Cute Kunoichis:Volume2 Afterword

Afterword

That was Kunoichis Volume 2.

This is Kamachi Kazuma.

Volume 1 ended with Sugiyado being sent to Abashiri, so this one had to be set in the Hokkaido Area. To emphasize that snowy setting, I made sure it was snowing regardless of season and went on to include a secret date and hot spring as a bit of fanservice.

The enemies were a Shogunate vulnerability inspector and the Stonewalls ninja group in charge of defending New Sapporo Domain.

With the change of setting, I also wanted to change the balance of power and interpersonal relationships, so in addition to the basic ninja vs. ninja battles, I had the temporary domain lord princess use her political power to attack Sugiyado.

In Volume 1, Instructor Sugiyado stopped his students’ incident with brute force, but this time he was the one who broke the rules while running around the Hokkaido Area to repay Murakami Shouzou who helped him out in prison.

Whether or not that was the right thing to do, this just shows that Sugiyado Souha’s teachings were at the base of Ouka and the others’ actions. What they did in Volume 1 may have been the result of him unintentionally infecting them with his sense of justice and duty.

I made the Stonewalls into ninjas who originated as a group of diggers who made mines and tunnels. Their weapons are more about what’s cool than what’s logical. Construction and digging equipment have a unique charm, don’t you think!? So this time I made a group that specializes in that.

I also wanted something in common between Murakami Michihiko and Princess Karin, which you can see in the throwing assistance by placing their basic metal weapon in a tube or using the muzzle like a flute to send orders to the Tsuchigumo.

I came up with the Brown Bears because I wanted a different way to show the series theme of teachers and students.

If you compare Ouka and Ootsumekusa or Sugiyado and Lignum Vitae, you should see how they are similar but also completely different. I thought it would be interesting if the enemies are the same deep down but took the exact opposite path.

I give thanks to my illustrator Tajima Ryuushi-san and to my editors, Miki-san, Nakajima-san, Yamamoto-san, and Mitera-san. I expect the all-white snow scenes were a challenge. Sorry for causing you so much trouble again.

And I give thanks to the readers. Saving cute girls isn’t the only form of justice!! So what did you think of this story of a boy fighting to keep the promise he made to a dying old man? Sugiyado Souha used cutting-edge gadgets, charged onto extreme battlefields, and managed to repay a debt the old-fashioned way. I am praying you can accept his way of lie.

And I will end this here.

Hidden One Oniyuri really does steal the scene whenever she appears, doesn’t she?

-Kamachi Kazuma

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