How many times has the word "Oppai (breast)" appeared in Volume 1 and 2 of s.h.i.+n DxD? I will give away a Rias Oppai mousepad to twenty random people who get it right. Nevermind, it's a joke. There're no such prizes.

Long time no see, Is.h.i.+b.u.mi here. I wrote a similar joke in the beginning of the afterword of the second volume of the unlabeled DxD. However, at that time, I didn't think that Rias's Oppai mousepads would really be sold With this, the year 2018 has come to an end. It was a great year as the new season of the anime, [Highschool DxD HERO], was released, but on the other hand, my workload was also the largest compared to the past It was one h.e.l.l of a busy year.

Now for the thanks.

Miyama Zero-sama, my Editor T-sama, I really thank you guys for the effort you made this time. I hope we continue to work together next year as well.

Now let's move on to the content.

I intended this volume to remind you of the Phoenix fight in the second volume of the unlabeled series, which is similar to what I did with s.h.i.+n DxD volume one, that is being identical to the first volume of the unlabeled series.

The next volume, s.h.i.+n DxD 3, will be the New Kyoto Arc, so it won't be identical to the third volume of the unlabeled series. It's the second Kyoto arc. The current second-year students will be going on a school trip, but Ise will also appear as well. Because it's the Kyoto arc, this will be Kunou's feature volume. Yasaka-san will appear as well. And as the Kyoto arc is related to the Hero Faction, I also plan to make the new Hero Faction appear.

The next volume will be released along with the third volume of [The Fallen Dog G.o.d -SLASHDG-]. Its content will include the Oni that Akeno controlled, as well as the childhood of Akeno. For those of you who haven't read it or started from s.h.i.+n DxD, please check it out!

And with that, I ask for your support in the following year as well. Have a nice year!