It's already the 13th volume of ăThe Irregular at Magic High Schoolă. Did you have fun reading this ăSteeplechase Chapteră?
Though it was already indirectly touched on in the story, ăSteeplechaseă in English refers to an obstacle course race. The initial concept was not to use this as a reference to the competition on the final day of the Nine Schools Competition, but as a reference to the obstacle course race in which the protagonist has to seek out the true nature of the conspiracies thrown at him while overcoming various obstacles. However, looking at the results, rather than an obstacle course, it feels more like a maze with many blind alleys. Perhaps, it might be more apt to name this chapter as ăMeandering Chapteră. But then, if the title were ăMeandering Chapteră, it would give the impression that even the participants of Steeplechase Cross-Country would be meandering about the course.
The story this time is not about the Nine Schools Competition, but surrounds the Parasi-Doll conspiracy, and since the focal point is the Steeplechase Cross- Country as the stage, most of the activity of the participants in the other competitions have been left out. While you can catch a glimpse of the various episodes unfolding not just during the matches but also in-between the matches, it was impossible to incorporate their sub-episodes.
And thus, I will be writing the sub-episodes occurring concurrently along with this ăSteeplechase chapteră in the form of short stories. While it's not yet confirmed how many sub-episodes there will be and what form they will take, you should be able to find out more through the official twitter in the near future.
Speaking of near future, by the time this book has reached your hands, the anime should have started airing. Please enjoy that as well. As the blu-ray will be accompanied by anecdotes of the Magic High School characters that have never been presented before, please look forward to it.
With that, hope we'll meet again in the next volume, ăAncient City Insurrection Chapteră. Hope you can also patronize both the comics and anime.
Please continue to support ăThe Irregular at Magic High Schoolă.
Satou Tsutomu
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