Mushi:Vol3 Author's Notes

Author's Notes

Hello everyone. I’m Akira.

I present to you the third volume of the Mushi to Medama series – Mushi, Eyeball and a Chocolate Parfait.

I have officially started to refer to many mythologies from this volume onwards, and I want to add and explain some things about them here.

The Bible.

The Bible is the most important scripture in Judaism and Christianity and is perhaps the best-selling book in the entire world. How enviable. The Bible used in Judaism is usually referred to as the Old Testament, and the Bible used in Christianity is considered the New Testament. In this series, however, I have collectively referred to both the New and Old Testament as “The Bible”.

By the way, the “Bible” in this series did not start off based on the true Bible. It was more a combination of various books such as the Book of Matthew and the Book of John, which all had different authors and were written in different countries and at different times. Of course, I also included the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha Gospels that were originally intended for the Bible, but were rejected by the Church due to their extreme or foolish contents. These Books were regarded as unsuitable for the Bible and were forgotten in obscurity. I have included a lot of content from all these different kinds of Gospels.

Due to the nature of such a Bible, the description of the Tree of Eden also varied in different scriptures. Some described it as the Tree of Life, while others refuted that and wrote it was the Tree of Knowledge. A third party would reject both notions and write it was a Tree encompassing life, knowledge, and sense. A fourth party would even go as far as saying there was never such a Tree to begin with.

Therefore, if you feel the description of the Bible in this work was different from the Bible that you know, please do not start contemplating upon the nature of the Bible.

The “Bible” mentioned in this work is a complete conglomeration of all the information from the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Canonical Gospels, the Deuterocanonical and Apocrypha Gospels, and the Pseudepigrapha Gospels.

Compared to these details, I would prefer you to consider something else instead.

Consider how this series might end. The Mushi to Medama series will end soon, and I am planning on a rather unique ending. Please try a little to predict the end. If you are sharp and perceptive, then you should have discovered something by the time you finished reading Mushi, Eyeball and a Chocolate Parfait.

The hints are “Snow White” and “The Unified Structure of God and Me”.

I hope you may try to solve my little riddle before the end of this series.

Now for the acknowledgements.

I would like to thank my new editor, Satō-san, who is the Executive Editor for this series from volume three onwards. His efficiency and the quality of his work far surpass that of normal people! I would also like to thank the previous Executive Editor, Kindaichi-san, who stirred up the popularity of the Mushi to Medama series in all sorts of ways. Also the illustrator, Mitsuki Mausu-sensei, whom I have made into a model for the protagonist (?) Mitsuki without consulting her. And of course, I would like to thank the readers. It is thanks to you that we managed to publish the third volume of this series.

Thank you, and please stay with me till the end.

Akira

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