Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e

Volume 6, Afterword

From here forward, the main part of the volume is finished. Volume 6 has come to an end. I’m Shōgo Kinugasa. My current worry is that the atheroma forming in my body has grown to golf ball size recently. Scary.

This time ‘Classroom of the Elite’ also concluded the series overall 7th volume. This volume should be like a place of healing, the calm before the storm. I’ve decided to describe the innermost changes within each character. In the next volume, I think that the story will develop more than ever before, including a decisive battle with a certain enemy, as well as the past of Ayanokōji Kiyotaka.

And then… Yes. We’ve decided to animate ‘Classroom of the Elite’ (You Jitsu). All of you deserve the credit for making this possible, so thank you very much. Tomose and I were very pleased, and the other day marks ten years that we have been licking each other’s wounds. (The meaning is implied.)

The anime will broadcast at the end of July, probably about two months after this volume is released. At that time, I will certainly be able to present you with the seventh volume! (Having it go according to plan after I declare it is something that has never happened before!)

Between the editors, publishing house, anime production company, there will be a variety of people involved moving forward. I will do my utmost to not let these efforts be disgraced. Thank you very much.