Afterword

Afterword

 

AND SO ENDS the third book about Saeki-senpai. Technically, that means the series is complete.

I had to write a little beyond the original story, so I was somewhat nervous. I felt a little bit like Is it really okay for me to write something like that?, but I still worked as hard as I could to try writing it. I hope you were able to enjoy it.

Nakatani-san chose the name of Edamoto Haru-san, who appears in the book. I’m terrible at choosing names… When I can’t think of one, I end up writing the story without giving them a name at all…

My overall impression of participating in this project is: wow, how strange. Of course, since I was depicting a character that didn’t appear in the manga based on very basic information, I naturally had to come up with everything myself, so…I feel like there’s something about her that’s a little different from the manga’s atmosphere. Though I was trying my best to describe her as a regular character, somehow my own idiosyncrasies ended up sneaking in anyway. Yes, individual sensibilities really are ambiguous and strange, but they definitely exist. That’s what I learned from working on this project.

Also, I started naming the chapter titles based on the original work starting from volume two. What did you think? Did they seem to resemble the original? I love thinking of chapter titles. It’s probably the most fun for me when it comes to writing a novel. Actually, I’d prefer to just write chapter titles and call it a day. But of course I can’t do that.

At any rate…

We were only able to release the novelizations to their conclusion because of everyone who bought them.

Thank you very much.

—Hitoma Iruma