Trivia
Kamei no kokuhaku/Aru asa gurebôru zamuza ga me wo samasu to mikoshi wo katsuide ita
Goodbye, Mr. Despair
The title "As Gregor Samsa Awoke One Morning He Found Himself Carrying a Mikoshi" comes from a line in Franz Kafka's story "The Metamorphosis": "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning..."
When Chiri is placed on a pedestal because of her hair, she is called an "Unparalleled Beauty". This is also the title of an ending song in the series ("Zessei Bijin").
The title "Kamei No kokuhaku" ("Confessions of a Pen Name") was taken from Yukio Mishima's novel "Confessions of a Mask".