Author Afterword:
World Reformation activities of the Dark God.
With this, we have reached to the end.
Thank you very much everyone who has been accompanying me till this point. I am truly thankful for your reading this story.
This story that had begun in 2016, I have managed to finish writing it in the short period of one year.
This was my first attempt at publishing a story in ‘shousetsuka ni narou’ <webnovel page>. There were a lot of things I was worried about, but I think it was an important experience.
Gods incarnating as humans, Gods and humans, and also, resolving problems with monsters.
I think I was able to portray the different senses of value that occur between each other that was at times serious and at times funny.
The characters appearing there as well. The protagonist Haine, and of course, the heroines Karen, Yorishiro, Mirack, Celestis, Sasae-chan, and Hyue; many went moving about on their own, and I myself as an author was able to enjoy it as well.
The story of Haine and his group is now over, but I am thinking of putting out a new story in the future.
Well then, to the people that have read this together with me.
Thank you very much!
Let’s meet at a new story!
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Translator Afterword:
Hey guys, Reigokai here!
Oh boy, so we have finally managed to finish one journey. I am not really sure how to express my feelings right now, but I do have one thing I can say: it was truly fun.
First, I would like to talk about my opinions on this story. I will be blunt here, this was by no means a masterpiece. There was a definite lack of body language descriptions in this story, the political implications that could occur between the many nations, the common populace had low to almost no participation focusing heavily on the main cast, and I could go on for a good while, but you get the idea.
So I say it again, a masterpiece? No. But, an enjoyable story? Heck yeah!
It may not have the most deep political structure, but it sure in hell nailed the main cast and things that surrounded them. The nations had some really defined traits between each other which you could easily tell; the Gods, humans, and even the Demon Lords were filled with personality; how the author handled the Demon Lords was probably my favorite part of the story itself.
Now, I said my favorite part of the story was the Demon Lords. The story in itself was pretty normal to me before they appeared. The characters were quirky and fun, but I felt like the author was going to continue the formula of beat up big monsters for each nation; and then, with the Mother Monsters, he would repeat that formula. But I was pleasantly surprised that he took that and turned it around before they battled them out —they were basically a meal for the Demon Lords. Then, he went a step above and spinned it around. He sanctified the Demon Lords in ways, I am pleased to say, I actually enjoyed how they all changed. Sorry heroes, I like all Demon Lords more (except for Celestis).
Okay okay, I said my favorite part of the story itself is when the Demon Lords appeared. But that’s in the narrative view. In terms of the story as a whole, what truly shone the best was definitely the characters. Their personalities were truly defined to a T. There were times where the author didn’t properly specify who it is that was speaking, but I could tell clearly who it was. That’s how defined it was. I could probably line out a situation, and easily imagine how every character would react differently from that one situation.
As I said, the character I liked the most is Celestis. She is the one who takes the cake, and she would probably eat it in front of me with a wide grin. She reminds me of Aqua from Konosuba, but with a bigger brain. Her witty funny comments poking fun at tropes is what I loved the most, and also the quirkiness of the water nation she showed was simply the best.
A close second would definitely be Michael. His battle was most likely the battle that heated me up the most in this story. It was a true show of humans working together to defeat one big threat. And it ended with one of the things I like the most: a raw fist fight. And the end was the cherry on the top, when he said: ‘Let there be hot-bloodedness’, as he left. I have to admit, that one hit me greatly in both awesomeness and how much he had grown from that battle. At that moment, we all knew how the author would handle the Demon Lords, and I had a good smile when I learned that. ——-My only gripe with Michael is that I was totally shipping him with Mirack. Come on author! This was supposed to be humans and demons coexisting! Make babies! I don’t care what anyone says, I believe that in that blank space of time, they both married and lived happily ever after with their pet cow!
*Cough*
Anyways, let me address the true driving force that pushed me to continue this story when it was clearly not popular for many who were most likely coming from a heavy political and moral conflicting story like Tsuki.
The readers that actually stayed with me through the whole journey.
Just reading how you guys reacted to the story as it went on and knowing that you were all staying for reasons similar to mine truly made me happy.
Let’s be honest, we all knew the faults of the story, but I am sure you all managed to overlook those flaws and say ‘hell, this is a story, and I enjoy it for what it is!’. No nitpicking there.
I have to say, I am truly thankful for that.
It let me enjoy the story fully knowing there were others who enjoyed the journey together with me.
As you guys can already tell, it was a joy to translate this story and share it.
This story may have ended already, and with Tsuki only having a few extras remaining, it is obvious what comes next.
This is an end and also a beginning, but I digress. This is a World Reformation afterword after all.
I would like to say one last thanks to everyone who stuck to this journey together with me and shared their joys and displeasures in it.
Thank you very much!
Let’s meet at the next world!
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World Reformation is definitely no masterpiece, but I'm not sure I would call the places it's lacking "flaws" either. WR is a "simplistic" story, and it was written exactly how it was meant to be.
It's chock full of clichés, but they were all executed well. For instance, you could define any main character in 3 or 4 words and you'd able to sum them up pretty well with that. For example, "Wise Entropy Fanatic", "Muscle-Headed Lesbian", "Silly Witty Idol", and "Coward Tree Person". Despite that, every single interaction was very well-written and endeared you to said characters.
