Afterword

Good evening, this is Wataru Watari.

How are all you readers spending this time, near winter’s end, when the new season is coming? For me: work.

This is nothing new, but ever since I started working, around New Year’s, so many things come at once, and it’s quite miserable, and this time has been no exception. As usual, I am spending every day on nothing but work. I blame everything on the end of the fiscal year and editing. (Can you feel my indignation?)

However, perhaps it’s this sort of flurry that makes life exciting, and each day the richer for it… Kidding! If you can start saying that, you basically pass as a corporate cog! Yay.

Speaking of the mundane, there is a tendency for that word to refer to days with truly nothing out of the ordinary, no ups and downs at all. But I think even without any big incidents or accidents, even just the repetition of similar days can be occupied with all sorts of feelings and dealing with many struggles. For example, even during the day in, day out of work, work, work, you’ll be like I’m gonna knock him out or I’m gonna sock her or I’ve already punched that one. Such a fluctuation of emotions. Every day is a day as a corporate cog.

And during that everyday life, what did he think, how did she feel? What sort of expressions do they have as they remember those days and talk about them?

And so, on that note, this has been My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected, Volume 10.5.

And below, the acknowledgments.

Holy Ponkan : Irohasuuuu. With Iroha on the cover, it’s been like, this volume has been all Irohasu! Irohasu 100 percent! It was the best! Thank you very much, Irohasu.

To my editor, the great Hoshino: C’mon, I can get the next one on time, ga-ha-ha! The Wataru Watari who has said that is dead. Gone. I’ll do a proper job this time! I’m not lying this time! Thank you very much. Ga-ha-ha!

To everyone involved with the media franchise: As always, thank you very much for your help. I’ve continued to cause trouble with the TV anime and other things, and I’m very sorry. I hope you will continue to support me.

To all my readers: I’m very sorry for always making those of you looking forward to the new book wait. I’m making steady progress on the main story as well, so I would be happy if you would watch over me warmly for a while. I would be extremely glad if you would continue to support My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected in the future as well, with the TV anime that’s starting in April, the manga adaptation, and other media.

Now, I’ve used up my page count about here, so I’ll lay down my pen. Next time, let’s meet again in My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected, Volume 11!

On a certain day in February, while drinking the nutritional tonic MAX Coffee, friend of all-nighters,

Wataru Watari