Tatakau Shisho

Volume 9 Afterword

Hello, this is Yamagata Ishio. I present to you the ninth installment, “Tatakau Shisho to Zetsubou no Maou”. A lot of things have happened and the book turned out unbelievably thick, but I hope you will keep accompanying me.

Now for some PR.

I believe it would have already been announced when this book comes out, but it appears that the “Tatakau Shisho” series is going to turn into an anime. What a surprise. Really, what gives? Unless I’ve lost sight of the boundary between my dreams and reality and just imagined everything, there will actually be an anime. Well, but if all of this was a delusion then this afterword wouldn’t be published anyway.

The other day I have had a preparatory meeting with the anime staff and spoke about details related to the setting I’ve not written in the novel itself.

In order to make something into animation, I had to settle many things I nearly never thought about. I was overwhelmed with the many comical retorts aimed at me during this.

When I was told “please tell us Lonkenny’s full name”, I was embarrassed not at having never thought of it but being unable to recall who that was. By the way, Lonkenny was a boy who had lived together with Enlike on the island during his time with the Indulging God Cult. His ability was shooting fire out of his mouth and in the end he was Eaten by Zatoh and died. What nice people to take interest even in such a minor character, I thought later.

Afterward, I have had a light meal with the anime staff. Due to my head being tired and alcohol circulating in it in, I blurted out a great deal of incomprehensible things, inducing great laughter. I don’t really remember what I’ve spoken about, but I have the feeling I insisted something about the book “Fermat’s Last Theorem” by Simon Singh.

I am extremely worried I made the anime stuff think “is this guy fine?”

Also, the sushi was delicious. Thank you very much for the meal.

Having the manga adaptation continue and an anime adaptation coming up, I cannot help but feel undeservedly fortunate. That is also thanks to your support.

I don’t know how it will turn out by the time I’m writing this afterword, but I’m sure it will end up a splendid work.

Please look forward to it.

I am looking forward to it too.

Although this work has been going on for a while, next time we will at last reach the final volume. The memo I had written during class in the corner of my notebook originally only had one line: “long-distance love with a prophet from the past”. Thinking back on it this story really came far.

Supporting this work were the illustrator Maeshima Shigeki-san, my editor T-shi, Matsumoto-san in charge of illustration coordination and the designer Mukadeya-san… I thank you this time as well. The anime staff, Shinohara-san in charge of the manga adaptation and everyone related, I hope to keep working with you.

And for you the readers, I would like you to accompany me for a little while longer in the story of “Tatakau Shisho”.

Let us meet again in my next work. See you.

Yamagata Ishio