The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick up Trash - Volume 6 - Chapter Aft

Afterword

HELLO, EVERYONE. Long time no write. Honobonoru500 here. Thanks to all of you, The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick up Trash, Volume 6 has hit the shelves. Thank you to everyone who got themselves a copy. And to my illustrator Nama-sama, thank you for all the cute drawings of Ivy. I always look forward to watching Ivy grow up in the illustrations. Also, in the same month, Volume 3 of the manga is going on sale! I truly am grateful to everyone. In Volume 6, a new friend joins the party…and makes waves right out of the gate.

In Volume 6, with the rescue of the serpent from the summoning circle and Ivy’s interactions with her companions, I really struggled with how to express just how terrifying summoning circles could be. At first, I thought maybe they could get wounded or cursed when they broke the summoning circle, but I wondered if there were some way I could deliver a more psychological terror. And after a lot of mulling it over, I settled on them losing part of their memories. So as not to make it too terrifying, I had Ivy and Druid sort out everything through their conversations, but reading back on it now, I’m worried I went a little too easy on them. Well, I do think I wrote it mostly the way I intended. The truth is, I wanted to write about Ivy and Druid laughing and smiling their way through their problems.

And in Volume 6, we have a new addition to the party: Sol! What’s more, we have scenes with Sol being a hero! At first, I was planning on making Sol a more subdued character. But the more I wrote about Sol, the more fun I had. And before I realized it, I had Sol going chomp on a rampaging monster. That was one of my favorite scenes. I plan on giving Sol plenty of cool things to do moving forward.

Thank you to everyone at TO Books for your help with Volume 6. My editor K-sama, thank you once again for putting up with me. With all your help, we managed to get Volume 6 published. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I’m going to continue being high-maintenance, so thank you all in advance.

Lastly, I would like to thank everyone who read this book with all my heart. Also, I have some exciting news. Volume 7’s release date has been set! In Volume 7, keep an eye on Ivy’s and Druid’s relationship! And be sure to check out Volume 3 of the manga as well. May we meet again in this “Isekai’ed into a world…where proper waste disposal rules!” light novel and manga series.

Honobonoru500

February 2022