Date A Live - Volume 18 - Chapter Aft

Afterword 

It’s been 7 years since the beginning of the series. At last, she has decorated the cover. 

Date A Live 18 Mio Game Over! 

The Spirit of Origin descends now……! 

This is Tachibana K?shi here entering in with a hot speech right for the get go. 18 

volumes, how was it? I hope you have enjoyed it. But there is an uneasy atmosphere from this one’s title. 

So, Mio-san has finally come to the stage. Although the visual for her has been out since volume 17, this is the first time with her Astral Dress. As always, Tsunako-san’s design is wonderful, but this time it is particularly dangerous. Really dangerous (lack of good vocabulary skills here). 

Although there are no special rules, the design of the Spirit’s Astral Dress is composed of two distinctive themes. One is an attribute that becomes a distinguished name for the Spirit and other is for the direction of the costume. 

For a simple example, Origami’s first theme is “Angel” and her second theme is “Wedding Dress”. Kurumi’s first theme “Nightmare” and her second theme is “Gothic Lolita”. Although there are some commodities shared between the two themes like Natsumi’s “Witch” and Nia’s “Sister”, it is usually determined by these two themes. 

Having said that, I don’t know much about clothing, so I can usually only set the first theme. I often have to talk to Tsunako-san in order to determine the second theme. For Mio this time, I wondered what kind of Astral Dress it should be and sent the theme as God and included the necessary elements for the setting. 

And this design returned! The concept is “Maternity Dress”. So that’s the reason for this sort of operation……! I feel on my knees without thinking. It’s perfect in every aspect for the setting, it’s impeccable. Such a capable panda cannot be found anywhere else. 

Like with volume 17, I wrote a story that I’ve always wanted to write. The images released were an accumulation of feelings all at once. Especially, the last scene with Shidou. While writing, I asked the editor “Oh Oh Oh Oh!” please do insert an illustration here by all means. Since I gave my hopes to editor-san, I feel that the design of Shidou’s clock eye was especially wonderful. For those who haven’t seen it yet, go read the text first! 

Also the spin-off series, Date A Bullet, will soon release its third volume written by Yuichiro-sensei! Who is that white girl…? 

The new anime series is also in preparation. We hope to publish more information sequentially, so stayed tuned! 

Now then, this volume was successfully published due to the best work from Tsunako-san and editor-san. I would like express my sincere gratitude to all the people involved in designing, editing, sales distribution. And thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking this book in your hands. 

So next will be Volume 19. What will happen from here? 

Well, I hope to see you again next volume. 

February 21, 2018 

Tachibana Kōshi