Afterword
Hello, it’s been a while. I’m Satori Tanabata. It’s been over a year since the last volume, so I truly thank you for picking up this book.
Villainess Level 99 will be getting an anime adaptation! I believe this is my first time announcing this in the books. If everything goes well, this book should be going on sale right around the time the first episode of the anime airs. It’ll be airing on regular broadcast as well as online streaming services, so please check it out!
The anime has a fun twist to the first half of the first episode, and the second half shows Yumiella pummeling monsters as a child. I think it’s the ultimate first episode.
I was blessed enough to watch the voice-over recordings. The studio was located somewhere in the city of Tokyo. The bullet train I took was an E6 series Komachi. The Akita Shinkansen Komachi travels through main line tracks in some areas, so it passes through train crossings, which is rare for bullet trains... Oh, but I rode it when it was connected to the E5 series Hayabusa to travel the Tohoku Main Line for the portion between Sendai to Ueno, so I didn’t get to experience the unique aspects of riding a Mini-Shinkansen...
Sorry, I’ve gotten off topic. I was talking about the voice-over! The voice actors’ acting skills were incredible! I’d looked over the script beforehand, so I had an idea of what it might sound like, but everything was not what I’d expected.
I’d read over the script multiple times, and the animation wasn’t done yet, but it was still fun to listen to! Yumiella seemed like a calm character, but she was uncomfortably passionate when it came to level grinding, and Alicia had an orthodox cuteness to her, and the love interests all made me laugh as well. They all seemed very fun.
After seeing their incredible acting, I couldn’t just sit there. I remember playing the part of a tree in a show put on by my kindergarten class, and my grandparents praised me, saying I was a genius. I wanted the professional, popular voice actors to acknowledge my own acting prowess, so while I was at the recording studio, I pretended to be a stone statue.
And so, I went to watch the recording of the voice-over, but I was really nervous. Everyone else wasn’t nervous, so they were able to put their talents on full display, which led to the creation of a wonderful anime.
I talked about their voices since I was discussing the voice-over, but everything else was great as well. When I first saw the trailer, I was so moved by seeing Yumiella move, and I was so impressed by the screenwriter who wrote scripts that matched the runtime of each episode!
Animation requires the involvement of many more people on this series than before. There are probably over a hundred people who did a lot of work that I wouldn’t understand and that I’m not aware of.
I can’t believe that a novel that started as something I posted on my own has become such a big thing... I have nothing but gratitude.
As usual, I’ve gone a bit all over the place with what I want to say. I feel like I talked about completely unrelated things as well. What I wanted to say was, “Thank you very much to everyone who worked on Villainess Level 99!” And also, “Bullet trains are amazing.”
Both statements are truly how I feel, and they will never change. And so, I hope you check out the anime Villainess Level 99!
Next, I’d like to talk about the comic adaptation. The manga version of Villainess Level 99 is still ongoing as well. The squishy Yumiella you can also see in the anime is just adorable. I’m no match for nocomi, who is able to handle multiple mediums that are just as entertaining as anime. I’m always thankful for nocomi’s work.
Finally, I’d like to discuss this volume, volume six.
As usual, Tea—who has done all the illustrations until now—did amazing work. Especially with the cover art and the color inserts. Tea drew the left and right sides in a way that kept them from looking completely unusual. Personally, the cover for this volume is my favorite out of them all! Oh, but I like the first volume’s cover too and the third one... I like them all. Thank you always for your hard work!
If you’re reading this before reading the book, look forward to what I mean by “left and right sides.” If you’ve already read the book, then I hope you can look at the illustrations again and have fun.
To the editors, who always help me out; to the illustrator, Tea; to everyone involved in the publishing of this book; and to everyone who continues to support this series—I truly thank you.
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