Sasaki and Peeps - Volume 8 - Chapter Aft

Afterword

It’s good to see you again. This is Buncololi.

Until now, I’d been releasing one volume of this series in spring and one in autumn, but this book ended up with a slightly irregular winter printing. The reason was to line up with the TV anime broadcast.

As I’m writing this, the show hasn’t yet begun, but I’m sure you will all enjoy it.

I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to all those striving to make the anime adaptation a success—first and foremost, director Mirai Minato. I consider it a great honor to be able to work with you all on this precious, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Because of this, the next book, Volume 9, is scheduled to release next summer. From there, new volumes will be printed each winter and summer. I would be incredibly grateful if you kept that in mind.

Now then, regarding the contents of Volume 8, I decided to make it something of a romantic comedy set at the neighbor’s new school, which hasn’t had much exposure in the past. There have also been some new developments with the magical girls, who have been in the wings ever since Volume 1.

In the future, I would like to keep expanding on the characters like this.

Kantoku helped immensely with this book’s production, working on many new designs—both for the new characters and for the school uniforms and field trip outfits. I’m full of gratitude for all of his hard work.

I’m especially delighted with Futarishizuka in her new “female teacher” outfit. She never exposes much skin in her kimono, so seeing her in a suit throughout the book, particularly in the cover illustration, has filled me with more affection than I can express in words.

And now I would like to give a few acknowledgments. First, I thank everyone who has continued to read the series so far. Enjoying Kantoku’s beautiful illustrations along with all of you is my biggest motivating factor as I continue this story.

I’d also like to express my heartfelt gratitude for the incredible support I received during the anime production period—my chief editors O and S (not to be confused with the S in my Nishino series), and the entire editing staff at MF Bunko J. Despite having an anime adaptation in the works, I was always shocked at how immediate and kind their replies to my messages were.

Additionally, I’d like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for their incredible support, including the salespeople, the proofreaders, the designers, the voice actors and actresses, bookstores and other stores both in Japan and elsewhere, everyone involved in the anime adaptation, Silver Link., and On-Lead.

This has been Sasaki and Peeps, published by Kadokawa and MF Bunko J, originally posted on Kakuyomu. I look forward to your continued support of this series.

(Buncololi)