GenderSwitchs Vol. 5 (English)

Final words

Hello everyone. Kisaragi Yuki here. How was volume 5? It took me a while to complete the release of this volume here, as well as it took me some time to translate it. Anyways, this time I wanted to give a little more attention to two of the characters I'm most fond of, but who have had little time to shine so far. How have they been? I'd love to know what you think about it.

Thanks so much for your support to the series! It makes me happy to know that you like what I do, and want to see more.

This time I wanted to capture a little more of the way I feel and think about things. What is love supposed to be? What is celebrating with friends? It's something I've always been asking myself, and I wanted to capture those doubts in my characters, as an optimistic reflection. Personally, I've never been in this kind of situation, so I couldn't speak entirely from experience, but it's been fun to imagine such sentimental and crazy situations!

I've always liked to add some drama to the story, as it always gives some tension, but it also gives interest, don't you think? It's something that impresses me to see that you like it, even if I'm not the best storyteller. I still have a long way to go to improve as a novelist, illustrator, and as a person. However, along with this novel, I'm growing as well. I hope you can get something out of these stories that I always have in my head, and which I keep coming up with more and more as time goes by, even though I don't know how to capture them correctly.

On the other hand, I always had in mind that Mayomi should have her birthday on Valentine's Day, as she is the most affectionate of the protagonist group, don't you think she's very adorable? I always liked using her as a reflection of what someone in love might feel if their love and honesty are that great with the people they love.

A new year is coming, and I'd like to be able to write and illustrate more, so I'll be looking forward to your support in my future projects as well as hopefully meeting your goals!

I'm running out of things to say, so I hope you are all well! Once again, I hope you enjoyed these stories that have similar origins, but end up intertwining in some way.

Volume 6 will come out soon! I've been working hard to make it a reality, and now it's so close to come out! Please look forward for it!

Finally, I'd like to give you a small announcement: I'm planning to do a small spin-off of "GenderSwitchs", which will cover the mysterious stories you've seen in the interludes of this volume, which have nothing to do with our main cast. I look forward to your theories until I officially announce what it's all about.

That's all for this time. Until the next volume.

—Kisaragi Yuki