Mushi Uta:Volume 2nd Afterword

Afterword

Hello, this is Iwai Kyouhei.

This series, ‘Mushi Uta bug’, has successfully reached its second release as well.

It feels like the cast has finally been assembled. Perhaps, you could say that we have reached the turning point.

The story shall now progress gradually towards the conclusion of the people related to the girl known as Hanashiro Mari, and to the beginning of the main series.

Looking through the current volume, it feels like the protagonist was meeting new characters throughout the book. Let’s put aside the voices saying, ‘Oi oi, aren’t you the one who wrote this’.

This could be said to the one of the patterns common to a collection of short stories. However, there is no doubts that this also the result of the full display of the author’s preference of introducing new characters. When one thinks about stories of adolescence, one would naturally imagine encountering a cycle of meetings and departures. Let’s not forget reunions.

In this volume, the theme of “dreams” acts as a magnet, drawing the various characters to one another, and likewise, repelling each other as well.

Furthermore, this magnetism can come in the form of love, duty, title, and birth amongst others.

I wonder what is it that ties you the reader to those around you?

Also.

To Ruroo-sama who has to review the depiction of the characters as they change. I deeply apologize. Please accept your fate of having to team up with such a troublesome writer. Añjali Mudrā.

For the smooth operation of having a serialized series, I dedicate my thanks to Onai-san and Yamaguchi-san for the management of the schedule and their guidance, as well as to the rest of the editorial department for their endless help.

I have also caused great trouble for Ruroo-sama who have drawn for us these illustrations.

Thank you very much. Please continue to look after me in the future as well.

A year has passed since the serialisation of the bug series has begun.

I have also received countless messages from readers who started reading the main series with the serialisation as an impetus. This makes me overjoyed.

I hope to meet you all again in the next volume.

Iwai Kyouhei

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