Afterword
Long time no see! This is the author, Shiryu!
Thanks to everyone’s support, I was able to safely
release Volume 2—thank you so much!
The main theme for Volume 2 was simply to “write Sei as
cool as possible.”
Especially during the ball game tournament, I really
wanted to depict Sei excelling in every way.
Even while writing, I found myself thinking, “Sei-chan
is so cool… I’m falling for her…!”—feeling just like Tsukasa.
Personally, I love basketball, so I imagined Sei and
Tōjōin facing off in my head and did my best to convey that scene to the
readers…
I hope that all of you were able to picture a cool and
impressive Sei in your minds, too.
Another theme I wanted to explore was “a jealous Sei.”
Seeing the cool, composed Sei get jealous and struggle with her feelings—this
adorable side of her is something I wanted to show.
There’s also an important scene, personally, where
Tsukasa, while feeling happy about it, takes Sei’s feelings seriously and
thinks about how to handle the situation.
When I read other works, scenes where the heroine gets
jealous appear often, but usually the protagonist just says, “I’m glad you got
jealous,” and that’s it…
I always felt, “Yeah, I get that you’re happy, but
shouldn’t you do something to avoid making her anxious?”
So in my work, I made sure the protagonist actually
addresses it.
It’s nice to be the target of jealousy, but if it’s
left unresolved, insecurity builds and it can harm the relationship.
This series is also getting a manga adaptation, which
is already in progress. I’m personally really looking forward to seeing Sei’s
cute and cool self moving on the page.
There are still so many scenes I want to depict in this
story.
The story after the two start dating, the battle
between Tōjōin and Shiho over Yūichi, and even new characters from the original
work… there’s still so much more to come, and I hope to meet you again in
Volume 3.
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