Date a Live:Date Under The Moon Chapter 239 239: Afterword: Letter from Fraxinus Follow Up

Today was a rainy day. Mikoto ca to Ratatoskr's underground facility. Because of her earlier head start, the girl had to co today and handle all kinds of docunts with Kotori.

Mikoto: "So these docunts are actually letters?"

Kotori: "That's right. After all, this is 'Letters from Fraxinus Follow Up.' Although Fraxinus is still under repair."

Mikoto: "It seems so readers were confused by this volu."

Kotori: "Well, it was a rather special volu, so I guess that can't be helped."

Mikoto: "The author himself kept saying that this volu was hard to control."

Kotori: "Because there are many original plot points that can't be avoided. They're important foreshadowing, or parts that are very hard to change. It can't be helped."

Mikoto: "For readers who have already read the original work, those parts can be skipped. But for readers who haven't read the original work, they're parts that can't be understood without explanation."

Kotori: "No helping it. Anyway, outside the main story, let's briefly explain so of the settings in this volu. First keyword."

--Berserk Shido--

Mikoto: "Speaking of Shido going berserk, after the school trip, I noticed that Kotori seed very concerned about Shido's health."

Kotori: "That's right. For Shido, ever since he sealed my spiritual power five years ago, the possibility of him going berserk had already been planted. Of course, without a doubt, the final result would be a terrible explosion like the Great Spacequake."

Mikoto: "During the Yamai volu, Shido was able to manifest Tsukuyomi, which clearly increased the possibility of him going berserk."

Kotori: "As the number of sealed Spirit powers increased, and he even beca able to manifest Angels, I started feeling uneasy from that point on."

Mikoto: "So, in short, berserk Shido, and Kotori being prepared to kill Shido, were one of the main plotlines of this volu."

Kotori: "Because both the existence of Dainsleif and the decision to kill Shido were kept hidden from Mikoto until the very end, from Mikoto's point of view, this part really wasn't different from the original text."

Mikoto: "For the author, if there had been more ti, maybe the plot could have been handled better?"

Kotori: "Unfortunately, the author currently only has about two hours of writing ti. That can't be helped."

Mikoto: "What's done is done. Then let's look at the next keyword."

--Mio--

Kotori: "Speaking of 'Mio', that Mana actually gave Reine her contact information behind my back."

Mikoto: "But thanks to Mana, we were able to stop Ellen."

Kotori: "Speaking of Ellen, why did she disappear in the end?"

Mikoto: "This should be the other plotline in this volu that got skipped the most, to the point that it was barely written. The transport plane carrying Material A was attacked by Kurumi, and during the flight, it was also hit by Shido's spiritual power blast. In the end, it crashed. To ensure Material A's safety, Ellen went back to support them. In other words, she withdrew."

Kotori: "But Material A still escaped. Otherwise, how would Shido conquer that otaku girl in the next volu?"

Mikoto: "Ahaha, Kotori just spoiled it."

Kotori: "Back to the point. Let's talk about Mio."

Mikoto: "Who exactly is Mio? According to Shido, she seems to be a woman known by both Shido and Mana."

Kotori: "Unfortunately, even we don't know. This is also the last plotline of this volu, a huge piece of foreshadowing that even the official work hasn't explained yet—the past of Shido and Mana, and the connection between DEM and Mio." (TL:This chapter was posted in 2016, way way way before a lot of stuff)

Mikoto: "In other words, this volu is made of three plotlines: Shido going berserk, Material A escaping, and Mio together with Shido's past."

Kotori: "Each plotline has parts that can't be changed. Aside from Shido going berserk, from Mikoto's point of view, the two lines about Material A and Shido's past are almost impossible to touch."

Mikoto: "But for the author, they're all things that must be explained, yet also parts that are hard to change because of that. So this volu ended up having quite a lot of dry transition scenes."

Kotori: "Aside from that, the round-table eting at Ratatoskr headquarters was also skipped. Those idiots actually made a Dainsleif activation device on their own, which made Woodman furious. It also caused us a lot of trouble."

Mikoto: "Because that was also an original scene that couldn't really be changed, and it happened far away at the Ratatoskr base, it was summarized through the result of Dainsleif suddenly activating."

Kotori: "If this volu still feels confusing, you can also read the original work. Compared to Tsukiha, which can't simply copy the original, the original itself handles these scenes in much fuller detail."

--Striptease--

Mikoto: "Wait! What do you an, striptease?!"

Kotori: "Isn't that the dance Mikoto did to seduce Shido?"

Mikoto: "It wasn't seduction! And it wasn't a striptease! It was clearly a dance with a proper legend behind it!"

Kotori: "Eh? So there was a legend behind it?"

Mikoto: "Smart readers already pointed it out in the comnts. That's right. The dance was based on the dance A no Uzu1 perford to make Amaterasu co out of Ama no Iwato2. Because she danced too hard, even her clothes ca loose in the end."

(TL: A no Uzu used a clever, joyful dance to coax the sun goddess Amaterasu out of her cave. By turning a wooden tub upside down and stomping on it, her wild and comical movents made the other gods laugh. This curiosity made Amaterasu peek outside, restoring sunlight to the world- Google-sama)

Kotori: "Speaking of A no Uzu's dance, you could say it's the origin of Japanese dance."

Mikoto: "Exactly. It can truly be called a divine dance. And because I have Tsukuyomi's mories, it's a dance I was able to perform."

Kotori: "Mm-hm. As expected of Onii-chan, blessed with endless lucky pervert monts. Next ti, let's have him dress as Shiori and dance that."

Mikoto: "According to the readers's wishes, maybe a dance called Gokuraku Jodo1 would work too." (TL: I'm just googling these , don't cook )

Kotori: "If he dances it, please make sure to record a copy and give it to . That way, I'll have new material to threaten Shido with."

Mikoto: "Ahaha, Kotori is being black hearted."

Kotori: "Sh-shut up. Anyway, let's start the next keyword."

--Asking for Monthly Tickets and Recomndations--

Mikoto: "Asking for votes."

Kotori: "Because the author doesn't want to ruin the reading flow by asking for votes at the end of every chapter, he put it here instead?"

Mikoto: "Well, since that's the case, let's explain it again. For Tsukiha, which currently has no plans to go premium, the recomndation ticket rankings and monthly ticket rankings are the main source of rewards for fanfic authors." (TL: this novel on the og site was a 'free fanfiction' btw, not VIP, no nothing to read it, 1000 chapter for free~)

Kotori: "Then what about tips?"

Mikoto: "Although adding extra chapters for tips is also one way, the author is currently so busy everything is a ss. Extra chapters really aren't possible."

Kotori: "Well, that's basically it. Then this 'Letters from Fraxinus Follow Up' segnt ends here. Please look forward to the upcoming Encore volu, as well as the main volu—Nia Creation!"

(TL:And again, next volu is an Encore, not Nia's volu (sorry Nia), thanks for reading)

Author's note:

I recomnd a reader's work, Pokemon: The Illusory Successor, currently updating on Qidian~~~ (TL: As stated before, these are just title I translate word to word, don't roast )

the Shinto goddess of dawn, joy, dance, and the arts in Japanese mythology

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a famous viral routine created for the J-pop song of the sa na by the Japanese duo GARNiDELiA. Released in 2016, it blends modern pop with traditional Japanese styling