Afterword

Greetings to both new readers and those of you who’ve followed me from my last series. It’s me, Namekojirushi.

For this work, I’ve decided to write something different than I usually do. It’s similar to the “shibari” or “challenge run” play style you see sometimes in action games and RPGs, where you try to beat the game without using healing or powerful items. I don’t mean that I’m physically tying myself up when I write it. A few seconds after I wrote that, I said, “Ouch,” and stared at the screen.

While this afterword might not be off to the best start, we’ve got a little more to go. Put simply, this is a story where the hero and a girl from the future work together to resolve a giant super-dimensional catfight involving childhood friends, princesses, country girls, mages, aliens, people from the future, psychics, people from other worlds, et cetera, et cetera.

That’s a bit of an exaggeration, but if you’ve read the book already you should understand what I’m saying, right? If you haven’t, try to guess which parts of that I made up. Then, head right to the cash register to buy the book.

Huh? I thought I was almost done, but I’m not. I guess I have fill up two pages with this afterword. Last time it was only one page. That’s double! Double! Since the work I have to do is now doubled (for emphasis), I’d like to move on to thank yous and apologies.

Thanks to Mr. Nanbu, who gave me valuable encouragement while I was putting together the plot. You can treat me a little harsher, you know? I don’t mean in an S&M kind of way; I mean during our meetings.

Thanks to Nao Watanuki, who understood exactly what I was trying to get at with my rather awkward prose, and even drew in backgrounds to fill in all the details. You even designed the clothing and the props and all the other stuff, and I practically forced you to do most of the work. I can’t sleep with my feet facing you anymore. I should be praying to you five times a day.

And thanks to my friend F, who helped me come up with the names, as well as those who offered encouragement and advice while I was writing my next work.

And lastly, thank you so much to the reader, who picked up this book. If there’s another volume, I’ll do my best on it, so I hope to see you there.

Illustrator’s Note:

Thanks for taking the time to read this. I’m Nao Watanuki. This is my first job doing art for HJ Bunko. My favorites are the cute little Harissa and the Warp Watch. I hope that I’ve managed to bring out some of the charm of the characters, and it would make me very happy if you found a character you liked.

Lastly, thanks to Mr. Nameko and the editors.

Nao Watanuki

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