Cooking with Wild Game (LN) - Volume 13 - Chapter Aft

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Afterword

You have my deepest thanks for picking up this book, the 13th volume of Cooking with Wild Game.

I know I say the same sort of thing every time, but it’s thanks to all of you that have chosen to pick up this series that I’ve been able to make it to this many volumes. And so, allow me to respectfully offer my thanks.

As I mentioned in the last afterword, this volume wraps up the Conspiracy arc that has been ongoing since volume one, and starting next volume a new arc will kick off.

While I was writing I didn’t have any names planned out or anything, but I suppose if I had to call it something it would be the Development arc.

Just what sort of fate awaits Asuta and the people of the forest’s edge now that they have cut themselves free of the Suun clan and Cyclaeus? I would feel incredibly blessed if you choose to keep on watching how business in the post town, interactions with the townsfolk, and the changes for the settlement at the forest’s edge all play out.

This is a bit of a digression, but on the day I published the first chapter in this volume in the web version, it was the one year anniversary since I started posting it. It really is moving to think how over two years have already passed since then.

At any rate, for the occasion, I held a commemorative character popularity poll. As for the results, Ai Fa took first place, Ludo Ruu was second, and Dan Rutim was third. Then from fourth place onward were Asuta, Shumiral, Rimee Ruu, Reina Ruu, Shin Ruu, Kamyua Yoshu, and Gazraan Rutim. It really was a bit of a surprise to find out that seven male characters made it into the top ten.

And it was also a shock that Dan Rutim took third. It really did make me glad to find that a bald, portly man in his forties could prove so popular. Up until the end, he really was competing with Ludo Ruu for second place. Personally, I was getting quite excited while tallying up everyone’s votes.

Naturally, Dan Rutim is one of the characters I’m especially fond of too.

Still, in my initial plans I hadn’t placed too much importance on the Rutim clan, so it was like Dan and Gazraan Rutim managed to earn their positions in the spotlight as I kept on writing.

On top of that, I decided to write about the harmonious Rutim clan for the bonus chapter this time around.

Unfortunately the focus ended up being on a night when Gazraan Rutim wasn’t present, but they surely spend every night having such warm and friendly exchanges.

The web, novel, and now manga versions are all continuing on at the same time, so I’ve been going back and forth throughout various time periods of the story. In the story itself there is a gap of several months between the parts, and there have been all sorts of changes in the relationships between characters and the circumstances surrounding the forest’s edge, and seeing it all laid out is also really moving for me.

On top of that, seeing Asuta and Ai Fa’s meeting drawn out in the manga had a powerful impact on me too. It truly was fresh seeing Ai Fa act so coldly toward him. And I’m sure even she could have never imagined the explosion of comments that have come in from fans over these past several months.

The conspiracy the settlement at the forest’s edge found itself wrapped up in may have come to a close, but there are still plenty of changes coming for Asuta and everyone else. I hope you’ll continue to look forward to them all the way through to the end.

As always, let me finish by giving thanks to my editor at Hobby Japan, my illustrator Kochimo, everyone else involved with the production of this book, and of course all of you who purchased it.