River City Remarks

I hadn't planned on opening a separate chapter, but I kept feeling that since the book had made it onto the River City recommendations, I should say a few words...

Let's start with something official~ Of course, I'm not just brushing you off—these are genuinely things I want to say from the heart. Mobile version m..

Thank you to my editor. Although our communication probably hasn't added up to more than fifteen sentences, you've truly taken great care of this guy who writes at an incredibly slow pace and isn't very good with words. It's because of that that this book has achieved what it has today. Thanks for all your hard work~

Thank you to every one of my readers. Every comment, every recommendation ticket, and every spot on your bookshelves is precious. The fact that Quadruple Schism has a place among them is already enough to make me happy and excited. Thank you as well for putting up with me when I occasionally fool around or go off topic. In short, being able to write a story everyone can accept and identify with is genuinely a very fulfilling thing for me. Bows with clasped fists.

Thank you to Comrade Anonymous Black Hand for helping me set up the readers' group, proofread typos, design the map with me, and discuss the plot until the next day's dawn. You should know that he did all of this at the risk of incurring his wife's wrath~

By the way, the readers' group number is 226764250 (there really wasn't anywhere left to put it in the introduction). Everyone's welcome to come hang out.

And then, thanks to...

Er, that was basically everything serious I had to say~~

Now let me chat with everyone in a more relaxed mood.

...(←Thanks to my good helper, Comrade "Quotation Marks.")

...(←Thanks again.)

...(All right, I won't fool around anymore.)

Quadruple Schism was a surprise to me. I still remember that it happened on an extremely ordinary day—one of great commemorative significance, but with no special effects, no auspicious signs descending from the heavens, no foxes yelping nonsense, no wind, rain, thunder, or lightning, and no great expert appearing in my dreams...

I suddenly thought, Ah! Why not write about a psychopath~

And then the prologue came into being...

Being able to make it this far step by step (though "this far" only means 150,000 words) is hard for me to believe. Even harder to believe is that so many of you have stayed with me all the way to now, desperately restraining your own unicorn arms from pounding the upper-right corner~

It's pretty terrifying...

Honestly, for someone with terminal procrastination, it really is terrifying—and quite stressful too...

Very occasionally, when I looked at myself in the mirror and realized I could write four thousand words in a day, I had to desperately hold down the coffin lid suppressing my conscience so that I wouldn't burst into tears...

Mm, I succeeded every time~

So, since I can't become more efficient, all I can do is repay everyone with stories as rich as possible~ I take every story segment, every character, every plot thread, and every cliffhanger I write seriously. Serious face...

The previous paragraph basically meant that I really can't have any sudden bursts of productivity~ Please, whatever you do, don't place any expectations on me!

Let's talk about something serious...

Quadruple Schism isn't an easy story to control. In fact, I often feel as though I'm creating four works at the same time, and their styles differ quite a lot.

Mo Tan isn't an easy protagonist to control either. This psychopath causes me trouble practically every moment.

Every character gives me a headache, because I always want them to come alive as much as possible, to become vivid and fleshed out, and to have a unique image in everyone's mind.

Not to mention that writing this sort of subject requires me to constantly watch out for countless possible logical holes, prepare for problems before they arise, and take precautions before trouble appears. I have to work myself to death while trying desperately to be lazy, hearing danger everywhere and treating every bush and tree as an enemy...(Nothing got mixed in!)

So, it really isn't easy...

But I'll do my best to guarantee the quality of the work and make it comfortable for everyone to read. If I can occasionally make you smile knowingly or spit out your food, that would be even better~

I'll also work hard to keep updating. After all, I've already said it's difficult for me to have sudden bursts of productivity, so taking another long break really wouldn't be appropriate...

I won't beg for votes. I didn't before, and I probably won't in the future, because I think reading should be a pure and happy thing. So I don't want to say unnecessary things that would ruin that purity.

Knowing that everyone likes it is already enough for me.

So, that's all for this standalone chapter~

Actually, as I wrote, I suddenly realized I had quite a lot I wanted to say. But considering there will be an author's note when the book is put on shelves, and a completion note in the extremely distant future, I'll stop here for now.

So, once again, thank you all. Thank you to my editor, thank you to my current readers, and thank you to my future readers.

River City Remarks: The End (Don't complain about this final line. I'm really not trying to pad the word count; I'm just used to writing things like "Episode X: Complete" and "end"!)