Mashle: Magic and Muscles
Hajime Komoto

Nice to meet you. This is a new experience for me and I’m totally clueless, but I’ll do my best. Thanks for your support.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Koyoharu Gotouge

Never underestimate the power of lemon juice. It can land attacks to your eyes even when they’re protected by your glasses.

Undead Unluck
Yoshifumi Tozuka

I had two of my male assistants do the chin-up pose to help me draw it.

Mitama Security: Spirit Busters
Tsurun Hatomune

Happy New Year! I know I’m doing this at the wrong time.

Jujutsu Kaisen
Gege Akutami

The Fire Street name was funnier than the manga, so I cut it.

One Piece
Eiichiro Oda

I got so emotional over an autograph request from a foreign superstar. I grew up on your movies!

The Promised Neverland
Demizu Posuka

I got a SIXPAD at the New Year’s party! I’m gonna get ripped!

My Hero Academia
Kohei Horikoshi

I always get the request for the table of contents and reply with “Here are my comments for the back of the magazine” and send it over. Neither side wants to change the routine.

Agravity Boys
Atsushi Nakamura

I got to meet many artists and editors at the New Year’s party and received a lot of motivation. My back pain was the only thing I didn’t account for.

Dr. STONE
Boichi

My studio was getting cramped, so I threw out about 2,000 Blu-rays and DVDs. Work comes first!

ACT-AGE
Shiro Usazaki

I moved at the end of the year, and the new studio gets great light. Being in a bright room makes me really happy.

Haikyu!!
Haruichi Furudate

My favorite horror movie I saw in 2019 was the Spanish film Verónica. Loved it.

Zipman!!
Yusaku Shibata

Volume 1 of Q Hayashida Sensei’s new work Dai Dark came out in Japan. Hayashida Sensei with a series in space. I can’t get enough!

Black Clover
Yūki Tabata

It was so fun playing basketball with my staff at the end of the year. I want to do it again! Most of us sprained our ankles though.

Chainsaw Man
Tatsuki Fujimoto

The roasted green tea at Starbucks is really good. I recommend it.

We Never Learn
Taishi Tsutsui

I was so honored to get to talk to all the creators at the New Year’s party. The after-party was great too!

Mission: Yozakura Family
Hitsuji Gondaira

My introvert power level is 530,000, and my editor worried about me so much at the New Year’s party that he turned into ash at the end of the night.

Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru
Akira Okubo

I caught my first cold of this serialization. I’m glad it was during the end of the year when things were a little less hectic.