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Shuuen no Shiori - Volume 1 - Chapter 7

Published at 14th of March 2016 06:25:38 PM


Chapter 7

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How do you do? To everyone, including the old lady who’s always really hyper at family gatherings and says “Oh my! You’ve grown so much! The last time I saw you must have been when you were only 6…” hello.

Suzumu here.

We began creating the world of the Bookmark of Demise together last May, but suddenly, it’s even become a novel!

When it was decided I would be writing this novel, I texted to my mom, saying, “I’m going to write a novel! It’s for MediaFactory! I’ll do my best!” How nostalgic.

By the way, my mom’s reply to that was “I left older sister’s portion of the paella at grandma’s house!! So I’ll leave it to you!!”

The text wasn’t even meant for me (she had addressed it to the wrong person), but the fact that my mom knew that my sister was bad with dealing with grandmother, and yet was doing this in order to help my sister’s trauma, made me feel my mother’s love in this plan all the way from my home in Iwata of the Shizuoka Prefecture, 250km away from Tokyo, making me feel slightly homesick.

Now, there’s one problem.

That’s right. I slowly began to talk of my family, but suddenly there’s nothing left for me to write about.

You might be thinking “This isn’t a place to discuss your problems…” but this is actually quite serious.

Ever since I began this novel, I’ve never had writer’s block, even once.

That’s why I’m now pointlessly trying to make as many new lines as possible.

Yep.

Pointlessly.

As many as possible.

Yep.

I’m sorry.

And then, I realized that the afterword is the worst thing in the history of mankind. I might even add “afterword” to my blacklist after this. Yep.

 

“The person in charge gets a hot topic via SNS”: it’s that kind of thing.

For example, on the 9th inning with two strikes and bases loaded, a professional baseball player would want to hit a homerun and therefore might even pay the the neighborhood-wide rumored Shiori-san of Demise (98 years old/alias)  to play the last ball – I would say it’s the same level of underhandedness.

It became incomprehensible.

And, at one point, I realised a certain something.

That was, (in my personal opinion), a huge success, but is something I can’t really talk about (I was scolded)

Therefore, if you’d like to, those of you who have a twitter account, do search “suzumun” in the search box. It’s a tweet I made a morning some days ago.

I apologise, as there may be those who don’t know what I’m talking about, but when I actually ate the Nama ○ Pon de, (I was told to rearrange and censor the name) I really loved it. There’s a certain donuts shop in my neighborhood, I will now visit more frequently, as I want to unveil the various mysteries and secrets of the Nama ○ Pon de.  (I was ordered to praise it if I was going to mention it)

Summary: Dealing with things as an adult is scary.

Well then, thanks to me the entire afterword has been filled with only bad jokes, but in the end I’ll like to talk about something a bit more serious.

Thank you for buying this book, “The Bookmark of Demise”. (Those of you who’re reading it standing in the shop while the salespeople glare at you, feel embarrassed!)

In conclusion, those of you who are reading this in belief that the story has yet to be completed, you understand, don’t you?

And in the very very end, the “identity” of the fox that showed it’s true colors.  Misunderstandings that birth further misunderstandings and bring a downward spiral of negativity; I really love those.

I’ll give you a single hint. “You have already seen the fox.” Without being pulled in by the world within the novel, once more, “see”, “feel”, “imagine” the book word by word. If you are the protagonist, you should understand.

And finally, please answer one more time.

Will you continue?


 

Suzumu

“Please decide on the main character’s names.”

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH”

Saine

Has a colorful design sense, and is in charge of the character design.

The most reliable one in the entire project group. Likes alcohol.

Komine

Creator of the illustrations/video etc, the illustrator in charge of the visual aspects of the project.

The one with most understanding of the “Bookmark of Demise Project”. Not ‘Komune’.

AAAAAAAAAHHHH (150P)

Chance ×

Unlucky ◎

Gag Sense ×

Luck with Women ×

The ‘Don’t Mind’





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