Afterword
Afterword
THANK YOU FOR BUYING Reborn as a Space Mercenary’s second volume. Again, quite the title, isn’t it?!
Hi there. I’m Ryuto. It’s getting cold out there. I’d love to hibernate like the bear I am, but things seldom go the way we want. Oh, what a cruel world!
So it’s Volume 2. Volume 2, woo! I did it!
ComicWalker has begun a manga adaptation of this series! Shunichi Matsui’s renditions of the Krishna, the colonies, our lovely heroines… Man, you’ve just gotta see it. By the way, the ship comes before the women due to my own personal tastes. I’m telling you, it’s wonderful.
I’m sure you don’t care much about my circumstances other than that, so let’s get to talking about the book! I’m living a modest life with my beloved dog, by the way.
Anyway, here’s the second edition of me talking about things I couldn’t talk about in the book! This time, we’ll discuss non-human races on other planets. They come up for a moment in this volume. As you can see, there are many non-human races in this universe.
One representative would be the Elma we know and love; she’s an elf. Like humans, elves have used technology to leave their home planet and have mastered interstellar travel all on their own.
There are also dwarves, with their small but muscular bodies and skilled hands; reptilians, who have evolved from common reptiles; wolves who walk on two legs, known as lycanthropes; and even humanlike creatures with everything from cat ears to woolly bodies, like Chewbacca.
Non-humanoid races also exist. For example, there are jellyfish-like aliens, tentacle-like aliens, plant-like aliens, and much, much more. Imagine if our heroes ran into a certain pink, all-consuming monster… Scary!
I’d love to write about the various cultural exchanges between some of these races. Space is vast, so wouldn’t it be boring if we only met humanoids? Let’s be disgusted by their strange customs, and let’s disgust them with our strange customs. Don’t be picky; live a little and broaden those horizons!
Now, it hurts to say goodbye, but I think it’s about time we did so. Thank you to my manager, K; Tetsuhiro Nabeshima, our illustrator; and everyone involved in the publication of this book. Most of all, a huge thank-you to everyone who bought and read this book.
Let’s meet again in Volume 3! C’mon, Volume 3! See ya!
—RYUTO
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ryuto
A brown bear living in Hokkaido
My hobby is gaming. I have a wide range of tastes, but survival action and strategy games are my absolute favorites. I changed the carpet in my living room recently. It’s wonderful to bask in the sun with my dog. Shaking things up is nice once in a while.