Youjo Senki - Volume 11 - Chapter Aft

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Afterword

Hey, it’s Carlo. I know it’s late for this, but Happy New Year! Is it okay if we end the greetings there this time? I want to save on my letter and sentence count.

This isn’t a bad thing, but…there may be a brave soul out there who bought all eleven volumes at once.

I figured, statistically speaking, there is at least the possibility somebody does this. That is what I want to believe, anyway. That there is at least one person who does.

That is why I will send a message for any hero willing to accept it:

Hello, I am Carlo. I write novels and the story for the accompanying manga.

I like to eat ramen and drink coffee, and lately, I’ve been trying to fix my diet. It’s easy to go on a diet. I’ve been on three of them already!

I jest; let’s end my self-introduction there.

Though I ended up succeeding in keeping my publishers on the edge of their seats, I managed to release Volume 11. It’s set to be released together with the new movie in February. I hope you all enjoy them both.

The movie is filled with plenty of awesomeness, such as a fight scene between Tanya and Mary, Loria’s voice, and even the good-looking mature men who make up the General Staff.

(I should mention that as I write this afterword, it still isn’t finished, but it should be by the time the eleventh volume hits stores, and I hope you can all enjoy it on schedule.)

I think it should be okay, schedule-wise. It probably will be. I hope, anyway!

Here’s some info about this volume that I incidentally wrote while working on the movie.

This may end up being a spoiler, but Zettour is one hell of a character to write. He was much easier to work with in the earlier volumes. After all, he was originally conservative enough to have reservations about using a young girl for war.

I don’t know what happened, but he really began shining as a character as he adapted to the war. I struggled with this in the online version, but as I try to bring this war to a proper end, he keeps getting crazier and crazier.

It is rare for me to have so much fun writing a character.

I’ll admit that, yes, I do enjoy the way he pushes Tanya. But maybe I just have a thing for silver foxes with a strong sense of duty? It is both fun and scary how the characters decide their own path while I do my writing… I just have to do what I can to make sure I can keep up with them.

I feel like the ending is on the horizon, and I hope that I can do what I can as a writer to keep it from being too predictable for my readers while working as much of my own tastes into it.

There are many people I need to thank for allowing me to make it this far. I want to thank my designer, Next Door Design; the service center for my publisher in Tokyo; my editors, Fujita and Tamai; and my illustrator, Shinotsuki.

I’ll also break away from the people I usually thank this time to extend my thanks to Nut Inc. as well.

Their first-ever animation work was on Tanya the Evil, and they are the ones currently working on the new movie. I know how difficult we writers can be. I feel bad about how much trouble I’ve put them through. I really wish to thank each and every one of them for all the great work they’ve done on this project.

And, as always, let me extend my thanks to all my readers as well.

As I take a second to look at everything I’ve accomplished up until now, I know none of it would’ve been possible without you.