Postscript

Kurone Kanzaki, the author, here. Thank you so much for picking up volume 4. I know it took SO long, but I’m so relieved to be able to bring you a new chapter in the story. Jeez, did that take a long time. No one’s read this new chapter anywhere else, so I’m a little anxious to hear what you think of it.

Life has been pretty crazy for me while I was working on this volume. What with the anime, the collabs with Avabel Online, Altair’s Chronicles, Go Go Curry, and a stamp rally...

This will be a summer I will never forget, for sure. On another note, I’ve always thought of summer as a fun, yet bittersweet season. The first thing that always comes to my mind when I hear ‘summer’ are the memories of summer vacation in grade school. That indescribable sense of freedom, the dreading of homework, the neighborhood festivals, catching bugs on hikes, family camping trips, watching fireworks, chilling watermelon in the well, the morning exercise routine on the radio... You would think that penniless grade-schoolers shouldn’t have been able to have that much fun, but all of those scenes seem so bright in my memory. The thought crosses my mind that, even if I did those same activities now, it just wouldn’t be the same. Seasons and moments that pass never return to us. But this particular summer, however, will always shimmer brightly in my mind. Even when I’m an old geezer. I can only hope that when you remember this first summer of the Reiwa era, you’ll find this story somewhere in your memory.

I think I’ve rambled long enough. See you at the end of volume 5!

By the time this volume comes out, I believe the anime should be wrapping up too. We hope you’ll enjoy both mediums to the end.