Ha-ha-ha! So you fools thought this was a side story? Well, it was actually part of the main story! …I mean, I started it with every intention of producing a side story, but Sister has always been at least somewhat grounded in reality, and even in a side story, I didn’t want a major plot point to be too far unhinged from it. Still, though, a humanities grad like me can’t really predict what the world will be like in ten years, and I don’t even know if the light novel industry will still exist then, so this is how I ended it. Just like Chihiro said, I don’t think anyone knows what the future will bring, but maybe this really is the kind of tale awaiting Sora and Yuu in the future.
And so A Sister’s All You Need. comes to its real, true, honest end. I pray that the futures of everyone who read this to the end is as happy as possible, but even more than that, I want to be happy. I wanna get married, dammit!!!
As for my next series, following the survey we held in Volume 13, Yuri Before the Deadline was the most popular pick. That was the only proposal that shared a setting with Sister and featured Miyako as a character, so I should’ve seen it coming, but like I mentioned in Afterword Part 1, I’ve posted a bit of a preview on Kakuyomu and it should go on sale within 2020.
The second most popular proposal was We All Failed. I’m far removed from my own college exam-taking period by now and I know the system keeps making tiny changes from year to year. Just the other day, the government announced they’d introduce essay questions to the common entrance exam, only to basically say “never mind” just a bit later; it’s ridiculous. The more I look into this premise, the less suitable it seems for a long light novel series, but I’m still considering how I can make it happen.
The other three proposals (except for Gourmand Princess) were all about equally as popular, and all are still under consideration. I guess nobody wants to see me tackle the fantasy genre, huh? That’s all the more reason why I could try it anyway. It’s wholly possible.
So I still have no idea what the future will bring, but I sincerely hope that your future and mine intertwine once more in the form of my newest work. I’m sure we’ll see each other soon enough.
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Yomi Hirasaka
January 2020