Chapter 31 A word to readers

Thanks to everyone who likes my work, thank you very much. At the end of June this year, NHK's general TV station "Friday Times Drama" will stage a serial drama featuring the detective character in this book, "Huixiangyuan Shigeru" as the protagonist.As far as the original work is concerned, in addition to this book, stories will also be selected from the debut work of Mao Qitouzi, and it is expected that a total of ten episodes will be broadcast in the form of one episode.The fact that my work can be visualized is always a gratifying experience, especially this time it is the "Friday Times Drama" that I have always been looking forward to. I am even more happy and really looking forward to the show.

I don't know if it was the author's over-excited appearance that touched the editors of the PHP Research Institute Publishing House. They suggested publishing a collector's edition in conjunction with the TV series.This is the first time for me to experience the luxury of publishing a collector's edition of a book that was once published as a single volume.But this book is also on the market in the form of a library, so I was a little hesitant, but this kind of thing is rare, so I decided to accept it. Therefore, the content of this book, except for the supplementary short stories that are not included in the single volume, is the same as that published before.Please pay attention to readers, so as not to find out after buying the book: "Huh? Isn't it the same?"

For the first booklet, Mr. Yasuhiko Kida drew the excellent cover and illustrations.As for this collector's edition, Mr. Shinsaku Fujita was asked to draw a new cover.Mr. Fujita is responsible for the covers of all my period novels. In fact, I secretly expect this effect-every book, as long as I see the cover, I will have such a reaction: "Ah, this is Mr. Fujita's period paintings. ", "That also means that this is Miyabe's period novel."In addition, this collector's edition has also revised some cooking terms. If readers can enjoy the activeness of Mao Qizhao in the TV series while appreciating the different styles of the two books, for the author, there is nothing happier than this.Also, I sincerely hope that readers who read this book for the first time because of TV dramas will like Shigeru Seven and the towns he loves in Fukagawa.