2. I'm the author of "The Summer You Were There" and I'm grateful you took the time to read it!
3. "Hey, Yuama here!"
4. "Woof!"
5. So, I decided on Kanagawa Prefecture as the setting, but...
6. I've lived there before, and it has Chinatown and Enoshima, lots of tasty food, and an aquarium to boot.
7. So many places to go!
8. "Oh, I know! Kanagawa!"
9. Somewhere with tasty food would make research more fun.
11. "Where should I set it..."
12. I started working on this series right after my last one released its final volume.
13. Lives at home in the middle of nowhere.
14. "Curse you..."
15. I couldn't even go to Kanagawa at all...
16. I didn't get to scout out a single location.
17. Thanks to a certain virus
18. "Oh, could you get a picture of the seating at the dolphin show?"
19. "Thank you..."
21. "If you've got a specific place or angle in mind, just let me know."
22. When I really wanted a picture of something, I had Ten-san take it for me.
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
1. I ended up having to revise the rough draft six times.
2. The hardest part was getting rid of the otaku vibes.
3. Sometimes I'd find myself veering back into IkeShiki territory.
6. The Summer You Were There is pretty different from my last series, so I struggled at first.
7. Gloomy Yuri "The Summer You Were There" KimiTsuzu
8. Bubbly Yuri "The Girl I Want is So Handsome!" IkeShiki
9. "What?!"
10. The initial draft featured Shizuku letting out an internal scream of disbelief.
11. Basically a different character...
12. And I hope you stick around to read about Shizuku and Kaori's summer together.
13. I promise to put a lot of care into this series.
15. "Looking forward to your comments and messages!"
16. • Editor Ten-san
• Designer Kisuke-san
• Assistant Sakutaro-san
• My younger brother for occasionally helping out
• And you, for picking up this book!
17. Thank you so much!
18. "See you in volume two!"
Memuatkan…Memuatkan…
3. "The summer you were there"
2. "Huh? I didn't."
3. "Huh?!"
4. "scary..."
5. "So, Uh... how'd you know my sizes?"
6. "Asaka gave me a whole set of clothes."
7. "I see..."
8. "Actually kinda impressive."
9. "Yeah, I think so."
10. "Do they fit?"
11. "Plus, the clothes are one size fits all."
12. "And just kinda eye-balled it."
13. "I looked at your height, your shoes in the foyer..."
14. "Ahaha"
15. "Then I'd have an excuse to take you shopping!"
16. "Also, if the shoes didn't fit..."
17. She's fearless...
18. And optimistic...
19. "Glad they fit, though."
2. An Older Sister's Unseen Devotion
3. (Gets super excited when her little sister has a friend over.)
4. "Wait, you don't have a table in your room?"
5. "Okay, I'll bring mine over! And some cushions to sit on!"
6. "Take some juice while you're at it!"
14. I hope you'll join me and watch this youthful summer unfold, with two girls who've known so much pain.
2. Hoshikawa Shizuku has made it to high school
3. avoiding all human connection.
4. But one day, her classmate Asaka Kaori finds the novel
5. she had been writing in secret.
6. Shizuku resigns herself to impending humiliation,
7. but Kaori's review after reading it
8. turns out to not be scathing at all...
9. A bittersweet summer of make-believe love between two girls
10. united by one story.
2. Thank you for buying The Summer You Were There Vol. 1 from one of our partner stores!
3. "Really?"
4. "...Yeah, I guess."
5. "What do you think? Looks good?"
6. Heart racing
7. Shizuku's
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