Restart Chapter 05.5

Afterword
Today’s ricebowl tasted great with Magical Girls!
今天配着魔法少女一起吃的井饭也好美味呀！

Long time no see, I am Endou Asari. The story this time is divided into a first and second half. At first, I heard that I would only have to write an afterword after the second half, but now I am writing the afterword for the first half. The editor-in-charge, S-mura-san, said, “I never said anything like that.” Perhaps I dreamt it into being, S-mura-san said.
好久不见，我是远藤浅蜊。这次的故事分成前篇与后篇。原本听说只要在后篇写后记就可以了，我现在却在写前篇的后记。责任编辑S村表示「我应该没有说过那回事」。也许是我做梦梦见了自己的愿望吧，S村还这么说。

“Please write one right now! You’ve got about an hour or so!”
「请你立刻写出来吧！还剩下一个小时左右。」

It has been about one and a half hours since I got that call.
现在距离接到电话以来，已经经过一个小时半了。

What should I right? I like Magical Girls, no, that’s not it. I’m not looking to do something difficult like Little Witching Mischiefs and its limited playstyles.
(TL Note: 魔女っ子 大作戦, a fighting/RPG game featuring magical girls)
写些什么吧。我喜欢魔法少女，不，并没有这回事。我并不是在追求魔〇子大作战的限制玩法之类的高难度事情喔。

That said, there was one time when I did not write a graduation essay for elementary school, so I used game passwords to make up every line. Ever since elementary school, I would deliberately write things that seemed meaningful and deep in order to make people think I had grown. Although nobody asked me not to write such antisocial things in the afterword, I’ve at least realised that much about myself. Indeed, I have grown!
这么说来，我曾经因为没有写国小的毕业文集，就用游戏的暗号塞满每一行空格。我从国小的时候开始，就会为了要让别人看到自己的成长，故意写些好像有那么一点意义的文字。虽然没有人叫我别在后记写些反社会的内容，不过至少这一点我还能自行判断。没错，我成长了！

Because I have grown, I am also proud of my amazing powers of concentration. After the idea flashed through my head, I ended up playing online mahjong, so I deleted my account and password. Since I always start playing free games by accident, I placed it with a friend for safekeeping. The moment I connect to the web, I end up doing a lot of unnecessary things, so I unplugged my network switch, and then I told my family, “even if I cry and beg you to give it back, please don’t return it to me for the next three days!” Thanks to that, calls could not get through and S-Mura-san had a hard time..
因为我成长了，所以也对自己拥有惊人的集中力感到骄傲。脑海才刚稍微闪过如此想法，居然已经玩起了网路麻将，于是我删除了帐号与密码。因为我总是会不小心玩起免费游戏，所以便寄放在朋友那里了。只要我一连上网，就会不小心做许多多馀的事情，所以我拔掉了网路转换器，并拜托家人「就算我哭着要你们还我，接下来的三天也绝对不要还我喔！」。多亏如此，电话才打不通，S村责编吃了不少苦头。

The result of this self-restraint was this finished piece of work. I tried my best.
如此自制的结果，便是完成了本部作品。我尽力了。

The previous arc was set in a city, where Magical Girls would show their stuff, or end up getting killed before they could show their stuff. This arc is set in a game, where people kill and are killed. Rather than face to face killing, it’s more like sneaking around and murdering people in the dark. I feel this slaughter in the shadows is not bad. Well, I’m just blowing my own horn here.
前一部作品是以一个都市为舞台，让魔法少女活跃于其中，或是在活跃之前就被杀害了，这部作品则是在游戏中杀人与被杀。比起面对面杀人与被杀，这次则是暗地里鬼鬼祟祟地杀人与被杀。我觉得像这样暗地里自相残杀也不错。真是老王卖瓜，自卖自夸。

Ah, the fratricide in the second half will be more exciting. I hope it grips you! If any of you feel that way, please read the second half too!
啊，后篇的自相残杀场面会更加精采喔。希望能更加惊心动魄！如此想的读者务必要读后篇喔！

Then, let us meet in a month’s time. I’m going to unplug my network adapter now.
那么我们一个月之后见吧。我从现在开始要拔掉网路转换器了。