As promised in the previous post from a few days ago, I finished reading volume 11 of Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road. This completes the series and gives a really exceptional ending that covers all the remaining plot threads, guaranteeing a good ending for all the main characters in the story.

We continue from where we left off in the previous post with Menou, Akari, Momo (and later Ashuna) facing Hakua for the final battle. It is quite an exciting one as Menou and Akari want to try and "save her" despite what happened. Hakua is not willing to budge and wants to take Akari back to Earth, still influenced by the mind pollution from Sakamori.

Before the battle starts, we go through Akari's memories and we get the reveal that Akari's father died of suicide after some fraud in his company, and her mother followed suit after a while, unable to resist the pressure. This, combined with the fact that Akari's surname is very rare, created a situation that made her life very hard until she eventually got summoned.

They literally went all out with this battle. At some point, they literally dropped a satellite on Hakua! But nothing seems to be able to stop her until she starts to undergo a Human Error due to using her magic too much. This creates a white giant with a humanoid form containing the elements of all the various types of magic she absorbed during her life (except for Time and the other few that went Human Error).

Hakua in this form doesn't seem out of control like normal Human Errors. She looks completely devoid of interest in Akari and decides to leave to build her own world using the power she just gained. Akari and Menou get sucked in, while Momo and Ashuna stay outside trying to keep the door open for them to come back using the Dimensional Sword.

Akari and Menou wake up... in modern-day Japan. Well, a recreated Japan based on Hakua's memories using her newfound power, but real enough to the point that Menou has to quickly create some clothes because she was gathering lots of attention as a cosplayer.

In this world, Akari's parents are still alive. Akari is conflicted because despite all that happened and all the internal conflicts in the family, she still loves them and knows that they cared for her up until the end. She manages to say a final goodbye to them at least.

Together with Menou, they go and find Hakua and start to befriend her. The Hakua here is without any influence from Sakamori and is just a normal, slightly gloomy girl. They spend some time together and even take a few photos with Menou and Hakua in gal-like clothes (see the screenshot).

Eventually, as they are trying to figure out how to destroy the world since Hakua doesn't seem to have direct control over it, Sakamori (who slipped into the world leaving Ashuna behind) tries to possess Hakua to take control of this new power. The final battle is between Menou and the possessed Hakua, ending with Sakamori being pushed out and destroyed for good.

Hakua doesn't want to go back to the isekai though. She decides to travel back to Earth on her own using her power, even if it will take a very long time. It is also revealed that Hakua's friends knew that she was going to kill them as they had the power to see the future possibilities and they saw this as the "best possible future".

Akari and Menou try to go back to the isekai, but only Akari manages to enter the fissure that Momo and Ashuna kept open, leaving Menou behind. Menou reflects on her past in this moment and repeats to herself that she isn't going to die there. She will find a way back to them, partly because she has many sins to atone for and dying is just an easy way out considering how many people she killed in her career.

One year passes and Momo and Akari are still trying to bring Menou back without much success. Akari stays near Momo all the time to cheer her up and they somehow become closer compared to their usual selves. Just when their last attempt seemed to have failed... Menou appears, granting them a bit of peace.

In the end, we see a few glimpses of all the characters as they go on with their lives. Sahara and Maya are helping manage the new world (no more clergy/nobility classes), while Menou, Akari, and Momo are fighting against evildoers that try to do experiments on humans.

It was great, really. I remember back when I started reading the series (before the anime aired), I was shocked by the initial scene with Menou killing off the summoned guy and then targeting Akari. It was a rollercoaster of emotions as we got to learn that Akari died multiple times and had to reset the world to try and save Menou.

I feel that the second half, after Akari goes out of the picture temporarily and Menou takes her power, is a bit weaker than the first as the author tried to add multiple new characters. I see why he did it though, as we needed some device to explain all the past, and the best way to do that is adding someone from that era to narrate the events.

I can confirm now, with the series done, that my favorite character is still Maya. She really grew up from being the "pinky finger" of Pandemonium, back into a human with superpowers, and eventually into quite a reliable normal girl after discovering her affection for Sahara.

I am looking forward to seeing if the author releases some new light novel series in the future to follow volume per volume. He really made a great impression on me. I might also try his other already completed light novel, Usotsuki Senki, Meikyuu wo Yuku, to see if it is up to the same level of quality.