The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

After half a year, "The Witch Trial That Started with Bullying the Iron Bucket Zombie" has come to a glorious end!

...Although it's not called that now.

Actually, this book has quite a few points where it can almost be considered finished.

But it's still unnecessary to write until now.

It doesn't matter where you end it; it can end when you're still entangled, it can end when you're never forgiven, it can end with the dumplings, or even the final splash when they fall—I think that would be fine too.

In short, I have finished writing this book.

hum.

Now that the book is finished, I can finally give a heartfelt closing statement.

As you all know, I mentioned in my launch message that this book was started spontaneously.

Although it was improvised, only the idea and the beginning were improvised, and it wasn't the version that everyone is seeing now.

I make outlines for every book, but how should I put it...

This is probably the fatal flaw of online novels. Because they are mainly serialized, no one knows whether the story will be popular or whether there will be any problems before the book is published.

I'm the type who tends to adjust as needed.

In other words, we cannot do it in too much detail, we cannot define it too rigidly, and we cannot make too many or too thorough preparations.

Otherwise, it will become a sunk cost that is difficult to relinquish and let go of.

Sometimes, following a predetermined story might not lead to any mistakes, but there is definitely a big difference between planning and execution.

So my personal habit is to create a complete story framework for the first volume, then create a longer, more scattered, and unrestrained framework for the second volume, and then add an ending that is like drawing a target for an archery exercise, which may not be adopted but can serve as a direction.

Since it's a harem story, the ending will definitely be about a harem.

I didn't think about the details!

Bonus Chapter: Marriage

The first volume is very simple and straightforward. The essence of this book is that I wanted to bully Tsukishiro Yuki and the Iron Bucket Zombie. To put it bluntly, it's a gimmick. It starts from there, but it doesn't necessarily have to be the core of the story.

Because bullying is definitely not a good thing, but calling it "bullying" doesn't quite capture the essence.

What they want is that feeling of being somewhere in between, but it's done under the guise of bullying.

However, it must be admitted that bullying is indeed a very bad trend, but fortunately I never intended to actually write about bullying from the beginning.

Whether it counts as fraud or not... well, I'm not sure. I think I did write something, but this bullying is not the same as that bullying.

Because of this bullying, the book's title was changed frequently and repeatedly during its serialization.

how to say.

Sometimes, we only realize how precious something was after we've lost it.

This is bullying.

I acknowledge the negative influence, so when I was notified that this word was not allowed to be used as the book title, I changed it without hesitation.

The editor said at the time that if the content was related, it also had to be changed.

But hehe, I didn't.

At least there was no bullying in the general sense.

Not a single word changed!

cough.

Although I really want to say this with such confidence, I actually made a few minor changes to the beginning.

It's about that purple sweet potato pudding and maintaining a healthy online environment while rejecting school bullying.

One thing I wrote was the word "panties".

The other one...

It simply explained what bullying is.

That is indeed relevant content!

Because I was too lazy to change it to other paragraphs, but I didn't want the text to be misaligned due to the modification, I used those two to replace it.

Anyway, it won't affect the normal plot.

Modification and violation are pretty much like this. The reason I feel nostalgic is because I discovered it.

The difference in traffic before and after changing the book title was enormous.

If the book title didn't include the word "bullying," at least half the people wouldn't click on it!

The title of the book that I miss the most and that had the best effect—please let me return to that golden age.

Unfortunately, although it briefly gained some glory by using the homophone "爸临" (bà lín), it was soon reported again for not being able to use the same character and was thus changed out of hatred.

The process of changing the name is roughly as follows.

The Witch's Trial Begins with Bullying the Buckethead Zombie

The Witch's Trial Begins with the Iron Bucket Zombie

So the Buckethead Zombie Killed Me

The Witch's Trial Begins with Dad's Iron Bucket Zombie

I whispered in the witch's ear

The Witch's Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

I changed the book title five times.

I wonder which book title everyone clicked on first.

The final title that came to fruition is the one we have now.

I told the editor that I missed the best days of that name so much.

I asked if it would be okay to use ○○.

The editor and I discussed it and asked, "Should we bully them?"

He felt that ○○ should not be allowed.

But he has to ask the reviewer.

After asking, they came back and told me that bullying is not allowed! But ○○ is allowed.

I originally intended to submit a change to the book title.

However! Special characters cannot be used in book titles!

Thus, it became the OO we see today.

......

Let's return to the book itself.

As I mentioned before, I did a preliminary outline for this book.

One of them planned out a route to bully Haki Xue, which involves both bullying her and winning her over. How should he do it?

Hey, I have an idea.

To be honest, it's a bit contradictory to want to bully someone and also want to win them over.

Because bullying is a very serious and excessive matter, and trying to develop feelings through bullying is actually a disgusting thing. I don't like Stockholm syndrome.

Therefore, Hoshino Utsunomiya would hate and resist this kind of thing.

But I still want to bully Hagi Snow.

Then let Hoshino have no choice but to bully her!

In the beginning, there was no system set up. The earliest version was based on a feeling that the person understood their mission the moment they saw her and knew that only by dying at her hands could they return alive.

But how should I put it...

It's not that you can't write code without a system, it's just not convenient enough, and many things are missing.

Ultimately, the "system" in system novels is essentially a means for authors to use to mechanically invoke divine intervention and shirk their responsibilities. I must admit that I was indeed being lazy.

So I joined the system.

Let's leave the system details for later and continue with the initial design.

I wanted to bully Yuki, but I didn't want the bullying to stem from the act of bullying itself. I spent a long time studying Yuki's character design.

The result obtained from the curve is the pre-release chapter of the "Master's Guide to Dating" that everyone has been talking about.

I think this kind of love is sacred.

Why would someone consider someone a god?

How awful.

Because the underlying logic is a harem, although the romance is written quite well, there's not much content to write about in the individual romances, and it quickly descends into meaningless sweet moments.

Therefore, I need to design the second volume in advance.

Well...

That's right, although everyone's talking about BS and the green bug...

But actually I've never played BS!

The initial idea for the island-going plot came from enjoying Ancient Nosia, and then I wondered if The Judgment was a bit like Werewolf... although it's actually not Werewolf at all.

Fortunately, one of the best things about Ancient Nosia is that it doesn't release everyone from the very beginning.

Each time, I meet a different number of people, different individuals.

Only when they come together will everyone be included.

This is something I really want to take advantage of.

Because there are just too many people who are involved in the "magic judgment" (a form of political maneuvering).

Thirteen girls, one witch, one guard, and a damn warden.