been years since any of them have been able to meet with so many fans in person. Yoshi-P cried, too. The pandemic hit them all hard, but our love kept them going. Seeing that in person again must have been something really special.
Honestly, with how much the community loves Ishikawa, I'm baffled beyond words as to why she isn't the main MSQ writer for 7.0 and beyond. If I'm YoshiP, it simply is the most logical decision to appoint her as the writer in order to keep players happy and obsessed with this game thus, continuous profit. Such a waste of talent, truly. Whatever new project she's working on, I can only hope it's a risk worth taking.
She wasn't the main writer as staff need a break now and then. As far as I know she's still a part of FF14 as one of the senior writers, it's literally just the lead management that she isn't handling at the moment.
It sounded like she would still be involved just not as a lead, but into a more overseer type role. I think they are worried about the writing being predictable. They want to move on from the Zodiark/Hydaelin, Ancient/ Ascian ark ( which I love and have trouble imagining the game without) so to do that they change writing lead. I definitely share your concern.
She's also been part of the writing team since 1.0 and has written a lot of side content as well (Crystal Tower, Dark Knight Storyline, the Othard part of Stormblood, and some of the patches). The ARR and Heavensward lead was working on 16 during this time mostly. So as others said, it's probably to give her a break. Realistically you can't keep pushing out stories without some rest.
I think all of you who replied is missing my point. I'm well aware of the work she's done. I'm well aware that she's still part of the team, but relegated to a lead role. That doesn't change the fact that, as a huge fan of hers, I can't be saddened by the fact that future expansions won't be written by her. That's all.
That’s why FF14 players love and respect their game devs. We can disagree on things sometimes, but you overall show love and respect to the dev team. They thank you also and show their appreciation for you playing their game and do it live as well in hearth felt gesture. Don’t see Blizzard doing that or in any hearth felt meaningful way. Just lip service. Ishikawa deserve all the love for great story writing with her team for all the expansions.
@@zaeynnezameel989 I know now she says that but the first time I heard "Thank you for your fries" and I can't get the wholesome image of a crowd of ff14 players all handing her their fries because she wanted some or something lol
@@malafazzle7966 she didn't say enough syllables for "warriors of light." Look at her lips. It was one word. I can understand if it was "praise," but it did sound like "rice" to me as well. Regardless, she wanted to genuinely express her appreciation to the crowd.
There's a lot I don't agree with in endwalkers messaging, and I still think the Ancients deserved better than they got, but it was an ultimately enjoyable piece on it's own even if I disagree entirely with the idea that they seem to be selling to me.
Shadowbringers will most likely be the peak if FFXIV in terms of story-telling / MSQ and I'm grateful that she wrote such an amazing expansion. Endwalker was a big stumble, but clearly the writing team was struggling because of the FFXVI split + mashing 2 expansions into one. I really hope she gets the same time and freedom she got with Shadowbringer for her next project.
Gigakawa is easily the MVP of the dev team. Particularly for someone like me, as story and lore are always the number 1 most important aspect of all the games I play. She and Banri Oda have my undying respect. 🫡
Finally, the fans get revenge and MAKE HER CRY INSTEAD!
Hahah right! Bless she has made me cry sooo many times 😂❤️
Got 'er.
She gave us such a wonderful journey, and I am glad she is getting the recognition she deserves.
Happens every fanfest and never gets old
@@WavesWatershine Was the same with the Mogi chanting
@@Evrys_1997how does it feel being wrong?
@@Evrys_1997
I'll support your freedom to express your thoughts even though I wholeheartly disagree with you.
Let her write/direct the next mainline FF
Ffxvi destroy my soul. If she'll write ffxvii I'll directly become akashic.
I hope she does, and I hope it's not another action game too.
Was she involved in 16? I wonder
@@marloncebo242she wasnt, the writer for 16 was the heavensward writer
@@dafire9634 good man, that one was amazing as well
It must be the best feeling in the world to create a story that moves millions of people.
Honestly, she could completely drop everything and never make anything again and she could easily feel that not only was her and dreams she had fulfilled She's rightfully going to remembered for a VERY long time for all of this.
That being said I hope she's here for a looooooooong time. All of them, really.
When she called us all "Warriors of Light" I cried too
She made the best mmo story in history!
It's one of the best stories in all of fiction.
An epic that rivals the Illiad and the Odyssey.
@@BaithNa TRUE.
one of the best story in rpg.
