Midword

Cat: “Greetings, dear readers, I’m the Cat you all know well by now, Cheshiiire.”

Xun: “I’m Xun, for XunYu.”

Bear: “And I’m the one and only Bear... the King of Destruction, Shu Starling!”

Cat: “We knew, and so did the sharper readers. Maybe even since volume 1.”

Bear: “You’re cold! I’ve been prebearing for this for five volumes!”

Cat: “That aside, this concludes the Franklin arc and ends the first part of Infinite Dendrogram as a whole.”

Bear: “What a good finale.”

Cat: “Hey! The part is done, but the product is still going on! Don’t jinx it!”

Xun: “But the lAst scene was somEwhat like the last chApter of a manga. Honestly, it woUld work pretty well if it just endED here.”

Cat: “Stop! Nothing’s ending! We’re still going on!”

Bear: “Anyway, jokes aside, the beary presence of a midword means that there’s something more, right?”

Cat: “Yes. There will now be two everyday life stories set after the Franklin arc.”

Bear/Xun: “...”

Cat: “You two look like you want to say something.”

Bear: “Who puts everyday life stories after final scenes like the one we just had?”

Xun: “...Wouldn’t tHE volume leave a bettEr impression if it ended hEre?”

Cat: “Silence. Anyway, the latter of the two stories is completely new.”

Bear: “...Did the author need to fill some pages?”

Cat: “He tried to write something new into the main story, but he couldn’t think of anything besides expanding on The Earth and the DOA worm.”

Xun: “Hey, don’t cAll it DOA. I had to be realLY careful with the bomb whEN killing that thiNg.”

Bear: “He could’ve expanded on me and my ursine greatness.”

Cat: “You’re saying you want more scenes?! I want some, too, you know?! I didn’t show up in volumes 4, 5, and won’t show up in the story that comes next, either! When’s my turn?!”

Xun: This has been bOthering me for a while... Why is Cheshire so nAive when it comes to appEArance in the story?

Bear: “Anyway, enough of the sad cat without any scenes. Please enjoy the stories that come next. Thank you beary much.”

Cat: “Give me a turn!”