I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level Max Level Witch - Volume 3 - Chapter Aft

AFTERWORD

It’s been a while. This is Kisetsu Morita!

There is a lot of information I need to announce since the second volume, so I’ll start with that!

First, we’ve decided to put out a drama CD! Ta-daa!

Of course, I can’t announce the voice-acting cast, but the on-sale date has been decided. It will be January next year! So, in six months. I would be very happy if you sit tight and wait patiently!

Also, since there are a great number of characters in this work, no matter what, having every character appear won’t happen unless I turn into an oil magnate and invest a lot of money into it. So I’m thinking about doing a story with a scene after the festival that happened at the beginning of Volume 2.

Next, serial publication of the comic version has begun in GanGan GA!

I would be delighted if you would enjoy seeing Azusa’s world drawn by Yusuke Shiba-sensei! I am incredibly excited to see how the author will develop things in the future!

This is especially so, since Shiba-sensei previously drew a comedy about a witch. I think he is the perfect casting choice for I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years…, etc.

Also, in GanGan GA, where the comic version is being published, I’ve started serializing a spin-off story about Beelzebub!

As of now, the starting schedule hasn’t been set yet, but I think it will start either just before or right after this book comes out.

I know it’s a little late to say this, but I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years… is written from the first-person view of the main character, Azusa.

So I can’t show what the characters are doing in environments that Azusa isn’t present in.

And so, it was the perfect opportunity to focus on the life of Beelzebub, who is in the position of agriculture minister—essentially the minister for agriculture and forestry. As anyone could imagine, she had a lot happen to her before she became minister…

I’m hoping to dig deeper into the stories of Beelzebub and her subordinate leviathans, Fatla and Vania, since they aren’t talked about much in the main story.

Regarding serialization, we are planning on publishing twice every month (which is the general rate for GanGan GA. And each one will be about four times the volume of main stories published in So You Want to Be a Novelist).

I hope you will read this, too!

I’ll pop the GanGan GA URL here!

http://www.ganganonline.com/contents/slime/

All right, now we can finally talk about Volume 3!

That being said, it’s a little pointless for someone who’s already read it…

I introduced a lot of new characters in Volume 3. Flatorte (who was already around, but she got a picture in Volume 3), Fighsly, Eno, Pondeli. When I put them all together, I noticed they’re all problem children… But I would be delighted if you showed these girls some love, too.

I wrote about this back in Volume 1, but this story is about a slow-paced life that centers on Azusa.

Azusa is living a laid-back life her own way, but I think a hundred people would have many different ways to take it easy.

I’m hoping to represent all those different kinds of relaxing lifestyles through different characters.

Those reading the serialization in So You Want to Be a Novelist might already know this, but these characters will pop up again here and there and start getting involved with Azusa and her family. I want to write about a world slowly becoming linked by friends from all sorts of different lands.

And this time also includes three bonus episodes! I hope you’ve enjoyed getting to see the appeal of some characters who I haven’t been able to show in the main story!

Now, I have nothing but thanks for Benio-sensei, who has breathed life into so many characters. I am so happy to see the cuteness coming out of the characters, even when they’re deformed!

Especially Flatorte, who’s oozing with that cuteness unique to dumb little kids. It’s great. I would love to do nothing but make fried rice and yakisoba and stuff and give it to girls like her (weird desire, I know).

And I give my deepest, deepest thanks to all those who’ve purchased this third volume. To express how I feel in one word about a story I started out writing as a pure hobby now being turned into a comic, drama CD, and various media like this, and then getting spread to people—pure joy. And the whole reason this has been possible is because of everyone who has been purchasing these books. Thank you so much!

Also, The Mysterious Job Called Oda Nobunaga is on sale at the same time as this book! It’s a battle tale that’s of a different breed than slimes, so I hope you’ll take a look at that, too!

I’ll see you again in Volume 4!

Kisetsu Morita