AFTERWORD

Thank you for reading The Irregular at Magic High School so fondly and regularly. For those I’ve yet to meet, I hope you continue to support this series in the future.

How did you enjoy reading the first main story arc in a while? I’ve had many opportunities to write side stories recently, and this felt a little refreshing even to me as I was typing at my keyboard. All in all, it’s great to be back to it. It makes me feel like I’m composing a story I personally want to give form to. It was fun to write the side stories as well, but I think I can put more of my heart and soul into this.

Contrary to the schedule, the Ancient City Insurrection arc ended up being a two-part series, but considering it’s this episode in which an important character named Minoru Kudou first makes his debut, I can justify it to myself and say it was better this way. Another rival will be deeply involved in the story in the second part, making for a splendid costarring of characters, so please look forward to that.

Something else that we hadn’t initially intended was that the first part ended up being the Nara arc and the second part the Kyoto arc. And despite that, I’d find it hard to say I wrote enough scenes set in Nara, which is my greatest regret for this volume. I’d like to depict the local sights more properly in the second part.

As for the Nine School Competition sub-episodes, which I touched on in the afterword in Volume 13, I’d like to somehow get started on that within the year. If I don’t get it out there soon—well, it has a few inside stories that might impede how the main story progresses, so… I’m sorry, and I’ll do my best. (sweat)

Around the time this book hits store shelves, the anime will be reaching its climax, too. Just as some things were only written in the novels, other things were only depicted in the anime, so please enjoy both of them. And if you check out the Blu-ray and DVD releases as well, I think you’ll be able to enjoy them even more. (laugh)

Now then, I sincerely hope that you will do me the honor of reading the next volume, Ancient City Insurrection Arc, Part II, as well.

I hope for your continued support of The Irregular at Magic High School in the future.

Tsutomu Sato