Chapter 208

AFTERWORD First, I would like to thank everyone who picked up a copy of The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious, Volume 7. While I am extremely grateful that Volume 7 got published almost immediately after Volume 6, I have to admit it was a lot of hard work (lol). I had so many other things to do in addition to writing: checking the anime and comics, creating preorder bonuses, etc. However, I like to believe that something worthwhile was created. Volumes 6 and 7 were Warped Gaeabrande’s Arc, which was split into two parts. In other words, this is the end of the Warped Gaeabrande Arc. Seiya continued to make light of the lives of the illusions in the warped world just like he did in Volume 6. He tried to avoid as many battles as he could while still defeating the enemy. Though his actions may have seemed cruel, he was doing this only because he wanted to make sure he could save the world with caution and certainty. Rista, on the other hand, is a goddess (by definition, at least), so she is extremely compassionate and felt incredibly uncomfortable watching those around her die, even though they were illusions in a warped world, which ended up causing friction between her and Seiya. When I wrote this volume, I wanted readers to wonder who was right between Rista and Seiya, and I wanted them to imagine how things might end between Seiya and Mash as well. At any rate, Saori Toyota once again drew extremely lively characters for me for the warped world, so I would like to thank Toyota from the bottom of my heart along with everyone else who came together to publish this book. When I was working with various people from various fields with the anime and comics, I thought to myself, Creations like this can only come together because there are countless people who are supporting them from the shadows. If you don’t have people drawing the key frames, you won’t have an anime, and if you don’t have editors, publishers, and book starts, you won’t have any books. Of course, I am extremely grateful to all those who are helping me directly, but I also realized just how grateful I am to the people I don’t see who are working hard to make this a reality. Therefore, I would like to express my gratitude one last time to everyone who came together to make the anime, comics, and this book series a reality. Thank you so much. Currently, I am working on the Warped Ixphoria Arc, which is being posted on the novel website Kakuyomu. And just to give a little hint of what it’s about, the setting is shifting from a medieval European fantasy world to something closer to present day. I can’t really say much more than that without spoiling it, so I will stop there, but I have a lot of ideas I want to put on paper, so please look forward to it. Until then, I am looking forward to seeing you all when Volume 8 comes out. Light Tuchihi