Afterword

Afterword

 

THANK YOU for picking up Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear’s fifth volume. I couldn’t be happier that we’ve gotten this far.

I wrote this volume between July and August, right in the middle of the hottest season. Naturally, my AC was on full blast while I wrote. I’m not sure if it was because of the heat, but my computer froze several times. I yelled whenever it happened, but I was always careful to save my file, which saved me from being dealt a mortal blow.

Continuing on from the fourth volume, this story is about what happens to Mileela after Yuna slays the kraken. Cliff and Milaine really have their hands busy making the tunnel usable. While those two are working themselves to the bone, Yuna is eating pancakes slathered with tons of honey…and when you think honey, you think bears. The title of this book is Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, but this is the first time we’ve seen actual bears.

We generally think of bears as dangerous creatures. You’ll even hear stories of bears attacking people on the news, but (as you can guess from the series title) the people of this world treat bears kindly. It might be difficult to coexist with bears in reality, but I think it’s fine to have humans living around bears in a story. I’d like Yuna and the bears to be happy.

 

Finally, I’d like to thank everyone who helped publish this book.

Thank you, 029, for always drawing illustrations that are even more astounding than I expect. Yuna and Kumakyu forming a pure white pair on the cover is adorable. Thank you for hearing out all of my requests.

I’m so sorry for causing my editor trouble with so many proofreading errors and corrections. Thank you to the many, many others who were also involved in this book’s production and publication. I’m grateful, too, for the readers who have followed along thus far.

I hope we can meet again in the sixth volume this coming March.

 

KUMANANO – ON A DAY IN NOVEMBER 2016