--- title: "Afterword · Vol 2 - Lab Soreno" url: https://deovandski.github.io/HusbandOutWorld/novel/vol-2/afterword/ section: Light Novel spoilers: public layer first, Behind The Scenes after sources: [Legacy/Behind The Scenes/Light Novel/Arc #1 - Dubious Contract/Vol 2 - Lab Soreno.md] --- # Afterword *Vol 2 - Lab Soreno* Thank you\! I hope you enjoyed the second book\! I think it’s better and just slightly less meandering than book one\! Going through the hurdles of making something, publishing, advertising, and seeing people enjoying and giving feedback gave Mitsuken and me more perspectives and a deeper appreciation of the effort made by others in the entertainment space. These two books are the culmination of thousands of hours between us, after all. I’m glad I’m still working with her after all these years\! Also, a shout-out to my parents and friends who supported me through this journey\! Especially since everyone had to deal with me during one of my worst life chapters struggling with GAD. Emphasis on *had* as I haven’t had panic attacks or had the need to take medicine in more than six months already. Life is good\! And can’t forget Peeta\! He loves to yell at my ear, but he’s a cute smol boye with long whiskers, so it’s all forgiven. I guess since I might still have some people’s attention, let me drop a hot take on my fellow Japanese artists: I love isekai, but I fucking hate that nearly every one of them has good vs. evil or overall heavy religious elements, or the same goddam species like elves, dwarves, etc. Sometimes even the same-looking cities too\! Also, shouting out actions/spell names alongside striking similarly magical systems with that bland-looking circular-ish magical symbols is tiring—I mean, why not go ahead and create an *asekai* (同世界) category for all these anime akin to samey-tasting junk food? Because all these *asekai* stores are tarnishing the definition of what an *isekai* (異世界) is actually supposed to be about\! At least, that’s what I think. I mean, I know companies want to milk this genre while it’s hot, but people can only take so much junk food before they get outright sick of it. Aiight\! Let me step off my high egua for a second here. I am not shitting on them because I love junk food like any other obese gun-loving American, but I don’t want to eat that daily\! My LDL is already high enough as is\! I can only handle so many *asekai* animes in a row before I lose faith in the genre\! I want more options, for fuck’s sake\! Well, I guess that’s another reason I decided to throw my hat in the ring with this series after that fateful day, October 15, 2019, when I woke up from the extremely vivid dream I had. So let’s get back to the important stuff\! It makes me feel like I know what I am doing now that I stepped my toes into the entertainment industry, but not really. My goal is to watch this series as an anime adaptation one day. However, I see lots of impediments that might prevent that from becoming a reality, with the strongest being my lack of penetration in Eastern marketplaces like BookWalker because I am self-publishing. Another big one is the lack of public interest, since at the end of the day, I am writing what I think is a pretty atypical isekai story, while the series name is kinda generic as fuck—maybe I dug myself a hole on that, but that name just popped into my head early on during R\&D, and it stuck ever since. I spent months trying to come up with a better title, but somehow this name just kept coming back because it would make a whole lot of sense when Harry’s story eventually wrapped up. I gotta be realistic about this project as a whole too. It’s demanding time, money, and mental capacity as this whole thing requires a lot more than just writing, such as project management, accounting, and marketing. I for sure have the passion for pushing through the first arc, about four or five books, in order to give this series a survival chance in the endless sea of light and web novels. However, once that’s done, I will sit down and decide on its future. If there are enough people that care for it, then I will keep trucking along. Also, I had quite a few people inquire about manga or audiobook versions of this light novel, and to those people, I say the thought already crossed my mind, but that requires more mental capacity than I can offer at the moment. I for sure would love to see the whole thing come alive, but that doesn’t only depend on me. It would be really appreciated if you could follow the book on social media and leave a review on Amazon, Wattpad, or whatever other media we publish in. If you can, spread the word too\! More people having fun with the book means Mitsuken and I can focus more time on it\! It’s a win-win\! Regards, Deo (デオ)