Afterword

It’s been a while. I’m Koushi Tachibana. For those of you who bought all three volumes to binge-read, it’s nice to meet you. I’m Koushi Fitzgerald Tachibana.

I’ve brought you Date A Live: Killer Kurumi. The structure is a bit different from the previous volumes. What did you think? I hope you enjoyed it.

By the way, the kanji characters for Kurumi are not read Kyouzou. That would clearly be extremely un-cute.

An announcement. Of all things, Date A Live is in the process of being made into an anime! That happened fast, huh? We’re still only on Volume 3. The cougar’s surprised, too.

I’d appreciate it if you could wait a little longer for a subsequent announcement of the details. Or rather, as I write this, I only heard about it two days ago, and I’m still in shock.

Hmm… An anime, huh? Just three years ago, I was an amateur, so this is a strange feeling. But now that I’m thinking about it, if I count from Blue Sky Karma, this would be my tenth book. That’s a nice, neat number. It feels wonderful.

That I could have such important news is truly thanks to Tsunako, who always draws such magnificent illustrations for me; my editor, who sweats blood every volume; everyone on the publishing side; and everyone who has picked the books up.

Rather than get carried away, I would like to further polish my game. I do hope you’ll continue to join me on this journey.

Now then, I’m sure all of you reading know this, but the cliffhanger to the next volume is more serious than usual this time.

And next time, for Date A Live, Vol. 4, a certain character will be on the cover at long last. I’ll keep this a little vague for those of you who have not yet read the main text.

I pray that we will meet again.

Koushi Tachibana