AFTERWORD

Nice to meet you. My name is Light Tuchihi. First off, I want to thank you for reading The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious. By the way, do you enjoy RPGs? If you ask me, there are two types of RPG players: those who try to play through the story and don’t care about leveling up, and those who grind, get the best weapons and items available, and carefully progress through the game. Just so you know, I’m the latter. I hate being killed by enemies and having to start over, so I like to take my time to grind and prepare. I like to think there are many others who do the same.

The protagonist of this story is also a cautious one. He’s just more cautious than most. After being summoned to another world, he makes sure he’s as prepared as can be. If you read this story, you know just how obsessed he can get. He’s abnormal. The goddess he travels with is sick of it, she complains, and she even gets angry with him from time to time.

There are countless isekai anime, manga, and novels right now, but as the author, I can guarantee there are no protagonists as cautious as this one. But he’s not just careful. He’s strong as well. As a writer, nothing would make me happier than if you enjoyed Seiya Ryuuguuin’s humorous behavior, the aggravation he causes the goddess Rista, the trouble Mash and Elulu endure, and the way Seiya utterly destroys powerful enemies through careful and meticulous preparation.

At first glance, Seiya Ryuuguuin may seem rude and selfish, so I think some readers may be turned off by him, but he is caring in his own way and acts accordingly. I would like to go more into that next volume.

By the way, I had Seiya give his catchphrases in English, and a lot of his moves were in English as well, so please come after me about grammar. (lol)

For example, the original English catchphrase I came up with for Seiya is “Ready Perfectly,” but that probably sounds weird to a native English speaker. Normally, the Japanese equivalent of this phrase would be “ / Junbi wa Kanpeki,” but a native English speaker might say something like “All set.”

Therefore, while the English may not be correct, as an author, I’m prioritizing tempo and sound, so please just ignore the weird English.

Now that we’re on the subject, the correct counter for deities isn’t (people) but (pillars/gods). However, I decided to count everyone as a person to unify the language. It would just get complicated to have Rista not count herself as a person during conversation. Therefore, please ignore that as well.

…And that’s about it. I was trying to give some extra insight into the language used, but I probably just ended up rambling. (lol)

Anyway, finally, I would like to thank everyone who helped me! First off, I would like to thank the illustrator, Saori Toyota! Thank you so much for your beautiful work. I love how cool Seiya turned out; how cute Rista is; and how charming and wonderful Mash, Elulu, and the other characters turned out. Their designs are perfect and just how I imagined them.

Also, I would like to thank everyone who supported me at KakuYomu! This novel was originally written on an Internet novel site called KakuYomu. On that site, everyone can rate and comment on the novels posted, and thanks to all your love and support, this series made it to the bookshelves. Thank you so much.

Next, I would like to thank my editor. There are a lot of things I would have never noticed that could be seen only through the eyes of a reader. Thank you so much. Thanks to sharing opinions and editing together, a lot of the inconsistencies were ironed out, and I am confident this became something anyone could enjoy. I still remember how confused I was when you first sent me the reviewed manuscript on the computer after changing the background color to black. I didn’t realize you did it to make it easier to see the corrections made in red. But now I look back fondly on the time I sent you that e-mail saying, “Yo! The manuscript is black?! What’s up with that?!”

Now, last but not least, I would like to thank everyone who bought this book! Thank you very much. As the author, nothing would make me happier than to know that the reader—you—laughed, or felt refreshed, or forgot about your day-to-day troubles, or simply thought, I’m glad I bought this book. Thank you so much for picking up this novel.

One more thing.

“Everyone! Be like the protagonist of this story and make sure you buy the book, a spare, and another spare for when you lose the spare.”

This is what I was planning on saying at first, but then I was worried everyone online would think, Man, this author’s desperate… So I just want you to know how honestly grateful I am that you bought even one copy. I won’t even joke about asking you to buy more copies from now on. (lol)

I don’t know. Maybe I’m thinking too much about it. Maybe I’m being overly cautious just like the protagonist of this story?

I was writing this to show my appreciation, but I think I just started rambling again. Anyway, I hope we meet again in the next volume.

Light Tuchihi