Afterword

Overlap novel readers, my beloved maniacs who are fans of Chiyomaru Studio, members of the Committee of 300, lovers of urban legends, people who believe in the occult, people who don’t, people who are cursed, people who can see things that aren’t really there, and ghosts who are actually already dead, thank you for reading! Just before I wrote this afterword, I took a shower while imagining occult things. On my way back, I thought I heard a noise from the hallway, but it turned out to be nothing.

Many lives were lost in the second volume of this book.

But what is “death”? The reason everyone thinks about this is that the death rate is 100%. It’s a truth that’s coming someday, and you can’t avoid it.

There’s differing opinions about the afterlife, but there are two types of people in general: those who believe that after death, there’s nothing, and those who believe that a world awaits after death.

So now it’s time for a personality analysis!

If you chose the former, you’re a self-proclaimed scientific believer with a strong heart, like Sarai and Gamota. When you see people who claim to be able to see ghosts, you say to yourself, “They just want attention.” But you actually fear death more than those in the second group, and you have a tendency to fear dying alone more than they do.

Also, this type tends to lack in communication skills, and not have many friends. For some reason you don’t believe in ghosts, but you’ll happily tell everyone about your belief in aliens. In addition, you don’t like taking the long route, and your favorite season is winter.

If you chose the latter, you’re more like Myu-Pom and Toko, people who hate being alone. You always try to look on the bright side of things, and if you find someone else who feels the same way, you can become friends quickly. You’re interested in many things, and you try your best to help your friends with their problems. You do your best to help others, but your room is always filthy, and you always tell yourself you’ll clean it tomorrow. People in this type are easily deceived by shady cults and brainwashed.

Your hobby is traveling. You like variety programs. Your favorite season is summer.

How did I do? Anyway, back to the story.

In the last scene, the hero was confronted with an amazing truth.

Since it’s the afterword, I can write without worrying about story spoilers. So in the second volume, the hero dies, lol. In that scene, Gamota finds his own name on the encoded list of victims from Dr. Hashigami’s ceiling, and at the same time hears his name called on the TV.

If that ever happened in real life it would be shocking, huh? If it happened to you, could you accept that you were dead? Your body still feels fine, if you pinch your cheek it hurts, and you get hungry, etc...

I wouldn’t believe it. “No, wait. This has to be some kind of mistake, lol.” And then I’d try to find all kinds of proof that I was alive. If I looked over on the family altar and saw my own photo next to the picture of my dad, I’d think somebody was playing a prank. Anyway, now that this has happened to Yuta Gamon, what will he do? He might not do what I would do, you know! Yuta Gamon is special. He’s been chosen! He might admit the reality of his death, and use it to do whatever he wanted as a ghost! Maybe he could make a harem for himself like you see often in light novels! That might actually improve sales! (lol) Anyway, look forward to Volume 3 to find out.

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Chiyomaru Shikura