Afterword

Looks like I’ve managed to get Volume 3 completed without incident. May my editor Iwaasa’s dick fall off. Hopefully you’ve all enjoyed it.

I should note, by the way, that a lot of the cast are either out of school or not attending it. I’ve written nothing but books starring groups of students up to now, but even if you set a story in a school without any unique characteristics at all, it still winds up playing a major role in the plot. The schedules the cast keeps are inherently dependent on their classes. If a girl confesses her love to someone on Friday, then there’s gonna be that two-day gap in the weekend to deal with afterward. In Haganai, my last series, there was a period where I could pretty much fill up an entire calendar month with all the events that took place. These people are definitely making the most of their youth, no doubt about it.

Here, meanwhile, I have a lot more leeway with the story events since I’m not beholden to a school schedule. One downside to this, though, is I no longer have class trips, school festivals, and other useful events to decorate the story with. I have to take advantage of the rarity of a non-school setting instead—such is my aim, anyway, and I hope you’ll join me for the ride.

Yomi Hirasaka

Ravishing Silver-Haired Nude Female Novelist

Late October 2015

*Now I’ll answer a few questions I’ve received.

Q Are you modeling your characters after anyone?

A I turned to myself and other real-life authors for inspiration on some of them, but generally, they aren’t related to reality.

Q Are the novels and anime that appear in the story the same as in our world?

A You can assume that anything besides A Sister’s All You Need! that bears the name of a real-life property is identical in content to what you know.

Q Do you have any plans for new characters going forward?

A I’ve got a lot of unique writers, manga artists, editors, and more in mind. You’ll see them when I get to them!

Q Do “Lockdowns” really exist?

A They…mumble.

*Itsuki and the gang play a game called Once Upon a Time in this volume. In real life, however, you aren’t allowed to play multiple cards at the same time. I modified this a bit to keep the story up-tempo, but keep that in mind when you’re playing. (Just don’t tell anyone that I’ve been playing it this way with my writer friends for ages and only discovered my mistake when I asked Hobby Base, the game’s Japanese rights-holder, for permission to use it in the story.)

*The manga version of A Sister’s All You Need., drawn by Idu, will be premiering in the 12/19/2015 issue of Sunday GX. The shocking story concept from Itsuki at the beginning of Volume 1 will be there in its full glory, so I definitely hope you check it out.

Afterword

This is Kantoku, the series illustrator. With a lot of creative pursuits, the longer you’re in the business, the more you start to get prideful about your craft—which, in turn, makes you start cutting corners in your approach. You can’t let that happen! With all the developments here and in Volume 2, this series reminds me of the passion you have to bring to your creativity. I’m going to be the protagonist!

Ashley was on the cover this time, and she acted the same as always in the story—no major new developments with her. In other words, the covers in this series feature all sorts of characters from the overall tale, regardless of what actually happens in the plot… Isn’t it fun?