Afterword
HELLO, I’m Mashimesa Emoto! Thank you for picking up the first volume of Fun Magic School Life! This series revolves around Misha, a reincarnated Japanese woman who dreams of becoming a witch—she attends a magic school, only to get wrapped up in all sorts of incidents. I hope you’ll stick along for the ride and watch the various characters go through some entertaining character growth!
I’d been writing this story for two years since November, and though I received several offers, quite a few obstacles prevented me from getting it published. Ultimately, I pleaded with the editor of GC Novels, who helped publish my other series, Expedition Cooking with the Enoch Royal Knights, and managed to get this series officially published.
The moment they handled the series, it got published quickly and smoothly. I’m so grateful… And I was able to deliver this title in the best way possible. I am genuinely elated!
Nitou Akane handled the illustrations for this book. I’m so indebted to this artist; they drew illustrations for Isekai de Café wo Kaiten Shimashita (published by AlphaPolis), and “Ou no Saien” no Kishi to, “Yasai” no Ojou-sama (published by Hobby Japan). This is my third time working with them, and once again, they do not disappoint with their beautiful, lovely illustrations!
Misha is portrayed as a lively, energetic girl; Vil is drawn as an incredibly beautiful man; and last, but certainly not least, Gem the jewel slime is drawn impeccably, true to its name as a beautiful jewel. The other characters are drawn splendidly, too. I feel absolutely blessed to see my characters portrayed this way!
This series will also receive a manga version! Misha and Gem will tackle the world in the manga as well—I truly look forward to seeing them there!
While I don’t have any particular updates, this August marks my tenth anniversary since I debuted as an author. I’d love to write a fantastic series to commemorate this occasion. Luckily for me, I’ve got plenty of ideas and stuff I’d like to write about. I’ve never had writer’s block in the past decade.
Looking back, this decade went by so quickly… It was jam-packed with so many events, and I’ve been supported by so many amazing readers like you. I would’ve never been able to make it through the past decade alone.
I’d love to repay this favor to you all by writing even better and more interesting stories. I hope to continue writing stories you can enjoy and burst out laughing at!
I wish nothing but the best of health to each and every one of you. Truly, that would make me happiest. And as I go on to welcome my eleventh year as an author, I’d appreciate it if you would continue to support me, Mashimesa Emoto, as an author.