heyhey. it's audrey (っ＾▿＾)っ

a big, big thank you to my promo/intro illustrator who constantly inspired me to write and create more with her really pretty art of my characters

a thank you to all my beta readers who helped me turn this light novel into what it is today

a thank you to my cover and arc intro illustrator. all the new illustrations look great

a thank you to everyone who reads "I'm Popular (or at least i used to be) Antes Story". it means a lot :)

authors note:

months later i still like "Hero" the short story i released before this but i do feel i didn't step out my comfort zone with it. it was an emotional romantic drama which is the kind of stories i write the most. that's not to say Antes Story won't have emotional drama cause it definitely does have that. with this story being a romantic comedy though it has a different tone to it. it was really hard to write in the beginning because of this change but i think i got the hang of it after a while. drawing the illustrations also took a lot of work as there was a lot more to draw with this ln and i still wanted to improve. i feel like i still could get better but i'm satisfied with what i've drawn so far. genre and art weren't the only things i experimented with  since i feel like i did more with character voice, character personalities, and scene sequencing with this story. im excited to experiment more with my writing in the future :D

ipas credits:

story & illustrations by audrey_xo_

cover & arc intro illustrations by arka

promo & intro illustrations by eraofpink

character designs by audrey_xo_

ipas soundtrack:

like "Hero" i created a soundtrack for "I'm Popular (or at least i used to be) Antes Story" (ipas). here's the spotify link. feel free to listen to it if u like to listen to music while reading :)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4MFFgipU6MEuwG01Szbbkp

i hope u enjoy reading "I'm Popular (or at least i used to be) Antes Story" and laughing with (and maybe sometimes at) Hitomi as she tells her story :)