Personally, I think the simplicity worked in its favor, since it meant each release was a lighter and more relaxed read compared to Tsuki, where I feel like I need to really set time aside to properly take in every detail, since Azumi Kei loves glossing over events.
Regarding the plot, there were a few times that had me feeling like it was changed halfway, but it ultimately ended up flowing well enough despite that.
And actually, Reigokai, the author did end up reusing the same formula plenty of times. But they did so in a way that felt more like the narrative was "rhyming" instead of being rehashed out of a lack of creativeness.
Let's review: We start with corruption within the church as the main problem, with Karen converting the other Heroes as the solution. Along the way, the gods turn out to be the real antagonists behind the Heroes.
1. At the end of this arc, the final antagonist Quasar turns out to actually love humans and we're suddenly introduced to Demon Lords a the new big threat.
We tie up the loose ends of the previous arc with a final purge of corruption within the church and conversion of the Former Heroes in the process. Along the way, Ates is revealed to be the real antagonist behind the corruption.
2. In the next arc, the God Heroes fight the Demon Lords and gradually convert them (Also, Let There Be Hot-Bloodedness hype). As we do this, we tie up the loose ends two arcs prior by completing character development for all the gods as well. Along the way, Ates is revealed to be the real antagonist behind the Demon Lords.
At the end of this arc, the final antagonist Raphael reveals a more human side to his issues and, with his death,
we're suddenly introduced to Lucifer as the new big threat.
3. In the final arc, we wrap up the loose ends regarding the mysteries of the Underworld Country and complete the character development of the Demon Lords as they grieve over Raphael's death. Along the way, Ates is revealed to be the real antagonist behind the gods throughout history.
At the end of this arc, we achieve victory by converting Lucifer and tie up loose ends with Ates's plan completely failing.
That was slightly more complicated than I expected, but you get the idea. There's a formula, but it helps the story "rhyme", not "rehash".
I found myself heavily disliking many gags and cliches progressing through the story.At the beginning I did fully enjoy it though(always waiting for the big reveal,MC is a god,the strongest one at that!).But for me pretty much all of them had too many flaws and predictable reactions.I must say that even at the end of the story the characters are a bit too bland,for my tastes at least.Haine loves humans because,Karen is positive because,Mirack at the beginning was fine(as she was almost a counter to karen's overly positive character) but then she just remembers she loved karen and turns positive and clingy.I feel as if celes was a glorification of the idol culture and never made me laugh.Not in the idol bits,perhaps I chuckled once or twice when she played the straight (wo)man.Sasae was pretty much a stubborn child who spoke like a redneck.The redneck part isn't that bad,bad the the stubborn child part was unbearable(for me).To me what makes tsuki above isn't the political talk or the fights,but the characters:all of the characters were believable and they all evolved,especially makoto who starts as an happy naive kid who progressively gets coarser and coarser after the battle with the dragon slayer,so much that some of the readers questioned whether it was the goddess doing or what.In the end,while I was certainly entertained for a while I can't just ignore all those flaws.Heck,I like double edge hero more than this,and it has less than 30 chapters.Since I saw how many actually went "who cares about the flaws" I just wanted to say mine
Thank for your hard work.
I still new for WR, I think I hold it in mother monster arc.
Well, I wait for your next one.
Thx for the serie
I don't know...on the one hand Mirack could have a few fire-winged babies, but she could also end up somehow giving birth to some wrestling minotaurs...on the other hand...Steam Demon Lord....
I feel like the Demon Lords wouldn't even have the proper equipment, but I guess if Juo and Shiva can give Raphael a Henshin Feature, they can give Demon Lords baby-making features.
The Demon Lords are pure divine power, they can grow or retract their body parts at will. It's most obvious when you look at Raphael and Uriel, though. I think they just need to get hot-blooded enough.
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welp indeed i share the same kind opinion with you, the story may be not so great but it is an enjoyable kind of story
especially the tormented Celestis
Thanks
What's important to me is that the story is enjoyable. Better if it has a proper ending.
Of course, what people enjoy differs between person. Like how many that I know enjoy Overlord, but me, not so much. A bit too dark for my taste.
The tone of World Reformation is just right for me, and the characters are great. Thanks for translating it to the end!
I feel like too many stories feature a grim world where humans are terrible creatures, gods are even worse, and any good ones suffer and are called naive.
World Reformation was a refreshing dose of "Humanity is great! God can be loving!"
You see, I liked Overlord at the start, but then i missed a few updates, some spoilers showed it went way darker than I might be comfortable with, and my attention span timed out before i could decide if I would pick it back up....
Overlord is a good story, if you enjoy dark stories. Sure it has some comedy, but still too dark overall for my taste. You were introduced to a character, follow their story for a while, then WHAM, they're dead, often in a very cruel way, and perpetrated by the MC or his subordinates in one way or another. There are also those that didn't die, but except for a few characters, most are either crazy, being tortured in one way or another, or completely broken.
Outright war story with multiple deaths is much preferable than that for me.
Yeah, I couldn't get that into Overlord because of that.
How do I put this? I like caring about characters.
If too many characters that I like in a story are killed, I stop being willing to get invested. And Overlord actively tries to get me invested despite that, which kinda makes it sadistic towards the readers themselves.
What's next for Reigo-san?!