Afterword
NUKUMIZU-KUN AND THE GANG ARE FINALLY second-years. With a new, adorable addition added to the mix, it’s anybody’s guess what shenanigans await!
I once again find myself begging the forgiveness of Imigimuru-sensei and my editor, Iwaasa. I continue to make trouble for them. Still ongoing, I’m afraid. How much easier things could have been had I finished my draft earlier… Hindsight.
Anyway, the anime should be airing around the time this volume comes out in Japan, and what an incredible work it is. Genuinely, words cannot do justice to the emotions I feel seeing the stories I wrote on a used, twenty-thousand-yen laptop come to life for all the world to see. It’s all thanks to my loyal readers and the efforts of some of the best talent I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with.
Still using that same laptop, for the record. Made in Japan, baby.
I actually attended the early development meetings, and I’ve gotta say, it was awfully surreal being some random amateur in a room of professionals. I really do wonder just how annoying my presence must have been, but everybody was receptive, and it was clear to me that they have the utmost respect for the material they’re adapting. And wouldn’t you know it, they made something incredible despite having to babysit the author. I’m thankful beyond words.
So I actually have a confession to make. It begins with a dream I had, back before I won that contest all those years ago. At the time, a rom-com manga I was obsessed with happened to get an anime adaptation. A great one. And I thought to myself, “Wow, I’d love to work with these guys on my own adaptation.”
And those very people are now working on the Losing Heroines anime. Yes, really. I don’t know how, but it happened. My current working theory is I killed a demon king or something in my past life. All my friends agree. “Amamori would,” they say.
In any case, that’s where all my good karma went. I’ll probably be a water flea in my next life, and that’s okay.
Even once the anime is over, there’s still more to come! BDs, events, et cetera. We’re only just getting started! Man, that feels good to say.