Afterword

Afterword

First off, I’d like to thank everyone who bought this novel. This is my eighth book in total, but I’m doing something a little different this time: I’m publishing it on Shousetsuka ni Narou. Thank you for this opportunity!

The concept behind this story was essentially “boy, I wish I could’ve gone to a school like this.” If full-dive gaming technology ever came out, this is what I think it would be like.

But I’m sure developing this and making it into a game for end users would have such a high unit cost that it wouldn’t possibly be profitable. So instead, companies would collaborate in some way to make a premium product, striving for maximum market penetration. One solution to this problem would naturally be using cyberspace as an educational medium, don’t you think?

In a lot of light novels, schools have some crazy conspiracy going on behind the scenes, or people are oppressed in some way. So I figured, why not just have a school that’s genuinely fun to be a part of?

This is a bit of an experimental project of mine. What you see here is the result of that experimentation:

●        A first-person work. Until now, all of my works have been third-person, so this is new territory.

●        A work about video games. I’ve never written any like this, but I’m actually an online gaming junkie, so I hope it worked out!

●        A pure, fun story. Instead of emphasizing plot structure and such, I emphasized fun above all else.

The latter of which was easier said than done; the author really has to consider how he’s been trained to think. But thanks to that effort, I think I’ve mastered a new kind of pitch. In the end, mastering different pitches helps prolong an athlete’s useful life.

Whether I keep writing this or not depends on sales. But whether or not it sells, I’m glad I tried this out. I plan to continue working with Shousetsuka ni Narou, so I hope you’ll all give my works a look when you get a chance. Maybe I should write a story about robots...

Finally, to my lead editor, N; my lead artist, Hika Akita; and everyone else involved in this, I thank you for your tireless efforts from the bottom of my heart. Everything came out so well, like the illustration of Akira on the cover page. When I first saw it, I just wanted to bow down to you and thank you endlessly. I want to see more illustrations like these. I hope everyone buys this novel so we can work on the next one together!

Now, I think it’s about time I said goodbye. Thanks again!