Infinite Stratos, Volume 2, page 18
“I wonder why Chichan pulled out, though?”
She still didn’t know. In terms of age or ability, Chifuyu was still a top-tier talent. She’d be an easy favorite in the next Mondo Grosso. But the heart was not so simple. Even a genius couldn’t fully comprehend its depths—which was exactly why she wanted to. Because Tabane was interested in only three people in the world.
Ring. Ring.
Huweee~huwooo~huweee~huwooo~♪ Those of you lucky enough to still have their lives, take them with you! Her cell phone suddenly rang, with an astounding tone.
There may be a million fans of Kill Bill across Japan, but only Tabane would use that as a ringtone for her actual sister, even going so far as to include actual dialog from the film. Well, the million part was just a rough estimate. Don’t try to do serious math with it. And really, Tabane herself wasn’t a fan—but, she reacted even more strongly than when Chifuyu called. Her bunny ears perked straight up, which said more than any words could. After all, this was the first time that ringtone had ever rung. She knew who it was immediately.
“Hey, hey, hey! It’s been so long! I’ve been waiting for you to call!”
“Tabane....”
“Yeah. I know just what you need. You want it, don’t you? Your own, personal, IS. I’ve got it ready. It’s a high-end machine, tweaked far beyond the standard. It can keep up with every move of that white one. Its name is Akatsubaki—”
End of Volume Two.
Afterword: Volume Two, a retrospective.
Hizu, hizu. It’s Yumizuru! (Let’s try to make that stick.)
Um, just like I wrote about at the end of the first volume, Rin, who was planned for volume two got moved to one. Then, volume two was supposed to be all about Laura. Somehow I lost focus on that, and the cross-dressing girl I’d planned for later—who I hadn’t even yet named—transferred in at the same time, even moving in with Ichika. By two weeks after I’d submitted the manuscript for first volume, I had the details of the plot nailed down. I just kinda completely got into the zone with Charles this volume. I don’t even understand it. It was just that feeling you get when you go “Eureka!”
So while I’d wanted from the beginning to make Laura the main character of this volume (including her moving in with Ichika,) when I came up the part where Ichika walked in on the crossdressing girl in the shower, I just could not resist!!!!!! And that’s how Charles became his roommate instead. Speaking of which, just like Ms. Yamada was a character I hadn’t planned on last volume, this time there’s Ran. I suppose I’ll keep coming up with them. Really, though. Ms. Yamada is a good character. Yeah. I’m satisfied with her. Especially with her chest.
Now that I think of it, the hardest part of writing IS is naming the characters. Looking through dictionaries, trying to pick something out... Rin, especially, was tough. (Chinese is difficult.) She may be the character I wrote the most naturally. Though you could rephrase that as her being the character I took the most care with. Hmm, was it around then? Maybe a little later, when the anime was announced. I’m pretty sure I’d remember it being between the second and third volumes. I was hospitalized at the time.
But still: An anime! It was getting made into an anime! I was overjoyed. And it got better: I said “Wouldn’t it be great if some of the guys who did Macross Frontier worked on it,” and it ended up happening! I was shocked. After that, I said I liked a guy from “I My Me! Strawberry Eggs,” and they got him too! I kept falling asleep at night wondering whether it was all a dream, or some kind of VR.
Anyway, that’s about how it went! See you next time! Byzu, byzu!
Table of Contents
Cover
Color Illustrations
Chapter I: Boy Meets Boy
Chapter II: My Roommate is a Blond Gentleman
Chapter III: Blue Days/Red Switch
Chapter IV: Find Out My Mind
Epilogue: From a Deep-Red Doze
Afterword
About J-Novel Club
Copyright
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Copyright
Infinite Stratos: Volume 2
by Izuru Yumizuru
Translated by Mike Langwiser
Edited by Meiru
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Copyright © 2013 Izuru Yumizuru
Illustrations by CHOCO
Cover illustration by CHOCO
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Original Japanese edition published in 2013 by OVERLAP, Inc.
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Ebook edition 1.0: June 2018
Izuru Yumizuru, Infinite Stratos, Volume 2
