[Prince of Tennis] My Long Summer Will Never Fade

[Blurb]

God (waving a magic wand): I’ll give you a billion, on the condition that you transmigrate into the world of your favorite character and get imprisoned for a year.

Xia Zhi (scratching her head): You’ve told me the benefits. What’s the catch?

God (booming): The catch is that you become the heroine of a clichéd transmigration novel!

Xia Zhi (rolling her shoulders): A Mary Sue, adored by everyone?

God (hands on hips): Heh heh heh! Be afraid! Tremble, woman!

Xia Zhi (delighted): Yay!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s wonderful. You absolutely have to punish me.

The god (hesitating): ...Huh?

Xia Zhi (starting to place her order): A domineering CEO would be nice. The plant guys... even better if they all came together. I also love a straightforward puppy type! And there’s more...

This summer, cicadas buzz noisily, and love and hate grow wild.

But my long summer will never fade.

[Reader's Guide]

1. A grumbling office drone heroine x ship whoever you want

2. The heroine is at the center; no endgame pairing, with a one-on-one extra

3. A silly, healing tone. The story focuses on the heroine, from lying flat to working hard for her sisters

4. First person, first person, first person, first person, first person

[Original Intention | Content Warnings]

1. “To tell this story in full, with nothing left unfinished.”

2. I’ve loved this comic for a very, very long time, so long that I wanted to give myself some closure. Perhaps this is a song written for no one in particular.

3. This is, in a sense, my first truly long-form novel.

Theme: How can you work without going crazy?