Date A Live - Volume 21 - Chapter Aft

Afterword 
The last volume’s afterword said this one will be the last one. That was a lie. 
Long time no see, I am Tachibana K?shi. 
Date A Live 21 Tohka Good End First Half has been delivered. What do you think? It would be great if you enjoyed it. 
No, I had no intention of lying to everyone. I had intended this volume to be the last one. 
However, when thinking of what to write for a conclusion of the main story, I suddenly wanted an epilogue for all of the Spirits. 
In this manner, everyone will have a chapter. There are ten chapters excluding the prologue, but as expected it was too thick to fit into one book, so it ended up becoming a separate volume. 
Of course, it is possible to force a 600 page volume. However, the editor said, “You can double the frontispiece and illustrations if you split it in half”. When I noticed this, I said, “Okay, then please.” There’s no better policy than the number of illustrations. 
As the number of characters increase, some characters will appear in illustrations less. But with two volumes, everyone can appear on the illustrations. This really is wonderful. It may have been better to have divided it all into ten volumes while saying there are two parts each. A gorgeous colored frontispiece and illustrations for every 60 pages……would that just be a picture book?” 
So the final chapter of Date A Live. Although it is the author’s personal sentiment, the cover is quite suitable for the grand finale, echoing a sense of reunion. It must be a good end. The editor-in chief who saw it for the first time even said, “Are you sure? Do you want to change the title?” 

Well, leaving that aside, this cover is my favorite in the Date A Live series so far. There’s a special feeling in the cover and the character design is amazing as well. Although personal preference is included, I am amazed by Tsunako-san always bringing out such amazing products all the time. 
……Hmm? I’m not giving high praise with blurry eyes. Absolutely not. Completely that’s not it. 
Next, I think many people already know about this, but there is one announcement. 
New Date A Live series animation and Date A Bullet anime are currently underway! A round of applause! 
I can’t wait to see the world created by Higashide-san and NOCO-san being animated. Follow up information will gradually be announced, so please stay tuned! 
Finally, this book was published thanks to the efforts of these various people. 
Illustrator Tsunako-san, thank you for your wonderful illustrations as usual. Aren’t they just too cute? Forgive me for saying, “I want Nagisa-san’s illustrations” at the very last minute. 
Editor-san, sorry always for the inconvenience. I will try and keep volume 22 on schedule as much as possible. 
Designer Kusano-san, thank you again for those stylish designs. I humbly ask you to give much advice for the new anime. 
I would also like to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone involved in editing, publishing, distributing, selling, etc. and above all else, you who are holding this book now. 
That is why the story continues with the next volume Date A Live Volume 22 Second Half. 

I hope you will keep up with the curtain call of Date A Live until the very end. 

September 2019 Tachibana Kōshi.