Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

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"How did you get here...?" Xiangzi tried his best to remain calm, but his voice still trembled uncontrollably. "Why... could you find this place?"

“It’s Del. She brought us in, and then we got separated.” Meow Dream scratched her wet hair. “It took us quite a while to get back together before we set off to find you.”

"In order to find you, I stumbled into many different memories," Hailing said calmly. "My dear Miaomeng was almost scared to death several times."

"I already said it was Meow Dream—wait?! How come it really is Meow Dream!"

“Just now, I sensed that Xiang might be here, so I brought everyone over,” Mu said.

"I never expected it to be a beach. We don't think we've ever actually been to a beach, we've only been there once in our dreams."

Chu Hua looked up at the sun. She smiled and reached out her hand to Xiangzi, who was standing there dumbfounded.

"Anyway, it's our turn to pick you up this time, Xiao Xiang!"

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Snapped!

A snap of fingers rang in Xiangzi's ears, bringing him back to reality.

"""Mujica——Mujica——Mujica——"""

Faintly, one could hear cheers.

"Why are you still spacing out?"

Snapped.

Another identical snap of the fingers, and Miaomeng's head came into Xiangzi's view.

“You always do this before you go on stage.”

"Where is this?" Xiangzi blinked.

This looks like the backstage area, and the cheers from the audience are coming from the direction of the stage.

Am I... dreaming?

Or.......

Were all those things before just dreams?

"Tokyo Dome, this is the biggest show Ave Mujica has ever had, how could you forget?" Meow Dream put her hands on her hips and snorted, "Did you leave your brain on that beach? I told you, we should have gone to see the sea first."

"Hmm." Hailing walked out from the side and shrugged noncommittally.

Just then, the clanging sound of a guitar rang out from the side. Xiangzi looked in the direction of the sound and saw Mu wearing a performance outfit and holding a pink seven-string guitar.

"Xiang," Mu said softly, "it's time to go on stage."

"Don't keep the audience waiting too long."

In the very end, dazzling golden shoulder-length hair filled most of Xiangzi's field of vision.

Chu Hua stretched out her hand to Xiangzi.

"Let's go, Xiaoxiang."

Xiangzi blinked.

Finally, he took a deep breath.

"Well, let's go."

She took Chu Hua's hand and led her towards the stage.

"Hey—!" Meow Dream called after them, "Wait for us!"

“Mujica—Mujica—Mujica—! """"

""""Mujica——Mujica——Mujica——!""""

“Mujica—Mujica—Mujica—! """"""

The cheers from the audience grew louder and louder.

The light before Xiangzi's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Finally, she took Chu Hua's hand, rushed out from behind the curtain, and stood in the center of the stage.

A deafening roar of applause and cheers swept over her, and she basked in the cheers of the audience as a slow smile crept onto her lips.

"Chuhua," she said to the person beside her.

"Hmm?" Chu Hua tilted her head.

"I like you too."

"Huh?!!!! ...

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Toyokawa Shoko Doesn't Want to Become a Witch

Complete book.

Thank you for watching.

The Tale of Transcendence: Stars and Us: Author's Closing Remarks

I'll write this closing statement while it's still fresh in my mind, otherwise I won't want to write anymore.

Actually, I don't really want to write anymore, but I have to give an explanation, to make it end... uh, to make a statement, right?

Regarding the last volume—oh no, actually the last two volumes—it shouldn't be considered good. After all, since Mujica ended, my new subscribers have been halved, and the average subscriptions have been dropping. My already meager income has become even more pitiful. I've lost all motivation and mood; all that's left is the desire to finish the series.

Now it's finally buried.

Oh dear.

Actually, I often complained in the group that I didn't want to write anymore and that I wanted to quit. Some group members were very understanding and said that Mujica was so bad that everyone would understand if I didn't write anymore.

However, since it was my first full-length novel, I didn't want to give up, so I gritted my teeth and persevered for the last three months.

There were several times when I almost couldn't keep going and questioned why I was writing the book.

Fortunately, they managed to hold on and land safely in the end.

This book has gone through many ups and downs, and I've written down all the mistakes I made along the way.

I'm not a very creative person; my creative process is simply piecing together things I like and then using Quentin Tarantino's "piecemeal creation" concept to justify it. The ending isn't particularly original, but for me, it's the safest way to conclude.

Hope you all enjoy watching it.

If everyone enjoys watching, that's enough for me.

Finally, let me briefly recommend the songs represented by the chapter titles of the five endings. Although I tried to choose some well-known songs, there are always some people who don't know them.

The ending track, "In The End," is Linkin Park's most famous piece. The reason for choosing this song is that Xiao Xiang's final, desperate fall echoes the death of the band's lead singer, Chester.

Ending B, "Black Birthday," uh, Black Birthday, does it even need an introduction? I feel like we can skip that.

The C ending, "A Step Away," is a famous song from Xenoblade Chronicles 3, which carries a strong sense of "separation between heaven and earth," hence its placement here.

"Beautiful World," the ending theme song for the new Evangelion movie, sung by Utada Hikaru. In ending D, Sho didn't create a new world or save Akari, but she bravely continued to live on in the B world line. For her, this world was cruel yet full of hope.

I think that by the end, everyone was still attached to the B world line, so in the end, it became two parallel endings with the E ending.

The ending theme of E, "Beyond The Time," is from "Char's Counterattack." It's arguably the most famous song in the Gundam UC series, and it's recently become popular again because of GQuuuuuux.

This name was decided from the very beginning, not something I came up with on the spur of the moment after watching Gquuuuuux. After all, the last chapter is called "The Story of Beyond," which actually corresponds to this ending.

I've said pretty much everything I wanted to say.

My next book will be about sports, which I really enjoy—basically, Uma Musume Girl. The almost nonexistent slice-of-life content in this book is a point of frequent criticism from my readers, so the next one will have a much lighter tone, and I plan to try including more slice-of-life elements.

If all goes well, I will release a new book in August.

Let me save this draft first.

That's about it.

Thank you for sticking with me this far.

Thank you so much.

Suzukaze/Ryuu-chan, June 30, 2025.

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Finally, I'll venture to give a review, but please be gentle (please).