Hello, or nice to meet you. Thank you very much for reading to the end! I've liked the UFO cast from the start, and this is in fact my seventh book starting from last year (including two home-printed ones), but this one was actually inspired by the cover image on Yellow Zebra's "Touhou M-1 Grand Prix 5". I stuck the image onto my monitor while working on this, not to mention that the show set in stone my headcanon voices for Byakuren and Murasa. It really left an impression on me.

Speaking of impressions, I've been reading the original book version of Legend of the Galactic Heroes, and I think I've been subconsciously influenced by it. I was charmed by Oberstein's sheer ability and determination. I also really like Reinhard, Reuenthal, Schönkopf, Merkatz, Yang and many other characters. Man, it's a great series.

Yuuka got #3 on the Popularity Poll! I was delighted to see she'd made such great strides. But if you asked Yuuka, she'd probably note how there are still two people above her, so I suppose I'm going to do my part and increase the number of Yuuka fanworks in the world. I'm excited. The UFO crew didn't really move that much, though! If I only we could draw more attention to them, I bet more people would notice their charm!

I think I want to keep endlessly mixing them together and drawing more happy stories of the UFO cast getting along. So, I'll be happy if you read my next book as well. Chado