El. Psy. Congroo.
Volume 1 Afterword
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No download.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Greetings, I am the light novelist Ichiro Sakaki.
I am an unfaithful novelist who has been writing for many places here and there, but this time is my first time writing for Kodansha Bunko——well I mean, this book is on the first issue lineup, so that’s only natural lol.
Well then, about this Outbreak Company ~The Moe Invader~.
The basic premise for this story was actually already on my mind quite a long time ago.
It’s a pretty twisted spin on the usual fantasy projects, but then again, I do have a slightly twisted self, which has caused me to have a habit of thinking “what would be weird if it was in a fantasy world” before thinking about normal ‘adventures with swords and magic.’
In my case, my debut work, where I explored ‘dragons that get revered as last boss characters in fantasies being easily ripped to shreds by concentrated rocket fire by the military when they come to the modern world,’ brought me to thoughts about ‘then let’s think about a story about a dragon living in the modern era.’
In such a way, I thought at length about things that would be weird to have in a fantasy world, and eventually ‘companies’ came up in my mind.
It would be so weird to have a public company with elves and dwarves and dragons and lizardmen in it. It would be even weirder to have that public company handle manga and such. Those thoughts are what led to the birth of this story.
Even in the real world, as well as in history, there are many examples of a ‘chemical reaction’ occurring when elements that are not supposed to meet actually do meet. And the majority of these develop beyond expectations. What would happen when our world’s entertainment products are brought into a parallel world——most likely, there will be a lot of disorder and craziness on the horizon, but my dear readers, I would be very blessed if you would follow down the path of this chemical reaction along with my protagonists.
27 October 2011
Ichiro Sakaki