Afterword

Thank you for reading all the way here. This is Zounose. The Covid pandemic struck in the middle of drawing the books that are now in this compilation. Because of that, there were two I never got to release at a live event. The world really went off its tracks, there was so much inconvenient or anxiety-inducing, and obviously events were very hard hit, so there's a lot of bad memories there. Today, events are back on and doing alright, but I only hope that can continue...

I already alluded to it back there, but this ended up being my thickest compilation so far. Four more than the previous record holder Mugamubiru 2, with 346 pages! Time to retire...? I remember really struggling with the publication and inventory management with #2 back in the day, so I'm terrified that'll happen again... Well, whatever! The new story was a lot of work too, but I had fun!

One thing I'm low-key worried about: the color of the cover. To be honest, when I put out the first compilation, I had no idea I would be doing this many, so I kind of just picked a bright color without thinking about it too much. And now, I'm starting to run out of bright colors...? I realized this looming problem back around #6. But it was already too late. Even if I can recycle the colors starting with #11 (assuming I get there), I still have to come up with clearly distinguishable ones until #10... In the end, I had to use another hue of green for this one. #5 was deep green, so I had the choice of going either bluish or yellowish, but I just did a blue cover for #7, so I decided to try leaning towards yellow with this lime green. If only I'd had the foresight to make #5 more bluish at the time, they'd be more distinct now...

By the way, there's no news yet at the time of writing this afterword, but I wonder if there'll be an official work this year? I already have tons and tons of characters and concepts I want to draw, but I still love some new inspiration!

Well then. Last things last, I would like to thank everyone who helped me with this book, my friends who helped me relax when I needed a break, everyone of you reading, and most importantly ZUN-san, the creator of Touhou Project. Thank you very much!