Thank you very much for picking up this book.
My name is Saeki-san, your author. Have you enjoyed the second collection of short stories in The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten?
With this volume, I was finally able to introduce Koyuki, the housekeeper of the Shiina family. While her name had been brought up several times in the main story, she had yet to make a debut. There simply wasn’t any opportunity for her to appear, unless I decided to introduce her in this way.
Mahiru may have inherited her parents’ looks, but her attitude and way of thinking vastly resembles Koyuki’s instead, a crucial detail from her childhood. Raised by the super-capable mom, Koyuki-san, Mahiru will likely grow up in her image. Probably.
I also had plenty of fun writing side stories where she flirted with Amane-kun, engaged in mental gymnastics to scope out Kadowaki-kun, and depicting her as a de facto member (bride) of the Fujimiya family. The first side story collection featured Itsuki and Chitose heavily, so this time, I focused more on Yuuta, Shihoko and Shuuto. I also wanted to include Ayaka too.
Writing this, I was struck by thoughts such as… Amane looks super dependable through Mahiru’s eyes, doesn’t he…? and… She’s totally crazy about him, isn’t she…? But this was already super obvious in the main story too, so no surprises there!
This volume also features wonderful illustrations drawn by Hanekoto-sensei. She drew a rendition of Alice in Wonderland for the Special Edition Cover, and this is something we wouldn’t see in the main story. Its cuteness had me rolling on the floor! Mahiru looks so gorgeous in a pinafore…as does Amane with his bunny ears.
The regular edition cover is super cute, too… I was all, Am I even allowed to look at her in her pajamas!? She’s still proper, yet there’s a hint of allure about her that’s very appealing. Moreover, I’m greatly looking forward to seeing the Special Edition Booklet, which includes an Illustration Gallery made by Hanekoto. Even though I have the digital images, I still find myself wanting the paper version…!
To wrap things up, I would like to extend my gratitude to everyone who has helped publish this book.
To the chief editor, everyone in the editorial department at GA Bunko, everyone in the sales department, the proofreader, Hanekoto-sensei, the printers, and everyone who currently has this book in hand: Thank you very much.
See you in the next volume. Thank you for reading all the way to the end!
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I hope you enjoyed. Fan translator, Indi writing.
Without further ado, I would like to extend my thanks to Dil for providing the volume’s raw and Bookwalker Short Story; and Trevor, aritakun, Uzumi Kum, and CN2025 for the Animate, Gamers, Melonbooks, Suruga-ya, Toranoana, and Melonbooks 2024 Winter Fair Short Stories.
For the readers in the discord who have waited a whole six months for us to release the EPUB/PDF: yeah…sorry, we tried our best. Total word count: 81,889.
I would like to thank our primary accuracy checker, Zel, for helping me with every and all lines that I couldn’t wrap my head around, and SPACEBAR, Granger, Kine, and SecreFTL for helping with the preliminary translations of the volume! Big thanks also to SoTipsyy, Stem, Dil, and existence is pain for helping to proofread each chapter.
I also extend my greatest gratitude to Doram and bzk, our editors, who have both performed a fantastic job as always.
Do make sure to tell them how much you appreciate the blood, sweat, and tears that they shed for this in our discord server over at discord.gg/otonari, and thank you for reading our fan translation.
Don’t forget to support the series in other ways!
See the Fan Translator Page for the relevant hyperlinks, and please purchase the official English Translation by Yen Press once available in your country. As of this translation, they have English translations up to Volume 6, with Volume 7 set to release June 18th! I hope you will continue to enjoy this series!
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