My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! - Volume 5 - Chapter Aft

Afterword 

At last, volume 5! Thank you very much for coming with me this far. Oh, I guess that makes it sound like the series is over, but as long as it doesn’t get canceled, I still want it to continue, so please stick around. 

So, the afterword. I need to write a certain amount this time, but I have to wonder if anyone actually looks forward to reading these. I understand it serves a purpose for adjusting the final number of pages of the volume as well, but I sometimes can’t help but wonder who I’m writing these for. Well, this time I have something to announce, so I should be able to get that page count up.

The first topic is, this series is getting a manga adaptation! So you will soon be able to enjoy the story in an easy-to-read comic format! The title will be a little different from the novel version: My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! —ΑΩ— 

Yes, we added “ΑΩ” to the end. 

Hanamaru Nanto will be in charge of the manga. I wondered how she’d manage to make such a weird story into a comic, but her skillful construction has created an impressive piece of work, so please give it a read. 

You might feel unsure about reading the manga of a story you already know, but how many of you really remember what happened in volume 1? This might be a great chance to get a refreshing new take on it, don’t you think? Also, everything is much easier to understand in manga format, so I think it’s more fun to read! And although not every character that appeared in the novel shows up in the illustrations, that obviously won’t be the case for the manga, so if you were ever curious about how someone looks, I highly recommend you check it out. 

The comic is currently doing very well at Earth Star Comics (http://comic-earthstar.jp/detail/sokushicheat/). New chapters are released at the end of each month, so please drop by. 

Also, this book and the first volume of the manga will go on sale together! So if you’re reading this afterword at the bookstore, please go over to the manga section and find it! 

The manga has a bonus short story in it as well, so please look forward to that. It is a continuation of the scene from volume 1 where Mokomoko first appeared to Tomochika alone in her hotel room. Mokomoko said she would initiate Tomochika into the true Dannoura style, and Tomochika appeared very tired the next morning, remember? Basically, it’s an account of what happened that night. It doesn’t directly relate to the main story, so there won’t be any problems if you don’t read it, but if you’re curious about what the Dannoura School of Archery is like, then please do. I thought that maybe if we added a side story to the end of the manga, people who read the books will go read that too...

Now that I’ve announced the manga, and since I still have some space left, I’d like to advertise my pixiv FANBOX. Here is the address: 

https://www.pixiv.net/fanbox/creator/1559348 

This is a service for people to support creators. There’s currently no benefit to supporting me other than “Maybe he’ll be really happy and it will motivate him to work hard!” But I’d like to humbly ask for your support anyway. I may start putting advance copies of the chapters I write up there, locked behind the paid plans, but I haven’t totally decided yet. I feel like if I try to promise anything at this point, it might just be too much stress. 

“Wait, weren’t you doing that VALU thing?” some of you may be asking. But, uhh, that didn’t really get all that popular. I haven’t given up on it, though.

I feel like I should write a bit more. I can probably stop with the character recruitment thing. I haven’t really been getting that many submissions. 

So let’s talk about the difference between this novel and the web version. This time, there were a lot of improvements that went into writing it. There wasn’t all that much text for the web version, and the timeline was pretty hard to understand, so I almost rewrote the whole thing. I feel like if you were unsatisfied with the web version, the print version might be more enjoyable. On the other hand, there were so many changes that the web version looks more like a summary now... But I guess for you guys who bought the print version, that’s not a problem at all! From volume 5 onward it will feel like a whole new story, so please look forward to it.

Next, my thanks. 

To my supervisor. I was worried that, since this book would be published in August, it would interfere with your Obon holiday. Thank you very much for your work. 

To the illustrator, Chisato Naruse. Thank you for always providing such fantastic illustrations. Also thank you for your countdown illustrations that you post on Twitter. The countdown for volume 4 was an introduction of what she thought were the highlights of the series. Thank you as always.

So, volume 6. I haven’t heard anything about it being canceled (sorry for bringing it up every time), so I expect it will be coming out, but as always it all depends on sales, so I humbly ask again for your support. If you have found the story interesting, please continue reading! I would also be very grateful if you would pick up the manga version as well! 

See you next time!

Tsuyoshi Fujitaka