Afterword

Afterword

 

IT’S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I’m Kumanano, and thank you so very much for picking up Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, Volume 3 this time. It’s thanks to you all that we’ve been able to successfully publish three volumes.

This volume more or less follows what was posted on Let’s Be Novelists, but many details have been changed, so I think readers from the website will enjoy it, too. Yuna goes to the capital in this volume, which requires a multiday trip and camping on the road. The bear house, which is fully furnished with warm rooms, warm beds, and a bath, plays a key role.

Fina, Noa, and Misa start doing things together, too. They go to see the castle, go shopping, and then get Bear Fan Club membership cards. Though Yuna doesn’t know about the fan club’s existence, I do think I want to write about when she discovers it exists. Maybe it’ll make an appearance in a future story.

My thanks to 029 for listening to me talk about indulgent details like the bear house and the picture book. In addition, including illustrations of Shia and Princess Flora really helped make writing them much easier. Lastly, I would like to thank everyone who helped me create this work. To the proofreader who helped find errors, to my managing editor, and to everyone at the publisher—thank you very much.

 

Kumanano – A certain day in March, 2016