Afterword
Thank you so much for picking up Arifureta Zero volume 6!
Hello, everyone, Ryo Shirakome here. At long last, the Arifureta spin-off series is done. I get kind of emotional thinking about how Miledi’s story is over now.
How did you guys like it? Did you enjoy the story about the Liberators and how it connects to Arifureta present? Writing it all was pretty tough, but I can definitively say that I enjoyed it all the way through.
There was so much I wanted to include, which was why this volume ended up over five hundred pages long. Even that wasn’t enough though, and a lot of the things I couldn’t fit into the book, I’ve written in the short stories. If there are any characters you’re wondering about, or if you want to know more about how the labyrinths got built, make sure to check them out. They might have what you’re looking for. Though honestly, I probably shouldn’t be running marketing for the bookstores in my afterword (shifty look).
Anyway, it’s all thanks to you guys that I was able to write the Arifureta Zero series all the way to the end. Oh, and thanks to my editor too, who almost passed out when I told him the page count for this volume, of course.
The main series is reaching its climax as well, and we’re about to see how Miledi and the Liberators’ stories connect to Hajime’s story, as well as the conclusion of Miledi’s lone journey. I hope you guys enjoy seeing what she does during the finale of the main story.
I’ve actually written a little short story after this afterword about how Miledi feels in the present day, so you should check that out as well.
Season two of the anime is starting next year. It’s going to cover a lot more of the labyrinths, so it might be interesting to watch while thinking about the Liberators that made them. It’s also going to get into the first big fight against an apostle, so I hope you all enjoy that.
I’m running out of page space now, so it’s time for the acknowledgments.
As always, a huge thank you to Takayaki-sensei for the illustrations and to Ataru Kamichi-sensei for drawing the Arifureta Zero manga. I’d also like to thank RoGa-sensei for drawing the main series manga, and Misaki Mori-sensei for working on the Arifureta: I Love Isekai manga. Thanks as well to my editor, proofreader, and everyone else who made the publication of this book possible.
I’d also like to thank the Narou denizens who’ve been following along with the Arifureta extended universe, and of course, you readers for sticking with this to the very end even though it’s just a spin-off series.
Thank you all so, so much.
The Arifureta Zero series ends here, but Arifureta itself isn’t over, so I hope to see you all again in a future volume.
Shirakome Ryo
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