Afterword

Hello, this is Wataru Watari.

Out in the world, summer vacation is already in full swing. Where’s my break?

So summer vacation is a wonderful season for making lots of memories, but once you’re an adult looking back, memories are not at all limited to special events. A lot of them are just trivial mundane things that stick oddly in your head.

I’m sure it just feels that way because if something happens on a day-to-day basis, it’s labeled as mundane, but to the person who’s living it, it might be something more special. It’s common to downplay the importance of something like a love affair, a personal relationship, or a nice meal, to see it as just one of the common sights of life, but to the person in question, it can be a major, life-changing thing.

And so this time around, I’ve brought to you a collection of short stories.

Now then, speaking of the mundane and the uncommon, the uncommon has become the mundane for me lately. What the heck, why is my life like a light novel now? However, I have not met anyone.

And now, the acknowledgments.

Holy Ponkan8: Hey? Clearly, Miura’s the heroine, okay? This Miura cover I wanted so bad was so cute, it scared me. This one was the best, yet again! You did a great job! Thank you so much.

To my editor, Hoshino: You put so much effort not only into the editing of this book but also into the multimedia-related work, too. This hell march will continue. This death parade will go on and on. And so thank you very much for your efforts.

To everyone involved in the multimedia franchise, including the anime staff and cast: Thanks to you, we’ve made it through the airing of the TV anime. I know I’ve caused a lot of trouble, but I’m really grateful that it came together. Thank you very much.

And to all my readers: Thank you very much for all your great support for all the multimedia works in this series, including the books and TV anime. I’m really glad that your support has enabled us to put it out into the world. From now on, we will continue to build on it bit by bit. I hope you will continue to stick with me.

And around here is where I run out of pages, so here I will lay down my pen.

Right, then. Let’s meet again in Volume 8!

On a certain day in July, in a certain place in Chiba, while preparing to go buy MAX Coffee in the middle of the night,

Wataru Watari