Afterword

This was the eighth volume of our romantic (battle) comedy that’s now had a story span two volumes for the very first time. The term “two-timing” is looking more and more like “twenty-timing.” Hello again to those of you who followed along from volume seven, and greetings to all of you who bought all eight volumes at once.

Like I mentioned before, this was the first two-parter story in this series, but if I’m being perfectly honest, I had no idea whether or not I could save the story at the end of the seventh volume. Thankfully, Rekka managed to do it. As expected of the boy who saw the whole world fall into carnage and chaos! A two-volume story is nothing to him!

Now for my usual thanks. Thank you to Nao Watanuki who had to go through the extra trouble this time of drawing wonderful illustrations for two volumes. I was so glad to see all the heroines that suffered in volume seven smiling happily this time! And to my editor, Nanbu; the manga creator, Koji Hasegawa; the editing and sales departments at HJ Bunko; and all the bookstores and readers who supported the Little Apocalypse series: thank you! I hope you’ll continue reading!

This is the illustrator, Nao Watanuki.

The rough for volume 8 is the backstabbing-yet-admirable subordinate, Eskro. We could really learn a thing or two from his tenacity!

Some of the other images featured Nartessia, who was very easy to design. I was excited to draw her evil smirk. It’s fun being detestable sometimes.

It’d be nice if I could draw that steamed dumpling shaped headpiece again someday.

As our two-parter story comes to a close, I’d like to thank Mr. Nameko, the editors, and the readers. Did anyone notice Pastel in the volume 7 color pages? Let’s meet again in the next volume!

Nao Watanuki

[Yang] Thanks!

[Label] Earring: Belongs to the Margaret clan