Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou Zero - Volume 2 - Chapter Aft

Afterword

Thank you so much for picking up this book. Everyone’s favorite chuuni lover, Ryo Shirakome, here. This book is about the owner of the Sunken Ruins of Melusine, the underwater Labyrinth Hajime and the others conquered in the main series. I hope you guys enjoyed all of the references I added. Like with volume one, everything in this volume’s new content that hasn’t been published before on Narou. And I’ve gotta say, that made thinking up what to write a lot harder. Still, it was also a lot of fun. I’m happy as long as you readers enjoyed the work.

The truth is, I had so much fun writing that I ended up at 520 pages and my editor forced me to cut it down. Sorry I always write such long volumes!

Oh, and for those of you who’re curious, the war Hajime and Kaori see in the Sunken Ruins of Melusine is actually one that occurred long before even Miledi’s time. It was that war that created the graveyard of ships that Meiru and the Melusine Pirates built their island on.

On an unrelated topic, I’ve been continuing the trend of trying to make characters who look nothing like what their personality would suggest. Like with the first volume, I hope most of you did a double-take when you discovered what Meiru was really like.

Now then, I know it’s presumptuous of me, but I’d like to advertise some of my other works here. The first volume of Zero’s manga just came out, and I’ve gotta say, Ataru Kamichi’s Miledi looks really cute! (The mini-Miledi he drew for the flashback scene is adorable too.) Plus, Oscar looks super cool in the manga, too! I highly recommend checking it out!

Last, but certainly not least, I’d like to do the acknowledgments. As always, a huge thank you to Takayaki-sensei for his godlike illustrations. I’d also like to thank Ataru Kamichi-sensei for drawing Zero’s manga, RoGa-sensei for drawing the main series’ manga, and Misaki Mori-sensei for drawing the everyday Arifureta spinoff. Furthermore, I’d also like to thank my editors, proofreaders, and everyone else at the publishing department that made this book a reality. Finally, I’d like to thank my fans on Narou, and all of you wonderful readers. I hope to see you again in a future volume!

Ryo Shirakome