Afterword
I’m your light novelist who can touch his elbow to his chin, Natsume Akatsuki.
Thank you so much for purchasing Volume 8!
Sometimes I just like to take a breather, so this volume might seem a bit all over the place. For those of you thrilled that we’ve finally got some proper harem light-novel developments, all I’ll say is remember what series you’re reading and don’t get too excited.
You never know if our protagonist, having finally reached the pinnacle of his romantic popularity, might suddenly get struck by a meteor and we might shift to an “MC high-velocity harem” novel starting next volume, like The Hero Mitsurugi of the Enchanted Blade or Strongest Demon Legend Vanirmild.
While it might not be Strongest Demon Legend, The Sneaker WEB is currently serializing a spin-off piece, May There Be Consultation with This Masked Demon! so I hope you’ll check it out and enjoy.
The other day, I went to take a little look at where they record the anime. The studio is full of machines that make you unconsciously want to play with them, and I was a little fidgety the whole time, but I managed to be an adult and not get in the way, I think.
The whole place was amazing, though. Simply amazing.
The people who can make requests so unreasonable that you think they must be toying with the actors are amazing.
And the actors, who can receive those ridiculous requests and still do a perfectly good job, are amazing.
And sometimes you wonder why a famous actor was wasted on a particular role, and that feeling is amazingly intense, too.
In short, there are plenty of cast members besides those who have already been announced, and I hope you’ll look forward to finding out who they are!
Also, I’ll apparently be doing an autograph session to commemorate the start of the anime. My handwriting sucks, and I’m not very good in social situations, so I was starting to think my options consisted of (1) playing dead or (2) running away to the countryside, but then they used that killer phrase—“It’s for the readers who have supported you for so long”—and I’ve been practicing my signature ever since.
Once again, I have to thank Kurone Mishima-sensei, my editor S, and everyone else who got this volume safely into print.
Above all, you readers have my deepest thanks for picking up this book!
Natsume Akatsuki
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