First, thank you for picking up this book. My name is Enoshima Suzu.
This new volume of Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte (TsunLiese for short) comes after three years and four months. It’s been a while. The thought that this series, which ended cleanly without any loose ends, would receive a new installment would normally be absurd. To be honest, I was surprised too. I think it’s thanks to the TsunLiese anime adaptation (slated to begin January 2023), and most of all, the support from the readers. Thank you.
This book was mainly supposed to be a compilation of the short stories released as store bonuses, but this and that happened, and strangely enough, about two thirds of it ended up being freshly written content.
Allow me to explain the “this and that.” The main story of TsunLiese was finished in two volumes, but in hindsight (I had three years and four months to think about it, after all), there were parts I felt were incomplete. “What exactly was the meaning of this foreshadowing? Isn’t this part skipping ahead too much? What happened to this character after the story ended?” I’m sure some of you have had these questions, and I was overrun with thoughts of, I want to answer those questions! I want to write about this and that! As a result, I wound up writing more original content. It just happened.
Also, please allow me to explain one more thing about this book. In the Lieselotte’s Memoir section, certain words are blacked out with squares or italicized to indicate the Witch of Yore’s influence, but please note that this rule doesn’t extend to other parts of the book, which I wrote without much consideration of it.
By the way, Lieselotte looks gorgeous in her wedding dress on the front cover, doesn’t she? When I first saw it, I cried a little because it was so beautiful. Thank you to the artist, Eihi, who has drawn many wonderful illustrations for this book.
Thank you to my editor O, and to everyone else at Kadokawa BOOKS. I needed their assistance a lot again, which they graciously provided.
My sincere thanks to everyone involved with the production of the anime and manga as well, including the manga artist Sakaki Rumiwo.
There are quite a lot more people involved with TsunLiese now. What a blessed series, that there are so many people willing to enliven it with me. It has me trembling with joy.
Thank you to Komori Kiri-chan, Arurun, Ancient Mi, Yummy-looking meat bun, James Richman, Shingo, Dottan, and all of my other friends.
And my biggest thanks to my family and my beloved dog, Milk.
Goodbye, and see you again.