Maria-sama ga Miteru:Volume13 Afterword
Afterword[edit]
… Everyone's losing their mind because of the heat.
Hello, this is Konno.
Basically, any impression I gave that this volume would be about the new school term was a bluff. "Maria-sama ga Miteru" is still on summer vacation.
Now because this volume (and the last ones) are set during the summer vacation, there's things happening outside of school, and because of that there's an appearance by men, so hated by Sachiko-sama and some readers.
So this is an urgent message for anyone that's reading the afterword before the main story and thinking, "No way in hell am I reading a story with men in it!" The stories "For Short, Operation OK (Tentative)" and "Together with the Old Gentleman" contain Fukuzawa Yuuki, Kashiwagi Suguru and a number of other male characters. "Rosa Foetida ☆ Illustrated Diary" should be okay, but it's not all that long, so if you pass on the other two stories there's not much to read. Sorry.
But having said that, I don't know how many people there are out there that won't read those parts, even with that warning in place. Well, in general, those who complain still read the stories anyway (not reading them could make it difficult to follow later stories).
Speaking of men.
At least with regards to Yuuki, I haven't heard any readers wanting to get rid of him. I guess it must be because he's related to Yumi after all. He has a surprisingly large number of fans. Because he's world-wise. And kind.
Even Kashiwagi Suguru seems to have gained more acceptance than before … although maybe it's just that people are used to him now (rarely, very rarely, I even hear of people liking him.)
And the newly introduced Shimura Takuya – lots of people read the afterword first, so I'm not going to say much more about that. At any rate, please read it for yourself.
… In other words, I'm looking forward to the reaction of those that have read "Together with the Old Gentleman."
Konno Oyuki.
And the number one expected response is:
"Wouldn't they have been better off if Shimako hadn't called Noriko … ?"
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