Hi, it’s Murakami here!
It’s been four months since the last volume. Thanks for reading volume three of Guide to the Perfect Otaku Girlfriend!
As I write this afterword, it’s July here in Japan—smack in the middle of the rainy season. It’s been raining for so long that I’m starting to feel cold. I wish the weather would calm down a bit.
When I started out, I worked a day job, but now I’m a full-time writer and can concentrate on writing novels, games, and so on. Of course, this has led me to a disastrous sleep schedule... Maybe I should start working part-time in the morning so that I get used to sleeping at night and being awake during the day like a normal person...
The main topics of this volume were cosplaying and the nighttime pool event. I’ve actually never been to a pool at night, so I had to ask my friends and look online for information. I do have some experience cosplaying, although the less we talk about those embarrassing years of mine, the better. I also have some friends who cosplay, and I’ve heard from them that cosplayers sometimes end up dating each other. These same friends also let me in on some saucy rumors, such as a sleazy group of handsome male cosplayers who, allegedly, meet up to exchange information about girls. As you might imagine, Bambi was partly inspired by that particular story.
I’ve written a lot more about VTubers than I did in the previous volumes. At first, I’d used my VTuber-loving friends as sources of information, but when I started watching the videos myself, I found them cute and funny. Inevitably, I ended up becoming a fan myself. I particularly like Kizuna AI and Siro.
Starting with this volume, there are two editors helping me instead of just one. I want to thank both of them for their priceless advice.
I’d also like to thank Mako Tatekawa, who provided the wonderful illustrations for the book. When I saw the cover and color illustrations, I was so impressed by how cute Kokoro and Elena looked that I couldn’t stop staring at them.
In volume four, I plan on writing about some summer vacation antics. Please look forward to whatever Ichigaya and the crew will be up to next.
Thank you again to all the readers,
Rin Murakami