Toaru Majutsu no Index SS

Volume 1, Afterword

To the readers who bought each book one at a time, it's been a while.

To the readers who bought the entire series at one go, we meet for the first time.

I'm Kamachi Kazuma.

This time, it's a little different. This volume is numbered as SS. Editor-sama's request was 'write a story you can't normally write'. I wonder if I'm successful this time?

Thus, there's no key word about magic or science; it's impossible for this volume. Also, I don't know if the readers have realised that the ending of each chapter has a subtle spice to it. The hedgehog head actually using something else other than his fist, and that white guy having an intention to join a group; there's a lot of developments in the volume that didn't exist before.

The basic script is about how after the main events that happened, the scraps of information are added in to form a linear story. This is the series of 'stories that can't be written normally'. I'll be very happy if the readers can accept this lack of balance.

I'm very grateful to the illustrator Haimura-san and the editor Miki-san. It's because of your activeness that I can write this side story like another story. I'll look forward to working with you two again.

And I'll also like to thank the readers for buying this side story.

And now, this will be the end of SS.

I hope the the next volume will be the main story again.

I'll put my pen down now.

-Kamachi Kazuma-