Amagi Brilliant Park - Volume 6 - Chapter Aft

Afterword 

With production on the anime almost finished, I was spending a lot of time vegging out or working on small tasks. The next thing I knew, it had been six months since volume five. I’m sorry! You let your guard down for a second and the irresponsibility overtakes you. It’s really a tricky thing. 
I just fooled around playing games, fell asleep reading complicated books, read Taiga history manga with jaw agape... I was in a really self-indulgent place around the end of December. As a result, when I started this volume, it was really hard to get in the groove! “How do you even write? I forget!” That’s about how I was feeling. It’s like when a pitcher skips practice; you start losing your “stuff” in no time flat. It wasn’t good. I’m very sorry. (Though in fact, I feel like I’ve been in this cycle for close to 20 years now!) 

Now, let’s get to the story. 
Volumes two through five were mainly short stories, so this time, I decided to do a long-form story mainly about Seiya-kun, like the first volume. When he’s the main character, everything gets really serious. It gets tiring to only ever focus on that, so volume seven will be back to short, silly stories, I think. ...And really, that’s the stuff I want to do more of! 
It seems there has been more secret development(?) in the various relationships, but I wonder how it’ll all turn out. I haven’t actually decided yet. Send your requests to Fujimi Shobo! 
By the way, the pirate Ironbeard and the shark Jaw who show up at the start were original characters from episode seven of the anime adaptation. I don’t know if it was a coincidence or not, but Tanaka Masahiko-san, who played Gauron in the Full Metal Panic! anime played Ironbeard, and Miki Shinichiro who played Kurz Weber played Jaw. If you haven’t watched it yet, do it! It’s funny! 
Oh, right. Speaking of the anime, it’s just been a short three months since it ended. I’m relieved that it was so well received. It’s great! Incidentally, the anime develops and ends differently than the books. I was grateful to be able to write situations and lines that I didn’t put into the original story (I actually wrote the script for episode 12). When I was writing volume one, I didn’t really think much about how Latifah really felt, but thanks to Director Takemoto and the rest of the staff, I’ve been able to add a lot of depth. I’m honored and grateful. A lot of things here in volume six also occurred to me while I was working on the anime. When you’re working with a unique setting that has so many characters, there are limits to how many things a single creator can come up with. So I got lots of visuals, sounds, music, and other things from the anime adaptation. What a life! I’d better work hard or I’ll wreak some divine punishment. 

Hmm, I guess I have about two pages left. 
Let me write about my current situation. I bought a PS4 at the end of the year. I like how fast it boots up. I’ve been playing Watch Dogs, GTA5, and Shadow of Mordor. 
Watch Dogs is a sandbox game where the protagonist walks around looking at his smartphone, causing trouble for passersby. It’s hilarious. GTA5 is awesome because the character Trevor is so obsessive. Scooter brothers! Shadow of Mordor is a game based on Lord of the Rings. I use my Celebrimbor stand and slay orcs and climb the ladder. The phrase “Celebrimbor stand” might not mean anything to fans of the books, but it’s really fun, so I recommend it. 
I was playing three games that all have a ton of content, so people are starting to get mad at me: “Stop playing around! Do some work!” and that’s... probably for the best. It’s all in the past (I say, suddenly defiant). 
And then... let’s see. I went to the supermarket yesterday and they were selling sake made from Kubota manju (very rare), but it was 20,000 yen, so I didn’t buy it. I think I’ve gotten a crush on the counter girl at the coffee shop I visit regularly, so I listen in on her conversations and end up not focusing on my manuscript. My desktop PC broke (it’s probably the video card dying) and I can’t work up the energy to fix it, so I’ve just let it sit there for over two months. 
That’s about all there’s been. Really, it’s all pretty pointless stuff. Sorry. 
Anyway, I’m going to work hard on volume seven. ...Well, it’ll be more a series of silly anecdotes, rather than a heavy story I need to work hard on. Bye!