Baccano! - Volume 12 - Chapter Aft

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AFTERWORD

Hello, Ryohgo Narita here.

Starting with this volume, we’re finally getting into the 2000 era arc in earnest.

In 2001, the stage was an enclosed, isolated village, so I figured I’d set this volume in a wide-open space and my first reflex was: “Wide-open space… The ocean!” —And here we are.

This volume is a wild dance between characters who seem both new and familiar. Since it’s 2002, I may experiment with this and that, and the atmosphere may be different from the 1930s, but it’s the same old crazy ruckus at heart, and I hope you enjoy it.

And this summer— They finally started airing the Baccano! anime!

After the drama CD and the manga, it finally feels as if it’s truly come as far as it possibly can, and the quality’s so good it makes me glad I’ve kept writing Baccano! this long!

The CDs for the opening and ending themes, a new drama CD, and a 1931 manga with characters who weren’t in the original… Baccano! projects are under way in all sorts of places, even some that are entirely out of my hands. I hope you’ll have fun with them, right along with the original!

In addition, they’re finally making a Baccano! game! And preorders are already open!

It’s a visual novel version of 1931 with multiple endings, made for the Nintendo DS. It has several dozen endings and What if? routes, and it looks like it’s going to be a really solid game. I wrote what works out to more than a hundred book pages of new scenario for the game, too. For more information, visit Dengeki hp!

* Thank-yous follow.

To my supervising editor, Wada (Papio), for whom I caused an astronomical amount of trouble again, as well as Chief Editor Jasmine and Supervising Chief Editor Suzuki, the printer, and everyone in the publishing department. I really am incredibly sorry…

To Reichi Saegusa, Ichiro Sakaki, Makoto Sanda, and Yuu Fujiwara, who cheered me on and gave me all sorts of advice as I wrote. Thank you very much!

To the other friends, acquaintances, and writers who helped me out.

To Katsumi Enami, who designed lots of new characters and expanded the Baccano! world even further.

To Director Omori and the rest of the anime staff and Ginyuu Shijin, who drew the manga version, for boosting my mood.

And to all the readers who still picked up this book, even though it’s set in a different era.