Fighting Boy Meets Girl

by Shouji Gatou

  Also, to Shikidouji for taking time out of a busy schedule to put so much effort into beautiful illustrations. To Kumiko Sato, who gave my work such a wonderful, thorough edit. And to the little girl Kathy. If you hadn’t spilled cocoa milk on my rough draft, things might have turned out differently (just kidding).

  Well, goodbye. I hope you’ll join us next time for more of Sousuke’s personal hell.

  Shouji Gatou, August 1998

  Addendum: This year, for the first time in a while, Hourai Gakuen World is reviving as a net game. In the case of this net game, you can easily join via post even if you don’t have a computer. If you’re curious, write to postal code 168-0072

  3-13-20 M1, Takaido-Higashi Suginami Ward, Tokyo

  Elsewhere “I saw Gatou’s advertisement.”

  Send an envelope with your name and address to that location with an 80 yen stamp.

  You will receive more detailed documents in two days.

  Also, this address has nothing to do with Fujimi Shobo editorial, so please send other requests to Elsewhere.

  *Notice The announcement on the right was during the first and second printings. Post-third printing, the Hourai Gakuen net game submissions are no longer being conducted. But Elsewhere itself is still active, so if you’re curious, please send requests to the same address.

  Sign up for our mailing list at J-Novel Club to hear about new releases!

  Newsletter

  And you can read the latest chapters (like Vol. 2 of this series!) by becoming a J-Novel Club Member:

  J-Novel Club Membership

  Copyright

  Full Metal Panic! Volume 1

  by Shouji Gatou

  Translated by Elizabeth Ellis

  Edited by Dana Allen

  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

  Copyright © Shouji Gatou, Shikidouji 1998

  Illustrations by Shikidouji

  First published in Japan in 1998 by KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Tokyo

  English translation rights arranged with KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Tokyo

  All rights reserved. In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher is unlawful piracy and theft of the author’s intellectual property.

  J-Novel Club LLC

  j-novel.club

  The publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher.

  Ebook edition 1.0: May 2019