Hi everyone, this is Kenichi, the author! Thanks so much for picking up Isekai Tensei: Recruited to Another World Volume 10! For some reason, even though I’m writing this in early October, I’m more sunburnt now than I was in the middle of summer.
We’ve finally hit double digits. I can’t believe we’ve made it this far. Honestly, I think it’s all thanks to a whole lot of luck. I was just a regular reader with zero writing experience when all this began. The only reason I started writing Isekai Tensei was because I happened to upgrade my PC and wrote something on Shousetsuka ni Narou purely out of curiosity. I never dreamed that something I started on a whim would actually get published, much less make it all the way to ten volumes!
I began this whole series with that kind of laid-back attitude, and even the title came from how I got into Shousetsuka ni Narou in the first place. I was hooked on isekai stories, and pretty soon afterward, they were all I was reading. So when it came time to write something myself, I figured I’d stick to my favorite genre and slapped “Isekai Tensei” in the title.
For a while, the title was just a temporary one, and I figured I’d change it if something better came along. But nothing ever did, and since no one else had already used it on Narou (at least not that I could find), I just quietly dropped the (Temporary) tag and left it as is.
Anyway, back to Volume 10. The first half is more action-focused, while the second half is more slice-of-life. Tenma finally returns to Kukuri Village and faces off against a powerful new enemy: a lich. The lich is a character I’d been wanting to introduce for ages, and if all goes according to plan, it’ll have a pretty big role in the story moving forward.
The first volume of Isekai Tensei: Recruited to Another World started off being set in Kukuri Village, and now Tenma’s finally come back in Volume 10. It works out nicely numbers-wise, like a neat little milestone in the story’s progression. However, I didn’t plan it that way at all. Honestly, I didn’t even notice until my editor pointed it out! If they hadn’t said anything, I probably wouldn’t have even realized it until after the book came out and someone else mentioned it...
During the second half of the book, I focused on the wedding celebrations, which featured some familiar faces from past volumes. In a way, you could say the first part of the volume brings closure to Celia’s and Ricardo’s stories with Tenma visiting their graves, and the second half introduces some new life into the story in the Gunjo City section.
Finally, I just want to say that when I started writing this series, I never dreamed that I’d make it to ten volumes. It’s all thanks to my editor for finding my story, Mag Garden for publishing it, and most of all, every single reader who’s supported me along the way. My ultimate goal is to see this story through to a proper ending, and I’m going to do my best to make sure that happens.
Thanks again for sticking with me all the way through Volume 10. I hope you keep supporting me!
—Kenichi