Afterword
This was rough.
This time, it was really rough.
The last time I struggled this hard was in volume 2 of my previous series; it’s been over ten whole books since things were this bad.
Even so, thankfully, I still managed to get it done and out there, to you all.
Good evening. It’s been a while. I’m Seiichi Takayama.
Well, as for the reason for my struggle, it’s because I was trying to do two different story themes in a single volume. I realized what I was doing, and after whittling things down into a single theme, things went a lot smoother.
This volume is different from the usual style of The Master of Ragnarok, though maybe not in a very outstanding way, but as a writer I think sometimes plot developments like this are pretty good, too. What do you think?
I hope it was something you enjoyed.
After what happened in this volume, Yuuto-kun has taken one more step towards growing up, so please look forward to seeing what he does going forward.
There are likely some of you that have already read it, but the comic version of The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar has started publication through the Hobby Japan official website.
Er, actually, as of my writing this afterword, I currently still haven’t read the final version yet. (LOL) So even ol’ Takayama himself still has that to look forward to. I really am looking forward to it a lot.
For those of you who haven’t read it yet, please head right over to the HJ homepage!
Additionally, there’s new a section on the site called “Read it! HJ Bunko” that starts up on the 6th of February, where I’ve contributed my own Master of Ragnarok short comic.
It’s a single-page comic, and chronologically speaking, it takes place during volume 6, around the time of the New Year’s Festival.
It’s available to read for free, so I hope you read it and enjoy it.
Now then, beginning this year, I, Takayama, have started my fifth year as a light novel author.
It’s not as if I’m doing this in commemoration of that or anything, but starting on the 1st of March when this volume goes on sale, I will also begin uploading a new series to the website Shōsetsuka ni Narō (“Let’s Become a Novelist,” a free website where users upload their own novels).
The title of my new series is Ryuu to Shoujo to Amakakeru Kishi (“The Dragon, the Girl, and the Soaring Knight”). You can find it there.
As a writer, I really think this one’s turning out well, and interestingly, too! Well, that’s what I think (my editor M-san also seems to really like it), but there are one or two reasons why it might be tough to put out through normal commercial publishing, and so it had been shelved.
I didn’t really like the idea of it never seeing the light of day, and recently the light novel industry has been seeing a boom with stories coming out of the Narō website, so I thought, “All right, why don’t I go ahead and jump into the pool with these guys, too?”
And so, if you might have the time to spare, or if you happen to be a Takayama fan (you wonderful person you), it’s free to read there, so it would make me happy if you go check it out.
To my editor, please accept my humble apologies for making even more problems for you than usual.
To Yukisan-sensei as well, I am very sorry for the trouble. Thank you for the cool and beautiful illustrations you always provide.
To Chany-san, thank you very much for taking on the comics version of this series. I look forward to working well with you.
My sincere thanks goes out to all of the many other people involved in the production of this volume who’ve helped make it happen.
And most of all, to you readers who are holding this book in your hands right now, I offer you my deepest thanks.
With that, I leave you with the wish that we might see each other again, in volume 8.
Seiichi Takayama
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