strawberry blonde ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ hanamaki takahiro

author's note

oh my god wow i cannot believe it's the end already.

i absolutely loved writing this book so so much and it's crazy how well it was perceived. i remember when i started it, i wanted to it to be shorter since sometimes i get really stressed with longer stories— especially when i'm burned out— even if they've been thoroughly planned out. but i'm really proud with how this turned out and super super grateful for its support.

if you saw the announcement on my profile, then you know that chapter 10 was the last official chapter. meaning, it's the last one that follows the canonical timeline of strawberry blonde. the beginning of the story doesn't actually start in the first chapter and the end doesn't finish at the tenth.

i'm gonna be writing a couple extra chapters that will be posted either simultaneously or in the order of whichever is finished first, and they will portray the real start and the end. so look out and i hope you stick around for those!

other than that, i just wanted to say thank you for reading <3

it means a lot to me that you (hopefully) enjoyed my work. and if you have anything you'd like to see from me in the future, please don't hesitate to let me know!

i really love writing so it makes my heart so full when others give me feedback. as i said in the disclaimer, this started as something else entirely, but i'm happy with the way it turned out.

and thank you for giving makki a chance, by the way. i know he was a bit dumb at first but to those of you who stayed in his corner, albeit a short amount of time, i give kudos.

and for one final time, thank you again for giving me a chance and reading this. i love all of you even if i don't know you personally.

i hope you loved strawberry blonde.

—mads 🤍