Afterword
Hello, this is Hiro Ainana.
Thank you very much for picking up this third volume of Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody!
First of all, in the hopes of inspiring you to take this book all the way to the cash register, let me go over the highlights of this volume.
This work has been published on the net, but for volume three, the majority of the content centers around new events written for this book.
Since volumes one and two were very battle-centric, I thought I’d try changing things up in this volume with a story about crafting.
Transmuting magic potions, making magic tools, pottery, leatherworking, sewing, and cooking—between that and using programming knowledge to develop spells, a lot of skills that hadn’t done much in the previous volumes played a big role here.
Of course, the world of Death March isn’t quite so gentle that you can do anything as long as you have the skills.
Even if Satou has the cooking skills to create divine dishes, it doesn’t do him much good with his limited knowledge and repertoire…
This might be a bit of a spoiler, but I think you’ll enjoy Lulu’s unusual reaction to Satou’s peerless cooking. That’s just this author’s recommendation.
The stage for this story is the towns and cities that our group visits on their way from Seiryuu County to Kuhanou County.
The heart of this third volume is basically the journey with the main cast, but as the story progresses, they meet a certain girl and get involved in a situation that they’ll resolve with the help of Satou’s creation hacks and everyone’s cooperation.
Of course, besides the guest characters, we’ll also be reunited with a surprising figure…
To find out who shows up, please read the main story.
Moving on! The guest characters aren’t the only thing that’s new in this book.
Since I selfishly wanted to see more of shri’s beautiful illustrations, I made sure to change up aspects of the main characters besides Satou, like outfits or Mia’s and Nana’s different hairstyles.
I don’t know if this part will be illustrated, but we’ll also meet some cat-people girls; spy some half-man, half-goat fauna; and ride on the back of a new character’s giant bird, increasing the fantasy elements from the web version by a huge margin.
In order to increase the amount of fluffiness, I included an adorable familiar that sits on somebody’s head, too.
Well, since I’m getting close to the max amount of pages, I’ll wrap up the contents of volume three around here.
I have one report before we move onto the acknowledgments. It might already say so on the book wrap, but as of this volume, a manga adaptation of Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody has been announced.
I was lucky enough to have a peek at the thumbnails, and all I can say is: It’s amazing!
For more information, like the release date and magazine it’ll be printed in, please refer to the official announcement from Fujimi Shobo.
Now then, it’s time for the customary acknowledgments.
I don’t have the words to describe how often my editor Mr. H has helped me. His wonderful notes and advice made a vast improvement on the hard-to-read first draft. I hope you’ll continue to guide and encourage me from now on, too.
As of this time, I’ve only seen thumbnails for shri’s lovely illustrations, but I’m sure they’ll be even more splendid than I can possibly imagine. I can’t wait to see them.
I would also like to thank everyone involved in the publication and sale of this book, especially everyone at Fujimi Shobo.
Finally, the biggest thanks of all goes to the fervent support of all you readers!!
Thank you very much for reading all the way to the end of the book!
Well then, I’ll see you in the next volume for the Muno arc!
Hiro Ainana
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