Progress Reporting (Patreon)

Thank you for your continued support.

I apologize for not being able to release my new work yet.

I am ashamed to say that I have been in a state of physical and mental dis-ease, probably due to changes in my personal environment and a series of minor troubles, which has made it difficult for me to concentrate on production for a short period of time as I have been doing.

In addition to this, as many of you may know, new AI-related technologies have been growing explosively in recent months, and I have been spending a lot of energy and time on researching them. As creators and engineers, I have a great deal of curiosity to catch up with the new technologies in the face of this enormous transformation, and a great deal of anxiety about falling behind by not catching up.

I am very aware that it is wrong in turn to use such time in a situation where I am waiting for new works. However, even though I try to concentrate on the work in front of me, the new work is not progressing well, and I use this way of using time as an escape route from the conflict of being impatient and feeling that time is running out. In fact, the fact that I am doing what I will do someday in the future in any case keeps my frustration at bay.

However, I am very much aware that the time is passing after all, and the impatience of discouraging everyone is getting stronger, and I have been able to utilize my impatience for results, but this time, as mentioned above, various factors such as changes in my personal circumstances have coincided at the right time, and I am devastated and in a negative spiral.

I would have originally hoped to have recovered and be able to publish my work by this time, but this is the result. I will not be able to publish it for a while yet.

Of course, despite the current situation, my will to complete the work has not changed. The trying time I am going through now would have come sooner or later, and it has given me an opportunity to review things, which I believe will be a positive experience for me to deliver the contents to my supporters in the long run.

Recently, I have been struggling with the feeling of "I feel guilty for making you wait so long and spending my time on other things," and I have been releasing or not releasing other works, but I may reopen my mind and gradually release those as well. I will do what I can to recover from my current state of exhaustion.

This is my progress report. I think I will delete this post by the time I can post my new work.

I will issue the URL for the new work in March later.

I plan to publish the new works for January & February, and the new works for March, staggered in April and May. There will be no new work for April and May, as there will be work on a compilation of the Hasshaku-sama.

Finally, once again, I am truly sorry for the delay. I can't face all of you who gave me warm words a month ago. I will do my best.