I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Hi! tortured! (??ω??)??

Here is because the hair is not dry, so I can't sleep yet. After seeing the year-end summary written by my favorite novelist, I also want to come here on a whim to thank the novelist of the year-end summary-Shu Mengshi.

2021 really passed in the blink of an eye. At the beginning of the year, Ogata spent the longest night of his life in Kyoto, and at the end of the year, Ogata's story is coming to an end.

Now that 2021 is coming to an end and this book is coming to an end, the author will tell you some stories about the creation of this book this year.

If I asked the author to comment on my book, it would be——too stable!

This book was put on the shelves at the end of last year, and the first order on the shelves was 6351. For such a niche subject matter, this kind of data is quite good.

But in essence, the first subscription is very high. Not long after it was put on the shelves, the number of follow-up subscriptions (the number of subscriptions to the latest chapter within 24 hours) became extremely stable at around 1,200.

This follow-up number has been stable until now.

That is to say——from the beginning of the serialization of the fourth volume, until now, throughout 2021, more than a year, the number of additional subscriptions for this book has not changed, and it has always been around 1200.

Regardless of whether it is recommended or not, the number of follow-up subscriptions will never change, neither high nor low. Only in certain chapters (such as some chapters that are a bit awkward), the number of follow-up subscriptions can soar to nearly 2,000. The data is not stable.

Although the number of follow-up subscriptions is not high, the daily new subscriptions are very high. Thanks to the high new subscriptions, for most of the time in 2021, this book can be in the range of 20-40 in the light novel bestseller list Float inside.

It can keep sales in a range for more than half a year-it's really not stable.

The average order is also very stable. The first order was 6351, and now it has only slowly increased to 8000.

Recently, because there are not many potential readers who will like this subject matter of this book, the increase in collections and new additions have decreased due to various reasons, and the ranking on the bestseller list has dropped slightly, and it has become in the range of 40 to 60. Floating, but the follow-up order remains unchanged, still around 1200...

Because the book is coming to an end soon, the author has become a lot more Buddhist recently and doesn't pay much attention to the results. The author now has only one goal: to draw a successful conclusion to this book.

This book is not only very stable in terms of data, but also the progress of the plot is also very stable.

The book is almost 3.2 million words now, and until now there has not been any major collapse in plot and combat power.

There is no such thing as a character who was strong in the early stage, but not as good as a pig or dog in the later stage. The character who was strong in the early stage is also very strong now-such as Gamiya.

There was no situation where someone was too strong. For example, Ogata. Although Ogata is now regarded as the ceiling of combat power, no one should think that if Ogata can single-handedly challenge Mamiya and Genichi without using a pistol, he can win for sure.

The author is also confident that this stability will continue until the end, and also confident that before the end, there will be another big climax that will make you all vote monthly for this book from the bottom of your heart.

The author has set four climaxes for this book:

The battle of hundreds of people.

Battle of Nijo Castle, Kyoto.

The decisive battle with the shogunate army.

And it won't take long for everyone to see the battle.

It seems to be bragging, but the author feels that he has made rapid progress throughout the year.

Although I have written a 3.7 million-word novel before writing this book, but that novel is purely a plaything for my self-indulgence, and no one reads it. How happy I am to write it

In terms of writing ability, the author was actually a novice when he first started this book.

So now when I go back and read the content at the beginning of this book, the author really feels that I was really immature at that time, and many places are long-winded... There are many plots that I can write now, and I will definitely be able to arrange them better and more clearly. interesting.

Around the time of Volume 5 Kyoto, that is, at the beginning of this year,

The author thinks that my writing ability has begun to make great progress.

Mysterious things such as the sense of rhythm of the novel and mobilizing the reader's emotions that I hadn't been able to figure out before, are now gradually becoming clearer.

There are still many things I want to talk about, but because my hair is almost dry and I want to sleep, I will skip it for the time being, and I will talk about it when I have a chance.

If the author has not miscalculated, the book will be finished in March or April of the next year.

Thinking that the story of "Sura" is about to end, the author really has mixed feelings.

In the middle and late March of the next year, when this book is about to end, the author will publish a new book, so that the old work and the new work can be seamlessly connected.

The author has also told you before that I have an infinite love for sword and halberd novels, so I decided to write a "Samurai Trilogy" that shares the same world view.

For these trilogy, the author has already made the basic settings.

The trilogy will respectively compose the legends of "Sura", "King Ren" and "Dragon".

The next book will compose the legend of "King Ren".

The legend of "Sura" began in the Kanzheng period in 1789, and the legend of "Nio" began in the Anzheng period in 1860.

As for when the legend of "Dragon" will start, please allow the author to continue to keep it secret~~

As far as feelings are concerned, the author actually wants to write the story of "Dragon" earlier~ After all, the author is an ultimate fan of "Like a Dragon". In the work to be overflowing, the protagonist is a macho man with dragon tattoos on his back like Kazuma Kiryu.

But there is no way, if the story of "Nioh" is not finished first, the story of "Dragon" cannot be started.

Compared with this part, the next part will have a lot less fantasy elements, and it will be a more martial arts and sword-like work. The author is confident to bring you a brand new work that will refresh your understanding.

All in all - thanks for looking after this year! Please take care of us in the coming year!

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wash dreams

December 30, 2021