Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha - Volume 10 - Chapter Aft

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Afterword

To everyone who has read this book, and to those who plan to read it after this, and to those who have it in their hands, thank you very much. This is Uesu Tetsuto.

As mentioned in the afterword of the previous volume, this volume was supposed to of such a large scale that it would be the biggest volume of the Shinmai series, and I talked about how it would thus require more time for its release. Truth be told, the original plan was to complete the series with this volume, but in the end, part of the plot alone was already an amount that would fit a whole book…to cram all of the original content into this one book would have been too much after all, so the best option I had was to make adjustments and split it into two books.

Well then, let’s talk a bit about the content of this volume. Our founding editor was the one who proposed the idea of Basara and Mio tying the knot in the final act, and at last I was able to describe that particular scene in this volume. Nowadays, in a world where works where the protagonist and the heroine cross the line so easily are rather common, the feeling of Basara, Mio and the others maintaining their diehard demeanors while reaping what they sow in the end is, in some ways, something which profoundly fills me with a lot of emotions as an author.

It’s just that as the series continued to progress, more and more readers found themselves attracted to the other heroines…I thus endeavored to create a scenario as such that all five of them could be with Basara, while simultaneously befit the idea of the final stage of the Shinmai Maou series, and thus came up with the idea of the setting being in a massive, fivefold barrier in the middle of Tokyo Tower. Mio and the others make up a coincidental total of five, and the previously featured “Four Gods” can also be instrumental when used in tandem with the five elements which is particularly suitable for the series. If everything goes smoothly, volume 11 will be the last volume in the Shinmai Maou Series. Truth be told, the final scene is already complete…to put it simply, though, an empowered Basara will start his counterattack against Shiba, who also isn’t going to be lazing about in response to that in an epic, conclusive battle.

Of course, the next volume will start off from where Basara connects with Maria and the other girls, so do look forward to it!

Allow me to give my thanks to all those involved with this series. To Okuma-san from Nitroplus, many thanks for your fantastic illustrations this time round! From the dark, grim tone of the cover to the scene where Basara finally unites with Mio and the others, they’re all simply wonderful. And to Miyako-sensei, who would’ve thought that Basara and Mio would come together in both the comic and the light novel? I was very surprised at the coincidence! Kisosensei’s serial “Shinmai: Arashi” has also come to end, and I’d like to say good work and thank you for your efforts, and I look forward to your next work!

The DVD/BD’s of the second season of the anime have also been released? many thanks to all those who have been involved! I admit that there were issues with time management this time round, and thus I had to inconvenience and to all of you…I sincerely apologize for that. And finally, I would like to express my greatest thanks to all you readers out there who have brought this book.