Afterword

Afterword

Afterword

Sorry to have kept you waiting for Volume 6. This is Carlo Zen.

To you heroes who didn’t wait but bought all the volumes through 6 at once, and to the heroes among heroes at Kadokawa Enterbrain, my eternal gratitude.

The anime project is probably a mass hallucination we’re all having!

Here is a story from long ago when I, someone who loves caffeine above all; my editor Fujita, who loves meat above all; and illustrator Shinotsuki, who loves gyoza above all, met at a tasty gyoza joint for a meeting.

“Do you think an anime could be a possibility?” Shinotsuki asked incisively, and Fujita declared, “Unfortunately, no!”

And yet now, an anime project seems like a fait accompli. Before I knew it, Tojo was serializing a wonderful manga.

Perhaps the hero Enterbrain has grown even stronger?

When I dove into this industry, I never imagined this future would be waiting. (Maybe it’s a butterfly’s dream.)

Well, reality is fiction’s greatest rival, and the spirit of not being surprised by anything anymore might be one we need these days.

Anyhow, this is all possible through the combined efforts of a great many people. Allow me to thank them again here. To the designers at Tsubakiya Design, the proofreaders at Tokyo Publishing Service Center, my editor Fujita, and illustrator Shinotsuki, thank you as always.

And above all, my sincere gratitude goes out to everyone who has supported us to the point that we can get an anime!

I hope to see you again next time.

July 2016 Carlo Zen