Afterword
Afterword
IT’S BEEN A WHILE. I’m Kumanano. Thank you for picking up Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear’s tenth volume.
This volume was about Yuna and the others getting to the elves’ village after successfully getting Luimin’s bracelet back. Trouble awaits them in the elves’ village, though. The elves’ precious sacred tree is in a terrible state because of an infection from a parasitic plant. The parasite attracts monsters all around the village. Yuna has to fight in order to save both the village and the sacred tree.
After Yuna gets back from the village, she draws a picture book with Fina and returns to her everyday life. The little girl in the picture book is also slowly finding her happily-ever-after, thanks to the bear. It’d be nice if the girl and Fina are both happy.
In the new stories, Ellelaura and Zelef have come to Crimonia. Tiermina has no idea what to do with them, but Fina does. This story shows just how much Fina has grown. It reminds me of the days when Fina was nervous around the nobles.
The manga version started up this year too, and it’s on sale now. Lots of characters make an appearance, including Deboraney, who gets a pummeling from Yuna; Lanz, who looks up to Deboraney; the practical Rulina; and the muscle, Gil. The guild master and the receptionist Helen show up too. I’m enjoying seeing the characters being fleshed out as drawings with plenty of expressive faces and sides that can’t be shown through writing. The Yuna and Fina that Sergei has drawn are adorable, so I’d be so happy if you were to pick up the manga as well.
I also wrote a new short story just for the manga about Yuna right before she got to the other world. I hope that you enjoy that too.
The first volume of the manga is coming out with the tenth volume of the novel, so I hope you’ll take a look.
Finally, I’d like to thank everyone who strived to get this book out.
Thank you for drawing such wonderful illustrations, 029.
I’m always causing trouble for my editor because of my typos and omissions. And to the many people who were involved in the publishing of Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Volume 10, thank you.
I’m grateful for the readers who have read along thus far.
Well, I hope we can meet again in the eleventh volume.
KUMANANO — ON A DAY IN JULY, 2018