Afterword: Volume Three, a retrospective.

IZUCHU! I choose you!

It’s Yumizuru again. Give me your energy!

I wanted to make this volume about Houki’s growth as a person and deepening bonds with her friends. I also wanted to give Ichika his second shift. Everyone grew in this volume, even if it was just a little bit. Mentally. Physically. And their IS.

CHOCO’s art was great this time, too! Woohoo! It’s the sea! And also robots! This volume has upgrade packs for everyone, but I remember being worried about how they’d appear. Oh, and since it was the beach volume, the use of swimsuits had me really worried as well. Would someone be lotioning someone else up? Or maybe they’d be splitting a watermelon. But when I saw CHOCO and Arima’s design, I let out a gasp. It was amazing.

Anyway, see you next time in the next volume!

IZUCHU, enough! Come back! Go! MANUSCRIPT!

— Izuru Yumizuru