Editing .hack//Legend of the Twilight (section)

==Production==
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."<ref name="Vol. 3 265—9"/> 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 series. As a result, the original story was rewritten.<ref name="Vol. 3 265—9"/> Additionally, the scene with Kamui and Zefie was extended. Kamui was originally male, her axe was not broken, and her role ended after she tossed away Grunty.<ref name="Vol. 3 265—9"/> Despite this, Izumi wanted to include more of Kamui and Balmung in the series.<ref name="Vol. 3 265—9"/>

Izumi and Hamazaki created Reki, Balmung's assistant, and Magi, Kamui's assistant, as they were deciding on character names; the two were not in the original draft of ''.hack//Legend of the Twilight''. Reki was invented because Izumi and Hamazaki needed a character for Balmung to communicate with. Izumi suggested Reki and Tatsuya offered Magi for the names of the two assistants.<ref name="Vol. 3 265—9">{{cite book|title=.hack // Legend of the Twilight Volume 3|chapter=Postscript|last=Izumi|first=Rei|author2=Tatsuya Hamazaki|year=2004|publisher=[[Tokyopop]]|location=Los Angeles|isbn=978-1-59532-369-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/hacklegendoftwil03izum/page/265 265–9]|chapter-url-access=registration|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/hacklegendoftwil03izum/page/265}}</ref>