Hello everyone, resident chuuni lover Ryo Shirakome here. Thank you all so much for buying Arifureta volume 7. How’d you like it? For once, it wasn’t a volume about Hajime beating up everyone or clearing a labyrinth. In fact, the cute, fluffy rabbitmen assassins of Haltina were the stars of this volume. Though I gotta wonder, how did this arc somehow end up 1.5 times longer than the web version of it? I guess it’s because the Haulia are just so much fun to write about. Once I picked up the pen, I just couldn’t stop writing. To be honest, putting in too much stuff is a bad habit of mine. But this time, I’d like to think I put that bad habit to good use. Though in the end, my editor was all like, “Don’t you think you made the Haulia arc a little too long?” And that was after I’d already cut a bunch of stuff! So to those of you who were like my editor and thought this arc was too long, I humbly apologize. Please forgive this bad habit of mine.
Anyway, I’m sure you all noticed but I introduced a new character in this volume’s extra chapter. Heiligh’s new pope. Even if the temple was destroyed, the people’s faith hasn’t vanished, so I figured the world of Arifureta would need someone to rebuild the Holy Church. That’s where Simon came in, but that wasn’t the only reason I wanted to introduce him. I also wanted to link the current world of Arifureta a little more to the world of Arifureta Zero. I wanted to show it wasn’t just Hajime and the others who’d inherited Miledi and Oscar’s will, but the people of Tortus as well. I hope it turned out alright. I guess you could also just say I really wanted to advertise my spin-off series, though. Sorry for being such a crafty capitalist. Oh yeah, apparently Arifureta’s anime’ll be coming out soon. To think it’s really happening... I still can’t wrap my head around it. It’s all thanks to you guys who supported my work. So really, thank you! No words can express just how grateful I am to all of you! Last, but most definitely not least, it’s time for the acknowledgments. As always, I’d like to thank my wonderful illustrator Takayaki-sensei, my hardworking editor, my proofreader, and RoGa-sensei who does such cool illustrations for Arifureta’s manga. I’d also like to thank Mori Misaki-sensei, the artist for Arifureta’s spin-off, Arifureta Nichijou de Sekai Saikyou, and everyone else who’s helped make publishing all of these books possible. And, of course, I’d like to thank my readers, both my fans on Narou and the ones who read the light novel! Thank you so much for your continued support! I hope to see you again in another Arifureta volume!
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