Mamare Touno

Mamare Touno is the author of the Log Horizon series, having previously written Maoyuu Maou Yuusha. When he is writing for a volume, he usually updates on Syosetu before he compiles it into a published volume. He recently dropped another work of his, Trattoria After School, for unspecified reasons.

Personal Life
Touno himself is rather asocial and would probably be classified as a hikikomori. He usually writes about his relationship with his sister in the Afterword of volumes 1-5; in volumes 6, 7, and 8, he has written about his editor, F-ta.

According to him, contrary to what people believe, his little sister "is not tsundere or cute at all." She has a tendency to hide one of his shoes whenever she is mad at him. Despite belittling him at times, however, she did not hesitate to buy the first volume of the Log Horizon novel when it first released. When asked to hug her and report what happens, he responded that neither of them hugged each other, and that she would more likely kick him.

Q&A Sessions
Touno has had three question-and-answer sessions on 4chan; the first was to clarify Nureha's subclass, Courtesan, being less like a prostitute and more like the Japanese dayu. The second was after episode 10, and the third was after the first season finale.

Session 3

 * He mentioned that he has 15 volumes planned for Log Horizon, plus extra material.
 * His favorite pairing is Rundelhouse Code and Isuzu.
 * His favorite character is whoever he is writing at the moment; at the moment of the Q&A, he was writing about Tohya.
 * Krusty's cat was named "Nobody".
 * Shiroe and Akatsuki were given the Enchanter and Assassin classes, respectively, because the theme of MMORPGs is that "living by yourself is difficult," so they chose classes that were specialized and so they could not rely on themselves.

Trivia

 * When writing chapters, he enjoys listening to music, especially Yun*chi's "your song", the ending for Log Horizon season 1.