Agreed, divinity 2 and ff14 2 best game stories in the last decade.
And still bettter than 16 imo
She deserves so much recognition for her work, this woman made me projectile cry multiple times 😭❤
Being there. In person. For all of this, it was surreal and beautiful. The emotion just traveled from one person to the next. The appreciation and love is not a one way street with this team. They love us as much as we love them. And Ishikawa deserves all the praise for her hard work.
So true! I made it for SHB FF and it was as you say! I can tell from the live streams that hasnt changed! Such a good time!
With Shadowbringers and Endwalker, this woman wrote probably the most profound pro-humanist story's ever. I remember when she came to Seattle during Pax and everyone gave her a standing ovation.
It's so amazing when an incredible story and a game can bring a whole community together like this. I still get teary-eyed at the streamer collab on Close in the Distance.
That collab video was truly something else.
She deserves all the love and praise she is getting. She seems like such a sweet person
💯
The Ishikawa chants were DEAFENING in person
Real
It's about time two things happened and they both did. Firstly, Ishikawa gets the recognition she deserves. Secondly, the fans make her cry after she's made us cry so much. Ishikawa truly is wonderful.
I can only imagine how deafening and heartfelt that was in-person.
Thanks for catching this moment in time, Dipper.
The bringer of tears finally got a taste of her own medicine
Revenge! At last! ❤
She deserves only the best things for making us cryand laugh like she has.
She VERY deserved this! She is a very talented writer! She is one of the bigest reasons why Shadowbringers and Endwalker gived me one of my best gaming/story experiences ever! Shadowbringers too but mostly Endwalker gave me feelings that i don't think that i ever experienced from a game. Ishikawa is just amazing and so adorable ! I think Yoshi-P is very proud of her. And so many players around the world loving her work.
Dude, thay woman have the hardest task on the game development. Huge respect. ❤️💎
And she excelled in it. This lady is truly remarkable.
Y’all make me proud to be a warrior of light. Na-chan deserves the moon and the stars. Nevermind the game awards, standing ovations all around!
She absolutely deserves the W. I also love that the players lowkey finally got back at her for making them cry so much lol
I had to rewatch this just to see her cry not once but ample amount of times just because her writing and her presence as an amazing writer will always be inspirational and so true. That and I could not stop myself from crying too because she kept crying too.
My first ff game was 16. I absolutely loved it so I decided to try out 14. I’m only like 6-7 hours into it but in that time I cancelled all my other subscriptions because I feel like I found my mmo. I’ve been playing swtor for years I don’t want to guess how many hours. Put hundreds of hours into ESO. I did try WoW but just can’t get into it, but ff14 just takes the cake. I absolutely love stories in games and everyone tells me it just keeps getting better as it goes so I’m looking forward to when I get to her content.
I am not a crier. I don't cry. Maybe a single tear here and there. Maybe at funerals. But Endwalker did me in multiple times over. And the Hingashi and Othard side of Stormblood into Shadowbringers into Endwalker? God damn that was a rollercoaster that just didn't let up and it was all crafted so, so beautifully.
For all the waterfalls of tears you gave us Ms. Natsuko, now you get some wholesome tears of your own. Take that!
Honestly she deserves all the great recognition and praise she gets. She's done a hell of a job heading up easily the most memorable story I've ever had the pleasure of seeing and playing. I'd place some other rare top stories next to what she wrote but nothing will ever surpass it in my eyes.
Our Queen
That’s so cool! Writers probably don’t get that very often, and it‘s well deserved.
imagine being the quiet nerdy girl all your life enjoying your books and fantasies... and then one day you're in front of 15,000 people chanting your name
She made one of the best stories in videogame history. Please, never leave us!
Gigakawa the GOAT! she deserves all the love and recognition for her work on many stories in the game especially for DRK's job quests and shadowbringers imo
Huge W for the live audience at Fan Fest. She deserves all the love she gets from the community and she shows that it’s reciprocated. SE would be absolutely crazy to not put her as story lead for ff17 and letting her have full narrative control.
I don't know if she would neccesarily want that much pressure. She is often careful to make a point of mentioning she is part of a team which creates these stories. Honestly, the best thing for an artist like her is to put her in the place she is most comfortable in creating her art.
SE have noticed by now how amazing she is, i wouldn't be surprised if she is writing for FF17 which is already in production for awhile now, there is always another FF game in the making during each release.
