Cooking with Wild Game (LN) - Volume 25 - Chapter Aft

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Afterword

Thank you so much for picking up this book, the twenty-fifth volume of Cooking with Wild Game.

Yes, we’ve finally arrived at volume twenty-five. I know I say this every time, but it is thanks to all of you that I was able to make it this far, so I’d like to thank you from the depths of my heart.

As a reader, I personally prefer longer series, so I’ve been really satisfied with how much of this I’ve been able to write. Both long and short stories have their charms, but I particularly enjoy the shifting and intersecting relationships you see in massive series.

There are a huge number of characters in this series, but the setting hardly changes at all, which feels kind of odd to me. Despite the huge amount I’ve written so far, we’ve only left the main setting once, for the trip to Dabagg. Honestly, I find that a bit astounding. Still, Asuta is going to continue putting down roots in Genos from here on out, forming and deepening bonds with all sorts of people, so I hope you’ll all keep on watching him.

In order to change things up a bit despite the fixed setting, this volume features the start of the rainy season. Genos doesn’t experience four seasons, so this is the one and only climate shift that occurs there. In this first part, something rather serious happens to Asuta, and I hope you’ll be looking forward to seeing everything play out, that included.

The intermezzo story this time around is also set during the rainy season, and it stars Yun Sudra. When it comes to bonus stories, I generally try to center them around characters who don’t shine enough in the main story, but I feel like Yun Sudra and Toor Deen show up quite a bit. I used to think the same thing about Lala Ruu, but I admit I’ve been neglecting her recently. I’m fond of all of my characters, though, so I hope you’ll enjoy Yun Sudra’s charms and inner thoughts from a perspective you don’t get to see in the main story.

As for the Group Performance stories, they focus on Kukuluel and Chiffon Chel. Kukuluel has only had a single brief appearance in a minor role so far, so I’m a bit worried about whether all of you will even remember him. At any rate, I wanted to show how Genos had changed from the point of view of a character who has almost no connection to Asuta.

Chiffon Chel’s story, on the other hand, covers her whole life thus far, similar to the ones that focused on Tei Suun and Reina. The Group Performances are just like that sometimes. I feel like this kind of story creates a totally different sense of immersion compared to the main tale, so I hope that you will all be able to enjoy it.

Now then, I believe I’ve more or less covered the contents of this volume, but I still have a couple pages to spare. Since afterwords are printed on the extra pages that always end up being there because of how books are bound, sometimes I end up not being able to write everything I want to, and sometimes I actually run out of things to say.

So for a bit of amusement, I decided to throw together a quiz.

This series has a huge number of characters, but there are quite a few forgotten ones who were unfortunate enough to never have another chance to appear again after their parts of the story were done. Who exactly are the following characters?

1: Malotta

2: Jimon

3: Zylus

Anyone who remembers all of them clearly has a far better memory than me, the author. When I went through the roster of my precious characters, I couldn’t remember any of them.

By the way, Malotta was from volume seventeen, Jimon volume twelve, and Zylus volume thirteen. I’ve considered having Zylus show up again, but that still hasn’t happened yet. Still, there is a chance that you’ll see him again someday if the right inspiration strikes me.

At any rate, it looks like I’ve managed to fill up all the pages I needed to now.

Thank you for playing along with that pointless diversion.

And finally, I want to thank everyone involved with the production of this book, and of course, all of you who purchased it.