[Homura7]

Originally Posted by Solace

Cruz will never be a male again. The author's afterward basically says as much, he even apologizes to the "he was better as a trap" fans. He also gives a reason, somewhat, of why the final chapters seemed so rushed. Basically he's been doing this for ten years, got a lot of health issues and such, and is just exhausted. So he's taking a break from Needless, resting up, doing another serialization, and then he'll return to the story. We'll all be much older when that finishes, heh.

Did you translate this from his letter in the latest issue?