Hyakuren no Haou to Seiyaku no Valkyria - Volume 15 - Chapter Aft

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Afterword

Hello everyone!

The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar is getting an anime! This calls for a celebration!

I certainly never thought I’d be approached about turning this series into an anime upon the publication of volume fifteen.

Having one of my stories adapted into an anime series was a dream I’ve had since I first became a light novelist. To see it become a reality is truly moving.

It’s all thanks to the continued support of my readers.

Thank you very much!

Anyway, like I said, The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar is going to become an anime, and we’ll finally get to see Yuuto, Felicia, and Sigrún in action.

After speaking with the anime’s production staff, I felt like they were truly passionate about the project and enjoyed the novels upon which the anime will be based.

Be sure not to miss it! I can’t wait to see it!

This time around, I’d like to talk about the events of this volume, unusually enough.

I basically never write the actual volume according to the plot outline I’ve created ahead of time, but I also never deviate from having the story end up where I originally planned it to.

Well, perhaps that’s a really obvious thing to say.

It’s because I want to write a specific climax and ending that I plot in reverse from that desired moment back to the beginning of the volume.

The ending of volume fourteen left us with a girl named Rífa and Mitsuki becoming like two peas in a pod, and I’d practically decided all the parts of that ending of her story at around volume five of the series.

On the other hand, the ending of the current volume became something quite different from what I had originally imagined.

I’d planned a very different ending for this volume, but a certain character told me that “this is the man I am” and wouldn’t stop doing whatever he wanted. What he was doing was pretty cool, however, so I just gave in and wrote him as he wanted.

As such, the events in the volume were quite unexpected, even for me, the author. On the other hand, I actually ended up exceeding even my own expectations for how the plot might develop, so I actually ended up liking this entry in the series quite a lot.

We’ve finally entered the climax of this story.

There’s already been fifteen volumes of this series—can you believe it? I originally thought up The Master of Ragnarok back in January of 2013. It’s been five years since then.

Just as one might expect, in order to be a professional novelist, you have to write things that sell. It’s necessary to strike a balance between writing what you want to write and writing things that you know will sell. That said, I’ve got to say that I’ve pretty much been writing this series almost entirely how I personally would want it to be.

“I want to do this! I want to write that!” I forced myself to put the other series I was writing on hold—Maou Goroshi no Ryuu Kishi (The Dragon Knight Who Slayed the Demon Lord)—in order to start writing this one.

I haven’t made any compromises here at all for the sake of sales-worthiness—I’ve filled this series with characters and tropes I enjoy, and I’m quite happy to see the story develop to the point where it’s being turned into an anime.

Surely there’s not much else than can make a novelist happier, right?

Even now, I tend to think of my debut series, Ore to Kanojo no Zettai Ryouiki (Me, and that Girl’s Pandora Box), as one that was quite faithful to the established tropes and styles of the time, but I think of The Master of Ragnarok as a series that pays even more homage to the novelists that have come before me.

My current plans have me finishing up this story in three more volumes (but it could go longer), and then after that, one or two extra side story volumes might come out as well.

I’d be very happy for my readers to follow Yuuto to the very end of his story.

Now then, some acknowledgments:

To my editors, thank you for all your patience and support. The beef tongue meal you treated me to in Tokyo was delicious!

To Yukisan-sensei, thank you again! It’s because The Master of Ragnarok had your beautiful illustrations that it was able to be turned into an anime!

I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all those who worked so hard on the publication of this book as well as its anime adaptation.

Most of all, I am most grateful to you, the reader, for having picked up this book!

Having one’s work turned into an anime series is one of the greatest dreams of a light novelist.

Again, the only reason that dream was made possible was because I’ve had so much support from all of you, my readers. Thank you very much!