Afterword

This is the fourth volume of the romantic comedy that continues to push the genre to its absolute limits. Hello again to the readers returning from volume 3. And hello for the first time to those of you who bought all four volumes at once.

At last, the number of heroines has made it into the double digits. It happened just as the number of wives (figures) on my desk has reached the double digits too. This is the fate of an HJ Bunko author! Well, it’s not really fate. It’s just my hobby.

Oh, speaking of figures, I went to Wonder Festival for the first time recently. Wonder Festival, for those of you who don’t know, is basically the figure version of the Comic Market. They let you put up your own figures on display, and man, it was amazing. It was so much fun. There were even cosplayers. I happened to see someone cosplaying the infamous “Nameko App,” and I got to take a picture with them. Whoever you were in the Nameko cosplay, I was the one who said, “My job is actually deeply involved with Nameko...”

And now, acknowledgments and thanks.

A big thank you to Nao Watanuki who drew the character designs for the three new heroines, the items, and the street clothes for the established characters. I love the pose Rekka makes on the cover.

And also to my editor, Nanbu, who I am consistently causing problems for. In the afterword for the last volume, I know I promised that I would get volume 4 done on time, but... sorry. That was a lie.

Also, thank you to Koji Hasegawa, currently doing the manga version for Comic Dangan. I know it’s gotta be harder now that it’s running biweekly, but thank you for doing such high-quality work every chapter.

And lastly, thank you to everyone at Hobby Japan who works so hard, especially in the editing and sales departments. Thank you to the designers. Thank you to the bookstores who put this book on their shelves. And more than anything, thank you to the readers who picked up this book. I’m always grateful to you. I hope you’ll continue reading.

I’m Nao Watanuki, the insert illustrator. Once again I’m here with my terrible handwriting.

Thank you for purchasing this book. Volume 4 introduces Ulaula. She’s the tiniest villain we’ve had so far, but I hope I’ve drawn her to look just as evil as the rest.

There’s lots of pictures of the new heroines in this volume, but I was happy to get the chance to put in a tiny drawing of my favorite character: Chelsea’s little brother. But sadly, nobody got to see Satsuki in a maid outfit... Please accept this chibi drawing instead.

Check out Koji Hasegawa’s webcomic of Too Many Girls too! Messiah looks so cool! And the heroines are all cute! It’s high-quality and worth reading even if you’ve already read the novels. Search for it on the Comic Dangan site.

Thank you to Nameko, and the editors as well. Holidays or not, two months was such a short time...! I’m relieved that I just barely made the deadline, and I look forward to seeing you guys again in the next volume.

Nao Watanuki