Something incredible has happened, my trouser button has just flown off.
I didnāt want to believe it, but it was the truthā¦ Hello everybody, this is Takemiya. Though itās not really important, I donāt think anyone in Japan calls them ātrousersā (ćŗćć³) for womenās pants anymore, right? Iām really sorry about that. I think they now just use the term āpantsā (ćć³ć) to refer to those, right? And then thereās another term for womenās black tightsā¦ or are those pantiesā¦ no, itās 'spatsā (ć¹ććć)! Now they donāt even use that, instead they call them āleggingsā (ć¬ć®ć³ć¹), no? Iām not sure how itās spelt, thatās because I donāt use it often. Letās seeā¦ l-e-g-g-i-n-g (I canāt believe I have to figure out how to spell such a word at this age)ā¦ or was it l-a-g-gā¦ā¦ (nope, I dunno).
Anyway, whatās most important isā¦
Thank you all you readers for reading the first edition of Toradora! volume 4 in 2007! I am most grateful.
Phrases that used to naturally come off my tongue has now become āclichesā, Iām still amazed at how time flies by quickly. Many times I had tried to put in ālame jokesā (I think theyāre also called something else nowā¦ theyāre called āgagsā are theyā¦?) whenever I thought of one, they get shot down by the editor, saying they were hardly funny. I wonder if readers are satisfied that this book finally got published after many such incidents. As long as my work could allow readers to relax and enjoy themselves, Iāll be satisfied! This story will continue, so please continue to give your support for the next volume, as well as the one after that, thank you!
Today I will give my readers a little magical present, so please do accept it. This is a spell that would allow even those with small appetites to take in two bowls of rice:
ā¦ā¦ By the time you noticed, your rice cooker will be devoid of two bowls worth of rice. If youāre eating spaghetti instead, then youāll consume at least 200g! (Exclamation mark not an exaggeration.)
As long as you adhere to this method, then youāll be able to join me as another villager. Villager of what, you ask? Youāll find out when you become one. Now come! Join us! Calories? Weāll worry about that afterwards, so just come! Thereās no need to be scaredā¦ since itās tasty! Come on!
But seriously, this spell (or rather this dish) really is amazing. A cod that could breed tens of thousands of codlings, an egg that could grow into a chicken, and the thousands of rice that could grow into millions and millions of crops, and Iāve swallowed them allā¦ Rather than the amazing amount of cholesterol they contain, Iām more amazed by the possibilities that the ingredients could turn into, which is endless. Could it be that I like eating that because of these possibilities? Speaking of which, I also like salmon egg rice. (Possibility of hundreds of salmons being spawned x Possibility of hundreds of rice seeds x 1000) Ahem, of course, I like salmon as well.
That is to say, as I indulge myself in all these possibilities, Iām also ruthlessly abandoning my possibilities as a āwomanā. Oh my gosh! My fingers are bleeding from typing too hard!!!
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Finally! Iām really, really thankful to you for actually reading this nonsense all the way to the end. I hope you would continue to support my works as I continue to try my best! Give me the energy I need to go on! To Yasu-sensei and the editor, I ought to be giving just as many thanks to you guys as well. Let this be our little secret, and let us continue to march on till the end as the accursed romantic story trio of author, illustrator and editor!