Afterword
It’s done! Ten whole volumes completed!!
This was only possible because of the support and encouragement from readers like you. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
The plot of this series is going to start picking up the pace even more. I hope that you continue to support it going forward.
So, with that out of the way... Hello again! Seiichi Takayama here. It’s been a while. Good to see you again.
...Crap, I’m already completely out of stuff to write here. (Sweating.) Uh, Happy New Year? It’s going to be all the way in March by the time this book hits the shelves, though, so that doesn’t seem right.
The thing is, when you live out in a rural area, nothing interesting ever happens, really. At least, not interesting enough to put into the afterword of a book.
Oh, wait! That’s right, there is one thing.
I live in Nagasaki Prefecture now, and the other day, there was a heavy snowfall that apparently broke all historical records for the area.
That said, it was only 15 centimeters or so.
I grew up in a place where snow piling up a whole meter deep isn’t all that rare in the winter. So despite it being big local news, for me it didn’t even feel like enough snow. It melted away in only one day, too. I was all, “Come on, that was nothing!”
But!
The kids at my daughter’s elementary school, they were going nuts about it. This was a lifetime first for them.
I heard that some of the other schools in the region even had temporary closings.
In my neighborhood they were broadcasting this announcement in the street for everyone to hear: “There have been several incidents of pipes and water mains rupturing, so please exercise caution.”
The supermarkets got flooded with people rushing in to buy up essentials, and Twitter was full of pictures of empty shelves.
I’m sure that it must have been a difficult situation for everyone, considering they’re so unused to snow.
I mean, I do understand that, you know? It’s just...
I just can’t help thinking: All that over 15 centimeters?
Man, that experience really made me understand just how vastly different the experience of snowy weather is for people in different parts of Japan.
My daughter and I were the odd ones out, completely unable to relate to the mood of everyone around us.
All right, I managed to get through the page requirement for the afterword, so now I’ll move on to the last part.
To my editor, U-sama.
The manuscript and other things ended up being delayed, and I am truly sorry for that.
To Yukisan-sensei, thank you so much for the many beautiful and cute illustrations.
My sincere thanks goes out to the many people involved in the production of this volume, who helped make it happen.
Most of all, to you readers who are holding this book in your hands right now, I offer you my deepest gratitude.
With that, I leave you with the wish that we might see each other again, in volume 11.
Seiichi Takayama
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