It’s been a while. This is FUNA.
Some time has passed since the last volume, but here we are with the release of volume 11 of the I Shall Survive Using Potions! novel! Finally, the descendants and followers of Kaoru’s allies from the “first season,” or pre-Item Box era, have gathered! They all revere Kaoru, but they’re not exactly a united front, with their rivalries and desires to bring Kaoru back to their own countries. And now, a new base has been established in the royal capital, and Kaoru’s crew is starting to make their moves in the shadows...
Kaoru: “Everything’s set up perfectly.”
Reiko: “Kaoru, you’re not going to repeat the same mistakes from over seventy years ago, right?”
Kaoru: “It’ll be fine! Probably... Just trust me and hop on this sinking ship!”
Reiko: “There’s nothing ‘fine’ about a sinking ship!”
Kyoko: “I’m kinda worried...”
Kaoru and her friends are steadily building allies to prepare for the possibility of people in power targeting them or Little Silver. The pests really start swarming them in the next volume as they kick their activities into high gear! Kyoko’s patience wears thin, and though everyone thought she was the most normal of the trio, she finally shows a glimpse of her terrifying side...
Kaoru: “The world’s gonna end...”
Reiko: “No mercy for crooks...”
It’s been nine years since I debuted as a novelist. Across my three series (Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!, Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement, and I Shall Survive Using Potions!), including their manga adaptations and spin-offs by other creators, this volume marks my eighty-second published work. My novels alone account for forty-one of those, averaging about four and a half books per year. That’s roughly one book every two and a half months, though I’ve published seven books in a year before, and three in another...
There are peaks and valleys with release schedules, with holidays like New Year’s, Obon, and Golden Week, and I had to work on publishing tasks beyond just writing. Honestly, I think that’s a pretty good pace! And in nine years as a full-time author, I’ve never missed a single deadline! Yes, I’ve done well, if I do say so myself! Next target: reaching my tenth year as a writer and hitting a hundred published works!
To make that happen, please support I Shall Survive Using Potions! the novel, the main manga series, and the spin-off manga I Shall Survive Using Potions! Hanano and Lotte’s Journey (two volumes total)! And alongside 80k Gold and Average Abilities, please continue to cheer on my trio of flat-chested, preteen-looking heroines!
To my editor, the illustrator and spin-off manga artist Sukima, the main manga artist Onshin Futsuu, the cover designer, proofreaders, typesetters, printers, distributors, bookstores, the staff of the novel submission site Shosetsuka ni Naro (Let’s Become a Novelist), everyone who pointed out typos or offered advice and ideas, and of course, all of you who picked up this book, I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart.
Thank you very much!
I hope to see you again in the next volume...
FUNA