Editing Masou Gakuen HxH:Volume 8 Afterword

The eight volume of [Masou Gakuen HxH]! A new beginning of development that betray all imagination. Things that were a puzzle until now became clear one after another. And then, a battle against formidable enemies in a different league compared to everything until now! Thinking normally, they are opponents that Kizuna and the others really cannot stand against. The enemy is exactly god! But, how to overcome this, how will they fight? That will be the thing to not miss from here on.

This volume is still the prologue of that. The fight against Deus ex Machina will increase in extremity even more from here on. And then the people of Lemuria and Vatlantis, Izgard, Baldein, fighting together, joining hands with each other, I want you all to please look at their figures standing against destiny!

This eighth volume is like that, but this time I went through a large scale revision after a long time. I had fun too much writing the beginning part of the ordinary days……when I noticed I had written more than 150 pages. That character and this character, going ‘kya kya’ ‘ufufu’ continuing in supreme bliss. Awesome, [Masou Gakuen HxH] looks like school story somehow! Wait, this is not a school story! Anyway I super had fun and my hand couldn’t stop!

As expected what am I doing spending more than half the book on something like this? I took back my sanity and performed a large scale deletion, like the machine god erasing the world I sent the data to my data storage. Together with those are several ero-ero scene that vanished like morning dew, like Sylvia’s or Ragrus’s……haa, perhaps it will be revived somewhere someday.

Speaking of manuscript’s revision, I made that as the material for the afterword of the first volume, but recently I was asked regarding that quite much. It was already something about two years ago, but there are also quite many people who began to read only recently, so for those people this material is like a recent topic. That was the moment that I felt for real how the information written in the book surpassed time. But, the essential subject was about the point of how the manuscript was too erotic and it got rejected, so actually this is really not a place where I can act cool (lol)

But, at that time it wasn’t really strange even if the manuscript got dropped, rather normally it would be dropped, that was the kind of situation it was. Thanks to over enthusiastically writing erotic novels there was no time left, but I persevered to revise until the very last minute to make it better even just for a little. That I could make it in time safely to the release date was thanks to my editor in charge O-san. At that time it felt like a chicken race with O-san every day and every night. I sent mail at near dawn, I thought that no way a reply would come today and slept, but when I discovered the fact in the next morning that there was a reply mail some ten minutes later after I sent the mail, that sense of defeat. On the contrary, when I received a mail that said I’m at my limit already today, I’m going to sleep, that incomprehensible sense of victory that today it’s my win. I’m going to get scolded by O-san if I write anything more so let’s keep the rest a secret.

As expected, being taught by people, being helped, and becoming able to arrive at my present point, I earnestly feel it from all that. Not to mention O-san, the head editor at that time M-san also taught me various things, even the words of a certain senior author-san when I debuted that said “There will be many things happen doing this work, but anyway if you just continue to write then you will make it somehow”, it became a support of my heart.

I was allowed to attend the arrangement of the scenario and I also wrote the scenario for the sixth and ninth episode! I had wrote the scenario of the drama CD but, that was the first time for TV anime’s scenario, it was a really interesting fresh experience! I was properly praised by the supervisor that organize the series you know! I want to think that’s not just a flattery! (lol) I want to do the scenario work from now on too!

The new work has no direct connection with Masou, it really is a new series! It seems similar with other works but it’s completely different, it’s typical of Kuji Masamune, with a little peculiar hair color, and then expect that it will become an eros work!

Then next is the thanks. Thank you very much for the usual charming illustration and character design! Hisasi-san! And then Kurogin-san of the mecha design. My editor in charge O-san of Sneaker editing department. And then all of you readers who always give your support. Really thank you very much!

Kizuna: Wa, wait Himekawa! This is a '''mission''' so it cannot be helped!

Yurishia: Next will be '''me.''' I went through '''long absence''' already so '''prepare''' yourself☆