AFTERWORD

To those of you purchasing these books one at a time, it’s good to see you again.

To those of you who bought all of them at once, pleased to meet you.

I’m Kazuma Kamachi.

I went all out on the science for Volume 15. The seven Level Fives, agricultural buildings, nanodevices, unmanned attack helicopters, satellites, computer viruses, ­Skill-­Out…I brought out all the little science key words that have popped up in the past and delivered them in bulk.

The themes of this volume were the Academy City underworld and forlorn stories. Accelerator’s viciousness as he sprints down the path of evil was another major point. Though it was evil, it wasn’t the kind that left a bad ­aftertaste—­I was aiming for an ending where the reader would feel refreshed after getting through the whole thing. Did I succeed?

I think this was the most new characters appearing in a single book in the series (leaving aside groups like the Sisters). But his circle will never ­grow—­perhaps one of the differences between Touma Kamijou and Accelerator.

Thank you to my illustrator, Mr. Haimura, and my editor, Mr. Miki. It ended up being a chaotic story, so I really appreciate you two sticking with me all the way through.

And thank you to all my readers. It felt like we were dashing down a side road again, but seriously, thank you for making it through all these pages.

Now then, as I close the pages on this book,

and as I pray you’ll make it through even more pages in the future,

today, at this hour, I lay down my pen.

…That white ­one—­people might start calling him Robin Hood soon.

Kazuma Kamachi