Don’t Cry Mama - Chapter Ep

Afterword

I would like to thank those of you who often read my work, and those who are reading my work for the first time, for buying this book. It is a rather strange story, but I hope you enjoyed it.

The title story first appeared in a magazine some years ago. I don't remember how I came up with the idea, but I do remember having fun writing it. It was finished much quicker than anything else I have written. When the opportunity came to make it into a book, I reread it for the first time in a while, and I found that I had forgonen many of the details. I did play with them a little, but the basic story did not change.

With "Present"... 1just wanted to show our characters very much in love with each other. 1think I went a little bit overboard, though, and I had to make a lot of cuts to make the story come together. My editor said that I used the word XXXXX and that I should cut it as mueh as possible. It all seemed very natural to me, but it must have been strange to someone taking a more objective look at the work. The personalities of the characters can be limiting when you write, but Yuichi is the type of man who will do anything, and that made this piece much easier.

The illustrations were done by Yuki Shimizu.

Her illustrations are so good that it is very difficult to alter on her work, but quite honestly, I wanted to see the character's "things". The rough sketches of the full portraits of the characters were a great laugh at first, but I treasure them over everything else. Thank you very much.

I would also like to thank my editor. Thank you for suggesting that we make a book out of the story. I rea lly didn't think it would happen. When I was writing the story for the magazine, I was constantly worrying about how deep of a character to make Imakura. It was fun playing with his character in the book.

Thank you to my friend who lives at the foot of the mountain. Not only did you give Imakura the nickname of "Imazo," your questions when reading the magazine story gave me fresh insight into the work. I hope you will enjoy the new story as wel l.

Thank you to those who read my works. Some of you wrote asking if the story would be made into a book . It took a number of years, but it finally happened. Though the new story is only a trifle, I hope you will enjoy it.

Unti l next time ..

February

Narise Konohara