Afterword

Thank you for reading all the way here. This is Zounose. This is my fifth compilation book. As I already mentioned in the foreword, my pace has fallen a bit, so this one ended up taking a year and a half and had to be released at Winter Comiket.

To be honest, I originally thought of including "Ikaregami" as well, but looking at the page count I realized there simply wasn't space for it. In other words, at this point I would've had no trouble publishing at Summer Comiket... No, seriously, why did I think I could include that? I mean, I had the same exact problem with the previous volume... Humans really just repeat their mistakes. No choice but to use mystic power...

But, that means I already have an extra book ready for the next compilation, so it should come right on a yearly schedule again. Of course, the Olympics are going to cause problems for event locations next year, so there's no certainty I can keep up the publication pace I have now... Then again, my work circumstances are going to be changing next year too, so I'm worried about that as well. Until now it's consisted of a lot of one-time jobs, but I'm going to start getting more that are long-term in comparison, so I wonder how my schedule's going to work out...

I'm far from running out of stuff to draw, though, so I have no intention of giving up on Touhou doujins any time soon. In other words... guess it's time for some endurance training?? (I've finally discovered the joys of running) Touhou might be getting a new index-numbered game next year too, right? I'm seeing a lot of predictions about something related to Hell, but...... Does that mean we're really in the Age of Hecatia?? I myself want to draw something about Larva, but that means I might have to dig deeper into the Three Fairies and everything, so I'm still second-guessing there.

Well then, time to wrap this up. My greatest thanks to those who offered me advice in making this book, friends who let me fool around and relax, everyone who read this, and most importantly Touhou Project and ZUN-san himself. Thank you very much!