.hack//Legend of the Twilight the public yet, where Shugo manages to defeat the AI; however, due to some of the programming of the AI, "The World" will be destroyed. Shugo and Rena then activate Kite and Blackrose's joint power to save "The World." Rei Izumi describes ".hack//Legend of the Twilight" as "the story of the future" and "the first to usher in the ".hack" franchise and the last to end." The series took Izumi and Tatsuya Hamazaki three and a half years to complete; ".hack//Legend of the Twilight " was originally planned to be two volumes long, but a decision was made to extend
The Twilight Saga (film series) and others were combined. "[O]ur intent all along was to stay true to the book," Rosenberg explained, "and it has to do less with adapting it word for word and more with making sure the characters' arcs and emotional journeys are the same." Hardwicke suggested the use of voice over to convey the protagonist's internal dialogue, since the novel is told from Bella's point of view; and she sketched some of the storyboards during pre-production. Meyer, the author, and Hardwicke, the director, had a close relationship while developing "Twilight". Hardwicke wanted to embrace the experience and make the characters in