Thanks for reading.
I was trying on glasses the other day, and the clerk told me that it’s fashionable to wear them a little low on your face. So I pushed them all the way to the end of my nose, and in return, I got a pained smile and the comment that there are limits as to how low. That’s me, Gotouge.
Did you enjoy the book?
This is the first time I’ve gotten to draw illustrations for a book, and I was both excited and nervous about it.
I hope you’ve upped your immune-system strength with all this reading fun, so you can enjoy your days free of colds—healthy and happy.
I love Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. I really love it. I love it so much I worry a little about myself. I honestly adore it.
So when I was approached about novelizing the series, I was over the moon, shrieking to myself. (Naturally, a high-pitched, annoying nasal whine.)
Koyoharu Gotouge, thank you so, so very much for taking the time when you were so busy with the series and anime adaptation to make your diligent checks of the manuscript, your incredibly powerful illustrations, and the cover that I can only describe as wonderful.
When you told me Master Jigoro’s name, I was so delighted that I fell prostrate before my computer.
I love the world that you draw. I love all of these characters who never give in to overwhelming absurdity, who are always looking forward, no matter how many times their hearts and spirits are broken, earnestly fighting for what they believe in!
To my editors Rokugou and Nakamoto, everyone in the j-Books editorial department who has worked to develop my career since my debut, Jump editor Takano, Shiotani from Naht in charge of the proofreading, all the many people who were involved with making this book who helped in so many ways, and all of you who picked up this book, I want to send you my deepest gratitude from the bottom of my heart.
Let’s feast on how things are heating up in the main series while we wait together for the anime to start in April!