“You may have noticed that I skipped volume 8 of this series.
This is not because of some numerology nonsense where I was terrified to use anything with the number 8. I wish the explanation was that interesting.
My library doesn’t have volume 8. For no good reason, number 8 has disappeared and never been replaced.
To which I say, what the hell?
Also, did someone just have volume 8 checked out and not return it? Or damage it? And why did they take out volume 8? Why start there?
I guess, in the interest of chaos, the world is kinda burning in this series, so maybe someone figured it’d be a closer reading experience, more interesting to be very confused as well. It better simulates how nuts it would be to live in a world of monsters ravaging everything?
Is that a reach as explanations go? Absolutely. But hey, reaching is what I do. It’s how I get the Milanos down from the top shelf.”