Kage no Eiyuu no Nichijou-tan Volume 3 Afterword

Afterword

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This is Yuusaku Sakaishi.
Thank you very much for taking the opportunity to pick up Volume 3 of The Shadow Hero’s Everyday Life.

This series was written with the intention of being centred around the academy, but Volume 1 and 2 both tell stories about getting involved in national conspiracies. In that regard, in Volume 2, I tried my best to depict the world relating to the academy.

Originally, Tweight became a student in order to distance himself from national conspiracies, bloodshed, and other such extraordinary events…In this volume, it feels like he is earnestly facing his second lease on life. As Tweight says in this book (probably), moving forward, it seems that he will definitely be fighting for his new friends, rather than for the nation. And to that end, in this volume, he sought a fighting style that wouldn’t hurt his opponents too much.
Well, it’s a given that Tweight will get caught up in some kind of large incident…but that’s just what happens to protagonists, right? Tweight has done various things in the past, so it feels like he’s holding on to a bomb that could explode at any time.

By the way, there is no change in main heroine in Volume 3.
Around 10 years ago, in the Light Novel world, I felt that changing the heroine being focused on in each volume was a common style, but recently, it feels like it has become more flexible. With the rise of Web Novels, which offer a high degree of freedom, people are now saying things like, “Light Novels can be so freely created and still be accepted!”, which shocked me a lot. This work was originally a Web Novel, and because of that, I had to take on various challenges.

Well, it’s about time I conclude this afterword.
I hope you enjoyed Volume 3.

{Acknowledgements}

To the editors, proofreaders, and those who helped in printing this work: thank you very much for your assistance.
To TYONE: the illustrations for the everyday life scenes were cute, and the illustrations for the battle scenes were suspenseful and packed a punch, so thank you very much.
To the designers: the cover was flashy and cool, so thank you very much.
And finally, I would like to express my utmost gratitude to all of you, who have picked up this book.

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Kage no Eiyuu no Nichijou-tan Volume 2 Afterword

Afterword

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This is Yuusaku Sakaishi.
The Second Volume of The Shadow Hero’s Everyday Life, has been successfully released.

This afterword was written at the end of May. And so, we are currently in the middle of the Corona Pandemic. Recently, the declaration of a state of emergency seems to be gradually lifting, so I hope that by the time that this work is released, things will have settled down a bit more.

What a work this was.
Volume 2 tells the story of saving Mize. In the process, we will be touching on her past, as well as her suffering.
In the midst of writing, I became conscious of the fact that Tweight, who saves Mize, also has his own problems. Having been taken in by a dangerous organization at a very young age, Tweight never learned common sense; he only honed his fighting techniques, which made him awkward in various ways. Though Tweight is the protagonist, having a hero-like role, he is by no means a perfect human. Therefore, while Volume 2 tells the story of saving Mize, in the background, it also tells the story of Tweight’s own growth.

Although this isn’t really related to the story, the challenge set for me was how to portray Mize in a cute way. While Volume 1 delved into Elysia, in Volume 2, there is a change in the so-called main heroine. Because of this, if Mize’s charm wasn’t conveyed to all of you readers, I would be reprimanded with things like: “Don’t leave Elysia out!” or “Don’t change the main heroine!”. So first, I decided to do my best to convey that Mize’s charm wouldn’t lose to Elysia. In doing so, I would be able to create a situation that would permit the change in heroine.
As a result, Mize became a character that had an outstanding main heroine feeling to her. With that said, I expected this to some extent. She has the appearance and impression of being the heroine. Since I wanted Elysia to be a character who is an equal partner to the protagonist, I wanted Mize to be a character you would want to protect.
And so, next, I want someone who will protect the protagonist: a motherly heroine…But there’s already Chris. Well, in this volume, she’s an enemy. (Spoilers)

{Acknowledgements}

To the editors, proofreaders, and those who helped in printing this work: thank you very much for your assistance.
To TYONE: the illustrations this time are also beautiful, so thank you very much. Mize is very cute.
To the designers: the cover was impactful, so thank you very much.
And finally, I would like to express my utmost gratitude to all of you, who have picked up this book.

2020/5, Yuusaku Sakaishi

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Kage no Eiyuu no Nichijou-tan Volume 1 Afterword

Afterword

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This is Yuusaku Sakaishi.
Thank you very much for taking the opportunity to pick up this book.

This work was originally serialized on the website, “Shosetsuka ni Narou (Let’s Become a Novelist/Syosetu)”, but in the middle of its serialization, I was approached by the publisher, who suggested that this could be published as a book. Thank you very much for that. There have been some improvements and additions compared to the Web Novel version, so I hope that those of you who read the Web Novel version will enjoy this one as well.

As the title “Everyday Life” implies, this work follows a slightly awkward protagonist in a peaceful academy, so this is the heart-warming story of his slow life.

That was a lie. Well, part of it is true, but it probably wouldn’t be considered as heart-warming.
The protagonist of this work is an agent who specializes in assassinations and ambushes, and who has also a background of single-mindedly undertaking dirty work behind the scenes of the Great War. This kind of protagonist, in a strange twist of fate, attends an academy as an ordinary person, but due to the value system that was ingrained in him during his time as an agent, he isn’t really able to fit into this ordinary everyday life.

The title of this work, “Everyday Life”, doesn’t refer to a continuous, carefree everyday life, but rather, it’s meant to represent the theme of how the protagonist, who has lived through an extraordinary life, confronts what the world considers to be an ordinary everyday life.
With that being said, the protagonist hits it off with a beautiful girl during the entrance exams, and goes together with his male friend to pick up girls after school, so it feels like he is somehow enjoying his everyday life.

{Acknowledgements}

To the editors, proofreaders, and all those who helped in printing this work into a book: thank you very much for your assistance.
To TYONE, who indulged my many selfish requests and made beautiful, very attractive character designs: thank you very much.
Also, to the designers, who handled the fantastic cover: thank you very much.
And finally, I would like to express my utmost gratitude to all of you, who have picked up this book.

2020/2, Yuusaku Sakaishi

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Translator’s Note:

The author refers to everyone with the honorific “-sama”, but unlike in the actual story, I felt somewhat uncomfortable leaving it as is in the afterword.

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