Log Horizon Book 3 Afterword

Greetings, it's been 2 months, I am Mamare.

I am grateful for your purchase of Log Horizon 3 The end of the game Part 1, the story this time is divided into 2 parts. The next volume, Log Horizon 4 The end of the game Part 2 will be in stores next month, making Log Horizon a monthly publication. I have been in the care of lots of people recently, I apologize to all to everyone who is short on allowance! But part 2 will be the same as part 1, I will present it to you with plenty of content.

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Role playing as a man of society ends here, the next topic will be about Bon festival dance.


The weather has been irregular recently, switching between extreme hot and extremt cold, but the zone Mamare resides in is moving into the season for Bon festival dance soon. Mamare lives in Katsushika, this is one of the few old streets in Tokyo, meaning this is one of the few cities with Bon festival dance in the world. Speaking of the terrifying level of the Bon festival, in order to avoid clashes with other events, the Bon festival council will have a Bon festival dance every weekend in this season, repeating playing Tokyo Ondo through the speakers. The women society members who have been preparing and working hard all year just for this moment, will have diplomatic protests with their neighbor the Bon council in the form of a dance in the Bon festival.

Compared to the samba carnival in Rio or Asakusa, the bon dance festival is closer to the lives of the people. The drums repeatedly gives off the sound "Don Dodon, Kan Karara.".

But I don't understand what is so fascinating with the street side stalls during festivals.

Like the fragrance of the sauces, sweet sauce with colors that look artificial, no matter how you look at it, it is unhealthy, but irresistible at the same time.

And so, I came across the Bon festival dance by coincidence and send a photo of some fried noodles to Mamare(younger sister), and received her 'angry' reply immediately. I cannot understand what she meant, so I send another photo of grilled squid, her reply was 'furious'. I have no choice but to send her a picture of a chocolate banana, her reply was 'just die'. I was in the mood so I send a picture of corn on a cob, and she phone me directly.

If you want to eat, you can just ask normally.

Now that I think of it, I told my sister when we were young that 'stalls at the bon festival are all managed by the uncles of the council, they give all they got for the smile of the children, the stall loses money for every product they sell.' Because our family runs a business, Mamare is an annoying youth who has been talking about profit and losses since grade school.

I remember the sad face of Mamare(younger sister) when I told her this.

But that was all in the past.

I brought some food home from the festival, the 2 of us ate and spill all over the table.

We did not eat like uncivilized brats intentionally, but the festival snacks are meant to be eaten messily, it's a eating method that is similar to splurging.

After Mamare(younger sister) finished one round, I started to talk about the "uncles of the council managing the stalls" and she lose her temper and shouted at me. Seems like she still remembered, Tch.

Left with no options, I said:"Recently, they started to standardize the stalls, and is now manage by a system of individuals joining to run the stalls, the configuration of the stall positions are managed through IT. A group that is based on east Japan will provide ingredients to the stalls from a central kitchen, so their profits are several times that of a normal food chains." this type of nonsense.

I was giving her a high class ice dessert from the convenience store when I saying this, so she was moved even more by my words. This made Mamare feel a sense of guilt.

My sister, you said to me:"I will save a lot of money and invest in a Bon festival dance store." This type of finance product do not exist.

The big corporations cutting off the festivals stalls and running it with a joining system? Is this a virtual world? New Saitama? If it is things like corn on a cob, I will buy how many you want to eat, but please don't ask me to buy 'financial future' like biomass alcohol. <TL: seems like a econs term>

If I can bribe you with a ice yogurt, your brother is fears that you will be con in some place like Akiba and buy a screen painting back with a smile.

But on the other hand, an ice dessert can control the mood of Mamare(younger sister), I think she is really a minor character... correction, she is a important character, just stupid.

Next is a small incident.

I was casually surfing the net, and found out about the standardization of stalls, central kitchens, IT and the profit margins are all true, which makes me feel complicated. It won't be weird if there list a stock on the market soon, do not underestimate the world!

(Heavens! Log Horizon is being made into a comic, this proves that the world cannot be underestimated!)

Unrelated to the modern stall economics, Log Horizon will be published in succession in August and September of 2012 , included in this volume are the twins Tohya and Minori, Crescent moon alliance's Serara and Isuzu, and Rundelhaus 2 new characters debuting. Their beginners party will be raiding a dungeon without the aid of Shiroe and the other experienced players.

There are many things that do not go your way in this world, so you cannot always get what you want. The thing that is happening in this world do not go the way you expect it to. But even if your mentality, growth and effort is not going the way you want, I hope that after you experience this period, or everyone who have experienced this before will be able to read this book. Minori's party are fighting such an uphill battle in this volume.

The equipment of each character featured at the beginning of each chapter, is also the results of fan submission during June of 2011. The ideas we used are from 545454248、FroisL、IGM_masamune、Mrtyin、RyosukeKadoh、ebiusl、gontan_、hige_mg、hpsuke、makiwasabi、roki_a、sig_cat、x_unizou_x and other netizens, thank you everyone! Even though the a lot of the submission did not make it to publication, I am still grateful to all netizens who participated, and I hope I can use the information in other places.

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As we move to a close, I am grateful to chief publisher Mr Shoji Masuda, the illustration master Harakazuro sensei who drew Marielle's swimsuit design (important!), Monster designer Hashimoto Mochichi, tsubakiya firm for the publishing designs (the map was also done by them), the editorial department and my female editor the petite F-tan chan! A man who is akin to Mamare's writing master Mr Osako! Thank you everyone!

Next will be for the readers to enjoy this book, please take your time!


'The legs of grilled squid taste better than the body right?' Mamare Touno