Hello. This is Ishikawa Spare Rib. It's been roughly a year and a half since my previous doujinshi, "The Parallel World That Loved Me". That was my first time trying something rather dark and gory, so I'm thankful to you all for being open-minded and clearing my doubts about whether I could find success drawing in that style. But so, this time's story was about Kirisame Marisa. Or rather, it ends right where "Marisa" begins. The blonde girl on the cover technically doesn't show up at all, so I kind of feel like I swindled you. I had fun picturing what life would be like for regular humans, who aren't part of Gensokyo's system like the Hakurei is, after they lose the power to fend for themselves... Marisa sure leads a dangerous existence, huh? Though in this case it wasn't Marisa, of course. Will the Hakurei shrine maiden's prayer come true, I wonder? I'm sure the answer to that is within our minds.