Afterword

Afterword

 

IT’S BEEN A WHILE. I’m Kumanano. Thank you for picking up Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear’s ninth volume. It’s thanks to all of you that the ninth volume is on sale.

 

This volume continues along the lines of the previous one and covers the storyline between the Fahrengrams and the Salbards.

Misa is kidnapped, leaving Yuna enraged. She goes on a giant rampage, not even caring that she’s up against the aristocracy. She shows them just how dangerous it is to make a bear angry. This might be the first time Yuna’s actually gotten angry. It’s in Yuna’s nature not to be interested in others, but she’ll offer a helping hand when anyone asks her for assistance. This time, though, she lets her emotions guide her before she’s even thought about it. Since coming to the other world, Yuna has slowly found things that are precious to her, starting with Fina. She cares about more than a game now—these are real living, breathing people who are dear to her.

I also have written a new story about Lufa, which is something I hadn’t even been able to write about in the web novel. Lufa is a kind woman. She thought that she would die but always held onto a small bit of hope that her father would come home. That hope ceased to exist, but there was a person there to offer her a helping hand. Lufa takes Gran’s hand. He wants her to be happy.

By the time this book goes on sale, the manga version will have started. Writing a novel is a lot of work, but I think drawing a manga is even harder. You have to create the characters from the ground up. You have to make the character designs and decide on the panel splits—I think it must be a lot of work just for one aspect of it. I only have words of gratitude for Sergei.

You can read the manga on the Comic PASH! website for free, so I hope you’ll enjoy the bears in the manga that Sergei has drawn.

Finally, I’d like to thank everyone who strived to get this book out.

Thank you for drawing such wonderful illustrations, 029. The new character, Luimin, is so cute.

I’m always causing trouble for my editor because of my typos and omissions. Also, to the many people who were involved in the publishing of Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Volume 9, thank you.

I’m grateful for the readers who have read along thus far.

Well, I hope we can meet again in the tenth volume.

 

ON A DAY IN MARCH 2018, KUMANANO