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“In a Place Like This” — Preface —[edit]

Hey, Kino. Is there really a country here?”

Hermes asked Kino this while he ran.

“Dunno…”

She cocked her head as she replied.

Kino and Hermes were in a desert. The hard-packed white earth stretched from horizon to horizon, as far as the eye could see.

Clouds covered the sky without fail; a single white sheet. A white sky and a white earth. The farther you looked, the blurrier the distinction between the two. In such a blank world stood a lone motorrad.

Kino wore her yellow goggles and a bandana was wrapped around her face. She also had a long, brown coat on, with the excess of the long hem rolled up to her thighs.

“Whaddya mean, Miss Dunno?”

“Actually, I don’t even know why I’m even driving here. It’s strange.”

“I knew it. Well, it’s camel flag around here, I guess.”

“…I think you mean camouflage.”

“Yeah, that’s it! —Nice work.”

“Uhm, but… What is this ‘camouflage’ for?”

“If we go along further, we’ll figure it out.”

As Hermes said these things and made Kino tip her head again, she drove along. The scenery hardly changed, so it became even more doubtful whether they were moving at all. When some time passed in this manner,

“Ah…”

This was what Kino found.

It was a very big sign. Half-buried and slanting in the white desert. There were huge letters inscribed on it—

Kino stopped Hermes before the sign. She let down the kickstand and got off, wobbling over to it,

“Uuugh…”

And at length sunk down to her knees. On the sign was written thus:

“The afterword of Volume X begins here, so best regards.”

‘How can this be?’ Kino muttered as she beat her gloved fists into the white desert.

“‘So this was an afterword! —dammit, that blasted author did it after all!’”

So Hermes yelled enjoyably for and behind Kino. And then it whispered quietly.

“An afterword all of a sudden in the book—it’s within the expectations of many readers, though. This is just one of them.”

“Not only in the last volume but this one, too—how can he do this to a character?!”

Kino became angry, but we’ll ignore that as the afterword begins.

—

Okay, so, the afterword.

As usual, no spoilers. Reading this before the subsequent stories in this book is fine, too.

So now Kino’s gone up to X.

“Volume 10” is just one word, but since the year 2000 when the first volume went on sale, six years have passed. So if you’ve been reading since you were in sixth grade, you’re a high school senior, now. Amazing. As for me, it’s been a plentiful six years of experience and growth, I believe.

In all that time, Kino got a drama CD, an anime, video game, a signing at Entama, an anime movie in theaters, a speech on that stage, a signing in Taiwan, a second game—lots happened.

That a manuscript initially entered into the Dengeki Game Novel Prize came this far is because of the support of all of you, readers.

I am grateful once again as I reach this turning point of a tenth volume. Thank you.

However…I must deliver some very disheartening news.

I’ve started to run out of material for the Kino series.

I’ve been doing my best writing this far, but…I can’t go on any longer.

I can’t think of any more…

Interesting afterwords!

October 2006

Keiichi Sigsawa, the Afterword Author Who Dreams of the Future

P.S. I’ll try my best.

