Afterword
And that was volume 12. Every book breaks my record for published volumes in a single series, but it looks like I’ll be able to break that record a few more times still. In truth, I had expected the story to start wrapping up around volume 10, so I figured we would be more or less done by volume 12. There is a lot more that goes into a novel getting published than the author’s desires, so after giving it a lot of thought, I figured it would be best to end the series around then.
However, luckily, I was told I would be able to release a few more books still, so I decided it would be okay to introduce some slower developments to the story so that it could continue a little longer.
That said, the development in question has propelled the story into its endgame, so we are still getting quite close to the end. I would be grateful if you’d stay with me here for a little longer.
Speaking of which, the total sales for the series passed 850,000 copies a little while ago. Maybe it’s not much compared to the books that sell millions of copies per volume, but in today’s publishing environment, perhaps it’s still pretty impressive. We’ve already made it this far, so even if it’s the total sales of all the volumes put together, I’d love to hit that dreamlike number of one million!
Finally, my thanks.
To my supervising editor. Thank you for your work every time. I feel like I did a little better on the scheduling this time.
To the illustrator, Chisato Naruse. Thank you for the wonderful illustrations you always create for us. I don’t feel like much changed with the schedule for you this time, so I apologize for forcing such a tight deadline on you again.
Next is volume 13. I hope you stay with us all the way to the finale!
Tsuyoshi Fujitaka
藤孝 剛志
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