Chapter 156

AFTERWORD First, I would just like to thank everyone for reading The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious, Vol. 5 (hereinafter to be referred to as Cautious Hero)! I have two announcements today. Announcement #1: While I’m sure some of you already know, the comic version of Cautious Hero will now be appearing in Monthly Dragon Age magazine! The illustrations are being done by Koyuki, who you may know for illustrating Log Horizon: West Wind Brigade! Perhaps you’ve already read it? Seiya and Rista have so much life drawn into them that even I look forward to reading it every month. Announcement #2: A Cautious Hero anime has been announced! I never even dreamed I’d get a chance to see Rista making a fool of herself on TV… White Fox, the studio who brought us wonderful series such as Steins;Gate, will be in charge of animating Cautious Hero! We will be working hard to make sure the anime is a joy to watch, so please look forward to it! …Anyway, I was so excited to brag about these two wonderful announcements that I forgot to even bring up Volume 5. Let me start by briefly touching on the story. Volume 5 concludes the second and final half of the Ixphoria Arc. As a writer, I put more of my heart and soul into the last battle this time than I even did with Gaeabrande’s. What will become of Seiya’s and Rista’s fate now? I hope you come back next time to find out. As always, I would like to thank Saori Toyota for the cool illustrations of Seiya and for making Rista so cute. I’m sure a good amount of people saw the cover and wondered about the two Seiyas, so I really hope you read the story and see for yourself if you haven’t yet. Before I let you go, I just want to emphasize how wonderfully surprised and touched I am that the series was not only made into a comic but is going to be animated as well. This would never have happened if those involved directly and indirectly didn’t see the potential. This would never have happened without the advice my editor always gives me. This would never have happened without Saori Toyota’s amazing illustrations and Koyuki’s support as well. But most of all, this was made possible because of you—the reader’s constant support of Cautious Hero. While the second arc of the series ends with this book, the third arc has already begun on the web novel site Kakuyomu. I will continue doing my best to produce a story that I hope everyone can enjoy. I am looking forward to meeting you all again next time during Volume 6. Light Tuchihi