Accel World - Volume 19 - Chapter Aft

AFTERWORD

Thank you so much for reading Accel World 19: Pull of the Dark Nebula. Although, when I wrote that, I thought Wait. Is it really the nineteenth book? It’s not, like, number seventeen? I had to check, but it is indeed Volume 19. Aah, in the blink of an eye, there are so many volumes…

I started the current arcs of Big Sister and White King in Volume 17, so this means those are already on their third book. Finally, all the bits and pieces have been put in place, so it’s at last time for the big battle. I do hope I can bring that fight to a conclusion in the next volume somehow. (From here on, I will be touching on some details from the novel, so please do be aware!)

In this nineteenth volume, the situation with Nega Nebulus changes significantly. Initially, I thought the number of Legion members would increase steadily after Fuko and the rest of the Four Elements joined, but for some reason, everyone all joined at once in this volume. Takumu himself said it in the book, but the imbalance in the ratio of boys and girls in the Legion is at last starting to feel dangerous, so I’d like to get some balance there going forward. Although I don’t get the sense that that will be easy. (LOL.)

To start with, if the merger with the neighboring Legion happens, then the number of M-types on the roll should increase a fair bit. At any rate, on the cover, too, we finally have seen the other members of the Triplex, Cassi and Pokki. I think they’ll be powerful allies, so I do hope you’ll be rooting for them!

Now, then. I believe this will also be announced in the Dengeki Bunko Fall 2015 Fair ahead of the release of this Volume 19, but they’re going to make a new anime of Accel World! Production will, of course, be done by Sunrise Studio No. 8, and the main personnel will be coming on board from the TV anime. I’m deeply grateful to all of them, as well as everyone who expended every effort to make this project happen, and of course, all the readers who have been cheering for Accel World all this time.

I believe the details will be announced in all mediums going forward, but time-wise, the story will be a little in the future from the current White Legion arc. In advance of the package release, there will also be a theatrical release, so I’d be delighted if you could enjoy it on the big screen.

I must once again thank illustrator HIMA, who continues to draw the most impressive spreads of the squad of girl characters who continue to grow in number, and my editor, Miki, who manages the tightrope schedule with deft beauty. All right, everyone, I’ll see you again in Volume 20!

Reki Kawahara

A day in September 2015