(This chapter was belatedly posted around 4 years after the book had been published; refer to chapter entitled: "Ｔｈｅ Ｆｉｒｓｔ Ｍｉｓｓ")

Hi! This is my first Haikyuu!! book.

Genres, themes, and content-related info:
- mental health
- anxiety
- stress management
- social life
- social roles
- life expectations
- positive encouragement
- support
- communication
- social interaction

Why Yamaguchi Tadashi?
A: Yamaguchi, in my opinion is one of the types whose expressiveness comes out in spontaneous ways. I'm not technically sure if he'd be into writing, but I don't know. Like, the vibe of his name seems to radiate good handwriting energy— at least to me lol. Also, he appears to be the type to help others as long as he isn't intimidated by such people. My OC, Fuyuka, is more calm and all so it seemed that Tadashi would fill in the gaps to help her overcome challenges and insecurities— and vice versa also applies for Tadashi being supported by Fuyuka.

Why this book format/type of story?
A: At the time that I started this book, I was not very optimistic about writing anymore in wattpad- and so, I decided this style would motivate me as I just needed to come up with good conversations, or even just one side of the conversation for chapters that were letters or flip phone texts. Right now, I still haven't changed my mind and would likely continue adding chapters like texts and such into the storyline as communication and social interaction is the main concept of this book after all— obviously from the title itself "My Childhood Penpal".

How long will this book be?
A: Honestly, I am not sure as this was the longest book I have ever made; although technically, a majority of the chapters are simple short conversations. Still, I aim not to go over 100-150. If you are new to wattpad or just unaware of this yet, wattpad sets a maximum of 200 chapters approximately for each book. I can imagine reaching that point, but I don't think I will do it as even I would have a hard time with 200 because sometimes I recheck drafts and previously published chapters for any editing or reference. Truthfully, I'm already struggling to recheck the chapters here for those so I really hope I don't go over 100 or at most 150.

EXAMPLE OF MY STRUGGLE:
I recently accidentally published a spoiler now at 2:07 am on this same day that I have published this chapter lol. You might have or might have not seen it, but I hope you haven't or at least, I wish you would pretend you hadn't seen it because I tried my best to be ninja and unpublish it asap like nothing happened lol. Thank you for your cooperation ('°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)

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03/01/2022 ~ 12:40 am

[temporary author's note]
This chapter will be moved to the beginning of the book, a week after it is published in order for current readers to catch up; refer to chapter entitled: "Ｔｈｅ Ｆｉｒｓｔ Ｍｉｓｓ"