Mangaka Musings 11/19/2023

Thoughts from the mangaka about their manga, lives, and other random things.

By VIZ Media November 19, 2023

Blue Box
Kouji Miura

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We’re getting an anime!! It's thanks to all of you! Thank you so much!

Cipher Academy
Yuji Iwasaki

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We’ve been able to fight and survive for a full year! I drew the color pages full of pride.

Nue’s Exorcist
Kota Kawae

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The upcoming Jump Short Frontier project is a work by my assistant Tsukiji-san. I gotta check it out!

Sakamoto Days
Yuto Suzuki

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The lazy singing and slow tempo of WurtS’s new song “Back” make it great!

Jujutsu Kaisen
Gege Akutami

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Next chapter will have the two of them in the opposite positions, but don’t worry about it.

WITCH WATCH
Kenta Shinohara

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I had Nope playing while I worked, with no prior knowledge of the movie. I was surprised by how scary and awesome it was!

My Hero Academia
Kohei Horikoshi

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One sip of alcohol and my heart almost exploded, and I was so weak. Booze is scary.

Akane-banashi
Yuki Suenaga

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Giboshi is a performance dug up by Master Kyotaro Yanagiya. I used it with permission.

Undead Unluck
Yoshifumi Tozuka

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This is totally random, but by the time you read this, it seems that I’ll be in New York.

Me & Roboco
Shuhei Miyazaki

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I moved! Personally, I think moving while doing a serialization was an amazing feat! I’m beat!

Kill Blue
Tadatoshi Fujimaki

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I totally forgot and it’s been forever, but volume 2 is now on sale in Japan! And volume 1!

Mission: Yozakura Family
Hitsuji Gondaira

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Elemental! I’m a big fan of fire types who can create stuff with metal or glass.

The Elusive Samurai
Yusei Matsui

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A cognitive bug is like when you think “What’s wrong?” if Otani goes ten days without a home run.

Kagurabachi
Takeru Hokazono

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I hope ready-made food from convenience stores will continue to make me feel comfortable by assuring me that I’m consuming half a day’s worth of vegetables by eating it.

Martial Master Asumi
Kawada

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Since I’ve started working on the graphic novels, I don’t have much time to get to the gym. Crap! My stomach area!!

Two on Ice
Elck Itsumo

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I haven’t been able to follow the GP Series as much. Take care, Kihara!

MamaYuyu
Yoshihiko Hayashi

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Kurikin Nanno Island Story, Dragon Tamer Sound Spirit, Trade & Battle: Card Hero, Flipnote Studio, Absolute Pitch Otodama Star… My generation of games.