"Alright, that's about enough chatting for now. Next, we move on to everyone's favorite segment… We will select a few questions from the bullet comments to answer, to satisfy your curiosity. This includes, but is not limited to, questions about the work. This means you can also ask some personal questions, but whether Izumi chooses to answer them is up to him."
Machida Sonoko began the next step.
This activity was also an important part of attracting everyone. Compared to figuring things out themselves, some questions were, of course, more important to get answers directly from the person.
So, the bullet comments started flooding in, even blocking the screen for a while.
After all, theoretically, if a few thousand people simultaneously send bullet comments, such a situation could arise.
"Everyone is really too enthusiastic… In that case, let's pause the bullet comments and then select some."
Machida Sonoko picked up the mouse, clicked the pause button, then her gaze fell on a bullet comment, and she couldn't help but smile.
["Miss Machida, how old are you? Do you think I'm good enough?!"]
"A woman's age is a secret, you know. Asking it so openly, of course, you're not good enough!"
She said, clicking the mouse on it, which made many viewers in the live stream laugh.
"This is an interview with me, not a matchmaking show for Miss Sonoko. What exactly are you all trying to do?!"
Izumi Chihiro said, feigning a gritting-teeth expression.
Everyone laughed even harder.
"Come on, let's see what questions everyone has? I'll look for them…"
Machida Sonoko searched through the bullet comments, and finally her gaze landed on one, "Hmm, here's a question about the work's content, and it's asked very cleverly, so let's go with this one."
"This one, huh…"
Izumi Chihiro was also in the live stream, so he saw that question.
["Why did Mami revive, but Sayaka didn't make it through?"]
"Because Mami was killed by a Witch, but Madoka made a wish to erase all Witches from the past and future. Naturally, there was no reason for Mami to have died. Kyoko is the same… But Sayaka turned into a Witch herself, so you understand."
Actually, even without his explanation, many people in the bullet comments had already answered, and many of them were very classic, superior-sounding comments.
For example, 'You don't even understand this?', 'Anyone who watched carefully wouldn't have this question, right?', 'Elementary schoolers shouldn't watch Old Thief's works, you'll have nightmares.'
However, it was indeed like this; not everyone reads so carefully or has an amazing memory. There were quite a few such questions; some were indeed simple, while others seemed quite rigorous.
["Are all Witches transformed magical girls?"]
"No, there are two situations for the birth of Witches. Either like Madoka running out of magic in the cycle, or Sayaka having mental problems, or the familiars in the Witch's barrier break down, kill humans, and grow into Witches."
["What would happen if a girl wished for Kyubey to die?"]
["Why didn't Homura Akemi reverse time to save Kyoko? The chances of two people defeating Witch Night together would surely be higher, right?"]
["Did Izumi encounter any difficulties while writing?"]
Izumi Chihiro patiently answered all these questions, leaving everyone with a very good impression.
"Senior, how are your new works coming along?"
At this moment, a distinguished bullet comment appeared at the very top of the live stream. The allure of money made it impossible not to notice this message.
This was Kani Nayuta seeing everyone's bullet comments and asking the question on their behalf; of course, she herself was equally expectant.
"You guys, Izumi just finished a work, and you're already asking such questions? Aren't you letting him rest? Nayuta-sensei, are you also joining their mischief? However, with Izumi's ability, it's indeed possible he's already thought of something, right?"
Machida Sonoko said, building up suspense before revealing the answer.
"No, no, no, Miss Sonoko, please don't praise me, but I do have an idea for a new work… No, strictly speaking, it can't really be called a new work."
Izumi Chihiro paused.
"Could it be…?"
Machida Sonoko's eyes lit up as she interjected.
Beautiful women really can deceive. He had already told her before, but he couldn't see a single flaw in her expression.
"That's right, a sequel to puella magi madoka magica… well, it can't exactly be called a sequel, because it's a continuous story. It's just that its thematic focus is different from before, which is why Madoka becoming a god was used as the ending."
She replied, "I see."
Machida Sonoko nodded thoughtfully, then addressed the audience, "Did everyone hear that? That's the answer the teacher gave, are you excited?"
Everyone was a bit surprised by the answer, but also excited.
Because in puella magi madoka magica, they still had too many regrets, for example, Mami didn't have much substantial performance before she died, the relationship between Sakura Kyoko and Sayaka ended abruptly and didn't reach a satisfactory level for everyone, and the most heartbreaking was Madoka Kaname becoming a concept, leaving only the law of cycles as a synonym.
"Hmm, the interview time is almost over."
Suddenly, Machida Sonoko glanced at her watch.
"Is that so? Then I'm going to hang up."
Izumi Chihiro said, understanding.
Unexpectedly.
"Wait, Izumi, actually, at the end of the show, I prepared a surprise for you."
Machida Sonoko's smile became more playful.
"Ah?"
He showed a surprised expression.
This was not an act, but genuine surprise.
Because they hadn't mentioned this to him.
"Actually, it's just a piece of news, it just depends on whether Izumi wants to know it."
Machida Sonoko continued.
"Miss Sonoko, stop teasing us."
Izumi Chihiro couldn't help but say.
Stop building suspense!
["Hehehe, the Old Thief is getting anxious too!"]
["Big sister teaching a shota .avi."]
["I want to know too!"]
…
"Alright, alright, I'll tell Izumi. Actually, on the day puella magi madoka magica finished, a production company contacted us, and it was the famous a2p animation production company in the industry, so…"
Machida Sonoko's words stopped there, and everything was already self-evident.
At that moment, Izumi Chihiro felt his breathing quicken a bit.
Has it finally reached this point?
An anime adaptation of a work can be considered a milestone achievement for a light novel author.