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Full Metal Panic!

A Dancing Very Merry Christmas

Chapter One, Part A

September 05, 2004

Translator’s Forward:

Well, here it is, as promised, the next installment of the Full Metal Panic long story novels, “A

Dancing Very Merry Christmas”. I do want to make a few notes beforehand:

1. In Japan, Christmas is considered more of a “lover’s holiday”- it does not really hold the

same meaning in Japan as it does in Western culture.

2. This novel will be released in the same format as the last one was, with each chapter

broken into two parts. However, because the last novels were actually one extra-long

novel, those chapters were much longer. So don’t be disappointed that these chapters are

considerably shorter. I also cannot guarantee that we will be able to release these every

two weeks as we did the last ones (b/c of school and work time constraints), but we’ll try

not to leave anyone hanging for too long ^^

Hmm, I guess that’s really all. Again, I will apologize beforehand for the inevitable mistakes, and I

hope you enjoy this new story in the continuing Full Metal Panic! saga.

-Brandi

Full Metal Panic!

A Dancing Very Merry Christmas

Story: Shouji Gatou

Illustrations: Douji Shiki

"We are a treacherous, inhuman terrorist organization. We are taking over this ship starting now!" At the

serious-faced masked man's words, the Jindai High School students yell out in a fed up voice, "Again?"

Really, why does it have to be Christmas!? "What about my youth- my 17th Christmas Eve!?"

A mid-air rendezvous- his lips gently touch Tessa's earlobe as they fall...