The Power of the Saint is All Around (LN) - Volume 7 - Chapter Aft

Afterword

HELLO, this is Yuka Tachibana.

Thank you so much for buying The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent, Volume Seven.

Thanks to everyone’s support, I somehow managed to deliver this volume to you. I am so grateful to everyone cheering me on all the time. Thank you so much. I feel like I’m always freaking out with every volume, but I always feel that the freak-out level is being pushed up (or pushed down?) each time. In any case, it’s also thanks to the efforts of the people around me that I was able to bring this book to you, and for that I’m glad. Thank you all so much.

Editor W at Kadokawa Books: I’m so sorry for the great amount of trouble I caused you with this volume as well. I was somehow able to persist thanks to your eternal cheerful encouragement, even when I nearly joined the dark side while writing this book. Thank you. You’re always such a big help when I need someone to help me think up ideas. Thank you so much to everyone else who was involved too. I’m sorry for all of the trouble I always cause you. 

So, did you enjoy Volume Seven? I’ll be mentioning some spoilers, so be sure to finish reading the novel before you read this.

There was a worldwide pandemic that started while I was working on Volume Six, and it still hadn’t finished when I started working on this volume. How is everyone doing? Thanks to me doing the same as usual—staying cooped up at home and diligently washing my hands—I have managed to avoid catching the disease. In Volume Six, we had a panacea, but it’d be nice if we could easily get vaccines as soon as we wanted and they’d develop medicines so that everything could go back to normal already. I really want to travel again…

I wrote more about Ten’yuu’s story in Volume Seven, though it’s not because of the ongoing pandemic. I suddenly felt the urge to explain a lot of things, and it wound up being the longest Behind the Scenes chapter I’d ever written. This is a secret, but I was trembling with fear as I wrote it because it just never seemed to end. How did I manage to come up with it all so easily? But maybe it’s a good thing, since because of that, I was able to breathe life into a story line I had come up with but not used? There are other things I’d like to write about too, so I hope that someday, I’ll get a chance to write about Zaidera again.

Speaking of things that won’t end, that goes for the main story too. When publishing on the web, I aimed for 3,000 characters per chapter. However, I exceeded that several times with this volume. I’d start gradually freaking out when I got to 2,500 characters and realized the chapter wasn’t anywhere near done, and then, when I was about to exceed the 3,000 mark, it would be like I had achieved enlightenment. Since the exact opposite was happening up through Volume Six, I think it might be because I was no longer commanding my brain to stop. And so, the chapter lengths of each chapter got a bit longer with Volume Seven.

Yasuyuki Syuri-sensei drew the illustrations for Volume Seven as well. Thank you again for such wonderful illustrations. The cover this time is a picture of Sei and Albert together, which there hasn’t been for some time now. And they’ve got a good atmosphere between them too! I felt so happy when I saw Albert gazing so affectionately at Sei. And I was delighted to see the illustrations at the beginning where Sei has a slightly different hair style and completely different dress from usual. Sei! You’re so cute, Sei. And we mustn’t forget the delicious food. I remember feeling incredibly hungry as I checked the pictures, since I was just about to eat. I hope Syuri-sensei and I can go out to eat some delicious food again once everything’s back to normal…

The manga version is doing very well too. I’m really thankful that so many people enjoy the story. I’m very grateful to everyone involved with the manga, starting with Fujiazuki-sensei—and everyone else who supported me as well, of course. Thank you for everything you do. The manga is just about to start the Klausner’s Domain Arc. I think they’ve published up to where they’ve just arrived at the domain. There’ll be lots of new characters, so I’m looking forward to seeing how Fuji-sensei draws them.

That reminds me—there was a deluxe version of Volume Five of the manga that came with a perfume inspired by Sei, and they’ll be making another perfume for Volume Six. This time, it will be for Albert! Some people were clamoring for a cologne, so I’m happy that we were able to deliver. We only just picked the scent the other day, but it’ll be a fragrance that can be worn by both men and women. I think Kadokawa Books will make an announcement on their official site soon, so keep checking there for news if you’re interested in getting it.

Between when Volume Six and Volume Seven came out, a spin-off manga called The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent: The Other Saint began publication. Aira is the main character in this story, and it follows what she was going through during the main plot, which I haven’t written about before. It’s also about her life after she joined the Royal Magi Assembly. Aoagu-sensei is the artist for this manga. She’s coming up with the story line herself, but I think it must have been a lot of work for her to devise from scratch, since she doesn’t have anything in particular to reference aside from the original novel series. I feel much obliged to her every time I ask her to change something during my reviews of the plot and storyboard. I feel nothing but gratitude to Aoagu-sensei for taking on such a difficult job. And of course, thank-yous all around to everyone else involved with this manga. Thanks to the generous Aoagu-sensei and everyone who supported us, Volume One is going to be published. Thank you all so much.

Both the manga and the spin-off are selling well with great reviews. You can read them on webcomic publishing sites ComicWalker, pixiv Comic, and Nico Nico Seiga.* You can read some of the chapters for free, so please check them out if you’re interested.

So, in Volume Six I announced that The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent was getting an anime. It started airing as scheduled in April. Before it started, people were shocked at the impressive lineup of the production team when it was announced on the web and social media. We were able to get such an incredible team thanks to everyone’s continuous support. Thank you so much.

Have you all gotten a chance to watch the anime? As of the time I’m writing this afterword, it hasn’t actually aired yet, but I am so excited to know whether everyone enjoys it. Some parts were altered to make it more enjoyable as an anime, but the general concept is still the same as the original novels. It was made to be a story that can help people decompress after a long day of work before they go to sleep, so I think everyone who enjoys the novels will enjoy the anime as well.

The anime is being broadcast on television and is available to watch on every type of streaming service, so I hope you’ll watch it if you’re interested.

We’re nearing the end now. Thank you so much for reading thus far. The pandemic is still ongoing, so please, everyone, take care of yourselves. I’m going to strive to make sure not to get sick myself so that I can deliver Volume Eight to you. I hope we’ll see each other again soon.

* Look for it in English, also from Seven Seas!