Here is an amateur novelist who has rarely had a complete rest during the National Day holiday - Sou Mengmi.
It wasn't until I started writing this postscript that I suddenly discovered: just 3 days ago, October 6, 2021, happened to be the first anniversary of the serialization of this book~~
One year ago, in the early morning of October 6, 2020, the author uploaded the first three chapters of this book with trepidation.
The anxiety I felt at that time is still fresh in my memory...
When I told my editor that I wanted to write a novel about ancient Japanese swords and halberds, the editor told me that no one had ever written a novel of this type before and there was no guarantee whether there would be an audience, so he advised me to write a book called "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba".
, a novel in which the author uses sword skills to slay demons.
After much thought, the author flatly rejected the editor's proposal. Compared to killing ghosts or something like that, I still want to write a novel about killing people!
Okay, the topic has gone too far, let’s get back to the topic~~
Although I expected that the length of this volume 7 would be astonishing, I did not expect it to be so amazing...
Volume 7 has a total of [1,053,926] words and was serialized from May 12th to October 9th, a total of nearly 5 months.
At over 1.05 million words... it is the longest chapter so far.
And this record will definitely be broken by the final volume, because according to the author's conservative estimate, the total length of the final volume is at least one million words, and there will be no problem at all by the end of spring 2022.
After writing the last word of this volume, the author carefully reviewed the contents of this volume. There are many places where I am not very satisfied with the writing. As expected, the author still has a long way to go...
But on the other hand, there are quite a few parts that the author feels quite satisfied with - for example: the episode where Ogata returns when the Red Moon Fortress is about to fall.
For this plot, the author even specially composed a poem for Ogata. It was really hard work...
Now that the serialization of Volume 7 has ended, I don’t have much to say about Volume 7. Let’s talk about the final volume and the new book.
As I said before, the final volume will be the longest chapter of the book, so you don’t have to worry about the book coming to an end. The book is still far away from the end.
Regarding the plot of the final volume, I can't spoil too much. What I can spoil is the two-sentence trailer released at the end of the previous chapter.
Based on those two trailers, some book lovers with big imaginations and knowledge of Mount Koya can probably guess what kind of plot there will be in the final volume.
Okay, now that I’ve talked about the final volume, let’s finally talk about the new book.
Regarding the new book, I have told you before that I plan to write a large series of "Samurai Novel Trilogy". The three samurai novels share a world view. The background of the new book will be 70 years after the Kansei period of the book——
The last years of the Edo period, also known as the Bakumatsu period.
The author took the time to write the first chapter of the new book some time ago, and sent it to the editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief for reading. It received unanimous praise from both of them. After one chapter, I was really scared...
The name of the protagonist of the new book and Golden Finger have been set.
The author has already laid out the general plot and settings.
Let me tell you a little bit about the content of the new book.
Ogata in this work, not long after his debut, became a wanted criminal throughout the country and lived a wandering life. Ogata's stage is mainly [Jianghu].
As for the protagonist of the next game, his main stage is [Castle Town].
Depending on the stage, the type and style of the story will naturally be very different.
So you don’t have to worry about me crazily copying the plot of this game in my next game, because I basically can’t copy it...
By the way, let me tell you a little bit about the main characters of the next game.
The background of the next game is the turbulent Tokugawa era, so the main characters of the next game will be some famous figures in history.
The main characters in the next game are: Souji Okita, Toshizo Hijikata, Ichi Saito, Shinpachi Nagakura, Isamu Kondo, Ryoma Sakamoto, Kogoro Katsura...
Of course, because they share a world view, some characters in this game will also appear in the next game.
Which characters are they? I won’t spoil this~~
The new work will be seamlessly connected with this work - I will release the new work when this work is about to be completed. So please wait patiently.
Finally, let me tell you about the "Sexual Transformation of Ogata's Extra"...
Since the serialization of Volume 7, some book friends have been suggesting that I write a side story about Ogata in the Fate worldview, so that Ogata can be transformed into a girl like Saber and Nero, and then be summoned as a servant...
Everyone's voices are so loud. I didn't expect that everyone would want to see this kind of extra story so much...
But the author regrets to tell you: I have never played FGO.
I have never watched an episode of Fate’s animation. I have only had a very superficial understanding of Fate, so I couldn’t write about it even if I wanted to (Leopard Head Cries.jpg)
But it doesn't matter!
You can write fanfics~~
Book friends who have itchy hands and are familiar with fate can try to write a side story about "fate version of Ogata Musume". The author also really wants to read this kind of side story. If someone really writes it, please be sure to write it as soon as possible.
Let the author know!
The last, last, last moment - the author has nothing to say.
Therefore, the postscript of this volume ends here!
This should be the last time that the author writes a postscript, because next time he will not write a postscript, but will write a reflection after finishing the book... It is really sad...
My deepest gratitude to everyone who supports this book!!