My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! - Volume 3 - Chapter Aft

Afterword 

Thank you for purchasing this book! I’m quite thankful that I was able to release the third volume without issue, and thrilled to hear they’ve decided to do a second printing of volume 1! This is all thanks to your support. I will keep trying my best from here on out! 

Now then, I’ve already begun running out of things to write about in these afterwords, so I’ll start by continuing the topic from the afterword of volume 2: the plan to include the readers’ ideas! 

The winners present in this volume were:

Sora Akino 

Seiichi Fukai 

The Dunfer

This round was a selection from among eight entries. And one of those eight people, after reading the afterword, sent me a postcard. Thank you very much. I just thought I’d write that and see what happens, but I actually got my first fan letter. I am deeply, deeply grateful. 

Once again, I’ve decided to include some readers’ characters in the next volume, but this time I’m changing things up a little. Until now, I was looking for “small fry enemy” submissions, but this time I’m looking for normal characters. Part of the reason was that I thought many people would be hesitant to send in a character they knew was just going to die, but the main reason is that it would feel like a spoiler. The moment one of those characters appeared, they would realize, “Oh, this person is going to die.” 

Well, most enemies die instantly in this series anyway, so it’s not a big deal, but it was still bothering me a bit, so I figured I’d set things straight. So now, there’s no telling if the fan characters appearing after volume 3 will live or die! 

So, allow me to outline the important points for submissions. Please include:

The character’s name. 

If the character has some background, up to 140 characters describing it, and/or any pictures (since I’m accepting submissions through Twitter, that’s the character limit).

Don’t feel the need to write too much background information. Even just a name is enough. There is no real deadline, but I will be making the decision in time for the release of the next volume. I’m planning on using two or three names this time, but as always, that may change based on the needs of the story. 

Please send your submissions to this address:

107-0052 

Tokyo-to Minato-ku Akasaka 2-14-5 Daiwa Akasaka Building 5th Floor 

Earth Star Novels Editorial Department, Tsuyoshi Fujitaka

Some more important details: 

Inappropriate names, or those of characters from other works, will not be accepted. 

Please create a character that seems like it might appear in this book. Anything that doesn’t fit won’t be accepted. 

There is a possibility your character will die immediately, so please keep that in mind. “Dying without saying a word,” “dying the moment they appear,” and “dying without even meeting the protagonists” are all possibilities.

Next, I’ll talk about what has changed from the web novel version: 

Added interludes showing what happened to some of the characters we met in volume 2. 

As usual, a new short story about Yogiri’s past. 

That’s about it. There were also numerous corrections made for errors in the text, as always. 

Also, if I may be allowed to advertise a bit, I’ve started a new work for the “Becoming an Author” program. It’s called “Harumi, the Mimic with Beautiful Legs — The Legend of the Rise of a Unique Monster.” It’s a story about a treasure chest with legs, mowing down adventurers on her way to the top. Please take a look. 

Finally, my thanks. To my director, I’m sorry for always leaving things until the last minute. To the illustrator, Chisato Naruse, thank you for your illustrations, which continue to get better and better. Thank you as well for the pictures you provided for the Twitter countdown for volume 2’s release. Really, I can’t thank you enough. The countdown pictures are all on Miss Naruse’s Pixiv, so please go take a look. They are all wonderful. 

So, about volume 4. After reading volume 3, you no doubt realized the story seemed to stop halfway, so I imagine you would be quite upset if volume 4 didn’t come out. There should be no problem doing that much, but there are no guarantees we’ll be able to continue after that, so I humbly ask for your continued support. 

Let’s meet again in volume 4!

Tsuyoshi Fujitaka