As a side note, this book actually has some links with the 「Rain Under The Sleeping Moon of Realization」 (KEMONOMICHI, year 2010). I love mischiefs like this.
Let's see, actually this is one hour before the deadline. Before my long after-words turn into a series of lies, I should be finishing up.
All my thanks to everyone who read this book, who bought it, sir Yanagita Kunio the author of 「Tohno Stories」 that meets its 100th anniversary this year, and to Shanghai Alice Gengakudan.

By the way, this book was actually planned to be a three-volume story separated to 「Kappa」, 「Mountain Deity」 and 「Mayohiga」.
I wanted to work with episodes about what happened between the human who accidentally entered Mayohiga and Chen, but I had to give up because of time constraints and page limits.
Still! It was nonsensical not to show Mayohiga while the title talks about Tohno. With that as an excuse, I made some unreasonable changes to show it. If I have the chance, I'd like to draw about Chen next.
As for Shizuha, she wasn't shown particularly because this was about Tohno Stories, but just because I wanted to draw her. I'm totally fallen for the Aki sisters nowadays, you see. I'm sad I couldn't draw a single cut of Minoriko though. Tsk!