How a Realist Hero Rebuilt The Kingdom

Book 8: Afterword

Afterword

Thank you for buying volume 8 of Realist Hero. This is Dojyomaru, who is relieved to be writing the afterword in the place an afterword belongs.

This volume mainly focused on the battles in the Kingdom of Lastania, which makes up the first half of the Union of Eastern Nations Arc.

Its also where their former enemy, Julius, makes his reappearance. Hes grown a lot as a person after getting seriously beaten by Souma, Hakuya, and Roroa.

This is probably a matter of taste, but Im not fond of having the same character show up as a weak villain over and over. Personally, when a person suffers a defeat, or makes a major mistake, I want them to use that to really grow up. As humans, we have a lot to learn from our mistakes after all. I know Ive made my share of them...

Thats why the story is structured to allow Hal, Castor, Ruby, and Julius, the members of the cast whove messed up, to grow a lot.

Id like for them to become characters people love.

I am often asked, Does Souma consider the battle in the Union of Eastern Nations a war? The answer is no. Its purely the removal of dangerous beasts, so it doesnt count as a war.

Now then, I give my thanks to the illustrator Fuyuyuki, to Satoshi Ueda for the manga adaptation, to my editor, the designers, the proofreaders, and everyone who now holds this book in their hands.

This has been Dojyomaru.