Afterword

Afterword

 

OKAY, I JUST DECIDED: If this was Shounen Ashibe, Adachi would be Goma-chan. Now read the rest of the series imagining a tiny Adachi tucked under Shimamura’s arm.

Honestly, Goma-chan’s still really cute after all these years, so I totally understand how Sakata feels.

Now that I think about it, which one of these girls is the protagonist?

Ahem! Hello there, Iruma here. No relation to Iruma City, though. Sorry if you were hoping I was the town mascot or something.

Lately I’ve been playing a lot of Minecraft for the Xbox 360. Right now I’m thinking about crafting a giant statue of a girl wrapped up in a futon—say, who does that remind you of?—so I’ve been collecting a lot of blue and purple wool. This game is great—it lets you explore underground ravines, seafloor caves, all the sorts of places adventurers dream of. (Though, I admit the graphics made me motion sick at first.)

Also, completely unrelated, but I’ve been getting back into Nier lately, and I finally realized that Yonah’s voice actress also voiced Touwa Meme. Crazy, right? Not sure what the connection is there… They’re both little sisters, I guess!

I’d like to thank my father—a delusional man who thinks my “autobiographical essays” will make him famous, something I’m not sure is possible considering I haven’t written any. I’d also like to thank my mother—a kindhearted woman who yells at her kindhearted son, “Don’t you dare write about me!”

To my readers: thank you for sticking around for Volume 2. Not sure if there will be a Volume 3, but if so, I hope to see you there.

 

—Hitoma Iruma