Yomi Hirasaka Retires As Light Novelist, Citing FIRE
Hirasaka is the rare light novelist who says he can stop writing because the books paid for it, which reframes the A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics backlash as noise rather than cause.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Yomi Hirasaka, author of Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends and A Sister's All You Need., confirmed on September 13 that he retired as a light novelist. He said the reason was FIRE, the Financial Independence, Retire Early movement, and not lack of success or mental health. He was answering a social media post that speculated about his mental health after negative feedback to A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics and that series' final volume.
Hirasaka said he replied to a post speculating that he was retiring for his mental health after the negative feedback to A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics and the original light novel series' final volume. His answer was that both the anime and the final novel volume were extremely popular.
His catalog includes three light novel series. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai ran from 2009 to 2015 with illustrations by Buriki, A Sister's All You Need. ran from 2015 to 2020 with illustrations by Kantoku, and A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics launched in October 2021 with Kantoku and ended with its 10th volume on July 17.
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