We love you Ishikawa-san! Thank you for everything ❤💙🧡🖤💛
THANK YOU FOR 10 YEARS OF AWESOME STORYTELLING! 💙
I love this so much, thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Glad she got some hype she deserved that ❤
And she deserves every single cheer and more.
This time I'm not crying, she is crying.
nah we are all crying still cause she is crying too TnT
Thank you for sharing, I missed that
She deserves all that ovation. Every story she made was wonderful.
Finally Revenge has been enacted 🤣🤣 what a treasure she is wrote the best 2 stories in gaming
Ishikawa!!!
もらい泣きしちゃう、なっちゃん最高のストーリをありがとう！
The crowd let her speak >:( , they should have chanted her name , overwhelm her with love to the point she breaks down and is unable to speak , she deserve tears as she bring so many to the community .
She deserved all love she got and more! Amazing writer ❤️ thank you for bringing us such a wonderful story ❤
To have crafted a narrative to move so many people. It was NOT just her....Soken and his team also play a huge part in that. Blending the story and music together is why FFXIV is so successful. I am so happy she got this moment! Very well deserved!
They give their best to create this wonderful game, seeing the fans showing this much appreciation fill my heart with joy
What a wonderful person, I'm so thankful! Absolute gem.
watching this makes me happy , I wish I was there to support her.
"Thank you for your Light."
She’s precious
Thank you for sharing this video ! Thank you so much !
I had to leave before the primals because my flight was moved, thank you for posting this! It means the world to me.
God I love this fucking community
Now it's your turn to cry, you absolute cutie ! :D
I could only wish that she's the one writing for FF17.
Someone should show this to Witcher showrunner and writers. I'm 100% sure no one would ever chant their names for what they did.
Also, finally some payback on Ishikawa!!
Currently, Shadowbringers and Endwalker are my favorites FF, and it’s mostly because of her. I hope she writes the next FF.
KEEP HER ON THE TEAM!!!!
God bless this woman.
At my next salary negotiation I would play this video 😂
😹😹😹😹😹
Must be so surreal for her, starting out writing little sidequests. She's awesome
She is amazing!!!
The future director of 17 hopefully
Brilliant writer
Much deserved love!
She’s adorable
This is how we feel after every expansion! 😤😭
Long live the Queen!
Aww bless her
Glad this happened, the reaction to ishikawa was a bit underwhelming on day 1.
Yes, that's how she made us feel. Sweet sweet revenge
So kawaii
Thanks for sharing this! Could anyone help me understand what is she thanking us for? Thank you!
It sounded like, to me, 'Thank you for your praise.'. She deserves it and much more after how much and how many hearts she touched with her storytelling.
She is the writer of shadowbringer considered one of the best mmo and final fantasy stories, also many of the best written and developed side stories come from her, that's why the community appreciates her a lot
She achieved something really rare nowadays: provoke the same or similar emotions on different people with different backgrounds. We may disagree what characters are our favorites but everyone understand why someone would appreciate character X or Y. Not every writer is able to do this. She kept consistence and built intriguing characters that transcends fantasy. Extremely rare, specially in games. She said "THank you, warriors of light." To show how much she appreciate acknowledgement from the community. She started really low as a side quest writer and now she is writing and leading the main story.
Even the early job quests she had a hand in like the alchemist quests were highly touching and insightful towards the characters that were involved.
We showered her with so much love at FanFest, too. Really went crazy with the cheers for her tonight (chanting her name multiple times) and I think that, too, was overwhelming. It's been years since any of them have been able to meet with so many fans in person. Yoshi-P cried, too. The pandemic hit them all hard, but our love kept them going. Seeing that in person again must have been something really special.
THE GOATTT
Gigakawa!
I can’t find this moment in any of the two days of livestreams. When did this happen? Was it off-stream?!
huehuehue sweet sweet revenge
"Light" not "Rice"... you plicks
"Thank you for your praise.".
@@LucidDream she said "thank you warriors of light", there's another video where it's a bit clearer
Truly she is legendary, countering our limit break chant with crying, and MAKING US CRY AGAIN! The genius 😻
Honestly, with how much the community loves Ishikawa, I'm baffled beyond words as to why she isn't the main MSQ writer for 7.0 and beyond. If I'm YoshiP, it simply is the most logical decision to appoint her as the writer in order to keep players happy and obsessed with this game thus, continuous profit. Such a waste of talent, truly. Whatever new project she's working on, I can only hope it's a risk worth taking.
