Haibara’s Teenage New Game+ - Volume 1 - Chapter Aft

Afterword

Believe it or not, I have never once wished to redo my teen years.

Naturally, I have my fair share of dark moments, the very thought of which make me want to writhe in shame on my own bed. But when I look back at my past as a whole, I’m content with the youth that I lived. I did my best in my own way and I enjoyed it.

But I was blessed with family, friends, and my sweetheart, all of whom helped my immature self. If I’d been unlucky, or in the wrong place at the wrong time even just once, the colors of my youth might’ve changed drastically. If my adolescence had ended in gray, I’m sure I would’ve wished to redo it—all to experience that rainbow-colored youth I missed out on.

The theme of this work was born from such thoughts.

Nice to meet you, or perhaps it’s good to see you again. I’m Amamiya Kazuki.

I am very honored to have received the 2020 HJ Novel Grand Prize, which led to this book’s publication. This work was originally called The Gray Boy’s Rainbow-Colored Youth Plan, but it was retitled to Haibara’s Teenage New Game+. Isn’t that nice and catchy?

Well, my editor came up with it, not me. Great work as always!

Now then, how did you enjoy this second chance at high school rom-com? If you liked reading it, please share your impressions on Twitter. A certain author will be diligently egosurfing online after this book’s release, and I’m sure it’ll make him happy. Or perhaps you’ll recommend this work to your friends. Because the more readers there are, the more hope there will be for a second volume.

Now, it’s time for acknowledgments. First I’d like to thank my manager, N-san, for discovering this work. I’d also like to thank the illustrator, Gin-san, for the wonderful illustrations. And a huge thank-you to everyone who worked on this book’s publication.

If this work has struck a chord with you, even just a tiny bit, then that is an author’s greatest reward.

Now then, that’s all for this volume. I hope to meet you in the next volume or perhaps even in another series.

Also check out Eiyuu to Majo no Tensei Rabu-Kome (The Hero and the Witch’s Reincarnation Rom-Com, Kodansha Light Novels) which was published in Japan a month before this book!