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-Some day, some month, in the year 2001. A phone rang in Keiichi Sigsawa’s apartment.
+==“In a Place Like This” — Preface —==
+Hey, Kino. Is there really a country here?”
-Sigsawa: [pick up the phone] “Hello, who is this?”
+Hermes asked Kino this while he ran.
-Mysterious man: “Is this the Sigsawa residency?”
+“Dunno…”
-Sigsawa: “I don’t deny that, but who are you?”
+She cocked her head as she replied.
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “Sorry for not introducing myself. I am Kino”
+Kino and Hermes were in a desert. The hard-packed white earth stretched from horizon to horizon, as far as the eye could see.
-Sigsawa: “… I don’t get what you mean.”
+Clouds covered the sky without fail; a single white sheet. A white sky and a white earth. The farther you looked, the blurrier the distinction between the two. In such a blank world stood a lone motorrad.
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “I said I am Kino, the same Kino in your novel. Nice to meet you.”
+Kino wore her yellow goggles and a bandana was wrapped around her face. She also had a long, brown coat on, with the excess of the long hem rolled up to her thighs.
+“Whaddya mean, Miss Dunno?”
-Sigsawa: “… sorry but I am going to hang up now.”
+“Actually, I don’t even know why I’m even driving here. It’s strange.”
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “Don’t do that, I hardly got the chance to speak with you! Isn’t that very rude!”
+“I knew it. Well, it’s camel flag around here, I guess.”
-Sigsawa: “Well… sorry but you sound too old to be Kino.”
+“…I think you mean camouflage.”
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “Yes, I am already fifty four years old. I work as a lecturer in a university for economics, I am quite popular
+“Yeah, that’s it! —Nice work.”
-with the students and received a lot of chocolate on valentine.”
-Sigsawa: “I didn’t ask for that! How did you get my number anyway?”
+“Uhm, but… What is this ‘camouflage’ for?”
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “I could still find out even if no one told me, I am Kino after all.”
+“If we go along further, we’ll figure it out.”
-Sigsawa: “… if you are Kino, then where is Hermes?”
+As Hermes said these things and made Kino tip her head again, she drove along. The scenery hardly changed, so it became even more doubtful whether they were moving at all. When some time passed in this manner,
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “I ran into Caesar and Hermes was having a duel with his dog.”
+“Ah…”
-Sigsawa: “… a duel with Hun? How?”
+This was what Kino found.
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “They have been insulting each other for three days and three nights, they say they are going to settle it with a
+It was a very big sign. Half-buried and slanting in the white desert. There were huge letters inscribed on it—
-meter back stroke. Hermes has left for the sea with a pair of diving goggles, but he hasn’t returned yet, he could have been
-swept out to open sea.”
-Sigsawa: “… what about Caesar?”
+Kino stopped Hermes before the sign. She let down the kickstand and got off, wobbling over to it,
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “Someone on the forum said Caesar is pedophilic stalker of Kino, that man has went to get any explanation out of
+“Uuugh…”
-them. It will take sometime cause there is a number of them”
-Sigsawa: “… what about your master?”
+And at length sunk down to her knees. On the sign was written thus:
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “She’s been charged under the Fire Arms Act and is in police custody at Shibuya station. I bet she will escape in no time. She will be more then a match for the police, maybe they will need to mobilize the armed forces.”
+''“The afterword of Volume X begins here, so best regards.”''
-Sigsawa: “… you don’t talk like that in my works”
+‘How can this be?’ Kino muttered as she beat her gloved fists into the white desert.
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “Fu--- you are something.”
+“‘So this was an afterword! —dammit, that blasted author did it after all!’”
-Sigsawa: “What do you mean by that?”
+So Hermes yelled enjoyably for and behind Kino. And then it whispered quietly.
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “Of course I meant ‘For His Safety’ being rejected again. Will it ever be used in a novel?”
+“An afterword all of a sudden in the book—it’s within the expectations of many readers, though. This is just one of them.”
-Sigsawa: “Wait! How did you know that? Only my editor and that spider that I talk to in my room know.”
+“Not only in the last volume but this one, too—how can he do this to a character?!”
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “Because I am Kino.”
+Kino became angry, but we’ll ignore that as the afterword begins.
-Sigsawa: “…”
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “I know a lot about you. For instance, ‘Even a Dog Doesn’t Eat’ was edited from a rejected short story from
+<center><span style="font-size: 200%;">—</span></center>
-book 2. The version of ‘Avenger’ you submitted to Denki Games Novel prize has a scene where I was wounded and lying half-naked for treatment, not to mention sewing up my jacket. My name was taken from a male character from another story, you were worried that the name would fail after the first chapter.”
-Sigsawa: “Wow!”
-Self-proclaimed Kino: “Wow’?”
+Okay, so, the afterword.
-Sigsawa: “Yea! … Wow! I never thought Kino really did exist! You are Kino right?”
+As usual, no spoilers. Reading this before the subsequent stories in this book is fine, too.
-Kino: “I already told you that… Just because you are the author doesn’t mean you have to be suspicious all the time.”
+So now Kino’s gone up to X.
-Sigsawa: “Sorry! I shouldn’t have doubted you… ”
+“Volume 10” is just one word, but since the year 2000 when the first volume went on sale, six years have passed. So if you’ve been reading since you were in sixth grade, you’re a high school senior, now. Amazing. As for me, it’s been a plentiful six years of experience and growth, I believe.
-Kino: “I will be leaving now.”
+In all that time, Kino got a drama CD, an anime, video game, a signing at Entama, an anime movie in theaters, a speech on that stage, a signing in Taiwan, a second game—lots happened.
-Sigsawa: “No wait! Don’t go! Please! Let’s chat a bit more! Tell me which country is the most memorable, please tell me so I can
+That a manuscript initially entered into the Dengeki Game Novel Prize came this far is because of the support of all of you, readers.
-write it down.”
-Kino: “Sadly… my three days are up.”
+I am grateful once again as I reach this turning point of a tenth volume. Thank you.
-Sigsawa: “… please five more minutes!”
+However…I must deliver some very disheartening news.
-Kino: [Loud engine noise]”Come on, Hermes. Let’s go. Goodbye.”
+I’ve started to run out of material for the Kino series.
-Sigsawa: “No wait!”
+I’ve been doing my best writing this far, but…I can’t go on any longer.
-Kino: [Voice getting distance]“Hermes, is that seaweed?”
+I can’t think of any more…
-Sigsawa: “Ah… Wait! Please don’t leave.[tears flowing]”
+Interesting afterwords!
-[Do---Do—Do---]
+October 2006
-Keiichi Sigsawa Jan 2002
+Keiichi Sigsawa, the Afterword Author Who Dreams of the Future
+P.S. I’ll try my best.
+<noinclude>
+{{Navigation
+| Kino no Tabi
+| [[Kino_no_Tabi:Volume10_Chapter4|Chapter 4]]
+| [[Kino_no_Tabi:Volume10_Chapter6|Chapter 6]]
+}}
+</noinclude>

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