I’m Light Tuchihi, the creator of Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life! & Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious. AMA!

Tuchihi-sensei: I was really honored and humbled to have characters I created included alongside such world-renowned series in Isekai Quartet.

Tuchihi-sensei: This is something that applies to both Cautious Hero and Full Dive. While the anime adaptation is happening, I usually tell the animation team to create a good balance between serious tone/atmosphere and comedy, since both titles have that duality. That's one thing I always communicate to the anime team while it is being produced.

Tuchihi-sensei: The reason I chose these long names is because it catches people's attention. When publishing novels online, it's much easier to catch a potential readers attention with long titles, so that's where they come from.

Lately, though, I'm starting to think these long titles are getting old. I'd like to see some changes there in the future.

Tuchihi-sensei: As you know, there are many anime that feature Full Dive-style immersion. In the world of Full Dive, this whole genre of MMORPG and their popularity has dwindled. The era of full dive MMORPG is old news, and nobody's playing these anymore. That's the whole idea of this kusoge genre. This is something I haven't seen authors doing, so it was a new ground I felt I could reach.

Additionally, we have YouTube and streaming services nowadays, so we can watch others playing kusoge and it's entertaining to watch. It may not be pleasant for the player, but looking in from the outside is very enjoyable. It's another reason I chose this kusoge style.

As for best girl, I would say Alicia, for sure. Although she's an NPC in the story, she's very human-like, which I really enjoy.

No matter what anyone says, Alicia is best super kawaii girl in my book!

Tuchihi-sensei: I love the horror genre a lot. I watch horror movies and play horror games, and I do believe there is a very fine line between horror and comedy. Some might think something is terrifying while others find it funny.

That said, if Martin Time happened to me, I would definitely be terrified. I would not be happy for sure.

Tuchihi-sensei: I'm the author of Cautious Hero, so if I were to play Kiwame Quest, I would be a cautious hero there as well. I'd take every step carefully to make sure I don't make any mistakes. Based on my personality, I think I'd do better than Hiro did at the start.

I do want to note that in the anime, we mention "shitty game" a lot, but if you look into it and take the right steps, it isn't actually too shitty. So I have full confidence I would fare better than Hiro.

Tuchihi-sensei: I will say that I haven't exactly been nearly stabbed to death by a best friend, but the story does take loose references and inspiration from my own experiences.

From the beginning with Alicia's introduction, you know how Hiro is trying to run away from his problems in that scene? The lesson is that if he hadn't run away from his problems, maybe things wouldn't have turned out that way. These lessons, of course not specifically, are inspired by my personal life experiences.

Regarding the voice acting, one of the main features in Cautious Hero is Rista's reactions to Seiya's ditziness. Aki Toyosaki, the voice actor for Rista, really exceeded my expectations and was so funny, more so than I even thought for the novel.

I can say the same thing about Alicia, who's my favorite character. When we held auditions for Alicia, I really wanted to hear the murderous crazy intent, and Ai Fairouz really exceeded my expectations and had incredible delivery. It's really is a testament to how powerful voice acting and voice actors are in creating a work of art.

Tuchihi-sensei: The scenes I looked forward to the most when Cautious Hero was being adapted were definitely the action scenes. I really believed those scenes would pop in the anime.

My favorite character is Ariadoa.

Tuchihi-sensei: Yes, I watch every week! In fact, I look forward to it each week and get excited to see them.

I do realize that when writing a light novel, it's usually me alone writing. But with an anime adaptation, a huge team is working, so the process is different. Naturally, the anime adaptation will differ from my light novel. Instead of honing in on the differences, I try to enjoy them.

Exactly this! When is season 2 of Cautious Hero coming out?

Tuchihi-sensei: I would like to clarify, in the novel, there are parts of the story told by two different perspectives, Rista and Seiya. I wrote Rista's parts to be funny, but the parts from Seiya's perspective are more serious. That's the distinction I created from the start. It isn't that the direction changed, there are just different tones because of their perspectives. But it is all planned out.

Tuchihi-sensei: My first published work was Cautious Hero, so I'll mainly discuss that.

Originally, I was sharing my light novels on a free upload site called Kakuyomu, where you can share your original works. I had a good following, and I realized I could just share online and make people happy even without being published. Even before my first deal, I already felt fulfilled with my novelist career.

But when the publishing deal came up, I was very grateful for the opportunity, and realized if I was published, I could reach even more people. It really comes down to how many people I could reach, and that is what makes me happy.

The publishing took it farther than originally, but I was still very happy before.

Tuchihi-sensei: The basic approach I take is looking at things that already exist like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy, and using those as a sort of general foundation that I add my own coloring and flavoring to. For example, comedy is a flavoring. For Cautious Hero and Full Dive, comedy is an ingredient I put in along with the duality between comedy and seriousness.