Afterword

Niy here. It's been a while. It sure took some doing! Look at this number of pages... I first planned this story 3 years ago, but now it's finally out there. Stories of the "rokurokubi" and "hitouban" that Sekibanki was modeled after usually have to do with human villages, but some also take place in the mountains, so I wanted to see a comic that tied those two together somehow.

It was a very long book, so I'm happier with some parts than others, but I literally had nine heads to work with and keep the story moving. I think I managed to bring out some of Sekibanki's more interesting sides in the plot's resolution, too. I'm planning my next book for Autumn Reitaisai, so it me a bit simpler than this one.

But so, thank you very much for reading "Sekibanki & Youkai Mountain".