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Curiosities of Lotus Asia/Chapter 12 Afterword

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Afterword (from the original doujinshi version)

 お早う御座います。これを朝読む人は少なそうですが、ZUNです。 Good morning. Though I don’t think most people will be reading this in the morning... ZUN here.
 実は前回も誘われていたのですが、前回は東方永夜抄のマスター前に締め切りがあったため渋々断ったんですよ。そんなでしたが、もう一度チャンスがあって良かったです。 The truth is that I was invited to participate the last time, but since the deadline for Imperishable Night was closing in, I couldn’t. So it's a good thing that I got another chance.
 何のチャンスかって? それはもう、東方香霖堂を別の所でも発表する事に決まってるじゃないですか。そうすれば単行本になったときに、ただの寄せ集めじゃ無くなりますし(笑) ステレオタイプの発表の仕方じゃあ、ちょっとねぇ(殆ど嘘ですので信じないよう) Chance for what, you say? You see, Curiosities of Lotus Asia is going to be published in another place now. This way, when it becomes a compilation, it won’t become just another mish-mash (lol). Or that’s the stereotype for publishing practices, kinda. (It’s mostly lies, so don’t believe it.)
 ステレオタイプと言えば、ゲームボーイってステレオだったんですよね。スピーカーは一つしかないのに。その辺が素敵ですよね。スカートの裏をフリフリにする様なもんです。素敵。 Speaking of stereotypes, the Game Boy had stereo sound didn’t it? Even though it only had one speaker... I think that was lovely. Just like the wavy back of a skirt. Lovely.
 もう、初代ゲームボーイを動かしている人なんて殆ど居ないんだろうなぁ。ああ罪なるは互換性かな。 I don’t think there’s hardly anyone who still uses the original Game Boy, right? Ah, it would probably be a crime in this day and age.
 DSが出ればアドバンスも起動しなくなるのかな? When the DS comes out, will everyone stop using their Advances too?
 そうそう、小説の内容にふれますね。今回のお話は、現在連載中の東方香霖堂 ~ Curiosities of Lotus Asia. の一話です。 Oh right, back to story. This story is part of the current serialization called Touhou Kourindo ~ Curiosities of Lotus Asia.
 一部、そちらの方を読んでいないと解らない内容も含まれていますのでちょっとキャラと設定の紹介を。 If you haven't read it, you may not have understood this story, so I will quickly introduce the characters and setting.
  森近霖之助 …… その辺に落ちていた物を拾って売る眼鏡兄ちゃん Rinnosuke Morichika... A guy with glasses that picks up and sells stuff that falls around this area.
  香霖堂 …… その辺に落ちていた物を並べてある店風な建物 Kourindou... A shop-like building where he stores the stuff that falls around him.
  博麗霊夢 …… 何も考えていない巫女さん Reimu Hakurei... A shrine maiden that doesn’t think much about anything.
  霧雨魔理沙 …… 香霖堂を喰い物にする自由人 Marisa Kirisame... A carefree girl that makes fun of Kourindo.
 ちなみに、今回の話は第7話「紫色を超える光」の次に当たります。そちらの方も是非。 By the way, this chapter is a continuation of Chapter 11 “Ultraviolet Light”. Go check it out.
上海アリス幻樂団 ZUN
ちなみに、決して任天堂に喧嘩を売っているわけではありませんよ。
Team Shangai Alice — ZUN
By the way, by no means am I trying to get in a fight with Nintendo.

Notes

  • To inspect from the description of forms and from ZUN's afterword, Kourin's device might be Game Boy, especially the first edition (since it is very fat), while the one Yukari mentioned should be Nintendo DS — DS was released in 2004, and this chapter was originally printed in the end of the same year.


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