Goblin Slayer - Volume 5 - Chapter Aft

AFTERWORD 

Hullo, Kumo Kagyu here. How did you like Goblin Slayer, Vol. 5? This was a story in which goblins showed up on a snowy mountain and had to be slain. I hope you enjoyed it. 

Once again, Noboru Kannatuki-sensei provided fantastic illustrations. Thank you, Sensei! 

In Volume 4, there were goblins in some of the black-and-white illustrations; in this volume, they show up on the color pages. Those goblins…they’re multiplying. 

To Kousuke Kurose-sensei, thank you for producing such an awesome manga version of the series every month. 

By the time this volume is released, I think the manga should be catching up to the “attack on the farm” sequence. I’m sure it’s going to be amazing! 

Thank you, too, to all my readers, including all those encouraging me on the web. Thanks so much to the site admins. I’ll keep on giving it everything I’ve got. 

To my gaming buddies, thank you for every session. Although I still think there was something weird about that one roll… 

To all my creative-type friends, I’ll keep leaning on you. It’s thanks to you that I’m able to write. 

To everyone in the editorial division, and everyone involved in the production of this book, as always thank you so much. 

So, Goblin Slayer and his friends have survived a year of adventuring. That’s surely thanks to everyone out there. 

And me, I’ve survived a year of writing Goblin Slayer, a year in which a lot has happened. Translations have appeared in multiple languages; I was invited to Taiwan; drama CDs, a manga series, and side stories have all been released. 

Life really is full of the unexpected. I keep thinking I’m going to open my eyes and find myself lying in bed. It’ll turn out I’ve just been sleeping for a whole year! 

The other day, a dancing-girl adventurer danced her heart out at the bar and made enough money to take care of her entire party. I’m of the opinion that adventuring doesn’t pay well considering all that you have to put into it, but if you want to make your way in the world, it’s kind of unavoidable. 

The great men of the past said that adventuring just meant finding new ways to die. 

Incidentally, that dancing girl gave the money she made to her husband. 

Thank you, honey! Be my breadwinner! 

The money was put into the party’s common fund. Ah, Mr. Husband, what fine and measured judgment you display! 

Our dear Priestess will probably need to start considering what adventure means to her soon. Volume 6 will probably have something to do with that, as well as being a story where goblins show up and need to be goblin-slain. 

I’m going to write the best book I can. I hope you’ll join me!