Pure romantic comedies were in a slump for a while, but they’re all the rage again! And so I had no choice but to write one that I’d been keeping on the backburner. As you know, it’s all about a girlfriend and her little sister. What? That doesn’t sound like a “pure romance” to you? Well, you couldn’t be more wrong! This love is so pure, it transcends our standard views of morality. Who could possibly label that as anything else?
Actually, my supervisor would strongly object to me saying that. Hi, I’m Riku Misora: the author of Sister Kiss, which I’m reluctantly—very reluctantly—now calling an “impure romantic comedy.”
Still, doesn’t that sound nice? Even if you had a loving girlfriend, who would turn down another girl—who loves you just as much—flirting with you? And if those two girls happened to be best friends, what on earth could be better?
(Yes, I realize how horrible that sounds.)
There are plenty of emotions that can only be expressed in this type of romantic comedy—for instance, the conflicts resulting from the setup or the two heroines battling it out upon learning the truth.
In particular, I put a lot of effort into writing Hiromichi’s struggles to keep everything a secret. With his girlfriend absent, he finds himself with another girl who looks like and adores him just as much as she does. As they exchange sweet words and engage in some rather extreme physical intimacy, his reason and morality gradually deteriorate. Despite realizing the error of his ways, he fails to resist her beauty and the breadth of her love and slowly sinks into degeneracy. I wanted to depict that process like syrup oozing from a bottle.
In any case, I’ve finished setting up the relationships in volume one. As soon as he failed to reject Shigure, Hiromichi plunged himself right into the darkest timeline! Hahaha!
That being said, the second volume can only exist with the support of you readers. That’s why I’m grateful to everyone who bought this book and helped it get to this point. I can continue writing thanks to those who are willing to buy and read any novel, regardless of the genre, and to those “cultured individuals” who are willing to pick up an unorthodox work like Sister Kiss. If you’ve completed this book and now long for a life of depravity with Shigure, please keep an eye out for the next volume!
Now, onto the acknowledgements:
Sabamizore-Sensei, you couldn’t have graced this work with a more fitting cover illustration. Thank you! The way you draw the lips of your female characters is particularly wonderful.
I’m also grateful to the GA editorial department, which was responsible for publishing this project, and to my supervisor. Though our clashing definitions of “pure romance” may tear us apart, I’m nevertheless glad we’re working together!
Finally, I’d like to give my biggest thanks to everyone who read this book. May we meet again in the afterword of the second volume.
-Riku Misora