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Goblin Slayer - Volume 1 - Chapter Aft




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AFTERWORD 

Hi, everyone. Kumo Kagyu here. 

This book is hardly perfect, but I put everything I had into it. If you enjoyed reading it, I will be thrilled. 

I want to start out with something very important: 

The adventurer depicted in this book has had a great deal of training. Please don’t try this at home (without the permission of your Game Master). 

The “weirdo” known as Goblin Slayer came out of a simple question: What would a fantasy world be like if it were home to an adventurer who only hunted goblins? From that question came a seed, and I kept writing from that seed until I had a whole work on my hands, and now that work has turned into a novel… 

Over the two years it has taken for this book to see publication, my life has been full of people who could only be here by fate or perhaps extremely good luck: 

All those who were interested in the seeds planted by that first question. 

All those who encouraged me to turn those ideas into a novel. 

All those who reviewed the novel. 

Without every one of you, I would not be where I am now. Thank you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. 

I could never have dreamed this book would be picked up for a manga version before it was even published. If life is like a box of chocolates, I certainly never knew I was going to get this. 


Speaking of incredible things: 

There is a type of game referred to as tabletop role-playing games (RPGs) or “pen and paper RPGs,” because you play them with a pen, paper, and dice. I have played tabletop RPGs for more than ten years now and will continue to play them for the foreseeable future—and here I’ve gotten to write a novel about them. My debut novel, no less. If I were to go back in time and tell my younger self this was how things would go, he would never believe me. 

To the many Player Characters who have lived and died, adventured and retired: I couldn’t have done this without everything I learned from you. You have my profound gratitude. 

I haven’t had a chance to write acknowledgments until now, and there are more people to thank than I can even count… 

First, to all the readers of the online version of this book. You were there for me when it all started. 

To all the friends involved in creating this book, thank you for your encouragement and your critiques. Your efforts helped make this book what it is. 

To everyone who has gamed with me over the last decade, thank you. Let’s go zombie killing again sometime. 

To Noboru Kannatuki, my wonderfully talented illustrator: All the characters are adorable. Yippee! 

To Kousuke Kurose, who is responsible for the manga version of the book: Thank you so much for taking on this project. 

To the editor who gave me so much guidance and to the entire editorial staff at GA Bunko. 

To everyone I never even met who worked to publish and promote this book, thank you. 

To Steve Jackson, Ian Livingstone, Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson, Ukyou Kodachi, and Kiyomune Miwa. Sorcery!, Dungeons & Dragons, and Chaos Flare changed my life. 

And finally, to everyone reading this book. Thank you so much. I hope to meet you someday—I can’t wait. 

Till next time! 

Kumo Kagyu 



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