Hello! I’m Sakaku Hishikawa.
Thank you for picking up a copy of the eighth volume of The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows!
News about the anime keeps coming out, and the broadcast is set to start in April 2025! As a viewer myself, I’m so excited, I can’t even. I have lost the ability to can (nobody says that anymore). Let’s watch it and have fun together!
With this volume, the novel has reached a milestone: the completion of Part Two!
If you’re wondering when Part Two even began, I don’t blame you. Volumes 1 through 4 were Part One: Zenos putting his past with his party, master, and best friend behind him, settling into his new life and finding a place to belong. Volumes 5 through 8 make up Part Two, where, in the shadow of the saintess’s ominous prophecy, Zenos keeps his clinic running while dealing with various incidents across the kingdom.
As for what’s next in the story...I was thinking of maybe posting a short story on the Shosetsuka ni Narou website, where the series first began, to coincide with the anime’s air date. But that’s just a plan! I haven’t written anything yet as of writing this afterword, so there’s a chance it’s an empty promise. I hope you can forgive me if so.
Now then, on to the acknowledgments.
Once again, I’d like to thank everyone involved in the editorial department of GA Novel, my editors especially, for their hard work in the publication of this book.
Thank you to Daburyu-sensei, the illustrator. The saintess is so cute!
And thank you to Ten Junnoichi-sensei, the artist behind the manga adaptation! I’m always so excited to see your drafts!
Brilliant Healer wouldn’t be the same without the two of you. I’m forever grateful.
Also, an original webtoon side story, Kuresufooru Sennyuu (“Crestfall Infiltration”), is now available on Piccoma! The full-color art of the world of Brilliant Healer by Rocket Staff is gorgeous, so please check it out!
My gratitude to everyone working on the Brilliant Healer anime as well: the studio staff, distributors, voice actors, musicians who worked on the soundtrack and theme song, and the GA Rights team. Thanks to their incredible efforts, the date of the broadcast is finally approaching. Thank you, truly!
The comments I get on the webnovel are an incredible source of motivation. I’d love it if you could come check it out in case I actually post a short story on the day of the anime’s debut. If I don’t, I’m sorry in advance!
And lastly, my thanks to you, the readers, who continue to support this series. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart!
I hope you continue to support Brilliant Healer!