She wasn't the main writer as staff need a break now and then. As far as I know she's still a part of FF14 as one of the senior writers, it's literally just the lead management that she isn't handling at the moment.
It sounded like she would still be involved just not as a lead, but into a more overseer type role. I think they are worried about the writing being predictable. They want to move on from the Zodiark/Hydaelin, Ancient/ Ascian ark ( which I love and have trouble imagining the game without) so to do that they change writing lead. I definitely share your concern.
She's also been part of the writing team since 1.0 and has written a lot of side content as well (Crystal Tower, Dark Knight Storyline, the Othard part of Stormblood, and some of the patches). The ARR and Heavensward lead was working on 16 during this time mostly. So as others said, it's probably to give her a break. Realistically you can't keep pushing out stories without some rest.
she wrote two expansions worth of banger, it's about time she takes a break
I think all of you who replied is missing my point. I'm well aware of the work she's done. I'm well aware that she's still part of the team, but relegated to a lead role. That doesn't change the fact that, as a huge fan of hers, I can't be saddened by the fact that future expansions won't be written by her. That's all.
What good writing does to a MF
Who is the woman next to Ishikawa?
That’s why FF14 players love and respect their game devs. We can disagree on things sometimes, but you overall show love and respect to the dev team. They thank you also and show their appreciation for you playing their game and do it live as well in hearth felt gesture. Don’t see Blizzard doing that or in any hearth felt meaningful way. Just lip service. Ishikawa deserve all the love for great story writing with her team for all the expansions.
what did she say? thank your for your what?
for our tears. it gives her strength. lol
"Thank you! Warriors of Light!"
🥹🥹
@@zaeynnezameel989 I know now she says that but the first time I heard "Thank you for your fries" and I can't get the wholesome image of a crowd of ff14 players all handing her their fries because she wanted some or something lol
@@zaeynnezameel989"Thank you for your Lights."
The letter "L" vs "R" sound difficulty for Japanese.
Were they chanting Ishikawa or Gigakawa?
Will she be doing the story for Dawntrail?
She will be a supervisor but not main writer allegedly
@@dafire9634whatever she’s working on next is guaranteed goated so I’m excited to find out what she’s up to!
Nah, its not her duty to give us depression this expansion so just supervisor role.
What did she say?
Fuckin eh!
I love her but did she say "Thank you for your rice" ?
"thank you, warriors of light"
I believe “thank you for your praise”
@@wolffaccet1613sounded more like thank you for your praise
@@thecutesylveon0292 thank you warriors of light makes more sense to me, but i appreciate both you guys responding
@@malafazzle7966 she didn't say enough syllables for "warriors of light." Look at her lips. It was one word. I can understand if it was "praise," but it did sound like "rice" to me as well.
Regardless, she wanted to genuinely express her appreciation to the crowd.
There's a lot I don't agree with in endwalkers messaging, and I still think the Ancients deserved better than they got, but it was an ultimately enjoyable piece on it's own even if I disagree entirely with the idea that they seem to be selling to me.
I didnt feel the story was saying the ancients got what was coming to them, I guess I interpreted it differently
thank you for your what? i can't catch what shes saying
Pretty sure it's "praise". Unlike what others are saying it's the only thing that makes sense as they were cheering for her.
@@LucidDream it's thank you warriors of light -_-
Shadowbringers will most likely be the peak if FFXIV in terms of story-telling / MSQ and I'm grateful that she wrote such an amazing expansion. Endwalker was a big stumble, but clearly the writing team was struggling because of the FFXVI split + mashing 2 expansions into one. I really hope she gets the same time and freedom she got with Shadowbringer for her next project.
“Endwalker was a big stumble”?:P
I… could not disagree more:P
@@deProfundisAdAstra It's okay to have an incorrect opinion, just don't come and argue it with me.
@@paledrake"I can state opinion as fact, but you're wrong if you point that out"
cool cool cool
@@deProfundisAdAstra
LoL this guy.
I loved both games, but I was more emotionally invested in endwalker.
@1:20 "Thankyou for your rice"? How much rice did they give her? Why so much emotions over rice?
She's the absolute GOAT. She deserves nothing but praise and happiness!
Gigakawa is easily the MVP of the dev team. Particularly for someone like me, as story and lore are always the number 1 most important aspect of all the games I play. She and Banri Oda have my undying respect. 🫡