Maria-sama ga Miteru:Volume28 Postscript
Afterword[edit]
Hello, this is Konno.
This book is a compilation of the 'Maria-sama ga Miteru' works published in the Cobalt magazine from 2005 until the middle of the current year (2007). Up to now there have been two such books released, so it might intuitively be called "Variety Gifts' Sequel's Sequel," or "Variety Gifts 3."
Enumerating the magazine volumes, "The Awkward Princess' was published in the April 2005 edition and "The Greenhouse Fairy" in August. Moving on to 2006, "Three-Leaf Clover" was in February, "The Yellow Thread" in April, "The Doppelganger Story" in August and "Sprouts in Dry Wood" in December. And "April Deja-Vu" was published in April 2007. Adding the new pieces "Bouton of Light" and "A Roll of Film" brings the number of stories to 9. The requisite story that ties them all together brings the number to 10. Compared to the number of stories in "Variety Gifts" and "In Library," that's a lot.
At any rate, this volume's keyword is "photograph." The stories relate in various ways, ranging from the central part it plays in "The Doppelganger Story" to the brief mention in "The Yellow Thread." As for the title, "Frame of Mind," I wanted to use the word frame because of the photograph connection, and since the other titles were all written in katakana it was settled. Literally, it would be a snapshot of your mind. Of your thoughts and feelings.
Incidentally, in the previous volume, "In Search of You," Yumi and Touko were getting along nicely, so I apologize to everyone who had expectations for this volume. The events of "Frame of Mind 1-10" all take place on a day between the Valentine's Day event and the winner's dates. Chronologically, this all occurs somewhere within "In Search of You." On top of that, it's the binding story. There's no way to fit everything about the soeurs. Well, those kind of drastic changes are fine from time to time, right?
Ah – with those ramblings, it looks like I've used up all the pages allotted to the afterword (I'm running late, so I wonder if I've forgotten something?)
I have a plan for the next short story to publish in the magazine, but as for the next volume's keyword I can't think of it at all … I guess I'm either taking things too easily or going too fast.
Konno Oyuki.
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