When Tokyopop tried to cancel the English publication of the Slayers novels after Vezendi's Shadow (see the article on Novel seven for details), they attempted to pass the sixth book off as the series finale. As a result, the Tokyopop edition of this book does not include the usual afterword by Hajime Kanzaka and L, or the preview of volume seven in the back of the book. A translation of the afterword, posted in Tokyopop's forum by one of the novels' translators, can be viewed here