[6th Anniversary Letter] Norirow Note: Eorzean Diary Turns 6! Thank you, always, from the bottom of our hearts.

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Brother! Can you believe it?! Norirow Note: Eorzean Diary is already 6 years old!

Y-yeah… I really never imagined it would go on this long… 💦

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Today marks exactly 6 years since I first started writing this Norirow Note: Eorzean Diary. And now, today, we begin our 7th year.

I truly never imagined it would last this long — not even close.

I set out to record the treasures I found, one by one, every day — thinking I’d finish once I’d written them all down. But here we are, and there are still so many treasures left to document.

That’s just how it is with this world — it overflows with wonderful things. Eorzea is, without question, endlessly vibrant, beautiful, and kind.

Everything designed into this world — the clothes and weapons, the mounts and minions, the landscapes and music, the stories, the atmosphere, the spirit of it all — and the memories made with friends, the passion of the development team, the heart of every adventurer — I love all of it. That love, and that gratitude, is what keeps me writing this Norirow Note: Eorzean Diary.

I want this world to go on forever. I want more and more people to find their way to this “second world to live in.”

So I keep writing — with a wish, and a prayer.

Ever since the Fan Fest announcement of the next expansion, Evercold — I’ve been getting the sense that the number of adventurers is growing. And that makes me so happy!

To anyone who has newly set out on their adventure and somehow found their way to this Norirow Note: Eorzean Diary — I hope the time you spend here feels warm, gentle, and a little magical.

This isn’t a two-way medium, so I’ll never know what you thought when you read something here… but if even one thing became a spark for your next adventure, that means everything to me.

I’m always writing with a wish: may your days in Eorzea be filled with happiness.

May kindness ripple outward, and warmth pass from one heart to the next.

So many people have picked up this little adventure log over the past year — honestly, it still surprises me every time I think about it.

Here’s this year’s timestamp, tucked away as a memory:

• 📚 Total articles: 4,528
• 📸 Total screenshots: 34,606
• 📝 Total page views: 21,593,308

Compared to last year’s timestamp in the 5th Anniversary Letter…

[5th Anniversary Letter] Thank You So Much for Following Along All This Time!

Can you believe it? Today marks exactly five years since I started writing Norirow N

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…the total view count grew by roughly 9.5 million pages in just one year.

That works out to about 790,000 pages per month, or around 26,000 pages per day.

Honestly? We’re the most surprised ones of all. 💦

I hope that means we’ve been able to share a little piece of Eorzea’s warmth with that many more adventurers.

This isn’t a strategy site. It’s not a catalog. It’s just our small, quiet adventure log — and the fact that so many of you have taken the time to read it… I’m genuinely, deeply moved.

Thank you, truly, from the bottom of our hearts.｡.:*

I’m always tinkering — trying to make things a little easier to read, a little easier to navigate (there are a lot of articles now).

The filtered search feature, Search the Archives, got quite a few upgrades this year, so please do give it a try if you haven’t recently!

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Namingway-chan will help you find what you’re looking for!

Our adventure — Norirow, Norico, and Namingway — still has plenty of road ahead.

As long as this warm and gentle Final Fantasy XIV continues, as long as the development team keeps pouring their hearts into building this world — we’ll be here, walking alongside it all.

Whenever you find your way back here, I hope something makes you smile — a quiet little “Fufu” to yourself.

If this log becomes even the smallest spark for someone, somewhere — that’s more than enough.

Thank you, always, for being here.