𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐔𝐩, 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐮?

"The master of horror, Stephen King, says. The "enemy" in horror can be classified into three types.
• Dracula (an enemy that comes from the outside)
• Frankenstein (the enemy that created you)
• Jekyll and Hyde (the enemy that is inside you).

For Chihaya, her rival Shigenobu is Dracula (an enemy that comes from the outside),
for Arata, his grandfather is Frankenstein (an enemy that he created ),
and for Taichi, his past self is Hyde (an enemy that is inside him).

The enemy for everyone is probably one of these too.
We have spent 50 volumes describing how to overcome each "enemy".
Believing that there is a battle that can make even our enemies happy.
Those of you who have followed along with me through the series so far will know what I mean.
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Stephen King also says.
'I make horror to help people come to terms with the horrors of reality.'
I would say to my own work.
I make manga to help people find a place for their passions in reality.
Chihayafuru is a story about passion. It is a story about those who have found something irreplaceable and those who cannot have it.
It is not a story about how difficult it is to find such passion in the real world, so we can watch the struggle in a fictional world.
It is about shaking up the child in your heart, the child who is in a deep sleep. Give me the chance to teach you that your name is passion."
The latest issue of Belove arrived at my house a day early, and my family, having read it last night, rushes to my bed and says, "How often do you hear that this is the end of volume 49? "How could you think this is going to end at 49 volumes! It ain't over at all! But you're a genius!"
I wish that were the case. I just want to get it to you.