Hey there, E.O. Tenkey here! I know I already said this in the afterward, but thank you so much for reading the entirety of Not A Manga volume 1! It ended up wrapping up quicker than I originally anticipated, but we`re still in light novel territory, so I`m content.

　　Before we move onto volume 2, I wanted to say a few things (and without Xavier`s snarky interjections).

　　First, I`ve already said this but please consider leaving a review! Aside from increasing exposure for the story, I`m really curious what people think about the first volume. It`s a bit different from the normal style of story here on Royal Road, and I`d love to hear what worked for you and what didn`t. Additionally, the second volume is going to be quite different from the first (in more ways than one), so I`m hoping to get some good reviews in before I go making a bunch of people angry. (抇�)

　　Second, I`ll be taking August off and resuming publication in early September. My job has a massive deployment in mid-August that`s likely to eat my time for a bit, and I want to establish a buffer on volume 2 so I can get back to providing Patreon subscribers with advance chapters. And hey, maybe that will help me actually get Patreon subscribers.

　　Third, the cover for volume 1 should be done by the time I start publishing volume 2! Whoo! This process has taken a lot longer than I anticipated, but I`m looking forward to finally getting something a little more interesting than a blue sky up there.

　　Fourth, if you stumbled through the fourth wall and discovered you were a character in a manga, what would you do? What genre would you hope to be stuck in and why? Sound off in the comments!

　　I`ll see you again in about a month! Harem Scarem may be complete, but the time for Styx draws nigh&Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings.

　　"But what will I read in the interim?!" I hear you cry. Well, why not try some actual harem manga?

　　I am a self-professed non-fan of harem manga (and there`s a lot of really bad ones out there), but I still find myself reading a few harem series nonetheless. They have an odd appeal to them. Kind of like a train wreck, only titillating.

　　If you would like to try harem manga, here are some to consider (all links lead to official publisher`s pages):

　　The Quintessential Quintuplets (ongoing): this is one of the most well-executed harems I`ve read in the recent past. I`m not sure how well the author will wrap everything up, but the basic mystery element that`s embedded in the premise is a genius hook.

　　We Never Learn (ongoing): this is a good example of a very by-the-book slice-of-life harem rom-com.

　　Haganai: I Don`t Have Many Friends (ongoing): a great example of the willfully ignorant protagonist. This author is really good at mocking harem tropes while simultaneously using them, as well.

　　Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches (completed, but not all volumes in English yet): body-swapping harem hijinks. It kind of petered out near the end, but this is one of the series that got me into giving harem manga a chance at all.

　　Masamune-kun`s Revenge (completed, but not all volumes in English yet): like most harem stories, this one petered out near the end. A lot of fun for a good chunk of it, though.

　　Love Hina (completed): I don`t like this manga much, but it`s one of the classic examples that put slice-of-life harem rom-coms on the map. A lot of harem manga are reusing or reacting against tropes codified in Love Hina, so if you`re interested in harem manga as a cultural phenomenon it might be worth a look.