Tatakau Shisho

Volume 5, Afterword

Hello everyone. This is Yamagata Ishio.

I deliver to you the sixth installment of the Tatakau Shisho series, “Tatakau Shisho to Aranawa no Himegimi”. It also turned out quite long this time, but I hope you will enjoy it.

Just the other day I appeared on Shuueisha’s internet radio show. The voice actors Tanaka Hirofumi-san and Hirohashi Ryou-san hosted the program named “S-Radi Wide Shuueigumi”. We’ve introduced the Tatakau Shisho series and shared a bit of inside talk and such. I’ve talked poorly, but I hope all of you who’ve listened enjoyed it.

The recording was very amusing. The two hosts read from Tatakau Shisho passionately and frequently voiced their impressions at the good parts. There were even times when I almost exposed future developments. Also, midway through the show Tanaka-san and I ignored the subject of Tatakau Shisho and started getting excited about Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, making Hirohashi-san leave us behind.

I am willing to come again anytime, so please call me if there’s another opportunity. Since I was able to use this as writing material for the afterword, it helped me as well.

Since there are surprisingly not a lot of opportunities for people to hear their own voice, it seems that most of them are surprised by the gap between their mental image and reality.

Even I, when I tried listening to the radio program I had appeared in, was surprised to find out I was talking slowly.

Since the two hosts were speaking with a nice tempo, I sounded even slower. Even though I think that normally I speak somewhat fast.

Or rather than talking slowly, I often have strange pauses in the middle. It feels as if I speak without any order but simply talk while thinking. I noticed while listening that I accumulate some strange stress. I listened to the radio while making complaints such as “there’s no time so just talk quickly!” or “the listeners don’t want to hear about that”.

The person I was complaining about was me, though.

Once again I have received the help of many people in order to complete this work. I would like to use this opportunity to offer my gratitude.

Tanaka Hirofumi-sama and Hirohashi Ryou-sama I have written about before and the radio staff. My supervisor as well as those from the editorial department. Maeshima Shigeki-sama, who even in these increasingly busy times provided wonderful illustrations. Thanks for your continued support.

The long-standing Tatakau Shisho series passed the point of no return, and this entry marks more or less its first big turning point. From now on we will approach the truth of the Armed Librarians and the Indulging God Cult and solve all mysteries.

Please look forward to the new developments in the 7th volume and beyond.

Yamagata Ishio