Finally, it’s going premium. -

First, I owe you an apology for not posting this notice earlier.

BOSS being able to go premium is all thanks to the support you’ve given it all this time.

It’s because of you that BOSS made it to today.

Of course, today isn’t the end. It’s a brand‑new beginning.

VIP means you’ll have to pay to read BOSS from now on. I know that’s hard for a lot of you to accept.

I’ve agonized over this for a long time myself, wondering if I should even go VIP.

But going VIP is how SF backs a series, and it’s also the only way your support for me can really count.

SF chose BOSS. I can’t let SF down, and I definitely don’t want to let you down.

Some people will support BOSS going premium, some won’t. That’s normal, and I’ll definitely lose some readers.

I was prepared for that. That’s why I originally didn’t plan to write this premium message at all.

I wanted to just let things happen naturally, let the water flow where it should, and pour all my energy into writing.

But that’s on me. I was being too casual about it.

Now that some of you are confused, for your sake and for mine, I feel like I need to straighten my attitude out and stand up to say this—for my future, and for you—

I’ve been writing BOSS for a long time now, from a few hundred thousand words to over a million.

The only real fuel for that has been my own interest.

But I’m afraid that interest alone won’t last a lifetime. I’m no longer a clueless teenager; there’s pressure coming at me from all sides.

I’ve been lost before, thinking: if I used the hours I spend writing on something else, maybe I’d get more in return.

Still, I believe a lot of you are the same: you kept going because you like it.

So since we’ve come this far, it’s time to face it—face myself, and face you.

I want to see this through to the end.

I want this “burden” of writing to stop feeling like a burden.

I want all these years that look like “wasted time” to stop being wasted.

I chose this road, so I’m going to walk it to the end. I hope you’ll keep supporting me along the way.

If you do, I can keep pouring my time into this with a calm heart, and do my best to create better stories for you.

BOSS won’t be the only one. There’ll be more works waiting for us down the road.

The real journey starts now—

Finally, Mantou wants to say, from the bottom of my heart… sorry!

And after that—

Thanks to my editor SG for the enormous help.

Thanks to the cover artist Linkaweizeer, who worked their ass off on the illustration.

Thanks to SF for the full support.

Thanks to all of you for never abandoning this book.

Thank you, truly—

That’s all.