Volu 1, Afterword
Sorry, I only just finished proofreading, so I’m a little excited. For those who are here for the first ti: welco. For those military commanders who are saying “First ti? More like my second or third ti. Mwa ha ha!”: go sit down over there and stick out your head. For everyone else: Nothing has changed here. Welco back.
When you get down to it, I’ve been writing the City series for the entire six years since I won the Dengeki Ga Novel Prize, but now I have my first new series (does that make any sense?).
This ti, I suppose you could call it a fairy tale taking place in modern tis. So of the geographic issues and a few of the phenona are completely fictional, so please be understanding.
Anyway, I have the plot complete up to the very end, so I hope it will live up to your expectations as much as possible. Of course, hoping is easy, so I can hope for anything I want (ha ha).
Please continue reading the coming books as well.
Anyway, 2005 is 60 years after World War Two. I first thought up this story during the 80s and I initially thought of it as the story of two generations: a parent and child. However, this really isn’t the era for that kind of story…
I looked into a lot of things and found out my grandfather on my mother’s side worked building battleships at Nittetsu’s Akashi factory which was almost hit in an air-raid. Whenever you co across stories like that it makes history feel so close by.
At any rate, I had a bit of a chat with a friend while looking into that kind of thing.
“Hey, so what did you think of my new series?”
“Well, let’s see… I thought there was a rule saying your heroines had to be blonde with huge breasts.”
“What kind of rule is that, you Titty Prefecture resident? And is that really your first comnt?”
“But it’s always been that way. Just take a look at your criminal record. Out of 15 novels, the blonde rate was 11/15 and the obviously huge breast rate was 4/15. That’s a total batting average of 5.00. Not even major leaguers are that high.”
“Your Honor! I believe there is sophistry in that calculation! May I call him a rotten bastard!?”
“Quiet down. I am justice. Too bad for you.”
“That’s the first ti I’ve ever been told ‘too bad’ by justice…”
“Bear with it. Anyway, you went with a black-haired heroine this ti, hm? It looks like the accused is showing remorse for his past deeds. As such, I judge you innocent and sentence you to death.”
“You’re horrible. And are we really going with this from the very first afterword of the new series?”
“Don’t worry about it. More importantly, how have you been lately? Have you been chasing after any cats?”
“No. I’m not ‘I’, so I don’t chase after them. A black cat cos and goes from the yard of a half-deserted house in my neighborhood. It seems to be soone’s pet, but I recently learned that there are two of them. When I approach, one rolls over to show its belly and the other hisses at . It’s an obvious example of seduction versus anger.”
“Sounds like twin sisters from so sort of ga. The standard thod is to have the hissing girl not actually hate you either.”
“For not actually hating , the look in that cat’s eyes sure was serious.”
“Do your best. If you can shout ‘It doesn’t hurt! It doesn’t hurt!’ while it bites you, any animal will grow attached to you.”
“Did you mix a lot of jokes into that?”
“Don’t worry about it. Anyway, according to the Divine States-World Interaction Theory, the area around my family ho is Morocco.”
“Oh, what’s wrong with Morocco? Don’t worry about being in Morocco. From now on, I’ll call you Morocco. And how about I add ‘detective’ to that? Hm? What do you think, Detective Morocco? I can call you Moroc for short.”
“You will definitely die in so horrible way.”
I would say the sa about him, but what do you think?
Well, it should be sothing like this every ti, so you can look forward to that.
I just finished proofreading while listening to the background music I used while writing this novel. Naly, Jinnouchi Taizou’s “Boku wa Nanika wo Ushinaisou da”. (I cry every ti I hear it.)
“Who exactly will begin it?”
It gives that sort of thought once more.
At any rate, Part B will be out before long. Just wait a bit longer.
March 2003. An early morning of allergies.
-Kawakami Minoru
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