Postscript
Postscript
Thank you very much for picking up Volume 5. Kurone Kanzaki, the author, here. I’ve been addressed by my pen name so much recently that I nearly forgot my real name. How have you been doing these days?
We finally got Volume 5 out! I’m terribly sorry for the wait. The Japanese volume should come out around the end of February. Hopefully those still attending school have survived the horrible
custom of chocolate-giving during Valentine’s Day. Back when I was in school, there was this tendency to shame anyone who didn’t get even a single chocolate. I wonder if things have changed at all... Of course, once you’re an adult, there won’t be any chocolates hidden in your desk, and no blushing girl will come see you after school and give you a pack of hand-made anything. Enjoy your golden years, teens! Before you’re tossed out into the workforce.
This volume consisted of the charge into Hellion territory, so I hope you’ve enjoyed these characters in action. All of the Hellions they encountered were dangerous beings that would have threatened the entire human race had they decided to cross the border. While the Demon Lord and Akane had each taken out a formidable Hellion with ease, corners of this world outside of the Demon Lord’s vision are still riddled with cruelty and misery. Stick around to find out how the constantly-misunderstood Demon Lord deals with further threats and enemies. Since this storyline took up quite a number of pages, I was unable to fit any flashbacks in this volume. I hope to write more of those in future volumes. Look forward to finding out the answers to questions like “What happened to the real world?” “Why did Akira Ono turn into the Demon Lord?” “How are this fantasy world and the Game related?” “What are the Demon Lord and Akira ‘retrying’?”
Finally, thank you to my wonderful illustrator Ino, the amazing manga artist Minotake, everyone at Futabasha, everyone
related to the project, and of course, thank you to my readers. See you at the end of Volume 6!
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Demon Lord, Retry! Volume 5
by Kurone Kanzaki
Translated by Adam Seacord
Edited by Jack Diaz
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Copyright © Kurone Kanzaki 2020
Illustrations by Makoto Iino
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Ebook edition 1.0: November 2020